Shocker: You Won't Believe What These Church Members Did That Landed Them In Court

A 53-year old man, Oluwole Solaja, and Sodiq Daramola, 36, were on Thursday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate in Badagry, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing musical instruments.



The accused, whose addresses are unknown, are facing a two-count charge of breach of peace and stealing before Chief Magistrates Abiodun Etti.
The prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Uko, told the court that the accused persons had on March 17 at 12:00 p.m, stolen musical instruments which belonged to their church in the Imeke area of Badagry.
Uko said the accused stole two speakers, two lead guitars, a drum set and two lamp holders, valued at N100, 000.
"One of the accused was a founding member of the church, so no one suspected that he could commit such crime" he said. "They went to the church in the pretence that they wanted to repair the instruments, when they took them, they disappeared".
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Sections 166 (D) and 285 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
However, counsel to the accused, Idowu Sedgla, pleaded with the court to grant the accused bail.
Sedgla assured that the accused would cooperate with all the parties for an amicable resolution of the matter.
Etti granted the accused bail in the sum of N500, 000 each, with one surety in like sum.
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Police Extortion: SEE What Commercial Motorcyclist Plan On Doing

Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) has lambasted the men of the Nigeria Police Force for the continual extortion from its members, even when they do not violate any traffic law or commit any crime.

The Lags-based motorcycle association made the statement during a meeting at the Umuoji Hall, Titus Ufondu Street, Olodi- Apapa area of Lagos State, on Thursday that “the police have turned motorcycle riders into their ATMs”and promised to embark on a protest to attract the sympathy of Nigerians of the police do not desist from extorting money from its members.
The secretary-general of ACOMORAN, Ugochukwu Okolie, said that the association is intending to embark on ‘mother of all protest’ to let the world know that the motorcycle riders are suffering.
Okolie said he is “prepared to die for the cause, because my members and their families are dying of starvation. They cannot feed their wives and children, send the children to school, pay hospital and electricity bills, among others, and still pay the police.”
Okoli pointed out that the Lagos State Government Traffic Law banned motorcycles and tricycles from operating, but policemen are only interested in disturbing motorcycles riders while others are allowed to work freely.
“My members do not want to go into any criminal activity, that is why they decided to use their motorcycles to make a living,” he said.
Okoli warned the police to stop extorting and intimidating members of the association who are plying the lawful routes allowed by laws of the state. He also said he was ready to produce evidence showing that policemen are extorting money unnecessarily from the commercial motorcycle operators.
Okoli also promised that he would lay down his life if that would end the intimidation and harassment usually meted out to his members by the men of the Nigeria Police Force. “The protest will be totally different from what Nigerians are used to, because it will be an everyday show, until the government responds positively to our plight,” he assured. 
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Popular Actor Threatens To Kill Wife & Commit Suicide

Popular American actor, Columbus Short’s wife, Tuere Short has filed for divorce for allegedly putting a knife to her throat last week.
The 31-year-old TV series ‘Scandal’ star aside threatening his wife with a knife, he threatened to kill her and then kill himself.
According to TMZ, a restraining order indicates that he came into her room with a bottle of wine and acted like he was going to hit her with the bottle and pour the content on her.
He later ran into the kitchen for a knife, pinned her to the couch and began choking her. He also told her that they should play a game called “Truth or Truth”, if she lied he would stab her in the leg.
Tuere says that she then named men he believed she was having affairs with. After denying all the affairs, he put the knife of her throat and threatened to kill her and then commit suicide.
She claims she tried escaping but he slashed her tyre. Tuere cites irreconcilable differences and asking for full custody of their 2-year old daughter in the divorce papers
Meanwhile Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Scandal, was reported to have had a word with him threatening to fire him off the show, if he doesn’t get his act together.

APC Governors Absent At Meeting With President Jonathan

The meeting started at 2.00pm at the First Lady Conference Room in the State House, Abuja, on Thursday and the APC governors were obviously absent at the meeting.
After the President met the Service Chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar in his office earlier, they all moved to the First Lady Conference room where governors were already seated.
Governors present at the who meeting are: Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Martin Elechi (Ebonyi) Ramalan Yero (Kaduna), Isa Yuguda(Bauchi), Theodore Orji (Abia) and Ibrahim Dankwanbo (Gombe).
Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Idris Wada (Kogi), Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Sullivan Chime (Enugu).
And Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Garba Umar (Acting Governor Taraba), Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, John Jonah and Deputy Governor of Kebbi State.
Others who attended the meeting are the Defence Minister, Brigadier-General Aliyu Gusau (rtd); Director-General of State Security Service (SSS), Ita Ekpeyong; Minister of Interior, Abba Moro; National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim

Touching moment killer about to be hanged is spared execution by his victim's parents(Photos)

This is just so touching and shows the power of forgiveness in it's purest form...An Iranian, Balal, was sentenced to death for stabbing 18-year-old Abdollah Hosseinzadeh Jnr, during a street fight seven years ago.
He was finally taken to the gallows to be hanged today and as they were getting for the victims parents to  to kick him off the chair(which is the tradition), the victims mother instead gave him a dirty slap and choose to forgive him, to the shock of spectators .She & her husband then removed the noose off the murderer's neck .
The killer's mother who didn't expect it was over-joyed then ran to hug her ..
The victim's father, Abdolghani Hosseinzadeh, revealed his wife had a change of heart after her dead son appeared to her in a dream.
He said:

 'Three days ago, my wife saw my elder son in a dream telling her that they are in a good place and for her not to retaliate.This calmed my wife and we decided to think more until the day of the execution

Mentally-challenged woman allegedly caught with N100,000, BlackBerry in Lagos(Photo)

A mentally challenged woman who was allegedly caught with a N100,00 blackberry & an android,escaped being lynched by an angry mob

Punch reports that the incident happened around Onabanjo Street, Oworonshoki, Lagos State around 10am.Residents also claimed that two ATM cards were also found on the woman.

A resident, James Ogunkoya, said the mobs took action when they spotted her with some money and trailed her and beat her to a pulp...

“Around 10am, I saw a crowd around an unkempt woman. Some of the youths picked up sticks and were beating the woman. When I asked what was wrong, they said they found three phones and N100,000 with the her.They said the woman was not mad, but was only pretending to be mad so that she could easily perpetrate evil acts.”

Another resident said it was N50,000 that was found with the woman.The resident said the youths started suspecting her when she was overheard speaking like a normal person with somebody two days ago.

“Some guys were convinced that the woman was only pretending because they overheard her talking with a man on Monday night. They also wondered where a mad woman could have found the phones,"

A police team was said to have rescued the woman from the mob & she was seen lying on a bench near the counter of the station.Our correspondent noted that she had a burst lip while her arms were bleeding.

A policeman said

“I have been asking the woman questions all day, but she has just been incoherent. She has even refused to tell us her name. At some point, she just started crying, so I let her sleep. I don’t even know if she is a mad woman.
“Also, when she was arrested and we searched her, we did not find any money, phone or ATM cards on her. Nobody has come to write any statement here at the station.”

The General Secretary, Oworonshoki Youth Forum, Babajide Kabiawu, blamed the incident on the fear in the minds of people since the arrest of ritual killers in some South-West states.

He said there was a need for the government to set up a special task force at the community level.

 “I do not condone people taking the laws into their hands. However, it is a reflection of the level of insecurity coupled with the discovery of the activities of ritual killers in Oyo and Ogun states.The notorious cannibal, Clifford Oji, used to parade himself as a mad man as well. We have also seen cases in our neighbourhood where supposed mad people kidnapped children. We want the government to support the community in setting up a task force that will evacuate mentally-challenged people.”

How woman stole N22 million from Peter Odemwingie, others in the UK (PICTURED)

A British woman posing as a Lifestyle Coach has escaped jail after swindling Nigerian Super Eagle striker, others of over £80,000.
Scheming Claire Duke admitted to defrauding the complainants by pocketing monies meant for her clients’ luxury holidays.
Other victim’s of Duke’s scam were Liverpool’s Andre Wisdom and former West Bromwich Albion and Celtic manager Tony Mowbray.
Duke, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, swindled the money by setting up a business called Solutions Lifestyle where she advertised flights and hotels at discount prices for her wealthy clients.
Read the Daily Mail report below:

The lifestyle consultant would take money for holidays and flights from her customers – but would pocket the cash for herself.
She wept in the dock at Stafford Crown Court, Staffordshire, today as she confessed to seven counts of fraud.
In total she made £82,561.79 fraudulently from six of her clients between April 1, 2012 and July 10 last year.
The court heard Mowbray – who was managing Middlesborough at the time – paid Duke over £30,000 for a hotel in Dubai.
But when he arrived with his family, he found not only had a different hotel been booked but it had not even been paid for.
She also stole £15,437.67 from Nigerian striker Odemwingie, 32, after obtaining his bank details from his debit card.
She also pocketed £6,000 from defender Wisdom, 21, currently on loan to Derby County, after he paid for a trip to Jamaica.
Hugh O’Brien-Quinn, prosecuting said: ‘She was a lifestyle coach and one of her clients was Peter Odemwingie, then a footballer at West Bromwich Albion.
‘He had paid the defendant £7,000 so she could book him flights to Miami. He paid with his debit card.

He married his fiancée in May 2012 and his future parents in law paid £7,560 to book a honeymoon.
‘The defendant pocketed that money but needed to cover her tracks and book a honeymoon.

‘So in April 2012 she used Mr Odemwingie’s debit card details and paid £7,471.12 from that account to another company who arranged the honeymoon.

‘She received £1,000 commission and even handed over the tickets at the wedding reception.
‘She then used Mr Odemwingie’s card again for return flights from Eindhoven to London for a football agent priced at £325.33.’
The court also heard how Duke stole £6,600 from Liverpool player Andre Wisdom who gave her the money to book him a flight to Jamaica.
However, she took the money for herself and then tried to cover her tracks by using Mr Odemwingie’s account to pay £15,160.44 for flights and hotels for Mr Wisdom’s holiday to Jamaica.

Gangsters rape,kill 18 year old sex-worker in Lagos(Photo)

 Police have apprehended two gangsters for allegedly raping and killing an 18-year-old commercial sex worker, Oluwatosin Ami.The suspects, John-Paul Chukwuebuka, 19; and Ebuka Chimudi, 22; belonged to a gang which specialised in luring young ladies to hotels with the aim of dispossessing them of their belongings and raping them.

According to police authorities, on April 10, 2013, two members of the gang posed as customers and visited the Happy Day Hotel, Orile.Oluwatosin was approached by the suspects and she took them into her room at the hotel which she secured at the cost of N3, 500 per day.The suspects were said to have overpowered Oluwatosin and stuffed a cloth in her mouth to prevent her from screaming.



She was also bound by the hands, while the suspects took turns in raping her.Afterwards, the suspects were said to have stolen her phone and money before locking her inside the room.The suspects were also said to have taken the key of the room and tossed it into a canal.

A relative of the deceased said the following morning, when the hotel attendants wanted to clean the hotel rooms, they knocked on the door of the room where Oluwatosin was, but there was no response.

It was learnt that the  attendants then used a spare key to open the door and the corpse of Oluwatosin was found.Her father, Babatunde, told PUNCH Metro that the matter was reported at the Orile Police Station and his daughter’s corpse was taken to the Mainland Hospital, Yaba.

Babatunde said he had no idea that his daughter was a commercial sex worker.He said the family had been looking for her since December last year and had reported her missing at the Adeniji Adele Police Division on the Lagos Island.

He said,

 “My daughter was in JSS3 in 2012 when she dropped out of school. She said she wanted to be a sales girl and we got a job for her, but she did not stay there. Suddenly, in December last year, she left the house and did not return home.Her mother and I called her on the telephone several times, but she would say she was fine and putting up in a friend’s place. She used to visit her grandmother, but in January, she stopped picking calls.All attempts to get her proved abortive. We did not hear anything from her until we received a telephone call a few days ago, saying her corpse had been found in a hotel.”

The mother of the deceased, Muibat, lamented that Oluwatosin was her third child that would die within five years.She said the deceased was her first born and she had only two children remaining.She said she did her best as a parent and wondered why her daughter chose such a lifestyle

How our friend & colleague disappeared after making ATM withdrawals (Must Read)

I just received this mail and just had to share… and it is really important to spread the word..
On the night of Friday, the 7th of March 2014, our friend and colleague disappeared.
He was with a friend in his rented apartment in Port Harcourt on that night when he received a call. After answering the call at about 8pm, he told his guest he had to dash out to meet some colleague and that he would be back shortly. That was the last time anyone saw him alive, he met with the persons but never returned.
He had planned to travel to home to his family in Warri on Saturday but sadly, their expectation to see him alive and well was cut short. He never came home.
By Monday his family was fully panicked.  They checked and confirmed that there were no accidents on the PHC-WAR road and that his name was not on any manifest of the more popular transport companies.
Further enquiries revealed that there had been several withdrawals from his account via his ATM card along the Eleme/Onne axis of Port Harcourt.
It was then assumed that he had been kidnapped, though there was never any call or demand for ransom.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION


Fast forward three weeks to Friday 28th of March, when a
guy flew in to Port Harcourt from Lagos. Apparently, he came to close a business deal.
On arrival, he checked into a hotel and got in contact with a driver/mechanic whom he was familiar with and arranged for the guy to take him somewhere for a business meeting with some persons. Upon arriving at the location, they were attacked, but luckily the mechanic/driver escaped. He returned to the location a while later with police men and met the corpse of his client (the man from Lagos). Per protocol, the police searched the area and discovered the now de-composing corpse of our colleague.
OUR THOUGHTS
It appears there is a syndicate or gang of criminals who are using a ‘honey trap’ to lure unsuspecting people to an untimely and gruesome death. We believe based on the little facts we have that they are parading an item for sale for an unbelievable bargain price. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS OR HOW THE INITIAL CONTACT IS MADE (MOST LIKELY ONLINE), it could be anything from a high end vehicle or heavy duty equipment to real estate property, though it’s more likely to be a car/vehicle because it is unlikely our colleague would go out at night to inspect a piece of land and the fact that their last victim contacted a mechanic/driver indicates that he was likely looking for his input/opinion on the state of item he wanted to buy. AGAIN, WE DON’T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE ‘DEAL’ BECAUSE NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED THE DEAL SURVIVED TO TELL THE TALE.
Whatever it is, we believe that they are offering it at a
substantial below market price, hence the interest from would be victims.
After price negotiations (presumably on phone), they would arrange to meet up with their customer for inspection only to accost the person, beat and torture him/her until the person divulges the pin code to his/her ATM card(s) which they would have already taken. They proceed to confirm the code they have forced the victim to divulge is correct by using it in any nearby ATM machine (also definitely check the balance), after which they kill the person and set-up another deal for the next weekend while they continue withdrawing from their victims account(s).
It seems logical because in the build up to the deal, it’s logical that the person would have started accumulating money in his/her account towards the purchase.
This scenario fits our colleague’s case.
They called him on Friday night of 7th March, 2014 to meet-up with them, he went, they beat him and tortured him till he gave them his pin, they confirmed it and killed him.
The same scenario played out again three weeks later only this time, one of the two people escaped to raise an alarm.
Please we all need to be careful not to fall for this or any other ‘honey trap’ be it via online or any other media.
SPREAD THE WORD – THEIR NEXT WOULD BE VICTIM COULD BE SAVED BY YOUR ACTIONS!!
The shell staff was a young man (under 40 yrs).
He was at work on Fri and promised to see his family on Saturday.
Sadly, that did not happen.
Stories abound of kidnap cases and ATM theft
Some of the learning(s) from this incident.
1.       Stop receiving bank alerts on your phone (Kidnappers check phones for account balances and make withdrawals from accounts after obtaining the PIN from the kidnapped individual)
2.       If possible, maintain a separate account for ATM use (separate your salary or main account from the account that has an ATM card. Someone says she has an account she transfers funds too for weekend use. Never a lot of money in that account so the loss of the card / account would not be
an issue)
3.       Have only one ATM card on you at any point in time (especially for ladies, do not put all your “cards” in one “bag”
4.       ALWAYS let people know what you are up to (or where you are going to)
5.       Be very wary of “deals” that seem too good to be true
Please  let’s all be careful especially those who are always interested in buying parcels of land, following strange agents to unknown places to check out apartments or cars for sale. This is a great eye opener !!! Always ensure you transact business through a known and registered office, it’s safer. God help us all.
Greg Ighodaro

Photo: UNIBEN Student Drowns In Lagos Hotel Pool

                                              The deceased, Chukwudi Nwaobi
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A 20-year-old student of Sociology in the University of Benin identified as Chukwudi Nwaobi has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in the Ipaja area of Lagos State.

On that ill-fated day, Chukwudi had gone to relax at Infinity Hotel, Abesan Estate

Recounting the ordeal, the elder brother to the deceased said Chukwudi had called their mother to say he wanted to get to Iyana Ipaja to do some shopping as he was due to return to school a few days later. After sometime, their mother called his phone but he did not pick. The elder brother also tried and still he didn't pick.

The elder brother said, "Just before we were about to report the matter to the police, someone finally picked up to say my brother had been arrested and we should come to Ipaja Police Division. On getting to the station, the police were acting funny. Later, we were allowed into the DPO’s office where we met the manager of the hotel. They then explained to us that my brother was dead and his corpse had been deposited at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba."

The family is blaming the hotel for the incident saying, the information relayed to the family implied that the hotel was negligent.

The elder brother to the deceased said that if the life guard had been on duty at the time of the incident, his brother would not have died, adding that his brother was a good swimmer and wondered how he could have drowned.

He said the hotel should have also informed the family immediately the incident occurred as further investigations revealed that Chukwudi did not die in the hotel, but at Rauf Aregbesola Clinic, Egbeda, where he was referred to from Adefemi Hospital, Opeki, where he was rushed to after he was brought out of the water.

"We were told by the hospital that he still had a pulse when he was brought there but because of the severity of the case, he was referred to Rauf Aregbesola Clinic, Egbeda where he was declared dead," he said.

The mother of the deceased, Ngozi Nwaobi, is however calling on the police and the Lagos State Government to do their best in ensuring that an autopsy was done quickly so the corpse could be released for burial.

The hotel manager and another employee were arrested by the police but were later released.

According to the lawyer for the hotel, Mr. Boye Leyimu who described the incident as unfortunate, they will do everything they can to help the family in this trying time.
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