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  • Fleeing ex-Buhari’s aide, Obono-Obla, arrested in Abuja

    Fleeing ex-Buhari’s aide, Obono-Obla, arrested in Abuja

    Five months after he was declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the suspended chairman of the Special Investigation Panel on Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, was on Friday arrested in Abuja by the anti-graft agency.

    Obono-Obla, who was declared wanted by ICPC for allegedly refusing to honour its investigation, was picked up in an undisclosed location in the Federal Capital Territory.

    According to reports, the former special assistant to the president on prosecution was undergoing medicals at the anti-graft agency’s headquarters in the capital city.

    Confirming the development to newsmen, ICPC spokesperson, Rasheedah Okodowa, said Obono-Obla was arrested Friday afternoon.

    She said: “Yes, he is in our custody. Mr Obono-Obla was arrested a few hours ago in Abuja. Details will be communicated to the public.”

    The spokeswoman, however, declined comment on whether Obono-Obla was undergoing medicals, saying the agency has its own procedures for taking suspects into its custody.”

    Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2019, suspended Obono-Obla from office with an instruction that the suspension order took immediate effect.

    In a letter dated, August 14, 2019, and signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Obono-Obla was accused of “falsification of records and financial impropriety.”

    The letter read in part; “I write to convey the directive of His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for your suspension from office as Chairman, Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property with immediate effect.

    “This suspension shall subsist until the conclusion of the ICPC investigations into cases of alleged falsification of records and financial impropriety against your person.
    “You are required by this instruction to strictly observe and comply with the provisions of PSR 030405 (a-c) of the Public Service Rules. For the avoidance of doubt, the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, shall be the authority to whom you shall report.”

  • Four policemen arrested for assaulting civilian

    Four policemen arrested for assaulting civilian

    Police in Enugu State have commenced investigation into an alleged misconduct by four policemen which was shown in a video clip in Enugu metropolis.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu yesterday.

    Amaraizu said that the suspected unprofessional misconduct took place around Kenyatta Uwani axis on Saturday.

    He said: “The command wishes to inform members of the public that its attention has been drawn to a video clip in relation to the unprofessional conduct of some police personnel in the assault of one Justice Obasi.

    “The command further wishes to inform members of the public that the command views such act by its personnel as reflected in the said video as unprofessional; while it frowns at such act.

    “To this end, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Abdurrahman, has directed for a full scale investigation into the unfortunate incident with a view to bringing the perpetrators to book.’’

    The PPRO, however, noted that the erring police personnel had been identified and arrested already.

  • Herdsman arrested for raping 56-yr-old woman to death

    The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a suspected herdsman for allegedly raping a 56-year-old woman to death.

    Although details of the incident were sketchy last night, a source in the community said the suspected herdsman allegedly carried out the act on December 28 at Ufuezeraku, Ugwulangwu in Ohaozara Local Government.

    Police spokesperson Loveth Odah confirmed the incident.

    Details soon…

  • Why we arrested lawmaker, Shina Peller – Police

    The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Shina Abiola, popularly known as Shina Peller.

    Peller, owner of a popular nightclub in Lagos, Quilox, was arrested alongside five suspected thugs, Lagos PPRO Elkana Bala told newsmen on Monday.

    His arrest in connection with the activities of the club that happened a few days after he told a House of Representatives plenary that he stepped down from the club’s management.

    “In line with the constitution, I have stepped down from the club,” he said on Wednesday.

    Bala accused Peller of mobilising over “50 thugs” to attack a police station, Maroko Police Station, after policemen from the division cleared the traffic obstruction caused by Quilox customers.

    “Customers blocked the road and obstructed the road causing hardship for Lagosians who need to ply that route,”

    Bala said in an attempt to clear the gridlock caused by the obstruction, police “moved three cars parked by road to the station.”

    “This Honorable now mobilised over 50 thugs to attack Maroko police station to remove the cars,” Bala said

    “We have to send reinforcement and then he was arrested with five other thugs while others flee,” he said, adding the Peller is being “investigated”.

    But Kola Popoola, Peller’s spokesman, in a statement said his principal was at Moroko police station to bail some of Club Quilox’s customers who had allegedly parked on the road during a show at the Club.

    “Prior to the kickoff of the 36hours non-stop show which usually holds every year at Quilox, Hon. Peller had informed the concerned Lagos traffic authorities to avoid unnecessary traffic gridlock,” Popoola said.

    “On getting to Moroko police station, the police started harassing Hon. Peller and even went as far as seizing all his phones for no reason.

    “The continuous harassment and unjust detain of a member of House of Representatives, Hon. Peller, by the police calls for urgent attention of the media, and the commissioner of Police.”

  • Pastor, two others arrested for alleged rape, defilement in Delta

    Pastor, two others arrested for alleged rape, defilement in Delta

    A pastor and two men in their 50s have been nabbed by the police in Delta State for their alleged involvement in rape and defilement.
    A police source in Sapele said the pastor, simply known as Collins, was arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl.
    Collins, a senior pastor with a Pentecostal church was detained by the police after he was allegedly caught in the act.
    It was gathered that policemen took the suspect into custody after the victim’s parents reported the matter at the Gana Police Station in Sapele.
    Although details of the occurrence were still vague, it was gathered that the suspect was arrested on Saturday and later transferred to the Sapele Area Command.
    The police have also confirmed the arrest of two men in their 50s for separately molesting a 10-year-old girl and a two-year-old baby.
    One of the accused, a 58-year-old man, was arrested for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl at Eku in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state.
    The second suspect was accused of molesting a two-year-old baby at the Ovwian/Aladja area of Udu Local Government Area of the state.
    Confirming the arrests, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said the two men would be charged to court on today (Monday).
    Onovwakpoyeya said, “On the June 9, 2019, a teenage girl of about 10 years was defiled by a 58-year-old man in Eku. Similarly, on the June 27, 2019, at Ovwian Aladja Warri, another innocent two-year-old baby girl was defiled by a 52-year-old man.
    “The two suspects were arrested and are presently in police custody. They will soon be charged to court at the completion of investigation, most likely on Monday, July 1, 2019.”
     

  • UPDATED: Raymond Dokpesi arrested, released on arrival from foreign medical trip

    UPDATED: Raymond Dokpesi arrested, released on arrival from foreign medical trip

    Founder of DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) Raypower FM, Dr Raymond Dokpesi, has been arrested on his return from medical treatment abroad.

    Dokpesi was arrested by security operatives on Friday at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.

    A post on AIT site said Dokpesi was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport on return from medical treatment /operation at the American Hospital Dubai.

    Reasons for his arrest were still unknown as at the time of filing this report.

    However, sources close to the media guru confided in TNG that he (Dokpesi) was only questioned for a few minutes at the airport and has since been released.

    “He was let go after sometime. He attended a church service in asokoro area this evening,” the source who spoke on condition of anonymity said.

  • Bow Wow arrested in Atlanta

    Renowned rapper, Shad Moss also known as Bow Wow has been arrested over an alleged altercation with a woman on Saturday morning.

    The rapper, whose real name is Shad Moss, was arrested early Saturday following a fight with a woman in Midtown Atlanta.

    Recounting the account of the incident, Officer Jarius Daugherty said the Woman narrated that Moss had assaulted her first.

    “Officers were unable to determine the primary aggressor of the altercation, so both parties were charged with battery,” Daugherty said in a statement to CNN

    The rapper’s lawyer, Joe Habachy, also told CNN that Bow Wow was wrongfully arrested.

    He said the woman involved in the incident was drunk and beat Moss “with a lamp, bit him on his side and spit on him” while he “continually made efforts to avoid her.”

    “For no logical reason, officers arrested both parties despite having clear-cut evidence that Bow Wow was the victim in the case.

    “Bow Wow feels very strongly that a man should never lay a hand on a woman, even in self-defence, hence his failure to defend himself here,” he added.

     

  • Weep not for Deji Adeyanju, weep for Nigeria – Fani-Kayode

    Weep not for Deji Adeyanju, weep for Nigeria – Fani-Kayode

    By Femi Fani-Kayode
    I do not agree with him on everything and I deplore his views about my friend and brother, the lion of the east, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu yet the truth is that I love and admire my younger brother Prince Deji Adeyanju.
    I consider the outrageous things that the Buhari government is doing to this deeply courageous man, who has always resisted tyranny and injustice and who has always spoken up for others, as unacceptable and I am utterly astounded at the silence of the entire political class in the face of this injustice.
    Where are the voices of the leading members of the opposition and opposition political parties? Where are the voices of the Shiite Muslims whose cause he often championed?
    Where are the voices of the human rights and civil rights groups who he stood shoulder to shoulder with in his quest to make Nigeria a better and safer place? Why have they not condemned this injustice and outrage?
    Not one notable politician or political party or so-called leader has spoken up publicly for Deji and this sickens me. When will they learn that what has happened to Deji may end up also happening to them or theirs if not challenged and checked?
    When will they learn to comprehend and come to appreciate the adage that says “an act of injustice against one is an act of injustice against all?”
    When will they stop being self-serving, self-centred, shortsighted, lily-livered cowards and learn that we must all speak for one another and watch each others backs?
    This is especially so regardless of how we may feel about the victim of the governments tyranny at any point in time? Whether you like him or not, it is Deji today but it could be any of you tomorrow.
    When will they accept the fact that this battle is not merely about winning an election but about breaking the yoke of tyranny and liberating our people from wholesale bondage, modern-day servitide and good old-fashioned slavery?
    When the history of this age is written, amongst the heroes that will be listed will not be the regular politicians and desperate office-seekers who regard themselves as todays leaders but rather selfless, courageous and strong-willed men and women of principle, honor and vision who were prepared to put everything on the line including their lives and liberty for a better tomorrow like Deji Adeyanju.
    It is not members of today’s ruling elite and political class who are, generally-speaking, fearful, timid, weak and frail and who, more often than not, are given to compromise with evil in return for gain but rather the non-conformists and great and heroic figures like Adeyanju that are the true architects of what will eventually and inevitably be a new and free Nigeria where justice, the rule of law, self-determination, free speech, freedom of association, true democracy and liberty has its place.
    Deji may be in detention today and they may be planning to rearrest him when he is released and lock him up again on terrorism charges but the truth is that it really does not matter because tomorrow belongs to men like him.
    And most important of all, no matter what they do, they cannot break his indomitable spirit. I weep not for Deji Adeyanju, I weep for Nigeria.

  • Alleged fraud: APC governorship candidate, Uzodinma, arrested

    Imo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Hope Uzodinma, has allegedly been arrested over the failure of his company to execute a contract of $12 million for the dredging of Calabar channel.

    The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property made this known to newsmen on Sunday, explaining that he was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

    The arrest of Uzodinma, a serving senator representing Imo West senatorial district, was made public by the chairman of the panel, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla.

    Nigerian Ports Authority awarded the contract to Uzodinma. But after he alleged failure to execute it, he was dragged to court.

    Report had recently claimed that court ruling ordered a warrant of arrest on the senator, which the lawmaker later debunked.

    But Obono-Obla, in his message about Uzodinma’s arrest claimed that the APC governorship candidate has been evading arrest for about a year. He added that he was arrested at about 8.20pm.

    “This evening, at about 8.20pm, operatives of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel For Recovery of Public Property at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport arrested the APC governorship candidate in Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, after disembarking from an Air Peace P47324 flight from Lagos.

    “The panel is investigating economic sabotage against Senator Uzodinma arising out of the failure of his company to execute a contract of $12m for the dredging of Calabar channel awarded by the NPA,” the statement read.

  • Fight over refusal to pay partner after sex ends in arrest of two homosexuals

    *Anus of one of the suspects (Ademola) had been “violently tampered with – police

    Police in Ogun State has arrested two suspected homosexuals after their love life went awry.

    The suspects were identified as Ademola Adekunle and Okon Bassey.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest in a statement made available to reporters in Abeokuta.

    Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the suspects had already confessed to the crime, adding that they will be charged to court.

    He disclosed that the anus of one of the suspects (Ademola) had been “violently tampered with.”

    The PPRO said, “The two men were arrested following a complaint by the first suspect, Okon Bassey, who reported at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters on Wednesday 29th August that the second suspect Ademola Adekunle is threatening his life with violence.

    “Upon his report, the DPO Onipanu, SP Sangobiyi Johnson, detailed detectives to effect the arrest of the said Ademola.

    “But the case took another dimension when on questioning, Ademola explained how he was introduced to Bassey by one of his bosses who he simply called Mandela and how Bassey promised him N20,000 if he agreed to be his sex partner.

    “He further stated that the said Bassey has had sex with him for good three times; consequent upon which he has been bleeding in the anus profusely and Bassey has refused to pay him the promised N20,000.

    “Upon the confession, the two of them were promptly arrested and detained. Ademola was taken to hospital and medical report confirmed that his anus has been violently tampered with.”

    Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.