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  • Police arrest suspected killer of ex-Super Eagle’s father

    Police arrest suspected killer of ex-Super Eagle’s father

    The Police in Anambra has arrested one Ikechukwu Emilie who allegedly participated in the kidnap and murder of 86 year-old Chief James Iloanyusi, father of Ex-Super Eagles player, Chikelu Iloanyausi.

    Mr Haruna Mohammadu, Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) disclosed this to newsmen in a statement on Saturday in Awka.

    Mohammadu, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said the suspect was arrested at his hideout in Anaku, Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state.

    The PPRO noted that the suspect escaped arrest in 2014 when he jumped down from Phix Hotel Abagana , a three storey building with handcuffs on.

    The police further said the suspect had been elusive since then while still terrorising Anaku and Otoucha axis of the state.

    “At about 1:30pm, following credible intelligence, Police detectives attached to the Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) arrested the suspect Ikechukwu Emlilie, aged 30, in his hideout at Anaku in Anyamelum LGA of Anambra State’’, he said.

    He explained that police had commenced full investigation and that effort is being intensified to apprehend other accomplices in order to bring them to Justice.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Chief Iloenyosi was kidnapped on Nov. 25, 2013 on his way to mass and was found dead after the family paid ransom to the alleged kidnappers.

  • Emiliano Sala’s father dies three months after son’s crash

    The father of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has died three months after his son.

    Horacio Sala, 58, suffered a heart attack on Friday, his friend and president of his local club confirmed.

    Daniel Ribero, from San Martin de Progreso, told C5N TV channel that Mr Sala had passed away before doctors arrived at his home in Progreso.

    Emiliano Sala’s plane crashed en route to Cardiff after leaving from France.

    The Argentine footballer was on his way to joining his new club Cardiff City from French club Nantes in a club record £15m deal when the crash happened over the English Channel.

    Progreso mayor Julio Muller led the tributes to Mr Sala, telling La Red radio station: “Horacio could not overcome Emi, we thought that after the discovery he would be able to close that circle.”

    In a statement, Cardiff City said the club offered its “deepest condolences” to Mr Sala’s friends and family.

    “They are very much in the thoughts of us all at this difficult time,” a spokesman said.

    The Piper Malibu N264DB plane carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson went missing over waters near the Channel Islands on 21 January and it took rescuers two weeks to find the wreckage.

    The football star’s body was recovered on 8 February after a private rescue team took over the search for the missing plane.

    The father-of-three, a long-distance lorry driver, spoke to the BBC two weeks ago and pleaded “that justice be done” for his son.

  • ‘Why I joined mum to beat my father to death’

    ‘Why I joined mum to beat my father to death’

    The Niger state Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old, Babangida Usman for allegedly beating his father, Ali Haruna to death.

    The police also arrested Usman’s mother, Hafasat Aliyu.

    It was gathered that the couple, Hafasat Aliyu and Ali Haruna were having a fight when Usman joined hands with his mother to beat Haruna,60, to death.

    The incident occurred behind Shango Primary School Minna in Chanchaga Local Government Area following a disagreement between the couple over their unnamed daughter who was said to have stolen Hafasat’s money.

    The deceased was said to have defended the girl from being reprimanded by Hafasat which led to a physical fight.

    Upon hearing that his parents were fighting, Usman rushed to the house and while defending his mother joined her in beating his father and inflicted serious injuries on him before he was rescued by neighbours.

    However, Haruna died while he was being taken to the IBB Specialist Hospital for treatment.

    Speaking to newsmen, Usman said he was only protecting his mother and did not know that his intervention could lead to his father’s death..

    According to him, his father was always maltreating his mother over things that should not cause quarrel saying: “That was why I always protect my mother from maltreatment of my father.

    “My mother is not safe with my father because of his temperament, everyday there must be an issue that would escalate to fight. I never knew he would die, I was only protecting my mother,” he explained.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammad Abubakar, confirmed the incident saying that the suspects had confessed to the crime and would be charged to court soon .

  • Police arrest father, son for raping, impregnating 14-year-old girl

    Police arrest father, son for raping, impregnating 14-year-old girl

    The Lagos State Police Command’s Gender Unit has arrested a 44-year-old man and his 19-year-old son for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl.

    The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a press statement that the case was reported at the gender unit of the command by the mother of the victim.

    He said that the unit received a complaint that a minor was being defiled by her sister’s husband identified as Kabiru Oke of No. 1, Olatikupo St, Egbeda and his son, Oke Faruq,19, living within the same premises with his father.

    He said that the girl had been living with the suspects for some time now, and that her sister’s husband started having carnal knowledge of her since last October.

    “The second suspect, being the son of the first suspect, started having unlawful carnal knowledge of the same minor on Jan. 10, 2019.

    “The suspects have constantly threatened to kill the victim if she ever tells anybody about the affairs. The victim exposed them when her mother suspected some changes in her and discovered that she was pregnant”, Elkana said.

    The PPRO said that the girl had been taken to Mirabel Centre by the gender unit of the police command for medical examination, while the two suspects had been arrested and charged to a magistrate court .

    “The case was, however adjourned till May 13, 2019 while the suspects were remanded in Kirikiri Prisons.” he said.

    In a related development, the PPRO said that one Marainerume Alfred, 45 ,of Oke Itunu Church Close, Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos had also been arrested for defiling a 14-year-old girl.

    He said the matter was also reported to the gender unit of the police command by the mother of the survivor.

    “The complainant stated that they were living in the same street with the suspect.

    “That the suspect usually invited the survivor into his shop while on her way from school, along Iyana Ejigbo road, where he was selling Nigerian Films and would have unlawful sexual intercourse with her.

    “The suspect committed the crime between May 2018 and March 27, 2019.

    “The suspect in his statement to the police said that he turned the survivor into his sex partner after he divorced his wife in May 2018.

    “The matter was discovered on March 27 , 2019 at 2p.m., by the survivor’s grandmother who perceived some odours from the survivor’s body when she returned home and subjected her to questioning.

    “The survivor opened up to her grandmother and narrated the whole story.

    “She further stated that, the suspect threatened that she would die if she ever disclosed it to her parents.

    “That the suspect usually gave her some drugs to take and equally mixrf salt and water for her to take after sex to prevent her from getting pregnant.

    The PPRO said , “Investigation is ongoing, and the suspect will be charged to court for defilement after its completion.”

  • Billionaire, Jimoh Ibrahim loses father two months after mum died in tragic accident

    Billionaire, Jimoh Ibrahim loses father two months after mum died in tragic accident

    Billionaire businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, has lost his father, Alhaji Yakubu Jimoh, two months after the death of his mother.

    According to QED.NG, the old man died on Sunday in his hometown of Igbotako in Ondo State.

    A bricklayer by profession, Pa Jimoh was estranged from his son.

    This online newspaper could not immediately confirm the cause of death, but a source close to the family said it might not be unconnected to the manner in which Ibrahim’s mother died.

    Madam Theresa Jimoh died in a fire accident at her Victoria Garden City (VGC) residence in Lagos in January.

    Jimoh Ibrahim clocked 52 on February 24, one month to his father’s death.

  • I thought kidnappers had shot my father – Mikel

    John Mikel Obi says he played in a World Cup match in 2018 for Nigeria not knowing if he would come off the field to find out his father had been shot.

    The midfielder was told before facing Argentina that his father had been kidnapped for a second time. Mikel, 31, reportedly paid 10m naira (about £21,000) for his release.

    “I thought I was going to lose my dad, I thought he was going to be shot because of the demands and stuff,” he told BBC World Service’s Sportsworld.

    “They said they would shoot him and in the back of my head during the game I thought that after the match I would probably find out they had decided to shoot him. It’s life. It’s made me stronger as a person. I can look at so many things and say ‘this is not going to shake me because I’ve been through worse’. I just hope that it never happens again and my dad can enjoy the rest of his life in peace.”

    Mikel, now playing for Championship club Middlesbrough, found out while he was on his way to the St Petersburg Stadium for the World Cup group game in June that his father and his driver had been kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria.

    The former Chelsea man said that he chose not to tell anyone what was happening as he wanted the players to focus on the game against Argentina.

    “It was difficult for me. When I heard that it had happened it was heartbreaking for me, especially with the timing. I knew it would be traumatic for my dad,” he said.

    “I didn’t say anything to anyone in the national team because I was the captain and I had to lead. It was my responsibility to lead the team and I wasn’t going to say I couldn’t play or have them thinking about my dad rather than the football. I took it on myself and held it in. It stayed in my head during the game and you could see afterwards how I felt.”

    This month, Mikel’s national team-mate Samuel Kalu suffered a similar ordeal when his mother was kidnapped in the south-eastern city of Abia.

    Mikel, who has not played for his country since the 2-1 defeat by Argentina in Russia, believes the country’s authorities need to do more to prevent it from happening again.

    “I called Samuel when his mother was kidnapped and gave him my advice as someone who has been through it twice. I knew how he would be feeling. I was glad when his mother was released because you don’t want anyone going through that,” he added.

    “I suppose these things happen every day with different families and obviously we want to see the authorities take more responsibility, but Nigeria is a very crowded place and you can’t manage the security. You go out and you don’t know if you will come back. The government needs to look into it and they can do more.”

  • 30-year-old arrested over alleged attempt to kill father

    30-year-old arrested over alleged attempt to kill father

    The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCSC), on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a 30-year old man, Jeo Bukar, for alleged attempt to kill his farther.

    The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Maiduguri.

    He said that operatives of the command arrested Bukar on March 1, after he allegedly attacked his farther at Forestry area of Maiduguri.

    Ibrahim said that while armed with a machete, the suspect held his father, mother and siblings hostage inside their house and threatened to kill the father.

    The state commandant added that the father managed to escape and reported the case to the command.

    According to him, men of the command who were deployed to the scene, rescued the victims and apprehended the suspect.

    He said that preliminary investigations indicated that the suspect was a drug addict, adding that he would be transferred to a rehabilitation center.

    “Upon interrogation, we established that the suspect was into narcotic substances and attempted to kill his father on allegation that the father did not care about his wellbeing”.

    The commander called on parents and guardians to monitor and ensure proper moral upbringing of their children and wards.

  • Teenager impregnated by own father gives birth

    A 13-year old girl who was impregnated by her father has given birth to a baby at the Benin Central Hospital.

    The teenager who was in primary six when her father put her in family way has been in protective custody of the Edo State Government.

    She is the eldest daughter of her 42 years old father identified as Friday Moses.

    Her father, who was a commercial motorcyclist, started having sex with her since she was seven after the death of her mother.

    An Edo State Family Court had in October last year sentenced the man to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour without an option of fine.

    The father hails from Cross River State but live in Edo State.

    It was gathered that the teenager delivered last Saturday.

    In a chat with newsmen, she said she would like to continue with her education and become a medical doctor.

    She stated that as at the time she was impregnated by her father, she was yet to write her First School Leaving Certificate examination.

    The teenager said she would be happy if her education is supported by good spirited individuals.

    Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Philip Ugbodaga, said he has directed the management to cancel the medical bills of the teenager.

    Dr. Ugbodaga said the hospital was in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development to take proper care of the teenage mother and her baby.

    Ugbodaga noted that subsequent assistance for the victim would be based on situation that arose.

    Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Ms Magdalene Ohenhen, could not be reached for comments.

     

  • Prince Harry excited to be a father

    Prince Harry excited to be a father

    The excited duo is still expressing their excitement with Prince Harry expressing his excitement hours ago on his twitter handle.

    According to Kensington Palace @KensingtonRoyal, official twitter handle of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry couldn’t help but reference his future arrival speaking on his concerns for the future.

    Responses have been kicking in from followers, as one of the followers Mercedes Dawson replies saying ‘keep up the good work harry.’’

    This happened in London Thursday just while the Duke was holding a round table discussion with young leaders from the Commonwealth at London’s Lancaster House, taking over the role of Commonwealth Youth Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth.

    ‘As someone who is about to become a father, I am acutely aware of our shared responsibility to make this world more resilient and its inhabitants more accountable for the next generation,’ he announced to the room.

    He said, ‘The only way to see real progress is not by chance, it’s by change
    Let’s get to work.

    Not long now until we meet the royal baby! he added.’’

  • 80-year-old father visits Boko Haram camp, begs ‘commander’ son to surrender

    80-year-old father visits Boko Haram camp, begs ‘commander’ son to surrender

    Mallam Baba Modu, an 80-year-old father of a Boko Haram commander, popularly called ‘Ba-Ana,’ has narrated how he travelled to the Lake Chad camp of the Al Barnawi faction of the sect to plead with his son to dump the insurgents.

    Modu, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Maiduguri, said his efforts to convince his son to surrender and embrace peace failed.

    He said he was unable to persuade his son to abandon the cause and surrender himself to the Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor.

    Recounting his ordeal, Modu said his son was conscripted by the insurgents in 2012 at a farm in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State.

    He said, “I lost hope of meeting my son after his abduction in the past seven years. One day, I met someone who told me that my son was alive and mentioned where I could find him.

    “I was also told he is one of the commanders of the Al Barnawi faction of the Boko Haram sect.

    “I travelled to the shores of the Lake Chad to plead with Ba-Ana to surrender and embrace peace. It took me about one week to get to where I met him.

    “When I arrived at the camp, I told them that I am the father of Ba-Ana and after a series of interrogations, they asked me to wait for him to return from a mission.

    “Ba-Ana returned at night, he was surprised to see me, and when he heard my voice; he told his men that I am his father.

    “I pleaded with him for about 30 days in a bid to convince him to lay down his arms and embrace peace, regrettably he did not heed my counsel.

    “Ba-Ana confessed that he killed many people and believed that the authorities would not forgive his crimes. He also believed that he had committed his life to the cause of God.

    “I have not lost hope; I will continue to pray to God to heal his soul and bring him back to me,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the military said on Wednesday that it was clearing the remnants of Boko Haram on the major road leading to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

    A statement signed by the spokesman for the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East, Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said there was no truth in media reports that the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road had been closed to motorists.

    The Maiduguri-Damaturu Road, he said, was perhaps the only safe road leading to the town and had it been closed, the town would have been cut off from the rest of Nigeria by road.

    The road in the last one week had become the latest theatre of war between the military and the terrorist group which is threatening to capture Maiduguri.

    The insurgents have, however, suffered heavy casualties as they have continued to fall under air and land bombardments of the Nigerian military.

    A statement by Nwachukwu partly read, “Our attention has been drawn to rumours that the Nigerian Army has closed the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road. This is not true. What is happening is an ongoing clearance and snap check operations in the general area required to clear suspected Boko Haram terrorists along that road.

    “The clearance operation is ultimately for the safety and security of motorists and other road users.”

    He added, “Members of the public are advised to cooperate and bear with the troops as they carry out these duties.”