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  • BREAKING: IGP orders arrest of Seun Kuti

    BREAKING: IGP orders arrest of Seun Kuti

    The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate arrest of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports IGP Baba ordered the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command to arrest Seun Kuti.

    According to a statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Kuti was captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform.

    “The IGP has equally ordered a speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate cause(s) of the assault and prosecution of the suspect accordingly.

    “IGP Usman Alkali Baba assures Nigerians that acts of contempt/disdain for symbols of authority will not be tolerated while offenders of such hideous crimes will be surely brought to book,” the statement reads.

    TNG reports a video which went viral on social media shows Kuti assaulting the police officer, resulting in many condemning the Afrobeat singer.

    However, Kuti has alleged that the unidentified police officer attempted to take his life and that of his family, stressing that he has proof.

    “He tried to kill me and my family. I have the proof but I no dey chase clout. He has apologised and I have agreed not to press charges. Make una mind una business make the poor guy no lose him job,” Kuti wrote on his Instagram story.

  • Court orders transfer of Portable to Ilaro prison, till ….

    Court orders transfer of Portable to Ilaro prison, till ….

    A High Court in Ifo, Ogun State has ordered that popular “Zazu Zeh” crooner, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, be transferred to the Ilaro correctional centre, pending the time his bail requirements were met.

    The court granted bail to Portable after he was subsequently arraigned in court on Monday.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Portable landed in police custody on Friday, March 31, 2023, after he engaged with police officers at his bar, during which one of them was allegedly injured.

    The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had said the controversial singer would face more than six charges in court.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that Portable was granted bail in the sum of N300,000 and to provide two sureties with landed properties within the court vicinity.

    The charges against portable read: “That you, Badmus Habeebat Okikiola, M, A.KA Portable, and others now at large on the 28th day of March, 2023 at 11am at Odogwu Bar, Oke-Osa, Ilogbo, Ifo in the Ifo Magisterial District did willfully cause or inflict physical injury on one Inspector Hammed Moshood ‘m’ with your elbow on his nose which caused blood to gush out from his nose and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 4 (1) of the Violence against persons & Prohibition Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2017.

    “That you, Badmus Okikiola A.KA Portable on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did resist to be arrested by Inspector Hammed Moshood ‘m’, ASP Gregory Iyoha ‘m’, ASP Kunle Badmus ‘m’ after serving you with Police Invitation Letter on the 20 day of January, 2023 for the offences you committed when they were about to discharge their duty with warrant of arrest on you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 197 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.”

    Portable’s Counsel, Adodo Destiny, had prayed the court to grant the defendant bail.

    Delivering his ruling on the bail application made by his counsel, Magistrate A.S Shoneye said the offences were bailable and granted him bail with a bail bond of N300,000, two sureties who must reside within the jurisdiction of the honorable court.

    The case was adjourned till April 26 for the commencement of trial.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, while parading Portable before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta on Friday, had said the singer was arrested for allegedly assaulting one Osimusi Emmanuel.

    Oyeyemi added that Portable also attacked and assaulted police officers who came to his bar to effect his arrest.

  • Portable’s sister hospitalized after beaten to stupor by friends

    Portable’s sister hospitalized after beaten to stupor by friends

    Popular Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola better known as Portable, has cried out after his sister was beaten by some of his close friends in a dispute in which he interfered.

    The singer made this known via his Instagram Story on Friday.

    He shared the photo of his sister on the hospital bed, saying, “Olopa ma ko everybody, see wetin oke osa boiz do my big sister. Akoi big problem.”

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the singer stated that he was severely injured on his body, while his sister was hospitalized as a result of his friends’ attack.

    Portable stated that he was friends with the guys who beat him up and recounted how he helped them and how they were envious of his success.

    He said in Pidgin English, “As you can see. This life as you dey make am, make you dey run for people.The more you grow, run from people. Dem no want your success. Dem don shook me o. Na my nigga shock me. I no know watein he use shock me o. We don gather dey back in the days. Base on say I make am, na me still dey help am. He later con nack me base on sey you dey beat my sister.”

    Hours later, the singer shared a post on his Instagram that he had taken legal steps and briefed his lawyer on his incident.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Portable became famous after contributing to the song “ZaZoo Zehh” featuring Olamide and Nigerian dancer Poco Lee.

    During his early stage of fame, he became well known for calling out his business partners on social media for scamming him on business deals such as artist management and also on his Instagram handle where he mostly does all his controversial activities.

  • PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Lagos electorate narrates how she was assaulted at her polling unit

    PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Lagos electorate narrates how she was assaulted at her polling unit

    A Lagos State electorate, Jennifer Efidi, who was attacked by thugs on February 25, at the Nuru/Oniwo Ward, Polling Unit 065, in Surulere while waiting to vote, has narrated her ordeal.

    She stated that while going out on that day, she never thought she would come back defaced as she did.

    According to Jennifer, while she was waiting for her turn to vote, she saw a group of “strange-looking boys” who were observing her and other voters in the queue, before walking down the street.

    As she waited to vote while pressing her phone, Efidi said she felt a “huge impact” on her face and heard a gunshot, as people began running helter-skelter.

    When she held her face, she noticed that blood was dripping down her hand as she managed to stand up and cry for help.

    She narrated how she managed to find a courageous person who held her and applied pressure on the wound and tried to stabilize her.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that in a video that went viral on social media, the miscreants in Surulere frantically warned the electorates unwilling to support their presidential candidate to exit the polling unit.

    However, courageous Jennifer insisted that she must cast her vote for her preferred candidate, against all odds.

    “They can only disfigure my face, they can’t stop me from voting,” she said.

    There were videos of her face being stitched after the attacks and pictures of her returning to exercise her vote.

    Watch the video below

     

     

  • SENEGAL: Lawmakers sentenced to prison for assaulting pregnant colleague

    SENEGAL: Lawmakers sentenced to prison for assaulting pregnant colleague

    A court in Senegal has sentenced two politicians to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague during a brawl in parliament.

    On 1 December, MP Massata Samb attacked his colleague Amy Ndiaye from the gallery over statements she had made against Moustapha Sy, the leader of a member of the main opposition coalition, the Party of Unity and Gathering, who is not a member of parliament but is an influential marabout in Senegal.

    SENEGAL: Lawmakers sentenced to prison for assaulting pregnant colleague
    Amy Ndiaye

    The images that have taken the Senegalese social media by storm show Massata Samb and his colleague Mamadou Niang slapping and kicking the pregnant Mrs. Ndiaye in her stomach during assembly.

    Amy Ndiaye was hospitalized after the incident and risks losing the baby she is carrying, her lawyer Baboucar CissĂ© said during the trial. She has been released from the hospital, but remains “in an extremely difficult situation”, he added.

    The two parliamentarians, imprisoned since 15 December, were tried on 19 December by the court of flagrante delicto in Dakar.

    SENEGAL: Lawmakers sentenced to prison for assaulting pregnant colleague

    The court also sentenced them on Monday to pay a fine of 100,000 CFA francs (150 euros) each, and “jointly” damages of five million CFA francs (7,625 euros) for “assault and battery” on Amy Ndiaye, a member of the presidential party.

    The prosecution had requested two years in prison.

    The two deputies were not present Monday when the judgment was read. “They will remain in prison while we appeal,” Abdy Nar Ndiaye, one of their lawyers, told AFP.

    Despite the images, they had denied during the trial that they had hit their colleague.

    The two MPs’ defense had argued that the trial could not take place because of their clients’ parliamentary immunity, but the court overruled them.

    The incident was seen as symptomatic of the tensions between the opposition and the majority, violence against women and the untouchable status of marabouts.

    The presidential camp lost its absolute majority in the July legislative elections, which gave a near balance of power in the Assembly in a tense political context.

    President Macky Sall, elected in 2012 for seven years and re-elected in 2019 for five years, remains silent on his intentions for the presidential election of 2024.

  • Autopy report reveals Insp. Orukpe died of multiple injuries

    Autopy report reveals Insp. Orukpe died of multiple injuries

    Two autopsies carried out on late police Insp Monday Orukpe of the police command in Lagos State have revealed that the officer died of assault, multiple injuries and blunt force trauma.

    The autopsies were conducted by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) and the Nigerian Army Cantonment Medical Centre, Ojo.

    The reports were made available to newsmen by the widow, Mrs Favour Orukpe on Thursday.

    On Aug. 3, some soldiers from Ojo Cantonment allegedly clashed with some policemen controlling traffic in the area, leading to the death of Orukpe.

    The autopsy from LASUTH signed on Oct. 27, 2022, by Dr O.O. Onayemi of the Department of Pathology and Forensics revealed that multiple injuries and blunt force trauma caused Insp Orukpe’s death.

    Blunt force trauma, also known as non-penetrating trauma refers to injury to the body by forceful impact, falls, or physical attack with a dull object.

    The Nigerian Army’s autopsy report signed by Dr I. Agueze revealed that primary cause of death was assault, while secondary cause of death was head injury.

    Mrs Orukpe had alleged that her husband had not been buried because of the delay in the release of the autopsy reports and the Nigerian Army’s investigation report.

    She said that though the autopsy reports were now released, the Nigerian Army was yet to release its investigation report to determine who the culprits were.

    Acting Deputy Director in charge of Public Relations at 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj. Olaniyi Osoba, said the joint committee of the Army and the police investigating the case was still sitting.

    Osoba said that the investigating team had gone far in its assignment and was probing all issues surrounding the incident, administratively.

    He said the report would be out when the committee concluded its findings.

  • Police Orderly Assault: Professor Zainab gives own account of the incident

    Police Orderly Assault: Professor Zainab gives own account of the incident

    Professor of Law and human rights activist, Zainab Duke-Abiola, who has been trending for allegedly assaulting a female police officer, corporal  Teju Moses attached to her as orderly, has denied involvement in the assault, saying that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) authorities framed her up for supporting the endsars protest in 2020.

    The viral video where the police woman was seen seated on the bare floor with blood gushing from her head has generated a lot of reactions on social and traditional media.

    According to the video, the police officer was seen saying that Professor Zainab ordered her boys to kill her

    “She told her boys to kill me,” Moses said incoherently as she spoke to her direct boss on the phone”. She said

    Meanwhile, according to Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Inspector-general of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered that Professor Zainab and one of her staffers Rebecca Enechido be investigated and prosecuted.

    However, in her interview with an online medium, SR, Professor, Zainab denied ever assaulting the woman police officer but agrees that she was her former orderly.

    Prof. Zainab noted that she qualifies to be given an orderly to guard her because of her status as the  Chief Legal Consultant of the Nigeria Police Force and also to protect her against attacks from dangerous criminals.

    “The truth is that I, Professor Zainab Abiola, widow of Chief MKO Abiola, the winner of June 12 presidential election have been rendering pro-bono services to the Nigeria Police Force free of charge for over 15 years following her appointment as legal representative of the security agency.

    “Based on my professional excellence, the police promoted me and appointed me as the Chief Legal Consultant (CLC). As of today, Professor Abiola is the only Chief Legal Consultant of the Nigerian Police Force.

    “Orderlies have always been attached to me to protect me against dangerous criminals that the police are prosecuting. Even the present IGP, Alkali Baba approved and revalidated some new orderlies for me as recently as 29th April 2022.

    “So, for IGP Alkali Usman to deny any knowledge of the CLC of the police is irresponsible, discrimination, racism, tribalism, ethnicism, bureaucratic corruption and a mischievous attempt to deceive the public. On some occasions, the police would officially approve logistics for my staff to handle office administrative works like photocopying, typing which are yet to be reimbursed.”

    Zainab added she became an enemy of the current Inspector General of Police because of her support for #EndSARS victims.

    “The IGP was very angry, he reduced the number of cases assigned to me because of my office at the legal department of the police. My office is there, did you not see my letterhead paper? If they (police) have another Chief Legal Consultant in this Nigeria, let them bring the person out. It’s no other person but me, even the senior lawyers listen to me, so I give recommendations.

    “That was how I recommended that all these lopsided appointments of Christians by the IGP is wrong, I wrote the President. Intelligent police officers, you decided to retire them, you need these people to fight insecurity. That’s me, thank God that this thing happened, who will know I have been rendering pro bono services to the Nigeria Police Force for years?

    “’You said you were supporting #EndSARS people and you called yourself our Chief Legal Consultant. Why would you be supporting those thugs, those criminals, those Lagos boys, those Tinubu’s boys’. Yes, that’s what the IGP said.

    “It appeared you are working and supporting Tinubu. Openly, he said so in his office. What do you think? You supporting Tinubu. I kept quiet, I didn’t reply him (IGP), he said so in his office. I think his office has a camera, let them bring the recording of that meeting out.

    “Is it wrong to be against police brutality, discrimination against innocent citizens, misuse of guns against Nigerians? I have not done anything, I don’t assault people, my hand is for healing, for good things, it’s not in my character. They were just looking for a way to embarrass me.

    “It started after I came back from the United States of America and actually expressed support for #EndSARS freedom fighters openly. The IGP, Alkali Baba Usman was not happy.

    “That was where his sons, one Engineer Ibrahim stepped in and offered to take me to see the IGP for a fee. But I refused to pay any bribe and that IGP’s son, Engineer Ibrahim took offence.

    “He, Ibrahim now brought his girlfriend, one miss Zara to us. When it was discovered that the girlfriend of the IGP’s son has sickle cell disease, my firm offered to help but Ibrahim travelled out.

    “On his return, the IGPs son kept visiting our office and not being able to get any headway, he turned 360 degrees and became an enemy and very hostile. Nobody beat up any orderly. It is not in my character.”

    She added that she the woman police wasn’t her orderly as at the time of the alleged assault.

    “I rejected her posting after realizing she’s been on a peacekeeping mission to several countries and should be rehabilitated first due to her mental health.

    “But she came back that particular night. I wasn’t even the one who attended to her, so how could I have given the order that she should be assaulted?”

    However, latest development says that professor Zainab has been remanded in custody pending final investigations and findings of the Nigeria Police force on the matter.

     

     

  • BREAKING: Professor Abiola remanded in prison

    BREAKING: Professor Abiola remanded in prison

    A Wuse Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja has remanded Professor Zainab Abiola and her house help, Rebecca Enechido in a correctional facility until October 5.
    Abiola and Enechido, who live in Garki, Abuja are charged with criminal conspiracy, attempt to commit culpable homicide, causing grievous hurt without provocation, criminal intimidation and intentional insult with intent to cause a breach of peace.
    The defendants however pleaded not guilty.
    Magistrate Elizabeth Wonu, therefore ordered that they should be remanded in the Suleja Correctional Centre and adjourned the matter until October 5 for hearing.
    Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, ASP Stanley Nwafoaku told the court that the complainant, Insp Teju Moses  of  Special Protection Unit Force Headquarters, reported the matter at the Garki Police  Station on Sept. 20.
    The counsel further alleged that on Sept.19, Abiola ordered the complainant to  pick her bag and keep same in her car, ordered her to open the gate while it was raining and  she said she could not do so in her uniform.
    The counsel in addition said on Sept.20, Abiola also ordered the complainant to wash her car carpet and she told her that she could not do so as she was already in her police uniform.
    The prosecutor also alleged that Abiola started raining insults on the complainant and instructed the second defendant, Enechido to do same.
    He added that later that day when the complainant came to pick her belonging, the defendants attacked her with one Ugo, that is currently at large.
    He added that the first defendant  hit her with with a metal object on her head thereby inflicting an injury on her head before a passerby rescued her.
    He said the offence contravenes the provisions of sections 97, 229,247,397 and 399 of the Penal Code Law.
    The defendants’ counsel, Mr Hassan Yusuf  made an oral application for bail  and prayed the court to grant his clients bail in the most liberal terms citing section 36 ( 5) of Constitution of Nigeria  1999 as amended.
    The counsel also cited sectionb162 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act ( ACJA), 2015.
    The court in its ruling however denied the bail and  ordered the defendants to be remanded until Oct.5.
    Abiola pleaded to the court to allow her remain at the Garki Police Station where she had been in custody since Sept. 20.
    The remand warrant that was signed by the magistrate was for Suleja Correctional Centre.
    Before the First Information Report (FIR) was read to enable the defendants take their plea, the magistrate stated that the court did not have jurisdiction because of the charge of attempt to commit culpable homicide and she was not going to entertain the matter.
    However, the prosecutor drew the attention of the court to the provision of section 227 of Penal Code which allows the High Court and Grade I Native Court to entertain charges under section 229 and the Magistrate Court share concurrent jurisdiction with Grade 1 Native Court.
    The first defendant, an activist lawyer and wife to late M.K.O Abiola and her domestic help, Enechido were arrested on Sept.20 following an allegation of causing grievous hurt to the complainant, Moses, who was attached to her as her orderly.
  • Woman caught on camera assaulting a policeman [VIDEO]

    Woman caught on camera assaulting a policeman [VIDEO]

    A woman has been caught on camera assaulting a policeman in the FESTAC area of Lagos.

     

    The woman shouted in the face of the policeman and held his uniform, angry that he had threatened to shoot her.

     

    Woman caught on camera assaulting a policeman (VIDEO)

     

    Netizens reaction to the incident

    DonNweze @Don_Dee_donald said: “Nigerian Police is very good at recording their victims’ reactions, and will seize your phone for attempting to record their own intimidations and harrassments that led to the reaction. I know this from personal experience. You threatened to gun her; yes or no?”
    According to aabibat @aabibat, “This woman action is uncalled for. Lets give it to her that the policemen made a threat to gun her, still she went beyond what is expected. The policeman, definitely from what the video portrayed acted well disciplined. Kudos to him.”
    ?????? ????? @MasterPackerPut noted that, “This is a nĂ©e strategy from the Nigerian police. They will purposely annoy you so you will react. Then they will make a video of it and say you assaulted them. The Nigerian police are doing massive image cleaning now and they are using innocent civilians to do this. Be warned!”
    De UniQue @Abdulkarim2 maintained that, “All I love and learn here is the Calmness and patience of the police officer assaulted. Coz I know I believe if this to be in UK or USA,  I promise you this lady will be dealt with seriously. Another thing i don’t understand is what would happen come next year.
    Objective Kenny @kenecuku explained that “The so called gentle policeman asked the lady to “hold me na” knowing his colleague wants to film that part(they need her to repeat since they didn’t capture it b4)She played into their game/trap.Now she is telling d policeman to repeat his threats,the man pam” cos he’s on film

    Watch video below:

     

  • I did not kill my wife – late Osinachi’s husband

    I did not kill my wife – late Osinachi’s husband

    Mr Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late popular gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu has denied killing his wife.

    Recall Peter is currently in the news for allegedly beating his wife to death.

    However, he has denied ever battering or assaulting his wife.

    Speaking from police custody, Peter Nwachukwu said his late wife had been ill since November last year.

    He said he first took her to Federal Medical Center (FMC), later to Gwagwalada General hospital, and then to National hospital, where she finally died.

    He, however, failed to disclose the nature of her illness.

    At about 11a.m on Monday, April 11, 2021, Mr Nwachukwu was handcuffed and escorted into the police van stationed in front of the Lugbe police station in Abuja.

    The police said they were driving him to their house to provide evidence of the hospitals he claimed to have taken his deceased wife to for treatment.

    Meanwhile, an autopsy has now been carried out on the famous Nigerian gospel musician Osinachi Nwachukwu’s corpse to ascertain the real cause of her death.

    The autopsy became necessary after the late singer’s husband, alleged to have been responsible for her death, denied any wrongdoing.

    While the police awaits the autopsy test results, Mr Nwachukwu has been transferred to the force headquarters in Abuja for further interrogations.

    Late Osinachi was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre.