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  • Man stabs mum to death in Mushin

    A 37-year-old man, Nurudeen Bakare, went wild on Wednesday, stabbing his 65-year-old mother, Bosede, to death.

    He was said to have killed her after rented argument at their Oremeji, Ilasamaja, Mushin, Lagos home.

    Bakare was said to have been away from home for 12 years before his recent return to the area.

    He was said to have accused his mother, popularly called Iya Fali, of sitting on his father’s property, warning that he felt like killing someone.

    Iya Fali allegedly responded that he would end up in jail if he did.

    Shunning his mother’s warning, he allegedly picked up a knife and started stabbing her.

    As if possessed, he started shouting: “I have killed her! I have killed her!!, I have killed her!!!,” witness said.

    When people rushed to the scene, they saw Mrs Bakare in her pool of blood.

    Some youths immediately grabbed Bakare and started beating him.

    He reportedly begged them not to kill him, but to call the police.

    An eyewitness, who simply identified himself as Ola, described the scene as horrible.

    He said he had never seen such a thing in his life.

    “I heard that this kind of thing happened or watched something close to this in movies. This is my first time of seeing something like this. It is horrible. I can’t stand watching Iya Fali in her pool of blood on the ground. What could have gone wrong with her son,” he said.

    Another eyewitness, Iya Seun, said she heard them arguing, not knowing that it will lead to the woman’s death.

    She said: “Both of them were arguing inside the woman’s shop. We thought it was their usual tirade until we saw the man with blood stain on his hand and cloth, saying he has killed her. We quickly rushed to the woman’s shop and saw her gasping for breath. She was stabbed in the stomach, chest and her throat was slit. I don’t believe a normal human being could do that.”

    A man, who does not want his name in print, said “Bakare appeared mentally unfit.”

    According to him, some of the things he said after the incident were meaningless.

    Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman, Chike Oti, a Superintendent (SP), said Bakare had been arrested and taken to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) at Panti, Yaba.

    He said: “About 7:10pm, one Sunday Tifase of Odofin Street, Itire, Lagos reported that his younger brother, Nurudeen Bakare, 37 stabbed his mother, Bosede Bakare, 65, with a knife at her stomach and neck without any reason.

    “The victim was taken to Mainland General Hospital where she was confirmed dead by a doctor. The suspect was arrested at the scene of the crime.

    “The remains of the deceased have been deposited at same Mainland General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy. The case has been transferred to SCIID, Yaba for discreet investigation.”

  • Man scales church fence to steal N120, 000 microphone engine

    A 20-year-old computer operator, Gabriel Emmanuel, who allegedly scaled the fence of a church at night and stole N120,000 microphone engine, was on Thursday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    The accused was arraigned before the Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Tanimola, on a charge of stealing.

    Emmanuel, who resides at Akala, Mushin, Lagos, however, pleaded not guilty and was admitted to a bail of N50, 000 with one surety in like sum.

    Tanimola said the surety should be gainfully employed with an evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    Police Prosecutor Aondohemba Koti had told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 3 at Olateju, Mushin, Lagos.

    He said the accused stole a microphone engine valued at N120, 000, property of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Mushin.

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    “The accused scaled the fence at night to gain access to the church premises and stole the engine.

    “As he was about to escape through the fence, the security guard sighted him and raised alarm, shouting ‘thief, thief’.

    “The accused was apprehended with the help of some members, who were sleeping in the church after the vigil.

    “The stolen item was recovered and the accused was handed over to the police,” Koti said.

    The offence violated Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the offence carries a penalty of three years imprisonment.

    Further hearing has been fixed for June 20.

  • Jobless friends appear in court for impersonation

    Two friends, who allegedly impersonated police officers to steal a motorcycle valued N200,000, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    The accused are, Mohammed Usman, 30 and Adamu Mohammed, 30, both of them, who are unemployed, reside at Mushin and Shogunle areas of Lagos State.

    The two men are being tried for conspiracy, impersonation and stealing.

    The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the offences were committed on April 29 at Suberu Close, Shogunle, Lagos.

    Odugbo said that the accused stopped a motorcyclist on his way and showed him fake police identity cards, claiming he was under arrest for taking a one way.

    “The accused told the complainant, Mr Oseni Mohammed, that his motorcycle had been impounded and that he should bring N4,000 to recover it.

    “The complainant begged them to collect N1,000 but they insisted on N4,000 and when they attempted to ride the motorcycle away, the complainant shouted for help,” he said.

    Odugbo added that a passerby helped in apprehending the accused, who were about to run away.

    “The police on patrol met them at the scene and arrested the accused,” he added.

    Odugbo said that the motorcycle is valued N200,000.

    The offences violated Sections 77, 280 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The magistrate, Mrs S. K Matepo, granted the accused to bail of N100,000 each with two sureties in like sum.

    Matepo adjourned the case until May 30 for mention.

  • 2019: Lagos lawmakers rally support for Gbajabiamila

    Some members of the House of Representatives from Lagos State have commended the leadership of the Leader of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila at national, state and constituency levels since his election into the house in 2003 .

    The All Progressives Congress ( APC ) lawmakers spoke in turns at the “Surulere General Assembly’’ on Thursday night.

    They said that they would support his bid to seek re-election to serve his people through quality representation.

    They appealed to residents of Gbajabiamila’s constituency to also support him in his bid to seek re-election.

    The newsmen reports that Gbajabiamila has been representing Surulere 1 Federal Constituency in the green chamber of the National Assembly since 2003.

    The lawmakers are: Messrs Jide Jimoh ( Yaba Fed. Constituency ), Ayo Joseph ( Apapa ), Rotimi Agunsoye ( Kosofe ) Yusuf Ayinla ( Mushin 2 ), and Olaitan Nurudeen ( Ifako-Ijaiye ).

    Mr JIde Jimoh described Gbajabiamila as an asset to the House of Representatives, who he said, had acquitted himself remarkably well as a legislator.

    He said the House Leader had initiated many development-oriented bills in the house and contributed robustly to debates in its sessions.

    Jimoh said Gbajabiamila served his people selflessly, urging residents of Surulere to unite and support him for another term.

    “We are here today to thank Surulere for giving to the house an impactful legislator like Hon.Gbajabiamila.

    “He has been an asset to the house with his great presentation of issues and robust contributions to sessions.

    “We are proud of him and we want you, his constituents to unite and support his bid to seek re-election,” he said.
    Jimoh said that Gbajabiamila was already a principal officer of the house and that replacing him with someone else at this point would not give much benefit to the constituency and the state.

    Also speaking, Hon, Ayo Joseph said lawmaking was about experience, passion and service.

    He said that Gbajabiamila’s wealth of experience as a member of the House was a great asset not only to the National Assembly but also to the nation.

    He urged residents of Surulere to speak with one voice and support the House Leader for another term to “continue the good work he has been doing”.

    Mr Rotimi Agunsoye said the hallmark of leadership was to lead well and see what others could not see.

    He said Gbajabiamila had demonstrated exemplary leadership and had impacted positively on his constituents.

    Agunsoye said the House Leader was a legislator per excellence who commanded the respect of house members with his erudite presentation of issues.

    “When Gbajabiamila speaks others listen. Every one of us loves to listen to him in the house.

    “He is a selfless leader and a legislator per excellence. I want the residents of Surulere to re-nominate this gentleman to keep the flag flying,” he said.

    Also, Mr Olaitan Nurudeen said Gbajabiamila was a rallying point for Lagos lawmakers in the house.

    He added that the lawmaker was a blessing not only to Surulere but to the state, urging his constituent members to support him for another term.

    Similarly, Mr Yusuf Ayinla also commended Gbajabiamila for what he called his achievements in the house, saying he deserved another term for his great performance.

    The Secretary of APC in the state, Mr Hakeem Bamgbala described Gbajabiamila as a great party man who had not only made the state proud but also the party.

    Bamgbala represented by the Vice-Chairman, Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area, Mr Gbenga Oyebode, said Gbajabiamila had demonstrated exemplary leadership.

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    Also, Mr Desmond Elliot; a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly ( LAHA ), said Gbajabiamila had touched the lives of many constituents.

    He said that he had empowered many residents through so many initiatives and represented the area well at the House of Representatives.

    He urged the residents of Surulere to give the House Leader all the support in his bid for another term.

    A resident and chieftain of the APC, Mr Adeseye Amigos, praised Gbajabiamila for his contributions to the development of Surulere.

    He said that the residents were pleased with him and would support his bid for another term.

    The newsmen reports that other constituents took turns to commend Gbajabiamila at the assembly, pledging support for him.

    NAN

  • Another three persons die in Mushin crisis

    •Police: we lost a Sergeant

    A Junior Secondary School (JSS) two pupil, Samuel Okechukwu and two others identified as Ambali Adeyemi and Akeem Mumuni yesterday lost their lives in Idi-Oro and Akala areas of Mushin to the continued clash between policemen from the Area ‘D’ Command and hoodlums.

    This brings to eight number of lives lost to the fracas.

    The Nation learnt that Okechukwu died due to inhaling of tear gas shot by the police.

    Eyewitness on Alhaji Lasisi Street, Idi-Oro said the boy was returning from school when he got entangled in the crisis.

    “Okechukwu collapsed when he got choked by the tear gas. He was rushed home but could not be taken to the hospital due to the intensity of the fracas. His parents were helpless and painfully watched him died at home,” he said.

    Another eyewitness said Adeyemi and Mumuni were caught in the middle of the crisis.

    Residents alleged that the police destroyed and looted their property.

    According to them, some officers went away with generator, office machines, crates of beer and other valuables.

    A transporter accused the police of betraying the hoodlums who deal in hemp.

    The hemp’s dealer, he said, were angry because they do not expect the police to seize their goods after settling them.

    He said: “I learnt that the hemp’s dealer contributed over N1m for one of the police’ bosses and even repaint Alakara Police Station recently. If you collect things from them, how can you say you want to fight them?

    “Despite these, the police came to seize hemps worth millions of naira and arrested some of the dealers. How can they do that without the guys fighting back?”

    Meanwhile, Police yesterday confirmed that a sergeant, Abam Mohammed, died in the clash between hoodlums and police in Idi-oro, Mushin.

    In a statement, the command said Mohammed died at the Mainland General Hospital, Yaba,  where he was rushed to after he was hit by bullet during the clash.

    The statement reads: “At about 8am, the Area Commander of  Area ‘D’ Mushin, upon receiving information that a bullion van marked MUS 834 ER, loaded with arms and substance suspected to be Indian hemp, was being escorted by unknown armed men to 4 Umoru Street, Odi-Olowo, Mushin, where some hoodlums were hibernating, to deliver the items,  quickly led some policemen to the scene. On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums opened fire which was repelled by the officers. Two of the hoodlums were fatally wounded while Ayomide Oluwadayo, 40 and five other principal suspects were arrested.

    “However, a member of the police team, F/No. 431273 Sergeant Abam Mohammed hit by bullet during the encounter was rushed to the Mainland General Hospital  where he later died.

    “Two pump action guns with 50 unexpended cartridges, 35 bible size, 16 full and four half sacks of Indian hemp were recovered.  Corpses (sic) deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy.”

    The command said efforts were being being made to arrest other fleeing hoodlums and impound the bullion van.

    It said security had been beefed-up in the area.

    Also yesterday, Commissioner of Police (CP) Imohimi Edgal  warned youths against confronting law enforcement officers with firearms.

    Edgal said if persuasion failed, the command would   arrest and prosecute law breakers no matter how highly placed.

    He spoke during a meeting with stakeholders, traditional rulers and opinion leaders in Surulere, Coker-Aguda and Itire-Ikate.

    In attendance were Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs Muslim  Folami, Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Yinka Akinriade, Itire-IKate LCDA Chairman Ahmed Apatira and his Coker-Aguda counterpart,  Mrs Omobolanle Akinyemi-Obe.

    The meeting followed  developments in Aguda, Itire and Akala where some youths  engaged in acts of brigandage, sale and use of illicit drugs, cultism and gang wars.

    Edgal sought public cooperation to eradicate cultism,  drug abuse and other forms of social vices prevalent among  youths in those areas.

    He urged parents and elders of Itire  to learn from their Ikorodu where over 860 youths renounced cultism and surrendered their firearms to the police.

  • Cultism: Police arrest seven in Mushin

    Cultism: Police arrest seven in Mushin

    The police have arrested seven suspected cultists, including two females, following incessant clashes between rival cult groups in Mushin area of Lagos.

    The Divisional Police Officer in Olosan area of Mushin, Adekunle Omisakin, a Chief Superintendent (CSP) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the suspects, aged between 18 and 23, were arrested in Ladipo area.

    He said that the gangs had been terrorising residents of Mushin with their incessant clashes.

    “Three cutlasses, charms and one axe were recovered from them. They will be transferred to Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad, Ikeja for further investigation,” the DPO said.

    Some of the suspects, who spoke with NAN, claimed that they were commercial bus conductors in Mushin, stressing that they were not part of the cult groups.

    NAN reports that more than 20 suspected cultists were arrested and paraded by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Imohimi Edgal, since the beginning of the year.

     

  • Mushin residents decry electricity disconnection by EKEDC

    Mushin residents decry electricity disconnection by EKEDC

    Residents of Masewele Community in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Wednesday decried power outage in the area in the last two weeks.

    Mr Bamgbose Oladele, the Chairman, Electricity Committee, Masewele Community Development Association, spoke on behalf of the residents in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

    NAN reports that areas affected include Major Street, Labinjo Street, Oduntan Street, Odesanya Street, Adeyanju Street, Alamutu Market, Wilkey Street, Shoremekun Street, Martins Street and Erikitoka Street.

    Oladele said that the outage was as a result of the disconnection of electricity supply to the area by Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC from the transformer.

    “This has put the entire community in total darkness in the last 16 days,’’ he said.

    Oladele said that the outage had paralysed social and economic activities in the area.

    “We have been paying our monthly electricity bills to EKEDC until 2015 when the transformer supplying our community became faulty.

    “In spite of the fact that we were in darkness for over one year, EKEDC was still billing us monthly.

    “Eventually, when the transformer was repaired, we held meetings with EKEDC officials to reduce or nullify the bills given to us during the period of outage.

    “Instead of reducing the bills, EKEDC started giving the consumers in the community outrageous bills.

    “All appeals made by our leaders in the community and other stakeholders to EKEDC to stop circulating outrageous electricity bills on monthly basis have not yielded positive results.

    “The electricity bills for September, October and November recently circulated to us worsen the situation,’’ Oladele said.

    He said that the residents were given bills of an average of N20, 000 and N25, 000 monthly as their electricity consumption.

    Oladele said that the residents had written many letters to the EKEDC management, adding that all efforts made by the stakeholders to resolve the issues were rebuffed by EKEDC officials.

    Also, Mr Osunniyi Olalekan, a landlord at Labinjo Street, said that the outage had made the community vulnerable to activities of cultists and armed robbers at night.

    Olalekan said: “This outage has also affected our economic activities.

    “We urge EKEDC to restore electricity to our community and hold meeting with us on how to resolve the impasse.’’  In his remarks, Mr Chinedu Okafor, a cybercafe operator at Alamutu Market, said he had been running his business at a loss for the past two weeks due to the outage.

    “I have to fuel my generator daily because of this power outage,’’ Okafor said.

    He appealed to EKEDC management to convene a meeting with the community’s representatives to resolve the misunderstanding and restore electricity supply to the community.

    When contacted, Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications Unit, EKEDC, said that the company was aware of disconnection of electricity to the area.

    Idemudia appealed to the residents to exercise patience, saying that the issue would soon be rectified.

  • 14-hour power outage in Ikeja, Isolo, Mushin today

    The Management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a 14-hour power outage for Ikeja, Mushin and Isolo today.

    TCN Lagos Region spokesperson Mrs Celestina Osin, in a statement said the outage would affect consumers from 10am to 12 midnight.

    Osin said the disruption of supply was to enable the company’s team of engineers carry out some urgent and important repairs on 2NO 60MVA 132/33KV transformers at the Isolo 132KV Transmission Station.

    “”We solicit for understanding from all the customers, especially for the inconveniences this will cause them even as this information comes to them at such short notice,’’ Osin said.

  • Tragedy as one-year-old slips, dies inside latrine pit in Lagos

    Tragedy as one-year-old slips, dies inside latrine pit in Lagos

    A pall of grief fell on Morgan area of Mushin after a one-year-old called Boluwatife fell into a latrine pit last Thursday, as the incident happened shortly the mother of the baby left for work.

    The mother of the baby identified simply as Funmi, a nurse, was said to have her child in the care of her mother at her residence on Morgan Bus Stop on Itire Road, Mushin.

    A crowd of sympathisers were seen discussing the incident when our correspondent visited the scene.

    The Nation gathered that the baby crawled out of his grandmother’s apartment and slipped into the abandoned latrine pit outside the building.

    His body was later evacuated from the pit by men of Olosan Police Division, Mushin.

    Residents told The Nation that the decrepit latrine pit had been abandoned for the past three years by the owner of the building, who is a lawyer by profession.

    ‘’ The owner of the building is a lawyer. He is aware of the condition of the latrine, yet nothing has been done to salvage it. If the toilet was repaired the baby would not have slipped into the pit and died, a resident, Tayo Okewale said.

  • Bad leaders behind Mushin crisis, says ex-lawmaker

    What happened in Mushin during the last local government election does not give cause for alarm, a former lawmaker, Muyiwa Fedeyi has said.

    Fadeyi, who was in the Lagos State House of Assembly between 1999 and 2003, said the controversy over who got the ticket to run, was uncalled for.

    He praised former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for re-directing Yoruba politics and putting the Southwest in the mainstream of national politics.

    He urged the Yoruba race to rally round Asiwaju in his plan for the Southwest region recently occupy in the political setting of the country.

    “Ordinarily, I refrain from commenting on issues that are controversial in nature, but l am now being forced to comment because those who are in a position to intervene when things seem to be going wrong but decided to keep quiet, are themselves culpable when eventually the walls come down collapsing,” Fadeyi said.

    “What goes around comes around, most of the people shouting imposition are themselves past beneficiaries of imposition. That’s the truth,” he said”.

    He noted that in the past, the Yoruba had always been in opposition while other ethnic group enjoyed the spoil of controlling the Federal government, especially during the first and second republic.

    “Indeed, at the inception of the present dispensation, despite the fact that a Yorubaman in the person of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was the president, a large percentage of the states in western region were in opposition, including our beloved Lagos State. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu redirected the western region politics and what we have now is a situation where you have the Yoruba at the thick of things in Abuja we even have a Yorubaman as Acting-president.

    “To my mind, Asiwaju is a personality to be respected and put in the highest esteem by every right thinking Yorubaman and other Nigerians. It is therefore appalling to read on the pages of newspapers, our fellow Yorubamen writing rubbish about Asiwaju in the press. If the ladder they used to get to the top is weak, they should rally round such ladder and make it stronger,” Fadeyi said.