SUNDAY Vanguard, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015, PAGE 35 08116759757
DRAMA INSIDE TAXI
Suspect attacks police, escapes on way to court BY KENNEDY MBELE n Ikeja Magistrate Court A sitting in Ogba, Agege in the Ikeja Magisterial District has remanded Sunday Akpan (23) in prison custody for allegedly escaping police custody with hand cuffs, property of the Nigeria Police Force. According to the prosecution, the suspect, standing trial in a case of alleged assault, escaped from police custody on Sept 11, 2015 while being taken to court for arraignment. The prosecution told the court that the suspect, in hand-cuffs, and accompanied by a female
Investigating Police Officer (IPO), pushed the latter out from a taxi inside traffic along Akilo Road, Ogba, Lagos and took to his heels. It alleged that efforts by the IPO to catch him proved abortive until September 12, when the suspect’s elder brother, Emmanuel Nathaniel Akpan, came to the police station and demanded that the police produce his brother whom they arrested for assault on September 7. The source added that, after serious interrogation by the police, the elder brother confessed that the suspect escaped from police custody
and was at home. He was then compelled to lead the police to their house in Alapere area of Lagos where both of them were arrested. The prosecution asked the court not to grant bail to the two suspects, stressing that they would disappear, particularly as they had not produced the police hand cuffs. The court ordered that the main suspect be remanded in prison custody while his elder brother that allegedly aided and abetted him be granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum. Both matters were adjourned for ruling on bail for the remanded suspect and mention for the second suspect.
Majemite lauds Okowa on job creation BY EPHRAIM OSEJI
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elta Peoples Demo cratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Fred Majemite, has given credit to Governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa in the area of job creation. Speaking to journalists in Ughelli, Delta State, Majemite said that inspite of the lean resources available to the governor, he had performed creditably in his 100 days in office, having employed 6,000 youths under his job and wealth creation programme, christened “Okowaplus”. “He has started well by initiating the employment of 6,000 youths under his youth job creation scheme programme. If he maintains his promise of employing 6,000 youths every six months under the scheme, that means Okowa means well for the youths of the state in terms of job creation and empower-
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ment,” Majemite disclosed. He pointed out that despite the lean resources available to the state, Okowa was still able to accommodate the political class on appointments. He said, although the political appointments might have not gone round, party faithful should be patient with Okowa as he may do more when he finally settles down and has enough resources to manage the affairs of the state.
“ However, the point must be emphasized, that we are all members of a big family of the PDP, no one is less”, Majemite explained. The PDP chieftain also gave kudos to Okowa in the area of revamping technical education and infrastructural development.““On assumption of office, he kick started the revamping of three technical colleges in Agbor, Ofagbe and Sapele. The three schools are presently undergoing extensive infrastructural overhauling. Beside, two General Hospitals in Patani and Abavo are being rebuilt, while the reconstruction of Sapele Main Market is nearing completion with extensive repair works also ongoing at Okpanam road in Asaba and other major roads in the state,” he observed. He said at the pace Okowa is going, if given more time, he would perform to the glory of God and ensure the prosperity he promised Deltans.
Go or Bok am victims, tr oops in Borno Govv. Umahi’s rice ffor Bokoo Har Haram troops
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bonyi State government has promised to provide Abakaliki Rice for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and soldiers fighting Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. Governor David Umahi made the promise when he visited the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Umahi, who was full of praises for the Nigerian troops for their gallant efforts towards ending the insurgency in the North- East,
assured the CDS that the people of Ebonyi would give necessary support to the army at all times. He said, “I want to appreciate you and your wonderful team. I want to once again thank you. In the next 10 days, we will bring some quantities of rice to assist your boys and also to the governor of Borno State, to assist the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). “You have recorded tremendous success in dealing with this sect (Boko Haram) and I want to tell you that the people of
Ebonyi State are very happy about that. Since the insurgence started, we have lost no fewer than three personnel and the same thing has happened to other sections of the country”. The governor assured the defence chief that Ebonyians would continue to pray for the army to overcome the insurgents. He recalled that the military played key roles in resolving past crises in Ezillo as well as those between Ebonyi State and its neigbours.
Twin brothers break into landlord’s apartment BY KENNEDY MBELE 19-year-old twin brothers, Akomolafe Taiwo and Akomolafe Kehinde, have been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, sitting in Ogba, Lagos, for allegedly breaking and entering into their land-lord’s apartment. The suspects also allegedly conspired to willfully damage an entrance iron door property of the landlord, Kamaru Hassan, valued at N15,000.00. The prosecutor, Corporal Unah Michael, told the court that the suspects and their parents were living in the same building at 12 Daddy Oniyide Street, in Orile Agege area of the state when the twins broke
the entrance metal door of their land lord who had travelled out of the country. He further told the court that the land lord had sold the property to a new owner and had issued the twins parents quit notice but had not handed over the property to the new owner before the duo damaged the door and moved into the apartment on September 12, with the intention of settling there, rather than continue sharing apartment with their parents. The suspects pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge and were granted bail in the sum of N30,000 with two sureties. The matter was adjourned for mention.
Trouble in hospital as man attacks lover BY KENNEDY MBELE A 32-year-old man, Ajibade Mohammed, has appeared before an Ikeja Magistrate sitting in Ogba, Agege, Lagos to explain why he allegedly assaulted his lover, one Ikechi Ohale (22), by beating her while also damaging a weight scale, valued at N30,000, belonging Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital. The incident allegedly took place on September 15 when the alleged victim’s two- year-old son was receiving medical treatment. The charge against the defendant read: “That you Ajibade Mohammed on September 15, 2015 at about 13.45hrs at Ifako Ijaiye General Hospital in the Ikeja Magisterial District did assault one Ikechi Ohale by beating her with your fist which caused her a swollen face; an offence punishable under Section 171 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011. “Again, that you, Ajibade Mohammed on the same date, time and date in the same magisterial district did maliciously damage a complete weight scale valued at N30,000.00, property of Ifako Ijaiye General Hospital, Lagos State and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section
337 of Criminal Law of Lagos, Nigeria 2011”. Narrating the incident that led to the arrest of the suspect, the prosecution told the court that investigation revealed that the suspect beat up his victim (mother of their two-year-old son) in the hospital where the little boy was receiving treatment. The source explained that the victim had called the defendant to the hospital to see their ailing child when the former pounced on her over an undisclosed issue. It added that the suspect damaged the hospital’s weight scale in the process. It further revealed that although the duo are parents of the ailing child, they were not living together and that, after the incident, the child and his injured mother were admitted as patients in the said hospital. It contested an oral bail application made by the defendant’s counsel, arguing that such an aggressive / violent person should not be released on bail but kept in prison custody to prevent him from causing further harm. The suspect pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge and was granted bail in the sum of N50,000. The matter was adjourned to October 7.
Diya tasks leaders to rule with God’s fear A former Chief of the General Staff (CGS), Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya (retd), has asked Nigerian leaders to rule with the fear of God. According to him, that is the only way the change promised by the APC-led administration can be impacted on the people. Diya spoke to journalists at the 2015 remembrance service for the deceased members of the United African Methodist Evangelical Church, AbuleIjesha, Yaba, Lagos and the
bazaar thanksgiving service of the church. Earlier in his sermon at the occasion, the supervising bishop of the church, Rt. Revd. Zacchaeus Abalade Sanyaolu (JP), asked the people to seek divine knowledge for success in their endeavours. The Lady Chairperson at the occasion, Chief (Mrs) Anuoluwapo Ogbara, stressed the need to donate handsomely to church projects to earn great rewards from God.