I just want to share my true life story with you so that you can learn from it. We are human beings, we make mistakes every day but it left for you to learn from your mistakes. “My name is ‘anonymous’ I wont mention where I come from for security reasons. I met this guy in 2001 when I was writing WAEC, his name is GuyA. We fell in love.
"He was everything a woman would ask for; he is fair, handsome, intelligent and God fearing, he loved me so much, he shared the little he had with me, he was willing to do anything I ask for though he didn't have much because he was still in second year at university of Nigeria, Enugu campus. "He did everything possible for me to gain admission into the university. I eventually gained admission in 2003 at Enugu State University of Science and Technology and graduated in 2007. "I don't know what came over me.
I had a fling with this guy named GuyB. Though I never loved him, but I became pregnant for him. I didn't know what to do, but terminating the pregnancy was not an option. I didn't want to lose GuyA. It was as if my world has crumbled. "I didn't tell anybody not even my best friend because I never could tell what would happen if I did. I made a smart move by telling GuyA that I was pregnant for him. "Of course, he believed me because he trusted me so much but I betrayed his love for me.
He came to see my people, though my parents are dead. "I eventually put to bed; a baby girl. This was in 2008. Do you know what my baby was exactly the carbon copy of GuyB; the guy I had a fling with? "I was not surprise because I knew the pregnancy wasn't GuyA's but I thought the baby would've resembled me. Of course, I was wrong. GuyA accepted us even when he knew the baby does not look like him or me.
"Ever since, I have been dying in silence. My conscience kept killing me. At a point, I hated my own child seeing a picture of another man in her. My husband, GuyA loved her so much more than anything. "In 2010, I had another baby boy for my husband. My joy knew no bounds. I was really happy, my husband was happy as well.
"In 2012, I had another baby boy for my husband, GuyA. Even at that, he loved my daughter more than her two biological sons. At a point, I became jealous but what can I do. I just couldn't bear it any more so I decided to give my life to Christ and beg God for forgiveness which I know he has done. "This I did because I couldn't continue to die in silence. It was now for me to confess to my husband but how would I achieve that without breaking my home? I didn't want to loose my home, I loved my husband and my kids.
"He is a wonderful man but I betrayed him. I prayed and asked God to give me the strength to confess to him... On the set day, I first called him on phone to ask him if he would ever forgive me. He asked what I meant by that. He asked if I was alright and I said yes. He hanged up on me. I cried like a baby. "When he came back from work that same day, I served him his dinner.
After that, I went with him in the room and told him to forgive me that he should not punish our daughter for what she does not know about but punish me. He Already Knew That He Is Not The Father Of Our Daughter: "He asked again what I meant by that. I narrated everything that transpired between GuyB and I. To my greatest surprise, he dropped a bombshell. He said he knew all these years that he was not the biological father of our 4-year old daughter.
"I asked him if he knew about it and didn't bother to ask me? He said that he knew that someday I was going to tell him but he never knew it would come this soon. "It was as if the ground should open and swallow me. I was so ashamed of my self that I bowed my face in tears but he cuddled me and said he'd forgiven me long ago.
He said that we pray every day OUR FATHER FORGIVE US OUR SINS AS WE FORGIVE THOSE TRESPASS AGAINST US, why won't he forgive me? "He said no one is perfect and that we make mistakes in life. He said that I was a nice person and that we have been through a lot in life. So, he cannot abandon me now that i needed him most. He told me that he could possibly throw me out so that people will laugh at me but he has always loved me. "As for my daughter, as far as he is concerned, she is his daughter.
He's has always seen her as one and that he will always love us. These were his words. "I was short of words, all I could do was to cry and thank him and thank God for the kind of man he has given me because I know that no man would take that from any woman no matter what except by the special grace of God. "I am now a happy person and I have given my life to Jesus Christ. We must learn how to confess our sins no matter what so that Satan will be put to shame and as well learn how to forgive. "We now live in the UK. I also had my two boys in the UK."
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Last Saturday, D’banj turned 32. Unlike the ritual of champagne popping at ritzy hangouts, the pop star was in Benin, Edo State, entertaining fans and followers of his Koko doctrine. It was the third week of the annual multi-city concert, Star Trek, organised by the Nigeria Breweries Plc. On the bill were Sound Sultan, Tiwa Savage and Flavour. Model cum actor of the Tinsel fame, Gideon Okeke, who is gradually evolving as a substantive concert emcee, handled proceedings that Friday night in the open air venue, Sanfield, in Benin. In the tradition of the Star Trek, a number of local wannabes, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, were given a shot at fame. While some performed poorly, some like BMG, T Wine, Great Doctor, Bolo Yeung and Breezy were a delight to watch.

Prior to D’Banj’s performance, which was the last of the night, Mavin Records First Lady, Tiwa Savage, had entertained the crowd with a short but memorable performance. The leggy songstress, who was performing on the Star Trek bill for the first time, kicked off her performance with O Ma Ga O, from the Solar Plexus MixTape, released under Mavin Records, dovetailing into her other hit songs like Kele Kele Love, Love Me X3 and Without My Heart. Midway into her performance, she paused to render an acapella, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, in memory of the souls that were lost in the Dana air crash of Sunday, June 3rd. It was greeted with a thunderous applause by the ecstatic crowd.

Thereafter came Sound Sultan, who typically performed with the full complement of his band, and Flavour Nabania, who seemed to be on familiar turf as he took the crowd on a journey through contemporary Nigerian highlife.

When it was D’banj’s turn, even those who had become weary and sleepy, stirred into full awareness. He was in his elements, oscillating between old and new songs. Soon, D’banj was joined on stage by his collaborator, rapper, Ikechukwu, who was originally not part of the Star Trek line-up. Apart from D’banj’s sheer infectious energy, the lyrical interplay between him and Ikechukwu was another highlight of the Benin leg of the Star Trek. The following day, the Star Trek train moved to Sapele, Delta State but without D’banj.

Perhaps because of the abundance of entertainment talents in that part of the country, Deltans are presumably hard to please by outsiders. But, the thousands that thronged the Sapele Township Stadium got more than enough value for their N200 gate fee. From home girls, Omawumi to Waje, Sound Sultan, Flavour and Chocolate City rappers, MI and Ice Prince, including even Star Quest 2012 winners, Crystals, it was fun all the way. So much that a young lady who was lucky to join Sound Sultan while performing refused to vacate the stage even after he had finished.
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Kidnappers of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s cousin, Pa Sam Uduaghan, yesterday made their demand known. They wanted the concerned  relations to pay N50 million as ransom if the hostage, who is in his seventies is to breathe the air of liberty again.

Pa Uduaghan was kidnapped on Wednesday morning in Asaba. He was forced into his Toyota Camry Car at the gate of his house on DLA Road by gunmen who stormed the house in a  Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)  without a registration number. He was said to have driven out of the house, alighted from his car to lock the gate when the hoodlums swooped on him.

At the time of his kidnap, the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar was on official visit to the Delta State Police Command.  Spokesman of the command, DSP Charles Muka who confirmed the abduction of Pa Uduaghan yesterday, said the command had spread out its dragnets with a view to tracking down the hoodlums.

Emphasizing that police officers were already on the trail of the kidnappers, Muka assured that the septuagenarian, patriarch of Uduaghan’s household would be freed unhurt from the hands of his abductors.

While urging the family not to rush in payment of the ransom, he called on members of the public to avail the command with information that would assist the police in dealing with criminals in the state.
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No fewer than 10 policemen and employees of a new generation bank have been arrested and detained for questioning by the police in Delta State over the shocking disappearance on Monday of  N14 million from a bank vehicle, which  they escorted from Effurun to Ekpan in Delta State.The suspects were said to have been detained at the Police Area Commander’s Office, Warri, but the Area Commander had requested that the suspects be transferred to the State Police Command, Asaba for further investigation.



Delta state police spokesman, Mr. Charles Muka, told Vanguard when contacted that he was yet to be briefed on the matter.

It was , however, gathered that the policemen from Enerhen Police Station, Enerhen, were deployed to the bank, along Warri-Sapele Road, Warri, to escort money from the bank to its cash office on Refinery road, Ekpan, Monday.

On getting to the cash office of the bank at Ekpan, it was discovered on checking the boxes that there was no money inside.

There was an instant alarm as neither the policemen nor the cash officers could give logical reason for the scandal.

Some of the posers detectives would have to unravel in the case are:  If the policemen in the escort team from Enerhen knew before they left the bank’s office at Effurun that there was no money in the boxes they were escorting to Ekpan cash office of the bank or if they are part of the conspiracy.
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About 1,000 Nigerian asylum seekers in  Austria may be  deported following  the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by Nigeria and Austria.The agreement was signed last week in Abuja   by Austrian Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister  Michael Spindelegger and Nigerian Foreign Minister Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru .

The agreement  ‘exposes’ these persons who are without a clear proof of Nigerian citizenship, most of them living in Austria for many years and well integrated (but not accepted as refugees according to the Geneva convention).



The two countries pledged cooperation in security matters, a joint tackling of terrorism and training of security personnel.

Besides, the Austrian Ambassador to Nigeria Dr Stefan Scholz  extolled the Sultan of Sokoto Saád Abubakar 111 for his outstanding work in interfaith cooperation and religious tolerance in Nigeria.

The Guardian learnt that although most asylum seekers of Nigerian extraction are already considered economic refugees by the Austrian authorities to the chagrin of the affected citizens, the fear is rife that should the religious, ethnic and social situation in Nigeria held to be tense deepens , Europe might be faced with an even larger number of refugees from Nigeria.

In the aftermath of his visit to Nigeria (the first by any Austrian high government official in the 50 years of bilateral relations between the two countries), Spindelegger has been quoted by foreign news agencies including the Austrian Press Agency and Austrian newspapers as saying that the Abuja agreement shall help to reduce the ‘fear’ of the readmitted, because the Nigerian government through the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other related matters (NAPTIP) has pledged  to look after them (deported asylum seekers) while Austrian companies operating in Nigeria have shown their readiness to offer training (resettlement) programmes in this regard.

Besides, the signing of the readmission agreement opens a floodgate to handle one thousand older but open cases of refused asylum seekers in Austria from Nigeria. Before the agreement, the Federal Government had not been obliged to take deported refugees back even though last year, of the 14, 416 requests for asylum, 414 were from Nigeria.
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FAMILY members, rights activists, politicians, government officials and other Nigerians yesterday celebrated the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola, as they revisited the 19th anniversary of the annulled polls at several fora in some states.

Speakers at these events paid tributes to the late politician and proffered several ways he should be honoured by the Federal Government, without prejudice to the recent rechristening of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) after him by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Despite a downpour in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Abiola’s home-town, a crowd led by Governor Ibikunle Amosun gathered at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto, after taking a “Democracy Walk” to celebrate the day.

According to Amosun, Abiola paid the supreme price for Nigerians “to have democracy. June 12 is a memorable day that can never be forgotten in the history of the nation. If we refused to celebrate him (Abiola) today, future generations would celebrate him.”

President, Campaign for Democracy (CD), Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin and one of Abiola’s daughters, Hafzat, also addressed the crowd.

Okei-Odumakin stated: “We must rededicate ourselves. The Democracy Walk means we remember him for his sacrifice. All of us must make sure Nigeria does not go down”.

Hafzat thanked the nation on behalf of her family for recognising the role her father played to bring about the current democratic dispensation.

However Abiola’s younger brother, Alhaji Mubashiru Abiola, who spoke on behalf of the family at their Sabo ancestral home, insisted that the only way to immortalise Abiola was to declare him an elected former President of Nigeria.

Mubashiru alleged that the family had been neglected by the Federal Government, stressing that renaming UNILAG after the late Abiola was not enough.

In a statement to mark the day, Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Lateef Adegbite, said the nation has not accorded due recognition to June 12 as a historic day.

Adegbite also urged the Federal Government to:

• Release officially the results of the Presidential Elections of June 12,1993;

• declare Chief MKO Abiola the winner of the election;

• confer post-humously on MKO Abiola all the honours due to an elected President of Nigeria, including the award of the National Honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR);

• declare June 12 of every year, MKO Abiola Day, which shall be observed as National Holiday, it will replace May 29 as Democracy Day.

In Lagos, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, his predecessor and National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu, former Governor of old Kaduna State and other citizens celebrated the 19th anniversary of the June 12 polls.

Musa, who chaired the event, stated that Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, the electoral umpire of the June 12 election, had admitted in public that Abiola clearly won the polls and that the recent move by President Goodluck Jonathan to rename UNILAG after Abiola attested to this.

Arguing that Abiola deserved more than having UNILAG named after him, Musa asked the Federal Government to establish a judicial commission of enquiry to find out the circumstances that led to the annulment of the elections and punish those responsible for it.

Arguing that renaming UNILAG after Abiola would reduce the latter’s national mandate to a sectional one, Tinubu said: “Since the President now know the result of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, I support the call that Abiola should be recognised post-humously as the second democratically elected President of Nigeria and declare either his birthday or June 12 as a national holiday as it was done for Dr. Martin Luther-King in the United States. This is a man who struggled and died for this country. That is the minimum that we will demand from the Federal Government”.

Founder, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, suggested that Abiola’s portrait should be put on the proposed N2000 note while the Abuja National Stadium should also be named after the late politician.

Fashola said “the historic June 12 election should inspire Nigerians to be patriotic to change things they do not accept. We should tell people who say we cannot stand together irrespective of our tribe that it is a lie. I like to remind those who say that we are so religiously divided that on June 12 we stood together. Nigeria resolved to cast their lots behind a team they thought would take them out of poverty. That is what June 12 must mean to us.

Also, former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, yesterday in Abuja described the annulment of the June 12 election as “the maximum ruination action” taken by the Nigerian military against the Nigerian State.

Ezeife noted that the June 12 polls remained the “freest, fair and credible election” conducted in the country.

He also urged the Federal Government to consider declaring June 12, “MKO Abiola Day” to subsume the Democracy Day usually marked on May 29.

Stating that naming UNILAG after Abiola has become controversial, Ezeife urged President Jonathan to rethink that decision and perhaps name the Abuja National Stadium or the International Conference Centre in Abuja after the late politician.

In Oyo State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi yesterday urged the Federal Government to officially recognise Abiola as a former president of the country and confer on him the highest honour in the land befitting of a president.

At an event to mark the day in Osogbo, Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, called on the Federal Government to declare Abiola a former elected President of the country and June 12 “MKO Abiola Day” in honour of the late politician.

On his part, Aregbesola declared yesterday the “MKO Abiola Day” in Osun State, pledging that a bill would soon be sent to the state House of Assembly to give this declaration the force of law.

He added: “I call on those who are protesting against the renaming of UNILAG to Moshood Abiola University, Lagos to have a rethink and support the change because of Abiola.

“However, the expected decision from the Federal Government is recognition of the fact that Abiola won the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election. To that end, he should be recognized as a President and be given all paraphernalia of that office, posthumously.”

June 12 was celebrated in three separate venues on Osun State, with a coalition of civil societies, including the Committee for Democracy and Rights of the People (CDRP) led by Comrade Amitolu Shittu organising lectures/symposium to commemorate the day.

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana in his address commended Abiola for his heroism, saying he came out as man at a critical moment in the struggle for the retrieval of his mandate.

Also, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital of Ekiti State yesterday was agog as thousands of people celebrated June 12 by joining Governor Kayode Fayemi and government functionaries for a “Democracy Walk “ around major streets of the town.

Addressing the crowd at Okeyinmi junction, Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi urged the Federal Government to go beyond naming UNILAG after Abiola “to a more ennobling and enduring recognition.”

Fayemi wondered if there “can be a 1999 without a 1993” but concluded that “it was the struggle faced by Nigerians between 1993 and 1998 that culminated in the exit of the military on May 29, 1999.”

At a lecture to mark the day, he called on the Federal Government to declare June 12  “Democracy Day” and a public holiday.

He also stressed that anything short of having Abiola’s picture displayed at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, as a former elected President of Nigeria was unacceptable.

Former President, Nigerian Bar Association, Dame Priscilla Kuye, in her lecture titled: “Tools for Consolidating Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria: Reminiscences on June 12, 1993 Presidential Election”, also argued in support of making June 12 a national holiday.

The day was also celebrated in Ondo State, with Governor Olusegun Mimiko calling on the Federal Government to proclaim June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day to celebrate “the landmark event of that date in 1993.”

Mimiko said: “Today, we celebrate the man who sacrificed his life for the enthronement of true democracy. We are privileged to gather here today as a people because one man dared say   “No” to injustice and oppression. The memories of M.K.O must not be obliterated from our collective psyche. He was indeed our hero.

He launched a free bus shuttle scheme for the state’s school children “in honour of late Chief M.K.O Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the controversial presidential election.”

At the Lagos celebration, Prof. Kolawole Ogundowole charged President Jonathan to declare Abiola president post-humously and name the Aso Rock Villa after the late politician.
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FIVE thousand ghost workers have been discovered in the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State, even as the discovery saved the government a total of N11million which would have been paid as salary to the workers for May.

Disclosing this on Tuesday at a ministerial press briefing organised by the state Ministry of Information, the chairman, Bauchi State Local Government Service Commission, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa, stated that the ghost workers were discovered through a staff verification exercise carried out by the committees set up by the state government.

According to him, the N11million saved was too meagre, adding that more would be saved as soon as the four committees set up by the government for verification purpose concluded their work and turned in their reports.

Alhaji Musa stated that some local government staff were discovered to lack the required qualifications to work, adding that some had even reached retirement age but were still in service.

“The Bauchi State Local Government Service Commission last year established four committees for the verification of staff at the local government areas. The committees, which comprised 166 members toured the 20 local government areas of the state and discovered some ghost workers. They also discovered that some of the workers have reached retirement age and have bad records in the service. The reports given by the committees are being implemented upon so that due process will be followed and cases of litigation will be avoided,” Alhaji Musa stated.
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Creflo Dollar Exposed 2012 – Creflo has made a statement regarding his arrest earlier concerning assault on his 15-year-old daughter.Creflo Dollar Exposed 2012

In Case you missed that story on his arrest, Visit Creflo Dollar Arrested. He was arrested around 1am when his daughter placed a 911 call to the Cops.

The Rev. Creflo Dollar Jr. took to the pulpit of his south Fulton County megachurch Sunday to proclaim his innocence of charges that he choked and beat his 15-year-old daughter.

And those in the congregation say they believe him.

“He did not commit the crime,” former World Changers Church International member Naomi Lyles told Channel 2 Action News.

Thousands of congregants at World Changers Church International gave Dollar a standing ovation — and remained standing as he talked for 10 minutes about his arrest and the events preceding it. Dollar had not spoken in public since his arrest early Friday.

“I want you to hear it personally from me: All is well in the Dollar household,” he said. “A family conversation with our youngest daughter got emotional. Things escalated from there.”

But he said: “She was not choked. She was not punched.” What a police report described as scratches on her neck were remnants of a long-ago case of eczema, he said.

“Anything else is exaggeration and sensationalism.”

Lyles said she thought he was sincere.

“It was what I thought it was,” she said. “It was blown out of proportion, and I believe his word.”

A church member, Alton Stephens, said he could identify with Creflo Dollar’s plight.

“I’ve raised children of my own, and being a parent is not easy,” Stephens said. “I’m 100 percent behind my pastor. He’s human.”

Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies arrested the 50-year-old minister on simple battery charges after initial reports from the teen, his youngest child, and from his 19-year-old, Alexandria Dollar.

According to an incident report, Alexandria Dollar told deputies the pastor choked her little sister for about five seconds with both his hands before grabbing the younger teen by the shoulders, slapping her, then throwing her to the ground.
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Authorities of the Federal Government College (FGC), Kano on Tuesday confirmed killing of two of its students by unknown gunmen but they said the attack was carried out outside the school premises.

It said contrary to the media reports that gunmen attacked the school Monday evening, the school authorities admitted that although its students were the victims of the attack, the incident, however, occurred at a shopping area in Na’ibawa Quarters.

It was gathered that the killings might be as a result of robbery attack that occurred around the area at the time.

It was gathered that while two students were killed, four others were wounded in the attack contrary to a report carried by an online news agency.

According to the school authorities the affected students were day students and were attacked after they left the school around 6.00pm.

“We don’t know yet what precipitated the attack but certainly two of our students were killed while four others were wounded outside the school,” a source said.

The Vice- Principal (Admin), Mrs Elizabeth Kasuwa confirmed the incident Tuesday and said that the students have been de-boarded from the school after completing their final examinations.

According to her, all of the affected students were males.

She explained that the school Management had visited Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) where corpses of the two students were deposited in the mortuary while the other students, who sustained injuries in the attack, were receiving treatment in the emergency ward of the hospital.

Kano State Police spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rilwan Mohammed confirmed the attack and said that the killings took place around Yar Akwa area, near some shops.

He said that gunmen, suspected to be robbers, might be responsible for the attack which led to the killing of two persons and wounding of four others.
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A French court on Tuesday convicted a Parisian psychotherapist with abuse and ordered him to pay thousands of euros in fines and damages for implanting false memories of trauma in two of his patients.

In a case reminiscent of the mind-bending Hollywood film “Inception”, prosecutors had denounced Benoit Yang Ting, 76, as a “charlatan” and accused him of implanting false memories in the patients over years of therapy.

The court gave Yang Ting a one-year suspended sentence and ordered him to pay a 50,000-euro ($62,000) fine and 150,000 euros in total damages to the two patients.

The two victims, lawyer Sophie Poirot and entrepreneur Bernard Touchebeuf, had paid out 238,000 euros and 750,000 euros respectively over the years to Yang Ting, who charged them 320 euros per hour.

They said they attended gruelling sessions with the therapist, who would make them strip naked and then claim to awaken suppressed memories.

Poirot said she endured false memories of segxwal abuse while Touchebeuf said he had been made to falsely recall his mother stabbing him with a knitting needle while he was still in her womb.

Yang Ting did not attend the court proceedings for health reasons.
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THE crash of DANA flight 0992 on Sunday was shocking. That disaster has rubbished whatever remains of the stride made by the Federal Government to reform the industry. For more than six years, Nigeria enjoyed tremendous support from the United State and Europe.

Before now, many had begun to take the sector seriously following the confidence it brought back to the traveling public.

This support culminated in the award of category one aviation status to the country in 2010 by the U.S. apex aviation regulatory body, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Before then, Nigeria became a signatory to the Cape Town Convention, which made it possible for the country to purchase newer aircraft at reasonable interest rate.

The Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment or Cape Town Treaty is an international treaty intended to standardise transactions involving movable property.

The treaty creates international standards for registration of ownership (including dedicated registration agencies), security interests  (liens, leases and conditional sales contracts and various legal remedies for default in financing agreements, including repossession and the effect of particular states’ bankruptcy laws.

For the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the story is the same. The agency, with the assistance of the Federal Government acquired state of the art radar for air traffic surveillance. The installation of the equipment, popularly known as Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) increased Nigeria’s airspace security.

One agency that had come under the searchlight apart from NAMA and NCAA is the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), which many believe has not lived up to expectation. Just recently, the agency in collaboration with the Ministry of Aviation embarked on controversial airports remodeling project that appear unending.

Not a few people believe that rather than the open display of emotion (weeping) at a news briefing on the crash of DANA’s airplane, the minister should map out strategy to address pressing areas of aviation safety.

Constant invitation of aviation chief executives to Abuja over mundane and unserious issues should stop to allow for proper concentration on the job.

The equipment installed in 2010 after several years of delay would help to enhance civil and military surveillance of aircraft operating into the Nigerian airspace.

All these coupled with installation of Very High Radio Frequency (VHF) help to give the airspace some forms of security.

With all these equipment, there was no doubt that the airspace was far better than it was in 2005 when Nigeria recorded two devastating air disasters.

First was Bellview aircraft crash in Lisa killing all passengers on-board the airliner. Three weeks after that, Sosoliso also crashed, killing virtually all the passengers, including students of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja.

What could have happened to DANA Flight 0992, which crashed 11 nautical miles to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos?

Could it be that DANA cut corners in its flight maintenance procedure? Could it also be that the NCAA momentarily lost concentration in its oversight function? Could it also be that there was pilot error? Could it be that the engineers did not do a thorough job in the certification of the ill-fated aircraft? All these are posers that only the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) would be able to unravel in a couple of months.

DANA Air flight 0992 from Abuja to Lagos declared an emergency and “Mayday” minutes later with the Lagos control tower at 11 nautical miles to Murtala Muhammed Airport.

“Mayday” is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. It derives from the French venez m’aider, meaning, “come help me.”

It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by mariners and aviators, but in some countries local organisations such as police forces, firefighters, and transportation organisations also use the term.

The call is always given three times in a row (“Mayday Mayday Mayday”) to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions and to distinguish an actual “Mayday” call from a message about a Mayday call.

Experts insisted that for the industry to be sanitised, there was the need for recertification of all airlines operating in the country, just as accusation that airlines operate geriatric airplanes is becoming louder by the day.

John Ojikutu, a retired group captain in the Nigerian Airforce recently advised that government should immediately rise to the needs of Nigerian airlines by enforcing economic and commercial regulations.

Commercial regulations require that airlines and support operators’ financial balance sheets must be opened periodically to the established or authorised regulatory economic and financial agency and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

To sustain regular safe operations, airlines and support services operators must be financially disciplined and with backups especially for periodic aircraft maintenance and services, insurance, air and ground support services facilities, salaries and taxes, bank loans and lease obligations.

The Assistant Secretary General of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) Muhammed Tukur said that there was a blanket of mourning in Nigeria because of the unfortunate incident, adding that in the midst of the pain, anger had sufficed.

The AON scribe reiterated that the stability the industry had witnessed in the last six years had had a positive impact on insurance premium of the airlines, which was put at 0.1 per cent.

Aviation analyst, Francis Ayigbe said that insurance premium paid by Nigerian airline operators might be higher in view of the fact that international lessors would now see Nigeria as a high-risk end, aviation wise.

While emotions are understandably high, Tukur stated that there was the need for restraint in comments.

Government sets up committees

Just on Wednesday as usual, President Goodluck Jonathan set up a nine man technical and administrative panel that will audit all airlines operating in the country.

The Minister of Aviation later gave the names of members of the committee as Group Captain John Obakpolor; Captain Austin Omame, Capt Dele Sasegbon, Dr. O.B. Aliu, Mr. Fidelis Onyeyiri, Capt. Mfon Udom, Capt. Muktar Usman, Dr. Anthoby Anuforom and Capt. A. Mshelia.

The government does not need to set up a committee. What it should have done was to completely implement Air Marshal Paul (rtd), which experts believe, is the way forward to rescuing the sector. Dike report and that of Justice Nwazota panel they believe could help some of the problems that were yet to be tackled.

Equally of great importance is the appointment of some members of the Panel.

One name that has come under scrutiny is the appointment of Onyeyiri whose tenure as the Director General of NCAA recorded three devastating crashes, namely, Bellview, Sosoliso and ADC in 2005.

Former president Olusegun Obansanjo in the wake of the crashes, who on hearing that airlines with the active participation of the NCAA were ‘cutting corners’ had told prof. Babalola Borishade “ is this man,t he person you have as DG, well I am sorry, you don’t have anybody’.

One hopes that the setting up of a committee side-by-side AIB would not be a systematic way of sweeping this accident under the carpet and one also hopes that victims of the unfortunate accident would not have died in vain. 
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As part of his disciplinary measures towards ensuring that players conform to laid down rules, Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi has banned the use of mobile phones during meal times.

An impeccable source revealed to SportingLife that the ban extends to officials of the team whom the "Big Boss" believes must lead by example at all times.

"We leave our handsets in our rooms anytime we go to eat, whether it is lunch, breakfast or dinner. It is a taboo to be found with your handset while eating and if caught you can be punished by the appropriate officers. It is that serious and no one is taking it for granted," said the official.

Keshi, an ex-international and longest serving captain of the national team believes, players must display etiquette at all times.

Furthermore no member of the team is allowed to converse while eating.

"You would recall that the coach had banned the wearing of earrings and sagging of trousers when in camp," added the official.

Eagles who have just returned from Malawi where they played a 1-1 draw face Rwanda this Saturday in a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Calabar.  
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Hours after Christian Ogbodo regained his freedom from his abductors, he confirmed that his abduction was facilitated by a friend he was yet to identify.

The news of the kidnap of the Udinese of Italy player last Saturday spread to many countries and a disgusted and angry Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, swung into action, directing security agencies to ensure the Nigerian player was released unhurt.
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Uduaghan was said to have worked in close liaison with security agencies and yesterday Obodo said “I don’t know what the situation could have been like if the Governor did not intervene.

I don’t know how to thank him and the security men who ensured I regained my freedom. I’m grateful.”Obdo spoke on phone.

He was with the chairman of DeltaStatesports commission, Amaju Pinnick who said that “Obodo will be presented to the governor tomorrow (today) where he will thank him for his concern and effort.”

Obodo said the following about the abductors and his eventual escape:“About five people holding guns seized me as I was stepping out of my car in front of my church in Effurun.

They immediately covered my face and drove off. I didn’t know where we were. They drove quite some long distance and we ended up somewhere I didn’t know. All I knew was that we were in a forest. But they did not hurt me. They gave me good food and in the night they brought mosquito net.

They were also killing some mosquitoes perching on the net. They told me that somebody I had been helping, somebody close to me told them about me and set me up.

I was with them from Saturday till Sunday night. At a time they removed the blindfold material and I noticed that I had been left with one person with a gun. Later, he ordered that we walk out and we started walking in the bush trying to come to the road. We got to a path and he warned me that if a car was coming we should dash into the bush.

It was already dark. We walked some distance and got to a place where we met a few of their men and I sensed that there was confusion.

I think security men had been tracking them and some, I later understood, had been arrested. It was apparently because of this that one person said that they should shoot me. But the guy with the gun had hidden it in a bag when we started trekking out of the bush.

At a time I was allowed to escape and I just started running. I didn’t know where I was. I saw some people in that village and I told them who I was and they started shouting Obodo, Obodo. Some recognized me and started hailing my name, telling me that the story of my kidnap has been on radio, television and the newspapers.

I was told I was in Isoko.  Security men later traced me and rescued me. I thank God that I’m alive. I heard about all the efforts to rescue me during those hours of trauma.

I thank Governor Uduahgan and the security men. Warri has been a home to me and will continue to be my home. God is merciful”, added Obodo.
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AKWA Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio said on Sunday that he had earlier lodged a complaint with the management of Dana Air before the unfortunate plane crashed at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on Sunday last week.

Akpabio told reporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, that he intimated the management of the complaints he received about a faulty aircraft being used by the airline.

``When I received complaints from most Dana Air users in my state, complaining of what people may call near misses or crashes, like non-operational landing gear and all sorts of problems, we knew that most of the planes on their fleet were getting faulty or rusty, so, we were very concerned as a state government.

``I asked the management why experimenting with the lives of Nigerians. I warned the management to recall what happened to ADC airline.

“This was the way ADC started and all of a sudden, they were putting faulty aircraft in the air.

“At the end, so many lives were lost and unfortunately, you cannot replace lives,’’ the governor said.

He said that he warned Dana to ensure adequate maintenance or suspend its flight to enable it to have a thorough check of the aircraft in its fleet.

``But unfortunately, that is all in the past now. The warning probably was not heeded by the management of Dana and a situation has already occurred.

``May the souls of those who died rest in perfect peace. I pray that we will use the outcome of the investigation to better the aviation industry,’’ Akpabio said.

The governor noted that government must ensure proper monitoring of airlines operating in the country to ensure they were airworthy.

Akpabio noted that aviation and transport were part of social services which all level of governments should not ignore, otherwise, the public would continue to be exposed to extortion and dangers.

``It took America, Britain and others bailing out private companies for them to survive. Like the General Motors in America, the government has to bail it out to survive.

`Governments all over the world are going back into private businesses to ensure the businesses succeed.

“It is clear that governments cannot ignore some services that have social service connotation,’’ he said.

He said that the state was looking for reputable companies outside Nigeria that would take over the maintenance hanger at the Akwa Ibom International Airport, Uyo.

The governor said that the airport would be completed later in 2012.
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ASABA—Mother of late Ikechukwu Christopher Okocha who was among those killed during the ill-fated Dana plane crash, Lady Agatha Okocha said she has lost all because “with his death, my heart is gone and I have returned to where I started”.35-year old graduate of Fishery from the University of Benin (Uniben) was the last child in the family of five children who wedded less than two years ago and blessed with a baby girl.

Lady Okocha, a retired Nurse  who battled to speak to newsmen at her16, Ifeiamokolo Osakwe Close  off Jesus Saves Road, Asaba home, said her children initially kept the news of her son’s death away from her.

According to her, “I have three boys and two girls but this one (Christopher) is my beloved. He knows my heart. When I am annoyed he knows that I am annoyed. My husband who is a retiree from Textile Mill has been sick and since Christopher established his own business after graduation, he has been taking care of us.

With his death my heart is gone and I have returned to where I started as if he was now in primary school for me to start training. My daughter in- law (Christopher’s wife) has been taken to her parents’ house with my grand daughter. Actually I do not know how to express my pains and I do not know how to endure it”.

“While all these were happening”, she went on, “I was still not told exactly the situation of things until somebody called me to tell me sorry over what had happened to me and I asked the person what happened before he told me that my son, Christopher was among those that died in the Dana plan crash. At that time I fell on the ground and became unconscious until they sent for a doctor who came immediately and resuscitate me”.
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The traditional ruler of Ifakala autonomous community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Michael Ekeruo has been abducted by kidnappers again. Ekeruo who was the Chairman of traditional rulers in Mbaitoli, was kidnapped at about 1pm yesterday immediately after a church service at St. Joseph ’s Catholic Church, Ifakala.

Newsmen learnt that the traditional ruler was going home when the kidnappers who drove into a tinted SUV, intercepted him at the church gate and shot sporadically into the air. The shoots threw the worshippers who were still in the church premises into great fear, as they ran for safety. Investigation revealed that while members were scampering for safety, the kidnappers forced the traditional ruler out of his car, put him in their vehicle and drove towards Ifakala-Umunoha -Ukwuorji road.

His wife who was with him at the church cried for help, as she did not know what would be the end of the incident. “Help! They have taken my husband away. Where did they take him to? Please help me get my husband back. I am finished.”

An eyewitness who spoke on the incident expressed shock on the incident and wondered why kidnappers kept on operating at the Catholic churches in the locality. “This issue of kidnap has become so rampant in Mbaitoli. They kidnapped the traditional ruler of Awo Mbieri community, Eze Oliver Nwaozuzu in a Catholic Church premises sometime ago.

The Chairman, Council of traditional rulers in the state and the traditional ruler of Obi Orodo, Eze Samuel Agunwa Ohiri was kidnapped and released. They also butchered a traditional ruler in Ogwa. This same Eze Ekeruo was kidnapped sometime ago in front of his gate, while trying to drive into his house at Umudimofor village in  Umuchinewe Umuagwuochie and was released after paying the agreed ransom. Now, he has been kidnapped again.

Chairman of Ifakala Town Union, Lagos Branch, Mr Steve Chucks Dike condemned the incident and berated the poor security situation in the state. Dike was not happy that the issue of insecurity has made some personalities in Mbaitoli not to return home and appealed for security beef up in the area. “In fact what happened today is very surprising and uncalled for. We do not know why this continued to happen in our area without workable solution. Today, many of our people refused to come home due to kidnap incidents.

 We believe that the problem of insecurity in Imo has gone beyond what the state government can handle since the case continued unchecked. Therefore, we call on the Federal Government to intervene like the way they did in Abia State .”

Meanwhile, there are confusion and restlessness in the entire Ifakala Community and as at time of filing in this report, members of the community were holding series of meetings on how to get their ruler back.

Member representing Mbaito Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Victor Ndunagum, who hails from the community said the incident has been reported to the State Police Command, while the Parish priest of St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ifakala, Rev Father Cas mir Chimeziri confirmed the incident.
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A CLUE to the unraveling of the cause of the crash of the Dana plane in Lagos that led to the death of 153 persons is underway with the finding of the aircraft’s black boxes yesterday.

The two equipment, Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) were found by a team from the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday from the wreckage of the MD 83 aircraft.

They were handed to AIB’s Director of Engineering, Emmanuel Diala, at the site of the crash.

Besides, the Agence France Presse (AFP) yesterday quoted a civil aviation chief as saying that the engines of the aircraft failed before it went down.

“They declared mayday,” Nigerian Civil Aviation chief, Harold Demuren, told AFP. “The reason was that the two engines failed.”

The clues emerged as rescuers recovered burnt human remains after the plane slammed into the neighbourhood on the northern outskirts of one of Africa’s largest cities, making it one of the country’s worst air disasters.

There were concerns that the inability to find the two black boxes could make investigation very cumbersome but not impossible.   Stakeholders based their concern on the tumultuous crowd that swarmed around the wreckage on Sunday as security operatives had a difficult time in dispersing them.

Like in the case of Bellview crash in Lisa, Ogun State, the CVR and FDR were never found, thereby making probe into the crash difficult as some persons had contaminated the scene.

Flight Data Recorder (FDR) (also ADR, for Accident Data Recorder) is an electronic device employed to record any instructions sent to any electronic systems on an aircraft.

It is a device used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. Another kind of flight recorder is the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), which records conversation in the cockpit, radio communications between the cockpit crew and others (including conversation with air traffic control personnel), as well as ambient sounds. Both functions have been combined into a single unit. The current applicable FAA TSO is C124b titled Flight Data Recorder Systems.

Popularly referred to as a “black box,” the data recorded by the FDR is used for accident investigation, as well as for analysing air safety issues, material degradation and engine performance.

Due to their importance in investigating accidents, these ICAO-regulated devices are carefully engineered and stoutly constructed to withstand the force of a high-speed impact and the heat of an intense fire.

Contrary to the “black box” reference, the exterior of the FDR is coated with heat-resistant bright orange paint for high visibility in wreckage, and the unit is usually mounted in the aircraft’s empennage (tail section), where it is more likely to survive a severe crash. Following an accident, the recovery of the FDR is usually a high priority for the investigative body, as analysis of the recorded parameters can often detect and identify causes or contributing factors.

A Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), often referred to as a “black box,” is a flight recorder used to record the audio environment in the flight deck of an aircraft for the purpose of investigation of accidents and incidents.

This is typically achieved by recording the signals of the microphones and earphones of the pilots’ headsets and of an area microphone in the roof of the cockpit. The current applicable FAA TSO is C123b titled Cockpit Voice Recorder Equipment.

Where an aircraft is required to carry a CVR and utilises digital communications, the CVR is required to record such communications with air traffic control unless this is recorded elsewhere.

As of 2005, it is America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirement that the recording duration is a minimum of 30 minutes, but the NTSB has long recommended that it should be at least two hours.
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An official of Dana Airline, yesterday, made a startling revelation on the circumstances surrounding Sunday’s crash of the airline’s Lagos-bound plane in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, saying the management of the airline knew the ill-fated aircraft was faulty before take-off but still went ahead to fly it.

This was corroborated by two officials of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA),one of the regulatory agencies in the Aviation sector who argued that the airline should be charged with murder because “the particular aircraft McDonnell 83 with Registration Number 5N-RAM had history of technical problems which both the airline and regulatory agencies were aware of”.

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According to the officials, “this particular aircraft had hydraulic problems three weeks ago and had to return to Lagos after take off, thereby aborting the flight.

DANA forced plane to fly —Staff alleges

The airline official, who made the revelation  in an interview with Channels television,but does not want to be named, confirmed that the ill-fated Dana Air flight 0992, MC Donnell Douglas (MD 83) was faulty shortly after it left Lagos and stopped over in Calabar.

She alleged that the Indian owners of the airline threw caution to the wind and insisted that the plane must fly in a bid to maximise profit, thereby sending the plane over to Abuja to pick passengers, when it should have been returned to Lagos for further repair.

She also claimed the flight has had persistent history of faults with its hydraulics in recent times and it was not supposed to have flown.

According to the official, “the plane has been faulty for a very long time. There was a case when it was on ground in Uyo for over six hours, because of delayed flight, it had a bolt. And then in Abuja it happened a few days ago, then some people went with the aircraft but they could not come back, because it had a fault there and it couldn’t leave Abuja.”

“The same engineers that fixed it and then they sent crew to bring it with passengers to Lagos.”

Confirming that the plane that crashed on Sunday, was not supposed to leave Lagos at all, the Dana official stated that “yesterday, it (Dana Air flight 0992) was not supposed to leave Lagos at all, but it left and then got to Calabar, developed fault and it was fixed and then they took it to Abuja, when they should have returned to Lagos but because they didn’t want to part with the little money they will make,  they took it to Abuja, loaded full passengers, and then it couldn’t get to Lagos. ”

“It has been having faults over time, continuously, hydraulics or one thing or the other. That aircraft kept having problems and they were not ready to park it” she alleged.

Fatokun and daughter, Olusola Arokoya, Ajuonuma, Onita, Ike Abugu and Kunbi

She added that the management of the airline does not return aircraft with faults back to the station, as it should have, but “they make it complete its normal route to where ever it is supposed to go before they bring it back to Lagos” she said.

Also, the Special Adviser, Technical to Minister of Aviation, Mr. Victor Oche Elias, has revealed that the pilot of the ill-fated plane, had alerted the aviation authority of the airport, on the emergency situation 11 nautical miles to landing.

It was further disclosed that the pilot’s May-Day cry was given priority, but the plane could not make it, as it crashed 4 nautical miles to landing.

MC Donnell Douglas MD 83  was sold to Dana Airline in 2009 by a US-based Alaska Airlines, ahead of the airline commencing its services in Nigeria.

Dana Air blames crash on engine failure-Apologises

Meanwhile, Officials of Dana airline have attributed the cause of the ill fated flight which crashed at Alagbado on Sunday, to engine trouble Oscar Wason, Dana Air’s director of operations, told CNN the American pilot of the passenger lane had reported engine trouble shortly before the crash. Sources said the engine of the Aircraft had caught fire and the  radioed the control tower to declare an emergency, landing  as it was in its final approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The Dana Air flight was from Abuja to Lagos with its six crew members. The Boeing MD-83 slammed into a two-storey residential building. This contradicts earlier reports that the ill fated  Dana aircraft crashed into high tension electricity  tower. The Airline equally apologised to Nigerians and the families of the victims.

Reports said over at least 115 bodies have been recovered from the smoldering wreckage,  where rescue workers were still searching for the flight data recorder. Policemen with cadaver dogs and officials of National Emergency Management Agency  are maintaining the search for bodies and valuable items inside the wreckage. Large crane from a local construction company was being used to lift pieces of debris away. They also brought blow torches to cut through what remains of the plane. Some of the rescue workers wore masks to  protect themselves from the stench from the site of the crash. Lagos state governor  Babatunde Fashola told the surging crowd to make way for the first line responders to do their work because they are in an accident site, not a tourist site. Said Governor Fashola: “This is a crash site, it is an investigation site, and we should keep our distance and allow the first responders to do their work.”

Meanwhile families of the deceased are being invited to take a look at some of the recovered bodies for possible identification. Said source: “It is going to be a tough call for some of the families to see the mangled bodies of their loved ones but in this part of the world it is important for departed ones to be given a proper burial”
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The police in Plateau State on Monday confirmed that two bombs were discovered in the premises of a hostel at the University of Jos on Sunday.

The Police Commissioner, Mr Emmanuel Ayeni, said the officers were able to detonate one of the bombs while the second exploded, injuring no person.

He said, “When my officers and men with the Anti-Bomb Squad arrived in the scene, they were able to detonate the second bomb and luckily, the one that exploded did not harm anybody or cause damage to the hostel block.’’

Ayeni said although the police had begun investigation, no suspect had been arrested, describing the incident as criminal.

He said the bombs were locally made, promising that the planters would be found and brought to judgment.           

He called on students and members of the university community to go about their normal activities as the police were on top of the situation.

A security officer with the university’s Intelligence Unit, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that the unit received an emergency call on the development at about 8.00 p.m. and subsequently, invited the police.

“The bomb exploded was planted behind a hostel block while the one that the police detonated was planted beside a building.

“Our joy is that nobody was hurt nor the hostel damaged by the blast; probably this is because the devices were said to be locally made,” he said.

In his comment, the Chief Security Officer of the university, retired Col. Labaran Bature, also confirmed the incident in a  telephone interview.

NAN reports that normalcy has returned to the university as students are going in and out of the affected students’ hostel for their lectures.
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Two weeks to her wedding, a 25-year old woman(name withheld) was gang-raped by three friends who live with her in the same area in Ikotun, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
   

Because of the alleged rape, her fiancé subsequently cancelled the wedding plan, saying he cannot marry her again.

The incident happened at a popular guest house in their area where the suspects tricked her and raped her in turns.

The police in Ikotun division have arrested two of the suspects identified as Benson and Ismali while Efe Oguntuwase who allegedly master minded it and involving two of his friends escaped.

They are now facing charges for the alleged conspiracy and rape at Ejigbo Magistrate’s court, Lagos.

The police brought Benson and Ismali to be arraigned before the presiding Magistrate, Mrs M B Folami who ordered the police to take them back to the station and bring them back the next day.

The victim narrated to P.M.NEWS what transpired before she fell victim.

She lamented that she has lost her fiancé who has now cancelled the wedding and told her that he was no loner interested in the relationship.

She said she lives in the same area with Efe, who is popular in that area of Ikotun where he approached her for relationship.

She said she explained to him that it was not possible because she was already engaged and they were preparing for wedding.

She said Efe left after several attempts to woo her failed and she did not suspect he was planning any bad thing against her.

She said she was going home last week when Efe, who was sitting in front of the guest house near her house called her and she went to answer him, unknown to her he had planned to rape her.

She said she thought he had a serious message for her but was surprised when he forcefully dragged her into one of the chalets.

She said while she was resisting him, Benson and Ismali surfaced and threatened to kill her if she resisted and raised any alarm.

She became helpless and because of the threat she obeyed them and they took turns to rape her.

The matter was reported to the police and the two suspects were arrested while Efe escaped.
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