Category: Security and Crimes

 

By Adekunle Williams
Ikeja:  The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that anyone that is found culpable in the case of the missing intestine of Adebola Akin-Bright would be prosecuted in due course.

The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Mr Noheem Adams, made this disclosure to newsmen at the visit of members of the committee to the boy at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Lagos assembly, on Sept. 4, inagurated a five-man ad hoc committee to investigate the case of a 12-year-old boy, Adebola Akin-Bright, whose small intestine allegedly went missing during his treatment.

NAN recalls that on Sept. 1, the mother of the boy, Abiodun Deborah, had cried out over the disappearance of her child’s small intestine during his treatment at the hospital.

Adams said the report of the committee would soon be made public, adding that some shocking discoveries were made in the course of its investigations.

“We came to LASUTH on the directives of the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, to see the health status of Adebola Akin-Bright.

“We want to thank Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu because we heard that he has been calling to know the status of the boy, apart from providing money for his care.

“A committee was setup by the assembly to investigate the incident and the mother alleged that the intestine was missing.

“We made some shocking discoveries in the course of our investigation but we will not make these known until we complete investigations.
“We discovered also some unusual things in the process, we will make them public for the whole world to see when we complete our investigations.

“The incident is very unusual but we want the boy to survive and the speaker is very interested in his survival too,” he said.

Adams stressed that the assembly wanted the boy to have a brighter future as his name was bright, and thanked the speaker for showing interest in the matter.

The lawmaker also thanked the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Chief Medical Director of LASUTH.

The chairman added that he also appreciated the certified surgeon that had been taking care of the boy, whom he said told the committee that there was a little improvement in his condition.

He, however, expressed worry over the condition of the boy, and said that “anybody that is found culpable will be prosecuted.”

Also commenting, Abayomi, thanked Obasa for setting up the committee, saying that they have had a series of interactions on the boy and were gathering the necessary information on the incident.

“I want to also thank the Chief Medical Director of the hospital because if not for their efforts, the boy would not have survived till today, which is why we can still talk about him.
“He is stable but he cannot absorb his own food and that is why he is being fed with artificial food, ” he said.

The Surgeon in-charge of the boy’s treatment, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabanwo, told journalists that all hands have been on deck to save him.

Fabanwo stressed that as a tertiary hospital, they have a lot of experts, including pediatricians, who looked after children, those that look after the heart, kidney and others, adding that everybody is involved in Akin-Bright’s case.

He said; “As we speak, the condition of the boy is stable, though we are spending a lot of money to keep him alive. The governor has been very magnanimous to provide the funding.

“The committee’s chairman has told you that there are things to be done in definitive terms but that will be discussed at a higher level,” he said.

Adebola’s mother, expressed appreciation to Sanwo-Olu, the speaker of the house, as well as all the doctors that had been treating the boy.
She said: “Everything about the health conditions of my child has changed since the visit of the governor and all hands have been on deck to ensure that Adebola survives.

“I am hopeful that he will survive. I want to thank the governor, and the speaker. I am so grateful that they rose to attend to Adebola’s case.”

Adeola’s mother said she was losing hope at the initial stage but now she wanted to thank them for their support. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)/ Flowerbudnews
Edited by Chioma Ugboma

Tragedy stuck in Okanla community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday as some men bearing arms stormed the palace of Olokanla of Okanla, killed an admission seeker, Ibrahim Qudus, before setting the building ablaze.

 

Uncle to the deceased, Jimoh Qadri, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, said the assailants were led by a man identified simply as Naim, who was the only one among the attackers that did not cover his face during the incident.

 

Qadri, who could not give a reason for the attack, said the perpetrators had initially stormed his personal house, and met his absence before they proceeded to his father’s house, late Oba Jimoh Adigun, the Olokanla of Okanla, that he used as palace before his demise.

 

He said, “I was not at home, but my wife called me that gunmen numbering about 20 had stormed my house in Okanla area very early on Sunday. She told me they all covered their faces, but one of them bearing Naim did not cover his face and my wife saw him. The attackers were after me and they searched around the house.

When they could not find me around, they vandalised the building and proceeded to my family house, where my late father, Olokanla of Okanla used as his palace. It was there they saw Qudus, a son to my elder brother, who was living in Ibadan, until he recently returned home to seek university admission, after writing UTME.

 

“He was killed and they put his corpse in my car parked within the premises and set the vehicle ablaze. They also set the palace ablaze. The reason behind the attack is not known to me. But it may not be unconnected to the tussle over land in our area. The family is pleading with the security agencies to ensure the perpetrators of this crime are apprehended.”

 

When contacted, the Osun Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, who said the Commissioner of Police, Kehinde Longe, had visited the scene of the crime, added that more operatives had been deployed to the area.

 

Someone was burnt with a car around Okanla, the area is between Ifon and Ilobu. We have deployed our men to the area to forestall further breakdown of law and order. The Commissioner of Police has visited the scene,” Opalola stated.

Port Harcourt—Gift David Okpara, popularly known as 2baba, has been declared wanted by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, as a prime suspect in the killing of the late Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State, SP Bako Angbashim.

It will be recalled that Angbashim, who was the DPO of Ahoada, in Rivers State, was ambushed, captured and killed by gunmen, who claimed to be members of Iceland cult gang.

 

The killing took place in Odumude community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state, when the late DPO was returning from a raid on criminal hideouts with some of his men.

 

The IGP’s declaration was contained in a post by the Rivers State Police Command through the spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, yesterday for the Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, to implement the direcrive.

 

The release, which carried the picture of the miscresnt (2 Baba), listed his offences as ‘conspiracy, cultism and murder.’

 

The statement read: “Force Directive C.I.D No.48 refers to the bulletin and given details of rewards for the arrest of this person.

 

“Issued by the authority of the Inspector-General of Police, Gift David Okpara is wanted by the office of the Commissioner of Police Rivers State, Police Command.

 

“Offences: Conspiracy, cultism and murder of SP Bako Angbashim, if seen, arrest and hand over to the nearest Police station or to the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State.”

 

The statement, which also contained several mobile telephone numbers, added: “Handsome reward awaits any person(s) with information leading to his arrest.”

Parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital, were thrown into chaos on Tuesday when two factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed on Sapele Crescent, off Ladoke Akintola Boulevard in Garki II.

Gunshots were reported during the conflict, which heightened the tension in the area. The exact number of casualties, if any, could not be confirmed at the time of filing this report.

This conflict underlines the escalating tension within the NURTW, a development that observers say requires urgent intervention to prevent further breakdown of law and order.

 

According to sources, a clash broke out when supporters of NURTW President, Prof. Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, marched towards the union’s national headquarters, which is currently occupied by the Lagos Park Management Committee led by Tajudeen Badru Agbede.

 

“As you may be aware, members of the Lagos Park Management Committee, led by Agbede, forcefully occupied the Secretariat a few weeks ago, displacing the president and other executives

 

“Therefore, supporters of the current president mobilized themselves in an effort to forcibly remove Agbede and his group.

 

“However, they were met by a police blockade which resulted in a violent confrontation. Shots were fired, intensifying the gravity of the crisis,” an eyewitness disclosed to Vanguard.

 

Baruwa had been seeking intervention from the police and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to resolve the situation, without success.

 

“We shall henceforth not hesitate to defend our mandate with the last drop of our blood,” Baruwa had earlier vowed, accusing former NURTW leaders of illegally occupying the National Secretariat of the union.

He accused the former president of the union, Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin, and Agbede, the former National Vice President, of holding illegal meetings with selected past leaders of the union.

 

In a further development, Baruwa alleged that the police seem to favour the Lagos Park Management Committee.

 

Therefore, he called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Olukayode Egbetokun and Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, to intervene in the matter.

 

He stressed that only a court of competent jurisdiction can invalidate their mandate, and encouraged aggrieved members to follow due process and seek legal redress, warning that anything short of this could lead to anarchy.

A video has emerged indicating that the Niger republic’s coupists have started deploying military along its border with neighbouring country, Benin, amidst imminent military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.

The development was disclosed by a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama.

It was reported that ECOWAS had threatened a possible military action against the junta who seized power in Niger and suspended the constitution.

Last month, ECOWAS ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger.

 

The order followed the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup after its extraordinary meeting in Abuja.

 

However, the regional bloc’s army is yet to invade Niger.

 

Makama on his social media platform X, on Monday, posted a video that showed Niger’s military were deploying at Beninese border in preparation against the military intervention by the ECOWAS.

Niger deploys Military to the Niger- Beninese Border amidst eminent Military intervention plans of ECOWAS,” he wrote.

DAILY POST sighted the video showing movement of military vehicles in a convoy as they were being hailed by the people