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  • Guard faces trial for colleague’s death

    An Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court has ordered that a guard, Usman Abdulkareem, be remanded at the Ikoyi Prison for allegedly killing his colleague.

    Magistrate A. Kusanu said the accused would be in custody, pending advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    The accused is being tried for the alleged murder of his colleague, Augustine Musa, 34, who he accused of gossiping about him.

    Abdulkareem’s plea was not taken, as the court lacks jurisdiction to prosecute the case.

    The Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Gafar Oderinde, an Assistant Suprintendent (ASP), said the accused committed the offence on December 18 at Dangote Oil Refinery, Idasho town, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State by 9pm.

    The magistrate adjourned till January 30.

  • Soldiers invade community over colleague’s death

    •Police join military to fish out killers

    There is panic in Ogotun-Ekiti, a community in Ekiti Southwest Local Government of Ekiti State, following the killing of a soldier.

    The killing of the soldier by gunmen suspected to be robbers on Wednesday caused invasion of the community by soldiers.

    Residents claimed that the soldiers, who stormed Ogotun from the Army base in Akure, the Ondo State capital, now patrol their community in 12 Toyota Hilux vans.

    While many residents have left the town, others who are afraid of going out, stay indoors.

    A community leader, Mr. Paul Awopetu, who confirmed the development to The Nation yesterday, said a resident was killed by suspected robbers at Olori Oko farmstead in Ogotun.

    He said one person, who escaped from the robbery scene, reported the incident to soldiers manning a checkpoint between Ogotun and neighbouring Igbara Odo.

    Awopetu added: “Two soldiers followed the person who escaped from the farmstead, but the robbers killed one of the soldiers.

    “As I am talking to you, soldiers are patrolling Ogotun in 12 Hilux vehicles.

    “The soldiers are combing the bush, forest and surrounding farmsteads in search of the robbers, who killed their colleague.”

    Police spokesman Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the incident, described those who killed the soldier as “unknown gunmen.”

    Ikechukwu said the police have joined the military in search of those who killed the soldier.

    He said: “I have been duly informed about the soldier killed by unidentified gunmen.

    “Intensive search is going on, but I cannot ascertain the number of soldiers. If you kill a soldier, you should expect the military to go into action.

    “We have deployed our men to join in the search for the culprits.”

  • 63 held as Okada men torch police van over colleague’s death

    Some commercial motorcyclists went wild yesterday, setting a police van ablaze in Ikorodu, Lagos. They were said to be protesting the death of their colleague following a chase by some policemen.

    It was gathered that the okada riders stormed the streets of Ibeshe in Ikorodu following the death of their colleague who fell into a ditch and hit his head against a stone.

    It was gathered that he was being chased by a patrol team from Ipakodo for allegedly refusing to part with N100.

    But the police said the motorcyclist, who was carrying a passenger with a bag, refused to stop for routine check and ran into the ditch to evade arrest.

    A source said: “When they saw that he has fallen into the ditch and was bleeding, they fled and abandoned him there. Some of his colleagues rescued him from the ditch. He sustained severe injuries on his head and body.

    “He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died. This morning, motorcyclists grouped and attacked the policemen at Baale junction in Owode.

    “The policemen fled and abandoned the patrol vehicle, which the protesters set ablaze.”

    Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives, riot policemen and soldiers have been deployed in Ikorodu the to restore normalcy.

    Contacted, spokesman for the command, Chike Oti, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said attacks on policemen, properties would no longer be tolerated.

    Oti said 63 persons were arrested for the arson, adding that the command would henceforth, use all lawful means, including firearms against persons who vandalise police properties.

    He said Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal had directed that the suspects be charged to court. An application, he added would also be filed demanding that they be surcharged for the purchase of another patrol van.

    Oti described the incident as unfortunate, adding that the burnt van was stationed at a black spot in Ibeshe.

    He said: “The incident occurred around 10:45 pm. It was occasioned by an encounter between policemen manning the black spot and an Okada man plying the routes way beyond Lagos State approved time of 10pm on Tuesday.

    “As he approached the police pin down point, the team observed that he was carrying a passenger with a big bag placed between him and the rider and so they flagged him down.

    “Instead of obeying the police signal, the Okada man increased his speed to evade scrutiny. Sadly, he ended up in a ditch and passed on. Meanwhile his associate with the suspicious bag vanished into thin air.

    “On Wednesday morning, Okada riders sympathetic to their late colleague, mobilised and attempted to burn the Ibeshe Police Post. They were resisted. So, they moved and found a softer target which was a police van stationed at a known black spot in Ibeshe and set it ablaze.

    “In view of this incident, the police authorities in Lagos State wish to warn all those with penchant to burn, destroy or loot public property/armoury, that the command would be compelled to use all lawful means, including the use of firearms, to protect such properties and defend its personnel.

    “The police in Lagos will no longer stand by and watch hoodlums destroy government properties worth millions for whatever reason. Any group of persons with complaints against the police action must toe the civilised option of registering same with the police authorities for appropriate action.”

  • OSUSTECH students protest colleague’s death

    STudents of Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa have protested the death of their colleague.

    They reportedly blocked Okitipupa-Igbokoda Road, disrupting traffic.

    The deceased, identified as Rotimi Olabisi, a 500-level student of Ekiti State University, who came to visit his friend at OSUSTECH, was said to have been knocked down last weekend by a vehicle while attempting to cross the road in front of the school gate.

    The students were said to have expressed dismay over the alleged nonchalant attitude of the institution authority over the security of the students.

    They vowed to continue the protest until something drastic was done to reduce incessant deaths on the highway, which the students described as too many in recent time.

    The students called on the school authorities to erect a speed limit breaker in front of the school main gate, to prevent recurrence.

    They also demanded among other things, a police post, improved transport system, accommodation facilities and others.

    The Registrar, Philip Akinlusi, sympathised with the students, but described their protest as mischievous.

    He said the school authorities would begin the erection of speed limit breakers latest today, which he believed the Students’ Union Government was aware of.

    Akinlusi said the students should go home for two weeks to allow the completion of the speed limit breakers.

     

  • Ebonyi Lassa fever outbreak: Doctors protest colleagues’ death

    Ebonyi Lassa fever outbreak: Doctors protest colleagues’ death

    Doctors in  Ebonyi State yesterday blamed the Federal Government for the death of their colleagues when they staged a peaceful protest at the Government House gate Abakaliki to protest the death  their members who died from Lassa fever infection.

    The Nation had reported the death of two doctors and a nurse working at Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, FETHA to suspected Lassa Fever infection.

    The doctors gave the names of the dead health workers as Felix Ali, an indigene of Ebonyi State, Dr.  Abel Udo from Akwa Ibom State and a nurse, Mr. Innocent Iwe, from Imo State.

    The doctors, who carried placards with inscriptions such as,  “We mourn the death of our colleagues”, “Federal Government should make the virology centre in Ebonyi functional”, “We can’t be safe without a functional virology center” among others said apart from those confirmed dead,  another house officer was in a critical situation at the Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo State.

    The leader of the  doctors, Onwe Mbam, said since 2005 till date,  there has not been any year Lassa fever  killed a health worker.

    He said Governor   David Umahi, after the construction of a virology centre, handed it over to the Federal Government, which promised to equip it.

    “We had expected the Federal Government which had before now promised to equip the place to do so. Dr.  Felix stayed there a day and his counterpart, Dr. Udo while the nurse stayed four days there before he was also taken to Irrua where he also died”.

    Mbam said: “Immediately Dr. Felix died, they wrapped him in a body bag, put him in an ambulance and moved him down from Irrua to Federal Teaching Hospital gate where we followed him to his village. Before then we had already communicated them to dig a grave before our arrival. On getting to the village, we put on our hazmat suit, brought out the corpse, put it in the casket we bought and dumped him in the grave.

     

  • Mechanic charged with colleague’s death

    A 28-year-old mechanic, Taiwo Adeyemi was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly killing his colleague, Isikiru Oladeinde. He was said to have committed the act with a nail studded wood.

    The incident was said to have occurred in 2014 at Ashade market in Agege.

    Oladeinde was arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi on a one count charge of manslaughter.

    Testifying before the court, the deceased’s brother Kehinde Oladiende, recalled his widow called him at night to notify him of the incident.

    “My late younger brother’s wife called me around 11pm on the day of the incident that he was in serious pains as a result of the injury he sustained during the fight.

    “I rushed there the next day and found my brother in serious pains. His arm was swollen up to his neck. We rushed him to Ota General Hospital where he was admitted for a day.

    “When his condition worsened, we were referred to the Federal Medical Centre in Ota, where he later gave up at midnight.

    “Being Muslims, my brother was buried immediately. His wife also died few weeks later because of the trauma. The four children they left behind were distributed among our family members,” he told the court.