Shocking !!! Married woman beaten, thrown into well by man who promised to pay her N3000 after sex

A married woman, identified as Mrs Anita Ekpeyong, has been beaten to comatose and thrown into a well by a stranger who promised to pay her for sex.

Ekpenyong and the man she identified as Isaac had a bargain that he would pay her N3,000 for sex.

According to Vanguard, the woman lives in an uncompleted building at Aladura Mosque Street, White Sand, Isheri Oshun, Lagos, with her husband, Ifeanyi, and their two children.

She left their home after informing her family that she was going to charge her mobile phone.

She said on the way to charge her phone, a man requested to take her home for sex, with an agreement to pay her N3,000.

Trouble started for her when Isaac refused to pay her the agreed sum after having sex with her in his one-room apartment at 4, Kilanko Street, White Sand, Isheri Oshun.

An argument degenerated into scuffle leading to Isaac battering and throwing her inside a well, abandoning her to die.

She was, however, rescued by a passer-by who heard her shouts for help from the well, and raised the alarm.

After being rejected by two private hospitals in the area, she was then taken to the Isolo General Hospital by the Police, where she was treated for a week before being transferred to another hospital, where she underwent another round of treatment before she was discharged at the weekend.

Recounting her ordeal, she said: “I did not know the man before. He only stopped me and asked how much I would take for the service and I said N3,000. But when he finished he refused to pay.

“Rather, he threatened to kill me and dump my body in the bush. He started dragging me out of his house and at the same time hit me on my head.

“He collected my Nokia Android phone and the money I had earlier worked for. He covered my mouth with cloth to prevent me from shouting and gave me a hard fist on my jaw, which forced a tooth to fall off.

“He dragged me out of his compound to about five buildings away from his. At a point, I was so weak and passed out. The next time I opened my eyes, I found myself inside a well.

“The luck I had was that the water level was just up to my chest. That was when I yelled for help.”

Meanwhile, the state police command has mounted search for the suspect, Isaac, who is still on the run.

Same problems ! same rulers !! In 1977, NNPC said fuel crisis ‘may end next year’ — and Buhari was petroleum minister

When you think you have seen it all, then you have to start all over again.

As Nigerians moan and groan over a crippling fuel crisis that has ruined their Christmas, someone has gone into the archive to show that it is nothing new. Fuel crisis is Nigerian by birth.

Nigeria may be one of the biggest producers of crude oil in the world, but it is a case of water water everywhere and none fit to drink — to paraphrase  Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

If you doubt the Nigerianness of fuel crisis, check it out. It is the June 7, 1977 edition of Daily Times — Nigeria’s No 1 newspaper at the time. It quoted an official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), J Akpeyi, as saying nationwide shortages of petrol and kerosene “may end next year”.

That was 40 years, and “next year” could still be 2018 — or 2048.

But history is such a lovely thing.

The editor of Daily Times at the time was Tony Momoh, who is today a close political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari. Oh, Buhari was the federal commissioner for petroleum then. It is called minister today. Oh, Buhari is still the minister of petroleum 40 years after. And fuel crisis would still end next year!

Olusegun Obasanjo, then a lt. general, was the military head of state in 1977. He returned in 1999 to be a democratically elected president for eight years — 1999 to 2007. And fuel crisis would still end next year!

Buhari was military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and returned as a democratically elected president in 2015. And fuel crisis would still end next year! - Cable Nigeria

Ritualist found with dead baby arrested in Ogun

Ogun State Police Command have arrested a suspected ritualist, Ajiboye Emmanuel Olusola, 42, found with a dead child.

He was arrested at the weekend at Sapade Garage while attempting to bus a bus.

It was gathered that the suspect had a polythene bag with him and the stench from the bag raised the suspicion of people around.

The police at Isara were alerted and the Divisional Officer (DPO) Yusuf Taiwo, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), led some men to the motor park, where they conducted search.

When the baby’s body was discovered, the suspect was said to have told the police he was transporting it to Lagos for burial.

According to the command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police  (ASP), the suspect said he was coming from Offa in Kwara State and taking the cadaver to Lagos.

Oyeyemi said: “Not satisfied with the claim, he was taken to Isara Division for further investigation. The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the case be transferred to the homicde unit for proper investigation.”

Meet a sicko !!! Group initiates recall process of Senator Ibrahim for kneeling before Saraki

Members of the Kwara South Unity Forum, in Kwara State have commenced the recall process of the senator representing the Kwara South Senatorial District, Rafiu Ibrahim, for kneeling before the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

A copy of the petition it sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was made available to journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Sunday.

The letter, dated November 13, was also sent to the office of the Senate President.

It was received and acknowledged at INEC on November 14 and the office of the President of the Senate on November 17.

The President of the group, John Adegboye, while addressing journalists during a media briefing at Ijagbo in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, alleged poor representation by Ibrahim.

He also accused Ibrahim of “disregarding members and elders of the senatorial district while taking directives from external personalities.”

He said issues critical to the growth and development of Kwara South, were allegedly being openly disregarded and dismissed by the senator.

Adegboroye further alleged that Ibrahim was abusing their democratic rights and intelligence and was not sufficiently addressing human capital development in the area.

He stated, “A situation whereby, a man we voted for, now comes out openly and with audacity, to state that he needs to consult ‘his boss’, who isn’t even from Kwara South, is nothing but a violation of our human and democratic rights.”

According to Adegboroye, it was wrong for Ibrahim to kneel before Saraki.

He said, “We find it demeaning , insulting and outrageous that our senator acted as an escort and body guard to the wife of the Senate President when she was arraigned in court on charges of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

“This unnecessary show of subservience has been interpreted to imply a situation in which we are not the people in control of our destinies. We cannot accept this anymore.

“It is therefore under these circumstances that the good people of Kwara South today decide to intimate the generality of Nigerians about our intention to recall Senator Rafiu Ibrahim from the 8 th National Assembly.

“We affirm that the Kwara South Unity Forum has instituted recall proceedings against the senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District. The days of ‘shadow democracy and indirect rule,’ whereby a few individuals become more important than the entire electorate, are over.” - Daily Post

Face of a thief !!! How Jonathan’s aide, chief of staff, cousin allegedly shared N27bn proceeds of PHCN sale‎ – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed that the sum of N27 billion, part of the proceeds of the sale of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, was shared among top government functionaries of the immediate past administration.

The EFCC disclosed this in a court paper filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on December 5, 2017, obtained by Punch.

In the court paper, the EFCC alleged that the total sum of N27,188,232,208.20, looted by the named officials, was said to be meant for the settlement of the insurance premiums for disengaged members of staff of PHCN.

The then Chief of Staff to the then President Goodluck Jonathan, Brig. Gen. Jones Arogbofa (retd.); the then Accountant General of the Federation, Jonah Otunla; and the then Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Dr. Godknows Igali were named in the scam.

Others are a cousin to Jonathan, Robert Azibaola; a former Director -General, Bureau for Public Enterprises, Benjamin Dikki; and a former Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil.

A supporting affidavit, filed alongside the EFCC’s ex parte application, stated how the money was shared.

The commission alleged that through proxies, Arogbofa got N150m; Dikki N1 bn; Igali, N475m; Otunla N3.6 bn; Jonathan’s cousin, Azibaola, N2 .5 bn; and Wakil, N118m.

The application alleged that of the total sum of N27 ,188,232,208, allegedly misappropriated by the government officials, the sums of N6 ,584,785, US $ 222,000, and N2 ,028,800,000 worth of shares of Aso Savings Limited had been recovered from the suspects.

The document stated that the recovered money was being kept in the EFCC’s Recovered Funds Account domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

It added that apart from the monetary recovery, 12 houses as well as two pieces of land, located in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja , and which were allegedly bought with proceeds of the loot, had also been recovered .

The EFCC by its ex parte application, is seeking orders of interim forfeiture to the Federal Government of Nigeria of the sums of N6 ,584,785,000.00 and US $ 222,000.00 “recovered in the course of investigation and presently in the possession of the EFCC in its Recovered Funds Account domiciled at the CBN.”

It also seeks the interim forfeiture of “units of ASO savings shares worth the sum of N2 ,028,800,000.00 “ recovered in the course of investigation.”

It said the share certificates were “ in the possession of the EFCC.”
The application also seeks an “order of interim forfeiture to the Federal Government of Nigeria of the properties allegedly “ recovered in the course of investigation from several persons and bodies and presently under the control of the EFCC (the applicant).”

The commission is also asking the court to direct the publication of a notice in any national daily newspaper “inviting any person (s) or body, who may have interest in the funds and / or assets/properties to show cause, within 14 days of the publication of the order of final forfeiture to the Federal Government of Nigeria, why the said funds and assets/ properties forfeiture order should not be made.”

The anti-graft agency , through a member of its Special Investigation Committee, Madaki Yakubu , who deposed to a supporting affidavit, explained that it received intelligence report concerning the looted N27 bn in August 2016.

The investigating officer explained that the sum of N27bn, which was part of the proceeds of the sale of PHCN, was released upon a recommendation by the Bureau for Public Enterprises and presidential approval, for settlement of insurance premiums for disengaged staff of the company.

He said the money was released to Great Nigeria Insurance .
He said there were however hiccups that arose in the process of paying the money to GNI Plc , but instead of returning the money to the treasury, “some unscrupulous public officials conspired among themselves and misappropriated the funds.”

He added that investigation revealed “that the funds , less taxes, which amounted to the sum of N26 ,236,594,986, was fraudulently paid to BBIL for further sharing to the conspirators ostensibly to collate details of beneficiaries, verify their claims and effect payment of group life and group accident insurance claim.”

On how the alleged loot was shared, the document stated, “That in furtherance of the fraudulent scheme, BBIL in turn paid out the sum of N6 bn from the said funds to PJO Ventures Limited, a company controlled by Cecilia Osipitan , who doubled as the Managing Director /CEO of GNI Plc.

“ That further to paragraph 9 above , the remaining sum of N20 bn was further shared by BBIL amongst individuals and corporate bodies who acted as proxies and nominees of top government functionaries while BBIL also retained a part of the proceeds of unlawful activity for itself.

“That investigation further revealed that the details of the beneficiaries of the fraudulent sharing and criminal misappropriation of the public funds are as follows:

“Sunrise Estate Development Limited, a company controlled by one Sami A. Jaoude, fraudulently received the sum of N150m out of the funds from the account of BBIL on behalf of Brig. Gen . Arogbofa (retd.), the Chief of Staff to the then President Goodluck Jonathan, for development of a personal property.

“Kebna Studios & Communication Limited, a company in which Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki, the then DG of BPE, has interest , fraudulently received the sum of N1 bn out of the funds by the order of BIBL.

“Cheltenham Investment Services Limited, controlled by one Ifeyinwa Umunnakwe Okeke, fraudulently received the sum of N475m out of the funds from the account of BBIL, ostensibly to invest on behalf of Dr. Godknows Igali , the then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power.

“WESAC Farms Limited and five other companies, all linked to Otunla Jonah, then Accountant General of the Federation, fraudulently received the sum of N3 .6 bn out of the funds from BBIL and used the sum of N2 .0288 bn to purchase Aso Savings’ shares in the name of LAVAGRE Y Limited.

“Sentinel Investment & Property Limited fraudulently received the sum of N45m also from BBIL out of the misappropriated funds.

“KAKARTA CE Limited and its promoter, one Robert Azibaola , fraudulently received the sum of N2 .5 bn out of the funds from BBIL.

“Carozzeria Nig. Limited and Pikat Properties Limited, both controlled by the then Minister of State for Power , Mohammed Wakil, fraudulently received the respective sums of N118m and N30 m from BBIL out of the misappropriated funds.

“Nathan Christopher Construction Limited received the sum of N475m from BBIL out of the misappropriated funds on the pretext of a loan.”

The commission stated that the funds ” paid in favour of the respective beneficiaries thereof , represent proceeds of unlawful activity, to wit criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, criminal misappropriation and abuse of office by the public officers involved on one hand , and the unlawful act of obtaining by false pretences, receiving stolen property and money laundering by the companies involved and their promoters on the other hand .”

It added, “In the course of investigation , the public officials, representatives and management of some of the beneficiary companies surrendered the properties listed as items No . 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10, 11 & 12 in the schedule to the Motion on Notice , and refunded various amounts of money in Naira and US Dollars (the total of each is stated on the Motion paper) to the Recovered Funds Account of the EFCC domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

“That further to paragraphs 12 & 13 above, in the course of our investigation, we discovered that the properties listed as items No . 1, 2 , 3 & 4 in possession of PJO Ventures Limited, were substantially purchased with the proceed of unlawful activities of the company and its promoters as stated in paragraph 9 above.

“That further to paragraphs 11(d) & 12 above , the boards of Aso Savings Limited and Lavagrey Development Company Limited have respectively passed separate resolutions surrendering and forfeiting to the Federal Government of Nigeria the said shares purchased with the proceeds of unlawful activity.

“That further to the foregoing paragraphs , I know as a fact that the recovered funds are proceeds of the stated unlawful activities and /or unclaimed properties, and that it is desirable and in the interest of justice to grant our prayers . - Daily Post