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Police nab alleged fake Air force personnel, raid black spots in Oshodi (Guardian)
Operatives of Lagos State Task force have arrested a suspected fake Air force personnel at Oshodi. The 29-year-old suspect, Nzubechukwu Emmanuel was arrested while riding his motorcycle on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor along Bolade, Oshodi, Lagos.
Spokesperson for the agency, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, said when the suspect was accosted by officials, he claimed ‘Espirit de Corps’.
Upon arrest and questioning, it was revealed that he is into the business of selling shoes, but impersonates military officials to beat checkpoints and flout traffic rules. He said the suspect would be charged to court.
The agency has also raided black spots at Oshodi, leading to the arrest of 49 suspected criminals. According to Abdulraheem, the officials found on the suspects substance suspected to be hard drugs such as cannabis, tramadol and others. Read more
General Overseer arrested with drugs won’t be treated differently – NDLEA (Punch)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has vowed that the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, arrested with drugs at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport won’t be treated differently.
This is as the anti-narcotic agency clarified that his (Ekwem) cleric status won’t confer on him any preferential treatment during ongoing investigation and possible court processes.
“The arrested pastor won’t be treated differently,” the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, told The Punch on Wednesday.
The Punch had earlier reported that operatives of the NDLEA arrested the cleric while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body. Read more
Lagos socialite gets N2m bail for doling out petrol souvenir at party (Punch)
A socialite, Ms Chidinma Ogbulu, aka Erelu Okin, has been arraigned before a Special Offences (Mobile) Court in the Oshodi area of Lagos State for distributing petrol as a souvenir during a ceremony.
Ogbulu reportedly distributed petrol while celebrating her chieftaincy title on March 5, 2022, at the Havillah Event Centre, Lagos.
A video of kegs of petrol for guests at the event went viral on social media, sparking an outrage as the state government sealed off the centre.
The police also vowed to prosecute the socialite. Read more
Court jails American-trained surgeon 27 years for N35m fraud (Leadership)
Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday convicted and sentenced an American-Trained medical doctor and surgeon, John Nweke, to a total of 27 years imprisonment without an option of fine over his involvement in an N35 million fraud.
Justice Anka jailed Dr. Nweke after he found him guilty of allegations of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence, made against him by the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos.
Nweke who also claimed to be one Senator Haruna Baba Musa, a Senator from Sokoto State was convicted and given jail terms by Justice Abdulazeez Anka, after pronouncing him guilty.
The convict was arraigned before the court on October 8, 2016, alongside Anike Igwe Stephen (now deceased) and Kelechi Chetachi Emenike (a cart pusher), on a five-count charge of conspiracy, money laundering, false representation and obtaining high-class phones valued at N35 Million from an online sale outlet, Konga. Read more
Lagos Task Force arrests 49 hoodlums, intensify war against ‘one-way’ driving (NewTelegraph)
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences Unit yesterday said that it has arrested 49 suspected criminal elements with illicit drugs at Oshodi area of the state. This was even as the agency said that there is no going back on arrest and a continuous clamp down on motorists who are in the habit of driving against traffic on the state roads until the state is completely free from their recklessness and flagrant disobedience of the state traffic laws.
Speaking on the spate of lawlessness and pockets of protests by suspected hoodlums and miscreants at Oshodi following the impoundment of a commercial bus popularly known as ‘Danfo’ and a Toyota Avalon for driving against traffic along Egbeda-Idimu Road in the early hours of yesterday, the Chairman of Lagos State Task Force, CSP Shola Jejeloye said that the drivers of Danfo bus with registration number AGL219XG and Toyota Avalon with registration number GGE432FS were apprehended while driving on one way. The chairman, however, added that revolts like that are not new to the officers and men of the Taskforce, adding that the law breakers, especially commercial bus drivers and okada riders, are fond of crying foul whenever they are caught committing a crime or found wanting.
He said: “We experience these things every day so it’s not news to us. You will see commercial bus drivers and Okada riders endangering their lives and that of their passengers with no form of regard whatsoever, and when apprehended they either start begging or try to incite the public against us.”
Jejeloye stated. While assuring Lagosians that no amount of protests or reaction from traffic offenders would deter them from safeguarding lives and property in the state, Jejeloye said that the arrest and prosecution of errant offenders was in the best interest of the state and citizenry in general as this would serve as a deterrent to other road users, be it private or commercial. He decried the manner in which some unscrupulous elements joined in protesting against the impoundment of the vehicles stating that many cases of hit and run accidents in the state were caused by drivers who drove on one-way. “We will not be intimidated by group of hoodlums or miscreants who think they can mobilise and discourage us from doing what is right. Read more
Land grabbers displace over 2000 residents including women, children in Lagos (Vanguard)
Over 2000 residents of Okegun-Museyo in Ibeju-Lekki local government area of Lagos state on Monday send a Save Our Soul, SOS to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa calling on the duo to rescue them from land grabbers who have encroached their lands.
The residents including children, women and youths in a peaceful protest in Alausa called on Lagos State Government to intervene in the unlawful demolition of their houses by an Estate Agency, DPKay Homes and Property.
They defied the scorching sun, rather armed themselves with placards with various inscriptions appealing to the governor, Speaker, House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, as well as the Senator representing Lagos East senatorial district, Tokunbo Abiru, and others to help stop the demolition and return their land to them.
With different inscriptions, the residents lamented that the company has imposed untold pain in the community since the incident started in February 2022. Read more
How 13-year-old girl was gang-raped by 7 men in Lagos (DailyTrust)
A medical doctor, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday, narrated before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her neighbourhood.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shogunle testified at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed Fashola, for conspiracy and defilement of a girl.
Fashola had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.
Led in evidence by state counsel, Mrs Olasunbo Abiodun-Muniru, the doctor working at the Mirabel Centre (a sexual assault referral centre), said the minor came to the centre to seek medical attention on Sept. 28, 2020, a day after she was allegedly defiled. Read more
Witness narrates how Lagos `bishop’ drugged, defiled daughter, member’s underage child (Punch)
A social worker, Mrs Rasheedat Sanusi, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a `bishop’, Felix Okon, allegedly defiled his 16-year-old daughter and another minor.
Sanusi testified at the commencement of Okon’s trial on a two-count of defilement.
Led in evidence by the state counsel, Mr Peter Owolabani, Sanusi said that she had served Lagos State Government for 20 years as a social worker.
According to her, she is currently serving at the state’s Education District One, Agege. Read more
-Compiled by Opeyemi Ajao
