The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) representative
described the advantages of the new national identity card. Apart from
many other things, it may also be used as an Automated Teller Machine
(ATM) card anywhere in the world where there is MasterCard logo.
Briefing journalists today in Abuja, NIMC’s Director of Technical
Services, Mr Emmanuel Ogungbe disclosed the Commission have already
signed an agreement with MasterCard. He explained that, besides being just an ID card, it
is also a cash card, so the holder can withdraw money in any place.
Moreover, especially within the West African sub-region, it soon would
become possible to travel with this card only, passport-free.
Mr. Ogungbe called the card “a general-multi-purpose card”. All the
holder needs to do, he maintained, is to present it at the point of
entry of any country. After the information is checked, the entry would
be allowed.
Mr. Ogungbe stressed the new card is “error-proof,” and thus, secure.
“We have a system called automated biometrics identification system in
our data centre that checks information of newly registered people
coming into the database against what we already have in the database,”
he said. “If there is a hit, that means that person was registered
before, and, of course, this means we will deny new registration.
“So, there is no way of beating that system for now; I’m very confident
of that. That will ensure that you can only register once.”
The card is supposed to assist in tracking criminals as well.
“What the bad elements do is to hide in a way that you won’t be able to
capture them. But we are saying with this [ID card] we know who they are
and we will be able to very easily locate them.” Mr. Ogungbe said. If
any fingerprints are lifted at the crime scene, it is enough to send
them to NIMC – and they will disclose full details on the culprits.
“Talk about even fraud in the banks, where someone will obtain a loan in
a particular bank, move on to the next bank without servicing the
previous loan to obtain another loan; that will become a thing of the
past,” Mr. Ogungbe added.
“Because once the bank takes your national identification number, it can
see all your various transactions, all various businesses that you have
with all the other banks.”
He said that government had asked the commission to ‘register every
single Nigerian and legal residents’ but warned the aliens against any
attempt to use the card to commit crimes.
“If you are an alien and you think you can continue doing that and go
scot-free, then the person’s time is numbered because very soon, we will
get to him or her,” he assured.
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girl change 2 big snake at a hotel in warri...half part snake D other
half human...people are there now looking @ it.. Girls please be careful
with the men you go out with...
This is so pathetic...Viewers discretion are advised,the picture is graphical
#BBATheChase 2013 winner has spent the most time in Lagos than any other
country – why wouldn’t she, the West African state is the home of
entertainment these days…
Dillish Matthews who’s been
globetrotting in the last few weeks is back in Nigeria and has featured
in singer Flavour‘s new video titled ‘Ikwokrikwo‘. The video was
directed by Clarence Peters.
‘I always said if I am to be in a
music video, I have to be lead, has to be for a huge musician and they
have to pay me good!!! power of the tongue!!!‘, Dillish says.
The video will be released in the second week of December.
One of the best Actors in the world, Al Palcino and his much younger
Italian girlfriend Lucila Sola,(40yr age gap)stepped out for
Pre-Thanksgiving dinner at a Beverly Hills restaurant ..His girl is hot!
And he doesn’t look 73 to me.
World’s fattest woman 32-year-old Mayra Rosales made headlines in
2008 after murdering her nephew with her 1,000-pound body. This earned
her thenickname the Half-Ton Killer. Five years later she has shed
weight which she credits to surgeries, physical therapy, rehabilitation
and huge changes to her diet.
She also says she had two surgeries, one on each side of her legs, and
she is awaiting a gastric bypass surgery in the coming months.
She has also been following a high-protein, low-carb diet, with plenty of steamed vegetables, sugar-free desserts and soups.
According to her “Sitting up, if I feel like going out I transfer to the
wheelchair. I’m still in movement’.I was alive before, but I didn’t
have a life,And now, I do.’
BBA host and OAP, Ik Osakioduwa's daughter, Micah Osakioduwa, turned two yesterday Happy birthday Micah. See more pics of the happy family after the cut:
Nollywood Actress Chika Ike's office is simply Beautiful and Cool............
Chika Ike moved into her multi-million naira mansion in Lekki, Lagos state some months back. According
to report, the house has a swimming pool, a gym, private office, car
port, garden, massive walk in closet and a state of art interior.....See
photos below:
Spanish police on Thursday arrested three Nigerians who forced African
women into prostitution in Europe, including by holding two women’s
children captive for at least four months. Five women in different
Spanish cities were freed from the clutches of the gang after a long
operation that began at the beginning of the year, on the basis of
information from a young African prostitute, a police statement said.
In
August, police rescued two little children, one of them aged three,
from an address in Valmojado, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Madrid.
They were found in poor health and malnourished. “They were kept locked
in separate rooms… at times gagged and tied to the bed” by captors who
fed them tranquilisers to keep them docile, the statement said.
“The
children were to guarantee that the women paid off their ‘debts’ by
going into prostitution and to stop them running away.” The mothers were
eventually found in France, where they were forced to work as
prostitutes. The criminal gang holding them used that and other
strategies to bring Nigerian women to Spain and force them to work as
prostitutes, the police said.
The women were “enticed with
fraudulent promises, with false job offers or by abusing their
precarious situation”. They were smuggled to Spain by boat from Morocco.
Once in Spain, they were sold to pimps in EU countries, the statement
said.
During
the ‘Occupy Nigeria’ campaign, I saw a placard which I found initially
interesting, but which I disagree with now. It was a placard that
threatened, “One day, the Poor will have nothing left to eat but the Rich!”
At the time I thought the rich being
referred to were the corrupt politicians who have looted and continue to
loot the legacy of Nigerians, alive and unborn. But as I thought about
it in more detail, I realized the placard didn’t specify which rich
people they meant. It appeared all rich people were easy pickings, it
didn’t matter whether they got their wealth through hardwork or through
deceit. Somehow the message was: if you are rich, you are or will soon
become a target for the poor to attack.
In recent times, I have been reading
stories which seem to confirm how much some people who consider
themselves poor, will happily attack others who appear ‘better’ than
them. The rising number of kidnapping cases in the country is an
example. When caught, these criminals, who are often university
graduates, blame the government and the society for their crime. They
don’t blame it on their greed and laziness, instead they choose to
direct their unjustified anger at a helpless society.
I blame this on an entitlement mentality
that many people have about life. It is not only seen in the young
graduate who believes he deserves to get a job just because he has a
certificate, it is also seen in the relatives who think just because
they are family members they deserve to be supported by their more
successful relatives.
While we agree that it is a noble thing
for those who are rich to help those who are not, we must remember that
it is their prerogative to do so or not. They should not be threatened,
attacked or seen as targets of crime when for reasons known to them,
they choose not to help as expected.
I don’t write this because I am rich or
because I don’t know what it means to be poor. Far from it! I come from a
very, very humble background. Infact we were so poor that at the age of
five, I knew we were poor! And I don’t think I have ‘arrived’ yet, my
bank account reminds me of that daily.
However, I have refused to tie my
destiny to the whims and caprices of a rich relative somewhere or the
government. I know that with hardwork and determination I too can become
comfortable enough to take care of myself and others. I know many
people though who still feel that others ‘owe’ them something, just
because they are more successful. And I have learnt some lessons from
their sad and unproductive lives:
People with entitlement mentality are
usually ungrateful; because these people feel entitled to whatever
support they are receiving, they never really appreciate the sacrifices
made for them. They often waste the resources spent on them and in the
case of a loan, may refuse to pay back. Their reason? They believe they
deserved it, so you didn’t do them any favours.
They are lazy and proud: These people do
not believe in days of ‘humble beginnings.’ They are usually dreamers
and want to make it rich quick. Don’t dare suggest to them any humble
job or trade as a starting point, they will be quick to tell you that it
is beneath them! And for those who claim to be religious, they might
quip, “my God is a rich God”, happily forgetting that that same God
allowed His own son to be born in a manger and work as a carpenter.
They are greedy and may become
criminals: Because these people have ‘big eyes and long throat’ like we
say in Nigeria, and are too lazy and proud, they are likely to engage in
criminal activities. And yes some might get away with crime, but there
is always a day of reckoning. And when that day comes, they of course
blame everyone else, even the devil, for their behaviour.
They never take responsibility for their
behaviour: These people are very quick to play the blame-game. Their
excuses are “if only my parents were rich”, “if only my uncle wasn’t so
stingy”, “if only the government did this or that”, etc. They quickly
forget motivational stories of people who triumphed against all odds to
become successful. They would rather live in self-pity, nursing and
polishing their excuses as their trophies.
The other day I read a tragic story that
showed how destructive an entitlement mentality can be. It was the
story of a landslide in a town in one of the southern states of the
country. According to the news, government officials had warned
residents of that area to relocate a number of times, but they refused.
The obvious reason for their refusal was because the government had not
made alternative accommodation available. Sadly when the landslide
occurred, it killed men, women and children. The survivors ran away from
the area with little or nothing. They didn’t wait any longer for the
government to provide accommodation, they ran away to live with
relatives or friends.
Of course we can blame the government
for not helping more, but I think if those people had left when they
were warned, instead of waiting for government assistance, they would be
alive today. I hate to sound unfeeling, but their excuses, though
justifiable, did not save them or their loved ones from tragedy. The
government did not suffer, but they did.
And that is the unpleasant truth about
life: excuses or blame games do not spare us from unnecessary suffering.
We owe it to ourselves to make or mar our lives. Our parents,
relatives, government or society can only help us so far.
If you don’t make the effort, you alone
and your loved ones will suffer the consequences, not the people you are
blaming. If you will get rid of that entitlement mentality, and try
your best at whatever you do, you too will be successful.
A ten-year-old mystery of a boy’s headless corpse found floating
in the Thames may finally have been solved. It is believed the body is
that of six-year-old Igpo Mwosa, a Nigerian who was killed by a gang
during a ritual. Igo Mwosa’s torso was found in the Thames nearly 10 years ago
Post-mortem tests showed he was fed a potion containing gold, clay
and bone and his torso, wearing just a pair of orange shorts, was found
floating in the Thames near Tower Bridge in 2001.
ITV News reporters followed the trail to Nigeria and a woman called Joyce Osagiede, who had been looking after the boy.
She said he was used ‘for a ritual in the water’ and admitted handing him over to a man named Bawa.
She denied being involved in his death, saying: ‘I’m a mother. I have children. I can’t kill somebody’s child.’
Now detectives are to fly to Nigeria in renewed attempts to find the killer.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: ‘We can confirm that the
investigation team have been preparing to visit Lagos, Nigeria, in
connection with the Adam inquiry.
‘They will be travelling in the near future.’ Police computing experts produced this graphic of the torso in a bid to get more information
Nahinmu
Nicholas had stormed out of the Ford Focus with his suitcases, saying
he was going to hitch-hike to Heathrow, but was knocked down by a lorry
in the morning darkness.
His
wife had pulled over on what they both thought was the hard shoulder of
the M25, not realising that it was a live lane because of roadworks. A
coroner was told that lorry driver Martin Hook was unable to avoid Mr
Nicholas as he suddenly caught sight of him.
His 13-tonne bread lorry also struck
the couple’s car in the accident just six minutes after they had stopped
on the clockwise carriageway of the M25 at junction 6 for Godstone,
Surrey, at around 4.30am on April 10.
Florence
Olokun-Ola told the inquest in Woking, Surrey, that her husband was
going to Nigeria alone for 12 days and that the fight started because
she wanted their bank card while he was away. ‘The argument became very
aggressive and his voice changed,’ she added.
Mrs
Olokun-Ola, who had earlier told how financial problems had caused
tension in their relationship, said she no longer felt comfortable
driving and pulled over to what she thought was the hard shoulder. She
added: ‘He took off his seat belt. As soon as the car stopped he took
the keys and opened the boot and took out his luggage. He put it by the
crash barrier.’ In an
attempt to get her husband back in the car Mrs Olokun-Ola drove forward a
bit, but he started to walk back down the carriageway trying to thumb a
lift.
Then she felt the force of the collision as the lorry struck the rear of her car. ‘I
got out the car and at first I was angry because he didn’t come
running over to see if I was okay,’ she said. She then discovered her
husband’s body and ran back to the car to dial 999. Mr
Hook said he was travelling through the roadworks at 50mph. ‘The next
thing I knew was there was a dark shadow in front of me,’ he added. ‘I
turned straight away to the centre of the carriageway.’ A post-mortem examination concluded that Mr Nicholas died as a result of severe head injuries.
Accident
reconstruction officer PC Dominic Gibson said that the stretch of the
M25 where the accident happened was unlit. He said there were signs
warning that the hard shoulder was now a live lane.
Assistant
Surrey Coroner Michael Burgess recorded a verdict that Mr Nicholas, of
Dartford, Kent, died as a result of a road traffic collision.
Former Ghanaian international footballer Nii Odartey Lamptey has
revealed that he recently found out that all three children he had with
his wife of almost 20 years are not his biological children. He made the
shocking revelation in a radio interviewed when asked why he was
divorcing his wife.
“...I thought they were my children
but upon a DNA test, I got to know that they are not my biological children. The issue is in court so I’m
pleading, because it is a legal issue I don’t want to go through so many
things, but I am 100% sure that the children are not mine after
20-years of marriage.We had five children but two passed away so we were left with only 3 and they are not mine" The former Aston Villa player told reporters
Meanwhile, his estranged wife Gloria Lamptey (pictured above) is
claiming that it was Lamptey who suggested they use artificial
insemination after realizing he was
infertile. A claim Lamptey denies. A close friend of the former
Anderlecht footballer said he'd on several occasions caught his wife
cheating on him but stayed with her because of his love for her and the
businesses they own together.
SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMINU TAMBUWAL, GOING FOR PLENARY AS THE HOUSE RESUMED IN ABUJA
The House of Representatives said on Thursday that Alhaji Aminu
Tambuwal remained its Speaker in spite of the recent development in the
polity.
The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs,
Rep. Victor Ogene, said this while addressing parliamentary
correspondents in Abuja.
Ogene (APGA-Anambra) said that unless the All Progressives Congress
(APC) garnered up to 181 members, there would be no basis to discuss any
change in the leadership of the House.
He also cited Section 68 (1) of the 1999 Constitution which
stipulates the conditions under which members can defect to another
political party, adding that there is nothing like group or mass
defection.
His words: “In politics, things like this happen, but as a House we
remain one. Section 68 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended,
says people cannot cross-carpet in a group except in a merger situation.
But defection has to do with individual members, so if they’re
defecting, the proper thing must be done by activating that section of
the constitution.
“As at now, we’re not aware of any member defecting to another party.
Remember, going by our rule, until a party has 181 members, you can’t
talk of having the majority.”
Information Nigeria reports that before the defection of five Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) governors to the APC, the PDP had 208
representatives in the House, while APC had 137 members.
The capital city of Cross River State, Calabar, will be in
the centre of attention on November 30, 2013, Saturday, when several
Nollywood stars led by Rita Dominic and Kate Henshaw light the Africa’s
tallest Xmas tree.
Other
stars confirmed to grace the event are Gideon Okeke and Ihuoma Nwigwe.
Top comedian, Akpororo is also billed to crack the ribs of guests.
The event will also mark the start of the annual one month-long
Calabar Festival. The event has become a world class event, which
attracts guests for all over Nigeria and the whole world.
The Christmas tree-lighting ceremony is definitely going to be an
epic event, which will be held at the Millennium Park in Calabar. The
Festival will be witnessed and declared open by Governor Liyel Imoke at
the Calabar Municipality Council grounds.
The tree-lighting ceremony will be followed by the Paradise City Walk
against HIV/AIDS the next day, while the likes of Samsong, Obiwon,
Segun Obe, Kage, Nnanke and Darlene, who will be performing at the
Millennium Park by 7 p.m., are billed for the post-walk event tagged
‘World Aids Day Charity Concert’.
The Festival Village, according to a source in the Government House,
is being moved from its traditional ground at the Cultural Centre, owing
to the on-going construction work on the new shopping complex there.
The tourist city is already wearing new looks, in anticipation of festive events.
A 39-year-old policeman, Rasak Alowonle, has appeared before
an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on a charge of
manslaughter on November 28, 2013, Thursday.
The
policeman is facing a count charge for allegedly shooting and killing a
nine-year-old boy while dispersing a mob at Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos, on
June 13, 2013.
Inspector Richard Odigie, the Prosecutor, revealed that the mob attempted to stop the accused from seizing a commercial bus.
The Prosecutor said the accused and other members of his patrol team
wanted to seize the bus from a driver who was obstructing traffic.
However, the bus driver resisted.
The commotion drew the attention of a crowd that attacked the team with stones and broken bottles.
Alowonle shot a gun in an attempt to disperse the mob, and the bullet hit the boy.
“The victim’s parents and sister went to the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Ikeja, to pick up their eldest son, who arrived
from Canada.
“The bullet went through the wind screen and hit the deceased, who was seated at the back seat, in his right eye.
“The deceased died on the spot but was rushed to a nearby hospital,” the Prosecutor revealed.
He said that Alowonle, who was arrested by his colleagues, had been
in police custody for the past four months. The accused pleaded not
guilty.
Mrs. A. A. Demi-Ajayi, the Chief Magistrate, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case has been adjourned to January 15, 2014, for mention.
Musician Iyanya Mbuk was, so to say, attacked on stage at one
of the recent gigs: the yelling female fans grabbed and pulled his
shirt while he tried to perform.
Iyanya knows how to make ladies go crazy: they see him – they already
go crazy, but this time it looked like Iyanya was about to jump out of
his skin.
The musician posted the photo on his Instagram page and tagged it, “See ladies tearing off my shirt.”
A man believed to be in his 70s, who claimed to.be a wizard,
was on Wednesday found on the banks of the Okrudu River at Kaimebre, a
settlement near the Kasoa New Market in the Central Region Ghana.
The man, who gave his name as Charles Atta, looked frail, pale and bore protruding br**sts like that of a teenage girl.
His body was smeared with mud from the bank of the river where he was
found by two brothers, Liberty Obeng and Innocent Obeng, who claimed
they found the strange man crying for help.
The two brothers told Daily Guide reporters that the self-acclaimed
wizard confessed to them that he was in the company of colleagues,
including a medical doctor and were flying to Cape Coast for a meeting
when he was forced down.
According to him, they were flying over a church where an all-night
vigil was being held when he crash- landed at Servant Kings
International School.
“When we as ked him where he was coming from, Atta told us that he
was from Akuapem Akropong but was flying to Cape Coast to attend a
meeting for witches and wizards,” he said.
Charles also confessed that the two puffy protrusions on his chest
were br**sts taken from his 16-year- old granddaughter and that he
normally borrowed them for his night activities.
The two brothers said they were initially confused and bewildered by
the weird sight of the man, and not knowing what to do him took him to
Pink FM, a local radio station at Kasoa for help.
When the strange announcement was made on radio, hundreds of people
besieged the premises of the radio station to see the suspected wizard.
Upon hearing the news, the Kasoa District Police dispatched a number
of police personnel to the station to save the victim from being
lynched.
Superintendent Samuel Tabril Punobyin told the paper that the police
did not investigate spiritual matters and that the suspected wiz-ard
could therefore not be charged.
He said the police would look for the family erf the man and hand him
over to them. Charles Atta is still in the custody .of the Kasoa
Police.
Source: Ghana Web
Renowned environmentalist, Mr. Nnimmo Bassey, has described the
Federal Government’s delay in implementing recommendations of the United
Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, in Ogoni, Rivers State, as an open
sore on the conscience of the government.
Speaking, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, on the sidelines of a
roundtable on the report, Bassey said that inaction of the government
two years after the report was released, was lamentable.
He therefore urged government at all levels to make the environment a
major concern, while calling on the people of Niger Delta to engage in
what he termed direct peaceful actions to put pressure on the government
to be alive to its responsibilities.
Going round some spill sites in Ogoni with the Co-Chair, Right
Livelihood Award Foundation, Dr. Monika Griefahn, Bassey said he was
shocked to discover that residents had fled Goin community in Ogoni
because of pollution.
“All you see are signposts by HYPREP (Hydro-Carbon Pollution and
Restoration Project), saying this is a polluted area. Where do the
people go to when all their communities are polluted? Both surface and
ground water is polluted. The land itself is polluted. The situation
calls for emergency on environment to be declared,” he said, calling on
government to take practical steps to implement the report.
He also called for community participation to end oil theft, adding
that government should stop opening new oil fields to save the region
from recurring oil spills.
The House of Representatives had on November 6 mandated its
committees on Environment and Emergency and Disaster Preparedness to
carry out an investigation on the non-implementation of the UNEP report
on Ogoniland.
A member of the House, Kingsley Chinda, had called for the
investigation, emphasising that the Federal Government had not acted on
the report two years after it was presented to President Goodluck
Jonathan.
The joint committee had since summoned the managers of the HYREP, set
up by the Federal Government in the wake of the UNEP report and is
expected to report back to the house in four weeks (next week).
The sleepy town of Ogotun-Ekiti in Ekiti SouthWest Local Government
Area of Ekiti State was on Tuesday thrown into confusion when
information filtered that a goat had delivered a human-like baby goat.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident, which occurred
in Lori Oke settlement, a village that is about 10 kilometres from
Ogotun Town, drew the attention of hundreds of residents and travellers.
The spokesperson of the community, Sunday Ogunmeji, who spoke with a
correspondent on behalf of the Baale (community head), Ganiyu Adetoun,
said a pastor, Daniel Odedele, helped to deliver the goat of the baby.
“After watching the goat labour for several hours, the pastor took
pity on it and courageously pulled the baby out, only for it to turn out
to be human-like.
“The ‘baby’ had all the features of a human being such as human face,
head, hair, female private parts, two legs and two arms with hoofs.
“However, the human-like baby died at about noon as a result of lack
of care as the crowd merely trooped there to watch rather than to
attempt to save its life,” Mr. Ogunmeji said.
A resident, Saidi Oladepo, who is a commercial motorcycle (Okada)
operator, said that immediately the goat delivered the ‘human-like
baby’, it took to its heels.
He said that as soon as members of the community got wind of the
incident, they ran helter-skelter in apparent confusion. He said alarm
was raised and the local security agents, referred to as `Peace Corps’,
were alerted to the incident.
Mr. Oladepo added that it took more than two hours to re-capture the goat in the bush.
The traditional ruler of Ogotun-Ekiti, Samuel Oyebode, could not be
reached for comment as he was said to be in a meeting of the Traditional
Council.
The Photograph below might be considered GRAPHIC to some readers so PROCEED WITH CAUTION!
The Malaria Action Programme for States, MAPS, has said that malaria
is responsible for the death of more than 300,000 children under the age
of five in Nigeria annually.
Speaking, yesterday, at the ongoing 5th Benue State Council on Health
(SCH) meeting in Makurdi, Mr Dominic Usman, the organisation’s
Behavioural Change Communication Officer in Benue, said the country also
recorded over 100 million clinical cases of the disease annually.
According to him, the disease was also responsible for 11% of maternal deaths in the country.
“Malaria is the major cause of morbidity and mortality which has
direct effect on the growing cases of poverty, low productivity and low
school attendance in the country.
“The mosquito-borne illness causes over 100 million clinical cases
and is responsible for nearly 300,000 deaths in children under the age
of five and 11% of maternal mortality cases annually,” Usman said.
He said that the efforts by the Federal Government to eradicate the
disease had not yielded much results due to structural and behavioural
barriers by the citizens.
Famous Businesswoman, Mrs Olayinka Obaleye Kidnapped
Famous Osun State business woman,
Mrs Olayinka Obaleye has
been kidnapped. She was kidnapped
Tuesday night in front of her Foam factory, Yinka Oba Foam as she was
about
leaving the office for her house. The men, who were armed with guns,
killed her
driver, Alhaji Kamal instantly before whisking Mrs Olayinka away. Her
whereabouts
is still unknown. But the Commissioner of Police who confirmed the
incident have said, investigation into the matter is on-going.
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31-year-old Kabiru Mohammed, has confessed and opened up how he hired
a seven-man robbery gang to steal $383,000 (N61,280,000) from his own
father in Lagos. Below are his confession:
“My father is a bureau de change operator at the airport. I am the
one who arranged a seven-man armed robbery gang led by Godogodo to rob
my older brother, Ibrahim who was carrying my father’s money amounting
to $383,000.
“I told the gang that my father had dollars. The first operation was
when Ibrahim wanted to convey money from local airport to international
airport, I called Godogodo and gave him the car number plate and the
colour of the car. I told them not to kill my brother, but to shoot into
the air. I knew my brother would release the money because my father
told us not to drag money with armed robbers. They collected $350,000
and gave me only two bundles which is $20,000.
“In the second operation they stopped my brother in front of Air Force Bus Stop and collected $33,000 and they gave me $8,000.”
The suspect, who is now in SARS custody, also confessed to be part of the deadly Godogodo gang.
“I am a member of the robbery gang. My role is to find targets and also
information which I give to the gang. That is why they call me ‘Target
man’.”
Another suspect, Okechukwu Lawrence, who was arrested alongside
Mohammed, confessed that he was the one handling the weapons for the
gang.
The indigene of Imo State said, “My work is to keep ammunition for
the gang after collecting AK47 rifles from the policemen the gang shot
dead. I joined the gang to get enough money to boost my spare parts
business in Ladipo market.”
The dangerous Godogodo has also owned up to the crime.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, told Punch that the suspects would soon be charged to court.
A High Court in Effurun, Delta State, has sentenced a 24-year-old
secondary school student, Moses Akatugba, to death by hanging for
stealing mobile phones and recharge cards, just as a commercial
motorcyclist, popularly called ‘Okada’ was also jailed for 15 years
imprisonment for robbing a female passenger of her mobile phone.
Akatugba was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy and
armed robbery in contravention of Section 6 (b) and punishable under
section 1 (2) (a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act
Cap R11 Volume 14 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The prosecution told the court that the convict with others now at
large “robbed one Mrs. Akpor Mazino of the sum of N113,930, three phone
handsets, 54 various denominations of MTN recharge vouchers, 28 Airtel
vouchers and 25 Glo vouchers valued at over N100,000 at No. 30 NNPC
Housing Complex Road, Ekpan.”
The victim in her evidence gave a vivid account of how she was robbed of the items at her shop at gunpoint.
An Asaba High Court also yesterday sentenced a 30-year-old
commercial motorcyclist, Paul Nwanegbo to 15 years imprisonment with
hard labour for robbing a female passenger of her telephone handset. The
incident, according to prosecution took place along Direct Labour
Agency Road, Asaba, on October 5, 2011 before the ban on operation of
commercial motorcyclists in Asaba metropolis and other designated
cities.
The female passenger, Amaka Okafor told the court that on
“realising the gun was a toy, I resisted him but he overpowered me after
biting me with his teeth and snatched my phone from me.”
During
the ‘Occupy Nigeria’ campaign, I saw a placard which I found initially
interesting, but which I disagree with now. It was a placard that
threatened, “One day, the Poor will have nothing left to eat but the Rich!”
Other
stars confirmed to grace the event are Gideon Okeke and Ihuoma Nwigwe.
Top comedian, Akpororo is also billed to crack the ribs of guests.
The
policeman is facing a count charge for allegedly shooting and killing a
nine-year-old boy while dispersing a mob at Mile 12, Ketu, Lagos, on
June 13, 2013.
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