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  • Mum, daughter accused of assaulting neighbour

    A 54-year-old woman, Roseline Akpachukwu, and her 31-year-old daughter, Angela, yesterday appeared at a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly assaulting their neighbour.

    The police charged Akpachukwu, a trader and her daughter, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member posted to Ogun State, with assault.

    Prosecuting Sergeant Modupe Olaluwoye said the defendants committed the offence at 7pm on April 20, at 9, Apollo Street, Makoko, Yaba.

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    She said a fight broke out between  Roseline and her neighbour, Mrs. Celestine Ibeanusi, after she accused her of insulting her husband and children.

    Olaluwoye alleged that Angela joined her mother in beating up the complainant when she saw them fighting.

    “My Lord, the defendants used an iron rod to beat up the complainant and they also bite her all over her body,” she said.

    Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere adjourned the case till June 19

  • My hubby raped our three daughters, says mum

    A trader, Mrs. Tope Ogba, yesterday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offence Court that her husband, Gabriel raped their two adult daughters.

    Led in evidence by the prosecutor, Mrs. K. A. Momoh-Ayokambi, the witness alleged that he also defiled their underage daughter and torched her when she reported him to the police.

    Ogba is charged with sexually molesting his daughters aged 25, 20 and 13 at their home in Oke-Ogbe town, Atura bus stop, Badagry, Lagos.

    Mrs Ogba said she was unaware of the sexual molestation, which had been on for years, until it was revealed by the youngest daughter.

    She said: “I did not know what was going on; it was when he assaulted my third daughter that I got to know what was going on. I later heard about the assault of my older daughters from neighbours.

    “When I asked my older daughters about the rumours, they initially denied it. I got to know about the assault of my third daughter from her teacher.

    “I confronted my husband, he said it was a conspiracy against him by our daughters. I told him that a young child cannot come up with such allegation against him.

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    “Ever since I confronted him, I have had no peace at home. He beats me up and threatens me.”

    The trader said a month after she reported the case, he became aggressive towards her.

    Wider Cross-examination by Ogba’s counsel, Mr E. Obelu, Mrs Ogba said she did not know when the sexual molestation began.

    “I do not know when he started molesting our daughters. I have been the breadwinner of the family.”

    The 13-year-old girl’s, testimony which came after her mother was taken in camera.

    Justice Sururat Soladoye ordered the court cleared because the witness is a minor.

    The case was adjourned till March 7.

  • Mum in court for ‘burning son with iron’

    A 31-year-old woman, Shaki Adebayo, who allegedly burnt her 12-year-old son with iron, has been arraigned at a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court.

    The defendant pleaded not guilty.

    Prosecuting Sergeant Hafsat Ajibode said the defendant committed the offence on February 10, at about 3pm, at her home.

    She alleged that the defendant, a mother of three, assaulted her 12-year-old eldest child, by burning him with iron for not returning from an errand in time.

    “Adebayo claimed that she sent her son on an errand since about 9am and he returned at about 4pm.

    “She inflicted injury on the boy with hot pressing iron out of anger for the boy’s irresponsible act.

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    “A neighbour, who was aware of the defendant’s maltreatment towards her three children, forced the door open when she heard the boy’s screams and cries.

    “When she saw how badly the boy’s body was burnt, she came to the station to report the defendant, which led to her arrest,” Ajibode said.

    Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias granted the accused N50,000 bail with one surety, who must be a relative of the defendant.

    The case continues on March 13.

     

  • Mum, three children charged with dad’s death

    Almost three years after the death of Superintendent of Police (SP) Joseph Idehen, his ex-wife Taiwo and three of their children have been charged with murder.

    In a charge filed at a Lagos High Court, the defendants were accused of conspiracy, murder, forgery of a death certificate, falsification of documents and stealing.

    The accused, Taiwo, Samuel, Michael and Ruth Idehen are standing trial before Justice Adedayo Akintoye.

    Last April, Justice Akintoye issued a warrant for their arrest and directed that they be  arraigned on May 8, but they were not.

    The police, in the charge marked LD/6510c/2017, accused the defendants of conspiring to commit the offence on July 4, 2016, at thelate Idehen’s home at 5, Odetola Street, off Merit Road, Alagbado, Lagos.

    The police said Taiwo was his third wife, adding that they divorced over 29 years ago.

    Idehen, 64, died after eating food allegedly served him by one of his daughters, about a year after he retired. He had 11 children.

    The defendants were accused of forging a death certificate from Ota General Hospital, Ogun State, with which they conveyed his body to Aragba in Delta State.

    It was alleged that efforts to conduct an autopsy proved abortive, as four of his 11 children and their mother buried him in an unknown place.

    The court heard that one of the defendants, Michael, withdrew N286, 000 from the late Idehen’s First Bank account.

    The defendants were alleged to have fraudulently withdrawn N2.1 million from his Zenith Bank account.

    The offence, according to prosecuting counsel Morufu Animashaun, contravened sections 233, 365 (3)(d), 366 and 287 (5) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The defendants pleaded not guilty.

    Animashaun prayed the court to remand them in prison pending their trial.

    “The defendants’ arraignment was predicated on a petition dated August 2016, written to the police by the Chambers of Milestone Partners, wherein the role played by each of the defendants leading to the death of the retired police officer was stated,” Animashaun said.

    He said upon receiving the petition, the defendants were invited for interrogation and their statements taken.

    But defence counsel Mr. Kennedy Osunwa argued for his clients’ bail, saying the applications “have been filed and served on the prosecution.”

    Justice Akintoye remanded the defendants in prison and fixed hearing in their applications for Friday.

  • Mum threatens to sue LASPOTECH over son’s assault

    Mother of a student of Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) allegedly assaulted by the school’s security men on July 11 for wearing earrings has threatened to go to court.

    Ms Folake Sokoya said she was injured when she went to enquire why her son, Boluwatife Olowu, was beaten up.

    She described as false LASPOTECH’s claim that she attacked its security men.

    In a statement, she said she had video and photographs to prove her case.

    Boluwatife is a National Diploma II student in the Hospitality Management Technology Department.

    The statement reads: “Reading through the purported press release, I find it misleading and false as the narrative of the Public Relations officer (PRO) does not depict the true account of what happened that day.

    “It may interest the general public to know that there are pictorial and video evidences on the true account of what transpired between both parties that fateful day.

    “The pictures of how I was battered with my son are enough evidence that their publication is false and misleading. My son and I were not in an accident but were battered mercilessly by LASPOTECH guards. I have resorted to seeking legal redress in quest for justice and my lawyer has been consulted and briefed on the matter.”

    In a petition, Sokoya said she lost some valuables to the attack.

    She said her son’s $300; stud earring, N70,000 earrings, a gold chain and pendant worth $800, a swatch wristwatch ($250) were lost. She claimed that her two Samsung J3 prime phones worth N40,000 each got damaged.

    The school denied the allegations in an earlier statement by its Deputy Registrar (Information and Public Relations) Olanrewaju Kuye.

    It described Ms Sokoya as the aggressor, alleging that she attacked its security men when she came to the school over the seizure of her son’s earrings.

  • Dickson: mum was my rock and biggest supporter

    Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson yesterday described his late mother, Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson as his rock, elder sister, friend, biggest supporter, and an integral part of his life.

    He said the life of her mother, who he fondly called Mama Gogo, impacted positively in him and on those who met her.

    Dickson spoke when the state’s federal lawmakers, condoled with him in Government House, Yenagoa.

    A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Francis Ottah Agbo quoted Dickson, as saying his mother’s love, devotion and warmth towards him and his siblings could never be quantified.

    Dickson lamented the passage of his mother, saying the vacuum created by her departure would be difficult to fill, as she always prayed for him and for his administration to succeed.

    He said: “My mum was my rock. She was not just my mother; she was my elder sister; she had me very early; she was my friend and my biggest supporter in any thing I wanted to do.

    “And she was always praying and encouraging me. Today, for the first time since her death, as we finished the morning devotion, I didn’t have my mother to hug me because every morning after devotion, she would hug me!

    “After every morning devotion, she would bless me and pronounce strength and God’s guidance and she did that till the very end. Even on her hospital bed, she was praying and blessing all her children so this is one vacuum that will be very difficult to fill.”

    The governor, who said the Dickson family was going through a trying period, noted that Mrs. Dickson would be greatly missed.

    He appreciatied all who identified with the family in its moment of grief.

     

     

     

  • Dad, mum, son held for ‘burglary, theft’

    The police have arrested a couple, Uroye and Margaret Teddy, their teenage son, Tega, and his lover, Karima Edom, for alleged burglary and theft.

    The suspects were said to have broken into 8, Ade Onitiri, Harmony Estate in Langbasa Lagos home of Mrs. Folasade Odunuga.

    According to the police, Mrs. Odunuga was on a three-month vacation, which started on May 27 when the incident occurred.

    It was gathered that the suspects looted her car and other household items after entering her house from the ceiling.

    Edom, who is said to be victim’s neighbour, allegedly informed Tega that Mrs Odunuga was away from home, laying grounds for the burglary.

    Police alleged that the lovers also cooked, wined and dined in the house.

    It was gathered that Tega with the aid of his parents, started looting the woman’s home and continued for weeks before Mrs. Odunuga’s maid, Eniola Abisola, came and discovered that many items were missing.

    She was said to have alerted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Adaobi Okafor, a Superintendent (SP), who mobilised her men to search the neighbourhood for suspects on the division’s watch list.

    “When the detectives checked on Tega, they saw Mrs Odunuga’s Chevrolette Aveo saloon car marked AKD512AP, parked in front of his parent’s house at New Osho layout, Langbasa. He was promptly arrested.

    “During interrogation, he revealed that he entered the victim’s house through the ceiling and gradually, he began to pack the household items to his father’s house.

    “He narrated that his mother helped him to hide the stolen items in an uncompleted building while his girlfriend Karima, hid some in her house.

    “Tega further revealed that his father went with him to the victim’s house to tow the aforementioned car. It was seen that Mrs Margaret Teddy had put the stolen properties for sale,” said spokesman for the command, Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).

    Oti said the police recovered the vehicle, a flat screen television, home theatre sound system, electric generator, a standing fan, five leather bags, an iPad, baby shoes and other personal items of the victim.

    He said: “The Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, charges residents to take their personal security seriously. They should ensure that their houses are entrusted in the hands of trusted relations, friends or aides whenever they travel.

    “He admonished that people should go back to our old ways of visiting their neighbours to check on them. He added that if that was the case in this instance, Teddy and his girlfriend Karima would not have had the effrontery to cook, eat and wine in Folashade Odunuga’s house during her long absence from home.”

  • Toxic fumes emission: Mum spends N300,000 on daughter’s treatment

    A trader in Oto Community in Ijora Olopa, Lagos, has claimed that she spent over N300,000 on her nine-month-old daughter, who is  undergoing treatment for intestine infection after inhaling toxic fumes from an asphalt firm

    Mrs Fausat Akande told The Nation that Faidat suffered  infection after inhaling fumes emitted from  Righteous Construction Company Nigeria Limited, which is in front of her 6A Bello Lane home.

    The company was sealed off on Wednesday by officials of the Ministries of the Environment and Health following a visit to the residents.

    Faidat is one of the many complainants in the community, who  developed several health issues after inhaling the toxic fumes.  They have been diagnosed with  cough, catarrh, eye problem and asthma.

    Many of the residents  told The Nation: “Help us o, this company wants to kill all of us before our time; we must not get blind; we are tired of taking our children and ourselves to the hospital almost every day. They have chased some of us away from our houses; everywhere is dusty; our water is dirty all because of this company.”

    The Nation gathered that the problem started in 2016, following the damage of some of the firm’s machines.

    Mrs Akande told The Nation that Faidat’s sickness began last February with vomiting and stooling, adding that she took her to the hospital and it stopped.

    She said: “The sickness began again last month; she began to have difficulty in breathing, I took her to Massey Hospital and we were there for three days till they rushed us in an ambulance to Lagos Island General Hospital. Her stomach was swollen; she could not defecate and urinate; we did a series of test before it was later discovered that the area we live emits dust. The doctors said it is the dust  stored in her chest that affected her intestine; this was why they had to operate her. I spent a lot of money and spent about 15 days at the general hospital. I have spent all the money I have on treating my daughter; there is nothing in my shop again; all that I have in my shop is what I have sold to take care of this girl.

    “The owner of this company should take his company from here; such company should be in the bush and not in a residential area.  I took my baby to the company and they promised that there will be solution but still they have done nothing. This dust affects many people in this community, especially children.”

    Inspector Bako Husseini, who lives in the Police Barracks opposite the company, said he had also been diagnosed with infection as a result of the fumes from the company, adding that he is currently on anti-biotics.

    His four-year-old daughter, Goodness, also has skin infection and she is also receiving treatment.

    He said it all began about three years ago, noting that the community is tired of taking drugs and going to the hospital every now and then.

    “When they start the production, we hardly breathe in our homes. The dust will cover the whole house, our water, bed, food, clothes and our nostrils will be blocked. We breathe the particles into our nostrils. Our children have skin rashes all the time. We go to the hospital from time to time over difficult breathing, skin infection and we keep spending money every now and then. Almost everybody in this community is coughing; there is no house that is not suffering one sickness or the other and everybody’s house is dusty.

    “We have told the owner of the company more than three times that the fumes is affecting us and he told us that something spoilt in the machine and that is what is causing the fumes and that they will do something about it, Otto community has protested more than 10 times, but up till now, nothing has been done. If nothing is done about it, many of us will start dying in this community,” he said.

    Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Abel said many people have left the community because of the problem. “My four years old daughter, Deborah coughs every day for over a year up till now and I have spent a lot of money on her. My 10 years old son also sneezes continuously every time the company is producing. This company is just killing us; once they start the production, which is usually at night, we cannot sleep; the whole house is dusty, we have to cover our nose; our cars parked outside are always dusty, even though we wash them before going to bed at night.

    “All we want is that this company should relocate so that we can stop spending our money on drugs and hospital bill all the time. They should find alternative means to do their business and not affect the whole community,” Abel said.

    Mrs Labara Maiva, whose son, Innocent suffers eye problem, said she has taken Innocent to the hospital for treatment over 20 times in the past one and a half years.

    According to her, Innocent had no problem with his eyes until the company fumes began few years ago in the area.

    She said: “Innocent uses several drugs and eyes drop; his eyes are itchy and red, and I am already tired of him using the various eyes drop more than four times every day. “We cannot spread our clothes outside once the production starts; the fumes stick to our body and it itches; everywhere gets cloudy as if it wants to rain, we need government to come to our aid.”

    Alhaja Usamat Lawal, 80,  of 5, Bello Street, who coughed severally while speaking with our reporter, pleaded with government to come to their aid.

    She said she got her cough from the fumes, adding that eyes were also  affected.

    Alhaja Lawal said: “I have been in this community for years and I have been healthy not until about last year when these fumes from the company started affecting the community. Now I cannot see long distance. I have gone to the company to tell them to have mercy on me but nothing has been done; I was told to get glasses in the hospital but I don’t have money for glasses; I am currently on various eyes drop and the expenses are already too much. The cough in the past five weeks has been terrible, it affects my chest and I sometimes lose my breath due to the cough. I beg this company to leave this community and not allow me lose my life because of them.”

  • Guinness world record dance breaker, Pinki Debbie praises mum for feat

    Guinness world record dance breaker, Pinki Debbie praises mum for feat

    The Guinness world record breaker for long dance individual, Odumewu Deborah Sunmisola a.k.a Pinki Debbie has described her mum as the ‘ginger’ or driving force behind her at a recent media chat.

    The 23 year old record breaker who danced for 137hours said: “Dancing is my hobby, I do it at every opportunity I get.”

    She also said “her mom loves dancing too. She encourages me when doing street dance competitions, school choreography and others.”

    Pinki Debbie, the first born of four children, said she started dancing fully while she was in the university in 2011.

    “I joined a dance group ‘Reflection’,” said Pinki Debbie who hails from Ogun State.

    “I wasn’t a professional dancer as at then but I knew I could dance well.”

    She also revealed how she started getting the attention from fans in 2013 when she started posting videos online before she became a professional dancer in 2016.

    When she was asked how she felt joining other like Kalamandalam Hemaletha of India and Kaffy of Nigeria in the Guinness Book Records, Pinki Debbie said she was humbled and overwhelmed.

    “It wasn’t easy while on it but I’m grateful and excited,” said the dancer who also thanked her sponsors such as Puma, Aquila Records and IBD Impex Ltd while revealing her future plans.

    “There are people who are even better than myself but they don’t believe in themselves,” she said.

    “I want to start a dance school, consulting firm in terms of promotion via social media platforms.”

    She also advised up and coming dancers to believe in God and themselves and to be humble, focused and hardworking.

  • SAN pays tribute to mum

    SAN pays tribute to mum

    Mrs Alewo Ramatu Okutepa, mother of Mr. Jibrin Samuel Okutepa (SAN) is dead. She was 103.

    In a tribute, Okutepa said: “And the matriarch has gone. She was the first daughter and first child of Uwani Atuluku of the Aju-Ocholi Dynasty of Attah Igala.

    “My mother was born an advocate and had answers to every issue you raised. She was named Alewo. She travelled wide in town so the name Alewo. She was a virtuous woman. She was simple and had no known enemies to us the children.

    “Since my dad passed on  on December 8, 1982, my mother had remained in the compound and kept the compound alive. She always said she was watching over the compound of the husband.

    “She called me oko (husband). A husband I was to her. But indeed she was a mother  to me. When I saw the lifeless body of this my ‘wife’ posted to me, I was amazed that the matriarch of the Aju-Ocholi Dynasty has gone.

    “Three days to her death I had spoken to her. She was as jovial as ever and she cracked her usual jokes with me.

    ”Now I am a complete orphan, but thank God, I am not looking for orphanage home to stay. God has done us well.

    “My mother was an epitome of humility. She was kind. She left at the full and ripe  age of 103 years. There can be no better fulfilment than this. She saw us from nothing to something.

    “Of all her children, she suffered for me most. She was in my labour for three excruciating days before she was delivered of me by a traditional midwife attendant. She did not wait to see my 58th birthday which is on January 1.

    “I was planning to celebrate Christmas with her, but now she is no more. Iya go well. Greet Baba for me. Tell Baba my story.

    “You know how you attended my swearing-in  in Abuja on August 26, 2011. Tell my father that ‘Oko’ is now a lawyer and that his blessing on me when I left for Makurdi on  October  1, 1980 has produced good results.

    “God saw me through to the peak of my career. There are many stories to tell Iya,  but you can’t discuss with me again. I covet your longevity, you put the cap on me and the rest.  Good night Iya.”