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  • Daddy Freeze’s partner opens up on assault by ex-husband, tenders proof

    Daddy Freeze’s partner opens up on assault by ex-husband, tenders proof

    Benedicta Elechi, a chef and partner of Daddy Freeze, has alleged Paul Odekina, her ex-husband assaulted her.

     

    In commemoration of International Womans’ Day (IWD) 2021, she took to her Instagram page to express her thoughts on women’s rights.

    Elechi also shared a medical report revealing she was given anti-inflammatory drugs due to an “assault” by Odekina.

    “The above named presented to our centre with neck pain, headache, and voice hoarseness. thought to have been due to a scuffle with her ex. The impression made was of stress-induced laryngeal oedema,” the report read.

     

    Elechi wrote: “We live in a country where the rights of women are nonexistent. Today is a day, when women all over the world, come toebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

    “We should be observing a moment of silence for the fearless women, who fought to the death for the rights of women and children and raising our glasses to a toast…

    “…to all the strong women that have fought and continue to fight for the abolishment of archaic practices and the reformation of laws that have enslaved women for decades in unison.

    “But no, as women, living in this part of the world, it will be hypocritical for us to partake in this celebration.

    “This day should mark a call to action for accelerating gender parity, gender equality, and reforms that will protect our fundamental rights as women. We owe it to the girl child.”

    TheNewsGuru recalls that a high court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers ruled that Freeze should pay N5 million as compensation to Odekina for having an affair with Elechi that birthed Jason, their son, in 2015 while they were married to different partners.

     

  • Police arraign 4 in court over alleged assault

    Police arraign 4 in court over alleged assault

    The police, on Wednesday, arraigned four persons before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault.
    The defendants: Lasisi Alese, 54; Kehinde Ademilua, 40; Ganiyu Alese, 35 and Jamiyu Alese, 35, are facing a count charge of assault.

    The Police Prosecutor, Insp Johnson Okunade, told the court that the defendants and six others, now at large, committed the offence on Feb. 9, at about 09:30 am. at Ajagbadu farm junction on Afao road, Ado-Ekiti.
    Okunade said that the defendants and six others, now at large, conspired among themselves to commit felony to wit, assault occasioning harm.
    He said that the defendants assaulted one Chief Ali Ominiyi, the Elejoka of Oke-Ila, Ado-Ekiti and Arogundade Olu of Aaye quarters, also in Ado-Ekiti, with broken bottle and inflicted injuries on their chests, left shoulders and jaw.
    According to him, the offences contravene Sections 516 (A) and 355 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
    The prosecutor asked the court for an adjournment to enable him to study the case file and assemble his witnesses.

    While the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them, their counsel, Mr Chris Omokhafe, urged the court to grant them bail, with a promise that they would not jump bail.
    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adedayo Oyebanji, in his ruling, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100,000, with one surety each in like sum.
    Oyebanji said the surety must provide evidence of landed property within the court’s jurisdiction.
    He, thereafter, adjourned the case till March 15, for hearing.

  • Man Utd legend Giggs arrested on suspicion of assault

    Man Utd legend Giggs arrested on suspicion of assault

    Wales manager Ryan Giggs has been arrested on suspicion of assault, according to British media reports on Monday.

    A report said the police were called to the 46-year-old former Manchester United winger’s home on Sunday night after receiving reports of a disturbance.

    “Police were called at 10:05 p.m. on Sunday to reports of a disturbance. A woman in her 30s sustained minor injuries but did not require any treatment,” the report quoted a statement from Greater Manchester Police as saying.

    “A 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of section 47 assault and section 39 common assault.”

    He was released on bail pending enquiries, the report said.

    Greater Manchester Police were not immediately available for comment.

    The Welsh football association (FAW) noted the allegations against Giggs.

    “The FAW is aware of an alleged incident involving the men’s national team manager Ryan Giggs,” it said in a statement.

    “The FAW will be making no further comment at this current time.”

    Wales were due to name their squad on Tuesday for November matches against the U.S., Ireland and Finland but have postponed it, reports said.

  • Lil Frosh finally breaks silence on assault on girlfriend

    Lil Frosh finally breaks silence on assault on girlfriend

    Budding singer, Sanni Goriola, better known as Lil Frosh has finally spoken on the domestic violence allegations with an apology to the public and Gift Camille, his girlfriend.

    TheNewsGuru recalls that Mayoks Michael, Camille’s manager and brother, had in a Twitter thread last Monday accused the singer of assaulting his sister.

    The scandal that ensued had prompted Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), a record label owned by Davido, to terminate its contract with Lil Frosh.

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    In a new development on Sunday, the 22-year-old took to his Instagram page to issue a statement where he expressed remorse for his actions and inactions.

    “Based on the wide range of incidents between I Sanni Goriola Wasiu (Lil Frosh) and Iyomaterie Okeoghene Taiwo (Thacutegeminnme), I would like to inform my fans and loved ones that we are on top of the situation,” the statement read.

    “We urge friends and fans of Lil Frosh to be at ease and not entertain fear or cause further rancor to this situation. We would also like to state that we condemn violence in all forms, be it domestic or otherwise. I sincerely apologize for my actions and inactions, Thank you.”

     

  • Sex-toy-shop: Abbo appeals N50m ‘excessive’ judgement

    Sex-toy-shop: Abbo appeals N50m ‘excessive’ judgement

    Adamawa North lawmaker, Senator Elisha Abbo, has appealed the judgment delivered by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, ordering him to pay N50m as compensation to Osimibibra Warmate.

    Abbo was caught on video assaulting Warmate at a sex toy shop in Wuse 2, Abuja in 2019.

    Although the senator won the criminal case instituted against him by the police before a Chief Magistrate Court in Zuba, Justice Samira Bature of the FCT High Court ruled against him in a separate civil suit instituted by Warmate and ordered him to pay N50m and publish an apology to the applicant.

    However, the lawmaker has filed a notice of appeal, insisting that the facts of the case disclosed an “alleged tort of simple assault” and not torture or inhuman treatment, hence the fundamental rights procure was an inappropriate means of seeking redress.

    The notice of appeal read in part, “That the appellant being dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court of the FCT as contained in its ruling and orders in Suit No CV/2393/2019 delivered on the 28th day of September, 2020 by Hon. Justice S.U Bature, do hereby appeal to the Court of Appeal, Abuja.”

    Abbo, who is the youngest senator in the country, anchored his appeal on three premises.

    The senator said the judge erred in law when he dismissed his preliminary objection to the effect that the suit was not recognisable under Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution and the fundamental rights enforcement procedure.

    He said the facts of the case were contentious and could not be determined via affidavit evidence.

    The lawmaker stated that the trial judge erred when he held that the applicant had proved her case as required by law whereas the evidence was not in her favour.

    He further stated that the court granting N50m compensation to the applicant was “excessive.”

  • Footballer, Chimezie Mba assaults 3 hotel staff when asked to pay N1.3m bill

    Footballer, Chimezie Mba assaults 3 hotel staff when asked to pay N1.3m bill

    A 33 year-old Lagos resident, Chimezie Mba, has been arraigned at a Magistrate’s Court for refusing to pay his hotel bills and assaulting the workers.

    Police at Maroko Division further accused Mba of assaulting three workers of the hotel.

    Mba, according to the charge sheet, stabbed one Sikiru Sosanya and beat up two other female workers, who demanded payment.

    The women were identified as Nicola Akorah and Lizzy Akorah.

    On Friday, the accused, who was described as a footballer, was slammed with a three count charge of obtaining service fraudulently and assault occasioning bodily harm.

    The case is before the Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court.

    Police Counsel, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji told the Court that the accused committed the offence on 23 July, 2020 at H3 Luxury Cottage, at Anjorin Street, Lekki Phase I, Lagos.

    Osuji told Magistrate A.O Erinle that the accused lodged at the hotel for weeks and was served food.

    But when the management of the hotel presented a bill of N1,300,000 for him to pay before he could check out, he assaulted three workers of the hotel.

    Osuji said Mba stabbed one of them with a knife.

    He said the offences, the accused committed were punishable under sections 173, 172 and 314(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate Erinle granted him N500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

    Erinle adjourned the case till 27 August, 2020 for mention.

    He also ordered that the defendant be kept at the Maroko Police Division, Lekki, Lagos in compliance to the COVID-19 protocols till he perfected the bail conditions.

  • Leading Democrats defend Biden after sexual assault allegation

    Leading Democrats defend Biden after sexual assault allegation

    A sexual assault allegation by a former aide is casting a shadow on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, leaving some Democrats defending the party’s presumptive nominee and prompting Republican attacks.

    Tara Reade, Biden’s former Senate staffer, has accused the former vice president of sexually assaulting her on Capitol Hill in 1993, a claim that gained fresh attention this week after an associate of Reade’s came forward to say Reade had told her about the alleged assault at the time.

    Biden’s campaign has denied the allegation, though the 77-year-old political veteran has not addressed the issue himself.

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she was “satisfied” with how Biden had responded, while acknowledging that “it’s a matter that he has to deal with.”

    Pelosi told broadcaster CNN that she had “great sympathy for any women who bring forth an allegation,” but noted that people working with Biden in the 1990s had never heard of such a claim.

    Other Democrats who have come to his defence include Stacey Abrams, a potential running mate for Biden.

    “I think he’s telling the truth and this did not happen,” Abrams told CNN, pointing to a New York Times investigation she said exonerated him.

    Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, has claimed a double standard in the way Democrats and the media have confronted Reade’s allegation compared to accusations against conservatives.

    McConnell told Fox News on Thursday that Biden will “have to participate in releasing all of the information related to the allegations,” though he not made the same request of President Donald Trump, who has faced more than a dozen sexual assault allegations.

    President Trump was asked to weigh in on the accusation on Thursday and remained uncharacteristically reserved toward his chief political rival.

    “It could be false accusations, I know all about false accusations,” said Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least 17 women and was heard on tape bragging about grabbing women’s genitalia.

  • COVID-19 Lockdown: Police dismiss officers assaulting woman in Osun

    The Nigeria Police Force on Friday said it has dismissed two officers who assaulted a woman at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo Osun State.

    The police said the dismissal of the officers – Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo and Constable Abass Ibrahim – was preceded by a trial where they were found guilty of assaulting the woman.

    “They have been dismissed from the Force. They will be arraigned in court for prosecution,” the police said.

    The duo attached to Iwo Division of Osun State Police Command were seen assaulting a woman at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo, Osun State, in a video in early April.

    The victim identified as Azeez Tola had claimed that she was out to buy drugs but Ikuesan turned a deaf ear to her plea.

    In the video, the police officers interrogated the woman on an unknown issue and soon began pulling her by the clothes she wore.

    Taiwo and Ibrahim continuously flogged the woman with canes amidst pleas by sympathisers to stop the assault.

    The video generated a renewed call by Nigerians for the government to restructure and re-orientate police officers who have been found culpable of illegal arrest, abuse, extortion, and extrajudicial killing of Nigerians on many occasions.

  • [Video] Police arrest officers involved in assault of lady at Osun Market

    [Video] Police arrest officers involved in assault of lady at Osun Market

    In a video that surfaced online, men of the Nigerian Polic Force were seen assaulting a lady at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo Osun State. in the video, a police officer was seen flogging the lady repeatedly.

     

    Reacting to the video, through the Force official Facebook page, the public relation officer, DCP Frank Mba had stated that, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has condemned the unwarranted, unnecessary and unjustifiable assault on the woman by officers attached to Iwo Division, Osun Command.

    Following the IGP’s condemnation and directives, the Commissioner of Police has arrested and identified the officers. They are Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo with AP NO 251724 and PC Abass Ibrahim with Force No. 509634. The duo is currently being detained and their orderly room trial had since commenced.
    The IGP reiterates that the Police under his watch will not condone any act of misconduct and recklessness on the part of its personnel. He enjoins the citizens to continue to cooperate with the leadership of the Force as it strives to reposition the NPF into an effective, efficient and people-friendly Force.

  • Court summons Oluwo to appear over assault on Agbowu

    An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday ordered the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, to appear in court over an alleged assault.

    The Oluwo is accused of allegedly attacking and punching another monarch, Agbowu of Ogbaagba, Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo during a peace meeting on Feb. 14.

    The meeting convened by an Assistant -Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Mr. Bashir Makama, in his Office was called to settle a land tussle in Iwo land between the monarchs.

    Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr. Soji Oyetayo approached the court for an order on motion exparte in order to file an application against the Oluwo.

    Ruling in an Exparte application, Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, ordered the police to put the traditional ruler on notice before the date would be fixed for hearing of the matter.