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  • Court strikes out sexual abuse case against Director of Children home

    A magistrate court sitting in Odeda, in Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun State, on Friday dismissed the sexual abuse case against the Director of Stephens Children Home, Abeokuta, Rev. Isaac Newton – Wusu, for lack of merit.

    Two ex-female inmates of the home had alleged that while their stay there lasted, Newton – Wusu severally abused them sexually after he had carefully drugged them to sleep. The alleged offences were said to have been committed between 2010 and 2013.

    And following complaint to the Police in respect of the allegations by Concerned Past Students of Stephens Children Home (COPASSTECH), the Ogun State Police Command charged the Director to a magistrate court in Odeda where an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Austin Ozimini was the Police prosecution while Mr. Samuel Nwaji, served as counsel for the accused Director (Isaac Newton – Wusu).

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    But delivering his judgment in the case that lasted about a year, Magistrate B.O Ilo, struck out the suit on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) which stated that the case was borne out of “power tussle” within the management of the Home.

    Also, the Magistrate added that the DPP found out that the account of the two principal witnesses in the case in respect of the allegations, were contradictory hence the need to resolve the matter in favour of the accused.

  • ‘Only northern leaders can stop Boko Haram’

    The National Coordinator, Voice of Christian Martyrs Nigeria, Rev Isaac Newton-Wusu, has called on Muslim leaders, clerics and the governors in the north to go beyond condemning the deadly and calculated attacks on innocent Nigerians in the region.

    He challenged them to quench the “fire” of insurgency that is fast spreading by talking to the insurgents themselves.”

    He also described the activities of the Islamic sect as a threat to the nation.

    Newton-Wusu expressed dismay at the nonchalant attitude of political leaders on the abducted girls.

    He said the release of the girls in the captivity of Boko Haram should be the focus and not the 2015 elections, which he regretted has become the preoccupation of political leaders.

    He spoke in Lagos at a briefing on the state of the nation and the graduation ceremony of the children of the martyrs who have lost either of their parents to the insurgency in the north on the 23rd of July.

    On the activities of the organisation, which has been working relentlessly to ameliorate the hardship of children orphaned by persecution over the decades, he said: “The first batch of children brought from Kaduna State to Abeokuta was eight in number. Without funding and support, we increased the number to 14 and then to 20, later to 50.

    “We later brought children from Kano, Bauchi, Jos and Maiduguri. Now, there are 424 of such children here. Each of them lost one of the parents or both in the religious uprising in most part of the north.”

    He added: “Today, we have had 118 of them graduated from the college. Over twenty of them are in various universities being supported by the generosity of concerned Nigerians.”

  • Confab‘ll be a waste of time if…

    The National Director of the Voice of Christian Martyr, Rev Isaac Newton-Wusu, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to allow discussions on the continuous existence of Nigeria at the proposed national conference.

    Newton-Wusu made this appeal in an interview with The Nation last week in his office in Lagos.

    He said that the National Conference is a welcome development if President Goodluck Jonathan and the committee are serious and genuine in their intentions to bring about a strong and a more united Nigeria.

    He took a swipe at the federal government’s recommendation that the entity of a united Nigeria should not be discussed or tampered with at the national conference, saying this has clearly shown government has predetermined the outcome of the conference.

    He noted that Nigeria practices America’s democracy which guaranteed freedom of thoughts, movement, speech and religion which have been undermined with the no-go areas.

    Newton-Wusu decried the increasing number of people, most especially women and children, killed in northern parts of the country.

    According to him: “There is no point deceiving ourselves. If we are actually well-meaning for generations yet unborn, let us sit down and work out a nation where we can live together as Nigerians.

    “I want to be able to hug and show love to fellow Nigerians irrespective of tribes, languages or religions which have become dividing factors in Nigeria.”

    He continued: “If the north says we don’t need you, don’t they have their right? We have these situations in many Africa countries where there are divisions upon divisions but it only pays the ruling elites who benefit from these things. I will not canvass for the division of Nigeria, but it should be discussed.”

  • Cleric seeks more investment in education

    The National Director of Voice of Christian Martyr, Nigeria, Rev. Isaac Newton-Wusu, has charged church leaders to invest more in the education sector to access unreached communities.

    Newton-Wusu spoke with The Nation at a get-together organised for over 300 children of the persecuted saints recently at the Stephen Centre International, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

    He said the church will make more sustainable impact in most unreached areas by investing more in improving literacy level.

    According to him: ”We will do the upcoming generation a good deed when we are able to teach them how to read and write and actively engage them in productive ventures which will ultimately save them from the bondage of religion.

    “We can bring several millions of bible, tracts and other literature for evangelism and distribute them across the country, but it will become ineffective when the people cannot read or write.”

    Newton-Wusu stressed that investment in education is an investment in the future of the country.

    He lamented the increasing spate of civil unrest in parts of the country which have claimed many lives and property.