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Saturday, 29 April 2023

Popular transporter owner of Iyare Motors Abel Omoruyi is dead

Popular transporter owner of Iyare Motors Abel Omoruyi is dead

Abel Omoruyi, aka 007, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Iyare Motors
Abel Omoruyi, aka 007, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Iyare Motors: dies
Popular transporter Abel Omoruyi, aka 007, is dead. Omoruyi, who until his demise, was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Iyare Motors died on Friday night.


Iyare motors is one of the most popular transport companies in Nigeria, with headquarters in Benin-City, Edo State.

Omoruyi’s death was announced by Mr. Igbinidu Charles Osaretin on his Facebook page.

“Rest in Peace
Mr. Abel Omoruyi (JP)
Chairman/CEO of Iyare Motors
Astute businessman, philanthropist and community leader.
Egba Community and millions of your admirers will surely miss you,” he wrote.


Though information about his death was sketchy as at the time of filing this report, a report by Infopowerng says the Mr. Abel had been sick for a while.

Ever since the news of his death broke, social media has been buzzing with many paying tributes to him.

Omoruyi was a businessman, philanthropist and community leader who introduced one of the best ultra-modern bus transportation services in Nigeria .

Recall that the wife and daughter of the transport magnate were kidnapped in March 2014 in Benin-City. They were abducted in the Ugbor area of the city on their way home from work.



Police Inspector Taiye Atobiloye Abandoned To Die For Rejecting Deployment

Police Inspector Taiye Atobiloye Abandoned To Die For Rejecting Deployment 

Nigerian Police Inspector Taiye Atobiloye Allegedly Abandoned To Die In Police Detention For Rejecting Deployment


On Friday, a tragic news broke about the death of Inspector Taiye Atobiloye, a police officer attached to the Oke Onigbin Police Division in Kwara State, Nigeria. The news of his death has since sparked a lot of outrage and raised questions about the level of care that the police force provides for its personnel.

The circumstances surrounding Inspector Atobiloye’s death are deeply saddening. After serving for 22 years, he was scheduled to be deployed to the Zone 8 Police Command in Lokoja, Kogi State, but the inspector was hesitant to make the move due to medical reasons. Inspector Atobiloye had previously been involved in an accident that left him with a crushed leg, and he had been hospitalised and treated at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. His leg injury and medical reports were cited as reasons why he was unfit for the special assignment.

According to Inspector Atobiloye’s wife, Oluwabukola, he was pressured by senior officers to accept the deployment, and after raising enough funds, he travelled to Lokoja on Easter Monday with copies of his medical reports to appeal for a reversal of the deployment. While in Lokoja, he was detained at ‘D’ Division police station for absence from duty without permission. After a few days of detention, his family received information that he was in critical condition, and despite their efforts to reach him, they were unable to get any information about his condition. He was declared dead a few days later.

police inspector killed for refusing deployment

His wife alleges that he was tortured to death by the police, and that they collected a lot of money from him before detaining him. The police have not yet released an official statement on the cause of his death, but there are fears that he was not given adequate medical attention while in detention.

The death of Inspector Atobiloye has prompted outrage and calls for justice from Nigerians, with many questioning the welfare and care of police officers in the country. The police force has been criticized for not taking proper care of its personnel and for subjecting them to inhumane treatment.

This tragic incident highlights the need for better care and treatment of police officers in Nigeria. The police force needs to ensure that its personnel are given proper medical attention when needed, and that they are not subjected to inhumane treatment while in detention. It is also important that the government takes the welfare of police officers seriously and provides them with adequate resources to perform their duties effectively.

The death of Inspector Atobiloye is a sad reminder of the risks and challenges faced by police officers in Nigeria, and it is important that the government takes steps to ensure that they are protected and provided for. It is also important for the police force to ensure that justice is served in this case, and that those responsible for his death are held accountable.



BREAKING: President Buhari postpones Census, gives reason

BREAKING: President Buhari postpones Census, gives reason


President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration.

The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (28 April 2023).

In arriving at the decision to postpone the Census, the meeting reiterated the critical need for the conduct of a Population and Housing Census, 17 years after the last Census, to collect up-to-date data that will drive the developmental goals of the country and improve the living standard of the Nigerian people.

The President noted that with the completion of the Enumeration Area Demarcation  of the country, conduct of first and second pretests, the recruitment and training of adhoc workers, procurement of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and ICT infrastructures, appreciable progress has been made in the implementation of the 2023 Population and Housing Census.

He also commended the methodology being put in place by the Commission to conduct accurate and reliable Census, especially the massive deployment of technology that is capable of delivering world class Census and laying a sustainable basis for future censuses

The President further directed the Commission to continue with preparations for the conduct of the 2023 Population and Housing Census in order to sustain the gains already recorded and provide the basis for the incoming administration to consolidate these achievements.

The meeting was attended by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami; the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha.





Friday, 28 April 2023

EXPLOSIVE CONFESSION AFTER AMERICA PROPERTY FALLOUT: MUHAMMAD KHALID KHAN, Pakistani’s Highly Connected Drug Kingpin

EXPLOSIVE CONFESSION AFTER AMERICA PROPERTY FALLOUT:
MUHAMMAD KHALID KHAN, Pakistani’s Highly Connected Drug Kingpin, Money Laundering Specialist paid FESTUS KEYAMO, a Defense Attorney $280,000 legal fees to halt Extradition to United States-EMEKA Ugwuonye, Havard trained American Lawyer, President/CEO at Eculaw Group 

…alleged Keyamo received extra $100,000 to ‘bribe’ Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation, visited Kuje Prison in Landcruiser vehicle to meet Khan

*“ As an End-SARS protester, I was remanded in Kuje prison in February of 2019 in one of those cases the police filed to keep me from starting the End-SARS protest heads-on. I was only remanded in prison awaiting trial. I have never been convicted of any offense in my entire life anywhere in the world. On February 24, 2021, the judge of the Federal High Court discharged and acquitted me as a free man”

*“I realized Keyamo promised Khan he would use his connections in the Buhari Government to stop his extradition. Khan was willing to pay anything. I tried to convince Khan that Keyamo was only trying to dupe him”

*“As Khan was leaving Kuje prison, followed by fully-armed security operatives, he saw me and he began to scream so I could hear him: 'I need my money back. I need my money back. Keyamo took my money but failed to deliver'. He actually spoke with Keyamo that morning and Keyamo assured him that everything was alright. I felt pity for him for being deceived”

*“Officer-in-charge Kuje Prison  gave Khan a mobile phone and sim card inside jail with which he communicated severally with Keyamo and his people in Pakistan daily”

*KEYAMO Reacts: “My integrity is intact. No one can tinker with my hard-earned reputation built for decades. If they are sure of their facts, why not write petitions? There is no need to worry. Let them publish whatever they want in the foreign press”
*PLUS: U.S Court grants Motion notification to Federal Bureau of Prisons to release convicted Khan into ICE custody on September 22, 2023, then be deported to Pakistan (April 2023 New Court Document attached)
https://nigeriastandardnewspaper.com/ng/explosive-confession-after-america-property-fallout-muhammad-khalid-khan-pakistanis-most-notorious-drug-kingpin-money-laundering-specialist-paid-festus-keyamo-a-defense-attorney-280000/

FESTUS KEYAMO IS A ROGUE: I HAVE AN IDEA HOW HE MADE THE MONEY HE NOW BRAGS ABOUT:
*By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire

I could not contain my laughter when I read about the social media controversy over Festus Keyamo's house in America. For several reasons, it was a relief to me to find out that Keyamo is now a property owner in America, which makes him amenable to the jurisdiction of the United States' courts.

Time line is important the understanding how Keyamo made the money he used in purchasing a house in America. The story is full of ironies. In his feeble defense to the allegations of corruption as to how he was
able to purchase a house overseas while serving as a minister, Keyamo was reported to have said as follows:

"In 2021, I again wrote to the relevant agencies (by letters dated January 22, 2021), informing them of the movement of those funds out of
the country to purchase a property as a better investment decision, instead of the funds lying idly in the account whilst I am in public office,"

He was further reported to have said that the building was about the cheapest of his several properties. He claimed that his flourishing and
manned law chambers and his real estate investments are still far more financially profitable than serving Nigeria. He said also that "serving our country is a labor of love."

I found those claims from Keyamo to be untrue, deceptive and totally misleading. If in 2021, Keyamo write his last of a series of
correspondence seeking to transfer money that had been lying idle in his account, it is logical to believe he earned the money in 2019 and 2020. He wouldn't really worry that the money was lying idle if he just earned
it. The interval between his first correspondence and the final one in
2021 may have been more than one year. Hence, my assumption that it was in 2019 that Keyamo came upon the money he needed to offload or launder through purchase of a property in the United States in 2021.

Before I go further, let me state a logical assumption. If the money Keyamo used to purchase the property in the United States was proceed of unlawful transaction, then his purchase of property in America can properly be classified as money laundry. I shall now identify the particular transaction in 2019 from which Keyamo got 230,000 USD.

I was in remanded in Kuje prison in February of 2019 in one of those cases the police filed to keep me from starting the End-SARS protest
head of when it finally occurred. I was placed in a special cell along with an inmate called GO. The called him that because he was the leader of the Christian inmates and in charge of the prison chapel. He was placed in a special cell as the do high profile inmates such as politicians and rich people. Because the prison officials treated me like an important inmate, I was placed in the same special cell with this GO. Our cell was next to the cell of Governor Joshua Dariye, another high profile inmate.

PLEASE NOTE: I was only remanded in prison awaiting trial. I have never been convicted of any offense in my entire life anywhere in the world, including Nigeria where every effort has been made to convict me. But I have been charged more than ten times by Nigerian authorities. So far, I have won all the cases. And in each case, I was charged because I
criticized law enforcement. It is important to make that clarification.

One night, around 19th of February, 2019, a new inmate was brought to the cell I occupied with the GEO. The inmate was a man from Pakistan. His name was Muhammad Khalid Khan. Of course, bringing him to our cell meant that he was viewed as a high profile inmate or someone with money to pay the officials. As Khan entered the cell and the after the warders left and locked us inside, I and GO introduced ourselves to him and began to interview him. It is a standard practice that when you enter a cell, the inmates in that cell would interview you and give you the rules of that particular cell and the rules of the custody as well as the rules of the prison. The depth of questioning during the interview depends on the comparative strength and personality of the resident inmates and incoming inmates. I wasn't interviewed when I entered the cell. My fight with the police was already well known and the inmates and warders knew of me before I got to the prison.

In the case of Khan, he was told I was a lawyer and he expected I would grill him. The moment I saw him, I knew this was a tough guy in the
criminal world of which most Nigerians could not imagine. He was quiet and unassuming. Yet, from experience, I knew this was a big fish. I wasn't really authorized to interview him. But did so out of curiosity. A Pakistani in Nigerian prison is not a frequent occurrence. My initial
impression was involved in terrorism financing. So, I grilled Khan in the presence of GO. He told me he was arrested at the airport upon landing in Nigeria. He wasn't sure the particular law enforcement agency that arrested him. I knew I could figure it out if he could tell me the offense he was charged with. I knew he must have been charged with an
offense because he wouldn't be remanded in prison without a remand warrant issued by a court. Also, the name of the court (Federal High Court) gave me the idea that this was a drug related offense or terrorism. He also indicated to me that they were trying to extradite him to America. That gave me the impression that he must be wanted by
America either for drug-related offenses or terrorism-related financing. But Khan did not really know much about details of the processes playing around him.

I tried to know why he was in Nigeria. But he was evasive. I tried to know his exact contacts with America. He told me he had never been to
America. I had to draw certain conclusions from that. The only way America would want to extradite a foreigner who has not been to America is if his actions affected victims in America in a serious way.

Normally in extradition case, the offense is actually packaged by the foreign government. All there is for Nigeria are some straight forward diplomatic and administrative protocols whereby the Nigerian Ministry of
Justice takes the suspect to the Federal court and presents the documentation that was formulated by the American Department of Justice.

The suspect may not know the details of the offenses., except what he could read from the document served on his shortly before he appears before a court. Even the Nigerian government will not know the details
of the offenses. All they will see in Nigeria is that the United States Government wants this individual extradited based on vaguely described offenses. In a standard criminal case in Nigeria, the prosecutor would draft the charges and file them along with proof of evidence and serve same on the suspect. So, in a standard criminal trial, the defendant
must know the details of the offences he was charged with. But Khan arrived in Kuje without knowing the details of the offences against him. From experience, I knew that he was facing extradition.

Immediately Khan realized that I was a lawyer both in Nigeria and the United States and that I had deep knowledge of extradition proceedings, he was so happy. He began to seek my help immediately. He wanted me to
guide him. I told him flatly that he was facing an uphill task. This was because he was not a citizen of Nigeria. All those constitutional
defenses a Nigerian citizen could normally invoke to prevent extradition would not be available for a non-Nigerian citizen who finds himself fighting extradition in Nigerian courts. Khan pressured me to link up with lawyers outside the prison to challenge his extradition. I told him there was really no hope for him in that respect. I advised him that his best option was to pursue diplomatic option since I could see that he was highly connected to the Government of Pakistan. That was actually
true because right from the moment he got into the cell, he was able to communicate directly with the Pakistani Ambassador and even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan.

It was much later that I realized that Khan controlled an international drug trafficking and money laundering network responsible for
trafficking narcotics to the US, Australia, Africa and Europe.  His money-laundering network was widespread throughout the US, Australia,
Canada, Africa, Europe and Asia. And American government wanted him badly.

Khan was really impressed with my knowledge of things concerning his type of case. He was impressed when he realized I was able to decipher information he did not want to divulge to me. For instance, I knew he was going to be taken to the Southern District New York. I also could tell that he would be convicted if taken there. I just explained to him the conviction rate of the US District Attorney for the Southern
District of New York. I also explained to him that when the DOJ and the State Department go that far to get a suspect, it is because they
believe he is a high valued suspect and they must have excellent evidence against him.

Due to the fact that Khan trusted my judgment and analysis, he kept pressing me to find a lawyer for him in Nigeria would take his case.
Even though I managed to convince him that on points of law and available precedent, he would not win in court on the merit, he wanted
me to find a way to bribe the court. He made it clear to me that he would pay up to 5 million dollars in bribe in I could arrange for people
that would set him free in exchange for that money. I was reluctant to even consider his request. While I was able to discuss the law with him, I was totally clueless when it came to arranging officials that would be able to take money from him and set him free.

Khan promised to give me 100,000USD upfront if I could help him with that, and 200,000USD when he would get back to Pakistan. I didn't want to consider this. Besides, it could be dangerous messing with a man like
Khan with an international network of bad guys. So, I politely declined.

However, GO thought otherwise. He thought that the money Khan was offering for help was too much to ignore. When I went to court the
following day, GO was alone with Khan. GO convinced Khan that he would find him a lawyer, well connected with the government that would help him. The lawyer GO found for K was Festus Keyamo. When I came back from
court, I noticed that Khan was avoiding me. He and GO did not want to tell me that they had reached out to Keyamo and that Keyamo had agreed to help Khan.

The next day, Keyamo visited the prison in his Landcruiser. I knew that Keyamo came to Kuje, but I did not immediately realize who he came to see. All I knew was that Khan was taken out to meet a visitor and that GO went with him. It was later that night that I realized that Keyamo
had promised Khan that he would use his connections in the Buhari Government to stop his extradition. I was told that Keyamo charged Khan 280,0000 USD for that. Khan was willing to pay anything. I tried to convince Khan that Keyamo was only trying to dupe him. I felt that with the level of interest the United States Government had in Khan, even the President of Nigeria would not be able to stop the extradition. So, I knew that Keyamo was lying to Khan. He just wanted to take the man's
money. Unfortunately, as I tried to stop Khan from trusting Keyamo, Khan began to see me as someone opposed to his only solution. Also, GO felt that I was about to spoil the opportunity of him getting money. I learnt that GO was to get 50,000USD for his role in arranging for Keyamo. I later heard that Keyamo gave 50,000USD to a relative of GO out of the
280,000USD Khan paid him.

NOTE: The prison environment is an unusual place where things are whispered in hushes. Verification of information cannot be 100%. My
reader must take that into consideration in drawing his conclusions.

I felt mad when I heard that Khan had actually paid Keyamo. I became more and more critical of the entire deal. GO and Khan conspired with
the officer-in-charge of the prison to place me in solitary confinement for two weeks where I would not have contact with Khan or any other
inmate. They believe I might ruin the whole deal. Of course, Khan settled the officer-in-charge in this whole deal. Even before Khan
arrived in our cell, the officer-in-charge was already in his pocket. You won't know what 10,000USD cash can do to a Nigerian civil servant if you put it in his pocket until you see how the Officer-in-Charge was fawning toward Khan.

For four weeks, I found myself in the segregation unit of Kuje prison. It was called segregation cell because it was designed to isolate an inmate and keep him away from the prison population. Khan was now being
escorted by specially designated inmates and warders for the purpose of ensuring that his path would not cross mine during the 60-minutes-a-day period that I was allowed to come out of my cell. But don't forget that
every warder is so easy to compromise. So, segregation or no segregation, I knew what was going on. I discover within a relatively
short time anyway. So, I knew that Khan continued with the Keyamo charade.

Keeping me in segregation was becoming a problem because I was popular with the junior warders. They routinely flouted the orders given to them to be strict with me. I wasn't as segregated or as isolated as the officer-in-charge had expected. His staff undermined his goal in that respect. Because I was not as isolated as he expected, I had the capacity to reveal to the United States Government that Nigerian prison officials were cooperating with Khan to frustrate his extradition. This was true really because the officer-in-charge and GO gave Khan a phone and sim card with which he was communicating with Keyamo and his people in Pakistan. I knew that if I sent to the District Attorney in New York the WhatsApp number K was using in Kuje, the FBI would be able to track his WhatsApp chats and that it would cause tremendous panic. And I could
so easily do that because inmates had easy access to phones in prison.

So, the officer-in-charge was really worried about me, especially as he knew that his staff were sympathetic to me. Indeed, they were hostile to their boss, really. One day, the officer-in-charge came to the segregation unit very angry. He was shouting at me. He said: "Barrister Emeka, you are a dangerous man. No other inmate has been able to set my staff against me as you have done. But I will show you that I run this prison". Honestly, I didn't see that coming because I was not doing anything in particular to antagonize the warders against their Officer-in-Charge. The warders were acting on their own understanding of events around them.

Two weeks after Keyamo was said to have taken money from Khan, the court granted the government application and ordered that Khan be extradited to the US. It dawned on Khan that I might have been right about Keyamo.

But even after the court had ordered the extradition of Khan, a few days before he was to be taken to America, Keyamo still told Khan to bring another 100,000USD which he claimed was demanded by the Attorney-General
in order to stop the extradition. I understood that Khan also gave that additional 100,000USD to Keyamo.

I was released from segregation when the pressure became too much on the Officer-in-Charge. When released from solitary confinement, I was placed in another cell in another custody and forbidden from meeting or
speaking with Khan. Initially, Khan agreed to stay away from me. But as Keyamo's promises did not materialize and things were going in the opposite direction, Khan became desperate to speak with me. He sent inmates to reach out to me to seek my advice.

Less than a week after I came out of solitary confinement, I saw the prison official going to remove Khan from his cell. I understood that
move, that mood. All of a sudden, officers were laughing and smiling turned stern-faced. Agents of the US Government had come to the prison accompanied by NDLEA officers to take Khan. As Khan was leaving the prison, he saw me and he began to scream so I would hear him: "I need my money back. I need my money back. Keyamo took my money but failed to
deliver". He actually spoke with Keyamo that morning and Keyamo assured him that everything was alright. I felt pity for him. I knew what was awaiting him outside the prison gate. I knew that in less than 24 hours, he would be in New York before a judge that would remand him. I estimated that in addition to the N380,000USD that Khan probably paid to
Keyamo, he must have paid additional 130,000USD on other officials and intermediaries.

Khan is now serving his long prison term in the US. I intend to visit him in  the US prison to get the full story and to tell him that Keyamo
now has a house in America. He can arrange to get his money back.

Why should I or you believe what I was told about Keyamo in the case of Khan? I had to compare what I heard in the case of Khan with what I had known about Keyamo and his law practice, which he now brags about. The
following events made it easy for me to believe what I heard about Keyamo in the Khan's case:

1) In 2011, there was a fee dispute between my law firm in America and the Nigerian Embassy in America. Then the Embassy was headed by
Ambassador Ade Adefuye. My firm was in the process of exposing the fact that Ambassador Ade Adefuye connived with several government officials in President Jonathan's administration to misappropriate 27 million
dollars, being the proceeds of sale of Nigerian Government properties in the United States. To stop me, Ambassador Adefuye sent a message to Mrs. Farida Waziri, the then Chairperson of the EFCC. On a routine visit to Nigeria on February, 2011, the EFCC used the DSS to abduct me at the Lagos Airport. Apparently, they had watch-listed my name at the request
of Mrs. Farida Waziri and EFCC.

2) I was detained by the EFCC and asked to made a deal that I would keep silent over the matter. I refused. Farida Waziri decided to detain me at their Abuja office, just to please Ambassador Adefuye and allow him and
his team time to clean up. I was detained for more than a month before they filed any charge against me. Mrs. Farida Waziri engaged the
services of Festus Keyamo to prosecute me. According to Keyamo, Mrs. Waziri said to him: "This man (Emeka Ugwuonye) is a troublemaker, you are the type of person to fight him for me". Keyamo filed a charge
against me at the FCT High Court, accusing me of misappropriating 1. 5 million dollars of the Nigerian Embassy money in Washington DC. No problem! As a lawyer, I was happy to have the opportunity to defend myself in court. But Keyamo did not allow me to defend myself.

3) The day I was granted bail on that charge, Keyamo filed another charge against me at the Federal High Court, accusing me of failure to
declare my assets. Keyamo could have amended the charge he filed against me at the FCT High Court to add this new charge. But he wanted to file a separate one-count charge in a different court so that I would have to go through bail application and remand all over. That was a way of denying me the benefit of bail granted by the FCT High Court. At the
Federal High Court, Keyamo failed to appear on court on many dates, thereby delaying my arraignment and bail application. Finally, after
three months of abusive detention, Justice Bello got very upset and asked the EFCC team led by Keyamo why such abusive practice. Justice Bello granted me bail and insisted it must be perfected that day. I was finally released on May 12, having been detained since February 14.

4) Festus Keyamo even forged a court order suggesting that I was detained pursuant to a detention order. Yes, Keyamo forged a court order ( I still have the order for posterity). After three months of detaining me unlawfully in Nigeria, I returned to the United States, but this time I had two cases to answer in Nigeria. Many people in the US told me not to return to Nigeria. They said it is an evil land that should be avoided since I was able to return to the United States. But I had to return to Nigeria because I needed to defend those cases. I could not be pushed out of Nigeria by Keyamo and Waziri.

5) Of course, I did not keep quiet. I continued to criticize Farida Waziri for corruption and abuse of powers by the EFCC. , In July of 2011 Keyamo filed application asking the courts to revoke my bail because I was critical of Farida Waziri and EFCC. The courts refused to revoke
my bail. When I returned to attend court hearing in November of 2011, Keyamo and Mrs. Farida Waziri conspired to charge me again with an entirely different offense. They claimed that I refused to pay one Nigerian client of my firm who was represented by my firm in New York. They arrested me at the Abuja High Court where I had come to attend
court hearing and took me to Lagos. My luggage and everything were still in my hotel. They took me straight from court to the airport and flew me to Lagos. When I got to Lagos, I was detained and charged with refusing
to pay the Nigerian client. All these are false allegations. But once a charge has been filed in court, it takes time before you will be able to
show that the charges were false. I was detained in Lagos for another two months waiting for bail hearing and Keyamo did everything to drag and delay my bail hearing. I was granted bail by Justice Christopher Balogun. I returned to the US on December 24, 2011.

6) I now had three EFCC charges lying against me in three different Nigerian courts in two different cities. I had the opportunity of
staying away from Nigeria. But I did not want Farida Waziri and Keyamo to force me of Nigeria. So I kept coming to Nigeria to attend court dates. I knew I would defeat Keyamo in court eventually. It would cost money and more, but I would defeat him. So, I refused to stay back in the US.

7) While in EFCC detention in Lagos in December of 2011, I met Senator Festus Ola. He served one tenure as Senator for Ekiti State. Senator Ola was brought to the EFCC cell accused of fraud. Senator Ola's case was
interesting. He was wrongly arrested by the EFCC and he filed fundamental rights enforcement action against the EFCC and won a judgment of 50 million naira. Senator Ola wrote to the EFCC demanding to be paid his judgment amount. According to Senator Ola, Keyamo got wind of the fact that Senator Ola was trying to recover his 50 million judgment. Keyamo contacted Ola and offered to recover the money for Ola if Ola was willing to give him (Keyamo) 33% of the 50 million. Senator
Ola turned down Keyamo's offer. The next day, someone called Ola and told him to come to the office of EFCC to collect his 50 million. Ola
went as he was invited, only for him to be arrested and taken to Lagos.

When Ola met me at the EFCC cell, he told me about his case and right from there we became friends and he requested me to be his lawyer
against the EFCC. From Ola's case, I had a good idea of how Keyamo operated.

8) By the way, according to sources available to me then, I was told that the friendship between Keyamo and Farida Waziri started before she
became the head of the EFCC. They all called her Aunty. When Waziri became the head of EFCC, Keyamo went to her to solicit for favors for old time. She rewarded Keyamo by giving him EFCC cases.

9) When I came back to Nigeria in February of 2012 to attend trial before Justice Balongun, the judge considered the preliminary objection
I had filed. In my application I requested the court to dismiss the case against me because the events alleged against me occurred in the United States. There was no way Nigeria court would try an event that occurred in the United States and which was not a crime in the United States. Justice Balogun agreed with me and was clear in his judgment. He even rebuked Keyamo for filing such a frivolous case against me. So, one case was down. I was confident that the same thing would happen to the case
they filed against me in Abuja over the alleged 1.5 million case.

10) Both Keyamo and Farida Waziri were aware that they had no case against me because everything they claimed I did wrong occurred in the United States. To ensure that they had something to hold me in Nigeria, they created an offense that could be said to have been committed in Nigeria. While in EFCC detention, they asked me to fill an asset declaration form. I told them that I did not have all the information there and then. They said: "Okay, Barrister, no problem. Just write it down here that you did not have the information". I wrote it down. They used that to make a case of failure to declare assets against me. Their case was that when I was asked to declare assets, I refused.

11) Because the FCT High Court Judge initially trying the case of 1.5 million dollar against me knew that the case was a pure vendetta, he
adjourned it indefinitely. For two years the case did not come up. Keyamo wrote a petition to the Chief Judge accusing the judge of
wrongdoing. The case was transferred to another Judge, Justice Chizoba Oji. By now, we were in 2015. The first thing I did before Justice Oji was to file a preliminary objection following similar application as what I made successfully in Lagos. The issues were the same. To block my application, Keyamo claimed that the 1.5 million incident occurred
partly in Abuja and he cited the newly enacted Administration of Criminal Justice Act to say that the court could not decide on a
preliminary objection until the end of the case. (This is a provision mischievously placed in the Nigerian law to enable the state to use
abusive prosecution to punish opponents).

12) With the objections of Keyamo and the lies he told the court; the court could not rule on my objection until after the end of the
prosecution's case. I continued to face two major criminal trials. I represented myself till toward the end, when I finally was able to bring
in a very brilliant and able Jeff Njikonye, SAN to dispose of the two matters. I was facing the 1.5 million charge at the FCT High Court and I
was facing the failure to declare assets charge at the Federal High Court. These are useless cases which Keyamo pursued against me just to punish me. He held me back with these cases for ten years, while collecting money from Nigerian government for prosecuting these cases.

13) On the 1.5 million cases, Keyamo desperately tried to call witnesses to testify against me. He called Hassan Yusuf, a former official of the Embassy who was familiar with the transaction. But Yusuf could not lie
for him. In fact, Yusuf refused to testify against me because he knew I did nothing wrong. Keyamo tried to bring in Mr. Felix Pwol, another
former official of the Embassy, but Pwol refused to testify because he knew I did nothing wrong. Keyamo went and brought the poor Professor George Obiozor. He blackmailed the old man into coming to testify for him. But Obiozor's testimony was favorable to me in the end.

14) On February 24, 2021, the judge of the Federal High Court discharged and acquitted me of the charge, holding that I did not do anything wrong and that the manner in which they tried to get me to declare my assets
was manipulative and abusive. They were desperate to set me up. Also, on July 2, the judge of the FCT High Court dismissed the charges against me concerning the 1.5 million dollars. In other words, in July 2021, the
court finally decided the application I filed in 2012 and repeated in 2015. The court delayed that application for 9 years because Keyamo lied to the courts about basic facts of the case. The court, in its judgement, observed that the only connection Keyamo was able to show
between Nigeria and the offense alleged was that I visited Nigeria and they found me at the Lagos airport. Further, the court wondered: "But if the link with Nigeria was that you found him at the Lagos Airport, why did you bring him to Abuja Court? Is there no court in Lagos?"

I went to this length to show you who Kayemo is, how he probably made money in 2019, which he probably used to buy a house in America in 2021.

Also, I noticed that Keyamo was bragging about his great law practice. I wanted to show you the truth about his law practice and the kind of things he does and on the basis of which he claims to be a great lawyer.

If that is it, it then means that being crooked and dishonest is what it takes to be a great lawyer in Nigeria. In fact, in his application to
become a SAN, Keyamo must have cited his cases against me as proof that he is a good lawyer. And they made him a SAN for that.

Nigerians have a lot to feel ashamed of for having a country like this. Keyamo is a cheap
crook, and he knows it. I can reveal more about him, if given the opportunity.

For Keyamo to claim to be a successful and honest lawyer is a great irony. The only good thing is that he can now be sued in America so
easily. God is bringing him closer to justice. US is not a jungle where he has thrived. All his life, he would hide behind a powerful institution to commit atrocities. He hid behind Farida Waziri and the EFCC. Now, he can hide behind the President-Elect to commit more atrocities. But Nigerians are not as stupid as he thinks. They are watching him.


PAST & PRESENT OONI OF ILE - IFE.

PAST & PRESENT OONI OF ILE - IFE

1. OLOFIN ODUDUWA:
 *THE PROGENITOR OF THE YORUBA RACE.*

2.        OBALUFON OGBOGBODINRIN - *He was not a descendant of ODUDUWA but son of osangangan obamakin. History tells us that he reigned for a long time.*

3.        OBALUFON ALAYEMORE - *He was not a descendant of ODUDUWA but was the son of Obalufon Ogbogbodinrin. He became the Ooni after his father’s death while ORANMIYAN was on sojourn. On the return of ORANMIYAN to Ile Ife, Ooni Obalufon Alayemore abdicated the throne and left Ife to found the town of Efon Alaaye in the present Ekitii State. He however returned to the throne after Oranmiyan’s death and reigned at the same time with Ajaka Dada, the Alaafin of Oyo.*

4.        ORANMIYAN: *Son of ODUDUWA. He was the only Ooni of Ife who had distinguished honour to approve the crowning of two of his sons, namely Eweka (Owomika) as the Oba of Benin and Ajaka as the Alaafin (Oloyo) of Oyo.*

He founded Oyo katunga (Oyo Ile). He left Oyo Ile for Ajaka Dada (Ajuwon) , (Alaafin otherwise known as Oloyo) of Oyo Ile and returned home in Ile Ife to ascend the throne of ODUDUWA.

*OONI ORANMIYAN  brought back ODUDUWA'S blood to the throne of the Ooni of Ife through his son, LAJAMISAN, whose descendants are streamlined into the four Ruling Houses of Ile Ife.*

5.        AWOROKOLOKIN        

6.        EFON AYIOYE - nicknamed Ogbolajure (Ogbo – ila - ko- ju - re)

7.        AJIMUDA EKUN 

8.        LAAMORO OGIJAN - from the family of Molodo Compound in Ilode.

9.        OSEGANDERUKU - (Eni to so egan di eruku)

10.        OYE - nicknamed Okukuyewu in IIode

11.   LAJAMISAN - *He was a Son of OONI ORANMIYAN and modern Ife history began with his reign. He was the ancestor of Lajodoogun, Lafogido, Otujabiojo, Lafogun and 
Owodo.

12.    LAJODOOGUN - son of LAJAMISAN. He was from Igbodo in Okerewe area, Ile - Ife.

13.   LAFOGUN - He was from Igbodo and descendant of Lajamisan.

14.    LAFOGIDO - He was from Igbodo in Okerewre quarter and son of LAJAMISAN. Prominent among his children were: Otutu-bi-osun, Okiti, Olojo, Agbele, Adagba, Wunmonije (wunmonije s’ogun), Lugbade and Olumobi.

15.     OTUJABIOJO – He was a son of Lajamisan.
 
16.        LAROOKA- He was from Moore quarter, and an ancestor of Giesi. There is one common saying: *Larooka built the town wall and Giesi constructed a support for it at the bottom (Larooka mo odi, Giesi fi iregbe ti lese).*

17.        OWODO - *He was a Descendant of LAJAMISAN from Okerewe quarter in Ile - Ife. He created new area called Ita - Ogi in Iremo, Ile - Ife. History tells us that he reigned for a short time.

18.        ARIRERE OKINWE

19.        LAPELEKE – nicknamed “oro-wuje-oluku-eti”.

20.        OTAATA - nicknamed Otaata - Kiran, Alade yo’kun s’aayo - lorun. He was the son of Owodo from Okerewe quarter of Lafogido Ruling House.

21.        LUWOO GBAGIDA – Nicknamed “Ayare” Akosulogbe. She hailed from Owodo Compound of Lafogido ruling house. She was married to Chief Obaloran of llode and became the mother of Adekola Telu, the founder Iwo town, Osun State. She was the only female Ooni in history
 

22.  OGBOORU - He was descendant of Lajodoogun. He founded Ife Odan town. He was the father of a female Princess MOROPO, who begat Giesi that later became Ooni of Ife.

23.  OSINKOLA - He was descendant of Lajodoogun and *founder of Osinkola Ruling House.*

24.  GIESI - He was the father of Ademilokun nicknamed
Agbedegbede, Moore quarter, Ile - Ife. He was the founder of Giesi Ruling House.

25.   ADEJINLE: *He was the father of Ooni Sojuolu Ogbonsegbonde and the grandfather of Ooni Adegunle Abewela.* He hailed from Owodo Royal Compound of Lafogido ruling house

26.  AROGANGAN LAGBO - He was from Akui Compound of Osinkola ruling house

27.  ARIBIWOSO (real name Ademilu). Aribiwoso contracted from Aribiwosol’ode Akui. He was from Akui Compound of Osinkola ruling house. 

28.    SOJUOLU OGBONSEGBONDE (real name is Adebanle) – *He was the father of Ooni Adegunle alias Abewela.* He migrated from Owodo Royal compound (his father's compound) to found new compound known as Abewela Royal Compound (otherwise known as Ogbonse compound) of Lafogido Ruling house

29.  AGBEDEGBEDE (real name is Ademilokun). He was a son of Giesi.  He begat Adesunmakin, Gbegbaje, Ajila Orun and Sooko Ogbagodo.

30.  OLOJO -  hailed from Olojo compound of Lafogido ruling house. He begat Princess Yeyelueko. Yeyelueko begat Yannigan for a Prince of Offa town, Kwara state. *Prince Adeniregun (alias Agbele) founded Ifewara town in Osun State.*

31.        OSINILADE (otutu-bi-osun).  He was a descendant of Lafogido. He begat Ooni Akinmoyero alias odunle, and Ademakin Obitola.

32.        AJIFADESERE (real name is Lugbade). He hailed from Lugbade compound of Lafogido ruling house.

33.        OTUKO

34.  ODIDIMODE ROGBESIN. He was an ancestor of Molodo, Awura and Lami.

35.  AJILA-OORUN - He was a son of Ooni Ademilokun alias agbedegbede and descendant of Agbedegbede in Moore quarter of Giesi ruling house.

36.        ABIGBOOLA. 

37.        OJIGIDIRI – nicknamed Lambua. He was a descendant of Osinkola.

38.   AKINMOYERO nicknamed Odunle (1770 – 1800). *He was son of Otutubiosin and descendant of Lafogido. Modakekes (war refugees from various Yoruba towns) arrived in Ile-Ife during his reign.*

*He was assassinated by Ife Chiefs under *Conspiratorial Killing* *(Osiris/Agan) as a result of his sympathy towards the migrant war refugees and other disagreements.*

39.  GBANLARE: 1800 - 1823. He was a descendant of Ogboru from Ilare quarter.

*He was assassinated by Ife Chiefs under *Conspiratorial Killing* *(Osiris/Agan) as a result of his sympathy towards the migrant Oyo refugees and other disagreements.*

40.        GBEGBAAJE: 1823 - 1835 - He was a son of Ooni Ademilokun alias Agbedegbede of Giesi ruling house.

41.        WUNMONIJE: 1835 - 1839. He was a descendant of Lafogido.
*He was assassinated by Ife Chiefs under *Conspiratorial Killing* *(Osiris/Agan) as a result of his sympathy towards the migrant Oyo refugees and other disagreements.*

42.        ADEGUNLE ABEWELA *(nicknamed ABEWELA): 1839 – 1849.* To ascend the throne, he sought assurance of the Kingmakers against Conspiratorial Killing (Osiris/Agan) as was done against some of his predecessors. The Kingmaker agreed on counter conditions that he, Abewela provided a number of animals, farm produce and food items etc, which he did. But a section of the Kingmakers later betrayed and breached the Agreement.

*He was a grandson of Ooni Adejinle and a son of Ooni Adebanle Sojuolu (alias Ogbonse-gbonde). He hailed from Abewela Royal compound of Lafogido Ruling House. He put a final stop to Conspiratorial Killings (Osiri or Agan) of the reigning Oonis, by Ife Chiefs, as was the case in the past. Hence, he was praised as "Ot'enu Osiris Bo'le l'atiba" (One who defeated the Conspiratorial Murderers at a point in Atiba). He was also reputed for stoppage of Human Sacrifice in Ife and Yoruba land.*

*On his ascension to the throne of Ooni in 1839, Abewela met the Oyos refugees (now called Modakekes). It is important to note during the reign of OONI AKINMOYERO, alias Odunle bi Ojo (1770 - 1800) that Yoruba war refugees arrived at Ife from various troubled and war torn Yoruba towns and he, Abewela (together with Ife Chiefs) used his conflict management knowledge and experience to quell the age long frictions and animosity by sending these wandering refugees from Ife mainland to the outskirt Iraye quarter - the domain of  Obalaaye (king) of Iraye,*

*We must also note that, at that time, Obalaaye, erstwhile King of Ipole-Aaye and his people at Iraye, Ile - Ife were refugees from Ipole-Aaye. King Obalaaye and his people migrated to Ile - Ife as a result of destruction of his town (Ipole - Aaye) by Owu warriors during the Yoruba internecine wars. They were earlier settled at Iraye by Ooni Akinmoyero (1770 – 1800) whose reign also witnessed migration of the refugees from various towns to Ile-Ife in search of a refuge.*

*In order to stem the tide of eventual violent conflicts, Abewela and Ife High Chiefs implored Obalaaye to grant war refugees, (who initially scattered in every nook and cranny of Ife and against whom some chiefs were complaining) a portion of land at Iraye to build some temporary tents (Ago) till such a time when inter tribal wars would have subsided and they would be required to go back to their various towns.*

43.        DEGBIN KUMBUSU: 1849 - 1878. He was a son of Adesunmakin. Ooni Giesi begat Ademilokun alias Agbedegbede . Ademilokun begat Adesunmakin, Ooni Gbegbaje , ooni Ajila and sooko ogbagodo. He  was from Giesi ruling house. *The first fall of Ile - Ife occurred during his reign in 1849. The town was rebuilt in 1859.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 *44.        ORAYIGBA, OJAJA I: 1878 - 1880* (nicknamed Ayi-kiti-ninu –aran).  He was a son of Kumbusu and descendant of  Agbedegbede in Moore quarter of Giesi ruling house.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

45.       ADERIN OLOGBENLA: 1880 - 1894.  He was a son of Adesunmakin. It pertinent to note that Ooni Giesi begat Ademilokun alias Agbedegbede. Adesunmakin begat kumbusu and Aderin alias Ologbenla. 

He was a descendant of Agbedegbede in Giesi ruling house. *A powerful warrior who,though was ruling from Oke Igbo but never came to be crowned in Ile-Ife before he died at Okeigbo. The second fall of Ile-Ife occurred during his reign in 1882. He was the founder of Okeigbo in Ondo State.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

46.        ADELEKAN, OLUBUSE I: 1894 - 1910. He was a descendant of Ogboru in Ilare quarter. *He was popularly called Ebiti-kimo-piri. The first Ooni (king) to reign in Ile-Ife after Ifes have returned from their exile in 1894. It was during his reign that the Modakekes were evacuated / dispersed from Ife in 1909. In 1903. This evacuation led to the re-settlement of the Modakeke people in the towns of Ode-Omun, Gbongan, Tonkere, Akinlalu to mention but a few.*

*Olubuse on invitation went to Lagos to see Sir William MacGregor of Lagos who had just returned from the United Kingdom.*

47.        KOLA – He was from Akui compound & a descendant of Osinkola. *A King (Ooni) elect for only two months, June to July of 1910. He died at Ilofi before officially mounting the throne of Ooni.*

48.        ADEMILUYI AJAGUN: 1910 -1930. He was the son of Ademakin obitola and grandson of Otutubiosun of Lafogido Ruling House.  *He was popularly called Ajagun Lawarikan, Agbeja-nla-bofa. It was during his reign that the Modakekes returned to Ile - Ife in 1921.*

*It important to note that, during the reign of Ooni Ademiluyi alias Ajagun of 1910 - 1930, who succeeded Ooni Adelekan Olubuse I, the colonial government had introduced Native Authority System with traditional rulers as the Sole Native Authority. Under the traditional rulers, a local tax system was implemented within which remuneration for the king is derived from the sum / total earned in taxes within the domain. The Ooni Ademiluyi at the time was earning way below the Alaafin and Apetu of Ipetumodu, both rulings much more Oyo populated domains. With these factors in place and the various attempts made by the Modakeke people to negotiate their return to Ile-Ife, Ooni Ademiluyi who wanted a monthly pay befitting of his position as a foremost king in Yorubaland, readily acceded to the request of the Modakeke people to return to Ife and he further pursued the realisation of this request through his applications to the colonial authorities at the moment who allowed the Modakeke people to move back to Ile-Ife in 1921. This is in spite of the dissenting opinions from his subjects and chiefs, particularly Balogun Ojuade who was murdered under mysterious circumstances for his stern opposition to the Ooni’s preference.*

49.        ADESOJI ADEREMI: 1930-1980. He was popularly called Atobatele, Ayinla Omo Adekunbi Ipetu. He was a descendant of Ojigidiri Lambua from Akui Compound of Osinkola ruling house .*He was the only Ooni to combine the throne with the Governor of Western Region at the same time.*

50.        OKUNADE SIJUWADE, Olubuse II (1980 – 2015). *He was a descendant of Adelekan Olubuse I from Ogboru Royal Compound in Ilare.* 

51.             ADEYEYE ENITAN OGUNWUSI (Ojaja II) *He mounted the throne in December, 7 2015. He is a descendant of Orayigba, Ojaja I from Giesi Royal Compound in Moore.* It is the prayer of all and sundry that he reigns for a long time.


Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Aisha has broken the remaining leg of the table!

Aisha has broken the remaining leg of the table!

"Go there and toast him yourself. 💍💍💍💍
Women nowadays snatch married man from their wives...there is nothing wrong whosoever snatching a single man to yourself.

Ladies sit down clocking 30, 40 and going over 50 while waiting for a man to come and ask them out or ask them for relationship. You can start one!

A woman can propose to a man and tell him I want to marry you, there is nothing wrong about that...let's keep pride away. Go there and ask him yourself. Even if you are older than him, it won't spoil anything because marriage is a serious business so you shouldn't be waiting for "anyone that calls me" until a mad-Man shows up for you. Show interest in and possibly push on whom you like or love...not when another woman or your friends takes whom you love, you start crying and being unnecessarily jealous. 

Gone are those days ma'am!
~Aisha Yesuf.


Monday, 24 April 2023

The return of new Nigeria

President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu receives a warm welcome as he arrives back home in Nigeria.

In his words: “Our promise to deliver a nation of Renewed Hope for all Nigerians remains in motion.”



Sunday, 23 April 2023

My N420,000 teeth wants to kill me – Portable struggles to speak after getting new grills

My N420,000 teeth wants to kill me – Portable struggles to speak after getting new grills, 
Controversial Nigerian singer, Portable, has become the center of attention on social media after sharing a hilarious video of himself struggling to speak clearly after acquiring a new set of grills.


The fast-rising singer, known for his unique style and controversial lyrics, revealed the battle he has been facing with his speech since fixing the grills.

My N420,000 teeth wants to kill me – Portable struggles to speak after getting new grills, shares hilarious video
In the video shared online, Portable can be seen trying to speak but struggling to pronounce words clearly due to the presence of the grills in his mouth.

He can be heard slurring his words and appearing visibly uncomfortable as he tries to communicate.


The video quickly went viral, garnering thousands of views and comments from amused fans and followers.

According to Portable, he reportedly spent a whopping sum of N420,000 (Nigerian Naira) on the grills, but has not been able to speak properly ever since he got them.

In the video, he jokingly laments about the challenges he has been facing with his speech, stating that he feels like he has lost his ability to speak properly after getting the grills.

Portable’s video has sparked various reactions on social media, with many fans finding it hilarious and entertaining.

Some fans praised his unique style and sense of humor, while others expressed surprise at the amount he spent on the grills.





Saturday, 22 April 2023

Drama as pastor builds church on land he borrowed from woman for 3-day revival

Drama as pastor builds church on land he borrowed from woman for 3-day revival
Drama as pastor builds church on land he borrowed from woman for 3-day revival
A Nigerian pastor has reportedly been chased out of a church he built on a piece of land that was loaned to him by a woman who’s a member of the congregation.


The woman’s daughter, Ifeoluwa Anthonia narrated how she permitted the clergyman to use the land for three days revival only for her to have loss of memoray regarding the land.

She said the man of God went ahead to erect a temporary church building on the same land and kept asking members to pray for God to help them become bonafide owners.

Anthonia said her mother forgot that she gave the land to the pastor, so she had to involve her uncle, who then ensured that they were sent packing from the place.


In her words; “My mum borrowed a pastor a piece of land for 3 days revival. She just suddenly forgot about the land until I was told he has built a temporary church on it and always telling his church members to pray that God should collect the land for them.

Why I stoned Ondo Uber driver – Suspect confesses

Why I stoned Ondo Uber driver – Suspect confesses

30-year-old painter, Amos Victor, has confessed to why he participated in the stoning to death of 25-year-old Uber driver, Temitayo Olorunfemi, in Akure, the Ondo State capital.


recalls that Olorunfemi was mobbed by angry youths after he crushed four persons to death in an accident along Ijoka Road in Akure.

Victor said that he actually participated in the act because he was moved by the deaths of those who were crushed to death by the deceased.

Recall that the police arrested seven suspects and paraded four suspects over the tragic incident.

Narrating what happened to Vanguard, Victor said, “On getting to the scene of the incident, the deceased had been beaten to a pulp and he had been soaked in his own blood.

“The okada riders beat him mercilessly. I didn’t even know those that stoned him. I was moved by the deaths of those that he killed and that made me to pick up a stone and hit him on the head.

“I didn’t even know that he was the younger brother of my friend. When I gave him some punches, he held on to my leg and in order to release myself from his grip before he could drag me into the drainage, I tried to choke him holding his neck.

“It’s true that I saw a small coffin and tortoise inside the car before it was burnt. But I was no longer there when the car was set ablaze.


“I was not arrested by the police. I went to report myself at Ala Police station when my picture was being circulated as being one of those who participated in the beating.

“I told the police that I beat and stoned him but I did not kill him.”

Three other suspects denied killing victim


Another suspect, Samuel Olatunji, 20, in his testimony said “I did not know anything about the incident. They lied against me that I was among those that beat the deceased.

“I know nothing about the incident. I was arrested at Davoc, Ijoka. I’m a barber and they came to arrest me in my shop. I was in my shop when the incident happened but I went to the place briefly.

“I didn’t touch the deceased all through.”

Also speaking, Ismaila Durotoye, 32, said “I was never at the scene of the incident. I’m an okada rider. The police arrested me at Intercontinental axis in Akure.

“When the incident happened, I was carrying passengers at Oda road but I stay at Ijoka.”

The fourth suspect, Pelumi Farotimi, 42, said “I was not at home throughout that day. I work with the Ondo State Park Management and I’m the unit secretary.

“I was actually at Benin Garage on that very day when the incident happened.”



Tuesday, 18 April 2023

NEWSCourt Sacks MC Oluomo’s Park Committee In Lagos, Reinstates RTEAN

NEWSCourt Sacks MC Oluomo’s Park Committee In Lagos, Reinstates RTEAN

Court Sacks MC Oluomo's Park Committee In Lagos, Reinstates RTEAN
The Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo has been sacked by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN).

The court in a ruling on Tuesday by Justice Maureen Esowe held that the setting up of a parks and management committee by the Lagos State government is illegal. The court in its ruling also barred the state government from further interfering in the operations of the union’s exco.

It also ordered the reinstatement of the operations of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Lagos State.

According to Justice Esowe, the state government and the Police should have intervened by arresting and prosecuting those behind any fracas purportedly involving union members and not inquiring into the dispute.

Furthermore, the Judge ordered the police to refrain from intimidating the RTEAN officers, remove all barricades it imposed around their secretariat and grant them unfettered access to their offices.

A preliminary objection to the suit from the defendants was struck out by the court as it ruled that the matter was straightforward, with no serious dispute to warrant an exchange of pleadings.

Naija News understands RTEAN instituted the suit marked NICN/LA/381/2022, in October 2022 to challenge the Lagos State government for allegedly dissolving the elected executive committee of the union in the state and appointing a caretaker body, known as the Parks and Garages Administrators, headed by MC Oluomo.

The defendants in the case are the Lagos State Governor, the Attorney-General of the state, Moyosore Onigbanjo, and the Special Adviser to the governor on transportation, Sola Giwa.

The 4th-37th defendants are the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, and all the members of the caretaker committee.

In January, the union through its counsel, Elisha Kurah (SAN) argued that a state cannot interfere in the affairs of a trade union registered under the Trade Unions Act of 2004 as such matters are expected to be handled by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.

However, the counsel for the state government, Adebayo Haroun contended that the government neither violated the law nor dissolved the national body’s operations in the state, but had sought to maintain law and order by creating the ad-hoc committee when violence ensued between the unions.

On his part, the counsel for the 5th to the 37th defendants, Taiwo Kupolati (SAN), said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had the power to maintain peace in the land.

According to him, “There was a crisis and the governor exercised his authority as the Chief Security Officer of the state and put up a committee to be in charge of garages for peace to reign.”


Remains of Uber driver stoned to death buried in Ondo

METRORemains of Uber driver stoned to death buried in Ondo


The remains of the Uber driver, Temitope Olorunfemi, who was beaten and stoned to death last week in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, have been buried.

His corpse was moved from a private morgue in Akure metropolis, the state capital, by his friends to Oda axis, where his body was interred.

While his body was lowered, his friends could not hide their feelings as they wailed all through the interment process.


Meanwhile, some commercial motorcyclists were attacked by the grieving friends while en route to the cemetery with his casket.

The deceased was beaten and stoned to death on Easter Monday after crushing some road users and injuring six others over alleged reckless driving.

His killers accused him of being an internet fraudster, commonly known as “Yahoo Boy.”

Earlier, some suspects who were alleged to be involved in the killing of the deceased, were paraded at the police headquarters in the state.



   

Monday, 17 April 2023

Politics in Newsroom, victorious Ogene plus


Winner of the Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra state election,  Victor Afam Ogene, has expressed gratitude to the people of Ogbaru whose votes ensured he triumphed at the recently held election.

Ogene who is the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), also commended his opponents in the keenly contested election, that he won with a slim margin of 232 votes, inviting the to join hands with him to work for the good of the people.


He also expressed profound gratitude to the presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi, the Senator-Elect for Anambra North, Dr. Tony Okechukwu Nwoye, Nnanyelugo Oseloka Obaze, and myriad of personal friends, party leaders.

While Ogene polled a total of 10,851 votes to emerge winner, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate and incumbent representative of the federal constituency, Hon. Chukwuka Onyema, got 10,619 votes and the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), in the state, Hon. Arinze Awogu, got 10,155 votes to place third.

He attributed his victory to the favour and grace of God and the magnanimity of the Ogbaru electorate, who he said freely gave him the mandate, adding that God alone gives power to whosever He chooses.





Saturday, 15 April 2023

He Threatened My Ambition, I Hired Thugs To Torture Him, He Died In The Process, LP Aspirant Narrates How He, 3 Others Killed PDP Ward Chairman

He Threatened My Ambition, I Hired Thugs To Torture Him, He Died In The Process, LP Aspirant Narrates How He, 3 Others Killed PDP Ward Chairman


The Ebonyi State Police Command have announced the arrest of four persons over the murder of a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Peter Nweke.


Nweke was tortured to death by hoodlums suspected to be loyalists of an opposition party on March 18, 2023, the day of the Governorship and House of Assembly Elections in the state.

The PDP ward chairman was killed at Umuezeokaoha community, in the Ezza North Local Government Area of the state while working as his party’s agent in the area.

The state police command, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said the suspects confessed to the crime.


During the interrogation of the suspects, the first suspect, Leonard Kelechi Nwali, a Labour Party House of Assembly aspirant, Ezza North Constituency, confessed to hiring the assailants who were meant to torture the late Peter Nweke. However, he died in the process. 

According to him, the late Peter Nweke posed a threat to his political ambition, so he contacted one Akwasi of Umuezeoka, in Ezza North LGA, who spearheaded the torture that eventually resulted in the death of Mr Peter Nweke.


The second suspect, Onyebuchi Chita, of Nkomoro community, in the same local government area, confessed to have brought in the killers from Nkomoro into Ogboji community, where Peter Nweke was killed.

The third suspect, Aloke Obinna, of Ogboji community, confessed to have given his motorcycle to one Onyebuchi Chita for escape after the incident.


While Ifeanyi Nwokpuku, the fourth suspect, of Ogboji community in Ezza North LGA, conspired with one Sampson Nweke, who pointed Peter Nweke out to the killers.

Onovwakpoyeya said the suspects would be arraigned at the end of investigations



NEWSBREAKING: Adeyemi, Audu, Oseni, Others Reject Kogi APC Gubernatorial Primary Election Results

NEWSBREAKING: Adeyemi, Audu, Oseni, Others Reject Kogi APC Gubernatorial Primary Election Results

Some of the aspirants who participated in the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Kogi State have rejected the outcome of the process.

The aspirants that rejected the results included, Senator Smart Adeyemi, Prince Shuaibu Audu, Prof. Stephen Oseni and a member of the APC National Working Committee, Yakubu Ajaka.

Naija News reports that the secretary of the Kogi State APC Primary Election Committee, Patrick Obahiagbon, on behalf of the chairman of the panel, Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, had announced a former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi, Ahmed Usman Ododo, as the APC standard bearer for the election fixed for November.

Speaking to journalists on Saturday, four of the aspirants dismissed the process that produced Ododo as a “sham”, calling on the APC NWC to disregard the outcome of the polls.
Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi West) said no election took place, claiming that the team sent to conduct the direct primary and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) were nowhere to be found.

He said: “It was scheduled for yesterday (Friday) The election was supposed to be concluded by 2 pm. Results were prepared even before the commencement of voting.

“This is the worst form of rigging, it was unprecedented. There was no election. For somebody to have audacity to write results, we are saying the INEC should be prepared to tell Nigerians if election was conducted.

“None of the officials of INEC and the panel led by Zamfara state governor came out. We are aware that Governor Matawalle wasn’t happy with the sham and that was why he left.

“There is a guideline that in the absence of the Chairman, that secretary should not announce the result. What we had was allocation of votes. The purported winner is the Auditor General of Kogi.

“We have no problem with the Governor but the level of his involvement. There was no election at all.

“It was supposed to be a direct primary, people were mobilised but there was no election.”

Adeyemi who admitted that aggrieved aspirants organised a parallel Congress was however silent on the winner.

“Some of us have to organise a parallel Congress.

“If the APC refuses to do what is right, it will be difficult for people to vote for us in Kogi. What happened was a betrayal of democracy. People were not allowed to vote, results were written.

“I want to call on the leadership of the party to avoid the collapse of the party. The tenets of democracy is one man, one vote,” he added.

Also speaking, Audu called on President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prevail on the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led NWC not to submit Ododo’s name to INEC.

He said: “I was at my Polling Unit, I waited till 6 pm, no election materials, no INEC officials. It was a sham of a process, the election did not hold. I will like to appeal to the NWC to take a look at the sham that happened on April 14. I will like to call on the President-elect and Vice President to take a look at it. It was a sham of a process and we don’t want it to stand.”

Another aspirant, Ajaka accused the team that conducted the process of betrayal of trust.

He told newsmen that the APC NWC of which he is a member would not allow ratifying the outcome of the Kogi primary.