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  • ‘He doesn’t last in bed’

    •Man: she’s an adulteress 

    A 30-year-old businesswoman, Mrs Ifeanyi Osame, yesterday asked an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, to dissolve her nine-year-old marriage for her husband’s alleged failure to satisfyher in bed.

    Mrs Osame said: “My husband cannot perform well, he is not doing his job at all and that always makes me sad. My husband does not satisfy me, he does not last a minute on bed.”

    The petitioner said she forcefully took her husband to a hospital to confirm what was wrong with him, and it was discovered that he had low sperm count.

    “My husband has low sperm count. I bought the drugs prescribed by the doctor for him, but he refused to use them. His refusal to take the drugs always causes us to fight, because I need a child. We have been married for nine years without any issue,’’ she said.

    Mrs Osame said her husband was always on the road for months, leaving her lonely at home, adding that he could sometimes stay away for three months, or more.

    She begged the court to dissolve the marriage, saying she could no longer cope as her love for him has waned.

    The Defendant, Samuel Osame, a 40-year-old businessman, admitted that he had low sperm count, saying he believes in God for a miracle.

    Osame said he was trying his best to satisfy his wife, accusing her of infidelity.

    He accused her of having extra marital affairs, saying men always called her at odd hours.

    “My wife is committing adultery, there was a day I saw a text message she sent to her man friend. I showed her the text, but instead of her to apologise, she warned me not to touch her phone. My wife always goes out without telling me and comes back at 11pm and whenever I query her, she would tell me she owns her life.

    “And anytime she comes home, she will enter her room and lock me out,” Osame said.

    He urged the court to save his marriage, saying he still loves his wife.

    The court President, Hakeem Oyekan, adjourned the case till May 11.

     

  • Woman docked for ‘stabbing’ ex-boyfriend

    A 20-year-old woman, Abiola Olayinka, who allegedly stabbed her ex-boyfriend, Olanrewaju, with a broken bottle, was yesterday brought before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

    Olayinka, a resident of Ijora Badia in Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful assault.

    Prosecuting police officer Friday Inedu told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 17 at 23, Asoju Street, Ijora-Badia.

    Inedu said the accused conspired with others at large to beat Olanrewaju and also stab him with a broken bottle.

    The complainant, he said, described the accused as his ex-girlfriend.

    He said Olayinka and others stabbed him with broken bottles on the body, accusing him of cheating.

    Inedu said the offence contravened Section 243 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    Senior Magistrate Adeyemi Amos granted the accused N50, 000 bail with one surety in the like sum.

    He adjourned the case till April 23 for further hearing.

     

  • Boy, 16, ‘defiles’ girl, two

    A 16-year-old boy, who allegedly defiled a two-year-old girl, was yesterday arraigned in an Apapa Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

    The accused, who lives at Ijora Badia area in Lagos, is standing trial for child rape.

    The Prosecutor, Soji Ojaokomo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 16.

    Ojaokomo said the accused lured the girl into a lonely place when her mother went to get food for her.

    “The accused took the girl to an uncompleted building beside the house and defiled her. Her mother started looking for her child on her return and she asked her neighbour, who said she left the girl to play outside with other children.

    “The mother said while she was searching for her child, she heard her screaming from an uncompleted building beside the house.

    “When she got there, she saw the accused satisfying his carnal desires with the child,” he said.

    He said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.

    Magistrate Patrick Adekomaiya ordered that the case file should be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    The magistrate granted the accused N50, 000 bail with two sureties in the like sum and adjourned the case to May 5.

     

  • Orphan missing

    Orphan missing

    A 15-year-old orphan, Ikechukwu Ike, has been reported missing.

    His guardian Pius Ibeh said he went missing on April 2.

    Ike was said to have been caught one night having carnal knowledge of Ibeh’s six-year-old son while the infant was asleep.

    He was punished for the act and promised not to engage in it again.

    “At about 8pm on April 2, the young Ike was about having his dinner. He was given permission to prepare Eba and that was the last that was seen of him,” Ibeh said.

    According to him, some neighbours saw him that night leaving their residence at 68, Palm Avenue in Mushin, Lagos.

    It was also reported that he went away with some of his new clothes and shoes.

    “During the holidays, he leaves each morning to attend lessons in school at New City Primary School, Mushin, but when he got missing and was reported to the school authorities, the school management said no such lessons were held during the election period for security purposes,” Ibeh said.

    Ike is the cousin of Ibeh and hails from Umuchu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. He is the only child of his late parents.

    A family member, Mr Kelechi Tonti, described the missing boy as quiet, humble and industrious.

    “He never complains and runs errands well. I fear this will make someone abuse or harm him,” he said.

    The matter has been reported at the Olosan Police Station in Mushin.

  • Bus conductors charged with assault

    Two bus conductors — Wasiu Lawal and Michael Judge – yesterday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly damaging a palm wine seller’s eye.

    Lawal (30) and Judge (29) live at Small Kuramo, off Lekki Beach Road in Lagos.

    They are standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and assault.

    Prosecuting police Sergeant Babaji Ishiaku told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 8.

    He said the accused punched Edet Okon, a palm wine seller, in the eye, causing him partial blindness.

    The offences contravened Sections 171 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate L.Y. Balogun granted them N50, 000 bail with one surety each in the like sum.

  • ‘Armed robbers’ shoot journalist

    ‘Armed robbers’ shoot journalist

    There was panic on the busy Oshodi- Apapa Expressway yesterday after suspected armed robbers attacked and shot a journalist.

    The victim identified as Victor Ahiuma-Young was waylaid by two gunmen around Sadiku Bus stop, Ilasamaja after he left a commercial bank where he had gone to withdraw some money.

    Eyewitnesses said that Ahiuma-Young, an Assistant Labour Editor with Vanguard Newspaper had stopped by a vendor’s stand, few metres from the pedestrian bridge to buy some newspapers when his attackers who rode on a motorcycle, accosted him, demanding the money he withdrew from the bank.

    “As he was looking at the papers, one of the men shot him on the thigh and ordered him to hand over the money he withdrew to them.

    “When he turned to see what was wrong, another shot was fired at him, which made everyone at the bus stop to run for safety.

    “We have seen these motorcycle thieves snatching people’s bags as they come out from the bank but have never really seen them shooting someone this much,” said one of the female jewellers by the foot of the pedestrian bridge.

    According to her, the incident took place around 10am very close to the bank on the expressway.

    However, The Nation gathered that Ahiuma-Young’s attack was the 15th since November last year.

    Traders at the bridge claim that a similar incident happened last month where a teenager whose father had given money he withdrew from the same bank was attacked and his wrist cut by motorcycle robbers.

    They expressed worry at the spate of robberies given that there is a Police Station not so far from the bus stop, just as they berated the late arrival of policemen from the Olosan Division, who came after the robbery.

    It was learnt that Ahiuma-Young while trying to scare his attackers away, picked a stone which he hauled at them but received another gunshot on his hand as he tried to pick another stone.

    With the final bullet hitting his hand, the money was said to have fallen off, which the robbers hurriedly picked up before escaping on their motorcycle.

    The journalist was said to have bled severely with onlookers unwilling to assist him fearing he may die and land them in trouble.

    Sensing that help was far from him, Ahiuma-Young was said to have staggered towards May Clinic, not too far from the scene where doctors on duty attended to him and extracted 13 pellets from his thighs before referring him to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for proper medical attention.

     

  • Student arraigned for ‘assaulting’ landlord

    A tenant, Doris Okafor (24), yesterday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting her landlord.

    Okafor, a student, who lives at 43, 4th Avenue, Road 403, Festac Town in Lagos, was charged with “conspiracy and assault occasioning harm.”

    Prosecuting, Sergeant Daniel Ighodalo said Okafor committed the offences on March 18 at 66, Emmanuel Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.

    He said the accused with four others at large assaulted the landlord, Godwin Ulom, in his Lekki home.

    “The student assaulted the landlord after he had a confrontation with her for smoking hemp as well as her alleged association with persons of questionable character. The tenant came to the landlord’s residence with four men suspected to be hoodlums to beat him up,’’ Ighodalo said.

    The offences, he said, contravened Sections 171 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    Section 171 recommends three years imprisonment for assault occasioning harm Section 409 provides a two-year jail term for conspiracy.

    Okafor pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate Olaitan Ajayi granted him N20,000 bail with a surety in the like sum. She adjourned the case till May 18 for mention.

  • Panic in Delta community as militants evict family

    The leadership crisis rocking oil-rich Odimodi in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State worsened at the weekend, following the eviction order to two prominent families by suspected militants.

    A former youths’ chairman, Prince Wilfred Ikiere and Vice President of the youths’ group, Mr James Benarode, were forced to flee  the community in March because they opposed the hijack of the leadership by a faction.

    It was learnt that their sibblings in the town were warned on Sunday to leave Odimodi by Monday (yesterday) morning.

    Confirming the eviction order, Ikiere said: “At 5 pm yesterday, the self-acclaimed chairman of the community, Mr Benjamin Gbesine, instructed the cartel in Odimodi that our relations, including my two brothers, five sisters and others, should leave the town this (Monday) morning.

    “They were given until 7 am today (Monday) to leave the town or face unpleasant consequences. I have a large family and they are using militants to intimidate and harass my family since I was forced to leave over threats to my life and intimidation.

    “I know that they want to chase our family away so that they can have access to our houses to plant arms. They will then call in the police and other security agencies to implicate us for gun-running.”

    Attempts to reach Gbesine were futile. He rebuffed our attempts to get his commenets on the crisis on the telephone, insisting on a meeting.

    But Ikiere said one of the opponents of the forceful takeover of the community by Gbesine, Chief Futek Zikoregha, an anti-bunkering activist, had been languishing in the cell of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja, since his arrest on April 1.

    “If Zikoregha, who the world recognises as a fighter against illegal bunkering and militancy in the Niger Delta, can be arrested on trumped up charges, then they can do much worse to us. That is why we are crying out about the latest antic of this gang.”

     

     

     

     

  • Strange calls threaten marriage

    A middle-aged woman, Mrs Grace Morgan, has prayed the Customary Court in Iyana-Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, to dissolve her five-year-old marriage to her husband, Tomiwa.

    She said her man beats her up over trivial issues.

    “He is not faithful. There was a day I picked his girlfriend’s call and read his text messages thinking he was sound asleep. On seeing his phone with me, he beat me mercilessly, packed my things and took them to my parent’s house. Since then, I have been denied access to our son,” she said.

    She said she picked the call because her husband saved the contact as Mrs Morgan.

    Mrs Morgan said: “When I complained to my mother-in-law about the way my husband beats me, she asked me to be careful about my utterances because that was what his father did to her.”

    The defendant, Mr Morgan, told the court that his wife was also fond of receiving strange calls.

    “My wife locks and hides her phone from me. I once saw a video on her phone and when I asked how she got it, she said a guy sent it through whatsapp. This is the guy my wife once took a picture with,” he said.

    Mr Morgan said it was true he threw her luggage out when they had an argument, adding: “When I reported her to her father, he said that was how her mother behaved before she died.”

    The court’s President, Mrs Shalewa Banjoko, fixed a chamber discussion after the whole proceedings.

  • Itsekiri seek completion of market

    About five weeks to the end of his tenure, Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has got a request from the Itsekiri in Ogheye Dimigun community.

    They urged him to complete the abandoned Ogheye Ultra-Modern Concrete Floating Market before he leaves office on May 29.

    In a letter to the governor through Mode Augustine and Johnson Boyo, chairman and secretary of the market’s monitoring committee, it urged Uduaghan to complete the project.

    It regretted that the project,  initiated by ex-Governor James Ibori, had been abandoned for a long time.

    The letter explained that the contractor said it abandoned the project because of funds.

    “We appeal to Your Excellency to complete the Ogheye Ultra-Modern Concrete Floating Market  before the end of your administration or possibly before year-end.

    “This project started in April 2007 is yet to be completed as the major contractor has moved out of site since October 2012 on the grounds that the state government had refused to pay them.”

    The community stressed that if measures were not taken, parts of the area that had been built would rot away,’’ the letter said.

    It noted that this would amount to a waste of state’s resources.

    “We are sure, if the project is completed in this dispensation, you would have created another history, not only for Ogheye people and the Benin River communities but the Itsekiri nation, as you will finish not only strong but stronger,” the letter added.