Angry mob kill suspected kidnappers

 

Three suspected kidnappers were beaten up and burnt to death by mobs in separate incidents in Oshobo, Osun State on Friday.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, told a Lagos based newspaper that another suspect was caught and mobbed at Alekuwodo area of the Oshogbo.

The Alekuwodo suspect, who was allegedly caught with three children, was rescued by the police before he was set ablaze.

“The suspect was rescued and brought to the police but he gave up the ghost when receiving treatment,” the PPRO said.

Following the killings, the State Police Command has issued a warning to residents to desist from meting out jungle justice.

“The command is warning residents of the state against jungle justice. If anybody is arrested, such should be handed over to the police. Nobody has the right to kill any suspect; it is against the law,” Odoro added.

Meanwhile, the state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, condemned kidnapping as well as jungle justice meted out to the suspects.

Cholera Outbreak: Plateau Confirms 10 Deaths

Cholera Outbreak: Plateau Confirms 10 Deaths

— May 7, 2014

No fewer than 10 lives have been lost to cholera in Plateau State  out of the 205 cases recorded from April to date, Plateau State government confirmed yesterday.
Dr Raymond Juryit, the state’s epidemologist in the Ministry of Health, made this known in Jos, the state capital, while flagging off the public health enlightenment and sanitation exercise in Jos North and Jos South local government areas.
Juryit listed the affected areas as  Nasarawa Gwom, Rikkos, Angwan Rogo and Angwan Rimi.
According to him, the disease was caused by contaminated water, food and poor sanitary conditions.
“The suspected cases of vomiting and diarrhoea are mostly caused by water and food contamination as well as poor sanitation, such as improper disposal of waste and  open defecation,” he said.
Juryit stressed the need to control the outbreak of cholera through preventive measures of adhering to basic hygiene and ensuring that people consume only clean food and water.
In the same vein, Dr Fom Dakwak, the state commissioner for health, who was represented by Dr Elias Pede, the permanent secretary, Ministry of Health, said that the ministry in collaboration with the ministries of environment and information would continue to enlighten the public on the importance of keeping their environments clean, drinking clean water, and eating fruits and vegetables that are properly washed.
Also speaking, the commissioner for environment, Mr Silvanus Dantu, said that the areas worst hit by the outbreak have been defaulting in the regular monthly sanitation exercise.
“The areas which have recorded high cases of suspected cholera in the state, Nasarawa Gwom, Angwan Rogo, Angwan Rimi and Rikkos have defaulted in the monthly sanitation exercise,” he said.
He disclosed that henceforth, community leaders will be held responsible if their subjects fail to clean their environments or participate in the monthly sanitation exercise.
According to him, Plateau State Environment and Sanitation Agency (PESA) would begin enforcement to ensure that every house owns a toilet and keeps its environment clean.
Dr Danjuma Sanda, the Caretaker Chairman, Jos North Local Government Council, commended the efforts of the various ministries involved in the enlightenment programme and pledged the council’s support.

Home / Crime / News / Killer Cop Fired 10 Rounds Of Ammunition At Subsidy Protesters – Witness

Killer Cop Fired 10 Rounds Of Ammunition At Subsidy Protesters – Witness

Olugbenga Soyele

— March 20, 2014

A prosecution witness, Inspector, Olumide Alagbe yesterday told a Lagos High Court, Igbosere that DSP. Segun Fabunmi, who allegedly murdered a protester during the January 2012 fuel subsidy protest, fired 10 rounds of ammunition from his AK-47 at the protesting crowd.
Alagbe, who investigated the crime, gave the information, while being led in evidence by the prosecutor, Mrs Olabisi Ogungbesan, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Fabunmi, a former Divisional Police Officer of Pen Cinema, Agege Police Station, is standing trial before the court for allegedly murdering one Adedamola Daramola during the protest.
The embattled ex-police officer is also being prosecuted for attempted murder and inflicting grievous injury on three others while shooting at protesters at Yaya-Abatan.
It will be recalled that at the last sitting of the court, another prosecuting witness, Chizoba Odoh, had told the court that the defendant shot at the crowd during the fuel subsidy protest while they ran.
According to the witness, it was while they were running that Daramola was killed and he with three others sustained bullet wounds.
Confirming that shot was indeed fired by the accused, Alagbe told the court that the AK-47 rifle used by Fabunmi was loaded with 60 rounds when he (the defendant) and his team were heading to Yahaya Abatan (the crime scene).

Reps To Probe Killings Of Nigerians Students Abroad

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Reps To Probe Killings Of Nigerians Students Abroad

Adesuwa Tsanwww.thundergist.blogspot.com

— March 20, 2014

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Diaspora, Justice and Foreign Affairs to investigate indiscriminate killings of Nigerian students across the world and report back within two weeks.
This was sequel to a motion moved by the chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora, Hon Abike Dabiri- Erewa who raised it as a matter of urgent national importance during plenary yesterday.
The lawmaker had given a breakdown of Nigerian students that were killed under mysterious circumstances in Ghana, Russia, South Africa, Malaysia and the UAE. ‎
While leading the debate on the motion, she said: “The alarming increase in the number of Nigerian students being murdered abroad in search of education has made them an endangered species.
“In Ghana, four Nigerian students have been killed in mysterious circumstances in the last few months”, even as she informed her colleagues that in October 2013, 15-year-old Master Austine Ogukwe, an SS 3 Student of Ideal College Ghana, died mysteriously.
“In November, barely 26 days after Ogukwe’s death, two Nigerian students, Eddy and Charles of KNUS Federal University Accra, lost their lives during an excursion with their school; they claimed they got drowned.
“Only two weeks ago, Mr Godwin Ayogu, a 300-level Social Science student of University of Cape Coast Central Region was brutally killed on February 20, and his lifeless body was found on campus.”
She added that in Malaysia, the police killed one Tunde Adelabu from Ekiti State, a student of Lagenda University Nilai, Malaysia, and more than 80 Nigerian students are currently in danger in Malaysia according to reports with no intervention whatsoever from our embassy in Malaysia.
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