Funke has changed back to her maiden name on Twitter
In a new interview with Stella Dimokokorkus, Actress Funke Akindele has reconfirmed her marriage collapse, and also revealed how she feels towards her ex-husband Kehinde and her message to all those who have laughed at her, making fun of her.
Here is what Funke said in the interview.
Funke, how do you feel now that your marriage has ended after just a year? You must be going through a hard time right now. People are laughing at you.
.......Thank you for calling Stella. First of all let me clarify that I have not replied any sms or spoken to anyone on this development before now and neither have I threatened to sue anyone.
I do not know who sent out that sms denying that my marriage is over, that was what neccesitated me sending out a press release so as not to confuse the public, especially my fans whom I'm so passionate about.
I've been unable to pick calls due to my busy schedule on set and I needed to settle down before picking any calls,so you called at the right time.
I will address this issue now and thereafter face my career and try to concentrate on the things I have on my plate at the moment...Yes my marriage has crashed.
Let the people who are laughing at me continue laughing, my job afterall is to make people laugh.
Let those who are without sins or mistake cast the first stone. Let them continue judging me.
God is the overall judge, he is the one I look up to.
I am shocked Funke. Why the silence all these while why? Why Facebook?
Its my private life, I know I am a public figure but I am entitled to some privacy at least .
What has happened has happened. No one is beyond mistakes. I will take corrections from this and apply where necessary from now on - I bear Mr Kehinde Oloyede no ill feelings.
Friday 19 July 2013
Investigation Panel Interrogates Governor Amaechi On Rivers Crisis
The panel was said to have visited the governor last week during which he gave his own account of the impasse in the state.
A top police source disclosed to us on Thursday that Amaechi spoke in camera to the panel members and answered some questions put to him by on the crisis."The panel has interrogated a whole lot of people in Port Harcourt and even Amaechi has had an audience with the panel."The panel visited Amaechi and he spoke to them. They did that as part of their own investigation; he was asked some questions and he answered them, he met them in camera when the DIG (Leha) was in Port Harcourt," the source stated.
Investigations revealed that the panel decided to visit the governor in his office to 'interview' him on the crisis because Amaechi has constitutional immunity as an incumbent governor and the panel could not summon him like any citizen.It was gathered that the investigating team was able get useful information during its interaction with the governor, who was said to have been very frank with the panel members.
The number of those that had appeared before the panel was not clear at the time this report was compiled, but it was learnt that the panel planned to quiz all the pro and anti-Amaechi lawmakers in order to have a credible report on the crisis.Already, the Force Headquarters had summoned the leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd; the Aide-De-Camp to the Rivers State Governor, Debeware-Semeikumo, an assistant superintendent of police, and the Chief Security Officer to the Governor, Tony Iwelu for interrogation.
They were to report to the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja for an interview in respect of their roles in the fracas inside the state House of Assembly as seen in the video clips in circulation.
A statement by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said that the men were invited to obtain further details that would facilitate a proper investigation into the matter.It could not be ascertained whether Lloyd and the security personnel had honoured the invitation, but findings indicated that other security details and every individual that was remotely involved in the violence inside the chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly would be interrogated and summoned to the Force Headquarters as part of the ongoing investigation by the high-powered panel.
Following the refusal of Lloyd to honour its invitation, the Rivers State Police Command had declared him wanted on Wednesday.The police explained that Lloyd was being investigated for allegedly beating a fellow lawmaker, Michael Chinda with the 'imported' mace used in the attempt to remove the speaker last week. "
The Rivers State Police Command has declared wanted one Hon. Chidi Lloyd, a native of Emohua in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, about 37 years of age."He is the majority leader of Rivers State House of Assembly. He was involved in a case of conspiracy, attempted murder, wounding and wilful damage on July 9, 2013," the statement said.But the embattled lawmaker refuted the claim, saying the police were not being fair to him, as he had informed them of his health conditions, which made it impossible for him to honour the invitation.
Lloyd, through his counsel, Emenike Ebete, said he would challenge the notice on him in court, noting that the police's action was unfair and would not hold.He expressed disappointment at the action of the police, which he said made it look as if he was running from the law.He explained that although he was aware of the police invitation to him, he could not honour it because of his health condition as he was still recuperating in a hospital following injuries he sustained in the fracas.
Commenting on Lloyd's excuse for not honouring the police invitation, the police spokesman, Mba explained that the house leader would not have been declared wanted if he had reported to the police as expected of him."I think it is a very simple thing. Whoever he spoke to should have asked him, 'why have you not reported to the police?' Whether it's a summon or invitation or whether he is declared wanted by the police, it's more of semantics, the issue is that his attention is requested by the police and since he knows his presence is requested by the police, what stopped him from discharging his responsibility by visiting the police? I just want him to tell Nigerians why he has not made himself available to the police," he said.
Mba said it was on record that an invitation letter was taken to Lloyd's house, but he was "curiously not at home; his cook signed for the letter, acknowledged receipt of the letter and ever since then, we have not heard from him."
Asked whether the anti-Amaechi lawmakers would also be invited by the panel, Mba stated that the investigation would be thorough and exhaustive, adding that police investigations were not riotous exercises where all things take place at the same time."Investigations are designed to achieve empirically verifiable results; the fact, that a set of people were invited today does not preclude the invitation of another set of people tomorrow. It is not possible for any serious-minded investigative team or panel to embark on a riotous journey," he stated.
On whether there was pressure on the police authorities to remove Mbu, the police image-maker said the Force was not under any pressure, noting that the people have freedom under democracy to criticise and express their views."Just as people are calling for Mbu's removal, there are many others describing the CP as the best thing to have happened to Rivers and the best police officer they have ever met," he said.
Mba, who said he was not competent to comment on the removal or transfer of the CP, noted that the posting and redeployment of CPs were the responsibility of a competent authority, who takes such decisions considering national interest.
On when the panel would submit its report, the DFPRO said the investigation did not have a deadline, insisting that police investigation was not a football match with a fixed duration.Reacting to the questioning of Amaechi, his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, said DIG Philemon Leha, who led the police panel that came to the state, met with Amaechi.
Iyofor, however, explained that he could not ascertain the outcome of the meeting since he (Iyofor) was not part of the discussion between his boss and the leader of the panel."I am aware that the DIG (Leha) met with the governor, but I was not there with them and was not privileged to know what they discussed," Iyofor said.
Federal Government Under Pressure To Legalise Homosexuality – Minister Of Foreign Affairs
The Federal Government has said it is under pressure from the international community to sign the Gay Rights Bill into law in Nigeria.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, stated this in Abuja on Friday at an interactive session with the diplomatic corps, even as he accused the international community of hypocrisy.He insisted that Nigeria would not sign the Gay Rights bill or abolish the death penalty without reviewing the constitution.
The minister said that Nigeria does not impose its culture on other countries and as such it was wrong for anyone to attempt to impose a foreign culture on the nation.
He said, "This thing must be understood because we have been under pressure about this issue of Gay Rights. It is not part of our own culture, you need to understand that. It needs to evolve. Let us get to that stage of understanding that two men can marry, then we will get to the bridge and cross it.
But please let foreign diplomats educate their various governments that you cannot come overnight and impose values that are not part of our tradition on us. Don't impose it on us that we must allow it in our constitution. If we are talking about democracy, democracy is about free choice, free association you don't force values on others."For those who have Gay Rights, even when I look at the population of those countries, those opposing are high in number. In some countries, the churches are against it, why put pressure on Nigeria and other African countries that we must put it (in our laws).
Respect for human rights of a minute minority cannot be at the expense of the larger societal values, well-being and orientation of the people. Even laws are rooted in culture which must be upheld for the good of the society.
I therefore appeal to the international community to show a greater understanding of the culture and traditions of our people."We don't tell other countries how to live their lives. We don't impose values on any country. Other countries too should not come and impose their own values on us. We don't oppose any country that has put in its constitution the Gay Rights to allow two men or two women to marry themselves. But for Nigeria and a number of other African countries; it is not part of our culture yet.''
He said it was hypocrisy for the United States to be championing Gay Rights and while criminalising polygamy which is part of Africa's culture and tradition."At times you see hypocrisy in some of these things. I must be frank. If we talk about human rights, how do we apply them? It seems they are being applied to favour some certain groups and not of wider application. There is hypocrisy in this issue of Gay Rights and polygamy," he added.
Also at the meeting, the minister said the Federal Government had barred foreign ambassadors and diplomats representing their countries in Nigeria from commenting on political issues in the country.The minister said the action constituted an undue interference in Nigeria's internal affairs.
He explained that the meeting was necessary to maintain the excellent relationship between Nigeria and the international community, and to remove any potential irritant or misunderstanding in their interactions.He said the government was aware of the activities of some embassies that had been funding human rights groups' activities in the country.
He said, "We know in Nigeria we have some of the strongest human rights groups. We also know that foreign missions have been freely supporting them with funding. It is okay. We have no objection.
"But we object when ambassadors conduct activities that are incompatible with their status as diplomats. If ambassadors want to join the human rights groups, they may as well resign to join them, but they cannot use the platform of being a diplomatic agent to interfere in our domestic activities. The Vienna convention states clearly the activities that are incompatible with your functions as an envoy.
"I will want ambassadors to please confine themselves to their traditional duties. If you feel strongly about any issue, come to the foreign ministry, I will receive you. When there are things you want to take up with the government, come to the ministry. Even if you come as a regional body, I will receive you. But for you to go to the media and start talking is incompatible with the status of your office."
Ashiru lamented that oil theft in the Gulf of Guinea had remained a major challenge facing the country.He warned that government would not release any foreign ship or crew member caught with stolen oil in the Gulf of Guinea because huge revenues had been lost to the activities of the criminals.
He said the Federal Government had raised a high-level committee headed by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), to tackle the challenge."The Nigerian Navy and the NIMASA have been directed to take firm measures against any ship caught engaging in unwholesome activities, including oil theft, in Nigeria's territorial waters.
"This is serving as a warning that henceforth, I will not be willing to grant audience to people coming to plead for the release of their ships or crew members caught in illegal activities," he said.
On the efforts to dislodge terrorists in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states, Ashiru said the security forces had continued to operate under the rules of engagement, with full respect for the human rights of the people.
Meet Nigeria’s Super Rich: How They Make, Spend Their Money
The tendency, therefore, is that the richer they are, the more their business interests expand. In line with this corporate tradition, the rich investors get richer and, when they spend, they do so in a big way worthy of mention. This is because of the extensive attention attracted by their rare wherewithal and will to spend, including doling out money on humanitarian grounds. Among Nigeria's privileged people are:
Aliko Dangote
Nigerian business tycoon Aliko Dangote is the richest man in Africa. He is the founder, Dangote Group, West Africa's largest publicly listed conglomerate with diverse business interests such as sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, real estate and salt processing. Dangote Cement, Dangote Foods (noodles) and Dansa Juice complete the chain. His total net worth is about $16.1 as at March 2013.
Dangote spends money in philanthropic activities. He has stepped up his philanthropy in recent years, giving over $100 million to causes ranging from education and health through flood relief, poverty alleviation to the arts. He acquired a private jet in April 2010 as a personal gift on the occasion of his 53rd birthday. The Bombardier Global Jet Express XRS (one out of a few) was estimated to cost $45 million. Dangote is also said to have purchased a private luxury yatch at the cost of $43 million made exclusively for his enjoyment. The yatch is named Mariya after his mother.
Mike Adenuga
Otunba Mike Adenuga built his fortune in business from banking, mobile telecom service and oil. He founded Globacom, now Nigeria's second largest mobile phone network, in 2006. Globacom has more than 24 million subscribers in Nigeria, and also operates in the Republic of Benin. Adenuga made his first fortune at the young age of 26 in the 1970s by distributing lace and other materials. He later had another opportunity to expand his fortune during the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida when he was awarded a contract for the construction of military barracks in some military installations in the country. He is presently worth $4.7 billion, thus justifying him as one of Nigeria's super-rich businessmen.
Adenuga is a philanthropist who spends a lot of money on selfless activities aimed at bringing succour and assistance to less-privileged people. Adenuga also takes his philanthropic goodwill to the area of sports development in Nigeria and Africa through his selfless investments in sports. His demonstration of philanthropic largesse cuts across sponsorship of Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) and the Super Eagles. This was one of the points highlighted by President Goodluck Jonathan at his (Adenuga's) 60th birthday. "You are celebrating 60 years of a remarkable life filled with monumental achievements in high entrepreneurship, philanthropy and dedicated service to God and country," the president said.
Similarly, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr Issah Hayatou, used the occasion of Adenuga's birthday celebration to appreciate his contributions to the society. He recognised that Adenuga had not only affected Africa positively through his accomplishments in business but has also been the pillar of sports on the continent.
Adenuga loves spending money on what gives him joy. It could be said that, partly for this reason, he acquired a private Bombardier Global Express jet, fitted with the latest flight facilities. It is one of the most luxuriously built private jets in the world, just like that of Dangote.
Jim Ovia
Jim Ovia started building his fortunes when he founded Zenith Bank Group in 1990. The bank has grown to become West Africa's second largest financial service provider by market capitalisation and asset base. His sources of wealth are banking, telecommunication and real estate investment.
He also owns Quantum Luxury Properties Limited, a private equity fund with special focus on Africa. Ovia's total net worth is about $825 million.
He has embarked on the establishment of a free, co-educational high school, James Hope College, in Delta State, the place where he pondered his future as a young man. The school, an 18-month project, launches in September with an initial capacity for 420 students. He is also the founder of Mankind United To Support Total Education (MUSTE), an organisation providing scholarships for the underprivileged.
Abdussamad Rabiu
Lagos-based business tycoon Abdulsamad Rabiu is a son of Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu, one of Nigeria's most successful businessmen in the 1970s. Little wonder therefore that he followed in his father's footsteps in business with interest in importing basic commodities such as rice, sugar and cement in the 1980s.
Abdussamad heads the BUA Group, a conglomerate with $1.9 billion in revenues and interests in sugar refining, vegetable oil processing and flour mills. The BUA Group also operates the BUA Cement, Nigeria's first floating cement terminal, as well as Nigerian Oil Mill which processes edible oil. According to Forbes magazine report, he is the 21st richest African and is worth $675 million.
Folorunsho Alakija
Billionaire oil tycoon, fashion designer and philanthropist, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija is worth at least $3.3 billion against a recent Forbes' rating which quoted her net worth as $600 million. She began her professional career in the 1970s as secretary of defunct International Merchant Bank of Nigeria, one of the country's earliest investment banks.
In the early 1980s when banking was seen as one of the most lucrative jobs, she took a bold step towards realisation of her personal dreams by quitting her job in the bank to study Fashion Design in England. She returned to Nigeria a few years later to establish Supreme Stitches, a high-profile fashion firm which provides special services to exclusive clientele. She also founded Rose of Sharon Foundation, a charity organisation.
This fashion design business led her into fortune. She was in a position to make and sell high-level clothing to the fashionable wives of some military big shots and other society women.
In May 1993, Mrs Alakija set out for oil business. It was then she applied for an allocation of oil prospecting licence (OPL) to explore 617,000-acre block granted to her company, Famfa Oil Limited. However, at that time, she had no experience in oil exploration — she was just a new entrant in the business.
Also, Mrs Alakija is widely reported to own a private jet, Bombardier Global Express 6000 which cost about $46 million, added to acquisition of a property at Hyde Park. This is one of the ways she spends her wealth, which gives her happiness. Furthermore, she is a philanthropist who derives joy in giving assistance to widows and other less-privileged in society.
Tony Elumelu
Mr Tony Elumelu (CON) was born in Jos on March 22, 1963. He is a renowned economist, banker, investor and generous philanthropist. Elumelu is a recognised African leader in corporate business. After leading United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc to a higher level with the acquisition of Standard Trust Bank (STB) during the consolidation of the banking industry in 2005, he retired from the management of UBA in July 2010.
On establishment of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, he stated the foundation's objective as to "prove that the African private sector can itself be primary generator of economic development". Among the roles of the foundation are deployment of resources to generate reliable solutions to the business constraints that derail and clog the growth of business in the private sector in Africa.
Moreover, Elumelu ploughs a lot of resources in philanthropic activities. Apart from the Tony Elumelu Foundation, he was also a member of the World Economic Forum's Regional Agenda Council on Africa. He is also part of the Bretton Woods Committee which brings leaders in the global banking industry together. Voluntary development of human capital is one of the cherished interests where Elumelu spends his wealth. He also partners with the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) with high focus on strengthening the role of the private sector in economic transformation policies of some African countries. This partnership is named Blair-Elumelu Fellowship Programme.
Elumelu, the originator of the concept of Africapitalism as an economic philosophy that reflects the commitment of players in the private sector towards the economic transformation of Africa through long-term investment, is a consummate patriot with a full-blown obsession for how he can make his country and continent a better part of the world.
Interest in paying family hospital bills, unpaid school fees, providing for families who cannot provide their needs — all form part of what Elumelu does through his catalytic philanthropic method of assisting human beings within the shores of Nigeria and Africa.
Hajiya Bola Shagaya
Hajiya Bola Shagaya is hailed as one of Nigeria's richest businesswomen. She is the CEO of Bolmus International Limited. She has interests in several sectors ranging from oil and gas, banking, cash crops export, real estate, fast-moving consumer goods and photography.
She has been a very influential figure in Nigeria's corridors of power for decades and has excelled in a society where the role of women has been restricted traditionally. Her rise to affluence and power is not attributed to parental or marital influence. This woman of means has skilfully built her network and wealth from a humble background, and has proven herself as an outstanding power broker with impressive entrepreneurial skills.
In the manner of an astute entrepreneur, she saw opportunities in the populous image-conscious Nigerian market, prompting the expansion of her Konica marketing operations to photo laboratory services; that was the birth of another of her companies – Fotofair (Nigeria) Limited. Today, Fotofair is a leading photo laboratory company in Nigeria with over 30 laboratories spread across the nation.
Hajiya, as she is fondly called, has impressively carved her path in the sixth-largest oil producer's oil and gas sector. As far back as the late 1980s, during the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida-led military administration, she had steered her oil and gas company through the highly connected and contested Nigerian oil and gas sector to secure allocations for oil blocks. Thus began her reign as an indigenous oil marketer.
Around 2005, she became the managing director of Practoil Limited and, in 2011, she founded another exploration company, Voyage Oil and Gas Limited.
Shagaya, who is of Yoruba extraction, a tribe distinguished as party enthusiasts of the over 200 tribes in Nigeria, often attends the biggest social events dressed in "anko" with Nigeria's first ladies — a local practice of Nigerian women indicating bosom friendship by wearing the same traditional attire especially to social functions.
The one-time patron of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN) is a collector and retailer of the finest and most exquisite jewelleries from different fashion capitals of the world. "I love fashion, artworks and beautification endeavours," she said.
The graceful billionaire is not all about heavy-weight work. "I'm also a lover of sports, especially Polo", she said. She has consistently supported Polo tournaments in Nigeria over the years.
Femi Otedola
Femi Otedola is the CEO of African Petroleum Plc. He was one of only two Nigerians (alongside Aliko Dangote) to appear on the 2009 Forbes list of 793 dollar-denominated billionaires in the world, with an estimated net worth of over US$1.2 billion. Femi Otedola is the Nigerian president and chief executive officer of Zenon Petroleum and Gas limited.
Forbes magazine estimates Femi Otedola's net worth at $1.2 billion and ranks him as the 601st richest person in the world. According to Encomium magazine, Femi Otedola's net worth is $3.5 billion.
He owns a private jet called Challenger Global 5000 and a yatch almost similar to Dangote's named Nana after his wife.
Emeka Offor
Sir Emeka Offor, as he is often addressed rarely grants interviews, rather, he prefers his works, businesses and philanthropy to speak for him.
His multi-million business interest, Chrome Group, is a multifaceted organisation which originally started as an engineering outfit handling projects such as refinery maintenance, has today become by the grace of God, a conglomerate with diverse interests in Oil and Gas, Finance/Investments, Telecommunications, Insurance, Maritime, Destination Inspection, Real Estate and the Power Sector.
He once said in a newspaper interview that he is a son of a policeman, born in Kafanchan in Kaduna State. Offor is a goal-getter and founder of Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, a platform through which he doles out millions of naira for philanthropic purposes.
A member of Rotary International and deeply involved in the 4 cardinal pursuits of the Rotary Foundation, which are; peace and Conflict Management, Maternal and Child Death, Basic Education and Literacy, and Polio and Guinea Worm Eradication. He has made an outstanding donation of 250,000 USD for Peace studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, $250,000 for Polio eradication; $250,000 for Guinea worm eradication; and another $250,000 for Women empowerment programmes in Nigeria. He was inducted into the Foundation Circle of the Arch Klumph Society of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, an honour reserved for individuals who have donated over $250,000 to its causes. Through his Foundation, he has donated over $1 million, making him the highest donor from Africa.
This Anambra State-born politician and businessman has heavily invested in education. The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation is the largest single sponsor of Books For Africa, a non-profitable organization, bringing in over $10 million worth of books, computers and other educational materials to our national institutions of learning and public libraries. He was reported to have also used his money to enthrone a governor in his home state.
Andy Uba
Initially named Nnamdi Uba and currently a member of the National Assembly as a Senator of the Federal Republic, Senator Andy Uba is a member of the famous Uba family in Anambra State. He is stupendously rich and was reported to have declared his assets to be worth N3trillion though he denied ever doing so.
Uba has a lot of lucrative business interests and he is connected with a number of charity works via a Foundation.
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Finally, Funke Akindele Confirms Her Marriage Collapse, Read Her Official Statement
Dear Friends,
On behalf of our client, star actress, Funke Akindele, we want to formally inform you that after due consultation and consideration, she's now separated from Mr. Kehinde Oloyede as his wife.
She hereby urges her fans and all concerned to pray and wish her the best as she moves on in her career.
Kindly note that this is the first and only official statement from Funke Akindele on the matter and will be glad if her wish is respected.
Thank you.
Sincerely yours, Ayo Ola- Muhammed
Truck Crushes 3 Brothers To Death In Ilorin
Three brothers were crushed to death on Thursday in Ilorin when a truck carrying cement had a head-on collision with their motorcycle. The accident occurred on old Jebba Road in Oyun area of Ilorin.
An eyewitness said the brothers were trying to overtake the vehicle in front of them when the oncoming truck crashed into them.The truck was heading toward Oke-Oyi while the victims were heading for Ilorin.
The three victims, who were said to be members of a family in Oke-Oyi, the headquarters of Ilorin East Local Government Area, died on the spot.It was gathered that a group of angry youths in the area beat up the occupants of the truck and set the vehicle on fire.
Some of the youths also carted away some bags of cement before the intervention of the police.Mr Adeniyi Dogunro, the Public Relations Officer of Kwara Command of the FRSC, said the corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
In his reaction, DSP Olufemi Fabode, the Police Public Relations Officer of Kwara Command, also confirmed the incident.He said that some youths had been arrested with about 100 bags of cement.Fabode condemned the action of the youths, saying it would be difficult for the owner of the truck to compensate the family of the victims.
He urged residents of the state to refrain from self help, saying:"People should allow Vehicle Inspection Officers to do their work and that would bring justice."How would the owner of the truck compensate the family of victims now? This is bad and our people must stop this,'' he said. (NAN)
An eyewitness said the brothers were trying to overtake the vehicle in front of them when the oncoming truck crashed into them.The truck was heading toward Oke-Oyi while the victims were heading for Ilorin.
The three victims, who were said to be members of a family in Oke-Oyi, the headquarters of Ilorin East Local Government Area, died on the spot.It was gathered that a group of angry youths in the area beat up the occupants of the truck and set the vehicle on fire.
Some of the youths also carted away some bags of cement before the intervention of the police.Mr Adeniyi Dogunro, the Public Relations Officer of Kwara Command of the FRSC, said the corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
In his reaction, DSP Olufemi Fabode, the Police Public Relations Officer of Kwara Command, also confirmed the incident.He said that some youths had been arrested with about 100 bags of cement.Fabode condemned the action of the youths, saying it would be difficult for the owner of the truck to compensate the family of the victims.
He urged residents of the state to refrain from self help, saying:"People should allow Vehicle Inspection Officers to do their work and that would bring justice."How would the owner of the truck compensate the family of victims now? This is bad and our people must stop this,'' he said. (NAN)
Policeman Drives Against Traffic, Knocks Down Woman And Her Baby
Punch Metro reports that a police corporal, identified simply as Friday, has been accused of knocking down a teacher, Mrs. Taskirat Anjolaiya, and her baby, Ammarah.
It was learnt that as a result of the incident, the mother and daughter sustained pelvic fracture, brain injury and a broken jaw among others.
According to eyewitness, the policeman, who is attached to FESTAC Police Division, was driving against traffic on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway when he knocked down the victims. We learnt that the graduate of Mathematics Education was alighting from a commercial bus with her child and had not noticed the police patrol van coming from the wrong direction.The victim's husband, Sulaiman, said the policeman claimed he was running an errand for the Divisional Police Officer, Ibrahim Zango.
The policeman was said to have told them that he was instructed by the DPO to drop off a woman at the airport in Ikeja and he drove against traffic to avoid traffic congestion on the appropriate route so that she would not miss her flight.He said, "The accident occurred on June 23, 2013. My wife was on her way to a religious progamme when a police driver drove recklessly on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. He was driving against traffic and shouting at drivers on the right side of the road to clear out."He eventually knocked down my wife and baby while they were alighting from a bus."The policeman's first concern at the scene of the accident was to immediately get a cab to convey the woman in his vehicle to her destination."
We learnt that the policeman rushed the victims to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, and deposited N70,000 for their treatment.At LUTH however, doctors at the emergency ward discovered that the mother of three had sustained a pelvic fracture, facial bruises, and brain injury while the baby, Ammarah, also suffered deep facial cuts and a broken jaw.Sulaiman lamented that since the incident, over N500, 000 had been spent on treatment.He said the policeman had abandoned the victims at the hospital since depositing the N70, 000.He expressed disappointment over how the DPO handled the matter when they went to report the matter at the station.
"A few days after the accident, when I could no longer bear the pressure alone, I went to see the DPO and I told him what happened. Zango lambasted me before offering us additional N10, 000," he said.Sulaiman lamented that this was too little given the fact that he was unemployed and had spent all his savings.He expressed disappointment that the police, who had been charged with the duty of protecting lives, were the ones inflicting hardship on the family.
Our correspondent, who visited the victim at Ward E3 on Thursday, observed that she was recuperating.However, some nurses, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said the head trauma she sustained was still affecting her.
One of them said, "She gets up from her bed and roams the hospital. Most of the time we have to strap her back to the bed to prevent her from going astray and I cannot say when she will be discharged," she said.
Sulaiman said his wife was a teacher and he feared if she would recover completely.Sulaiman said, "I have been unemployed for several months. My wife is a teacher at Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School and she was the one supporting us until these injuries due to the behaviour of this police corporal who has now abandoned us."The accident could have been avoided if the police man obeyed simple traffic regulation. Now, the action of the policeman has resulted in serious brain injury to my wife."
The spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the incident.She said disciplinary action was being taken against the DPO, while the police driver had been detained."It is really a pathetic case and no one is happy about it. You were the one that just informed us of the incident. We have started taking disciplinary action against the DPO and the corporal. We will hold a meeting on the issue on Friday," she said.
Braide however said she could not say if financial support would be given to the family until after the meeting.
It Is Devil's Handwork-Pastor Rapes 2 Under-aged Girls, Says He Was Tempted By Evil Spirit
Also, three suspected rapists, a robbery gang, including a woman, who specialized in robbing unsuspecting passengers using private cars which they masquerade as taxi cabs, were among the 32 suspected criminals paraded by the police.Pastor Fidelis was said to have lured the two girls, aged six, into his room after sending them on an errand. The police claimed he had carnal knowledge of them before dismissing them.Father of one of the girls who noticed the unusual way his daughter was walking when she got home, obtained confession from her, which led to the arrest of the paedophile pastor.
Eze who confessed to the act, said he had actually defiled two other minors, both of them 11 years old sometimes this year, but said he was tempted by evil spirit to commit the act.
"I am really ashamed of myself particularly as a Pastor. I have been a Pastor at Deeper Life for over six years but I was tempted to defile these girls. They are always visiting me, so this particularly day I defiled both of them," he said.
Edo state police commissioner, Folusho Adebanjo, who paraded the suspects to journalists in Benin, also displayed various arms and amunitions recovered from them.He disclosed that few weeks after the state government placed ban on the use of motorcycle in the Benin metropolis, criminals have devised ways to rob unsuspecting commuters, using private cars as taxi cabs.
Adebanjo further disclosed that the command had apprehended over 90 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in the past five weeks but expressed worry in the rising cases of defilement of minors across the state."Today we have 32 suspects that we are parading and they are involved different crimes, ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and people who are involved in defilement of the girl child. This defilement thing in the state now is very very disturbing, we will not allow them to go scot free. And that is why we continue to appeal to members of the public to always give us useful information because we cannot do it alone.
"But let me also alert members of the public, there is an emerging crime since the ban on Okada was effected, it is called one chance. What they do is that they always have a woman amongst them so that will make you not to suspect them. There is always somebody that claims to be a Pastor with them, they will deceive you to say you have a particular problem and they will rob you of everything.
"One of their victims a lady had to go to bank to withdraw N150,000. We are going to work with Road Safety and the Board of Internal Revenue so that all vehicles on the road must be registered. People should shine their eyes very well, they are using some vehicles pretending to be taxi drivers," he stated.
To check this, Mr. Adebanjo called on the Edo State Revenue Board and the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) to ensure registration of vehicles both old and new that have flooded the sate capital since the ban on commercial motor cycling.
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