Tension as monkeys invade Lagos community

The invasion by monkeys from their natural habitat is forcing many residents of Soluyi/Sosanya Community in Gbagada, Lagos State, to flee.

Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos on Monday that they could no longer withstand the situation.


They called on the state government to save the community from the trouble, saying that the animals forced their ways into their rooms, destroying window and door nets, food stuffs and other items.

The Chairman of the community’s Landlord Association, Mr Adigun Olaleye, said that it had become difficult for the community to curtail the monkeys and their destructive attitude.

He said that the invasion might have resulted from the nearness of the community to a swamp forest that separated the community from Ifako area.

According to him, the monkeys come into residences at any time including early morning and gain entrance into rooms even if the houses are locked.


Olalaye disclosed that the community had written a letter to the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture over the situation but was yet to get a relief.

“They said we would have to pay for them to come and pack the monkeys,” he said.

The landlord stated that the invasion had been on for years but recently became unbearable.

He appealed to the state government to urgently intervene.


Narrating her ordeal, a journalist, who lives in the community, Mrs Funmilola Gboteku, told NAN that the monkeys had forced her family to flee.

“Many times, these monkeys come to the neighbourhood to destroy our property. Once they see food items inside a house, they direct all their energies at gaining entrance forcefully.

“The monkeys are in the habit of tearing the protective nets on windows to gain entrance and eat whatever they find in the house.

“I have had to replace the protective nets several times; I am tired of doing it.

“I have been locking my windows but locking of windows has disadvantages; there is no cross ventilation in the house, and as a result, we suffer heat,’’ she told NAN.

Another resident, Mr Gabriel Omopariwa, said that he was tired of the destructive attitude of the monkeys and had tried to look for ways to stop them, to no avail.

“On several occasions, these monkeys have destroyed our kitchen nets to gain entrance and steal food items.

“Several traps have been set to capture and kill these demonic animals to no avail.

“One of my neighbours, while trying to pour chemical on a monkey, fell in the bowl of the chemical; she had to be rushed to a hospital.

“She still lives with the scars from the unfortunate incident,” he said.

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Drunk Man Mistakenly Drank Insecticide At Lagos Chinese Restaurant, Dies

A sad incident occurred yesterday at a Chinese restaurant in Adeniran Ogunsanya street, Surulere, Lagos, as it was gathered that a drunk man died after mistakenly drinking an insecticide at the restaurant.
The deceased who proceeded to hangout with friends at the restaurant after attending a wedding at Aguda, Surulere where he got drunk, drank the insecticide a staff of the restaurant had inadvertently left inside an empty bottle of water on his table.
The drunk man who ended up taking the insecticide instead of the bottle of water he ordered for, died while being rushed to hospital shortly after he opened up to his friends, that he took something thinking it was water.
The Manager of the Restaurant was arrested and detained at Bode Thomas Police Station, after the drunk man incident was reported.

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10 Nigerian Yahoo Boys Arrested In Ghana (Photo)

Ten Nigerians suspected to be internet fraudsters, have been arrested in a house at Ashongman Estate, Accra, by the Kwabenya Police

The suspects are identified As:
Diamond Andy, 22, Benson Romeo, 20, Randy Samuel, 25, Kelvin Agho, 23, Osas Igbo, 21, David Okondu, 23, Praise Onyekwena, 22, Ohis David, 25, Duru Wisdom, 22 and Uyi Ighodaro, 24.
Six internet modems, 54 different SIM cards, 9 laptops and 5 mobile phones were retrieved from them. The suspects, according to DSP James Aseidu, District Commander of Kwabenya Police Station, who led the operation, had set up computers in a room.
The Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP George Alex Mensah, said the arrests were made on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 around 2pm. “The suspects are often not seen during the day and often move out at night everyday to have fun with friends.
Police also discovered that the suspects do not work but lead lavish lifestyles in the area. This prompted the police to raid the said house to arrest the suspects," he said.

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Woman dies in hotel room with married lover

A 36-year-old man, Owolabi Musiliu, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command over the alleged mysterious death of his lover, Fausat Idowu.

Musiliu, a mechanic at the Mechanic Village in the Camp Area of Abeokuta, was alleged to have taken 40- year-old Fausat, a divorcee and mother of four, to a hotel in Abeokuta for sexual pleasure when she fell ill and died mysteriously.


The suspect spoke with journalists when he was paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, Ahmed Iliyasu , on Friday.

Musiliu, a father of three, told reporters that it was the first time he and the deceased attempted to have sexual intercourse since they started dating about six months ago.

The mechanic also explained that they “were just removing their clothes, when the woman suddenly started running temperature and later slumped.”

The suspect said that it was when he was taking her to the hospital in his vehicle that he discovered that she had died.

Also speaking with journalists, the police commissioner said the suspect failed to report the incident either to the police or the family of the deceased.

The CP said instead, the suspect buried the remains in a shallow grave at Osara village, close to the house of the deceased, off Abeokuta- Ibadan Expressway.

Iliyasu explained further that the suspect led the police to the shallow grave in an uncompleted building when he was arrested.

When asked why he did not inform the police or the family of the deceased , the suspect said he was afraid, so he decided to hide the corpse and he later buried her at midnight.

Iliyasu explained that the deceased ’s younger brother, Hammed Idowu , had on February 1 , 2018 reported to the police that the deceased had gone to attend a christening at Bode Olude Area but did not return home.

Iliyasu said, “On interrogation, the suspect admitted taking the deceased to a hotel at Iyana- Apakila, Abeokuta, for pleasure, where he claimed she fell ill. He said he took her in his vehicle but she died in the car mysteriously.

“He further confessed that he took the corpse to a nearby bush, dug a shallow grave and buried it without disclosing same to anybody.

“This made the circumstances of her death mysterious as well as questionable, which is condemnable. The suspect will soon be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.”

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EFCC Caught a Man Uses POS To Defraud Customers N1.2b (photo)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, arraigned one Ifeanyi Nwaneri before Justice Olusola Ajibike Williams of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a five-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N1.2billion.
The defendant, a customer with Access Bank Plc, was alleged to have fraudulently carried out several transactions on Point of Sales (POS) terminal issued to him by the bank.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Ifeanyi Nwaneri, sometime between September 1 and 4, 2017, at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly converted for the use of Sessy Global Ventures the sum of N25, 000, 000.00 (Twenty-five Million Naira only), property of Access Bank Plc.”
Another count reads: “That you, Ifeanyi Nwaneri, sometime between August 15 and September 12, 2017, at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly converted for the use of Omede Shedu Silas the sum of N17, 000, 000.00 (Seventeen Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira) only property of Access Bank Plc.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Nnemeka Omewa, urged the court to allow his trial begin immediately and, remand the defendant in prison custody pending the determination of the charges levelled against him.
However, counsel to the defendant, John Dong, informed the court of a pending application for bail on behalf of his client.
He, therefore, prayed the court to grant the defendant bail.
Consequently, Justice Williams granted the defendant bail in the sum of N5million with two sureties in like sum.
One of the sureties must be a relation to the defendant and must own a landed property within the jurisdiction of the court.
Thereafter, Justice Williams asked the prosecution counsel to call his witness in the matter.
Led by Omewa, the first prosecution witness, PW1, Chuks Igboerika, a manager with Access Bank Plc, revealed to the court how the defendant had approached the bank sometime in March, 2017 for the issuance of a POS terminal.
PW1 said the defendant had requested that the POS machine should be enabled in such a way that it would accept international cards, which he was eventually granted.
The witness further told the court that the defendant started receiving huge inflows into his account through his international cards on July 30, 2017.
He also said that the defendant consistently received money from July, 2017 to September 18, 2017 to the tune of N1.2billion.
“When we discovered how money was being credited into Ifeanyi’s account with Access Bank, he was engaged by the Relationship Team Unit of Access Bank to know the nature of the work he did that could have warranted the large sums of money that he had in his account. He told the team that he deals in ‘Precious Stone’, in addition to dealing in automobile parts. He also said that his customers were foreigners.”
“As the money came into his account, he transferred some into different bank accounts. He has so far transferred N508million to other banks, leaving a credit of about N677million in the account with Access Bank”, the witness said.
In his further evidence, PW1 also told the court that Access Bank received a mail from Interswitch in which it made declaration of fraud in the transactions of POS belonging to the defendant and the fact that there was no authorization for the transactions from the legitimate owners of the money involved.
Investigations, however, revealed that the defendant carried out the transactions with the VISA International Card.
Also, investigation revealed that when the bank asked the defendant to produce the POS machine issued to him, he said it was not with him.
It was also revealed that when Access Bank asked Interswitch to produce ‘chargebacks’-complaints from the persons who lost money so as to declare the transactions fraudulent, it could not produce any.
Giving further testimony, the witness told the court that “the loophole was discovered by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, after Access Bank reported the transactions.
“It was revealed that Interswitch was hoarding the debits entries in its system records without passing the entries to the appropriate channels, which were the real card holders who have allegedly parted with their money.
“An international POS transaction must go through Interswitch, then to the card issuing company which, in this case, is VISA Card. Then, the transaction must reflect to the card holder and go back through the same channel to the bank before a transaction can be confirmed approved.
“And if a transaction was declined or not approved, it goes through the same channel. But in this case, it was discovered by CBN that the transactions done by the defendant started and ended between the defendant and Interswitch.”
The witness told the court that all the authorized companies; VISA Card, Unified Payment System, Interswitch, CBN, and Access bank involved in an international POS transaction were invited to review the fraud independently.
“They all came to the verdict that the fraudulent transactions done by the defendant were debited from Access Bank authorized by Interswitch.
In view of this, the prosecution counsel, Omewa, sought to tender the petition written to EFCC against the defendant and the defendant’s statement of account.
Both documents were admitted in evidence as exhibits by the court.
During cross-examination by the defence counsel, the witness told the court that it was at the point of interrogation that the defendant told the bank what he does for a living.
But the defence counsel pointed out that it was wrong of a financial institution to have failed to do that from the outset.
The case was adjourned to April 23 and 27, 2018 for continuation of trial.

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Badoo Boy Who Defrauded Swizz Woman On ‘Badoo’, Arrested

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 20 March, 2018, arraigned Leeroy Egebe, (alias Amedeo Dante William, Alhassan Davide) before Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court, sitting in Warri, Delta State on an 8-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of $18,023.96 (Eigteen Thousand, Twenty- Three Hundred Dollars, Ninety- Six Cent.
Egebe's troubles began when one Vivian Varotto-Guigoz, a citizen of Switzerland, petitoned the EFCC alleging that she met one Amedeo William Dante (the defendant) who claimed to be an Italian living in the United Kingdom on a social dating site called “Badoo”.
They became lovers, exchanging emotions and later cash. She alleged that on several occasions, between 12 May and 14 October, 2015, she wired a total sum of CHF 196,701,44 and EUR 15, 957.43 to different individuals in the United Kingdom, Canada and Nigeria at the request of Dante, for sundry reasons which she later discovered to be fraudulent.
The payments were allegedly made in five installments: two into British accounts belonging to Amedeo William Dante and Dittimi Tamara-Finide while three were made into Nigerian accounts belonging to Alhassan Davide and Edin Obaro.
The petitioner also alleged that the defendant was reaching her through some English, Canadian and Nigerian telephone numbers. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him. In view of his pleas, the prosecution counsel, M. T. Iko asked the court to fix a date for the commencement of trial. However, counsel to the defendant, K. D Alufe, made an oral application for bail for his client.
He argued that the alleged offences were bailable and that the defendant did not jump an earlier administrative bail by the prosecution..
In his ruling, Justice Obile granted the defendant bail in the sum of N3, 000,000.00 (Three Million Naira), one surety in like sum. The surety must be a public servant in the service of Federal or Delta state government on grade level 12 and above.
The defendant and the surety must depose to an affidavit of means amog other conditions. The matter was adjourned to 10 May, 2018 for trial, while the defendant was remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail conditions.

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Nigerian Man Commits Suicide In Canada After Killing His Girlfriend

A 30-year-old Nigerian man identified as "Onoseta Oribhabor", has reportedly killed himself after murdering his 27-year-old girlfriend, Essozinam "Martine" Assali, in Toronto, Canada.
It was gathered that the police were called to a condo building in the north end of the city, on March 6, and found Oribhabor dead on a balcony. After a further search, they found a woman inside a unit with obvious signs of trauma.
She was treated for injuries, but ultimately died. Oribhabor graduated from Babcock University, Ogun State, before leaving for Canada. Police characterize the case as a murder-suicide.

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Landlady Pours Hot Porridge On Tenant's 1-Year-Old Baby Over Unpaid Rent (Details below)

A heartless landlady in Zambia poured hot porridge on her tenant's 1 year old baby during a clash over unpaid rent.
According to a report by Zambezi Reporters, this happened yesterday at around 6pm. The little baby's mother owed the landlady K50 which equals NGN1800. It is her two months' rent - February and March 2018.
The little child was left with severe burns in the face.
Read Zambezi Reporters' story below:
A Female teacher of Kamwala Primary School who happens to be a landlord of Mr. George Simwinga of Zambia Compound in Serenje District has poured hot porridge on a one year 3months baby.
This happened at around 18hrs yesterday when she was claiming to be given K50 rentals which Mr. Simwinga was owing for 2 months being February and March respectively.
The baby belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Simwinga sustained serious burns.
According to reports obtained by Serenje Radio, the Teacher who is famously known as Bana Paul started throwing things out of the house in the late evening yesterday and later got a hot pot which was burning on the brazier and poured it on the baby who was being held by the father.
Mr. Simwinga pays k25 as rentals per month and says he is saddened that such inhuman behaviour could be shown on him by the landlord over a fifty kwacha.
Mr. Simwinga has since called for local authorities to intervene in the matter so as to see justice prevails.

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Nigerian International Drug Kingpin Arrested In India

The Bangalore unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a 41-year-old Nigerian national who is believed to be the head of the supply chain of illegal drugs in India.
The accused, John Somadina aka was arrested last week on the basis of a tip off from the Ahmedabad bureau. He has been handed over the Ahmedabad NCB.
It was gathered that Somadina, was a pan-India supplier of illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamine, etc.
He coordinated with the drug cartel that was involved in smuggling illegal drugs from South America and Africa into the country.
The modus operandi of the criminal was to illegally bring Illegal drugs into the country and then to the smaller cities such as Ahmedabad, Baroda, etc.
His carriers will then supply the illegal drugs in small quantities to bigger cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore, among others.
“Most of the people who act as carriers in this crime are citizens of Nigeria, Kenya, Venezuela, Vietnam, Columbia and Brazil. And they are mostly drug addicts themselves. There also appointed several people from the North East as carriers. At least 12 of the carriers were apprehended by the NCB from different cities. The carriers would work for them for free supply of drugs,” shared Hari Om Gandhi, Zonal Director, NCB.
Investigation revealed that Somadina was involved in at least 12 cases of illegal drug supply and smuggling.
Investigators said he was also in touch with the international drug cartels in South America, which made it easier to smuggle illegal drugs into the country with the help of carriers.
It was also suspected that he was running a country-wide racket in 2014. The Ahmedabad NCB has been granted three-day judicial custody of the accused.

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Obaseki’s convoy in road accident

The convoy of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki was yesterday involved in an accident along the Benin-Lagos Express Road.
The accident occurred in front of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) but no live was lost except for three persons who sustained injuries.
When The Guardian visited the scene of the accident, some private vehicles were seen damaged alongside the governor’s press crew bus marked (EDGH 278) which was badly destroyed and was being towed away at the time of filing in this report.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said: “A number of people in the bus and three other vehicles that were involved in the accident, including a medical doctor and a mother and child, sustained varied degrees of injuries, and are currently receiving treatment at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).
“An official of the state government has been sent to the hospital to ascertain the degree of injuries sustained by the victims and we are also in touch with the doctors managing the victims.
“We have undertaken to pay the medical bills of all the victims. No life was lost.”

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Nigerian Man Stabbed To Death By His Girlfriend In Italy (photos)

Abusive relationships can lead to a lot of tragic incidents. It is possible that the abusive partner could meet an untimely end or the other way around. A woman who was reportedly fighting with her boyfriend has allegedly stabbed him to death. According to reports, a young man identified as Evangelist Igg has passed away after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his girlfriend. It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred while the couple was fighting in a nightclub in Italy. The pair had reportedly been having disagreements before going to the club where they were later spotted dancing with each other

Photo source: Facebook user Gallant Qvng
The deceased and his girlfriend were later seen arguing when she allegedly picked up a bottle and stabbed him with it. Igg was reported to have slumped to the floor immediately before his friends could administer aid. Man allegedly stabbed to death The two were reportedly fighting when the incident occurred Photo source: Facebook user Gallant Qvng
It was gathered that the deceased died shortly after the incident due to the fact that there was no experienced person at the scene who could administer first aid before paramedics showed up. Friends and family of the deceased share their condolences on social media. A friend identified as Gallant Qvng also shared her condolence on Facebook .

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Evans Sues Police, Demands N1bn Damages Over Sealed Property

The applicant is seeking a declaration that the forceful seizure, confiscation and sealing of his property by the respondents without any court order is illegal, wrongful and unconstitutional.
Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on Tuesday filed a fresh suit at a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking N1 billion damages against the Police over alleged unlawful sealing of his property in Lagos.
The suit, filed by his lawyer, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, has as the Inspector General of Police, Nigeria Police, Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Response Team, (IRT) , ACP Abba Kyari and DSP Phillip Rieninwa as respondents.
The applicant is seeking a declaration that the forceful seizure, confiscation and sealing of his property by the respondents without any court order is illegal, wrongful and unconstitutional.
He wants an order compelling the respondents jointly and severally to immediately and unconditionally release the properties as listed in the motion papers.
In addition, is asking the court for an order compelling the respondents to immediately and unconditionally unseal and vacate the applicants two residential houses located at highbrow area of Magodo in Lagos.
Other reliefs are an order compelling the respondents to severally and jointly tender an apology to the applicant and to pay him the sum of N1 billion being general and exemplary damages for the alleged forceful seizure and confiscation of the applicant’s property without court order.
A perpetual injunction restraining the respondents from tampering or taking any action against the applicant or any of his properties in relation to this case.
Some of the properties listed in the application include N50 million cash, two residential duplex, brigade wrist-watch worth 170,000 dollars, a phone worth 30,000 dollars and five pieces of Saphono Rucci Diamond rings worth 100,000 dollars.
Others are three Italian travel bags worth 55,000 dollars, 10 Spanish shoes each worth N2.5 million, 20 KVA inverter set worth N10 million, two sets of dinning table worth N8 million.
The applicant also wants N4 million as cost of action against the respondents.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans was arraigned by the police before a Lagos High Court in October 2017 on a 40-count charge bordering on kidnapping, robbery among other offences.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit which was filed on Tuesday about 11.35 a.m.

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Angry Lagosians Tie 'juju' In Transformer, Dares NEPA To Cut It (picture)

These people aint smiling, Some Lagosians who were probably fed up of how NEPA disconnect their light, went extreme by tying a Juju stuffs with Red rope to dare them to touch it, If you get mind try am.. lol..
See below!
News from Ebiwali--

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Tuface reacts to Benue fresh herdsmen killings (details below)

Music Legend Tuface Idibia has cried out against endless herdsmen killings in Benue State.
The Benue born Musician described the recent killings which left many dead as shameful and ridiculous.
Tuface on his Twitter page reacting wrote “The killings are getting ridiculous and shameful.”
The Benue Government on Wednesday 24 persons died from recent clash between herdsmen and residents of Omusu area.
Recall that Tuface had paid Governor Ortom a visit on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, over new year mass murder in the state.
He also lent his voice on herdsmen crisis at the Soundcity MVP Awards.

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Alfa dupes lady of N500,000 after engaging her in ‘one-month sex deliverance(details in below)

A 26-year old self acclaimed Islamic scholar, Alfa Babatunde Samuel has been arrested for defrauding a woman to the tune of N500,000.

He had also reportedly engaged her in ‘sex deliverance’ that was to last for one month in Lagos.
The incident happened at Jofolo Street in Iyana Ipaja area of Abule-Oke.
It was reported that the deliverance started after Samuel ‘Alfa, gave the victim a prophecy that put fear into her.
According to the victim, Samuel met her and informed her that she will soon die and therefore needed deliverance to cast out the spirit of death from her life.
It was gathered that Samuel told the victim things related to her and her family and she asked for the solution to avert those calamities.
It was then that Samuel took her to the place where he gave her the conditions which involved paying the said amount of money, buying a goat and sexual intercourse with him that will continue for one month before she will be totally delivered.
The victim collected the whole money from her sister and fulfilled other requests from Samuel including the sex romp in the form of deliverance.
However, the issue got exposed after Samuel continued to make demands of money and sex from her. She then confided in her sister what she was going through and how she gave Samuel the money she collected from the sister.
The matter was reported to the police. Samuel was trailed, arrested and taken to the Area M Command, Idimu.
Upon interrogation, Samuel confessed that he was an Alfa but he gave the victim a false prophecy to obtain money from her and had carnal knowledge of her which he had expected to last for at least one month.
He was charged before Ejigbo Magistrates court for the alleged offences. He pleaded not guilty.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. J.O.E. Adeyemi Ajayi granted Samuel bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Magistrate Ajayi ordered him to be remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.
The matter was then adjourned till 26 March, 2018.

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A multi-billion naira hotel in Abia seals by EFCC (see pictures)

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday sealed a multi-billion naira hotel located along Dozie way junction at Ihie Ndume in Umuahia, Abia State.
The hotel, known as Ice Grand Hotels-suites, is said to be belonging to one Kelechi, a Dubai-based businessman.
The property is being investigated for alleged financial fraud.
“This is under investigation”, EFCC wrote in an inscription on the fence of the hotel.
The commission is yet to issue any official statement with regards to the development.

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Lady Disgraced For Stealing At A Wedding In Delta (Photos)

A lady was publicly humiliated after she was apprehended for stealing at a wedding ceremony in Delta state. According to reports, the woman was caught on Sunday with money, phone and other valuables she allegedly stole from the wedding event the previous day in Jesse town, Sapele area of Delta state.
When she was apprehended, she reportedly claimed she's related to the bride and the groom but it was all a lie, according to reports.
She was beaten by crowd under the rain and disgraced in public as seen in the pictures.

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A Woman who accused snake of swallowing N36m in JAMB office arrestted by EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and grilled a JAMB official based in Makurdi, Philomina Chieshe, who claimed that a snake swallowed N36m.
The money was part of the proceeds of the sale of scratch cards.
Detectives at the commission told newsmen that Chieshe revealed that the money was collected in instalments from her by her Coordinator, Mr. Samuel Umoru.
In one of the statements she volunteered to the EFCC, Chieshe who is a clerk in the Makurdi office of JAMB, was said to have revealed that the coordinator usually asked her to withdraw proceeds of the sale of the cards from her account in two banks.
In the statement she made to the EFCC under oath, Chieshe said, “This money that I withdraw, the coordinator used it for the office and some time for himself.”
She claimed that she had been warning Umaru that it was wrong to use the money for miscellaneous expenses in the office or for private purposes but he would not listen.
Some of the withdrawals which she claimed were at the behest of the coordinator included the N340,000 withdrawn on May 5 and 26, 2014 with an ATM card.
She also disclosed that she used her ATM card to withdraw N120,000 for the coordinator between June 17 and 18, 2014.
Chieshe added, “He instructed me to withdraw the sum of N640,000 using my card between June 30, 2014 and July 7, 2014.”
It was learnt that Umaru had also been arrested and questioned about claims by Chieshe.
An EFCC told Punch said, “The interesting aspect of the disclosure is that Chieshe’s statement was obtained long before the snake and naira swallowing testimony became public knowledge.
“She was first quizzed on February 16, 2017 and made additional statements on April 7, 2017 , May 30, 2017 and June 28, 2017.
“In all her statements before the EFCC, there was no mention of any episode of any snake and the disappearance of monies in her care.”
The EFCC also quizzed another JAMB official, Tanko Labaran, the clerk in Nasarawa State office of the board who could not account for scratch cards worth N23m.

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Lagos Computer Village IPhone 8 Thief Caught In Ogun State (Photos)

A man was captured by a store's CCTV camera in computer village on the 16th of February, 2018 stealing an iPhone.
He was caught today by the Rapid response squad.
His name is Timilehin Olaniyi and he is the phone thief whose CCTV footage of him stealing a phone (iPhone 8S) at a shop in Computer Village went viral.
The event occurred on the 16th of February and he has been on the run ever since before finally being tracked to Ogun State by RRS operatives.

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The Reason Why APC members beat up Archbishop Obinna

Fresh reports have emerged on why members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, beat up the Archbishop of Owerri Catholic archdiocese, Valentine Obinna on Saturday.
Report emerged at the weekend that APC members who accompanied wife of the state governor, Nkechi Okorocha ; chief of staff to the governor, Uche Nwosu; Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Acho Ihim; and some commissioners had allegedly invaded the altar and ordered the archbishop to stop his speech, which they considered to be anti- state government.
The incident was said to have happened on Saturday at Saint Michael’s Catholic Church, Ngwoma-Obube in the Owerri North Local Government Area during a requiem mass in honour of the mother of one Alex Mbata.
The chief Judge of the state, Pascal Nnadi; and the senator representing Imo East, Samuel Anyanwu, were also present at the church service which ended in a fiasco.
A source at the church service, Wilson Okeke , told Punch that the APC members accused the Archbishop of allowing someone to campaign for the People’s Democratic Party during a speech, while he allegedly refused an APC member who wanted to do the same.
“The archbishop was not the one who celebrated the mass. It was the parish priest.
“The archbishop was only making a speech at the end of the mass , just before the benediction . It was at this point that the assault happened.
“While the archbishop was talking , a member of the APC, Chris Ekwueme, subtly interjected him by saying that there were also good roads constructed by the state government.”
A People’s Democratic Party member, Iyke Ehiriwe, at some point, according to Okeke, asked to be allowed to speak.
“Initially, the archbishop refused to hand over the microphone to him; but when he whispered into his ear , the archbishop obliged him,” Okeke said.
Holding the microphone, the PDP member had allegedly urged the people to vote out the APC government in the state on the basis of “bad governance.”
Okeke continued, “The comment elicited angry reactions from the people.”
“APC members who came with the government functionaries invaded the altar and asked to be allowed to speak, but the prelate allegedly refused.
“This led to a protest , and some Reverend Fathers intervened and aided the archbishop to complete his speech before the benediction was said.” Okeke alleged

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