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  • Furore over alleged attempt to circumcise man’s daughters

    A man, Shoyemi Adewale, has cried out after he was allegedly frequently assaulted and brutalised by his family members over his failure to present his daughters for circumcision.

    The latest attack happened on March 27, while Adewale was on a trip to Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

    The family members were said to have become angry after Adewale refused that his daughters be circumcised in line with his family’s age-long traditional practice laden with rituals.

    Last year, he was also allegedly attacked by some of his family members along Oba Akran Road, Ikeja, Lagos while he was returning home from work.

    ‘’This is the second attack on me. The first attack happened in Lagos around December last year over the same issue. The recent attack took place while I was on my way to pick up application form for doctorate degree at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on March 27 this year.

    ‘’ I was assaulted by four family members for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of my daughters and not bringing them for circumcision. My car was even vandalised in the process, though I made a police report, I knew much won’t come out of it as I was told(by the police) to go and settle it in the family way while none of my attackers was arrested. ‘’

    Adewale noted that his wife, Olabisi, had been subjected to series of assault and brutality by his siblings in recent past.

    ‘’In July 2017, while I was on a trip outside Lagos, my family members went to my house and assaulted my wife for refusing to hand over our daughters for circumcision. My wife suffered swollen head and body bruises in the attack.

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    ‘’Ever since then, we lived in fear until I decided to move them to a different location, but after some time my family members ended up knowing my wife’s whereabouts and continued to harass her until my wife made a drastic decision to live very far away.’’

    He said his father had recently insisted that he won’t get away with preventing his daughters from being circumcised because of certain negative spiritual consequences and had threatened to remove his name from his will.

    He added: ‘’I had changed addresses many times, but I was surprised how quick they knew my new address. There was a time in 2012 when I asked my wife to take my daughter to her brother’s residence in Bayelsa State. I was shocked to find out that she was trailed to a bus station there and assaulted again. She was saved by her brother and passers-by. But her brother was very unlucky. One of the assailants attacked him with a cutlass and almost cut off his arm. My wife quickly returned to Lagos, from where she went into hiding.’’

    Adewale said he was shocked that the assault could be unleashed on him.

    ‘’My wife is more than ever fearful after she received the news of the latest assault on me, because she never thought it would come to that.”

  • Bauchi governor to initiate bill for creation of new districts   

    Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar says his administration will soon initiate a bill to the Bauchi State House of Assembly for the creation of new districts and village areas.

    The governor posited that the bill would increase the involvement of the traditional institution in governance, especially in the area of security.

    In a statement signed by the press secretary to the governor, Abubakar Al-Sadique, and made available to newsmen, the governor stated this while receiving reports of the committee instituted to review the creation of districts and village areas by the preceding administration.

    Governor Abubakar who maintained that the committee was given a free hand to carry out the assignment recalled that the government had to constitute the committee to review the exercise following abuse and infractions that led the State House of Assembly to dissolve the new districts early in 2015.

    Abubakar commended the committee for a job well done as he assured the traditional institution of continued respect and involvement in bringing government close the common man.

    The Chairman of the committee, retired Justice Dahiru Saleh added that after carefully examining the issue, the committee has recommended the creation of 50 new districts and 225 new village areas.

    Justice Saleh said the committee had also recommended the creation of 17 new districts and 90 new village areas for Bauchi emirate council which has 17 districts and 90 village areas.

    According to him, Katagum emirate council with 12 districts and 72 village areas is recommended to have 12 new districts and 72 village areas, while Misau with 5 districts and 21 village areas with have 5 additional districts and 21 village areas.

  • Uche Jombo, Femi Branch speak on high rate of gun violence

    NOLLYWOOD actress Uche Jombo has waded into the issue of increase of gun violence across the world. She shared her thoughts in a recent post

    “Can we discuss gun violence and control please,” she said.

    “The world lost a lot to gun violence starting from Nigerian #SARS shooting and killing innocent citizen #KoladeJohnson to America Rapper #nipseyhussle who was gunned down. In fact one of his quotes about the value of life is just running through my head as I write this which brings me back to the fact that I can’t believe its 2019 and we are still writing #ENDSARS like seriously calling on @muhammadubuhari. Time to act is NOW. Police reform is needed ASAP.”

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    Actor Femi Branch also added his opinion “Is it really that hard to put a leash on these killers in uniform? Is it? They are paramilitary personnel, bound to follow orders, are they being given unlawful orders or none at all? Is the police high command so weak? Isn’t there no longer a minister or ministry for police affairs even if the i.g. and his subordinates are clueless? What exactly is going on here? #endsars #endsacs are these things actually working? Do they even care? Especially now that elections are over… God save us and our loved ones.”

    The #ENDSARS campaign came up in 2017, having Nigerians trooped out to protest the brutality, intimidation, extortion and killings of innocent citizens by the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), calling for its immediate scrapping.

    The campaign is reopened after the death of Kolade Johnson on Sunday following wounds sustained from bullets fired by police officers during a raid at his neighborhood in Lagos.

    The 36-year-old was shot at a viewing center, watching a football match between Liverpool and Tottenham at approximately 4:30pm when he was gunned down.

    Following his death, Nigerians on social media have responded to the news, bringing back the hashtag, #EndSARS.

  • Fayemi’s wife, judge declare war against rapists, traffickers in Ekiti

    EKITI State Governor’s wife Erelu Bisi Fayemi has declared total war against men of underworld, who engage in raping and human trafficking.

    Mrs. Fayemi lamented the increasing incidences of sexual and domestic violence against women, saying concerted effort must be geared towards fighting the war.

    She said government was disheartened that in spite of the existing legal framework prohibiting gender-based violence, Ekiti State continues to witness issues of rape, defilement and human trafficking.

    The governor’s wife stressed that non-implementation of the gender-based violence prohibition law, child rights law, equal opportunities law and other legislation put in place by his husband, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, by the immediate past government accounted for the increase of the heinous activities.

    The First Lady spoke in Ado-Ekiti yesterday during a stakeholders’ meeting held to combat violence against women in Ekiti.

    “When Fayemi left, some of the laws put in place to safeguard the lives of women and girl-child were not implemented,” she said, adding that this constituted a serious impediment in the fight against the practice.

    “At a stakeholders’ meeting held recently, we agreed that part of the policy thrust should be that steps must be taken on how to take care of the emotional needs of victims before seeking or getting justice through the court of law.

    “Most of the victims used to be emotionally down, because we have all failed them at one time or the other; that is why we must rise up to fight this scourge,” Mrs. Fayemi said.

    She said the three key areas that needed to be examined by stakeholders include the causes of gender-based violence, how to use legal framework to resolve some of the issues revolving around this scourge and how to break the culture of silence among victims.

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    “The third one is how to focus on inter-agency collaboration, because this is not a problem that can be solved by a body,” the governor’s wife said.

    An Appeal Court’s judge, Justice Uzor Ndukwe- Anyanwu, expressed worries over the rate of violence against women in Ekiti.

    She added that this issue has always been an issue of interest to Nigerian All Female Judges Association, particularly how to resolve the problem and make women safe wherever they go.

    “Ekiti has this as a big problem. I am worried that we have it in this proportion. It is not something cultural as people want us to believe,” she said.

    Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Wale Fapohunda said the government is ready to go against all odds to prevent the state from being tagged a thriving land for violence against women and girl-child.

    “Reported cases of sexual rape, violence rape, and child defilement have now reached a frequency that we firmly must believe there is an urgent need for joint action between government and other stakeholders to reverse the scourge.

    “We are committed to zero-tolerance for all forms of violence against women and children. Apart from legal interventions, we also take another step that photographs of convicted offenders should be placed on state’s website and announced on state broadcasting service.

    “Also in cases of defilement, we insist on compulsory psychiatric tests for all persons designated as having cases to answer in form of violence against women.”

    Also speaking, Police Commissioner, Ekiti Command, Mr. Asuquo Amba, said any person defiled must pass through medical examination for the police to have proof to prefer charges against offenders.

     

     

  • EFCC nabs five internet fraud suspects in Uyo

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested five suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.

    Spokesman of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the suspects were Uchendu Denis, Osinachi David, Chikezie Bright, Francis Martins and Okafor Emmanuel.

    He said that the suspects were arrested by EFCC personnel of Uyo Zonal office, at Nsini Odeyop Street, Shelter Afrik Estate, Uyo, following intelligence report.

    “At the time of arrest, it was discovered that the suspects, who were lodging in a three-bedroom flat, used one of the rooms for cyber-crime activities.

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    “Items recovered from them include 123 sim cards, which had a Turkish sim card; six Laptops and 13 expensive mobile phones.

    “Other recovered items were books and diaries containing phone numbers and over 300 email addresses, amongst others.

    “They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded,” Orilade said. (NAN)