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Abike-Dabiri Slams Baba Ijesha over sexual case, says ‘maximum prison’ awaits him

Abike Dabiri, the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has slammed Baba Ijesha, the Yoruba actor who admitted to molesting a 14-year-old girl.

Social media has been awash with criticism as public figures kicked against any likelihood of the suspect’s action.

In a tweet on Thursday, Dabiri dismissed Baba Ijesha’s plea for mercy as portrayed in a now-viral video where he confessed to the crime.

She also pointed out that the case would earn him no less than 14 years imprisonment.

“So despicable! The act by Yoruba actor, Baba Ijesha, who defied a girl, at 7 years and later at 14 years! Who knows how many the pedophile could have damaged if he wasn’t caught,” Dabiri wrote.

“I sponsored the violence against person’s law. The penalty is nothing less than 14 years in prison. His plea begging on some video I watched should not be acceptable.

“We should all do all we can to support the girl’s foster mother, Princess, to ensure this case goes to court and fully tried, and maximum sentence passed on him.”

Iyabo Ojo and Comedian Princess, the victim’s foster mother, had earlier protested the alleged plan to release Baba Ijesha from police custody on Friday.

In his confession, the suspect had said: “Please, I don’t really know what happened to me but I’m begging you. What’s is happening to me is more than being drunk. Please forgive me. I’m sorry, I won’t do it again.”

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Ogun Police Dismisses Three Officers For Extorting Travellers

Three policemen in the Ogun State Command have been dismissed from service for extorting money forcefully from a traveller en route to Lagos from Abeokuta.

The culprits, Inspector Sunday John, Sgt Jimoh Asimiya, and Sgt Solomon Adedapo were said to have forcefully extorted one hundred and fifty-three thousand Naira (₦153,000) from the victim while he was traveling from Abeokuta to Lagos.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun in a statement issued said he “ordered the immediate arrest and detention of the officers involved” after being made aware of the incident on social media.

Dismissed members of the Police Force, Ogun Command

“The money was recovered from them and returned to the victim. They were subsequently arranged for departmental orderly room trial on a three-count charge of corrupt practices, discreditable conduct and disobedience to lawful order,” the statement read in part.

“They were found guilty of all the charges, and subsequently dismissed from the force to serve as a deterrent to others in their shoes.”

The victim, who was in attendance, commended the police for a job well done and also said the episode “rekindled his hope in the Nigeria Police Force”.

CP Ajogun appealed to members of the public to “always endeavor to report any act of misconduct from any officer of the command to him personally, or through any of the principal officers of the command, as such will be treated with utmost urgency”.

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Ramadan: NGO Donates Worshipping Materials to Mosques, Gifts Food Items to Less Privileged in Ibadan

Ramadan is a month where Muslims globally observe fasting, share ideals of the Holy month, pray fervently for God’s mercies as well as showing love to one another, earlier yesterday, the Baby Blue Angels Foundation in its usual bid to ensure that religious places and less privileged are not left out in its philanthropic objective has donated worshipping materials like kettles, prayer mats and wall clocks to some Mosques as well as feeding the less privileged in Ibadan.

Baby Blue Angels is a Foundation established to stretch helpful hands to the less privileged and is geared towards changing the course of humanity.

The Team leader of the Foundation, Ajadi Motunrayo while speaking on behalf of the Founder, Amb. Ramata Agberemi Dabo said, Baby Blue Angels Foundation knows the importance of Ramadan, a month filled with superfluous blessings and it has been their usual norm every month of Ramadan to go round Mosques in Ibadan to identify some of the things they are lacking in order to make prompt provision.

“This is the time we must all come together to share the virtues and ideals of Ramadan as spelt out in the Holy Qur’an, which symbolize perseverance, love and giving arms to the needy. These virtues and ideals cannot be overlooked, reason why we have come out today to gift items like prayer mats, kettles and wall clocks to some Mosques in Ibadan as well as giving food items to the needy in our society”’, said Lara.

Ajadi further stated while speaking to ODUDUWA NEWS correspondent that, the gesture was born out of the desire to use the occasion of ongoing Ramadan to seek the blessings of Almighty Allah on all the people of Oyo State and Nigeria at large particularly at a time like this where the menace of kidnapping and banditry seems to hold sway.

The Mosques where the worshipping materials were distributed to included Moniya Central Mosque, Mercy Land Estate, Apatuku Central Mosque, Olorunda Central Mosque, Lalupon Central Mosque, Eyin Olu, Aroro Yerokun Mosque, Elewedo Central Mosque among others.

The recipients of those items while speaking on behalf their respective Mosques thanked the founder of Baby Blue Angels Foundation, Amb. Ramata Agberemi Dabo for counting worshipping centres worthy of donations and pray that Almighty Allah continue to be their guidance in all endeavours.

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Sunday Igboho alleges plot to arrest him, says home under siege

Earlier today, news report of a plot by Nigerian Army to arrest Chief Sunday Igboho was flying around.

The report of the attack on Chief Sunday Igboho’s house was confirmed to ODUDUWA NEWS today by his Spokesman, Olayomi Koiki.

Mr. Olayomi said the soldiers came to Igboho’s residence around 2am and started shooting sporadically until they were resisted by their men.

Gunshots could be heard intermittently in the background as Mr Koiki spoke. He claimed soldiers were doing the shooting but that could not be independently confirmed by ODUDUWA NEWS

As at the time of making this report known, the Nigerian Army is yet to make official statement known to the public regarding the incident.

“We are more than capable of securing ourselves, we have chased them far from here,” Mr Koiki said in the video. “I am sure you can hear gunshots. That is them shooting from afar, we cannot be intimidated because we are fully prepared and ready for them”, said Koiki.

“By tomorrow morning, I am sure the government would come with false press statements, that it was a set of unknown soldiers, that was the same tactics they used to attack Fela’s mother. They equally used it during #EndSARS.

“They brought us a letter sometimes ago but we rejected them because the letter was what they used to kill Dele Giwa. We have chosen to be peaceful only for them to keep looking for our trouble which we won’t hesitate to give to them.”

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Guns Recovered as Police Storm Initiation Ground, Arrest Five Suspected Cultists in Ekiti

A photo released by the police on April 25, 2021, shows the suspected cultists arrested in Ekiti State.

ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that Ekiti State Police Command has arrested five suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU).

In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Abutu, noted that the arrest was made during an initiation ceremony held in a bush behind the school campus.

He explained that the Police Rapid Response Team acted on a tip-off and burst into the initiation venue to stall the exercise.

Those arrested were Adeyeye Adeyemi (29), Adeyemi Tobi (25), Moyosore Onajobi (22), Dickson Godwin (23), and Olowosaye Martins (21).

“The information was received by the Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ekiti State Command, that some members of the Black Axe (Aiye) secret confraternity were holding an initiation rite inside a bush behind the Ekiti State University (EKSU) Campus, Iworoko-Ekiti,” the statement said.

On sighting the police team, the command’s spokesman said the suspects shot sporadically but later bowed to the superior power of the security operatives, leading to the arrest of five of them while others took to their heels and escaped.

“Upon the receipt of the information, a team of the RRS Operatives, in synergy with the police personnel attached to Iworoko Divisional Police Headquarters swung into action and stormed the bush where the suspected cultists shot sporadically on sighting the police,” the statement added.

Items recovered from the scene included a small-sized locally made pistol, two expended cartridges, a gallon containing liquid drug, weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, and two motorcycles.

In his reaction, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti, Tunde Mobayo, ordered a thorough investigation of the arrested suspects and asked the security operatives to ensure they apprehend the fleeing suspects.

According to him, the police will not give cult activities a breathing space in the face of other security challenges currently bedevilling the country.

Last week, about eight people were killed and many injured in Ikere Ekiti when two rival cult groups clashed.

Police confirmed the arrest of about 50 suspects in connection with the incident.

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RAPE: Outrage Trails Nollywood Actor, Baba Ijesha’s Arrest as Police Confirms possession of CCTV footage

Nollywood Veteran, Baba Ijesha Arrested For Alleged 7-Year Rape Of Minor

Outrage have trailed popular Nollywood actor, Olarenwaju James better known as Baba Ijesha’s arrest.

ODUDUWA NEWS had earlier reported that Lagos State Police Command apprehended the comic actor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl since she was 7 years old.

In the light of reactions that followed, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, expressed that there was substantial evidence against the actor as he was caught in the act on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).

Adejobi in an interview with ThePunch, stated that; “The CCTV caught the suspect in the act”, re-emphasising his previous statement titled, ‘Lagos Police Arrest, Investigate Popular Nollywood Actor For Defilement’.

He stated;

The case of defilement was reported on 19th April, 2021 by one Princess Adekola Adekanya ‘f’ at Sabo Police Station and transferred to the Gender Unit of the State CID, Panti, Yaba Lagos for proper investigation.

Based on preliminary findings, the suspect started sexually assaulting the victim, 14 years, since she was 7 year old. The suspect confessed to the crime and was also captured by a CCTV camera in the house of the complainant.

According to the police spokesman, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered for proper investigation as he promised to do justice in the matter.

Reacting to the development, some Twitter users took to their various handles to express shock and disbelief about the heinous act allegedly carried out by the actor.

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Bayo Adelabu Donates N2m To Families Of Slain Police Officers, To Rebuild Burnt Iseyin, Ojoo Police Stations, Others

The 2019 APC gubernatorial candidate and former Deputy Governor of CBN, Chief Bayo Adelabu has inspected police stations that were burnt down during the Endsars protests in Oyo State.

Adelabu who later visited the State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko expressed surprise that months after the destruction and vandalization of the stations, nothing meaningful had been done to reconstruct the stations.

Speaking at the Ojoo police station on Friday, Chief Adelabu emphasized the importance of security to the social and economic development of any society, adding that this has motivated him to assist the Oyo State Police Command to rebuild the affected formation.

Apart from Ojoo police station, other stations he promised to reconstruct are Gbagi in Egbeda Local Government and Iseyin Police Station in Oke Ogun Area.

Meanwhile, spouses of all the police officers killed in Oyo State during the Endsars protests are to benefit from a 2 million naira empowerment programme put in place by Chief Bayo Adelabu.

This was made known today by the APC Chieftain while inspecting burnt Police stations in Ibadan.

According to him, the gesture was to ameliorate the sufferings of the widows who lost their loved ones to the protests

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National Confab: 1999 Nigerian constitution is fraudulent, skewed against the South – Afenifere

Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has described the 1999 Nigerian Consitution as a “fraudulent” document that favours the North than the South.

Adebanjo said this during an interview on Arise TV monitored by ODUDUWA NEWS on Wednesday.

He also accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being Nigeria’s “number one enemy” over his refusal to address issues raised by Nigerians, especially on restructuring the country.

“When Jonathan was handing over to Buhari in 2015, he told him that the document on restructuring was the most important document he was handing over but Buhari said he was going to toss it in the archives. This is why Nigeria is in trouble.

“Except Nigerians are just pretending, we know our problem. The major problem is this constitution where everything in it is skewed against the South. I have always said that the constitution is a fraudulent document made by the Military. Buhari’s refusal to convene a National Conference is imposing the constitution on us.”

The Afenifere leader stated further that the constitution was the reason why some Nigerians feel cheated, hence their calls for secession.

“All the provisions we are complaining about are in this constitution. If there is any change that Nigerians want, it is in this constitution. When everything is addressed and adjustments are made, Nigerians will remain together knowing that every region is treated equally.

“President Buhari’s refusal to attend to the issues raised makes him the number one enemy of unity in Nigeria. This is why people keep saying he wants to Fulanize this country. He keeps pretending that there is nothing wrong,” he said.

Adebanjo also tackled a spokesman to the President, Garba Shehu over his statement on calls for secession.

Shehu had said that President Buhari will not be bullied by secessionists who want him to “open the nation’s purse to pay them.”

“How can Garba Shehu say something like that? How can a President refuse to attend to issues raised by the citizens? When we say this administration is a dictatorship, they will say we do not know what we are saying.

“Who is Garba Shehu to say the President will not attend to the grievances of the people? Is this democracy? Everything we have been accusing this administration of is coming to play. This is a civilian dictatorship,” he said.

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Ondo Guber Election: Tribunal Upholds Akeredolu’s Victory, Strikes Out Jegede’s Petition

A photo collage of Rotimi Akeredolu and Eyitayo Jegede

The Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday struck out the case filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the October 10, 2020 governorship poll in the state, Eyitayo Jegede against the victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

Jegede had approached the tribunal seeking the nullification of Akeredolu as the winner of the election on the ground of irregularities and invalid nomination of Akeredolu as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the election.

The three-man panel led by Justice Umar Abubakar in a verdict delivered on Tuesday via zoom dismissed Jegede’s petition.

The verdict was delivered via zoom as the regular venue of the panel was not open due to the strike action embarked upon by members of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).

The tribunal dismissed all the grounds of the PDP candidate’s petition for lack of merit.

“The issue raised therein in this petition are settled issue of internal affairs and Management of a political party which this Tribunal has no Jurisdiction,” Abubakar ruled.

Reacting to the outcome, Akeredolu addressed journalists at the Government House, Akure, the state capital on the judgement.

While thanking the tribunal for the judgement and the people of the state for their support, asking the PDP candidate to join hands with him to move the state forward.

The tribunal had last week announced in a notice made available to journalists that judgment had been fixed for Wednesday.

However, in another notice issued on Monday evening by the Tribunal Secretary, parties involved in the case were informed that the date has changed to Tuesday.

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