N426m Found In Army General’s Bank Accounts -EFCC

The sum of N426.7m belonging to Brig Gen John Onimisi Ozigi (retd), suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities has been forfeited to the federal government.

The order for its final forfeiture was given by Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 8, 2020.

The Judge had earlier ordered the interim forfeiture of the money following an exparte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A statement issued on Saturday by Spokesman of the anti-graft, Dele Oyewale, said other respondents are Diamond Head Ventures and Dev. Company Ltd.

According to the statement, the judge, in granting the interim forfeiture order, directed interested parties to show cause why the sum of money should not be permanently forfeited to the government.

Furthermore, the statement said, the commission, in an affidavit deposed to by one of its operatives, Clever Ibrahim, stated that the first respondent, Ozigi, was an officer of the Nigerian Army, while the second respondent, Diamond Head Venture, was a business name owned and incorporated by the first respondent.

EFCC, in the application, also stated that the first respondent, was a salary earner and a public officer with an estimated monthly salary of about N750. 000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).

“The EFCC, through its lawyer, Nkereuwem Anana, further stated that the money was found in an account opened in the name of the first and second respondents,” the statement briefly reads.

Anana, while moving the application for final forfeiture of the money, stated that the first respondent, in his statement to the Commission, indicated willingness to refund the money to the Federal Government, adding that the said statement was attached as exhibit 3.

The EFCC counsel, therefore, urged the court to grant the final forfeiture of the money, saying that “ if made, it will serve the course of justice, as same is sought in good faith and in accordance with the Oaths Act.”

Delivering his judgement on Friday,  Justice Hassan granted the motion for final forefeiture as prayed by the Commission.

“The Judge held that the respondent failed to satisfy the court with concrete evidence why the money suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities should not be forfeited to the Federal Government,” the statement added.

“The application has met the conditions stipulated in Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Related Offences Act.

“The application is meritorious and it is hereby granted as prayed.” (The Whistle)

Why I Poisoned My Husband Of 8 Years- Angry Wife Narrates Her Ordeal

A 33-year-old wife in Nasarawa state has recounted how she poisoned her husband of eight years to death because he was deliberately sex-starving her while cheating on her with her best friend.

The angry wife identified as Janet Ekpe who has two children with her husband, Sunday Ekpe, confessed that she killed him after she found out he was having an affair with her best friend, Helen, who is a widow in Zumbagwe community in Karu local government area of the state.

According to The Nation, Janet and Sunday seemed to be living a happy life until she noticed that his sexual desire for her started to decline after they welcomed their second child.

In her confessional statement, Janet said

“We were married for eight years with two children. It was three years ago I discovered that my husband had fallen in love with my best friend, a widow, and had been dating her. Since then, he stopped sleeping with me; he began to starve me sexually while satisfying my best friend.

“When we got married eight years ago, sex seemed to be the only thing on my husband’s mind. He was always in the mood. We would make love three or four times before morning, and when he woke up, he would be ready to continue. There were days he skipped work and we would spend the whole day making love.

“We had sex in the bathroom, in the kitchen, and anywhere it caught our fancy in the house. I became used to constant sex through him and also became the envy of my close friends, including my best friend who he later fell in love with.

“Whenever we shared stories of our exploits in bed, my friends felt I had the best man and jokingly begged me to allow them to have my husband just for a day because their husbands could not satisfy them in bed. But shortly after we had our two kids, I began to notice his disinterest in sex with me and his performance level began to drop.

“While we were having sex on a regular basis before, it came down to two times in a week and later became so bad that we could stay for three or four months without making love. Initially, I was not bothered because I felt that he would come around it after the babies were weaned. But I was wrong. He began to starve me of sex for months on end. It got to the point that I would be begging him to sleep with me but he would rebuff my requests.

“At times, he would tell me I should relive the moments we had sex every day and wallow in that fantasy. When I pestered him further, he told me he was no more interested in sex as he had had enough to last him a lifetime. He even told me that sex is not food and that if I felt so sex-starved, I should get a man to satisfy me.

“I reported the matter to our church and the pastor summoned him, but he could not convince our pastor. I reported the matter to his parents in the village and some of his relations around, but he ignored their invitation. Within this period, my husband started keeping late night, which was very unusual of him.

“Unknown to me, my best friend, Helen, who is a widow, started keeping distance with me, while some of my friends started hinting that she and my husband were dating. I watched the way they acted and how happy he always seemed in her presence. I monitored them closely and caught them five times in a drinking joint in new Nyanyan. When I confronted him about it, he said I was being silly; so I decided to believe the whole story. The worst was the day I saw a text message from Helen in my husband’s phone, thanking him for giving her the best sexual satisfaction ever in her life the previous day. I was devastated. I felt sick and angry. I was hurt that my own husband could do this to me. I went back to our pastor but my husband turned down the pastor’s invitation and even stopped attending church.

“At this point, he stopped coming back home most times and resorted to sleeping in hotels with Helen. I felt like a single mum and it upset me. I confronted Helen and told her she was hurting me and that their relationship was getting stronger while they were not taking my feelings into consideration. I could not stand the thought of them being so close.

“I used to love and trust my husband but he turned me into something I never knew I could become: a murderer. I killed him. I poisoned him and watched him die in our bedroom, painfully. I mixed a deadly, colorless, tasteless, and odorless substance in his meal and drinking water which destroyed his intestines immediately. He cried and struggled uncontrollably after taking the meal. He gave up after an hour and I used a sharp blade and knife to chop off his penis, place it on his chest as evidence of what killed him.

“If your penis is the one that is giving you the audacity to have feelings for my best friend and refusing to listen to the advice of your parents and even your pastor, it is better to cut it off. Mr Sunday (Ekpe), a cheating, filthy, lying bastard, ought to die for me to live. I deserve to live because I am human and have blood flowing in my veins. These foolish men, you give them everything, yet they choose to fool around and play with your intelligence. I had monitored him closely and tolerated him for long and his end has come.”

An uncle of the deceased, Adakole Onoja, who was also interviewed, said he called the late Sunday several times, warning him not to sexually starve his wife.

“When his wife reported the matter to me, I invited him to my house and told him the implications of his actions. You cannot completely starve your young wife of sex and resort to dating her best friend. Many people, including his parents in the village, his pastor, and his close friends, interfered in the issue but he turned a deaf ear to them.

“Maybe that was how he was destined to end his life. His wife’s action may not be right, but she is a human being too.” Onoja said

We’re lured into Ansaru terror group with trip to Libya, better life –Suspects

Nine suspected members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis - Sudan (aka Ansaru) have said they were lured into joining the terror group with promises of a trip to Libya and a better life.

The suspected terrorists were recently arrested by operatives of the Inspector- General of Police Intelligence Response Team.

They were Mustapha Aminu (23), Saidu Aminu (26), Aminu Shuaibu (33), Yusuf Abubakar (24 ), all from Kaduna State .

Others were Ishak Khalid (30 ), Awal Tela (34 ), and Abubakar Mustafa (32) from Plateau State , Abubakar Muhammad (25 ) from Kano State , and Shuaibu Ahmadu (25 ) from Katsina State.

The IRT said the terror group was responsible for the kidnapping of two expatriates, a Jordanian and Syrian working with Triacta Nigeria Limited at Shiroro , Niger State on December 9 , 2019 .

The group was said to have collected a ransom of N120m before releasing the captives. Gang members were reportedly given between N200, 000 and N 300, 000 each.

Gang leaders , one Aliyu Sokoto and Mus ’ab , also reportedly sent a threat email to the company’s managing director seeking a yearly payment of N50 m to stop kidnapping the company’s expatriates.

The police also said the group was responsible for the kidnapping of the Magajin Garin Daura in Katsina State and the attack on Mothercat Construction Company.

Speaking to City Round during the week, Mustapha recounted that his father handed him over to one Mamoud , who taught him how to shoot and drive their operational vehicles.

He said, “ My job was to run errands until I was able to travel to Libya for training. I normally assisted them to buy food and sometimes watch over the people that were kidnapped.

“ When I was converted , they told us we were fighting against the Nigerian government. They made us believe that when we took over Nigeria, our families would become millionaires and own houses in Abuja. I was placed on N 100, 000 monthly allowance.”

Mustapha ’s elder brother , Saidu, said he was 17 years old and in his final year in secondary school when his father , a member of the group who was arrested by the police last year , asked him to withdraw from school and join the terror gang .

“ As soon as I was converted in 2015 , I was sent to Libya for training. I was supposed to be in the field , so my training was more of how to survive during a war. They told us that if we were trained there, we would experience real fighting between the government and our members. I was there for just six months before I had an accident and they had to cut two of my fingers.

“ I was driving our operational jeep when I unknowingly fell into a ditch. They said I could not continue with my training, so I was sent back home . Back in Nigeria, I was told to go and learn how to sew clothes and that I would assist them when the need arose . By this , no one would suspect that I belong to the group. They would send money to my account and I would help them buy items that they needed to survive in the bush,” he said.

Shuaibu , 29, said he was enticed to the group by one Mamoud sometime in 2015 while they prayed at the mosque.

He said, “ After prayers , we would hang out and discuss life . I was a member of the Izala Muslim Movement and we normally gathered for prayers and to listen to lectures from the imam. Mamoud was the one that told me about Ansaru and that I would make more money if I became a member . He explained to me that we were fighting the cause of Allah and I would also have the opportunity to travel to Libya .

“ Three years ago , I was one of the members who were drafted to go to Libya to assist in fighting against their government. On getting to Libya, I was drafted to work at their clinic.”

Meanwhile , the IRT has said investigations were ongoing and that efforts were in progress to arrest the remaining members of the terror group.

The team said the suspects had confessed to the crimes while 204 rounds of AK- 47 live ammunition , military uniforms , vehicles , drugs , foodstuffs, and charms were recovered from them.

(The Punch)

Protect Ekiti, Fayemi orders Amotekun

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has told    the Ekiti State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) Board  to protect residents  of  the state.

Fayemi  spoke during a meeting with the  board in Ado Ekiti on Friday.

He urged the security outfit  to ensure that every part of the state was safe for residents.

According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode,  the governor said his administration would continue to collaborate with the police and other security agencies towards  protecting all communities in the state.

He also said the state would  collaborate  with other South-West  states  to share intelligence and ideas to prevent  bandits and other criminals from wreaking havoc on the state.

Fayemi said, “This was what led to our   (South-West governors) decision to set up the security network agency on a state-by-state basis, but coordinating and collaborating with one another because crimes don’t recognise boundaries.

“Because of that, we need to share intelligence, ideas and work together  to ensure that whatever we do at state level is effective and efficient.

“The idea, of course, is that security is about people and it should be driven by people. The citizens themselves are the best providers of security because they have information about what is going on in their environment and if they are alive and attentive to it, they would be able to respond effectively to whatever challenges that may arise.”

According to him, the board comprise people who have wide experience in security matters  representing critical stakeholders like the police,  Department of  State Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and others.

He said  the meeting was  aimed at interacting  with stakeholders ahead of  the  formalisation of the outfit  with the endorsement and clearance of the state House of Assembly.

There Is No Resumption Date Yet For Schools- FG

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We’re Preparing For Life After Coronavirus –Fayemi

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State says his administration is preparing for life after the COVID-19 pandemic while acknowledging the troubling impact of the disease on economic and social activities.

Dr Fayemi, who is the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, spoke on Friday night during Public Eye Live interaction with Funmi Iyanda on Instagram.

According to him, nobody saw the coronavirus and its devastating effect on the health sector coming when they were preparing for 2020.

“We are having to review the budget of states just as the Federal Government is also reviewing its budget.

“This is the number one challenge for government in the world, and at the local level that’s also our number one challenge.

“We are diverting a lot of our resources to the health sector,” he said.

With nine active cases of COVID-19, two discharges and one death in Ekiti as of Friday, May 8, the governor praised his state’s response to the disease.

“Even though we don’t have the resources of Lagos, we set about this work almost immediately as soon as we had the first case (of coronavirus) in Lagos.

“We set up a local training arrangement. By the time we eventually got the first case around the 15th of March, we were read.

“Our infectious disease centre was ready; we had everything we needed to have in place,” he said.

Governor Fayemi declared that Ekiti is learning from the challenges of COVID-19.

“This virus will go. What if another virus will come?

“We should use this as a chance to focus on building our economy to be ready for this kind of thing.

“Our first priority is to ensure that livelihood isn’t threatened.

“Yes, we want to save lives but people should also be able to eke out a living. We also have a commitment to our small and medium scale enterprises were the bulk of our business people are.

“One of the critical things we are using is agriculture.

We feel this is an opportunity for us to break out of our seeming attachment to subsistence farming to commercial agribusiness,” he added.

Speaking earlier on Public Eye, Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, described policemen as frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus.

He called on Nigerians to cooperate with the police to make the gradual easing of lockdown imposed in most parts of the country easier.

“As police officers, we are also struggling with the challenges of COVID 19. But we suffer quietly and bear our pain silently.

“Police officers just like other Nigerians have also become casualties and victims.

“A lot of police officers that work in Lagos, Port Harcourt, and other big cities in Nigeria particularly in the lower rank live outside of the city centre because of rent.

“With COVID 19 most of these people don’t own private vehicles, but they are expected to turn up to work. Lots of these police officers are spending four or five times the amount of money coming to work than they would usually spend along with the health hazards,” Mr. Mba said.

He confirmed that at least one police officer has died of COVID-19 and an unspecified number has tested positive.

“These deaths and the increasing number of police officers contracting this disease point to the fact that we are indeed in danger just as our brothers and sisters working in core medical fields are also in danger,” Mba said.

Also speaking, Professor Oyewale Tomori warned that Nigeria is headed for a calamity if the right thing is not done to fix the healthcare system.

“Unfortunately, we are a country that lives by lessons forgotten. We did very well with Ebola and soon after that, we forgot all of those things.

“Nobody is talking about Lassa fever. More people have died of Lassa fever this year than COVID.

“It’s unfortunate that we never learn from the past,” the renowned virologist lamented.

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