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  • 100 students participate as Olympafrica Futbonet berths in Lagos

    As the much anticipated Nigeria Olympic Committee organised ( NOC ) 2018 Olympafrica Futbonet berths in Lagos, over 100 students from schools and football clubs marked the opening ceremony at the Olympafrica ground, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.

    The newsmen reports that the International Olympics Committee ( IOC ) initiated competition is meant for the less privileged students, giving them a feel of sports.

    The event which is expected to hold between April 26 and May 6, has in attendance the Project Coordinator Abdulmalik Ibrahim, who said he was impressed with the turnout of the children.

    He said that the annual Nigeria Olympics Committee ( NOC ) sponsored event had given life to many less-privileged children in the society, adding that it gives hope to those who never dreamt of travelling out.

    “This is a competition with a rare opportunity for the less-privileged to have an opportunity to express themselves through sports.

    “The turnout today is impressive being the first day, others will still come when it is their turn to play. It is a wonderful opportunity because the competition is not all about winning.

    “The competition seeks to imbue in them the spirit of brotherliness and fairness, lessons we hold in high esteem during competition. What we want is discipline and fair play.

    “This competition is not about who wins and not winning at all cost; it may interest people to know that the team with the highest goals may not b the eventual winners,’’ he said.

    Abdulmalik said that the competition for school children between the ages of 13 and 15 would seek to foster unity among them.

    He added that the winners and the runners-up from Lagos and Port Harcourt zones would represent Nigeria at the international Olympafrica Futbonet scheduled for Togo this year.

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    The participants who spoke to the newsmen expressed their happiness with the competition.

    Adegoke Sulaiman said that he was happy to be among those selected to play in the competition, adding that the selection process was fair enough.

    “I am happy to be here, I think we are just picked randomly and I was surprised when my name was called,’’ he said.

    Olatunji Jokotola said the competition was new to him because of his knowledge of the normal football rules which were not fully practiced during the matches.

    “At first, I did not understand what the competition is all about, but as we played on, I got to know that there are some expectations from us outside the normal football activities.

    “These are what they want us to understand more than just playing the ball, I think it is good enough,’’ he said.

    NAN

  • APC leaders, Amuwo-Odofin endorse Ambode for second term

    APC leaders, Amuwo-Odofin endorse Ambode for second term

    Leaders and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as stakeholders in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State have endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term ahead of the 2019 election.

    The party leaders, through their chairman, Alhaji Waheed Adewuni, noted that Ambode had done well for the people of the state, and deserved the endorsement for another term.

    An Apex Leader, Alhaji Dotun Adegbola, expressed appreciation to the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for giving the state a renowned technocrat, who had also brought decency to governance.

    Adegbola said: “I want to use this medium to appreciate our leader and commend our executive chairman for unifying our party, the APC, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area.”

    The Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Valentine Buraimoh, hailed Ambode for turning the fortunes of the state around.

    The council chief stressed that “there is no vacancy in Alausa”.

    He added: “Let me gladly notify you that there is no vacancy in Alausa. For this reason, we are saying that for the progress of Lagos State, Governor Ambode should carry on as our governor in 2019. “Members of APC in Amuwo Odofin Local Government have resolved to give massive support to Governor Ambode.

    “…We have resolved to continue our politicking and meetings to continue to spread the good news of Ambode for a second term.”

    Also, an aspirant for the House of Assembly in the local government’s Constituency 1, Mr. Ola Folorunsho, told reporters that the governor has performed well to deserve another term in office.

    The APC chieftain noted that the second term would enable the governor to bring more development to the state.

    Over 6,000 APC members and other stakeholders attended the endorsement meeting at Amuwo Odofin.

    They included Alhaji Olowo Shittu, Alhaji Otunba Adegbola, Alhaja Ariyo, Risikat Ajoke Adegeye and Abimbola Oshodi.

    Others include all the councillors, supervisors, ward chairmen, women and youth leaders in the area.

    CAPTION: Executive Chairman, Amuwo Odofin Local Government, Valentine Buraimoh (standing), at the event…yesterday. With him are: Council Secretary, Mr. Seyi Ipinlaiye; Women Leader, Alhaja Wosilat Ariyo; APC chieftain, Alhaji Dotun Adegbola and APC Chairman, Alhaji Waheed Adewunni.

     

     

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  • Cleaner Lagos Initiative: LNSC arrests over 200 refuse carters

    Cleaner Lagos Initiative: LNSC arrests over 200 refuse carters

    The Lagos State Neighborhood Agency (LSNA) has arrested over 200 refuse carters across the state.

    The suspects including residents and commercial cart pushers were caught carting refuse from various outlets to road medians, open drainages and highways among other unauthorised points of disposal at Badagry, Lagos Island East local government, Ikorodu, Imota, Amuwo Odofin, Ifelodun, Olorunda, Ibeju Lekki, and Ikeja and other areas.

    Items including carts and trucks were been impounded.

    Their arrests were offshoot of the LNSC partnership with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) to deepen enforcement of sanitation regulations.

    More effort has been channeled towards the “Cleaner Lagos Initiative” launched by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, two weeks ago in the  wake of indiscriminate refuse disposal  resurfacing across the state.

    Parading the suspects at its Oshodi headquarters, the LNSA Board Chairman, Rtd. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Israel Ajao said the operation began last Friday to reinforce the fight against environmental insanitary.

    He said the agency decided to complement LAGESC  based on its widespread presence in all the fifty Local Governments and LGAs.

    Read Also: Lagos charged to embrace public solution to water crisis

    “After a meeting between LAGESC and LNSC, officers of the LNSC embarked on monitoring, identification and arrest of truck pushers who aid residence to dump refuse on road median, drainages and highways. The state government in its special programme tagged Cleaner Lagos Initiative has committed huge resources to the disposal of refuse and waste in different part of the state and in order to ensure its success, all those involved in indiscriminate dumping of refuse are being arrested for violating the state environmental laws and we have handed them over to LAGESC for prosecution,” he said.

    He encouraged Lagosians to into the state project, saying: “Residents are hereby advised to make use of facilities provided by government to dispose their refuse while our efforts continue to arrest offenders, in order to ensure a cleaner healthier, and sustainable environment.”

    According to LAGESC Executive Chairman, Idowu Mohammed, the suspects will be charged to court and made to face sanctions ranging from N20,000 fine to N50,000, community service or jail term.

  • Man docked for allegedly snatching N1.1m from Bank customer

    Man docked for allegedly snatching N1.1m from Bank customer

    The Police in Lagos on Monday  arraigned an unemployed man, Festus Eboh, in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly snatching N1.1million from an unsuspecting customer who was coming out of  a bank.

    The 35-year-old  accused,  who lives at Meiran, a Lagos suburb, is standing trial on a two-count charge before Magistrate O.A. Akokhia

    The Prosecutor,  Insp  Benedict Aigbokhan, told the court that the crime was committed at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos,  at about 12.30 p.m.  on Oct. 14, 2017.

    He alleged that the accused and others at large  conspired to snatch bags from customers coming out of the bank.

    The prosecutor said that the accused criminally waylaid and snatched a bag containing N1.1 million,  the property of an unsuspecting customer who had gone to withdraw the money  from the bank.

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    “On Oct. 26, at about 10.00 a.m.,  the accused also snatched another GTBank customer’s 30,000USD at the said place.

    “The accused was apprehended by the police after information got to the bank’s  authorities  and the CCTV was reviewed,” Aigbokhan said

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate Akokhia, who adjourned the case until March 23, granted the accused bail in the sum of               N1 million with two  sureties in like sum.

    She said that one of the sureties should be a blood relation of the accused, must be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

  • My eardrum got cracked from beating, says police torture victim 

    My eardrum got cracked from beating, says police torture victim 

    A former council official in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, Olusegun Adekoya, Wednesday narrated how he was framed for accessory to murder and was almost tortured to death by men of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IGP IRT).

    He said his eardrum got cracked due to the excessive beating he received while in detention for an offence he did not commit.

    Before he was released through the intervention of the Lagos Commissioner of Police Imohimi Edgal, his lawyer, Ikeja Branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Adesina Ogunlana, was denied access to him.

    Adekoya was arrested in connection with the killing of a businessman, Mr. Emmanuel Ubah, a.k.a Onwa, in Festac Town on July 21.

    Adekoya said he was picked up last Tuesday men of the IGP IRT as part of the investigations.

    He was bundled into a vehicle and taken to the IRT office near FSARS at Ikeja headquarters.

    Adekoya said was stripped and thoroughly beaten in a bid to force him to confess.

    Another suspect, identified as Abidemi “Badoo”, had informed the police that Adekoya gave him N1million cash to carry out the killing.

    “I was arrested on December 12. About four officers surrounded me. They were from Abuja. I said they should have invited me. The next thing, their leader said: ‘Take him away’. I was bundled into their jeep. They took me to an offices near SARS office.

    “I was taken upstairs to one Mr. Felix. He said: ‘That’s the man’. I was taken to a place downstairs that looked like a shrine. It was demarcated with a red banner. I was stripped naked. I asked: ‘What is my offence’? They said I was going to die there.

    “The next thing, the officer brought out his gun and shot at the right side and at the left side of me and said: ‘I’m going to kill you here!’ I told him I was innocent.

    “He brought out a paper from me to write a statement. I asked to see my lawyer. I received the kind of dirty slaps I had never received in my life by different officers in mufti.

    “They said I should put it in writing that the sum of N1million was given to me, and that I delivered it to the suspect who killed somebody. I refused to write. They started beating me, hitting me, asking me to do what they asked me to do. The statement of my accuser was brought to me.

    “They said I should put what I read in the statement in my own statement. I said let my lawyer come. They beat me more. I started writing rubbish. They took the pen from me and started writing. The more I talked, the more I was beaten. After they finished, I was asked to sign, which I did.

    “They took me to Cell 2. I was pushed towards the toilet where about 40 people were standing. I stood there till daybreak. All my legs were shaking. I was transferred to Cell 3, which they called Jankara Cell. So many detainees were protesting their innocence.

    “Some had been there for eight or nine months without seeing their families.  Sometimes the officers would ask suspects to bail themselves with N350, 000. Some would pay N200, 000 to be freed. There were many with wounds who could not walk. Some had sores on their body.”

    Adekoya said he was taken before the suspect, Abidemi “Badoo”, who insisted that he gave him N1million.

    Hours later, he was taken before Edgal, who interrogated Abidemi “Badoo” in his presence.

    “He said he knew Badoo while I was chairman of Amuwo Odofin Environmental Tax Force. The CP said: ‘Listen young man. If I should find out that this man is innocent, I won’t take it easy with you. Tell me the truth.”

    “It was then the suspect said that I was innocent. He said he was tortured to mention names, including my name, and the names of some APC chiefs. The CP then directed the officers to take me to the Police College Hospital for treatment. There was no nurse there,” he said.

    Adekoya said he was grateful for the CP’s intervention, which saved him from further torture.

    “If not for the CP that God used to intervene in my case, I don’t know what would have become of me. My doctor told me that my eardrum has been cracked. Something was coming out from my ear. I still feel severe pains all over my body,” he said.

    Ogunlana said he would file a suit on Adekoya’s behalf to demand damages for the torture and illegal detention for five days.

    “Nobody is saying the Police should not do their work, but our laws do not allow for the stripping of people of their dignity, torture and dehumanisation,” he said.

     

  • Man in court for alleged laptop theft

    Man in court for alleged laptop theft

    A 38-year-old man, Samuel Urhuogo, on Wednesday appeared before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged theft of five laptops worth N505,000.

    Urhuogo, who resides at Festac Town area of Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Olusegun Kokoye, told the court that the accused committed the offences with some others still at large on October 20 at Durbar Road, Amuwo Odofin, Festac Town, Lagos.

    Kokoye said that the accused broke into the shop of the complainant, one Ada Opurozor, and stole the laptops.

    He said the accused was caught by some security guards while he was trying to escape with his accomplices.

    “The accused was later handed over to the police, while accomplices escaped with the laptops,’’ he said.

    Kokoye said the offences contravened Sections 287, 309 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015.

    Section 287 stipulates a three-year jail term for stealing, while Section 309 prescribes seven years imprisonment for burglary.

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    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty the charge.

    In his ruling, the Senior Magistrate, Mr M.A Etti, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000, with two sureties in like sum.

    He adjourned the case until December 29, for mention.

    NAN

  • Protest at Amuwo-Odofin

    Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday protested the outcome of the primary election to pick candidates for next month’s local government election in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government in Lagos State.

    Joined by some indigenes including artisans, religious leaders, market women and landlords association, they called on APC stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to intervene in the process which they said threw up unpopular candidates in the area.

    Leader of the group, Comrade Eliot Oreofe, said: “It is high time the party structure understood the need to do things properly”.

    Oreofe urged the leaders to also look into the councillorship primary because “many people were denied their rightful places.”

  • APC chairmanship aspirant vows to curb unemployment in Amuwo Odofin

    APC chairmanship aspirant vows to curb unemployment in Amuwo Odofin

    A chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) in Amuwo Odofin Local Government, Lagos, Otunba Adebanjo Ayeni, said he would reduce unemployment in his constituency if given the chance to serve.

    The former Supervisor for Works in the council while briefing journalists on his plans for the local government stated that he has all the experience and expertise to move the Local Government forward.

    “The above all- encompassing package will usher in a new era of self sufficient for our enterprising men and womenfolk; provision of 24 hours functional health care service and introduction of holistic measures that will help us keep a clean and healthy environment; as well as provision of qualitative education for our children especially at the primary level which is the foundation in any scholarly pursuit,” he said.

    He said the scheme will effectively turn around our collective fortune and commensurately bring about the much expected succour to the people of the community.

    Ayeni stated that Amuwo Odofin  was a complex local government, hence, should not be left to new comers adding that it requires maturity, expertise and political sagacity to bring people together for co-existence from different nationalities.

    Ayeni, a season politician, took active part in Second Republic and the Hope ‘93 struggle of Chief M.K.O. Abiola.

  • My victim’s generosity led to my arrest, says robbery suspect

    My victim’s generosity led to my arrest, says robbery suspect

    An armed robbery suspect, Ifeanyi Smart, 26, who was arrested inside a hospital around Mile Two has said he was unmasked because of his victim’s generosity.

    Smart and one Deji (still at large) had attacked one Cyril Uba at his residence on Bola Lateef crescent, Lakeview Estate, Amuwo Odofin.

    The suspects allegedly tied up the housemaid who they first encountered before entering the man’s room where he, alongside his wife and children were hiding.

    “As soon as we entered the man’s room, I tried to hit him with an axe I was holding but he blocked it with his hand and gave me a head blow. I lost balance and he took the axe from me and hit it on Deji.

    “So, we ran out of the house with serious wounds and the man was chasing us. Later in the morning, I went to AMC Hospital around Mile Two to treat my injury.

    “I did not know that the man was also being treated in the same hospital. At the hospital I was shouting that I was hungry and I don’t have money. The man who was in another ward heard someone screaming and sent N5, 000.

    “He did not know I was the one and I did not know him either. I really did not know the house we went to because it was Deji who took me there. So, after collecting the money, I decided to go and thank the good man who gave a stranger N5,000 to eat. After thanking the man, I went back to the place they were treating me. That’s where I was before the police came and arrested me.”

    Unknown to Smart, the housemaid had noticed a tattoo on his upper arm with the inscription “the Lord is my Shepherd.”

    According to the police, the victim lodged a complaint at the station before going to the hospital for treatment and he indicated that the maid identified a tattoo on the upper arm of one of the suspects.

    “When the man gave him the money. He did not know it was the people who have robbed him until the suspect went and thanked him. As soon as the suspect approached the man, he saw the tattoo and also saw his injury, which was at the same spot he hit him.

    “So, the man called the maid to come and gave her another N5, 000 to go and give the suspect in order to identify him. As soon as the maid saw the suspect, she recognised him as the person who tied her. That was how we arrested him,” said a police source.

    Confirming his arrest, the state command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police  (SP) said effort was on to arrest Deji, adding that the case will soon be charged to court.

  • Amuwo Odofin seeks cleaner environment

    Amuwo Odofin seeks cleaner environment

    The Deaconess Modupe Ojodu-led administration in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State has called for cleaner, greener and safer environment.

    The local government, during the de-silting and clearing of drainage should not be a one-off exercise, but a continuous effort at saving the environment from environmental hazards.

    The local government, through its Environmental Services and Waste Management Department de-silted, cleared drainages and overgrown weeds at 21 Road, First Avenue, Second Avenue and Festac Link Road.

    It cleared blocked manholes at Fourth Avenue and 21 Road at Festac Town to prevent flooding.

    The perennial exercise was meant to protect the environment against natural disasters.

    The Head of Department, Environmental Services and Waste Management in the local government, Mr. Adeyemi Tella, frowned at the way residents abused the environment.

    He said the residents dumped refuse indiscriminately, burnt bush, among others, leading to the imbalance of the ecosystem.

    Tella urged the residents to beautify and enhance the aesthetics of their environment by clearing tertiary drainage, dispose their wastes properly and patronize PSP operators.

    He urged them to pay their waste disposal bills and desist from indiscriminate felling of trees.