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  • Pregnant woman leads robbery attack In Edo

    Pregnant woman leads robbery attack In Edo

    Police in Edo state have detained a woman, Mrs. Juwon Akanbieme, carrying a 9-month old pregnancy, alongside two other gang members during a botched robbery attack in the State.

    It was gathered that Mrs Juwon, who is the leader of the group specializes in using her heavy pregnancy to trap naive members of public.

    The two other gang members arrested were identified as Osagiede Izevbokun and Godfrey Okonide, who were apprehended after a failed operation.

    This was revealed by the Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabu

     

  • Pregnant woman shot dead in Ikorodu cult clash

    Pregnant woman shot dead in Ikorodu cult clash

    A 35-year-old pregnant woman, Risikat Saliman, was shot dead during a bloody clash between suspected cult groups at Aleke community in Ikorodu, Lagos State on Thursday.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that dozens of suspected cultists invaded Aleke community market around 8p.m. and started shooting sporadically, killing the woman.

    The Baale of Aleke, Chief Adeniyi Okemati, said the hoodlums had gunned down the mother of two before the arrival of policemen from at Imota Division.

    “I don’t know why they came and be terrorising our people.

    “We want Lagos government to intervene so that we can collectively curb the menace to enable my people sleep with their two eyes closed,” the Baale said.

    He appealed to the Lagos State Government to intervene as a matter of urgency for the safety of lives and property in the community.

    Okemati also urged residents to collaborate with local vigilante teams to curb insecurity in the area.

    The brother of the deceased, Mr Babatunde Saliman, told NAN that the hoodlums arrived at the market around 8: p.m. and started shooting sporadically and eventually the bullet hit her on the back.

    “I met her at the market lying in a pool of blood; some of her friends who came to the scene said that she was pregnant.

    “Her body has been released by the police and was taken to Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary in preparation to transport her to her home town in Kwara State,” he said.

    He called on the police to investigate the killing and ensure perpetrators of the evil act that took the life of his sister were brought to justice.

    Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the killing, said that the cult clash was between “Aiye and Eiye” confraternity.

    He added that policemen have restored normalcy to the area while the matter had been taken to the State Criminal Invesgation Department (SCID)Panti, Lagos.

    According to him, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has zero tolerance for cultism and warned that the police will deal ruthlessly with anyone found culpable.

    “The woman was killed by stray bullet when the two rival cults of ‘Eiye’ and ‘Aiye’ engaged each other in a supremacy battle.

    “The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, has zero tolerance for cultism. Cultism breeds various other crimes wherever they exist,” he said.

  • Graphic Photo: Bleeding pregnant woman dies while awaiting police clearance at checkpoint

    Graphic Photo: Bleeding pregnant woman dies while awaiting police clearance at checkpoint

    There was pandemonium at Ibiade in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state after a pregnant woman identified as Waidat Adedeji, on Thursday afternoon, died at a police checkpoint on her way to the hospital for delivery.

    According to reports, the woman who was being taken to the hospital on a motorcycle, died at the checkpoint when policemen questioned the owner of the motorcycle on why he should carry three people.

    Ibiade in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state.

    Angry youths in the area, however, took her remains to the Abigi Divisional Police Headquarters, blaming the police for being responsible for her death.

    When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, adding that the officers were on official duty enforcing the lockdown directive when a motorcycle with three people on a motorcycle were stopped by those on duty at the checkpoint.

    He said they were stopped for defying social distancing order of two occupants on a bike.

    “Our officers were not responsible for the pregnant woman’s death. There were three occupants on a motorcycle as against the directive of the state government that only two people should be on a motorcycle at a time.

    “They were stopped and interrogated on why they did not obey the sit at home order. They informed the police that the woman was being conveyed to hospital for delivery, and immediately they were asked to go,” he added.

  • Ekiti: Pregnant woman who died of COVID-19 infected 3 others

    Ekiti State Government on Saturday officially confirmed record of three new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the state, as announced Friday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

    The government said the three new COVID-19 cases were among those infected with the virus by the now late 29-year old pregnant woman.

    The pregnant woman was earlier reported to have sneaked into the state from Lagos, but later died of the complications arising from the virus after she was delivered of her baby.

    The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, disclosed this in a statement in Ado Ekiti.

    “We can confirm that three of the samples sent to the NCDC accredited laboratory for testing returned positive results of the COVID-19 virus infection.

    “The samples were from three of the primary contacts of our third case – the late 29-year-old mother who died of complications from childbirth on April 22, 2020,” she said.

    According to her, the new positive cases are all females, with ages ranging from 26-50 years and who had been in self isolation for 14 days now.

    “This brings the total confirmed cases in Ekiti State to 11 out of which eight are active, two discharged, with one death recorded, ” she said.

    It would be recalled that the government had, in the previous weeks, announced that the late 29-year-old woman came in contact with over 70 persons during the course of her visits to about three hospitals before the delivery of her baby through Casarean.

    She later died at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti and was subsequently buried under strict supervision of state government officials.

    Among COVID-19 victims traced to her case is a 45-year-old medical doctor from a private hospital in the state.

  • Ekiti doctor contacts coronavirus while treating infected pregnant woman

    Ekiti doctor contacts coronavirus while treating infected pregnant woman

    The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday said a medical doctor working with a private clinic in the state, has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing to four the number of confirmed cases in the state.

    The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade who made this disclosure on Tuesday, while addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, said the doctor contracted the disease while treating an expectant 29-year-old woman suffering from the pandemic.

    The 29-year old woman, who is a health official with Lagos State government, was announced as third index case in Ekiti, last Saturday.

    Yaya-Kolade, said only one doctor tested positive with 15 turning out to be negative among the blood samples taken to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

    “Yes, we have one doctor who tested positive and he is being treated at the isolation centre, but others were negative”.

    However, the Nigerian Medical Association(NMA), Ekiti chapter, has called for adequate protection for medical workers through provision of life insurance and other measures as a doctor reportedly tested positive for COVID 19.

    The association also expressed happiness over the news that 15 doctors working with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, tested negative, describing this as cheering news to members of the profession.

    Speaking with journalists in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, the NMA State Chairman, Dr. Tunji Omotayo, said there was need for government to increase the welfare of medical workers as a doctor contracted the disease while trying to save life.

    Omotayo added that it was imperative for government to pay adequate attention to the increment of the hazard allowance being paid to medical workers, which he described as ridiculous and disgusting as of now.

    “We are very happy that 15 doctors from FETHI were tested negative. This is a cheering news to us and it confirmed the level of professionalism and precautionary measures being taken by our men.

    “We learnt that the colleague found to have tseted positive had been taken to the isolation centre for proper treatment and the hope is high that he would soon recover.

    “But there are some salient issues that government must tackle. As of now, doctors are being paid N5,000 hazard allowance monthly while our colleagues in the universities take N30,0000. You can see how ridiculous the situation was.

    “The government said only workers working at the isolation centre will have their hazard allowances increased, but they must know that the patients will first come to the hospitals where they have contacts with our members and our colleagues are more at risk, because that is where the disease is discovered before the patient is taken to isolation.

    “Having done the necessary risk assessment under COVID 19 situation, we are demanding that our colleagues should be put on life insurance and the government must increase hazard allowance to all categories of medical workers during this Coronavirus period.

    “Added to that is the need to provide adequate safety kits like apron, booths, goggles , gloves and other safety kits that can make our less predisposed to this deadly disease.

    “We quite appreciate the fact that what happened to our colleague who tested positive to the disease was part of the hazards of the job, but necessary things must be done to provide the safety net for medical practitioners”, he said.

    Omotayo appealed to doctors and other medical practitioners to take proper precautions and be professional to reduce the number of victims among medical officials testing positive for COVID 19.

  • Pregnant woman poisons self after discovering boyfriend is married

    A 20-year-old woman in Anambra State on Thursday tried to kill herself after discovering that her boyfriend is a married man.

    The woman, identified as Oluchi Akabilo from Obosi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, allegedly took a liquid substance suspected to be poison to kill herself.

    According to reports she was later rescued and arrested by the police for attempted suicide.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident.

    He said, “On the 19/3/2020 at about 4pm, there was a report at Awada Police Station that a young girl later identified as one Oluchi Akabilo, 20, of Azia Street, Ngbuka-Obosi, allegedly drank a liquid substance suspected to be insecticide in a bid to take her own life.

    “The young girl allegedly got pregnant in a relationship with one Chinedu, surname unknown, who unknown to her is married with children.

    “She became devastated upon the discovery of the marital status of her boyfriend. And to make matters worst, she was abandoned by the same man.

    “The victim decided to buy poison to kill herself with part of the N10,000 allegedly given to her by the boyfriend to abort the pregnancy.

    “She was rushed to the Hospital in Onitsha by the Police for medical attention and doctors are making frantic efforts to save her life.

    “Investigation into the incident has commenced and effort is ongoing to get the fleeing boyfriend apprehended in order to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.”

  • 52-year-old man bathes pregnant lady, children in petrol

    A 52-year-old trader, Moruf Olushola, was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates Court for bathing a pregnant woman and her two children with petrol with intent to set them ablaze.

    The defendant, who resides at Surulere, Lagos, was arraigned before Magistrate Mrs. B.O Osunsanmi on a two-count charge of breach of peace and attempt to commit arson.

    The Prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Feb. 16 at Ayobo, Lagos.

    He alleged that the defendant attempted to commit arson by pouring petrol on Mrs. Oyinye Bernard and her children.

    Ayorinde said: “The defendant, who was under the influence of alcohol, fell down in front of the complainant’s shop and slept off. When he woke up from his drunkenness, he wrongly accused the complainant of stealing his phone.

    “In the process, he poured petrol on the pregnant complainant, her children and also sprinkled her shop with petrol. He was looking for matches or lighter in order to set them ablaze. People rushed to the scene to rescue the complainant and her children.”

    The prosecutor said that the defendant was handed over to the police. According to him, the offences violate Sections 168 and 342 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    Olushola, however, denied committing the offences and was admitted to a bail of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

    The magistrate said that the sureties should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years of tax payment to the Lagos State Government. She then adjourned the case until March 9 for mention.

  • Pregnant woman, 3 others killed in road accident

    A pregnant woman and three other people were killed on Saturday when a vehicle rammed on them at Uselu road on the Ugbowo-Benin highway.

    A witness said the pregnant woman with three other people who were siblings were killed when an oncoming car skidded off its track and smashed them.

    The witness said the dead people were all standing by the road side, waiting to board a vehicle to convey them to market.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the wedding of one of the dead siblings had been scheduled to take place next weekend.

    Mr Monday Ikponwosa, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, said that it occurred at about 6:15 a.m. with the four people dying on the spot.

    “A BMW car skidded off the road as the driver must have fallen asleep.

    “There was a woman (an occupant) in the car. They must have been coming from an all-night church programme because there was bible in the car,” Ikponwosa said.

    NAN reports that the Ugbowo road, which is the highway to Lagos en route Ore in Ondo State has been blocked by protesting youths, who made bonfires on the highway.

    A youth leader in Uselu, who identified himself simply as Evans, said the decision to block the highway was to protest the arrest of some youths by the police after the accident.

    “The youths were carrying out a peaceful protest over the incident, which has become one incident too many on the road, when the police came and started shooting at us.

    “Five of the youths were injured during the unprovoked shooting. One of them was shot in his shoulder, another in his chest and another in his hand.

    “The police took the boys away with pretence of going to treat them. What we are saying is that until they are returned back to us, this road will remained blocked.

    “Our pains over the accident is that these dead ones would have escaped if not for the heap of sand that some people usually heap on the road and later sell to us.”

    Evans called on the Edo Government to open the drainage on the highway to avert accidents occurring on the road in future.

    The spokesman of the Edo State Police Command, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, described the incident as unfortunate.

    He said that policemen had been deployed to the accident scene to ensure return of smooth traffic on the highway.

  • Pregnant woman burnt to death, eight others injured in Ibadan auto crash

    A middle-aged pregnant woman was on Tuesday burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident which occurred along Omi Adio, Ibadan, axis of the Ibadan-Abeokuta expressway, leaving several others with varying decree of burn injuries.
    About eight people were said to have sustained severe injuries when they were trapped in the liteace commercial bus coming from Apata to Omi Adio, along the one-lane expressway.
    The ill-fated commercial bus, according to eyewitness account developed mechanical problem when its shaft pulled off, causing the driver to lose control and ran into a ditch after somersaulting several times.
    However, the confused passengers numbering about ten were in the process of finding their way out of the wrecked bus when it went up in flames, and trapped the occupants.
    As dozens of sympathisers struggled to rescue the victims, the pregnant woman who was said to seat in the front became unconscious and was unable to escape from the inferno which also caught other passengers in the bus.
    A team of officers from the Apata , Ibadan unit of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), and police officers from the traffic section of the Omi Adio, Ibadan Divisional Police Station were seen assisting sympathisers to evacuate the victims of the accident from the deep valley where the bus pugged.
    As at the time of filing this report, the wreckage of the commercial bus was yet to be retrieved from the deep valley, in thick smokes as the bus is still burning.
    The injured, with burns, have been rushed to a nearby medical facility, Alaafia hospital, Apata where they were receiving medical attention , while the deceased pregnant woman was said to have deposits at the Adeoyo state hospital morgue , Ring road, Ibadan.
    A police source from Omi Adio Police Station, Ibadan attributed the accident to over speeding and lack of maintenance culture among commercial vehicles by operators.
    It will be recalled that last week Thursday a similar accident occurred on the same area when the front shaft of a commercial bus went off, while the vehicle was on a high speed, and ran into a deep valley on the Ibadan- Abeokuta expressway.

  • Flood kills pregnant woman, two others in Jos

    Flood kills pregnant woman, two others in Jos

    Three persons, including a pregnant woman, have been killed by flood that swept through some parts of Zinariya community in Jos, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports.
    The flood, which resulted from days of downpour, also brought down nine houses pulled down.
    “The incident resulted from narrow waterways; the victims were asleep when the rain started, but with the water soaking up foundations of their buildings, the structures collapsed on them,” Sani Bello, a relation of the victims, told NAN on Thursday.
    According to him, the water washed the bodies of the three deceased away.
    “My pregnant elder sister, who was on a visit from Naraguta, a nearby community, was among the people washed away by the flood.
    “We have found her body and buried it. There is also a lady with a broken leg who has been taken to the hospital.
    “Another victim, one Ibrahim, who is seven years old, also sustained injuries and has been taken to the hospital,” he said.
    Meanwhile, Sen. Istifanus Gyang (PDP/Plateau North), has visited the area to commiserate with the people.
    Gyang, who was represented by an aide, Daniel Dem, promised to assist the area with resources to rebuild their homes and map out waterways.
    He also offered financial assistance to the affected families and urged the community to stop building houses along waterways so as to avoid a recurrence.
    The Ward Head of the community, Mallam Yahaya Abubakar, who received the items, commended the Senator for his show of concern.
    “You are the first government official to come to the aid of my community. May God continue to bless you for this kindness,” he said.
    He regretted the damage caused by perennial flooding in the area, and urged government to take urgent measures to mitigate that.
    One of the beneficiaries of Gyang’s gesture, Malam Mohammed Kamilu, while appreciating the kindness, said that the money would be of great assistance to the victims.
    “Some of the victims lost practically everything. This assistance will help them to restart life all over again,” he said.