How I Was Raped By Policeman For Not Wearing A Face Mask

How police officer raped me till dawn for not wearing nose mask, widow narrates

Rights defender demands immediate investigation, prosecution
By Egufe Yafugborhi

HUMAN rights defender, Prince Wiro, on Wednesday charged the Police Command in Rivers State to investigate and prosecute its personnel accused of raping a woman for breach of COVID-19 protocol.

The victim, a 32-year-old widow, said a policeman attached to the Sakpenwa Police Division, Tai Local Government Area, allegedly abducted her Tuesday to a guest house where he raped her at gunpoint after arresting her for not wearing a nose mask.

She narrated: “I was returning from Bori to Port Harcourt when I met some police officers at a checkpoint. They arrested me for not wearing a nose mask. They kept me long there with them.

“Thereafter they carried me from one place to the other, claiming they want to take me to the police station, but never took me to any police station.

“After some time, they took me to a guest house where one of them raped me till dawn. His name is Inspector Peter Iba of Sakpenwa Police Station.”

Prince Wiro, in response to the allegations, demanded the Police Command in the state to, “Open immediate investigation into the alleged rape of this woman by a serving officer.

“There is no justification for the punishment of rape to be meted out to a woman because she flouted Rivers State Government order on the use of nose masks. I expect the police to take this matter seriously.

“You know there’s a recent order from the Inspector General of Police charging every Command to do everything possible to make rape a thing of the past in the society.”

The victim had on the spur-of-the-moment on Tuesday raised alarm in a text message posted on a WhatsApp media platform where she lamented, “I have been taken to a guess house just because of N100 face mask.

“I can’t believe this is happening to me. He wants to sleep with me. I am dying. He wouldn’t let me pick any call. He threatened to seize my phone.”

The Police Command in the state reacting to the allegation through the Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Command, Nnamdi Omoni, said: “After hearing about this, we immediately invited the lady. After hearing from her, she made a written statement and Investigation has commenced.”
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Gbadebo Richard: UNIBADAN Student Dies In A Soap-Making Machine In Ibadan

A 300-level student of the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Gbadebo Richard, has died in an industrial accident in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, on Tuesday.

SaharaReporters gathered that the accident happened at the Oluyole factory of Henkel Nigeria Limited, producers of WAW detergent and soap.

Twenty-year-old Richard, who was on night shift, was said to have fallen into one of the machines in the factory.

The other workers were not aware until they saw blood coming out through the other side of the machine.

“His family members were not informed by the company until an unknown number called them. So they mobilised to the company and blocked the road, about 30 police officers were called in to prevent disturbance.

"An ambulance later came and Richard’s father was allowed into the building. He later went with the body, packed in a plastic bag in the ambulance to the morgue at Teju Hospital without any of the staff of the factory,” a source told SaharaReporters.

The incident was also confirmed through a broadcast signed by President and Public Relations Officer of the faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan.

“It’s completely disheartening to announce the death of Mr Gbadebo Richard (300-level student) from the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan.

"Your fervor to become greater in life was cut short by your sudden death. Team Evolution uses this medium to sympathise with the family of our late Afasite who was active, effective and diligent in studies. We pray that God be with the family and wipe out similar occurrence,” the statement read.

Olugbenga Fadeyi, Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, neither responded to calls nor replied to text messages over the issue.
Source: http://saharareporters.com/2020/07/29/how-nigerian-university-student-gbadebo-richard-died-inside-machine-soap-making-factory

When You Know How Much You Struggled To Buy Your Sallah Ram

Pastor who kept kidnap victim inside church says he started crime to expand his ministry

                   

       

A pastor who led a kidnapping ring in Ogun State has been arrested by operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force.

52-year-old Adetokumbo Adenopo was paraded before the media alongside three members of his criminal gang on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.

Adenopo, the Founder and General Overseer of New Life Ministry, Lukosi, in Shagamu Area of Ogun State, was arrested in connection with the abduction of one Jonathan Ekpo.

Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, disclosed at the media parade that the victim, an employee of a logistic company, was kidnapped on July 17 while on official duty to deliver goods in Shagamu.



Ekpo was kept in an underground cabin inside Adenopo's church building in Ogijo town, Ogun by his abductors who demanded the payment of N20 million as ransom for his freedom.

"Curiously, the pastor told the Police operatives that he embarked on the crime for the expansion of his church and charity works," Mba said.

Ekpo was rescued unhurt by the Police nine days after his abduction, and was reunited with his family.

The other members of the gang arrested by the IRT are Chigozie Williams, 22, Ugoji Linus, 30, and Emmanuel Chris Ani, 27.

A total of 35 suspects were paraded before the media on Wednesday, with items recovered including four AK-47 rifles, one FMC rifle, one pump action gun, two double barrel guns, one Beretta pistol, four AK-47 magazines, six cartridges, 378 rounds of live ammunition, and one network jammer.


30-year-old Udodiri Bright was arrested alongside three other members of his gang in connection with the murder of Chuks Okebata, a Nigerian-born United States soldier, in 2017.

The victim had been on holiday in his Okigwe hometown in Imo State when he was killed by the gang.

Others arrested in connection with his murder are Ekwuru Shadrack, 26, Chimerie Igwe, 30, and Chibuike Sunday, 28.

"The suspects who are one of the foremost kidnapping groups terrorizing the South Eastern part of the country were arrested 31 months after, following intensive manhunt by the Police team," Mba said.

The IRT also arrested a 9-member trans-boundary armed robbery and car snatching syndicate led by one Yakubu Hayatu, 30.

Mba alleged that the gang has snatched over 30 exotic cars at gun point, and killed two police officers.

The gang used anti-tracker devices to evade arrest and delivered the vehicles to one Alhaji Garba in Maradi, Niger Republic.

Mba said 18 stolen vehicles have already been recovered, and that the IRT is working with INTERPOL to arrest Garba and recover other vehicles.

Other members of the gang are Adamu Awalu, 28, Abdulrahman Yakubu, 23, Yusuf Adamu, 22, Kamal Japhet, 22, Abubakar Samaila, 20, Muhammadu Abdulahi, 20, Yahaya Mohammed, 18, and Ibrahim Abubakar, 21.

Mba said all the suspects will be charged to court on conclusion of investigations.

Remember the Girl In The Babcock Sextape? She Has Been Offered International Scholarship To Study Abroad

The female student of Babcock University who went viral last year after appearing in a sex tape, has been offered an international scholarship.

If you recall, the student was expelled by the managemnet of the school after a video showing her and an ex-student of the school having sex surfaced on the internet.

According to a Nigerian medical doctor, Dr Ola Brown who took interest in the case after her expulsion from Babcock University, her scholarship in a foreign country has been fully paid.

He took to Twitter to break the news, which served as a follow up to an update he made on the student in June.

He wrote:


Just made her scholarship payment. She will be travelling out to study in the next few months. Future head of the IMF/World Bank loading by God's grace https://twitter.com/NaijaFlyingDr/status/1288414808157683712?s=19

In the previous month, Dr Ola had written on the progress the lady has been making since some Nigerians came to her rescue. He disclosed that since her expulsion from the school, she has improved drastically, both academically and psychologically.