Lecturer loses 4 teeth after Immigration officers brutalised & accused him of being Boko Haram(Photo)

A lecturer in the Department of Business Management, University of Calabar, Mr. Okon Effiong Ekpenyong, has lost four teeth after he was allegedly brutalised by some officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Cross River State command, for traffic offence.

 According to Punch,his vehicle developed a minor fault on Bassey Oqua Street in Calabar, near the NIS headquarters. He said after fixing it, he was leaving the area when the officials accosted and assaulted him, saying he made a U-turn at an unauthorised point

"After the car developed a fault, I called some people to help push it off the road and I went home to get my two sons to buy fuel in a jerry can because I suspected it might be petrol since the gauge was faulty.I tried to start the car after refueling, but it did not start. We had to push it down the Bassey Oqua Street, which is close to the NIS residential quarters.Immediately the car started, two NIS officials flagged me down; I obeyed. They said I had just made a U-turn at an unauthorised point and they concluded that I was a Boko Haram suspect, adding that they would not waste time in dealing with me.Immediately, about 10 other officials joined them, they forced me out of the car and started hitting me with gun butts and other weapons. I passed out in the process.”

Ekpenyong said before he became unconscious, he was able to identify four persons – a deputy comptroller, a chief superintendent and a male and female junior officials.

He said when he later regained consciousness in a cell, a senior NIS official, who identified himself as the provost, pleaded with him and released him to take care of himself in a hospital.The lecturer said he proceeded to the Airport Police Division in Calabar to report the incident from where he was taken to the Police Clinic for medical attention.
A report, which was issued by an investigating police officer, Edwin Jenuwa, confirmed that Ekpenyong was taken to the clinic at about 6pm with fresh blood stains after suffering assault and grievous harm.

Woman Buried Alive by her Landscaper after he offered to drive her to buy a new car(Photo)

 In shocking crime described by authorities as Heinous, depraved, vile, horrible and inhuman,a New Jersey woman was buried alive in a shallow grave by her landscaper after he offered to drive her to buy a new car.
Fatima Perez was reported missing on Monday evening, the same day she left her Camden home to buy the car.
 The Courier-Post reports that,the body of the 41-year-old woman was found Wednesday in Monroe Township, about 20 miles away.Her mouth and eyes were covered with duct tape before she was buried. An autopsy determined she died of asphyxiation.

 Alicea-Antonetti, the owner of Villa Coamo Landscaping and General Maintenance, picked up Perez on Monday in his van to drive her to buy the car.She had about $8,000 on her for the purchase.


She accepted a lift from Alicea-Antonetti, who was known to her family and had done landscaping work at her home

Speaking to investigators later, he claimed she fell out of his van during an argument then got back in regardless of the injury.
He admitted to then picking up Ortiz, and said the two men later bound Perez and taped her ears and mouth shut.

Oritz's statement differed, claiming that Perez was already tied up when he entered the van. He also claimed she begged him for help while they headed to the rural area where she'd be buried.He further said that Alicea-Antonetti directed him to take a shovel and dig the gave off of Clayton Road,and stated that Ms. Perez was placed in the grave, covered with lime and buried.Both men agreed she was alive when they buried her.

They covered the grave with branches and debris to try and hide it, then left.
They were arrested Wednesday when police received a tip they were hiding in an Express Inn. Alicea-Antonetti had $7,000 on him when he was arrested.

As Camden County Assistant Prosecutor Christine Shah described the horrific crime, Perez's family wept openly in court,
Each man faces life without parole

Father's Love! India's Elephant man turns down offer of a new face so he can keep begging to fund daughter's wedding(Photo)

This will bring you to tears...50 year old Mannan Mondal,known as India's 'Elephant man' has turned down the opportunity to get a new face just so he can continue begging and pay for his 20 year old daughter,Rasheeda's wedding.

He refused radical re-constructive surgery offered by surgeons,and prefers going to holy sites across India to beg where he earns about £5 a day .He then sends all the money  back to his beloved family .None of them have inherited the condition..According to Daily mail,he said:

'I will have to buy a lot of things - beds, cabinets, rings, watches and a cycle for the groom,The money I earn while begging is barely enough to feed my family. But I have no other way to help my daughter. I have to continue like this. I have to think about feeding my family first.'I have been like this since birth.'If there was an option of getting better without having to pay then I would definitely take it.But not now. I have a wedding to think about. I will have to go back home, talk to my family and then decide. But feeding my family will always come first.' I was born poor and I had limited options.

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When I was younger these deformities were much smaller but they have all grown much larger with age.People around me do not treat me very well. They are disgusted by me and don't like me. This is how it has been for years.'I have learned to manage like this. For example, I don't use a toothbrush to brush my teeth. I use my fingers as I have only four teeth.I do not have a home. I live on the streets under tents pitched on the footpath and I do not have money to buy land or houses.But my wife and family have been very supportive. They have always told me that my condition is God's creation. We humans cannot do anything to avoid it.'

Dr Kashyap said:

 'Mannan's tumours are benign, they are not cancerous. They will not shorten his life expectancy.
'But the bones have not developed properly on one side of his face so he has no support and this has caused the tumour to drop down.To reconstruct his face we would have to take away as much of the tumour as possible. After that, we would reconstruct the vital parts of his face he is missing.'We could give him a new mouth, some kind of an eye socket and some skeletal support to make his appearance as normal as possible.'But even after the procedure, he would not be 100 per cent normal. My main aim would be to give him some comfort and to make him and his children feel like he is normal.'Surprisingly Mannan has turned his back on this opportunity - and vowed to continue begging.He feels this is his career and his sole option to make enough money to provide for his family."