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  • Man, 44, ‘rapes’ six-year-old girl

    The police in Ogun State have arrested a 44-year-old man, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter.

    Rafiu Moruf, the police said, was nabbed on Monday after the victim’s mother became aware that he had raped her daughter.

    Moruf, said to be living with his wife in a house behind Aferiku Secondary School, Idiroko, allegedly raped the minor.

    Police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the girl confessed to her mother after she noticed that her daughter acted strangely.

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    He said: “Upon close examination, the woman found semen in the girl’s private parts. She questioned her and she confessed that the suspect took her to his room and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

    “The woman reported at the Idiroko Police Station and detectives went to the suspect’s house and arrested him.

    “On interrogation, the suspect confessed to have committed the crime. The victim has been taken to hospital.”

  • Man, woman found dead inside car

    A man and a woman have been found dead inside a vehicle, but the cause of their death remains a mystery.

    The police yesterday said investigation had begun to unravel how they died.

    The deceased, who were said to be well dressed, were found inside a vehicle at Maryland, Lagos, on Saturday morning.

    It is believed that they might have been chatting because of the position they were found.

    The Nation learnt that they might have died of carbon monoxide inhalation.

    Detectives, it was learnt,   found alcoholic beverages and substances suspected to be herbal concoctions in the vehicle.

    The bodies have been deposited in a mortuary.

    Command spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), told The Nation that Commissioner Zubairu Muazu has given the forensic unit one week to submit its findings.

    He said: “The police were called to the scene around 8:30am. The bodies were already stiff when the detectives arrived. The identity card of the driver and other items were found inside the vehicle. They have been handed over to forensic experts for analysis. The name on the ID card is Emmanuel Chetan I., Creative Director, Image World Visuals.

    “Commissioner Muazu has directed the Forensic Unit, Homicide Section, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos to carry out detailed investigation into the matter and submit its report within one week.”

    Oti added that the family of the woman, whose name is Annie Bose Akhadelor, has been contacted.

  • Man arraigned for alleged fraud

    A 47-year-old man, Opeoluwa Okusaga, has been arraigned at a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for alleged fraud.

    The accused was alleged to have issued a Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) cheque number 61840952 to the value of over N600,000 to Fredrick Ohemu, a representative of Laves Hotels, Rumuagholu Road, Port Harcourt, which was dishonoured on presentation at the bank for insufficient funds in the account.

    A document obtained from the court alleged that the accused lodged in the hotel between September 3, 2018 and January 10, 2019 and deliberately issued the fake cheque in attempt to defraud the hotel.

    He pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of dishonoured cheque slammed on him.

    Counsel to the accused applied for bail and the court presided over by Magistrate Sokari Andrew-Jaja obliged.

    He granted N100,000 bail with one surety in the like sum.

    Jaja adjourned till February 12.

  • Man steals N100,000 necklace

    A 39-year-old man, Bola Owueni, yesterday appeared at a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, for alleged theft of a gold necklace worth N100,000.

    Prosecuting Sergeant Ade Adeosun alleged that Owueni stole the necklace from Mr. Joseph Ade on January 3 at Esepe village in Badagry.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    “The complainant caught him and handed him over to the police,” he said.

    Adeosun said the offence contravened Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    Chief Magistrate Lazarus Hotepo granted the accused N50,000 bail, with two sureties in the like sum.

    The case continues on February 12.

     

  • Man sues siblings over land

    A middle-aged man, Obed Umeojiaka, has sued his four siblings over his inheritance of the Obi and compound of his late father at Ifite village, Ezinifite, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.

    He said he sued his brothers, Emeka, Ifeanyi and two others, as the eldest son in accordance with the custom and tradition of the community.

    In Suit No.AG/7/2019, Obed claimed, among others, that while his father was alive, he (Obed) erected some buildings, including a warehouse and boys’ quarters, within his (father’s) compound and fenced them off with an entrance gate.

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    Obed said: “My late father 20 years ago called his male children and gave homesteads to us individually outside his father’s compound.

    “None of us protested, we accepted the homesteads from our father.”

    He said he had been in possession and occupation of the Obi and compound of his late father until January 2017 when the siblings allegedly invaded the compound.

  • Do not sign AfCFTA, MAN urges Fed Govt

    THE Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has urged the Federal Government not to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), saying the measure would save Nigeria  from being used as a dumping ground for foreign goods.

    MAN’s President, Mansur Ahmed, who is also the interim Chairman of Africa Manufacturers Association said this was the stand of the association taken at the 2019 Edition of the MAN Annual Media Luncheon for Commerce and Industry Correspondents in Lagos.

    Ahmed urged the government to withhold its assent to the agreement pending the completion of the ongoing assessment to determine its likely impact on the manufacturing sector and the economy at large.

    He said “The position of the association is that government should not sign the framework agreement until wide reaching sensitisation and proper assessment are conducted on its impact on the economy and the manufacturing sector. Our advocacy on AfCFTA is yielding desired results and as you are aware, Nigeria is yet to sign the framework agreement. MAN is a functional member of this committee that is billed to submit its report to the President in early February. In addition, MAN, being a proactive organisation that strongly believes in evidence-based advocacy commissioned a sector-specific study on AfCFTA. We have shared the study, full report and fact sheets on the highlights of findings with the Presidential Committee on AfCFTA.

    We are confident that the eventual position of Nigeria on the AfCFTA Framework Agreement would be well articulated in a fresh National Negotiation Mandate that is in the best interest of the manufacturing sector and indeed the Nigerian economy. The position would pay utmost attention to emerging issues on AfCFTA and ensure that the industrial aspiration of the country is not compromised on the platter of free trade.”

    AfCFTA is a free trade area being outlined in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement by 49 out of the 55 nations in African. If the agreement is ratified, the free-trade area will be the largest in the world in terms of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organisation. The agreement was brokered by the African Union (AU) and was signed on March 21, 2018 by 44 of its 55 member states in Kigali, Rwanda. Nigeria is yet to sign the agreement.

  • Man sues siblings over land

    A middle-aged man, Obed Umeojiaka, has sued his four siblings over his inheritance of the Obi and compound of his late father at Ifite village, Ezinifite, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.

    He said he sued his brothers, Emeka, Ifeanyi and two others, as the eldest son in accordance with the custom and tradition of the community.

    In Suit No.AG/7/2019, Obed claimed, among others, that while his father was alive, he (Obed) erected some buildings, including a warehouse and boys’ quarters, within his (father’s) compound and fenced them off with an entrance gate.

    Obed said: “My late father 20 years ago called his male children and gave homesteads to us individually outside his father’s compound.

    “None of us protested, we accepted the homesteads from our father.”

    He said he had been in possession and occupation of the Obi and compound of his late father until January 2017 when the siblings allegedly invaded the compound.

     

  • Man ‘stabs’ hotel manager

    A 21-year-old man, Samuel Wills, suspected to be a member of a cult, was yesterday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing a hotel manager in the head with a broken bottle.

    Wills, whose address was not provided, is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, cultism, assault and stealing.  He pleaded not guilty.

    Prosecutor Godwin Oriabure said the accused committed the offences with others at large on December 21 at 11:30pm at Ben Jack Hotel in Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos.

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    He alleged that the accused and his friends beat up the complainant, Mr. Agwu Okike, because of disagreement over the payment of their bill.

  • 32-year-old man accused of sodomy

    An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded a 32-year-old man, Victor Martin, in Kirikiri Prisons for alleged sodomy.

    He was said to have had sex with a 10-year-old boy through the anus.

    Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi said he should be kept behind bars, pending advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    Martin, who lives at Shasha, Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of defilement.

    Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ezekiel Ayorinde said the accused committed the offence on December 1 in Ikeja, Lagos.

    “The minor was sent on errand by his mother to fetch firewood.

    “While in the bush, the accused dragged him, assaulted and promised to give him money if he cooperated.

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    “He inserted his manhood into the boy’s anus and forcefully had carnal knowledge of him.

    “A good Samaritan heard the boy’s cry, traced where the cry was coming from and caught the accused in the act.

    “He alerted the police, who rescued the boy. The accused was arrested,” the prosecutor alleged.

    The offence violates Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The case continues on January 21.

  • Man, 21, in court for stealing beer, juice

    A 21-year-old man, Kamaru Kuye, was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing goods valued at N220,800.

    Prosecutor Inspector Oladele Adebayo said the defendant committed the offence on December 23, at 2:30am, at 1, Kano Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos

    Kuye, of no fixed address, is facing a two-count charge of burglary and stealing before Chief Magistrate Mr. O.O. Olatunji.

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    Adebayo said the accused unlawfully entered the shop of the complainant, Mrs. Risikat Salako, and stole one TV set, four crates of beer and a pack of juice valued at N220,800

    When the charge was read, Kuye pleaded not guilty.

    Chief Magistrate Olatunji granted the defendant N100,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum and adjourned till January 30 for mention.