» Lagos Consumes N135bn Rice, N2.19m Cattle Annually — Ambode «

Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Oluwatoyin
Suarau (right), with Permanent Secretary, Kebbi State
Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Nababa Adamu (left), signing a
Memorandum of Understanding on the Development of
Commodity Value Chains between the two states while
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right
behind) and Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu (left
behind) watch, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Wednesday,
March 23, 2016.
Lagos State consumes N135 billion worth of rice and 2.19
million herds of cattle annually, says Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode.
The governor who disclosed this on at the State House,
Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria on the occasion of the
signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Lagos
and Kebbi State on the development of Commodity Value
Chains, said the future of Lagos State was partly tied to
deliberate resolution on food security.
He said food production and self-sufficiency required its
immediate attention at policy and strategic levels to
sustain the state, adding that Lagos State is the largest
consumer of food commodities in Nigeria by virtue of its
population.
“We have the market, with the required purchasing power
also. Lagos State has an estimated consumption of over
798,000 metric tonnes of milled rice per year which is
equivalent to 15.96 million of 50kg bags, with a value of
N135 billion per annum.
“We have the economic prowess to produce rice locally.
The era of imported rice is gone. The reality is for all of us
to embrace the consumption of local foodstuff and
commodities. In addition to rice, Lagos is currently
consuming 6,000 herds of cattle daily which may increase
to 8,000 in the next five years,” he said.
According to Ambode, the bulk of the vegetables produced
in the country end up in the Lagos markets as the state is
one of the largest producers of poultry and thus had a large
demand for maize for livestock feed production.
“The state also houses most of the industrial users of
wheat and sorghum; mostly flour mills, bakeries, breweries
and food manufacturers. Kebbi State, on the other hand, is
blessed with a vast arable land suitable for the cultivation
of rice, wheat, groundnut, maize, sorghum and sugar cane.
“It is an agrarian State with over 1.2 million hectares of
arable land characterised by very large floodplains, lowland
swamps and gentle slopes. In the 2014/2015 wet season,
over 600,000 hectares of land was deployed for rice
cultivation in the three senatorial areas of the state.
“The people are traditionally rice farmers with average
land holding of about 10 hectares. currently, Kebbi has over
50,000 metric tonnes of paddy in store produced from the
last two planting seasons,” he said.
The governor said with these considerations in mind,
Lagos and Kebbi States had decided to collaborate and
exploit areas of comparative advantage to create value for
both states, saying that this alliance would ensure food
security, job creation, increase in farmers’ income and the
overall improvement in the living conditions of the
residents of both states through wealth creation and
poverty reduction.
He added that the collaboration was in line with the clarion
call and policy direction given by the President,
Muhammadu Buhari, on the need “to feed ourselves.”

» "Those Calling For CBN Governor's Sack Are Palmwine Drinkers" - Oshiomhole «

Edo State governor says CBN governorship should not be
politicised
Ejiofor Alike in Lagos and Paul Obi in Abuja
Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole and a coalition
of civil society groups in the country yesterday condemned
those calling for the sack of the Governor of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, describing
them as faceless manipulators of the Nigerian economy
who are bent on wasting their time.
They stated that President Muhammadu Buhari would not
be fooled by them into sacking the CBN governor.
Oshiomhole said the hiring and firing of the CBN governor
is not a political decision because institutions such as the
central bank are central to economic growth and
development of any serious nation.
The governor argued that those angling for the sack of
Emefiele were merely invisible hands who have continued
to thwart the nation’s economic resources for their selfish
interest.
The governor made the statement yesterday in Abuja
during his visit to the National Universities Commission
(NUC) to present a letter of recognition of the Edo
University in Iyamho.
“If a governor is doing fine, his hiring and firing is not a
matter that should be discussed by faceless Facebook
manipulators, and by the time you unmask the people
behind it, you will discover that they are palm wine
drinkers,” he said.
Oshiomhole said with the challenge of running the
economy undergoing a recession where there is limited
inflow of foreign exchange, the government does not want
to trigger a process that will lead to endless devaluation
that will ultimately reduce the Nigerian naira to
Zimbabwean dollar.
“President Buhari is not going to be fooled by people who
want to have a regime where government is just an
onlooker and allow the naira to become worthless and
people are making money from speculation. So those guys
are wasting their time,” he said.
The Edo State governor noted that the CBN governor was
right in insisting on the 41 items that had been denied
access to forex from the interbank forex market, adding
that “people who have been feeding fat on our common
patrimony, manipulating the exchange rate and moving
money across boundaries are the speculators spreading
the campaign for his sack”.
He explained that the country has a new federal
government which won an election on the basis of the
mantra of change and there are all kinds of people who
have made money in this economy without contributing
anything.
“We have a new federal government that has won election
on the basis of change and there are all kinds of people
who have made a lot of money from the economy without
contributing anything by just playing on exchange rates
and commercial papers.
“It is these speculators, because the CBN governor has
been saying we cannot open the doors to all kinds of
imports such as toothpicks, tomato paste and all sorts of
things who have been feeding fat on our common
patrimony, manipulating the exchange rate, moving money
across borders, and taking advantage of electronic money
transfers, that are behind these campaigns,” he said.
Oshiomhole added: “Of course there are some opportunistic
elements, people who feel that if this man goes, I will get
there and they are ready to go to any length to remove
him.
“I think this government is making a point that the hiring
and firing of CBN governors need not be a political
decision, because we should respect institutions; the hiring
and firing is not a decision by Facebook manipulators, and
by the time you unmask the people behind it, you will
discover that they are palm wine drinkers.
“I think the CBN governor is right, he is standing his
grounds and those who are opposed to him are free to
speak, but I know that President Buhari is not going to be
fooled by people who want to see a regime where
government is just an onlooker and allows our naira to
become worthless and for people to make money from
speculation, so those guys are wasting their time.”
Also, the executive committees of a coalition of civil
society groups rose in defence of Emefiele and condemned
the threat of a protest by “a shadowy, bogus and
unscrupulous group parading itself as a civil society
organisation”.
The civil society groups stated that the central bank
governor was being persecuted for the policies on the
implementation of the Bank Verification Number (BVN),
restriction on foreign exchange allocation, reform of the
bureau de change sub-sector, and refusal by the central
bank to devalue the naira.
The groups also stated that the “phony” group threatening
to hold a protest against Emefiele was not a civil society
organisation and was therefore not recognised by the
coalition of civil society groups in Nigeria.
In a statement yesterday, the coalition insisted that
regardless of how this phony group tries to mask itself as
a civil society organisation, an independent investigation
had revealed that it was in fact a political organisation of
paid agents and sponsored groups representing the
interest of a certain geopolitical zone in the country.
The coalition revealed that the promoters of this group are
persons who are known to be troublesome and have the
capacity to disrupt the public peace.
The groups said they fully appreciate the difficulties and
anxieties of many Nigerians given the present tough
economic environment, but maintained that the situation
was not caused by one man or one institution and
considered it unfair for anyone or group to try to put the
blame on only one person or organisation.
According to the coalition, relative to its peers, the
Nigerian economy was not performing that badly.
“Among commodity-exporting economies, for instance,
inflation, GDP growth and employment are far worse in
countries like Zambia, Ghana, and Argentina with inflation
rates of between 19-28 per cent. As a matter of fact, Brazil
and Russia are in recession, while South Africa is
struggling to record positive growth.
“These are all linked to the fall in commodity prices in the
international market. Emefiele and the CBN have so far
managed to keep inflation far below what has been
recorded in many comparator countries,” the coalition said.
It insisted that the policies of the Emefiele-led CBN are
aimed at protecting ordinary Nigerians from the
destructive capitalistic instincts of a few speculators.
“Emefiele’s policies have truncated the rent-seeking
ability of many of these economic parasites and
saboteurs. And we believe it is for this singular reason that
both Emefiele and the CBN are being vilified in the most
unfair and disgraceful manner by a sponsored group of
anarchists.
“Nigerians have been taken for a ride for too long. Our
collective patrimony has been cornered by a few looters for
too long. We can no longer stand idly by and watch these
thieves, in collaboration with foreign neo-colonialists and
imperialists, keep the masses of our people under
perpetual bondage. This is the time to free Nigeria and its
people from the dirty hands and greedy mouths of a few,”
the civil society groups added.
They stated that Emefiele’s detractors are aggrieved by
his implementation of the BVN, which ensures that those
who have looted the country’s resources and concealed
them under various account names are detected.
“Given their inability to hide their identities these thieves
have vowed to hound Emefiele for daring to destroy their
criminal activities. May God never allow them to succeed,”
the groups said.
They also noted that the list of 41 items not eligible for
forex at the CBN did not go down well with Emefiele’s
detractors, as the elite and business moguls had been
depleting the country’s forex reserves by aggressively
importing goods, which could be easily produced in Nigeria.
“By their action, these profiteers have killed jobs in Nigeria
and created jobs abroad. They have exported prosperity
abroad and imported poverty into their fatherland. But as
long as their huge profit margins are guaranteed, they do
not care. What Emefiele and his team have done is to say
that we can no longer import unemployment and export
wealth out of Nigeria,” the groups explained.
The coalition also noted that Emefiele was being
persecuted because of the reform of the BDC sub-sector
that is being undertaken to ensure that genuine business
people engage in the business and not serve as fronts for
those who continuously loot the national treasury.
“Indeed these looters and their sponsors have used all
sorts of guises to register several BDCs with which they
drain foreign exchange from the CBN and use such to
transfer their loot abroad. It is only in Nigeria that BDCs
expect government (CBN) to give them foreign exchange
before they do business,” they added.

» Queen’s College Sex Scandal: Police Interrogates Teacher For 13 Hours «

DETECTIVES at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja
have interrogated the Queen’s College, Yaba, teacher, Mr.
Olaseni Osifala, alleged of harassing a JSS2 female student
in the night.
Police source told our correspondent that the teacher was
quizzed for over 13 hours from Tuesday evening to early
morning of yesterday. The detectives told Mr. Osifala of
the source of the petition.
As at the time of filling this report, Mr. Osifala was still at
the police command waiting for another round of
interrogation on the issue.
According to the source, during the interrogation, the
detectives told him that there were several groups interest­
ed in the case prompting the teacher to ask for the woman
who raised the alarm.
During his interrogation yesterday, the detectives informed
him of the source of the petition, asked him what he knew
about the allegation which he denied and the teacher
demanded to see the woman who raised the alarm of her
daughter being harassed.
On Monday, Mr. Osifala was invited with the Principal, Dr.
Lami Amodu to the police command for questioning and
was with his interrogators till 7.00pm after he had written
a statement.
The Principal, Mrs. Amodu after writing her statement was
asked to go while Mr. Osifala was made to stay behind for
further questioning before being asked to go home around
7pm and was directed to report early the next day.
Detectives asked him to report back on Tuesday morning
which he did, he was released and summoned again in the
afternoon to answer more questions
The allegation took a new twist yesterday as some staff of
the college were invited to write statement and inter­
rogated later on what they knew about the harassment.
There is an easy calm in the college following the
revelation that the Old Girls Association of Queen’s Col­
lege was behind the predicament of Mr. Osifala. The
association was said to have sent the petition to the po­
lice command indicting the teacher.
It was gathered that the woman who accused the teacher
of harassing her daughter at the female hostel , has not
shown up at the police command since Monday.
A source at the college told our correspondent that the
Principal, Mrs. Amodu has been invited by the Federal
Ministry of Education, Abuja, over the issue.
Several calls to her line were not answered but a staff at
the college said the principal left Abuja yesterday for
Lagos after briefing ministry staff of the situation. The
source confirmed a panel had been set up by the ministry.
The Parents – Teachers Association (PTA) of the college
on Monday said no member of the body had brought the
issue to the attention of the PTA and described the woman
as faceless.
SS3 students of the college lead by the Head Girl and
some old students staged a protest on Monday in support
of the embattled teacher and denounced the allegation.
A lawyer, Barrister Tony Ezimah told Daily Sun it would be
difficult for the police to make any headway in the case if
the woman who accused the teacher of harassing her
daughter did not show up.
Ezimah said the police can act on the petition from the old
girls of the college but would require the complaint to
prove the allegation against the teacher.

» Pretty Girl Beheaded By A Ritualist Who Posed As A Suitor On Facebook «

Girls need to learn from this...talking about travelling miles
just to meet a boyfriend/friend whom they can't vouch
for... Tragedy befell this pretty lady who had prospects of
marrying and settling down, after her life was cut short by
a man (suspected ritualist) who posed as a suitor on
Facebook and deceived her into traveling to Minna, Niger
state just to see him....
Below is what was shared on Facebook by one Chisom
concerning her death;
She was a classmate to my girlfriend..Met this guy on FB
and they be been communicating for like 6months now...
all of a sudden the guy started talking about Marriage and
stuffs then sometimes in Feb, the guy invited her to his
hometown in Minna for her to meet his Royal family as his
soon be wife ...
she packed her bag told her sister about the journey and
left on getting to Minna the guy came and picked her up
from the pack and told her that there is a problem..and the
problem is that the parents are quarrelling over him
bringing a girl that is not tribe for marriage introduction, he
persuaded the girl to put up in a hotel with him for now
until he settled things with his parents.....
So the girl called her sister to tell her the change of plans
with the guy and that was the last time the sister heard
from her....
Then after 3days the sister received a call from her
sister's phone and the caller being a make asked her to
come to a named Hotel in Minna to carry her sister's
body...she was confused and scared and had to inform her
family of the strange call after several days calling and
cellphone switched off they hard to summon courage and
travel to Minna at the said Hotel .
Lo and Behold the girl was lying lifeless without a
head..Meaning the guy she visited was a ritualist...after all
her body was moved down to Ekpoma her hometown where
she was buried...the culprit still at large...
Since yesterday my Gf told me this story it was very
scary that I had to narrate to every girl close to me that I
see to beware...so I thought of Inboxing you the gist earlier
to please help disseminate Info.

» Kidnapper Of Lagos School Girls Begs For Prayers «

The management of Babington Junior Seminary, Ikorodu,
has said one of the suspects arrested in connection with
the kidnapping of the three students has asked the school
to pray for him.The school Principal, Venerable Olaoluwa
Adeyemi disclosed this yesterday, while addressing the
staff and parents of the school immediately after the end of
the term thanksgiving service by the school.
Though he did not reveal the suspect’s name, he said the
accused has sent many text messages asking for
forgiveness. The girls were released on Sunday, March 6,
after six days with their kidnappers.
He told the parents that the rear perimeter fencing of the
school had been raised while a patrol van was bought and
this will be managed by the internal security of the school.
Adeyemi informed that the school has mounted a close
circuit television, CCTV and security lights round the
school.During the thanksgiving service, Tofunmi’s father,
Mr Olaniyan, who spoke on behalf of the affected parents
thanked the school for its effort in rescuing the girls.

» "Why My Company Has Been Very Successful" – Dangote Reveals «

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has stated that the
challenge of electricity was adversely affecting the growth
of the continent’s economy.
Speaking at the Africa CEO forum in Abidjan, the President
of Dangote group also disclosed what has made his
conglomerate successful.
“Where I come from, which is Kano in Nigeria, we have over
20 million people and we are sharing 35 megawatts only,”
Dangote said.
“So when we started business as a group, we said that we
would not go into the national grid. Every single country
that we are operating in, we would create, generate our
own power and that is why we have been very, very
successful.”
In his remark, President of the African Development Bank,
Akinwumi Adesina, said Africa must seek ways to light up
the continent.
“If you walk in the dark, you’ll stumble and you will fall.
But if you walk in the light, you will constantly see thing
ahead of you,” he said.
“The problem is, in Africa, you have today 645 million
people without electricity. You have the GDP in which the
cost of not having electricity is about four to five percent
shaved off.
“We cannot be competitive when it comes to value adding.
We cannot industrialise because we have no electricity.
The kids cannot go to school because we have no
electricity.
“Vaccines can’t be in hospitals because we have no
electricity, and business are operating at very high cost,
using diesel. In other words, what is the emergency power
supply system has become the normal power supply
system – no way!
“And as Africa Development Bank, I know that the very
blood of Africa’s transmission and life is what we do.”
Nigeria’s electricity generation currently fluctuates around
4,000MW, a meagre capacity for a country of over
170million.

» "I Won't Come To Court, Unless You Abduct Me" - Dasuki «

Embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col.
Sambo Dasuki again refused to appear in court for his trial
on Wednesday.
His absence, however, stalled his trial at a Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja.
Sambo, Director of Finance, and Aminu Baba-Kusa, a
former Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Executive Director, are also currently faces charges for
reportedly diverting of N13.6 billion meant for purchase of
arms.
At yesterday’s hearing, prosecuting counsel Rotimi Jacobs
(SAN) said Dauski refused to come to the court because
his lead counsel would be absent.
Jacobs said he persuaded him to come but he said “unless
you abduct me, I am not coming’’.
Citing Sections 267(2) of the Administration of Criminal
Justice Act, he said it was a deliberate effort made by the
first defendant and his counsel not to appear in court.
However, Mr Wale Balogun, holding brief for Mr Joseph
Dauda (SAN), told the court that it was the duty of the
prosecution to produce the first defendant in court.
He said the prosecuting counsel did not produce affidavit
evidence before the court as for why he could not produce
the first defendant.
Olakayode Dada, Mr Solomon Umoh (SAN), Dr Abiodun
Layoun (SAN) and Mr Olajide Ayodele, counsel for second
to fifth defendants, aligned themselves with Balogun’s
submission.
Justice Husseni Baba-Yusuf adjourned till April 6 for
continuation of hearing.

John Obi Mikel named Nigeria captain, replacing Ahmed Musa

Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has been appointed
Nigeria captain by coach Samson Siasia.
Mikel, 28, replaces CSKA Moscow winger Ahmed Musa
and Siasia informed both players about his decision on
Wednesday night, telling ESPN FC that he decided to hand
the armband to the team's longest serving player.
Siasia met with both Musa and Mikel last night. Explained
to both players that he wanted his captain to be the
team's longest serving player
- Colin NOT Collins (@ColinUdoh) March 24, 2016
"Mikel is the oldest serving player in the team and it is
the right thing for him to have the armband," Musa told
ESPN FC. "This is just to correct what was done in the
past.
"The most important thing for us right now is to
concentrate on the two games in front of us and make
sure that we beat Egypt and qualify for the [African]
Nations Cup."

Adam Johnson given six years in prison for sexual activity with a child

Former England footballer Adam Johnson has been
sentenced to six years in prison after he was found guilty
of sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan and grooming the
teenager.
Johnson, 28, admitted kissing the girl in his car in County
Durham on Jan, 30 last year and grooming her with
hundreds of social media messages, but was found not
guilty of a third charge of sexual activity with a child,
relating to the same girl.
Judge Jonathan Rose, in sentencing Johnson, said: "This
will be your first prison sentence, this is all entirely your
fault. There is an abuse of trust, you are trusted by young
fans to behave properly."
The judge said the victim had been a Sunderland fan who
would wait after matches to take pictures of her "favourite
player,'' Johnson, who had known her age.
He said: "That was known to you -- to put it another way
she had only just turned 15 when you began grooming
her, because as you were to admit you found her sexually
attractive. You made a deliberate decision to engage in
sexual activity with this young girl, no doubt in the
expectation that you would get away with it.''
Judge Rose told him that he had "every opportunity'' to
enter guilty pleas to the charges he finally admitted.
After the former Sunderland winger was found guilty of a
more serious charge of sexual activity with the teenager,
the judge had told him he should expect to receive a
substantial prison sentence.
The jury had heard how Johnson, who played for England
12 times, began exchanging hundreds of messages with
the girl on social media at New Year 2015. He eventually
agreed to meet her to sign football shirts but it was
during a second meeting, after he inquired about a "thank
you kiss," that the sexual activity happened.
Sunderland terminated Johnson's contract on Feb. 11,
shortly after his guilty plea on two charges was entered.
After the verdict was returned, they issued a statement
denying they had known that he would change his plea
from not guilty.
Information from the Press Association was used in this
report.

» "We Will Fix Power Supply Problems In 3 Years" - Buhari «

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his
administration's commitment to providing a lasting
solution to the age-long power supply problems in in the
country within the next three years, Guardian reports.
Speaking at the National Economic Council retreat on the
economy held at the State House Conference Centre,
Presidential Villa, Abuja, Monday, March 21, 2016, the
President admitted that the privatisation of the power
sector has not changed anything in terms of performance.
“Nigerians’ favourite talking point and butt of jokes is the
power situation in our country. But, ladies and gentlemen,
it is no longer a laughing matter. We must and by the
grace of God we will put things right,” Buhari said
He said his government would end power shortages which
has become a monster of sort, as previous administrations
have been unable to successfully surmount it.
As listed by the President, some of the problems of the
sector includes, constant power cuts destroying economic
activity and affecting quality of life; high electricity bills
despite power cuts and low supply of gas to power plants
due to vandalization by terrorists.
Others are obsolete power distribution equipment such as
transformers; power fluctuations, which damage
manufacturing equipment and household appliances and
low voltage which cannot run an industrial machine.
Buhari also highlighted solutions to the problems - he said
the government will fast-track completion of pipelines from
gas points to power stations and provide more security to
protect gas and oil pipelines; adding that the power
companies will be encouraged to replace obsolete
equipment and improve the quality of service and
technicians.
He however charged the National Electricity Regulatory
Commission (NERC) to ensure consumers get value for
money and overall public interest is safeguarded.
The National Economic Council Retreat. which ends on
Tuesday, March 22, is aimed at generating immediate,
medium and long-term viable policy solutions to the
economic challenges facing the country.

» $200billion Loot In Dubai: EFCC Trails 7 Ex-Governors, 6 Ex-Ministers, 5 PDP Chiefs «

A Federal Government delegation, comprising of the
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation,
Mr. Abubakar Malami; Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu and
crack detectives from the anti-graft agency, yesterday,
started comparing collated intelligence notes with their
United Arab Emirates(UAE) counterparts on some Nigerian
former Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). This move is
ahead of the repatriation of over $200billion stashed away
by 7 former governors, 6 former ministers, a fleeing ex-
presidential aide in form of cash and/or acquired
properties in the UAE.
Implicated in this UAE loot saga are some of the
aforementioned former public officers and about 5
chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) who have
fat accounts in UAE and choice properties in Marina
(Dubai), Bur Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha. To this end, some
mansions belonging to the former PEPs and their cronies
or fronts may also be seized by the EFCC officials who
arrived Dubai on Saturday. The Nigerian delegation went to
UAE in line with an agreement with the Federal
Government. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari in
January signed a “Judicial Agreement on Extradition,
Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Mutual Legal Assistance on
Criminal Matters, and Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal
and Commercial Matters, which includes the recovery and
repatriation of stolen wealth”.

» Rapists Strangle UTME Candidate In Ogun, Dump Corpse Inside Bush (Photo ) «

Parents of 20-year-old Joan Egemba, have been thrown
into mourning after their daughter was stabbed and
strangled by some suspected rapists in the Ijebu Igbo area
of Ogun State.
Joan, who bagged a National Diploma in Accountancy from
the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, enrolled for the
2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased left her home in the
Odo Eran, Sango-Ota area around 12pm on Thursday, March
3, for the National Open University of Nigeria centre in Awa
Ijebu, where she was posted to sit for the exam the
following day.
It was learnt that on Thursday evening, she was abducted
at the Ijebu Oru Junction – a few distance away from the
centre – by persons suspected to be rapists.
Her corpse was said to be found in a bush at the back of a
secondary school in Ijebu Igbo with cuts in her thighs.
Our correspondent was told that the briefs that Egemba
wore were torn, suggesting that her assailants were
rapists.
Her father, Emmanuel Egemba, said she had called him on
the telephone on getting to the centre, informing him that
the security guard attached to the centre turned down her
request to pass the night on the premises.
He said, “On that Thursday, she left home around 12.30pm,
but the bus she boarded at Sango to the centre left around
2pm. She called at 5.30pm that she had arrived there, but
the security man at the centre did not open the gate for
her and others to pass the night on the premises. I told her
to find a place in the area till the following day when she
would sit for the exam.
“Around 7pm, I called her again and she said the security
man had opened the gate for them. One hour after, I called
again but she did not pick her calls. She was supposed to
sit for the exam at 6.30am on Friday. I called her around
12pm on Friday, her phone was switched off. As early as
4am on Saturday, I went to the centre to verify whether
she sat for the exam or not. I met the security man and he
directed me to the JAMB office in Abeokuta. He denied
that he allowed my daughter into the school compound to
pass the night.
“It was a woman that told us that a girl was kidnapped at
Oru Junction and taken towards Ijebu Igbo. We later
discovered her corpse on Wednesday, March 9. If the
candidates were allowed to sleep inside the school, this
incident would not have happened.”
Emmanuel, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Nigerian
Customs, said the loss of his daughter was hard to bear,
but the family had taken solace in God.
“I learnt it was rapists that killed her. Her body was not
mutilated, but she had cuts in the mouth and thighs. Her
clothes and briefs were torn and she had bruises in the
back.
“We prayed before she left home on that day. While we
were praying this morning (Monday) I looked at where she
used to sit and it was vacant,” he said.
He stated that the deceased’s mother, Mrs. Chimemo
Egemba, was too distraught and could not speak
withPUNCH Metro.
A neigbour, who identified himself only as Wale, said the
Divisional Police Officer in Awa Ijebu did not act promptly
when the case was reported and called for comprehensive
investigation to unravel Joan’s killers.
He said, “I followed Emmanuel to the police station on
Wednesday, four days after he reported the case, and I
asked the DPO if he had visited the school. He said no. He
should have gone to the centre instantly to investigate. He
is not fit to be a policeman.
“It was at a building beside the NOUN centre that we got
the information that the girl was abducted. We traced her
to Ijebu Igbo with her picture. At a motor park there, we
showed the picture to a man who told us her corpse was
dumped in a bush at the back of a school.
“I think she struggled with her abductors while they
attempted To Molest her. I think they strangled her when
they did not succeed in raping her. We want those that
perpetrate this act to be fished out and brought to book.”
Wale said a police officer at the Ijebu Igbo division told
him that they were overwhelmed by the spate of crime in
the community, adding that many policemen had
influenced their transfers from Ijebu Igbo to other stations.
The Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi,
said the command was working with its Information and
Communication Technology experts to track down the
suspects.
He said, “We are working on the information we have to get
the culprits.

» 3 Brothers Rape A Woman & Her Daughter Till Dawn In Osun Robbery Attack «

An Osun State Magistrate's Court in Osogbo has ordered
the remand of three siblings accused of raping a woman
and her daughter.
The magistrate, Mrs. Abibat Basiru, ordered that the three
accused arraigned by the police -Dayo Tajudeen (18),
Kamaru Tajudeen (21), and Ahmed Tajudeen (27) - be
remanded at the Ilesa Prison.
The police prosecutor, Mr. Mireti Wilson, had told the court
that the accused, who were armed, broke into the
apartment of one Mrs. Adebayo and raped the woman and
her daughter till dawn before they carted away N700,000
and two phones valued at N15,700.
He said the three defendants committed the offence on
March 5, 2016, at about 1.30am at the Owode area of
Osogbo.
He said, "The offence is contrary to Section 6 (b) and
Section 1( 2) (a) (b) and punishable under Section 1(1) of
the Robbery and Fire Arms ( Special Provision) Act, Cap
11, Vol. 14, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and
Section 516 PDF of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, vol. 11, Law
of Osun, 2003."
The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to send the case
file to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions and adjourned
till March 23, 2016.

» ‘Prophetess’ Arrested For Abducting And Duping A Man (Pictured ) «

A self-acclaimed prophetess, Victoria Okere, has been
arrested by the police for alleged fraud and abduction.
The suspect was alleged to have abducted a man identified
as Wisdom Aworegbe and swindled him of money running
into N3,000,000.
The ‘prophetess’ was arrested by policemen attached to
Ikeja divisional police station, after a complaint was lodged
by relatives of the victim.
Okere was until her arrest in charge of New Revelation
Church in Ogba Oke Ira area of the state .
The image maker in charge of the Lagos State police
command, Dolapo Badmos confirmed the arrest of the
woman to Lagos Metro.
It was alleged that the victim was attempting to sell a
house, belonging to his elder sister, to the suspect, when
the bubble burst.
While the police insisted that the prophetess abducted the
boy, Lagos Metro gathered that the victim was
brainwashed by the prophetess .
A police source said “what the man’s relatives told us was
that the woman abducted him and collected N3,000,000
from him, within a month.
Badmos told Lagos Metro that the duo were perfecting
plans to sell the house, when policemen arrested them.
She also said that the case was under investigation.

» 'Olosho' Singer Accuses Actress Of Borrowing Clothes As They Fight Over Top Actor «

Kemi Afolabi In Serious 'Mouth Brawl' With She Baby,
CheckOut The Distasteful Message Sent
Yoruba Actress Kemi Afolabi Accused Of Borrowing Clothes
From She Baby. Highly controversial Olosho singer, Seyi
Ariyo aka She Baby took to her BB chat few hours ago to
call out star actress Kemi Afolabi for refusing to return
some cloth she allegedly borrowed from her.
According to reports, She Baby exposed Kemi Afolabi to all
her colleagues in a BB broadcast message after the
delicious soup they both prepared suddenly turn sour.
It took the intervention of Saidi Balogun and Aremu
Afolayan to get Seyi Ariyo to remove the embarrassing
message.
Check out the distasteful message Miss Ariyo send out to
friends few hours ago;
“Kemi Afolabi, you are coward! Pic up snitch! Oloriburuku,
you are a disgrace to Nollywood! Please return my
clothes; your case is so pitiful. Get a life!”
The two are reportedly fighting over star actor Odunlade
Adekola.
We learnt the two are madly in love with the married
father of four who often feature Kemi Afolabi in his movies.
This and many other issue broke the friendship bond
between Kemi and Ariyo .

» Explosions Hit Brussels Airport, Belgium «

Two explosions have been reported in the departures area
of Zaventem airport in Brussels.
The Belgian fire service told local media there were at
least several dead and wounded.
The cause of the explosions is unknown. The airport is
being evacuated and has been closed to flights.
The blasts come four days after the capture in Brussels of
Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris attacks in
November.
Images on social media showed smoke rising from one of
the buildings, amid reports of panic as people fled the
airport.
Rail transport to the facility has been halted and people
have been told not to come to the airport.
Other reports say at least one of the explosions was close
to the American Airlines check-in area but this has not
been confirmed.
The Belgian broadcaster RTBF quoted a witness as saying
there were people injured or unconscious in the departure
area, opposite the Sheraton hotel.
Niels Caignau, a Swissport employee, told Flemish
broadcaster VRT: "I was on a break and heard and felt a
big explosion - we have from here a view over the
departure hall and saw a plume of smoke come out.
"The windows are completely shattered. People went
outside in shock. It doesn't look good."

» Okonjo-Iweala Reveals The "Best Way To Fight Corruption" «

Former Minister of Finance and coordinating Minister of the
Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said corruption should
be fought using technology and other institutions.
Speaking at the Africa CEO forum yesterday, the former
Minister, said those involved in corruption should be made
to pay for their actions.
“We have to fight corruption in two ways; one is by
punishing those who steal, and making sure they pay for
what they do.
“But we also must plug all the holes by building
institutions and systems that prevent corruption in the
first place.
“If you have a financial system for running your financial
accounts that is not computerised, that is not
technologically based, you are still transferring cash, as we
were doing in my country up until 2003, 2004, then you are
opening up the place to a lot of leakages,” she said.

Ese Oruru ’s Kidnapper Yinusa Dahiru Released On N3 Million Bail , Case Adjourned Till April 17

The lover boy who kidnapped Ese Oruru in Bayelsa last
year has been freed on bail.
On March 8, 2016, Yinusa Dahiru aka Yellow was charged
with kidnapping and sexual exploitation of a minor.
He pleaded not guilty.
He was today freed on bail of N3million with two sureties
in the like sum.
His case was adjourned till April 17, 2016.

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» Mikel Obi And Odion Ighalo Arrive Super Eagles Camp For Egypt AFCON Clash «

Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi and Watford forward
Odion Ighalo have joined the Super Eagles camp in Abuja
for Friday's Africa Nations qualifier against Egypt.
Aside Ighalo and Mikel, Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi, Turkey
based Aminu Umar, Uniao da Madeira’s Abdullahi Shehu
are the other internationals who had arrived the camp.
The Nigeria Football Federation said more players are
expected at lunch time on Monday as training will begin in
the evening by 4pm.