Police DIG Dies In Hotel Room

After several hours of waiting for a meeting scheduled at 10am between the inspector-general of police, Hafiz Ringim with senior officers of the force yesterday, the IGP and his crew stormed the conference room, venue of the meeting and announced the death of Mr. Ganiyu Dawodu, a deputy inspector-general of police in charge of Force Investigation Department.

The IGP said the meeting could not hold due to the fact that it was a mourning period for members of the force.

Narrating the circumstance of his death, he said Mr. Dawodu died on Thursday while representing the IGP on an official assignment in Lagos. While in Lagos, he was in the company of some friends when they visited another friend in his hotel room. At the hotel room, the deceased was said to have slumped, and before any medical attention could come, he had passed on.

Ringim revealed that before his death, Mr. Dawodu was suffering from a heart disease which he had been managing through constant medical check-ups. He added that it is a wake-up call to all members of the force to go back and ensure that they do a proper medical examination and take their health seriously.

He also said that despite the fact that the deceased was a Muslim, there is the need to conduct a post-mortem examination for the purpose of documenting the actual reason behind his death.

He further charged all commissioners to ensure that maximum security is maintained in their various designations. “Ensure that appropriate deployment is carried out, let officers maintain their posts and they should discharge their obligation to the best of their ability. We must rise to the present security challenges in our country, especially at this festive period.

“With the problems in this nation, ranging from the bunkering of petroleum products in the South-South, acts of terrorism, banks are broken into, amidst various other challenges, at this point civilians have a lot to do in order to  ensure that unity  is achieved. This will fight against the natural enemy,” he added.

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Court Remands Ndume In Kuje Prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the remand of Senator Mohammed Ndume, in Kuje prison till Monday when his bail application will be determined.

The Federal Government had, on Monday, re-arraigned  Ndume  over a four-count criminal charge bothering on non-disclosure of security information to the appropriate authorities.

Ndume had pleaded not guilty to the charge.

When the matter came up on Friday, counsel to Ndume, Ricky Tarfa (SAN) had prayed the court to admit the accused person to bail on grounds that he is a serving senator and that he needs medical attention from time to time.

He prayed the court to admit his client to bail on liberal terms, adding that he will not interfere with the proceedings of the court.

Opposing the application, the prosecuting counsel, O.O Fatunde, argued that the accused person might abscond since the offence for which he was standing trial carried a 20-year jail term.

After listening to all the parties, the trial judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole adjourned till Monday for ruling on the bail application.

The court also fixed February 2,7 and 14, 2012 for trial.

Ndume was re-arraigned by the government after the State Security Service (SSS) withdrew the charge filed against him before an Abuja Magistrate Court.

He, alongside the former spokesperson of the Boko Haram sect, Ali Kodunga, had earlier been arraigned before the Magistrate Court on one-count charge of criminal intimidation by anonymous communication.

The court had sentenced Kodunga to three years imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charge.

The court, in turn, struck out the charge against Ndume following the application brought by the SSS on the ground that the government had filed a fresh charge against him at the Federal High Court.

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Protesting Women Block Lokoja Highway

The Lokoja-Abuja highway was again blocked yesterday by women,protesting the outcome of the recently held governorship election in Kogi State.

The placard carrying women  who came from local government areas across the state said they were saddened with the outcome of the process,which they alleged was manipulated.

The development led to unusual traffic hold up for some hours,before the demonstrators finally dispersed to their destinations.

Speaking in an interview with newsmen,the leader of the group,Hajia Zainab Isa said they decided to stage the peaceful protest because they didn’t vote for PDP in the just concluded election.

She alleged that their mandate was stolen, as the outcome of the poll was never the true reflection of the people,insisting that even members of the ruling party knew they didn’t win the election.

She noted that the electorate voted for Prince Abubakar Audu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),and wondered why he was denied the mandate freely given to him by the people of the state.

She therefore, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail,even as she asked the head of the electoral umpire,Prof. Attahiru Jega to return the mandate.

According to her,they would stop at nothing to ensure that justice and fairness prevail,saying the right thing must be done,to sustain the harmonious peaceful co-existence in the state.

Hajia Isa further decried the alleged distortion of electoral process,so as to put democracy on sound footing,stressing that the electorate should be allowed to freely decide who governs them.

Some of the inscriptions in the placard read: ”INEC return the money and give us our mandate,” “No going back on Audu,” “We voted for CAN”, “No retreat, no surrender,” among others.

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Supreme Court sacks two CPC Senators, eight Reps in Katsina

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered two senators on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Katsina State to vacate office.
They are Abdu Yandoma (Katsina North) and Ahmed Sani Stores (Katsina Central).
Also affected are eight House of Representatives members.  
The apex court held that they were not the duly sponsored candidates of the party. 
Besides, it held that the Federal High Court which affirmed the nomination of the appellants lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
Justice Walter Onnoghen, in the  judgment, said the Federal High Court should have struck out the suit because issues raised were purely domestic affairs of the party.
He held that political parties must duly sponsor a candidate for an election.
The affected candidates are to vacate for the duly sponsored candidates of the CPC in Katsina State.
The beneficiaries are Sadiq Yar’Adua (Central Senatorial District), Hadi Sirika (North Senatorial  District), Ahmed Kaita (Kankia/Ingawa Federal Constituency) and Salisu Salisco (Kaita/Jibiya).
Also to go to the House of Representatives are Sheik Umar Abubakar (Katsina), Salisu Daura (Daura/Maiaduwa/Sandamu), Isa Doro (Mani/Bindawa), Sani Mashi (Mashi/Dutsi), Abbas Machika (Kankara/Faskari/Sabuwa) and Dr. Mansur Funtua (Funtua/Dandume).  

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Gunmen Raid Airforce Secondary School in Kano

Armed men suspected to be members of the Yusiffiya Group aka Boko Haram, have attacked the Nigerian Airforce Military Comprehensive School base at Kwa a 15 kilometers town outside Kano, killing about three of the guards on duty.

Confirming the incident to newsmen the 303 Flying School Commander, Air Commodore Sani Ahmad, said some suspected gunmen struck at the school on Thursday night opening fire on his men and carted away many valuables.

He said when they attacked the base at about 7.30 to 8pm, his men quickly responded and a gun battle that lasted for about one hour ensued which resulted in the death of the two military officers instantly while one out of the two that were injured died at Mallam Aminu Kano Hospital after sustaining bullet wound.

Ahmad who refused to categorically state that the men were Boko Haram members, added that the only thing he know is that anybody who carried arm is a criminal whether he is Boko Haram or whatever, promising that they will soon get to the root of the incident.

He said that all the 110 children studying in the school were hale and hearty and that they tried to give them some sense of relief by being close to them, adding that they are studying the whole scenario and may deploy additional security personnel to the place.

'We are going to visualize the whole level of the security threat, analyse it and see whether we will send additional security attachment or not but for now we are keeping high vigil in the place and to us this people are armed robbers because after carting away some properties they also vandalized some houses nearby the school,' he said.

The suspected members of the Boko Haram who struck at the Military Comprehensive school were reported to have opened fire sporadically from the gate of the school for about half hour while unconfirmed report said that the military officers responded with heavy fire.

Our reporter who arrived the scene of the Friday morning hours saw some expended bullets at the gate of the school while the window glass the office of the security office at the school was shattered.

A team of journalists on a fact finding mission were harassed at the gate of the Airforce base on Airport road by the military officers manning the gate and turned them back.Also some heavy armed military personnel were seen guarding the school while every visitor to the school was made to pass through security scrutiny before being allowed into the school.

The police spokesman in the state Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Magaji Majiya, told journalists that they received information that suspected.

He said a police mobile attached to Nigeria Police Force MOPOL 9, Alhassan Safiyanu was shot at around Hotoro near the NNPC and sustained some wound and now receiving treatment at the hospital, adding that the invaders are suspected criminals.

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Court orders rape victim father’s arrest for cutting accused’s manhood

An Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, has ordered the police to arrest and charge father of a rape victim, Dennis Akpati,  for taking law into his hand by slicing off the penis of an alleged rapist, Seun Ogunbanwo.

The magistrate, Mrs. M. B. Folami, gave the order when Ogunbanwo (accused) was brought before her and she felt he had been badly battered by the father of the rape victim.

Akpati and others were alleged to have beaten up Ogunbanwo and using machete to cut part of his body.

Folami explained that under the law, the accused is presumed innocent until found guilty.

Ogunbanwo, a graduate of Business Administration, who just finished his national youth service, was charged with house-breaking and rape, offences punishable under Sections 411 and 358 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 17, Vol. 2, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003.

It was gathered that Ogunbanwo allegedly made his way into Akpati’s home at 52, Tijani Alabi Street, Ijegun, Lagos, when he knew that the victim (Akpati’s 20-year-old daughter) was alone.

He allegedly had unlawful carnal knowledge of her without the girl’s consent and was caught in the act by the victim’s father, who wasted no time in cutting the accused’s manhood with a machete.

In defence, Ogunbanwo said the victim was his girlfriend and they both lived in the same area.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was admitted bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

The matter has been adjourned till January 18.

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LASU to students: Pay up today or forfeit admission

AUTHORITIES of Lagos State University, LASU, yesterday, reiterated its stand that old and new students pay their stipulated tuition fees and meet registration deadline which closes today.

In a special bulletin, by the management, new and old  students were mandated to pay the stipulated new regime of fees, which, according to sources, ranges between N193, 750 and N348,750;  N25,000 and N33,250 respectively, before close of work today, or forfeit their studentship.

However, mixed feelings have continued to trail the decision of LASU management, as some students have started paying, while others are yet to comply.

The majority of students, who are yet to make payments, have expressed fears of the unknown, in the decision of the management to forfeit their hard-earned admission into the citadel, after the deadline.

According to them, two weeks are too short for them to afford the stipulated fees proposed by the management.

President, Lagos State University Student Union, LASUSU, Akeem Durojaiye, condemned the management’s decision, describing it as impromptu and an act of insensitivity on their part.

He said: “In fact, the unbannable Lagos State University Student Union totally condemns the draconian policy of Professor Obafunwa, LASU new VC. We have issued a bulletin to this effect, urging students who can’t meet the impromptu deadline not to panic.

“How do you expect a student whose parents earn below the N18, 000 minimum wage to pay N250,000 within two weeks? This is outright wickedness,” he  said, adding, “everything is under God’s control.”

Durojaiye further revealed an order by the school management to arrest members of the union, yesterday. He said: “To our surprise, this morning, (Thursday), the Public Relations Officer of the union, Financial Secretary, Treasurer and 10 other students were arrested by men of the Ojo Divisional Police Headquarters, in what they  (management) termed ‘malicious damages’ of the university’s property.

He said the property involved was the students union arcade gate, which the union broke down to gain entrance into their offices as it was locked-up by the management.

“Which property are they talking about, is it theirs or ours? The reason behind the arrest of our members can not be justified, although, they have been bailed this morning (Thursday) by us, but our stand remains that students who may not meet with the impromptu deadline can never forfeit their admission.”

Also speaking, Comrade Olateju Azeez, PRO, LASUSU, described his arrest, that of two other members of the union, and 10 other students as unfortunate.

“We will not be cowed to give-in to the draconian policies of the management”,  assuring,  “students who have their money should go to pay and commence registration, while the union will ensure it stands for those who may not meet the deadline, against the management’s threat that they will forfeit their admission”.

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5 trapped as Lagos govt building collapses

-No fewer than five persons, including a ministry official, were trapped, yesterday afternoon, as a one-storey building collapsed at Alausa, Ikeja, close to the Governor’s Office.

At press time, no casualty was recorded in the incident.

The building, being built by the Ministry of Environment and still under construction, caved in at exactly 2:30 p.m.

The building is about 10 metres away from the main building of Lands Bureau, on the same premises, with a commercial bank adjacent Alausa Millennium Park.

Vanguard gathered that the site engineer, Mr. Oki, was rescued at exactly 3:55pm, after over one and half hours.

One of the onlookers,  told Vanguard that the building belongs to the state Ministry of Environment.

“The Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development came here to mark the building insisting that it lacked approval and that work should discontinue, but the Ministry of Environment insisted on going on with the work,” a worker who did not want to be mentioned, told Vanguard.

The collapsed building. Photo: NAN

In a statement, Director, Public Relations,Ministry of Environment, Mr Fola Adeyemi, explained that Governor Babatunde Fashola had earlier ordered the demolition of the structure when it was observed to be defective.

”In the process of the pulling down, a section of the structure caved in and trapped some of the demolition squad, who were eventually rescued by Lagos State rescue team comprising Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Fire Service and Lagos State Ambulances Bus Services, LASAMBUS,” he said.

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Ekiti group blames Police Minister for PDP loss in Reps Rerun poll

A Political Group in Ekiti State, The Ekiti Patriots (TEP) has questioned the loyalty of the Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying; "The minister should be held responsible for the party's loss in the last Saturday House of Representatives rerun election." TEP said in a statement signed by its Convener, Comrade Ebenezer Olaleye that the PDP had at least 60 per cent chance of winning the election, but "the minister bungled the opportunity owing to reasons
best known to him."

The group said signs that Olubolade was not committed to the PDP winning the election had emerged even before the election because "a committed party leader who desired victory for his party in an election holding in his own constituency won't stay away until less than 48 hours to the election."
"From our assessment before and during the election, it was clear that it was an election the PDP ought to have won. "Ekiti people were already tired of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and were obviously willing to vote the PDP, but there was no enough motivation on the part of the PDP.

"Even most PDP leaders were not aware of any arrangement for the election until the Election Day as the minister, who supposed to giving directions did not make himself available until Friday evening.
"Most importantly, information available before the election day was that the ACN was going to use thugs and state government machineries to rig the election, but nothing in terms of security was provided.
Instead, the ACN people were allowed the freedom to destroy votes and use thugs to chase voters away in towns like Erijiyan, Ikogosi and Ipole.

"Even when the minister heard that as against the agreement that no government official, including Governor Kayode Fayemi should move around during the election, the governor was moving round the three
local government areas with a convoy of close to 30 vehicles, all that he (Olubolade) could do was to prepare pounded yam for the governor when he got to Ipoti, his hometown!
"How can a minister be busy eating pounded yam with leader of opposition party when members of his own party were on the field facing election battle? Little wonder, he only managed to win his
polling unit with ‘four votes.'
"Therefore, we are of the opinion that the loyalty of Capt. Olubolade to the PDP is doubtful and the National Working Committee of the party should endeavour to look into his alleged accord with Governor Fayemi
and the ACN."

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Gaddafi daughter seeks ICC probe into his killing

A lawyer for Muammar Gaddafi's daughter said on Wednesday he had written to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask if an investigation had been launched into the killing of her father and brother.

A copy of the letter, seen by Reuters, said that Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo'tassim were "murdered in the most horrific fashion with their bodies thereafter displayed and grotesquely abused in complete defiance of Islamic law".

"The images of this savagery were broadcast throughout the world, causing my client severe emotional distress," said the letter from Nick Kaufman, who represents Aisha Gaddafi.

"To date, neither Ms. Gaddafi nor any member of her family has been informed, by your office, of the initiation of an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the brutal murders," the letter said.

Muammar Gaddafi and Mo'tassim were captured in their home town of Sirte in October, two months after rebels seized the capital Tripoli and put the longtime Libyan leader and his relatives to flight.

They were killed soon after their capture while in the custody of fighters loyal to the country's new leadership, in circumstances that have not been fully explained.

Gaddafi's daughter Aisha fled with other family members to neighbouring Algeria in August.

The ICC, based in the Hague, earlier this year issued arrest warrants for Muammar Gaddafi, another son, Saif al-Islam, and the former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, for crimes against humanity.

In the letter, Aisha Gaddafi's lawyer asked if the ICC prosecutor's office was investigating the killings of her father and brother, and if it was taking steps to make sure the Libyan authorities themselves were investigating the matter.

The letter also asked whether the ICC was looking into what reports said at the time was a NATO air strike on Gaddafi's convoy moments before he was captured.

"Is your office investigating the attack allegedly carried out by NATO forces in order to determine whether individual criminal responsibility should be assigned for an unlawful military attack?" the letter asked.

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Fuel subsidy removal will only bring temporary pains - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday in Abuja that fuel subsidy removal will only bring temporary pains which will fizzle out in no time for Nigerians to reap the gains.

Jonathan, while speaking at the 2011 Christmas Carol held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, said the nation could not continue to use its limited resources to subsidise imported fuel.

He said the fuel subsidy was to the advantage of a cartel and to the detriment of the poor masses.

The president explained that the decision by his administration to remove fuel subsidy was in the overall interest of the nation and not a deliberate move to inflict pains on the people.

``There is nobody who will want to deliberately inflict suffering on his people. Goodluck Jonathan can never be one.

``I know the pains Nigerians are passing through. Yes, I am here in the State House and being fed by government but that does not keep me so far from the people.

``There is no day that I don't interact with Nigerians, both low and high, and I appreciate the pains of the people. We are facing challenges but we must take certain decisions to reposition our economy so that things will ease out.

``If we don't have the courage to do so, then we will continue to be dying in pains until God knows when.

``So, my belief is that, at a particular time, people must be courageous to take the right decisions,'' he said.

Jonathan acknowledged that the Nigerian populace might experience some minor pains for some months because some people would want to exploit the situation.

``I promise Nigerians that there is hope. The pains will not be the way people are thinking.

``The pains will be temporary, and after few weeks or few months, Nigerians will be better off, the economy will be repositioned," he said.

The President noted that professionals in the industry had predicted that Nigeria's oil reserves would dry up in the next 30 to 35 years.

``In view of this, the country must begin to have an alternative plan in order not to subject the future generation to slavery. Government must look for ways to expand the economy.

``We must look for other ways of earning money, we must go back to farming and not just subsistence farming that we know but really taking farming as a business.

``We must create wealth through farming, we must industrialise, we must begin to produce things in this country and we need the money from the subsidy to do that," he said.

Jonathan stated that the current subsidy economy had impoverished the nation and forced government to borrow money to run its affairs.

He said if the trend should be allowed to continue, the economy would be grounded to a halt and everyone would pay dearly for it.

``Even now that we have oil, we are borrowing and we are not expanding the economy. Last year, our capital budget was N1.146 trillion and we borrowed the whole capital budget and even a little more.

``This year, with the present budget, we are paying back the part of the money we borrowed. But what is in the budget is only N560 billion, which is just about half of the money we borrowed.

``Who will pay the balance and when, with the interest on it? There is no way we can continue to run the economy this way," the president said.

He assured that the country would overcome its challenges and remain united, stating that his administration would do its best to fix the economy to blossom.

Earlier in a message, Rev. Oluranti Olubogun, Bishop of the Ife Diocese of the Anglican Church in Osun, had also said that there was hope for the nation despite its daunting challenges.

In the message titled ``Love and Faithfulness of God, Olubogun said God had taken over the affairs of the country and would lead it to the promised land.

The event was attended by many dignitaries, including former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd.).

The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, federal ministers and presidential aides were also in attendance.

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and members of the diplomatic corps also attended the event.

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Boko Haram: Ex-NSAs hold talks today

AS a follow-up to the recent Northern Peace Conference ostensibly held to break the suspicious silence from the North over the Boko Haram terrorist group, a meeting of all former National Security Advisers, NSAs, who are incidentally from the North is to hold today in Abuja.

The meeting, it was learnt, is being convened to address the nationwide activities of militia groups that have the capacity to push Nigeria into a sudden disintegration, thereby bringing to pass the predictions of international pessimists.

An impeccable security source told Vanguard that the parley which is at instance of the Federal Government is being planned against the backdrop of widespread suspicion across the country that the elusive public condemnation of the activities of the Boko Haram by prominent Northerners could mean their endorsement of the group that has led to the loss of several lives in the recent past.

Immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Lt. Gen Aliyu Gusua in his capacity as guest speaker at the 1st Shehu Musa Yar’Adua memorial lecture called for the adoption of the right strategies to curtail current security challenges facing the country.

Beside Gusau, who is expected to throw light on his kind of security strategy at today’s talks which holds in an undisclosed location in the nation’s capital, other former NSAs that will attend include Alhaji  Ismaila Gwarzo, Alhaji M.D. Yusuf, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed and Alhaji Sarki Muhktar.

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Arsonists blow up Ikole INEC office

Residents of Ikole Ekiti were yesterday thrown into confusion when the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, located in  the town  was blown apart with substance suspected to be dynamite.

Vanguard reliably gathered that the perpetrators of the act arrived the INEC office located at Odo Oro Road in the town with a red Sport Utility Van at 10 am.

Upon arriving the INEC office, they  were said to have disguised as officials of INEC from the Headquarters of the commission in Abuja, looking for some vital documents. They were in the office when the real officials of the commission including the Area Electoral Officer were attending a workshop in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

The suspected arsonist were said to have threatened to kill the only security man  on duty, if he failed to cooperate with them.

After overpowering him, they then blew up the building, with the main target  being the store of the commission.

The hoodlums were said to have waited for a couple of minutes to confirm that they achieved their goal.

The fire fighters in the town were said to have made some spirited efforts to  put off the inferno, but all  efforts proved abortive.

The INEC Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Taiwo Gbadegesin, confirmed the incident, saying  the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Hussaini Pai,  had led top officials of INEC to the place to assess the extent of damage.

Also, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti, Mr. Mohammed Jimoh, confirmed the incident, saying police had deployed  bomb experts to the scene to get to the root of the matter.

Jimoh however said there was no casualty, adding that  the security man  attached to the INEC office was with the police assisting them in their investigation

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NANS paralyses activities at gov’s office over LASU fee hike

 Activities at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, were paralysed, yesterday, as National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, protested the hike in tuition fees at Lagos State University, LASU, and other tertiary institutions in the state.

The protesters demanded the immediate reversal of the new tuition fees of all tertiary institutions in the state.

Other demands includes: the reinstatement of LASU Student Union, opening of Adeniran  Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, and improvement of  infrastructure at all state-owned tertiary institutions.

It would be recalled that the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba, had  in an interview with Vanguard, said  the increment was based on the recommendation of the visitation panel led by Justice Olaseinde Silva.

The students, who came in their hundreds, barricaded the entrance to the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola and other roads, obstructing the free flow of traffic for several hours.

They ensured that vehicular movement into and out of the governor’s office were stalled and demanded to see the governor.

However, attempts to see the governor by the protesters proved abortive, as they refused to yield to the demands of the security officials who pacified them to leave the premises.

Speaking on behalf of  NANS, Lagos State, Mr. Aibana Adeyemi, condemned the increment of LASU tuition fees from N25,000 to N250,000.

He said: “It is an attempt by government to deprive children of low income- earners the opportunity of attending tertiary institutions.”

Adeyemi warned that if the governor refused to yield to their demands, the students might be forced to confront the authorities.

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