31-year-old Kabiru Mohammed, has confessed and opened up how he hired a seven-man robbery gang to steal $383,000 (N61,280,000) from his own father in Lagos. Below are is confession: “My father is a bureau de change operator at the airport. I am the one who arranged a seven-man armed robbery gang led by Godogodo to rob my older brother, Ibrahim who was carrying my father’s money amounting to $383,000. “I told the gang that my father had dollars. The first operation was when Ibrahim wanted to convey money from local airport to international airport, I called Godogodo and gave him the car number plate and the colour of the car. I told them not to kill my brother, but to shoot into the air. I knew my brother would release the money because my father told us not to drag money with armed robbers. They collected $350,000 and gave me only two bundles which is $20,000. “In the second operation they stopped my brother in front of Air Force Bus Stop and collected $33,000 and they gave me $8,000.” The suspect, who is now in SARS custody, also confessed to be part of the deadly Godogodo gang. “I am a member of the robbery gang. My role is to find targets and also information which I give to the gang. That is why they call me ‘Target man’.”
Another suspect, Okechukwu Lawrence, who was arrested alongside Mohammed, confessed that he was the one handling the weapons for the gang.
The indigene of Imo State said, “My work is to keep ammunition for the gang after collecting AK47 rifles from the policemen the gang shot dead. I joined the gang to get enough money to boost my spare parts business in Ladipo market.”
The dangerous Godogodo has also owned up to the crime.
A security officer, Pius Edward, his wife Fausat and the wife's mother, have all been arrested by the men of the Nigeria police force, Oyo State Police Command, in connection with the theft of N13m from Bishop’s Court, a popular Anglican church located in the Bodija area of Ibadan. “On November 9, at about 9am, an accountant attached to Bishop’s Court, Bodija, Ibadan, reported to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office that on November 8, at 11.55pm, Edward broke into the office and made away with N13m which belongs to the church. “Investigation revealed that the suspect was hiding in a hotel at Odeda in Ogun State. With the help of immigration office, Ogun State Command, the suspect and his family were allow to procure travelling document to Dubai without letting him know that he was being lured out of his hiding place. He was arrested thereafter at Idi-Iroko, Ogun State with two unregistered car he had purchased with part of the money.” Edward, a security officer at the church was said to have broken into an office where the money was kept and made away with it. It was alleged that he woke his wife the following morning and told her to prepare for a journey with the children.
After the theft was reported by one of the reverends in the church, the police were, however, able to trace his movement and nabbed him at after a diligent intelligence operation. The corrupt security officer was planning to relocate his family to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndabawa, said Edwards’ in-law’s involvement was helping the family disappear from Nigeria by facilitating the procurement of their travel documents.
Also recovered from him were N656,000 and $2,300, while Edward said he tore a N7m cheque belonging to the church for fear of being arrested while attempting to cash it. In a chat with Punch, Edward claimed that he only stole N2.5m and that he purchased N1.8m cars from the loot.
“I pushed my wife into the crime. My mother in-law was involved because she introduced me to the immigration officer that helped us procure the travelling document,” he said.
His wife, Fausat said she did not know that her husband had stolen the money. “He threatened to leave me with the children if I did not follow him. So I followed him. He did not tell me that he stole money from the church,” she said.
If this is true, then ASUU strike may go on till April 2017 as TBJ predicted oo...so i heard...okay
Anonymous Tipster Claims Festus Iyayi Was Shot By Policemen In Kogi's Governor Convoy
An anonymous tipster has confided in SaharaReporters that Festus Iyayi, a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was actually shot by policemen in the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, prior to the road accident in which he supposedly died last week. The source claimed that the injuries found on the late writer’s chest were consistent with gunshot injuries and that a bullet did pierce his heart. One Dr. Paul Amodu of the Specialist Hospital in Lokoja had revealed that Professor Iyayi died after "something" pierced his chest, but he didn't specify what it was.
SaharaReporters was first to reveal last week said the popular professor and writer died in a collision with a security vehicle in Governor Wada’s convoy.
Sources at ASUU said they had dissuaded Iyayi's family from a “rushed” burial, as they suspected foul play. One of the sources recalled that another former president of ASUU, Dr. Mahmood Tukur, also died in suspicious circumstances on the Kaduna-Zaria highway, with the police claiming he died of an asthma attack because he ate pepper which, they claimed, triggered it.
SaharaReporters spoke with Prof. Iyayi's son, Omole, regarding the latest information, but he said the family was unaware, and that they do not even have the autopsy performed yet.
A press statement issued by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)signed by its President Osahom Enabulele has previously called for a special inquiry into Professor Iyayi's death but the statement didn't say if the doctors found that Iyayi may been shot as alleged by the anonymous source.
MIC Boss, Tunji Okusanya, who died in the Associated Airline plane crash that occurred on the 3rd of October, was buried at Vaults and Gardens Ikoyi yesterday Monday November 18th amid tears. An unprecedented crowd turned up at the funeral of the undertaker yesterday...Another pic after the cut.. His daughter led the pall-bearers...
This man, Habila Adamu, was shot in his head after he refused to deny Christ by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria. But he survived and is here to share the love of Christ to the world.
Boko Haram is an Islamic jihadist militant organization based in the northeast Nigeria. The group came to Adamu because he is a Christian.
"They wanted me to deny Jesus. They want to ‘Islamitize’ Nigeria. That is why they are targeting Christians," he said in a CBN video posted on YouTube.
“If you agree to deny your faith you will be safe. If you don’t agree to do it, they will kill you,” he added.
And that is how he answered why he chose to stand his ground and refused to deny Christ.
“What can separate us from the love of Christ? Is it hardship? Is it persecution? Is it sword? No. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ,” he said.
"Christ did something for me and all the people in the world. We are sinners! We are condemned criminals! We are supposed to die! But He took all these burdens! He paid for our debts! He died for us! Why can I not submit to Jesus? That is what I did. I stood for him!"
“A passenger bus and a mini-truck laden with margarine, both on top speed, were driving by when the Indomie truck swerved in their direction. In a bid to avoid the truck, the bus swerved and in turn ran into the mini truck and then fell on the divider.
“The Indomie truck sped off. The margarine truck caught fire and it spread unto the passenger truck.”
Although the three occupants of the mini-truck came out alive, they sustained severe burn, while passengers of the bus were unlucky and could not escape.
Nigeria’s football family was thrown into mourning on Tuesday after news filtered in that former Golden Eaglets’ defender, Friday Njengo, who had been in intensive care at the National Hospital, Abuja for more than nine months, had died.
Njengo, a regular with the Manu Garba team during the qualifying series for the 2013 CAN U-17 Championship, during which the Eaglets thrashed Niger Republic, Guinea and Mali home-and-away, was involved in an accident with team-mate Adamu Abubakar while traveling from Jalingo to Calabar for the team’s first phase of final camping for the African Championship. The accident occurred on February 3.
“This is very sad news. We had looked forward to the boy eventually recovering to be part of the team again as the squad progresses to the next level. It is a thing of sorrow to lose such a huge talent this way,” NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, said on Tuesday.
While Njengo sustained head injury in the accident, goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar was luckier and was discharged after a few days. NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, who was at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, had ordered that Njengo be moved from the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo to the National Hospital, Abuja two days after the crash.
At the National Hospital, an operation was performed on the player and he was thought to be recovering, though still suffering from memory lapse, until his death on Sunday night.
The Nigeria Football Federation stated on Tuesday that burial arrangements would be announced after consultations with the family.
The African culture has always been hard on indecent dressing, though the Western culture accepts it as a way of life. To say dressing to expose some parts of the body is alien to the African culture is stating the obvious truth.
This may explain why some fans are angry at controversial Nollywood actress, Rukky Sanda and have termed her a shame to womanhood. This is coming after the screen diva attended a recent event, where she exposed her b**bs.
In the olden days, females dress to cover almost all parts of their body, including the legs, but today, covering the laps is seen as not being in vogue. Back then, before the African culture got adulterated, seeing the bra strap of a lady was like an abomination, but nowadays, only a lady’s n1ppl3s is still held very sacred save for transparent outfits.
For Rukky Sanda, it is not wrong to expose one’s b**bs as she did this, when she attended the birthday party of Lagos big girl, Adenike Mustapha last week. The actress-turned-movie producer was at the occasion with two of her colleagues, Ebube Nwagbo and Oge Okoye.
However, after the picture of the party hit the internet, she received massive lashing from fans, who were obviously not happy at her supposedly shameful behaviours. Some of them were not merciful in describing her in unprintable names. They wondered why a public figure would dress the way she did to an event.
‘Rukky Sanda should be ashamed of herself,’ one of the fans told Nigeriafilms.com. Another told us that, ‘that is why actresses are seen as women of easy virtue, they behave just like them.’ One of the vividly angry fans said ‘she is just a big disgrace to womanhood, she should be taught a good lesson.’
A football agent, Henry Galliano, was on Monday evening assaulted by a Nigerian coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, at the Rockview Hotel, Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The assault, which happened at about 6:00 p.m. was caused by the decision of Golden Eaglets star, Kelechi Iheanacho, to choose Galliano as his agent ahead of one recommended by Amuneke.
As agent, Galliano would be responsible for arranging club transfer deals for Ihenacho, a member of the world-conquering Golden Eaglets.
Iheanacho was selected by FIFA as the best player of the just-concluded FIFA U17 World Cup in the UAE. He has since been linked to top European clubs including FC Porto and Manchester City.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Iheanacho has signed an agent deal officially with Galliano with a copy of the agreement sent to the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. The agent also confirmed that a copy of the agreement with Iheanacho was submitted to the NFF on October 21.
In a chat with PREMIUM TIMES, Galliano and his Nigerian partner, Solomon Oluwaseun, accused Amuneke of assault; and threatened to press charges against him.
They said the coach invited them for a meeting before he got angry, saying that his (Amuneke’s chosen) agent must be the one to handle Iheanacho’s transfer.
“The coach invited us, we went to see him and he started threatening Kelechi that he should follow him to Abuja to sign with his agent who is working with a Nasiru Jubril, a staff of the NFF; or else Nasiru, the man in charge of the ITC (International Transfer Certificate), will not release kelechi’s ITC to him and they will both make sure that he is banned from Nigeria football; also he will not get a good club.
“When the agent tried to talk back, the coach slapped him and beat him up in the presence of over 25 people,” Solomon said.
In his comment, Galliano said he only came to Nigeria to take Iheanacho abroad for club engagement; and he didn’t know why the coach threatened him.
“I came here to take Kelechi to his club. FC Porto and Manchester City are interested in him but Manchester City has a better package. This was our discussion and conclusion when Mr. Amuneke sent for me, and asked me to go back to my cousin.
“He called me names, beat me up and embarrassed me, he said it’s impossible to just take his players,” Galliano said while accusing Amuneke of racial statements.
Galliano, an American, said Keshi ordered Ihenacho to follow him to Abuja and also threatened him; which made the boy to burst into tears and went away.
“Kelechi is nowhere to be found, he started crying after the threat made against him, the small boy is afraid and I hope he will not lose hope.
“Amuneke said he will delay his ITC and deal with him, he called vulgar words, cursing the boys and the players,” he said.
PREMIUM TIMES tried to speak to Iheanacho, but his phone was switched off. His father, when contacted, declined comment.
Amuneke, a Nations Cup winner in 1994 with the Super Eagles, and current assistant coach of the Golden Eaglets, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that he assaulted the American.
When contacted on phone, an angry Amuneke confirmed that he slapped Galliano. He threatened to beat him up again whenever he sees him.
He, however, denied being involved in the player’s possible transfer.
“Yes, of course I slapped him very well and I will do it again whenever I see him,” Amuneke said.
“He is an , useless white man, he wants to come and reap where he didn’t sow.
“Kelechi is a nobody; yes, I said we helped him into the team, made him, moulded him into what he is today, he shouldn’t allow anybody to fool him,” the former winger said.
When asked the reason for his action and his rumoured roles in Kelechi and other players transfer business, Amuneke said, “I care so much for my players, I am a coach.”
“I’m not an agent but I just look out for the boys. He wants to come and sign a player just like that, he’s an , I will not allow him.
“Because the boy’s parents are poor and illiterate, he wants to use them. We are Nigerians and we’re not foolish,” he added.
A man, who apparently has no job to enable him feed himself, has been sentenced to spend one year in prison after he was found guilty of stealing from the Mountain of Fire and Miracles church.
Police prosecutor, Sergeant Simon Ibrahim told the court that the convict was a habitual offender and had stolen from the same church in 2012. Sergeant Ibrahim said: “He stole from the same church last year. He was charged before a different court and was sentenced to one year imprisonment. In fact, he was just released from prison just last week. I don’t think he is ready to change.” 36yrs old Ademola Ayeni was sentenced on Monday after he was convicted on charges of theft for making away with the offerings of the church members. He had been previously convicted of the same offence after he stole from the same church last year.
Magistrate Khadijat Mustapha convicted Ayeni for the offence without an option of fine, saying the sentence is meant to serve as a deterrent to those who might want to engage in similar acts.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sergeat Simon Ibrahim, told the court that (Pastor) Ojo Oyeyemi of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church, Utako, reported the matter at the Utako Police Station on November 15.
Ibrahim said the convict criminally trespassed into the church just after they had concluded church service and stole an offering bag containing N50,800. He also stole two cheques worth N150,000 and N50,000.
This message was sent to in on Monday. Really pathetic...
My name is Olu, a Nigerian resident in Beijing China. My brother was sentenced by Chinese people local court to 10 years in prison for an alleged robbery case he knows nothing about. There is every indication to proof his innocence but the court has refused to grant all his proof.
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The most pathetic is that his wife was also sentenced with him and right now there is no one to take care of their two babies (Aged 3years and the other 1year old). He is Type 2 diabetic and I learnt he complains of inadequate medical attention at the detention. I don’t want my brother’s case to be like the Florida man James Bain who was found innocent after spending 35 years in prison or like the reported case of Yu Yinsheng in China who was found innocent after spending 17 years in jail on the alleged of his wife murder. The Nigerian embassy is aware of this incident but they have refused to show any interest...
They even declined the invitation extended to them by the court on two instances during the sittings. I believe their presence at the court would have made a very good impact but am yet to understand why they never showed up. While I was even at the embassy after the court judgment to complain why they were not present at the court the Deputy Chief of Mission had to threaten me with the police because he felt I was not in a position to question their authority. Since then I have been restricted from the embassy.
He was arrested and detained on the 25th of October 2012 before he was sentenced this year November 7th 2013. His lawyer has made an appeal on his behalf which the court has accepted but due to the Chinese law I don’t think the appeal would make any change if proper measure is not taken.
His lawyers have really tried to proof his innocence but with regards to the Chinese judiciary law they have limited power to defend their clients especially when the prosecutor has submitted their final verdict to the court.
The Chinese judiciary system is one I respect very much because of their very good records of operating a fair and responsible judgment but on this case there is a high degree of misconception from the prosecutor due to the high degree of conspiracy of the complaints.
I know I don’t have the final say or authority to proof my brother innocence except the court and that is why I am calling on fellow Nigerians and whom it may concern to help call on The Federal Government to call the attention of the Nigerian Embassy in Beijing to help me follow up the case at the appeal court so that the court can make sure my brother is proven innocent and released and if he has been found guilty of this allegation which I largely doubt they should be able to give substantial evidence(s).
There is no doubt that their several Nigerians who are involved in various criminal activities in China but at the same time there several Nigerians whom have distinguished their selves very well and positively in their various fields in China. The police and the court all over the world are human being, no matter how diligent their system might be they sometimes make error in their assessment and judgment. The negligence and uncared attitude of our embassy when some of us are found in situations like this has made several innocent Nigerians to be languishing in the Chinese jail.
They are the only one that can rescue Nigerians in situation like this by defending our human rights. I am not saying they should support those Nigerians who are really involved in criminal activities because no upright country would defend her nationals who come to another country to dent the image of the country by involving in criminal activities but they owe it a duty to protect our nationals anywhere and time their rights were infringed upon.
Chinese are very accommodating people but sometimes they treat foreigners according to the way their country treats their own nationals. The Chinese are not the ones making us to live under pressure in China but our own authorities.
Please I am calling on the whole Nigerians and concerned to help me add their voice(s) so that the Nigerian government can call the attention of the Nigerian embassy in Beijing to show interest in my brother case. I know they don’t have the authority to tell the Chinese government to just release my brother all I want is for them to help him in defending his human right and make sure they give him the right judgment.
I still believe in the system of the Chinese judiciary system and that is why we have made appeal to the Supreme Court that if the court thoroughly look into this case with the interest of the Nigeria embassy in Beijing the court would finally make the right judgment.
MY BROTHER IS INNOCENT: FELLOW NIGERIAN’S & CONCERNED Go HERE to sign the Petition
GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOD BLESS THE INNOCENT AND LOVING PEOPLE OF NIGERIA
Genevieve Nnanji is not holding her excitement back. The Nollywood megastar just picked up her gold plated iPhone5 which cost thousands of Dollars and she is not affraid to show it off.
She shared the photo with caption
Living my life like it’s Golden – and now I have an iPhone to match.
There's serious pandemonium on Ajah Road in Lagos as you read this. Area boys and passers-by are clashing with policemen after a trailer crushed five students as they were crossing the road. The sad incident happened close to Ikota Primary School and the dead pupils are believed to be making their way to the school when they were killed. The tanker driver abandoned his truck and escaped.
The people protesting are insisting they won't leave the area until Governor Fashola shows up. They are blaming the gruesome accident on the lack of a pedestrian bridge in the area. The two express lanes have been blocked by the angry protesters which has caused heavy traffic in the area. There's heavy police presence in the are. Will keep y'all updated.
For the first time ever, the official wife of P-Square’s star boy, Peter Okoye, Mrs Lola Okoye nee Omotayo has revealed the face of her mother. Lola was born to a Caucasian mom and a Nigerian father.
Instead of calling her half-caste, I would rather describe her as mixed.
On Sunday in Lekki Lagos we also have the opportunity of seeing her aunt for the 1st time.
We might as well say Peter Okoye married a white lady **wink**
Now you know why Paul and Jude have been missing from all the photos you have seen on all the blogs. They had to do a recording with Wizkid at Don Jazzy's Mavin studio. Jude shared the photo above with the caption "StarBoy @wizkidayo #mavinStudios"...I'm sure they won't miss the white wedding!
A Boeing 737 has crashed while attempting to land at Kazan airport in western Russia, killing all 50 people on board.The plane took off from Moscow and crashed at 7.25pm local time, according to Russia's Emergencies Ministry.The aircraft was making a second attempt to land when it exploded upon striking the runway.Some 44 passengers and six crew members were on board the plane at the time. The flight was operated by the regional Tatarstan airline, according to a ministry spokeswoman.Firefighters extinguished a blaze at the scene. The airport in Kazan, the capital of the region of Tatarstan, has been closed. click HERE for more entertaining gists and CELEBRITY scandal news
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