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Lagos Confirms 20 Killed in Collapsed School Building, 45 Rescued Scores trapped as three-storey house collapses in Ibadan Bennett Oghifo in Lagos and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan After search and rescue activities ended yesterday at the

site of the collapsed building in Ita-Faji, Lagos Island, the Lagos state government has officially stated that 20 people died from the tragic incident.

This is coming on the heels of another building collapse in Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday evening, with rescue agencies battling late into the night, to

free the trapped workers in the three-storey house. The final figure of the Ita-Faji disaster was given by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr.

Jide Idris, when he visited the Lagos Island General Hospital, stating that the 20 persons were brought to hospitals dead. He also confirmed that some of

the bodies had been released to their relatives and families for burial. According to him, 45 persons Continued on page 8

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Elections: Buratai Inaugurates Panel to Probe Misconduct by Soldiers Wike's assassination claim included in inquiry

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja

The Nigerian Army yesterday in Abuja inaugurated a committee to investigate allegations of misconduct

against its personnel during the 2019 general elections. The nine-member committee headed by Major General TA Gagariga was also mandated to probe allegations of

assassination attempt on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the circumstances surrounding the killing of military personnel during the just concluded

elections. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai, said last week that the army headquarters had received formal complaints from

governors of Bayelsa, Oyo and Ogun States on alleged professional misconduct against soldiers, prompting the military high command to set up a high-powered panel

to look into the allegations. Buratai, who spoke through the Chief of Army Administration, Major General Continued on page 6

I Was Tortured to Implicate Bukola Saraki, Says Offa Robbery Suspect IRT boss, Kyari, told me to name Senate President as the person that gave me guns for the operations Hammed Shittu in Ilorin One of the suspects in the April 5, 2018 bank robberies in Offa, Kwara State, Ayoade Akinnibosun, yesterday told a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin how the police coerced him to implicate Senate President Bukola Saraki. Akinnibosun, who is the first accused person, alongside two other suspects - Ibikunle Ogunleye (2nd accused person) and Adeola Abraham (3rd accused person) are among

the five suspects standing trial before Justice Halimat Salman in connection with the Offa robberies, during which six banks were robbed and millions of naira stolen. The two other accused persons are Salaudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd accused persons also told the court yesterday that the principal suspect, Michael Adikwu was shot dead by one Inspector Vincent attached to the police Intelligence Response Team Continued on page 8

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WITH LOVE FROM BORGU... President Muhammadu Buhari with members of a delegation from Borgu Kingdom, Niger State that paid him a courtesy call at the Presidential Villa, Abuja …yesterday. Photo: GODWIN OMOIGUI


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