Police commissioner orders prosecution of doctors who reject gunshot victims

Imohimi Edgal, commissioner of police in Lagos state, has directed all area commanders and divisional police officer in Lagos to prosecute any medical practitioner who rejects gunshot victims on the grounds of the lack of police report.

Chike Oti, police public relations officer of Lagos state, announced this in a statement on Wednesday.

Oti said Edgal gave the directive in response to the death of one Adebayo Akinwunmi, an engineer at an information and communications technology company.

Akinwunmi was said to have been shot and wounded by armed robbers in his house at Ofada-Mokoloki in Ogun state and taken to a hospital in Ikeja, Lagos, for treatment but was refused admission on the grounds that there was no police report.

“The command considers the action of the hospital as cruel; perhaps, an indication that the hospital management may be ignorant of the “Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017,” the statement read.

“In the light of this development, the Command wishes to inform all medical practitioners in Lagos state, that the Act demands that every hospital in Nigeria, whether public or private;

“Shall accept or receive for immediate and adequate treatment with or without police clearance any person with a gunshot wounds.

According to him, the Act, however, requires the hospital treating such a patient to report the fact to the nearest police station within two hours of the commencement of treatment.

“The commissioner of police, Lagos state, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has directed all area commanders and divisional police officers in the state to henceforth prosecute any medical practitioners, who reject gunshot victims for reasons of no police report,” the statement read.

“Medical doctors should note that the Act recommends a five-year-jail term for any person, hospital or authority, who stands by or omits to do his bit, which results in the unnecessary death of any person with bullet wounds

‘The CP wants doctors to note that the Act that guides against this recommends a 5-year-jail term for any person, hospital or authority who stands or omits to do his bit which results in the unnecessary death of any person with bullet wounds.” - Cable Nigeria

Lagos developer bags 2,670 years for duping 133 tenants of N25m

An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, has sentenced a property developer, Alhaji Ayobami Oseni, to 2,670 years imprisonment for duping 133 accommodation seekers of N25 million.

Chief Magistrate O. O. Olatunji convicted Oseni following his plea of guilty to 267 counts of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretenses and stealing.

He sentenced Oseni to 10 years imprisonment with no option of fine on each of the 267 counts.

The sentences, which are to run concurrently, take effect from April 26, 2017 when Oseni was remanded in prison custody following the revocation of his bail.

Thus, the convict should spend only 10 years in jail, but if the one year he has spent in remand is deducted, his prison time reduces to nine years.

Oseni was prosecuted by the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) and the Lagos State Real Estate Transaction Department (LASRETRAD). - The Nation

N’assembly adds N500bn to 2018 budget

The national assembly has increased the size of the 2018 budget to N9.120 trillion from N8.612 trillion.

The details of the budget were listed on the order paper available at the senate.

The budget was laid before the senate by Danjuma Goje, chairman of the senate appropriation committee.

Yusuf Lasun, speaker of the house, who presided over Tuesday’s session at the house of representatives, said lawmakers will consider and pass the budget on Wednesday or Thursday.

He said: “We will begin the consideration tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon and pass it but if we are not able to, we will finish on Thursday.”

“That the house do receive the report of the committee on appropriations on a bill for an act to authorize the issue from the consolidated revenue fund of the federation, the total sum of N9,120,334,988,225 (Nine Trillion, One Hundred and Twenty Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-Four Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty-Eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Naira) only,” the order paper read.

Here are some of the differences as seen on the order paper:

Item	FG proposal	Change
Debt service	N2.01 trillion	N2.20 trillion
Statutory transfer	N456 billion	N530 billion
Maturing loans	N220 billion	N190 billion
Recurrent expenditure	N3.49 trillion	N3.51 trillion
Capital expenditure	N2.42 trillion	N2.86 trillion

 Source : Cable Nigeria

PL news : Pep would rather win the Premier League than the Champions League

Pep Guardiola has said that he would rather win the Premier League again next season than the Champions League.

City stormed to a third title in seven years and Guardiola’s first at the club, finishing with a Premier League record of 100 points.

Guardiola’s side also finished with a record number of goals scored in a season by one team and the record for the total amount of wins in a season.

City were however knocked out of the Champions League by Liverpool in the last-eight of the competition in what was a thrilling tie over two legs.

However two-time winner of the Champions League, Guardiola, insists it would be a mistake to focus more of their attention on the elusive European competition.

Gary Neville asked Pep on a Monday Night Football special whether he’d rather win the Premier League again or the Champions League, to which Guardiola answered:

“Premier League. No doubt”

“It will be a huge mistake to think: ‘OK now we have the Premier League, we are now going to go for the Champions League instead’. Big mistake.”

“To be out of the Champions League and win the Premier League again, I’d sign it now. The Premier League is the most important thing. It gives you the consistency to arrive at the right moment, the Champions League is so complicated the opponents are so good, all of them.”

 “The Premier League is the most important thing.”

Guardiola has previously won the Champions League with Barcelona in both 2009 and 2011 but has not reached the final since.

Asked if he was desperate to win the Champions league again soon, Guardiola said:

“Desperate is not the right word, for Barcelona the first they won it was in 1992. Sir Alex Ferguson took his time to win it.”

“It would be a big mistake tor Man City to be focusing on it, of course it will be a target, of course we will fight.”

“But for us our big moments of the season when we were in November, December and we were real contenders for the Champions League, but that was because we were doing so well in the league.”

 “That competition, you play at Anfield, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Roma, Bayern, United, Juventus, all of the big clubs.”

“Of course we are going to try it, but I don’t think: ‘If we don’t win the Champions League in the next five years it will be a disaster!’ I don’t think so.” - Read Sport

FA : Chelsea hit with fine

Chelsea have been fined £20,000 by the Football Association (FA) for failing to control their players during a 1-1 Premier League draw with Huddersfield Town this month.

Antonio Rudiger was among a group of players who vented their frustration at referee Lee Mason and his assistants when the whistle was blown for half-time before Chelsea could take a corner kick.

Marcos Alonso netted an equaliser for Chelsea after Laurent Depoitre had put Huddersfield in front - a result that preserved the Terriers' top-flight status and severely dented Chelsea's top-four aspirations.

An FA statement read: "Chelsea have been fined £20,000 after accepting a charge for failing to ensure their players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion.

"The incident occurred at half-time during the game against Huddersfield Town on Wednesday 9 May."

Chelsea ended the season in fifth, behind Liverpool, after losing 3-0 at Newcastle United on the final day. - Goal

Woman stabs pastor with broken bottle

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A 39-year-old woman, Esther Olawale, was on Wednesday docked before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, Osun, for allegedly stabbing a pastor with broken bottle.

Olawale of no fixed address, is facing a count charge of assault.

The prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 6, at about 6.00 p.m. at No. 11, Moremi Line 10, Ile-Ife.

Abdullahi said that the accused stabbed the complainant, Pastor Kayode Oluwawemimo, with broken bottle on the left hand and at the back during a disagreement.

He said the assault caused bodily injuries to the complainant, who is a pastor in one of the churches in Ile-Ife.

The offence contravened Section 355 of the Criminal Code, Law of Osun, 2002.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The defence counsel, Mr Olalere Olaobaju, applied for the bail of the accused in the most liberal terms and promised that the accused would not jump bail.

Magistrate Ishola Omisade granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case until June 18, for hearing.

N6.3 billion fraud : Jang arraigned, remanded in Jos prison

Former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Jos High Court for allegedly misappropriating N6.3 billion.

Jang, who was arraigned alongside one Yusuf Gyang Pam by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 12- count charge, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The defence counsel,  Robert Clark (SAN), pleaded that the ex-governor be  granted bail on self recognition.

The EFCC counsel,  Rotimi Jacob (SAN),  however objected to Jang’s application for bail, asking the court to look at the seriousness of the offence, the nature of the charge, the evidence available, the probability of the accused appearing constantly in the trial and the weight of the punishment.

According to him,  Sections 36(5) which provides that everybody who is charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until he is proven guilty is not in line with the law that governs the criminal prosecution against Jang and Pam.

He said, “Any offence that exceeds three years should not be treated as ordinary and presumable for bail.”

But after listening to arguments from both parties,  Justice Daniel Longji said he would need  time to analyze the arguments for and against the bail application in comparison with the charges.

He  adjourned ruling on the bail application till May 24.

He said: ‘There is a situation here where the Law becomes an axe. I have not studied the charges and I cannot use my personal knowledge of the accused persons to ask him to go on bail.

“They should be remanded in prison pending the ruling on his bail on Thursday next week.” - The Nation