An Ikeja S*xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optical Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, to double life imprisonment for defiling 16-year-old wife’s niece.
Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved the two-count of defilement and s*xual assault by penetration against Olaleye.
Oshodi said that the evidence adduced before the court against the defendant was compelling and proved beyond reasonable doubts.
According him, the confessional statement of the defendant, which he made before his lawyer, Mr. Olalekan Buruji and the DPO of Anthony Police Station that he regretted his act, proved that he committed the offences.
The judge said that the oral statement which the defendant denied, had the NBA seal of Buruji on it and his denial did not hold waters.
“You are dangerous offender and you must be ashamed,” he said.
The Nigeria Labour Congress Oyo State Chapter has threatened to embark on strike at the end of October if the Governor of Oyo State fails to implement N35,000 wage award for the workers in the State.
The statement was made known via a Communique signed and released yesterday by the State Chairmen of the NLC and TUC respectively, Mr. Kayode Martins, and Olabiyi Bosun as read in part:
“The NLC leadership briefed the Congress about the outcome of the various meetings held between the Leadership and the government’s committee set up on the wage award issue.
“The Congress was informed that the government team initially came with a proposal of 25k for workers and 15k for retirees.
“However, at the subsequent meeting, they came with another offer of 15k for workers and 5k for retirees.
RESOLUTIONS: (1) The Congress resolved that the Leadership should not accept anything less than the 35k and 25k which was agreed upon at the Federal level for workers and pensioners respectively.
(2). That immediate strike action should commence by the end of the month if the government failed to pay the agreed amount at the Federal level”.
Renowned human rights advocate, Femi Falana, has issued a compelling call to action, urging the National Assembly to prioritize and address the alarming crisis of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Recognizing the urgency of the matter, Falana emphasizes the importance of legislative intervention to ensure that every child has access to quality education.
Femi Falana, a prominent voice in the fight for human rights and social justice, has turned his attention to a critical issue plaguing the nation—the high number of out-of-school children. In a statement addressed to the National Assembly, Falana highlights the urgency of taking substantive measures to address this crisis and secure the future of countless young minds.
Nigeria currently grapples with one of the largest populations of out-of-school children globally, a situation that raises concerns about the nation’s socio-economic development and the well-being of its citizens. Falana, known for his advocacy work, is urging lawmakers to prioritize education in the legislative agenda, allocating resources and implementing policies that ensure the enrollment and retention of children in schools.
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a cleric identified as Alfa Taofeeq Kabelohun, Mufassir Orisun Apete, and two others for being in possession of a fresh human head and other parts in Ibadan, Oyo State. -Abdulhakeem Mahmud Raji-Alaufe.
In the video obtained by Newsmen, the trio displayed the head and other parts of the man they killed.
Sources who asked not to be named revealed that Kabelohun was the Mufasir (Deputy Imam) of Orisun Awotan Central Mosque, Awotan in Ido Local Government Area, Ibadan, until his arrest.
“These people had been arrested more than twice on this same issue, and they are living in our midst, one at Peace Estate and the other at Adaba,” he said.
Another source in the community revealed that the duo were arrested when they were trying to remove body parts from a grave in Ibadan.
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA has demolished an illegal structure in the Banana Island area of the state.
Speaking at the site of the demolition, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engr. Oluyinka Olumide, who decried the rate at which owners/ developers continue to build without recourse to the building codes of the State, said that the demolition was in a bid to compel compliance and rid the State of illegal Structures.
He stated that the demolished structure was in gross violation of the suspension order issued by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu during his assessment visit to the site earlier in the year.
It was discovered then that the developer illegally dredged the river to reclaim the land without recourse to any approving authority.
Speaking further, the Commissioner maintained that the indiscriminate dredging activity in the area must stop forthwith, for it not only goes against Planning Laws but impacts negatively on the State’s ecosystem.
Also speaking, the General Manager Lagos State Building Control Agency, Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki said that officials of the Agency had earlier sealed the site but the developer broke the seal and continued with construction, an action which contravenes the building code.
Whilst expressing concern over the illegal land reclamation in the area, Oki assured that those involved would be penalised.
The General Manager added that all buildings involved in unapproved shoreline extensions along Lagos Waterfront would be demolished and their developers prosecuted.
He urged all intending building owners to always do the needful by carrying out due diligence before the commencement of any construction, including obtaining the necessary documentation from relevant Government Agencies.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu gave the warning on Friday, while speaking with Journalists in his Office.
Prof Adelabu, who described the act as illegal, reiterated that the Oyo state government policy on Education is free from primary to secondary level in all public schools across the state.
He urged parents and guardians not to pay any fee to principals or teachers, but report anyone who might request or ask them for payment at the ministry.
The Commissioner, therefore, hinted that any principal or teacher found guilty will be seriously dealt with.
According to him, “before school resumes, We had a stakeholders meeting, where we warned all our teachers to desist from illegal collection of fees.
“Because in Oyo state, the school is free, Education is free in Oyo state; from the basic to secondary schools.
“As regards the collection of illegal fees, we cannot run away from bad eggs among our teachers, we have been hearing this rumor, I call it a rumor because we have been hunting for school principals and teachers that are collecting levies from our students.
“In fact, some Zonal Inspectorate Education Officers, (ZIE), our PS; inspector General of Education have been disguising in schools with money to pay such illegal fees when there is a red flag that; in this school, they are collecting illegal fee, I think I can mention two or three of such.
“There was a radio programme some time ago that they were collecting illegal fees in one of the secondary schools in Iseyin, They tagged the fee as ‘IFINKO’, so we quickly called the PS, IGE in charge of that zone. He conducted a search, and he discovered that nothing of such happened.
“There was another incident in IDO, we were trying to at least get one or two as a scapegoat, until now, we are unable to get a result.
“We are not resting on our oars because we have stumbled on one, and we are seriously working to unravel the truth of the matter, if we can get it, if that information is correct, that particular teacher will definitely be queried and is going to face the panel, so, all our teachers should be very careful.
“To the parents, they should know that education is free in Oyo state, no school, no head of school should demand a dime.
“They should not pay them, when such happened they should, please contact the Ministry of Education in Oyo state. If they cannot come over, we have all our LIEs (Local inspector of Education, we have our PS: Inspector General of Education.
“They should please contact them, and they should let us know.
“We have been carrying out what I called sting operation, we are going to schools to find out what type of fee or levy they are collecting from students.
“We’ve not been able to get so much of them, but In the public domain, we are hearing rumors, we are receiving WhatsApp messages, but we have not been able to at least get one or two of them.
“We are still looking for them, you too can help us, if you know of any school, just get in touch with us.”
Police detectives in Ondo State, have spread their dragnet in search of a man, Kehinde Olanipekun, for inflicting injuries on his wife, Damilola, for accusing him of sexual advances to his 14 year old step- daughter.
Kehinde was alleged to have macheted the wife for having the effrontery to ask him about the illicit affair with his step daughter, at their ldashen residence in Owo, Ondo state.
Sources told vanguard in Akure, the state capital, that the victim is at present receiving treatment at a private hospital in Owo, following the degree of injuries inflicted on her during the vicious attack by her fleeing husband.
It was learnt that the step daughter after several advances by the suspect, reported the ugly developments to her mother who confronted the husband.
According to the source, the step daughter reportedly told her mother that the sexual harassment had been on for a long time but that she couldn’t inform her out of fear.
“But when she could no longer bear the pressure mounted on her by the step-father, she summoned courage and told her mother.”
Vanguard gathered that the husband didn’t deny the allegation, but apologized, only to viciously attacked his wife later.
Few days after the wife’s confrontation, the suspect reportedly hurriedly returned back from work, sent the two children on errand and descended on the wife with a sharp cutlass after locking the doors.
The victim was said to have been viciously attacked by the suspect and that all efforts by their neighbors to rescue her proved abortive as the doors had been locked by the suspect.
Vanguard gathered that the suspect fled the scene after the victim pretended to have died as a result of the brutal attack.
The victim, thereafter, reportedly managed to open one of the locked doors for their neighbors who rushed into the house, and took her to the hospital.
She was said to be unconscious by the time they rushed her to the hospital and was later revived by the doctors.
Contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the attack on the woman by her husband.
Odunlami said that the state police command has launched a man hunt for the fleeing husband.
The Chief Magistrate Court 1, Iwo Road Ibadan, presided over by Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran has on Friday, convicted one Adeleke Ronke Mary of the Oyo State Ministry of Lands, to a year imprisonment for official corruption.
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) secured the conviction of Adeleke after it had investigated a case submitted against her by a victim from whom she dubiously collected the sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira (#600,000.00).
The court also ordered that the convict to refund the said money to the victim within a month.
In a Press Statement signed by the Chairman, OYACA, Honorable Justice Eni Esan and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Friday, Adeleke was investigated by the agency and found culpable before her case file was handed over the State’s Ministry of Justice for prosecution.
“The Chief Magistrate Court 1, Iwo Road, Ibadan, Presided over by Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran (CM1) convicted today, Adeleke Ronke Mary, a civil servant of the Ministry of Lands for official corruption under the Section 22 of the OYACA Law and the court sentenced her to a year term of imprisonment.
“Also, the court ordered the convict to refund the sum of #600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Naira) collected from the victim within one month.
“Adeleke Ronke Mary has since been handed over to the officers of the Nigerian Correctional Services,” the statement added.
Justice Eni Esan said OYACA in its commitment towards zero tolerance for corruption within the public service in Oyo State, is ready to rid the State of all forms of corrupt practices and to ensure that justice is served in all cases of corruption within Oyo State.
Signed:
Justice Eni Esan, Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency, Ibadan, Oyo State.
The EFCC invited Oyo kingmakers yesterday in response to bribery allegations, which arose from a petition by a candidate vying for the vacant Alaafin of Oyo throne.
It was gathered that the petitioner alleged that the kingmakers collected bribes running into millions of naira to favour a particular candidate, hence the decision of EFCC to summon the kingmakers for questioning.
Only Oloye Agbaakin and Oloye Samu honoured the EFCC invitation while Basorun, Lagunna and Akinniku were said to be absent.
Recall, there has been a lot of controversies and intrigues surrounding the appointment of new Alaafin of Oyo. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde had earlier alleged the kingmakers of corruption in the selection process. He made the disclosure known publicly during the commissioning of LAUTECH Iseyin Campus that he would henceforth drag the kingmakers to EFCC if they do not desist from such act.
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received in audience the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Ola Olukoyede and the new EFCC Executive Secretary Muhammad Hammajoda at the Aso Villa, Abuja
This was after they were Olukoyede and Hammajoda confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday.
According to a statement by the EFCC, “Olukoyede identified three focal areas and raised three posers as important thrusts of plying his new job. The three focal areas are: focus on the mandate of the EFCC, pursuit of transparency and accountability and building the image of Nigeria. To achieve these, he harped on the need for collective responsibility, greater emphasis on preventive frameworks against graft and premium attention on transactional credits.”
The EFCC Chairman was quoted as saying, “We need to reset our focus. Section 6 of the EFCC Act has given us what an anti-corruption agency should be doing. Number one, I believe we should be focused on driving economic development. Number two, we must also create an atmosphere of transparency and accountability, number three, we must help as an anti-corruption agency, to build the image of Nigeria.”
Continuing, “I also came here with three posers that I like to share with us. Number one is the need for collective responsibility. We need to get to a point in Nigeria where we need to come together on the same page and believe that corruption is a cankerworm to our development. We must come together and believe that, with the way financial crimes have overwhelmed our structures and systems in Nigeria, we can’t move forward and if we move forward, it will be at a snail speed… The time has come for us to show commitment”.
Olukoyede also said that: “the time has come for us to begin to look at more of prevention than enforcement. Enforcement is a very strong tool in our hands, we are going to apply it very seriously”. He also pointed out that the anti-corruption war will bite harder with a transactional credit system, arguing that, “if we allow Nigerians to continue to buy houses and cars with cash, a thousand EFCC, added to a million ICPC will not do us any good”. The new EFCC’s boss also called for greater improvement in the criminal justice system, stressing that, “if we really want to fight corruption… we must encourage our criminal justice system to adjudicate in such a way that, maximum prosecution doesn’t take more than five years. If we make our criminal justice system work, you will see more of what the anti-corruption agencies are doing and it will be better for all of us”.
The Senate, impressed by the articulation of Olukoyede’s initiatives in driving the anti-corruption war more vibrantly, confirmed his appointment as a substantive Executive Chairman of the EFCC. It also confirmed Hammajoda as the Commission’s Secretary.
