Gang Rape: Abia State Government Commends Police

The police have been commended for unravelling those behind the alleged gang rape at the Abia State University, ABSU, Uturu, a story published in the social media in 2011.

Briefing newsmen at the government house, Umuahia, the chief press secretary to Abia state Governor, Mr.Ugochukwu Emezue said Abia state government and the Abia state university have been vindicated by the findings of the police which revealed that the incident never happened at the Abia state university but a village in Rivers state.

According to him, the police have confirmed that the case is now before magistrate court 9, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where the suspects are facing trial.

Mr. Emezue said that detractors of the government did not want to see anything good in the current administration and had insisted that the incident occurred at ABSU.

"They should now bury their faces in shame," he said.

He stated that Abia people are decent and cannot get involved in such barbaric act, urging Abians to ignore the antics of those who do not mean well for the state.

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My Oga At The Top: "Obafaiye Shem Not Sacked" – FG

The Federal Government said Wednesday, it had not taken any disciplinary action against the Lagos State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Mr. Obafaiye Shem, over the interview he granted a Lagos broadcast medium.

The government's reaction followed claims that Shem had been sacked on the orders of the Minister of Interior, who supervises the NSCDC.

Findings by Vanguard revealed that contrary to the rumoured sack or suspension of the officer, who was becoming popular by the day as a result of the controversial but hilarious interview with Channels, the government had not taken any step to sanction him.

A source at the Interior Ministry told Vanguard on Wednesday that the minister had not at any time asked for the suspension of the said officer.

Speculations had become rife that Shem had been sacked and his family members stranded as a result of the disciplinary action by the government.

In fact, one account had it that the wife of the officer had even approached the television station to complain about the fate of his husband occasioned by the controversial interview.

"It is not true that the ministry of Interior has sacked or suspended the said officer.

"The man in question had taken permission to go and bury his father and there is no truth whatsoever in the wild allegation that the ministry of interior had sacked the officer," a source close to the ministry said.

Shem, who resurfaced earlier in the week after burying his father, was quoted as saying, "I am still the State Commandant of NSCDC and I am determined to work hard to expose the vandals across the State."

He denied claims that his wife visited Channels and complained about his fate, saying that his spouse was with him throughout the burial.

When contacted, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Interior, George Udoh, confirmed that Shem had not been suspended on sacked as claimed in the social media.

He however declined to give more details on the matter.

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PHOTOS: Nollywood Now Making Soft Porn Movies

The photos show actor Tony Umez grabbing the boobs of some actress in a movie titled Room 027.

The photo is actor Collins Onwochei making out with the same actress. She's stark naked in the movie. Like you can see her ass and boobs.

Nollywood has gone haywire.

We grabbed some screen shots from the movie trailer. See them after the cut.

Down Below are shots from another nollywood movie called bold 5 babes

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SHOCKING: 60 killed, Dozens Injured In Luxurious Bus Explosion In Kano (MORE PHOTOS)

Kano State has been thrown into pandemonium as a bomb just went off at New Road, Sabon Gari area of the city.

A witness told PREMIUM TIMES that the bomb exploded at the hub of a commercial Luxury Bus park usually filled with commuters going from Kano to the South.

Another witness said an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, was planted near the park causing one of the buses to go up in flames.

A recent report showed that four dead bodies have been brought in to the accident and emergency ward of Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital and many men, women and children wounded.

Recent report claims that over 60 passengers were killed while dozens got injured following the explosion.

Several other casualties have also been evacuated to other hospitals across the town for emergency treatment.

The blast affected both passengers in the bus that was about to exit the park and many others within the vicinity of the park.

The blast caused a stampede with many people getting hurt and cars crashing.

Details are still sketchy with some sources saying the explosion emanated from a car parked beside the bus while others claim it was from within the bus.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the Police in Kano, Magaji Majiya, confirmed the incident. He however, said he has not gotten the full details.

The area has now been cordoned off by soldiers and police officers.

At the moment, no one can confirm the status of casualties in this attack as effort to contact the police or JTF was not successful as at the time of compiling this report, however residents say the area was combed by JTF.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Boko Haram, which has frequently attacked the city, was a prime suspect. A spokesman for security forces in Kano state, Ikedehia Iwehia, said dead and wounded were being evacuated.

The sect often targets Christians.

"I ran for my dear life and managed to get out of the park after the second blast. Many people are lying dead. See, my clothes are covered in blood," said witness Ibrahim Bello, holding up a blood-soaked shirt.

A reporter who was at the scene counted 25 bodies. However, Channels TV reports that 60 people were killed and dozens were injured.

A member of Igbo traditional council in Kano, Tobias Idika, who confirmed the explosion to Channels TV said there were over 200 people in the bus.

"IED was kept inside the luxurious bus which was about to leave Kano to Lagos, people were frying like chicken here and you know there are over two hundred people in this bus when the two IEDs exploded," he was quoted as saying.

The area has now been cordoned off by Military and Policemen. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

PHOTOS BELOW: (WARNING: Contains Graphic Images)

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Birdman Pays Lil Wayne a Visit

Lil Wayne's latest hospital visitor was perhaps his most important: his mentor ... Birdman.The rap stars are as close as close can be, so much so that Birdman calls Wayne "his son." Birdman famously gave Wayne $1,000,000 in cash on his 26th birthday. Wayne -- who has been in the hospital since suffering multiple seizures earlier this week -- has also received visits from Drake and Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul. Birdman tweeted after Wayne's health scare last night, saying, "My son is feelin Good.will be home real soon."

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Woman Petitions IG, Alleges She Was Raped In Police Custody

A middle-age woman alleged to have been serially raped by four men while in police custody in Abraka, Delta State, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5, Benin, accusing the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, and his men of negligence and failure to protect her.

In the petition by counsel to the woman, Mr. Ejomasuvwe Efe, alleged that following a fight between her and her neighbour, police from Abraka Police Station came to arrest her following a complaint from one Mama Afoke who she had altercation with.

She disclosed that efforts made by her husband to effect her bail was rebuffed by the DPO and DCO, who apart from intimidating and abusing her husband pushed him out of the police station.

She said: "Shortly after Mr. Isaiah left the Abraka Police Station, the Police IPO instructed the Police man at the counter to take his wife to the police cell and delivered her into a cell where there were already two men.

"As soon as the Police locked the gate to the cell, two young boys came into the cell where the woman and the other two mature men were kept, and immediately they started touching her indecently despite her protests that she was a married woman and mother of five children.

"The boys asked her to keep quiet and immediately grabbed her by her neck and gagged her with their hands while the others held her two hands and threw her violently on the floor and started to rape her.

"In the process, she started shouting but the policemen refused to come to her aid until she went into a coma. She only came around the following morning".

She added that when she became conscious, she noticed that her husband was inside the cell opposite where she was held, adding that when asked him what he was doing there, her husband replied that when he came that morning to effect her bail, the police pushed him into the cell for ever asking for her bail.

Mrs. Isaiah informed the AIG that when her husband confronted the DPO and DCO about his wife's allegedly raped and kept in the same cell with men, the DCO ordered that he should be kept behind the counter.

While saying that she was later taken to the Abraka Government hospital where a doctor who treated her confirmed that she was raped, alleged that the IPO begged her not to tell people about the doctor's verdict.

"After our client was discharged from the hospital, one Mr. Kobina Enamuotor who is the father of one of the rapist, Akpevwe and one Mr. Okotie whose son was also involved in the rape, together with the woman IPO and two other police men went to the family of our client begging for settlement and they offered to pay damages of N120,000 to the family.

"Meanwhile, the DPO of Abraka Police Station seeing the seriousness of the offence and the negligence of himself and his men, refused to take any meaningful action and wanting to cover it up, before well wishers started protesting and sending text messages to the Commissioner of Police which led to the transfer of the case to Asaba", the petitioner said.

She alleged that in Asaba the IPO who was detailed to handle the case started to intimidate her husband, threatening him that if they did not hands off the case, some thing more dangerous will happen to them since the Assistant Commissioner of Police in Asaba was interested in the case and was ready to deal ruthlessly with them.

"Our clients are in a serious trauma and cry for justice with firm instruction to demand and we hereby demand that the AIG should use hid good offices and detail well spirited policemen from his office in Benin to carry out discrete investigation into this heinous crime at the Abraka police Station, Mama Afoke and the rapists involved brought to book."

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Policeman Beats Tenant To A Coma With Hammer

A photographer with the Eti-Osa Local Government, Lagos was allegedly beaten to a coma by a policeman during a demolition exercise in Ikoyi area of the state last Wednesday.

Bolaji Madamidola PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, Bolaji Madamidola, is an occupant of a building which formerly belonged to a former Managing Director of Oceanic Bank plc, Cecilia Ibru.

It was learnt the building had been acquired by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and sold off to another individual.

Our correspondent gathered on March 6, 2013, some policemen stormed the building to eject the occupants of the building.

It was in a bid to salvage some of his properties that Madamidola was allegedly beaten up by one of the policemen.

The lawyer to the occupants of the building, Okwarauba Nastor, said the policemen were shooting indiscriminately in a bid to scare off the occupants of the building.

He said the victim did not provoke the policemen but only attempted to evacuate some of his properties when one of the policemen hit him with a sledge hammer.

He said, "The policemen came with guns and started shooting into the air sporadically so that all the occupants of the building will run away. He (Madamidola), on hearing that the policemen were ejecting them (tenants), he rushed back to the house.

"As he ran into his apartment to salvage some of his things, one of the policemen later identified as Sergeant Raimi Aliyu, picked up a sledge hammer and struck the victim with it, causing him to faint immediately."

It was learnt that the policemen, who thought Madamidola had given up the ghost, immediately fled the scene.

Sympathisers were said to have rushed the victim to about four hospitals in the area where he was rejected. He was later taken to St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island.

A friend of the victim, who craved anonymity, said Madamidola was still in critical condition and due to the severity Madamidola's condition, he would need at least N1m before proper treatment could begin.

The lawyer said it was unfortunate that AMCON would authorize such a demolition even though the matter was still in court.

He said, "This is not the first time that the occupants of the building will be threatened with eviction. In April 2011, the same policemen attached to the company wanted to eject them but we took the matter to court because the tenants have been paying rent to AMCON.

"The matter is still in court and that is why I'm surprised that such a thing could happen."

It was however learnt that AMCON had promised to offset part of the hospital bill.

When contacted on the telephone, the AMCON spokesman, Mr. Kayode Lambo, denied that the victim was beaten up by a policeman, adding that he only got injured after he slipped and fell.

Lambo said the occupants of the house no longer had the right to live in the house since it had been relinquished by Ibru after her conviction in 2010.

He said, "The property has been sold and the tenants there no longer pay rent. When the policemen went to the house, one of the tenants slipped and fell and sustained a minor injury. We took him to St. Nicholas Hospital and he is fine.

"There is no case pending in court because the property was acquired legally by AMCON."

When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi Braide, said she would call back but was yet to do so as at press time.

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