Paul Akpederi, a 52-year-old father, was yesterday, arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikeja for raping his 16-year-old daughter.
The man was slammed with a 1-count charge of unlawful defilement before Magistrate B. O. Osunsanmi.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Simon Imhonwa, told the court that the defendant has been committing the offence since 2012 in Ikorodu, area of Lagos.
The defendant, however, pleaded guilty to the charge levelled against him by the Police.
The defendant’s lawyer, A. O. Gbadamosi, filed an application to carry out a psychiatric test on the defendant.
Gbadamosi told the court that the defendant was alleged to have been talking to himself and shouting over nothing.
The prosecutor, however, did not object to the counsel’s request, but said the medical test could have been done at the Police level.
The Magistrate, Osunsanmi, however, granted him bail of N500,000, with two sureties in like sum, adding that the sureties must be related to the defendant.
The magistrate said evidence of tax payment to Lagos State Government must be verified.
Inspector Imhonwa said the offence was punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
However the case was adjourned to December 6.
Mayowa Ogunbayo, a Nigerian, has been found dead in a London flat after being stabbed in the chest.
The UK based entertainer and friend of footballer, Mario Balotelli was discovered by paramedics inside his flat in Park Royal, West London and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Sun Uk, a post-mortem exam found that he died from a stab wound to the heart.
It was gathered that a 21-year-woman, who was at the scene when officers arrived, has been arrested on suspicion of murder
She was taken to a north London police station.
The man is said to have lived a luxury lifestyle after setting up his own entertainment.
The Cross River State Police Command have paraded 72 suspected criminals arrested for various offences.
One of them was a married man, Obiugo Nnoli whose lover died in a hotel in the state.
The suspects, Nnoli, said his lover died in mysterious circumstance.
He told reporters that he was only trying to secure a loan and their meeting was only to discuss modalities for him to get her the loan.
“I have known Elizabeth for about five years and I only wanted to secure a loan from LAPO Microfinance Bank before she suddenly collapsed in the hotel room.”
The other offenders include suspected murderers, kidnappers, armed robbers, internet fraudsters.
Parading the suspects at the Police headquarters yesterday, the state Commissioner of Police, Hafiz M. Inuwa, told newsmen that his men also recovered 116 guns including two GPMG (General purpose machine guns) 537 lives cartridges and cash.
He said: “Eight people were arrested for murder while 28 others were arrested for armed robbery, four for kidnapping while 32 others were arrested for sundry crimes.
“We recovered 80 locally made pistols, two G3 rifles, AK47, 537 live cartridges, 800,000 Naira, a Toyota Carina among others.
“It is the command’s determination to squarely surmount the daunting security challenges across the state which is the tourism hub of the federation especially as we are approaching the yuletide period.
“There is no doubt that Cross River police Command has made tremendous achievement in crime fighting, prevention and control as well as maintenance of law and order within the period under review.”
The Ogun State Government, in conjunction with the Federal Government, has revealed plans to convert the family house of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti in Abeokuta, the state capital, into a museum.
It was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the house of the late maestro located at NEPA Road, Isabo, Abeokuta, in company of Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
The minister disclosed that the initiative will be known as the Heritage Museum, adding that it will be an inspiration to the youth.
He said, “It is laudable in the sense that this is one of the most positive steps to actually put our rhetorics into action.
“We have always said that one of the important assets we have is our cultural heritage, our history and this project, which is going to immortalise the Ransome-Kuti family, is laudable and admirable.
“The family, as you know, represent different things to different people, whether you talk about education, emancipation, music or entertainment.
“Therefore, this attempt by the government at immortalising the family by preserving and restoring the ancestral home is very commendable.
“This is the period we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the death of the maestro himself and I am sure this is within time, as the museum will be inaugurated very soon, probably next year.
“The emphasis of this government, whether state or federal, is that the creative industry must be turned into creative economy and this Centre is going to be a good model to encourage and inspire the youth.”
Governor Amosun promised to deliver the project soon, stating that Fela’s family was one of the giants that laid the foundation of a greater Ogun State.
He said, “All our icons have a special place in our administration. These are the people who define us, when we go out there and say we are from Ogun State. We can’t call ourselves who we say we are without those giants who lived before us. They laid the foundation that we are all building upon.
“And, clearly, the Kuti family is one of those illustrious families that conquered the world, not only Ogun Sate or Abeokuta or Nigeria . Indeed, at times when I am away in the US and I take a cab, the music I hear is that of great Fela himself.’’
“Fela was far ahead of his time. For us, it will be in our interest to let people know his origin, his root.”
The governor also promised to construct museums for other illustrious sons and daughters of the state in order to preserve their heritage.
