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More Woes For Baba Ijesha As Lagos Court Denies Bail Application

Sexual Assault: 7,000 Sign Petition Against Baba Ijesha's Release

The Lagos State Magistrate court has denied embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, bail in the ongoing trial over alleged sexual assault.

Naija News reports that Baba Ijesha was arrested by the security operatives after he was alleged to have sexually molested a minor at 7 and 14.

He was later granted bail on May 17 after spending about 25 days in police detention by magistrates in charge of prison decongestion. But he has remained in police custody despite the bail.

During the trial on Wednesday, June 16, Kayode Olabiran, his counsel, prayed the court to acquit his client, citing his deteriorating health. He said the uncertain nature of the case has made it difficult to secure his release despite his bail as intending sureties were scared of the likely consequences.

But in his ruling, P. E Nwaka, the judge, held that the court can not grant the actor bail because the matter is beyond its jurisdiction. The judge also revealed that the case has already been filed before the high court.

Also speaking, Yetunde Cardoso, the superintendent of police in charge of the case, said the matter is now beyond the police.

Mr Olanrewaju was actually granted bail during the JUSUN strike and based on the conditions given, he couldn’t meet them and he was properly charged today (Wednesday).

Just like the court stated, the case has already been filed before the high court and the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) of Lagos State Ministry of Justice has taken over the matter from the police.

Also speaking, Yetunde Cardoso, the superintendent of police in charge of the case, said the matter is now beyond the police.

So presently, we have handed over to the DPP so the case is before them (DPP). It has nothing to do with the police anymore, it’s now left for the DPP to handle it,” she said.

Baba Ijesha is facing trial over charges bothering on rape, sexual assault and abuse of a minor. He was charged with indecent treatment of a child, defilement of a child, sexual assault by penetration, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault which contravenes Sections 135, 137, 261, 202, 262 and 263 of the Lagos State Criminal Law 2015.

He pleaded not guilty when the charges were read out to him.

The case has been adjourned to July 13 for mention.

Source: Naija News

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fulani Group Threatens Okowa, Orders Him To Remove Grazing Ban

Ifeanyi Okowa

There is palpable tension in Asaba, the Delta State capital, after residents discovered a threat letter giving Governor Ifeanyi Okowa a 72-hour ultimatum to withdraw his support for the ban on open grazing or risk the state capital being attacked.

The letter titled “Fulani Jihadist Warning: An Open Message Of 2 Paragraphs To Delta State” was said to have been posted in strategic locations in the state capital including at the fence of the Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel at Infant Jesus Road in Asaba.

The letter is coming weeks after governors of the 17 southern states at its meeting in Asaba recently banned open grazing of cattle in the region.

The ban was rejected by the Federal Government and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, who claimed the decision of the governors violates the rights of herdsmen to free movement.

President Muhammadu Buhari also rejected the position of the governors and ordered for the restoration of the grazing routes across the country in an interview on Friday.

But in the unsigned letter, it particularly threatened that Fulani Jihadist fighters will attack Asaba and Governor Okowa’s hometown Agbor, if he fails to withdraw his support for the ban on open grazing in the state.

The letter reads, “This is to inform Delta state that the Fulani’s of Usman dan fodio leadership, shall do everything it can to uphold the legacy of our heritage of open grazing for we are nomadic people from origination and shall never negotiate the ownership of Nigeria and West Africa and Sub-Sahara.”

“We hereby demand the governor of Delta state to immediately withdraw his early stand for the call to barn open grazing in 17 regions in not less than 72hours from the above date and also, withdraw his position as the leading voice for the governors, as no occurrence we don’t have the first-hand information, even before the hosting of the South-south. South-east and South-south governors meeting in Asaba.”

“Failure to adhere to this demand for being the host of the 17 governors, Delta State, most likely the city of Asaba and Agbor, shall encounter severe consequences than that of Bornu, Kebbi, Kastina, Kaduna, Enugu, Benue, Oyo and many more that will not respect the Fulani’s heritage.”

“We take responsibility for the detonated explosive uncovered in the state secretariat, which should serve as warning to the Delta State government for what is to come, should the governor fail to abide by our demand.”

“We advise all Fulanis and northerners, including the security personnel, to leave Delta State as soon as possible for the wind of our action is now present in the land. For failure of the governor to adhere to our call, this shall leave us with no choice.”

Source: The Oriental Times

 

June 12: Late MKO Abiola represented hope, liberty – Gani Adams

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Abiodun Adams

Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Chief Gani Adams, has said that the late Chief MKO Abiola represented hope, liberty and freedom during his lifetime.

 

Adams stated this at the commemoration of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election by Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) on Saturday in Lagos.

According to him, Nigeria’s democracy is still not in tune with the ideals, which Abiola, winner of the election, lived and died for.

He said that the democratic ideals of the late business mogul enabled him to win the presidential election, even in the North where his main opponent, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, came from.

Adams, who decried what he called disunity, rivalry and senseless killings, said that these challenges had had adverse effect on the nation’s democracy.

He said: “This present danger has been threatening the fragile union of our great country.

“Today, the symbol of unity had passed on and what we have now in Nigeria is nothing but a fragile unity, where all the ethic nationalities that make up Nigeria live with mutual suspicion.

“The late MKO Abiola, in his lifetime, represented hope. Remember, his campaign slogan was ‘Hope 93,’ but the question remains: ‘Is there still any hope in Nigeria?

“It is because the politicians that are supposed to give hope to the hopeless Nigerians are fast dashing their hopes and eroding the very foundation of democracy.

“The late MKO Abiola also symbolised liberty and freedom for all.”

Adams said that the June 12 struggle had metamorphosed into struggles for true federalism and restructuring.

He called for true justice, fairness and equity to deepen the nation’s democracy.

Adams decried insecurity, poverty, unemployment, lack of electricity and good healthcare system as well as lack of good education.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that speakers at the event, including Prof. Derin Ologbenla of University of Lagos and Chief Linus Okoroji, voiced their concerns about the state of the nation.

They also called for justice, fairness and equity from the political class.

Ologbenla said: “We don’t want hegemony; we want fairness and equity where the poor are attain their full potentials.

“If there is no fairness and equity, there is no way the country can be united.”

Okoroji, who noted that the problem confronting Nigeria had to do with domination by the minority group, said that such would not work.

“Our problem in Nigeria is domination; that will not work. Let us live as God had created us. God did not create Nigeria, it was the Europeans who created and gave us the name, Nigeria.

“We were Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo before they came. And look at us, a country which God endowed with a lot of resources and yet, we are suffering. Let us be independent as God had created us,” he said. (NAN)

Wedding Guests Hit As NAF Bombs Bandits In Niger State

NAF Jets Bombard ISWAP’s Hideout, Scores Killed

An airstrike from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha jet over the weekend, targeted at bandits operating around Genu town in Niger State has reportedly hit some wedding guests in a nearby location.

The bombs from the NAF jet however also hit the targeted bandits who were attempting to flee with some rustled animals.

It was gathered that the fighter jet was scrambled from Katsina State based on credible information to intercept the bandits.

While the bombs hit the targeted bandits, one of the bombs allegedly fell on a wedding party in Argida village, killing two villagers while many wedding guests were also injured.

“Two villagers were killed unfortunately. We gathered that several others who were guests at the wedding feast, sustain injuries,” an eyewitness said.

However, the NAF Director of Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet told PRNigeria that he isn’t aware of any civilian casualty as a result of the airstrikes from the NAF jet, describing the operation as successful.

“We have no information on any civilian casualty. Our mission is against armed bandits in that Genu axis, after we got intelligence on bad elements planning to terrorize the people,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Saturday disclosed that some people have been recruited by Boko Haram with just N5,000.

Zulum stated this while delivering an address to mark 2021 democracy day and the second anniversary of his government.

The Borno State Governor noted that much has been achieved not only in the infrastructural development of the state but also in securing the lives of the people of Borno State.

Source: Naija News

June 12: Amotekun will metamorphose to State Police, says Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps would metamorphosed into a State Police.

Akeredolu who said he does not believe in secession stated that the many promises of June 12 have been dashed.

Akeredolu who spoke in Akure at the 2021 Democracy Day celebration said there was no serious attempt to redesign the security architecture to respond to the demands of a nascent country as at the time of independence.

He insisted that every federating unit in the country should have its own police for effective security.

The Ondo Governor declared that local government could not be absolute autonomous and that the Federal Government should have no control, whatsoever, on how a Local Government is run in a State of the Federation.

“Let every state determine the number of local governments it wishes to have for effective administration. The civil service must respond to the current realities for relevance. Let the extent of wealth creation form the basis of establishing local administrations. It does not make any economic sense to create as many local governments as the politics of revenue sharing will permit.

“Governors must be Chief Executive Officers answerable only to the people indeed. The law must empower them to harness the resources in their respective States for the benefit of those who voted for them. They must not be subjected to any external control as equal partners in a federation unless when it is absolutely necessary.

“They must be able to mobilise the people for socio-economic activities with minimal interference from the government at the centre. This will enhance their ability to protect their people from rampaging marauders and other criminals who wreck their peace in perpetuity.

“The message which produced June 12, 1993, was “Farewell to Poverty”. Our people looked forward to a better Nigeria where every citizen would be proud. The hope was dashed. We have been trying to rekindle the light of realistic expectations since 1999. The political journey proceeds in fits and starts. The ride has been bumpy, creating doubts and suspicion on the genuineness of intentions.

“The problems are, however, surmountable if all are sincere in finding lasting solutions to the existential issues confronting us. That should the lesson derivable from the June 12 annulment and the symbolic revalidation.”

Barr. Femi Aborisade who delivered the Democracy Day lecture insisted that Nigeria was not a broke nation.

Source: The Nation

Insecurity: Secure your states, Buhari tells Akeredolu, Makinde

 

                                     President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, subtly called out two south-west governors for incompetence over their handling of the farmers-herders clashes rocking the region.

Mr Buhari, who spoke during an interview with Arise TV, said he recently sent two South-west governors back to their states when they came to Aso Villa to complain about insecurity in their states.

The president was responding to a question on the establishment of state police in Nigeria.

“Two governors from the South-west came to tell me that the cattle rearers in some of the forests are killing farmers while their cattle are eating their crops,” Mr Buhari said.

“I told them you campaigned to be elected and you are elected. I told them go (to) back and sought out themselves.”

While the president did not mention the names of the governors, PREMIUM TIMES’ checks show that he was referring to Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State.

Multiple sources, who are close to the two governors, told PREMIUM TIMES that the response Mr Buhari gave during his interview was exactly what he told Messrs Makinde and Akeredolu in January when they visited him.

The visit

Following  the herdsmen crisis rocking the South-west region of Nigeria, the two governors, on January 27, 2021, met with Mr Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Although Mr Akeredolu refused to make comments at the end of the meeting, his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, in a statement issued to journalists in Akure, said his principal secured a presidential nod to evict criminal elements in Ondo.

Source: Premium Times

Kim Kardashian heartbroken after failing baby bar exam for second time

Kim Kardashian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfmVqv92eE8

Kim Kardashian
 

Baby bar is a one-day examination given remotely to first-year law students’ in June and November.

No credit will be issued for any law study until the applicant passes the exam.

An excited Kim who has been looking forward to the result with so huge expectation checked online with lawyers who had been mentoring her on the phone.

On sighting her score, the mother of four became emotional because, as she confessed, she had put in a lot of effort in the build-up to the exam.

Poor Kim disclosed how she had prayed for a miracle to scale through on her second attempt.

She said;

“I failed! This is really annoying.”

To make matters worse, Kim actually did worse than she did the first time she took the test.

“Total scaled score: 463. I pretty much got the same thing. I mean, a little bit worse,” Kim added.

In a confessional, Kim said she felt “totally bummed” by the result but was committed to doing better in the next exam.

“It is what it is. I know I just have to not stress about it. There are so many other (expletive) stressful things going on, I just have to do better in the future.”

Kim called her sister, Khloe for emotional support and Khloe encouraged her to take it easy on herself because she was juggling a lot of things when she took the exam.

Khloe said:

“Honestly, you had COVID. You had your 40th birthday. You’re just dealing with so much personally in your relationship. And just quarantine in itself. And I really don’t think this last time counted.”

In a confessional, Khloe said:

“Kim is dealing with a lot of other things at the same time. The fact that she had COVID and with the show ending and her relationship with Kanye, so I think Kim has to give herself a little credit just for taking the (expletive) baby bar.”

She also reminded her that they told her it would take a miracle for her to pass the exam because of COVID.

And Kim replied:

“I wanted that miracle. I believe in miracles!”

Source: The Nation

President Buhari on ARISE TV

AGF Malami makes U-turn, says Nigerians who tweet won’t be prosecuted

Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. [Twitter/@Hope_Uzodimma1]
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has denied saying that Nigerians who use Twitter in the face of a subsisting Twitter ban imposed by the President Muhammadu Buhari regime, would be prosecuted in courts.

Many young Nigerians resident in Nigeria, have been using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to circumvent the ban and conceal their locations, while tweeting as profusely as ever.

On June 5, 2021, Malami issue a statement to say this category of Nigerians would be prosecuted for flouting a federal government directive.

The minister has however reversed himself, saying his statement was misunderstood and taken out of context.

In a chat with Vanguard Newspaper, the minister said all he meant was that anyone who enabled Twitter to circumvent the ban was going to be prosecuted.

“It is within their guaranteed fundamental right to tweet from anywhere in the world. Nigeria, being a democratic nation, cannot stop its citizens from exercising their rights of freedom of expression,” Malami said.

“But our position on Twitter is clear: Anyone, whether individual or corporate institution that enables Twitter to circumvent the ban the Federal Government of Nigeria placed on the company, will be prosecuted.

“Our statement outlining our position did not ask the DPP to prosecute Nigerians using twitter or any social media platform to express their view.

“But we are going to use the legal instruments at our disposal to go after those who aid and abet Twitter to continue to threaten our corporate existence as a nation,” he added.

Some religious leaders had to issue disclaimers alongside their tweets, amid insinuations that they would be prosecuted.

Malami said at no time did the federal government threaten to prosecute any religious leader.

“It is clear from the barrage of insinuations and falsehood being orchestrated by some Nigerians and those trying to change the clear position of the Government of Nigeria to suit their whims and caprices and to whip up sentiments to hoodwink the people, that they are up to some mischievous and sinister games, which the Federal Government will not condone.

“At no time did we threaten any religious leader for using Twitter to express themselves. Neither did we indicate in any way that we were going after them. But mischief-makers were quick to mention names of religious leaders and give the impression that we were already in court to try them.

“Let it be made clear that the Buhari administration being a people-centred government that relies on the rule of law, will never adopt any policy or programme that seeks to add pain or injury to the very people who elected it to serve them.

“For the record, let it be made amply clear that the AGF, Abubakar Malami, is not after any Nigerian tweeting from Nigeria or anywhere in the world but that any Nigerian company or entity that gives a helping hand for Twitter to escape the ban placed on it, will be dealt with,” Malami warned.

The United States, UK, Canada, the European Union, Ireland and human rights advocates across the world, have been mounting pressure on the federal government to lift the ban.

President Buhari parried a question on the ban on June 10, preferring to laugh it off instead.

Source: PulseNg

Careless indulgence between my aunt and I led to constant sex

Ladele Johnson was not prepared for what happened between him and Aunty Cecilia.  As usual, Aunty Cecilia, his mother’s adopted sister, was passing the night in their house. She had been doing that a lot since her marriage crashed after her husband moved in with another woman because she could not give him a child. On days she passed the night in their house, she always used the spare room in the flat in the front of their four-flat building. But one bad night she came and a visitor from the village had occupied her regular room.

Ladele’s mother asked him to clean the spare room in the back flat for her, the room was directly beside Ladele’s. He did as he was told. Around 11pm, he went to bed. Some two hours later he woke up to use the toilet and he started hearing a strange sound from the room Aunty Cecilia was. He tiptoed to the door and peeped through the key hole. Sitting n@ked on the bed was Aunty Cecilia. Her fingers were in her c^nt and she was mo@ning, her eyes were closed in ecstasy. Soon she was squeezing her b00bs gently, and gyrating with excitement.

Ladele ran back into his room and shut the door. He tried to go back to sleep, but no matter how hard he tried, all he could see was Aunty Cecilia’s b00bs and c^nt. He felt her b00bs were so firm and did not look like what someone once married should look like.

Some minutes to 2am, there was a knock on his door, he quickly pretended he was sleeping and did not answer.

“Why are you pretending to be sleeping?”

It was Aunty Cecilia’s voice.

“Open your eyes. I knew you were watching me.”

Ladele did not know when he screamed: “I was not watching you o, I only went to use the toilet.”

Aunty Cecilia smiled.

“There is no need for us to argue about that.”

Fear gripped Ladele wondering how she knew. He could not remember if the door was slightly open. He was still struggling with trying to unravel how she knew when Aunty Cecilia grabbed his d!ck, whose hardness gave him away as a pervert. Before he could protest, she was already stroking it and before he knew it, her mouth was on it, he let out a gasp. Aunty Cecilia dropped out of her night gown and led Ladele’s mouth to her b00bs, one after the other. He sucked them with calmness and the peace that descended on his body could better be experienced than imagined.  In no time, Aunty Cecilia was on him, moving her wet c^nt up and down his solid-rock phallus.

There was no stopping them after that. Aunty Cecilia eagerly turned down the room she used to sleep before their first s€xual romp. Her favourite room was now the one by Ladele’s. Of course, she always ended up on Ladele’s bed once his father and mother had retired to bed.

One day the family had a party in the village and right there in her car, in the dead of the night, she lured Ladele into his first car s£x. Three weeks after this, however, Aunty Cecilia’s period refused to show face. After two weeks without it, she became worried. She had never missed her period before and it had never failed for more than one day. She went to the clinic, bought a pregnancy test kit and peed in a container to know her fate.

She almost fainted at the sight of double red lines. To be extra sure, she went for a blood test the following day and her worst fear was confirmed: a foetus was growing in her. She was happy, she was sad. Happy she was pregnant for the first time in her life and sad she was pregnant for a boy eight years younger than she was. She wondered how she was going to handle it. First she stayed away from Ladele’s house and from Ladele’s mother, but since she never stayed too long away from her, Ladele’s mother soon started harassing her with phone calls. She gave excuses after another. She had no choice but to come to the house. For the first time in months, she chose her old room to stay and horny Ladele was hoping she would show up in his bedroom. From then on, she avoided Ladele who had gotten used to their relationship, especially the s€x, it was good and he wanted more of it.

Ladele confronted her on phone one day and she told him point-blank that they needed to stop. Before he could protest, she banged the phone on him. She, however, called Ladele to come to her house one day. There she told him she was pregnant.

“I am just telling you so that you will know, not because I want you to marry me or take care of the baby.”

That was the last Ladele heard of her. She moved away from her apartment, changed her numbers and became incommunicado.

Source: The Podium