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  • CHRISLAND VIDEO: How my 10yrs daughter was raped – Mother narrates what victim told her

    CHRISLAND VIDEO: How my 10yrs daughter was raped – Mother narrates what victim told her

    Mother of 10-year-old female student of Chrisland School, seen in a sexual act with her male colleagues, have narrated how her daughter was allegedly raped as she went for her phone charger in a room.

    In her words: “When my daughter explained to me what happened, she said that they went out in the morning to have breakfast and one of the boys, Kachi, begged her to borrow him her phone charger which she obliged.

     

    “After they had dinner, Kachi called her room that she should come and take her charger. She went there for her charger.

     

    “When she got into the room, one of them said she should take her charger from the toilet, it was when she entered the toilet, that they hijacked her and told her to take a substance, so they were all under the influence.

     

    “She said after, she did not know what she was doing again. They told her to be climbing them and someone stood there videoing them and posting it out,” victim’s mother explained.

     

    She said her child was raped during a school trip to Dubai which was organised by Chrisland School.

     

    According to the viral video which was posted on the Instagram page of a music executive, Ubi Franklin, the woman stated that while her daughter was being raped, some filmed the incident and posted it online.

     

    She claimed that the school tried to cover up the incident till another parent drew her attention to it.

     

    The aggrieved mother claimed that the school threatened to kill her daughter if she ever spoke about the incident.

     

    “A parent called me that she needed to see me urgently. I went to her house and she told me that something had been trending in Chrisland and she believes I was not aware.

     

    “The woman showed me the video and told me that all the parents are aware. Immediately I informed my husband.

     

    “Please I am begging Nigerians to help me because Chrisland was trying to hide this issue. They were trying to push us out of the way and my daughter was affected psychologically. Please I need help as a mother. I am begging fellow Nigerians to help me.

     

    “They have been threatening my daughter that if she speaks out they are going to kill her. That it is a man’s world and nothing would happen. My daughter was dying in silence,” she said.

  • Airline operators allege hijack of aviation fuel, worry over safety

    Airline operators allege hijack of aviation fuel, worry over safety

    Airline operators in Nigeria have alleged hijacked of aviation fuel by supply chain of the Jet A1 fuel, thereby driving up the price through artificial scarcity.

    The operators also expressed worry over the safety of airlines in Nigeria, adding that they were disturbed in the face of continuous hike in the price of aviation fuel.

    The operators said this during a hearing by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the scarcity of aviation fuel.

    They said that operators were struggling to maintain their jets as fuel now took over 115 per cent of operation costs.

    Mr Allen Onyema, the CEO of Air Peace, said that within two weeks, price of aviation fuel moved from N190 per litre to N670 per litre.

    Onyema said the operators would have shut down operations if not for the political season and to support the current administration that had been supportive of the sector.

    He said that the operators could not survive the next 72 hours because they were indebted and risked takeover by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

    Mr Ugbugo Ukoha, Executive Director, Distribution System for Storage and Retailing Infrastructure in the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority however, claimed that the country had excess supply.

    According to him, Nigeria has excess supply of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK); the regulatory authority is not sincere on the state of things in the sector.

    He said that the country had 34 days of fuel supply, hence, the report of scarcity is false.

    Onyema, while responding to the presentation by Ukoha, said he was surprised with the claim that fuel was in abundance.

    He said that operators had been sourcing the fuel from marketers at an exorbitant price.

    “To say that I am saddened by certain responses is playing it down. The product is not available, I am surprised that he, Ukoha, is saying there is sufficiency that will last for 34 days

    He urged the House to intervene to make the price of ATK sell for a minimum of N200 per litre.

    Rep. Idris Wase, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Reps who chaired the hearing, berated Ukoha, accusing him of being used to blackmail the government in a political season.

    He warned that no one would blackmail the government.

    “As a politician, I want to tell you that I am concerned, we are moving into an election period, nobody should blackmail our government,” he said.

    He noted that the surge in price was sequel to hoarding by marketers and negligence of the regulatory authorities to do their work.

    Wase also blamed the Executive Vice Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera, for not monitoring the activities of the ATK marketers.

    The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Musa Nuhu, said the hike in the cost of jet fuel made the NCAA consider grounding some airlines from operating to avoid air mishaps.

    Mr Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the request by the operators to reduce the price of ATK to N200 per litre would not be possible.

    He said that the current landing price of the product was above N400 per litre, adding that unless the country wished to start paying subsidy on the product.

    The committee however, urged Ukoha to provide the committee with the list of all licenced marketers to meet with the committee on March 14.

  • Wike has hijacked Rivers Judicial system, man whose hotel was bulldozed cries out

    Gogorobari Needam, owner of Prodest Hotel one of the hotels bulldozed by Governor Nyezom Wike in Rivers for allegedly flouting the Coronavirus [COVID-19] lockdown order has accused the governor of hijacking the judicial system in the state.

    Needam was reacting to a magistrates’ court ruling in Port Harcourt on Tuesday which convicted and fined him and his manager, Bariledum Azoroh N50,000 for contravening the State Executive Order on COVID-19.

    Although Needam was not present in court, the court ordered that Azoroh who had been arrested since the day of demolition of the hotel should be quarantined at the isolation centre in Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia for 14 days to ascertain his coronavirus status.

    Senior magistrate, Rita Oguguo, who delivered the judgement said the accused violated Governor Nyesom Wike’s executive order on closure of hotels in the state, saying the accused violated paragraph 3 and 4 of the executive order number 7.

    Needam in a statement he personally signed and released said the governor’s handling of the demolition and subsequent prosecution was out of place and undemocratic.

    Read full statement below:

    THE OWNER OF PRODEST HOTEL ON THE DEMOLITION AND ARREST OF HIS MANAGER

    My attention has been drawn to a criminal trial, prosecuted personally by the Honourable Attorney General of Rivers State against the manager of my hotel – Prodest Hotel and myself.

    This event is disturbing given that on Sunday, 10th May 2020, Prodest Hotel building and the fitting and fixtures as well as beverages and consumables were alongside the building demolished by the Executive Governor of Rivers State on the allegation by some members’ of the State COVID-19 Task Force that Prodest Hotel was functional on 9th of May 2020 thus violating the Governor’s directive.

    We had taken Management decision in line with the state directive that our staff should proceed on break until the lockdown was over and that was effective 6th May 2020 and as such, it was impossible for my hotel to be functional on 9th of May 2020.

    It appears the Rivers State Government misplaced his trust in the State COVID-19 Task Force members as against citizens and businessmen legitimately paying taxes to Rivers State Government. On Sunday, 10th May 2020, in a jungle Justice approach, the Governor of Rivers State led a demolition team to my hotel, destroyed the hotel structure and stole my valuables.

    I am therefore concerned that after facing the punishment of demolition of the Hotel, my manager is now constrained in facing the double jeopardy of another penal punishment. If His Excellency was aware of this judicial process, why was he in a haste to demolish the hotel?

    In an earlier attempt to douse whatever may be a grievance I had in the face of the Governor’s abuse of the law still pleaded my support of this Governor on air. My appeal to whatever humanity the Governor had has failed. The Governor has highjacked the Rivers State Judicial System in negating the rights of my manager.

    My manager who is without any employment as a result of the rash action of the Governor and is now in detention since Sunday (8 days and counting) for an offence that the penalty is #200. 00. This is one of the most absurd and oppressive use of the judicial system. To be confined for a misdemeanor trial without an option of bail. I have been informed that the trial of my manager is for a simple offence created by a Covid 19 regulation of the Rivers State Government. The offence is akin to violating a traffic hand sign. It is an offence that bail must be granted. Right now my manager is being offered an opportunity for his freedom if only he admits committing a crime. The presiding magistrate has since Tuesday 12th May 2020 refused to rule on an application for bail for my manager.

    It has also come to my attention that the legal representatives of my manager has faced such unsual aggression. Neither my Manager nor his lawyers was given copies of the charge sheet. In fact the magistrate had specifically ruled that my manager shall not be given any material of the prosecution’s case in a clear violation of Constitutional safeguards for criminal trials. The lawyers also applied in writing for certified copies of the charge sheet and records of proceeding of the court but the registry of the court refused to take the application and in fact tore the application with the comment that the Governor had issued instructions that Defendants in the Covid 19 regulation matters should not be given any record of the court. The lawyers are now frustrated and have threatened not to appear.

    I hear my manager is sick. He is vommitting blood. He is in incarceration with out food nor water. He drinks toilet water. His life is now at risk because of the threat to his health. This punishment is metted to him just because he refused to plead guilty. He is the only Covid 19 suspect that is standing a trial. All others pled guilty and are released. His punishment for his incarceration is that he seeks justice where others didn’t.

    I am scared of how far this Governor will go. I am scared for the life of my manager. I call on every Nigerian to do their best to prevail on the Governor to operate within the laws of Nigeria and ensure that my manager is granted bail and has access to all materials necessary for his trial. The Governor should not make a mockery of the Rivers State judicial system just to prove a beastial point. He should remember that we are all humans and allow his actions to be determined by his humanity. We may be at war with Corona Virus. Nigerian citizens are not the enemy.