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  • My late husband lived in hotel for ten years- Helen-Prest Ajayi

    My late husband lived in hotel for ten years- Helen-Prest Ajayi

    Former beauty queen, Helen Prest-Ajayi has said her late husband, Dr Oluwatosin Ajayi lived in a hotel for ten years after separating from his first wife.

    Prest-Ajayi and her late husband’s family have been at loggerheads since his demise.

    The mother of three made this known on Facebook.

    “Dr Ajayi left his family and was living alone in Sheraton Hotel Ikeja for 10 years before he met me. For the avoidance of doubt, I repeat, I was not the cause of him leaving his family. I did not know him and I did not know them,” she wrote.

    “He met me and left the refuge of Sheraton Hotel within a month. I was married to him for 25 years. I was not a secret. Nobody challenged me or said a word. I never had any exchange of words with his children throughout our 25 years together.”

    Helen Prest Ajayi noted that rather than the late doctor’s family to show her gratitude for taking good care of their father, they have decided to torment and accuse her of his death.

    “Instead of thanking me for caring for their father and giving him a happy life, they have sort to disrespect him, his choices and his life. What kind of children do that even at their father’s graveside. 25 years is not a joke. If their father did not want me in his life I would not have been there.

    “He made it very clear he did not want their mother in his life. They did not live together or communicate with each other for 35 years. Even when he was in hospital he did not contact her though he had his phone with him. They should respect that,”

    “On my part, the fact that my husband did not want their mother in his life does not also give me the licence to disrespect her, after all, she is the mother of his children.”

    “Which is the reason when she was called to give the last rites I waited respectfully and quietly, expecting the same degree of respect to be given to me in turn. Of course, I forgot that in Nigeria the words respect, honour, dignity are hollow”

  • Photo: Cross River demolishes hotel harbouring suspected kidnappers

    Photo: Cross River demolishes hotel harbouring suspected kidnappers

    The Cross River Government security outfit, “Operation Akpakwu”, has demolished the “Save side hotel” at 8miles area in Calabar for harbouring suspected kidnappers that have been terrorising the state.

    Speaking after the exercise, Mr Henry Okokon, the Security Adviser, South, to Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, told newsmen on Saturday that most recorded kidnap cases in Calabar were planned and coordinated from the hotel.

    According to Okokon, the Homeland Security bill which was signed into law by Ayade clearly stated that “anybody who aid, abet and harbour a criminal is also guilty of the crime.

    He explained that residents of the area were equally living in fear because of the harassment from the suspected kidnappers who took over the hotel for illegal activities.

    “The demolition exercise is an ongoing process, it is part of the activities of Operation Akpakwu that was set up to fight criminality in the state, especially kidnapping.

    “The governor had warned landlords who are harbouring criminals to desist from doing so. Therefore anybody found to be harbouring, abetting or aiding crime, must definitely be held responsible.

    “This hotel is one of the buildings that have been harbouring criminals and the government has decided to bring it down.

    “Ths is a warning signal to all, and I think everybody should be aware of this. The general public should be aware that security is everyone’s business.

    “I want to state that all legal procedures were taken before this building was demolished. The police have equally done their investigation, that is why we have the Army, Navy and Air Force personnel here on ground,” he said.

    He advised landlords and hotel owners to do a thorough background check of their tenants and guest before giving accommodation out to them.

  • Man allegedly kills girlfriend in hotel room

    Man allegedly kills girlfriend in hotel room

    The Ogun police command says it has arrested a 31-year-old man, Rexlawson Johnson, an indigene of Ebonyi, over alleged gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Patricia John.

    Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s Spokesman, said in a statement that the suspect was arrested on Friday following a report by the manager of “MOLAYO HOTEL,” Ibafo.

    The hotel staff said they discovered the dead body of a lodger in a room with bruises on her neck, suggesting that the deceased might have been strangulated.

    The police spokesman said that the Ibafo Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Jide Joshua, thereafter led detectives to the scene and recovered the corpse, which was deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu for postmortem.

    “Preliminary investigation later revealed that the deceased checked into the hotel with a man who sneaked out of the hotel after killing the woman.

    “Consequently, the DPO and his men commenced technical and intelligence based investigation which led to unraveling the identity of the suspect.

    “He was subsequently traced and apprehended by the detectives.

    “On interrogation, he confessed checking into the hotel with the deceased and that they had a misunderstanding which led to physical assault between them.

    “In the process, he said the woman collapsed and gave up the ghost. He subsequently left the corpse in the room and sneaked out of the hotel,” he said.

    Oyeyemi stated that the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

    He appealed to hoteliers in the state to always have proper documentation of their customers in order to assist the police in a situation like this.

  • Truck crushes woman in front of father’s hotel

    The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has said that a truck crushed a middle-aged woman at Onihale area, near Owode-Ijako, Ogun on Thursday.

    The Owode-Ijako Unit Commander of TRACE, Mrs Temitope Oseni, who spoke on behalf of the Corps Commander, Mr Seni Ogunyemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, that the incident happened at about 8.23 am.

    Oseni explained that a FAW truck, marked BHN 1353, was inbound Onihale area when it suddenly lost control due to brake failure and rammed into a motorcyclist and a woman who was about to alight in front of her father’s hotel.

    She said that two boxer motorcycles and four persons were involved in the accident, with a male sustaining injury.

    The TRACE unit commander said that the corpse of the deceased had been released to the family for burial, while the injured was taken to Famous Hospital at Iyana-Ilogbo, Ogun, for treatment.

    She advised truck drivers and owners to ensure that their vehicles were in good condition before putting them on the road to avoid unnecessary loss of life.

    Oseni also commiserated with the family of the victim and prayed God to grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.

    She said that the truck and the two motorcycles had been removed from the road to ease free flow of traffic in the area.

  • PDP calls IGP to order as over 300 policemen surround Wike’s hotel in Benin

    PDP calls IGP to order as over 300 policemen surround Wike’s hotel in Benin

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed the hotel where the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is lodging in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, has been surrounded by over 300 policemen.

    This allegation was made by the party’s chairman in Rivers State, Akawor Desmond.

    Wike is in the state to monitor the polls, as he was appointed Chairman of the PDP National Campaign Council for the Edo Governorship election, a position Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state holds for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    A thread posted on Wike’s Twitter page on Friday evening and credited to Desmond, said “The Hotel where the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike is lodging while on official assignment in Benin, Edo State has been held siege by over 300 Policemen.

    It added: “And in a breach of the pledge, they made security agencies have decided to harass and intimidate Governor Wike who has not done any wrong.

    “Rivers People Warn that we Shall hold the IGP responsible for anything that happens to our Governor.”

  • #EdoDecides2020: Wike’s hotel in Benin surrounded by over 300 armed policemen, PDP raises alarm

    #EdoDecides2020: Wike’s hotel in Benin surrounded by over 300 armed policemen, PDP raises alarm

    Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force have allegedly laid siege at the Hotel where Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is lodged.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, reports that Wike is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for the Edo Governorship election.

    TNG reports that the Edo State governorship election is scheduled to hold tomorrow, Saturday, September 19. The top contenders are incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki of the PDP and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Raising the alarm on behalf of Governor Wike, Ambassador Akawor Desmond, Chairman Rivers State PDP chapter via Governor Wike’s official Twitter handle, Desmond explained that Wike is in Edo State on official assignment holding the same position Governor Ganduje of Kano State occupies for the All Progressive Party, APC.

    “Governor Ganduje and Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State are all in Benin, Edo State carrying out their assignment for the APC without any molestation or intimidation,” he stated.

    “And in a breach of the pledge they made security agencies have decided to harass and intimidate Governor Wike who has not done any wrong.

    “Rivers People Warn that we Shall hold the IGP responsible for anything that happens to our Governor,” Desmond warned.

  • 42-yr-old man drowns in hotel pool while catching fun with girlfirend in Anambra

    42-yr-old man drowns in hotel pool while catching fun with girlfirend in Anambra

    The Police Command in Anambra, has identified the man who drowned in a hotel pool in Onitsha as 42-year old Izuchukwu Achusim, a businessman, who allegedly went to catch fun with a female companion.

    Spokesman of the command, SP Haruna Mohammed, said the victim, who was rushed to a nearby hospital, was later certified dead by a medical doctor on duty.

    Mohammed said on Aug. 15, at about 8:30 p.m., there was a report at the Central Police Station, Onitsha, that one Izuchukwu Achusim ‘m’ aged 42 years of No. 35 Guest House street, Fegge in Onitsha, went to Lotus Garden hotel in Onitsha, with his girlfriend to swim,” Mohammed said.

    He said Police detectives visited the scene of the incident, and the remains of the victim were later deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.

    “The case is under investigation to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.

    “The command enjoins the public, who lack swimming skills, to always take precautionary measures by using life jackets provided at the swimming pool, in order to avert future ugly incidents please,” Mohammed advised.

    An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told the newsmen, that the deceased had jumped into the deepest part of the pool and got drowned almost immediately.

    “The hotel manager and other guests pulled the victim out and rushed him to the hospital for for medical attention, but he did not make it,” the source said.

  • Exposed! Rivers hotel where underage sex workers deliver 15k daily

    Exposed! Rivers hotel where underage sex workers deliver 15k daily

    The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has raided and closed down a popular bar called 24 Hours Bar which also operates a brothel in Rumukurushi, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

    This was after a couple discovered that their 16-year-old daughter was working as a prostitute there.

    The bar is known to harbour underage sex workers.

    Most young girls who were taken from their parents by family relatives or friends in the pretence of going to learn a trade, where found working as sex workers for a price ranging from ₦1000 to ₦2000 per customer.

    It was later found out that the underaged girls were bought over by matured prostitutes from the agents who supplied them.

    On arrival, the underaged girls are given a room in the hotel by their new owners who are matured and senior prostitutes and the underaged girls are also reportedly given a target to remit ₦15,000 daily to their “madams” who are the senior and matured prostitutes in the bar.

    At the end of one year of service to the madam, the underaged girls are settled by their madam with items such as a bag of rice, an android phone, a carton of tomatoes, and cash of ₦100, 000 to take back home.

    The brothel has now been closed by NAPTIP with a warning sign “Closed by NAPTIP keep Off” written on the fence and gate.

  • 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.

  • Police rescue American woman held hostage in Lagos hotel by Nigerian ‘lover’ for 16 months

    Police rescue American woman held hostage in Lagos hotel by Nigerian ‘lover’ for 16 months

    Police operatives have successfully rescued an American citizen, who was confined in a Lagos hotel, where she was held against her wish for over a year by a Nigerian man she met on social media

    Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, DCP, Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.

    Mba said the victim, who hails from Washington DC, USA and is a retired civil servant in the US, arrived Nigeria on 13th February, 2019 on a visit to one Chukwuebuka Kasi Obiaku, a 34-year old man, from Ikeduru local government area of Imo State whom she met on Facebook.

    “She was however rescued by Police operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Ogun State Annex following information received from a patriotic and civic minded Nigerian in the Meran area of Lagos State.

    “The rescue of the American lady is coming on the heels of a similar case of abducted Philippino lady who was lured to Nigeria by her supposed lover whom she equally met on Facebook.

    “Investigations reveal that the suspect, Chukwuebuka Kasi Obiaku is a graduate of Business Administration and Management and an internet fraudster who has defrauded many unsuspecting members of the public both locally and internationally.

    Chukwuebuka deliberately lured the victim into the country under the pretext of love and deceitfully married her on 15th May, 2019.

     

    “ He subsequently held her captive in a hotel, extorted from her monies amounting to a total of 48,000-USD.

    He also forcefully collected and took control of her credit and debit cards as well as the operation of her bank accounts including the receipt of her monthly retirement benefits and allowances over the period of fifteen (15) months.

    Chukwuebuka also used the victim as a front to defraud her associates and other foreign personalities and companies,” he said.