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  • Boko Haram victim after Dubai surgery: I want to be a policeman

    Boko Haram victim after Dubai surgery: I want to be a policeman

    All eyes were fixed on him. His face was wreathed in smiles as he flashed the victory sign, walking briskly. The excitement was electrifying.

    Boko Haram kid victim Ali Ahmadu is walking again.

    The boy, who was wheeled onto the plane three months ago on his way to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for the  life-changing surgery, disembarked from an Ethiopian Airline flight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday without assistance.

    His treatment cost $63,000.

    Ali, who was dressed in a grey blazer, a white shirt and a pair of blue jeans thrilled the crowd by walking briskly.

    It was hectic controlling those who trooped out to catch a glimpse of the boy. He simply told reporters who asked him how he was feeling: “I am fine.”

    When asked in Hausa about his experience in Dubai, Ali said lafiya lao (fine, thank you).

    He arrived in Abuja with his aunt Hannatu Madu, the Coordinator of Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC),  Nuhu Kwajafa and representatives of Dickens Sanomi Foundation, sponsors of the medical trip.

    Reporters asked him what he wanted to be in future, he replied in Hausa: “I want to be a policeman. I want to save people from harm.”

    The Taleveras Foundation announced a scholarship up to the university level for Ali.

    Chairman of Dickens Sanomi Foundation, who doubles as Chairman of Taleveras Group, Mr. Igho Sanomi, said: “About three months ago, we all witnessed at the same airport Ali Ahmadu been taken away on a wheel chair. Today, to the glory of God, we are here to receive Ali Ahmadu, walking handsomely into our arms.

    “What started as a painful journey  for little Ali after his Boko Haram attack in Chibok, four years ago that confined him to a wheel chair, has transformed into a journey of hope, love and care.

    “Dickens Sanomi Foundation is backed by the principle of love and care, one that was practised and preached by the late Assistant Inspector-General of Police Mr. Dickens Sanomi. Today, we demonstrate these principles by being our neighbours’ keepers and teaching love by showing it.

    “Dickens Sanomi Foundation will be working with Ali’s family through GIPLC and will be supporting Ali’s post-surgery life as we help him settle into Abuja, to grow as a child with love and care.

    “I am authorised to announce that an educational scholarship will be provided for Ali, until he gets to university by the Taleveras Foundation.  May God bless you all.”

    Coordinator of Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC)  Mr. Nuhu Kwajafa said: “About four years ago, in a small village at Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, a toddler named Ali Ahmadu Chibok fell victim to one of Boko Haram’s murderous invasions.

    “That fateful night, he suffered excruciating pains all over his body, brought upon him by the senseless marauders. They crushed everything/everyone in their path, severely damaging his still forming vertebral column in the process, but the hand of God preserved Ali. So we may give glory to His name.

    “Since that incident, the little boy never accessed any form of orthodox medication. He was at the mercy of traditionalist, in highly unpredictable and perilous times. Obviously, during this period, access to education, nutrition, psychosocial tuning, water, sanitation or hygiene, was very limited, if not non-existent.

    “He was immobile and fast deteriorating, physically and mentally, from that period till the 1st quarter of this year,2017, when GIPLC(Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care) made contact with him. The organisation facilitated the relevant examinations and digital/lab tests, for assessment and proper medical attention.

    “The results revealed that he couldn’t access the quality care required, to literally realign him towards a better quality of life, hence the decision to make prerequisite travel arrangements, to travel abroad.

    “ After duly assessing the various options open to us, from all over the world, we resolved to take him to the UAE. He was treated in Zulekha Hospital at Sharjah in Dubai. The medical bill was initially $48,000 but after the surgery,  there were some complications and there was an additional $15,000 bill.

    “We left Nigeria on the 10th of September and we arrived Dubai on the 11th. He was wheeled into the hospital on the 12th and after proper medical examination,  they agreed that Ali needed to  go for surgery as soon as possible.

    After almost  six  hours of extremely delicate surgery, about a week in ICU and a month in recovery, Ali took his first steps into a brighter future.

    “ After the surgery, the doctor predicted that Ali would walk after six or seven weeks, but by the grace of God, he was on his feet after seven days. The healing process was so fast and it was difficult to believe.

    “Next week is Ali’s birthday, Ali has never celebrated his birthday because of his predicament.  He had been lying down for three years but on the 10th of December, he would be celebrating his birthday with over 2000.

    “We run a charity organisation for the past 11 years where we reach out to kids who can’t pay medical bills and we have so far been able to raise over $4 million for children.

     

  • Policeman arrested for allegedly defiling minor

    A policeman, who allegedly abducted a 14-year-old girl and defiled her, has been arrested in Anambra State.

    Briefing reporters yesterday at the police headquarters in Amawbia, Commissioner Garba Umar said justice must take its course.

    He said the policeman, Corporal Baru Garba, would be arraigned after investigations by the command.

    The girl was allegedly abducted by the policeman and detained for two days, during which he allegedly had carnal knowledge of her.

    Umar said: “The policeman has been nabbed and detained. He is facing internal disciplinary procedure. He will be arraigned as soon as investigation is concluded.

    “This is an isolated case. It does not reflect the core values and ethics of the Nigeria Police. Justice will not only be done, but seen to have been done.”

     

  • Alabama inmate defiant before his execution for killing policeman

    The convicted killer of a police officer used his final moments before being put to death to curse at the state of Alabama, raising his middle fingers in defiance at the start of a lethal injection his lawyers described as inhumanely painful.

    Torrey Twane McNabb, 40, was executed for the 1997 slaying of Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon. McNabb shot Gordon five times as the officer sat in his patrol car after arriving at a traffic accident McNabb caused while fleeing a bail bondsman.

    McNabb’s attorney said that his movements during the middle of the execution, that included moving his arm and rolling his head back and forth after a consciousness check, showed problems with the sedative used by the state. Alabama Commissioner Jeff Dunn said his was confident that McNabb was unconscious and the movements were involuntary.

    While strapped to the gurney in the death chamber at a southwest Alabama prison, McNabb used his final words to lash out with an obscenity at the state executing him.

    “Mom, Sis, look at my eyes. I got no tears in my eyes. I’m unafraid. ….. To the state of Alabama, I hate you … I hate you. I hate you,” McNabb said as the warden held a microphone for him to speak.

    After the warden left the room to start the intravenous flow of lethal injection drugs from an adjoining control room, McNabb raised his arms as far as he could and extended the middle fingers of both hands, keeping them in the air for several minutes until his hands dropped as he showed signs of drowsiness.

    McNabb was one of several inmates in an ongoing lawsuit arguing that the sedative midazolam does not reliably render a person unconscious before subsequent drugs stop the lungs and heart. In the Alabama procedure, a prison guard performs a consciousness check by pinching the inmate’s arm, saying his name and touching his eyelid to see if the inmate reacts before the killing drugs are administered.

    McNabb appeared to react by flicking his hand upward after a first consciousness check. He did not appear to react immediately in response to a second check about 18 minutes into the procedure. Prison officials in the control room, unseen by witnesses, then administered the next two drugs.

    Authorities won’t say exactly when the drugs begin flowing into an inmate’s body, but four minutes after the second check, McNabb raised his arm and rolled his head back and forth with a grimace on his face, and then fell still.

    McNabb’s family members and attorneys who witnessed the execution expressed concerns to each other that he was still conscious during the lethal injection. “He’s going to wake up,” one of his relatives whispered.

    “His execution last night again shows that despite the State’s claims, Midazolam works exactly the way we have said it does in our challenge to its use. It does not relieve pain and only sedates to a level where pain is still felt, but the person cannot react. It creates an illusion of anesthesia, nothing more,” McNabb’s attorney, John Palombi, said in a statement issued Friday.

    Dunn said he is confident that McNabb was unconscious. Alabama has carried out five executions using midazolam.

    “I’m confident he was more than unconscious at that point. Involuntarily movement is not uncommon. That’s how I would characterize it,” Dunn said.

    The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month ruled that a judge prematurely dismissed inmates’ midazolam lawsuit, in which McNabb was a plaintiff, and ordered more proceedings. Palombi said he wants to find out “more about the events of last night in the time leading up to the trial on the constitutionality of the protocol.”

  • Evans ’ girlfriend: no policeman raped me

    Evans ’ girlfriend: no policeman raped me

    Amaka Offor, one of the alleged girlfriends of billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, has insisted that policemen never sexually molested her.

    Offor said claims made about her in an October 13  petition written by Evans’ counsel, Olukoya Ogungbeje, were untrue.

    In the letter, Ogungbeje said he was informed by Evans that Offor, “was roundly sexually molested and abused by the policemen of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team”.

    But Offor told The Nation yesterday that he clearly told Ogungbeje that nobody raped her.

    Offor, 35, said: “Evans is my friend. We met at a filling station in Okota area of Lagos. I used to help a friend to sell clothes at Okota. I went to buy fuel when I met him.

    “He used to give me any amount I requested, from N20,000 to N30,000. I told his lawyer that nobody raped me. I saw the news on Facebook that I was raped. Please, nobody raped me.”

    Her statement was corroborated by Evans’ brother in-law, Okwuchukwu Obiechina in, a separate interview.

    Obiechina and his wife Nzube were arrested by the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) last June 2 and re-arrested on October 1 on suspicion of attempting to obstruct investigation of the Evans case.

    He said: “I am like a messenger to Evans’ family. There was a time their lawyer (Ogungbeje) asked me to go to Evans’ girlfriend, Amaka, to ask her whether anybody raped her.

    “When I met her, she said that nobody raped her and I gave her a phone to speak to the lawyer which she did.”

    The police told a Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday that Obiechina and his wife demobilised about nine of the trucks that were recovered from Evans.

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    “He had access to the kidnapper. He removed the brain boxes from the trucks that were recovered from Evans. That’s why he was arrested in October,” Police counsel, Emmanuel Eze, said.

    He explained that the couple were being held following a warrant for their remand obtained by the police from a magistrate’s court.

    But explaining his relationship with Evans, Obiechina said: “I am a brother in-law to Evans. I married his sister Mrs Nzube Obiechina.

    “I did not know that Evans was involved in kidnapping until I was arrested by IRT operatives on June 2, 2017. When they invited me, I told them that I did not know anything about Evans’ kidnapping thing and I was released.

    “On October 1, 2017, I was invited again by IRT operatives because Evans’ father told me to go and assist in solving Evans’ case.

    “I was first called by Evans’ manager Mr. Chidozie Obiorah to go and remove fuse from Evans’ trucks – they were about 11 trucks – since they were not being used for work, that is, for security reasons.”

  • Gunmen kill policeman, injure another at ex-IGP’s residence

    Gunmen kill policeman, injure another at ex-IGP’s residence

    Unknown gunmen on Saturday attacked the residence of former Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Coomasie, killing a mobile policeman and injuring another.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that two attackers on a motorcycle opened fire on the two policemen stationed at the gate of the residence at the about 8pm, but did not gain entrance into the house.

    The attackers were however said to have escaped with the rifle of one of the policemen.

    A neighbour told NAN on condition of anonymity, that the former IGP and his family members were safe.

    The corpse of the deceased policeman has been deposited at the mortuary of Katsina General Hospital, where the other injured mobile policeman was receiving treatment.

    The Police Commissioner in the state, Besen Dabiya-Gwana did not respond to several telephone calls, but the Command’s spokesman, DSP Isa Gambo, said the police were conducting operation on the matter. (NAN)

    READ ALSO: Police kill two highway robbers in Ogun, arrest one

  • Man beaten up, locked in car booth for sleeping with policeman’s wife

    Man beaten up, locked in car booth for sleeping with policeman’s wife

    A police sergeant identified as Nagbama Osakpamwan Eboigbe popularly known as Smally has beaten up the lover of his estranged wife and locked him up in the booth of his car.

    The wife’s lover identified as Ese Idehen was caught by the suspected thugs hired by Smally at a drinking bar along Muritala Mohammed Way in Benin City.

    A video that has gone viral showed Ese being beaten up, his close torn and forced into the booth of a car.

    Another video showed him confessing to sleeping with Smally’s wife only once before he knew she was a married woman.

    Ese in the video which showed bruises on his face said the lady was introduced to him by one Sandra.

    However, estranged wife of Smally in an online video said their marriages was over for the past nine months.

    She was silent on the affairs with Ese and promised to make it known in another video.

    However, Counsel to Ese, Barrister Jefferson Uwughoren, has petitioned the State Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu, that his client was abducted and forced to confess to things he didn’t do.

    Jefferson described the action of Smally as brazen impunity by lawless policeman.

    According to him, “The marriage fell apart in the last nine months. The guy procured services of thugs to adopt and take him to a place at night.

    READ ALSO: Soldiers allegedly beat 22-yr-old driver to coma over N50 bribe

    “We have written a petition to the police to investigate the criminal act. The woman had come out to deny that the boy did not sleep with her. They forced the boy to admit what he did not do.

    “His abductors stole his money and other personal items and later dumped him still blindfolded at about 11pm closed to Ebenezer Primary School, Ihama Road, GRA , Benin City.

    “This unacceptable and brazen abuse of power by Mr Eboigbe aka Smally is very unfortunate and we shall ensure ,within the limits of the Law , that he is brought to book and made to answer for his illegal actions. It’s a promise.”

  • Mob kills policeman over N50 bribe

    A policeman was yesterday killed by a mob on the Wuro-Dole-Pariya Road in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

    An eyewitness, Sadiq, said the incident followed a disagreement over a N50 bribe.

    According to him, a driver offered N50 bribe to the policemen, who insisted on collecting N100. A passenger challenged them, leading to an argument.

    The deceased policeman fired his gun and two passengers were hit. One died and another was injured.

    “Angry about what happened, a mob attacked the inspector, who tried to escape, and lynched him,” Sadiq said.

    Police spokesman Othman Abubakar said the incident followed a misunderstanding between some passengers and a routine patrol team.

    Abubakar, who did not give details of the misunderstanding, said the deceased fired his gun and a passenger was hit.

    The bodies have been recovered and with the policeman’s gun containing eight rounds of live ammunition.

  • Suspected abductors kill policeman, two others

    Three persons, including a police officer, were reportedly killed last weekend by suspected kidnappers on Ajaokuta-Lokoja highway in Kogi State.

    Others sustained injuries.

    Sources said an expatriate, a worker and a policeman were killed by gunmen, adding that an officer was injured after a shootout in Ajaokuta Local Government.

    The Nation learnt the expatriate was travelling with one of his workers (a driver) when they ran into the suspected abductors.

    The hoodlums were said to have shot the expatriate, his driver and a policeman, killing them.

    It was gathered that in an attempt to escape, the kidnappers engaged other policemen in a shootout.

    Police spokesman William Aya, who confirmed the incident, said the command had begun investigation.

  • Policeman kills wife, children, self in marital dispute

    A French policeman shot his wife and two children dead on Sunday and then killed himself after the woman told him she wanted to leave the family home, the regional prosecutor said.

    The shootings took place at the railway station in Noyon, northeast of Paris, prosecutor Virginie Girard said.

    The incident took place after the wife had earlier called gendarmes to her house following a dispute during which she had told her husband she wished to leave him.

    The officers observed that the husband, who had left, but returned while they were present, was “perfectly calm.”

    He did not object to the wife taking their five children to the house of a neighbour, who was due to give them a lift to the station in two groups.

    However, as the mother and the three youngest children waited on the station platform for the neighbour to bring the two eldest children, her husband reappeared and opened fire on his wife and two of the children, wounding them mortally before killing himself.

    Investigators were checking whether the policeman had used his service weapon and ammunition in the killings, Girard said. (dpa/NAN)

  • Policeman ‘shoots’ 96-year-old woman

    Policeman ‘shoots’ 96-year-old woman

    A policeman has been accused of shooting a 96-year old woman, Alhaja Abidat Abdullah, at a check-point at Ito-Ikin along the Epe-Ikorodu Road.

    Alhaja Abdullah’s son, Alhaji Olayemi Abdullah, said the incident took place on Monday, September 4.

    He said it also led to an accident that crushed the legs of another co-traveller, Alhaji Fatiu Olalekan.

    Police Spokesperson, Mr Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, was yet to confirm the incident before press time.

    Abdullah said he could not immediately ascertain the policeman’s name.

    According to him, both victims were part of a three-vehicle convoy returning to Lagos Mainland from Epe, after the Sallah festivities.

    Abdullah said he drove his mother in a Nissan Infiniti Jeep with the registration number KRD 638 CV.

    She was in the back seat.

    Abdullah said: “She was critically injured by a gunshot released by one of the policemen, who stopped us at a check-point at Ito-Ikin. My friend, Alhaji Fatiu, was injured in the accident that later resulted from the commotion that followed the gunshot.

    “Our convoy encountered two closely positioned police check-points at Ito-Ikin. Having been cleared by the first team, we had to stop for yet another one within a close range, about 500 meters apart.”

    Olayemi said one of the officers, ‘Sergeant Festus’, in the second team also cleared them to move on.

    “But, as I tried to move the car, I suddenly heard a gunshot sound from my left, away from the spot of the officer that had just attended to me”.

    According to him, all three police officers immediately tried to jump into their pick-up vans to escape but “only one of them was able to get in and he sped off while two were apprehended by sympathisers”.

    Realising that his mother’s left leg had been hit by a bullet, Olayemi said he and some passers-by chased the fleeing car and caught up with it at Agbowa Junction close to Agbowa Police Station.

    “The gate of the station was closed and locked as soon as the fleeing officer, whose name I could not ascertain, drove speedily into the premises”.

    He said when a crowd gathered and refused to leave, two policemen came out to appease them, offering to accompany Olayemi to see his mother at the Agbowa General Hospital.

    When they got there, his mother was given a first-aid treatment and referred to the Gbagada General Hospital.

    “The trip to Gbagada became yet another sad story,” Olayemi said, “as my jeep and a Mercedes Benz E-Class, both of which were led by an ambulance, got involved in an accident.”

    He said he “narrowly escaped, but the Mercedes car driven by Alhaji Fatiu had a head-on collision with an oncoming commuter vehicle, at Imota. In the process, Alhaji Fatiu’s legs got seriously fractured.

    “With an additional victim whose life must also be rescued, we proceeded to the Gbagada General Hospital.

    “Alhaja Abdullah is currently receiving treatment while Alhaji Fatiu was referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos State.