Cop kills two brothers over bribery

TWO brothers were reportedly shot dead by a policeman in Okitipupa area of Ondo state over N20 bribe (Egunje) at check point.
Three other persons are critically injured and are on admission at an undisclosed hospital in the town
Saturday  Vanguard gathered that the deceased brothers are motorcycle riders in the ancient town.
It was gathered that the ugly incident occurred at Kajola street junction along Broad Street at about 9.15pm on Thursday.
When one of the deceased was flagged down by the policeman who was on a foot patrol demanded for a twenty naira bribe from him,  the okada  rider popularly known as Osare according to  an eye witness told the police man that he was off duty that day and would be unable to pay the bribe.
This according to  an eyewitness account provoked the policeman and  he  immediately shot him at a close range  and hit  him on the chest.
Saturday Vanguard learnt that the policeman who  was drunk thereafter shot sporadically to scare away people while Osare was left in the pool of his blood.
News  filtered to youths  in the area  who rushed to the scene and on arrival, the drunken policeman fled into the bush but they promptly rushed Osare to a nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead.
However, his younger brother called Robinson was said to have rushed to  the police station to get information about the death of his brother.
Robinson was reported to have engaged the police men on duty in a hot argument and threatened to lodge complaint with the higher authorities.
But unknown to Robinson some youths had invaded the police station to demand for the killer police man.
In a bid to disperse the surging crowd one of the policemen at the station reportedly shot sporadically to scare away the irate mob but in the process Robinson was hit by a stray bullet and he died on the spot.
The death of the two brothers who hailed from Delta State caused pandemonium in the town for several hours until policemen called for reinforcement to curtail the surging crown from torching the station.
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LGA polls: ACN, PDP, others battle for Lagos

EXACTLY seven days to the October 22 elections into the 20 Local Councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos, leading political parties– Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) among others have intensified moves and counter-moves to outwit one another in the battle for the grassroots.
With the PDP returning to the polls after a long absence that reduced the last two elections to a no-contest as the ruling ACN had a field day clearing most of the electoral trophies, the 2011 exercise promises to be a tough contest. The last time the PDP participated in council elections in Lagos was in 2003. It boycotted subsequent elections in protest of the creation of 37 LCDAs, which it insisted was illegal as they were yet to be ratified by the National Assembly.
Lagos PDP Chairman, Chief Setonji Koshoedo, anchored PDP’s participation on the stark reality that the 37 LCDAs were illegal in name only.
“The PDP would be taking part in the forthcoming local government election in Lagos State. We refused to take part in the last one and to our surprise the illegally created local governments have been enjoying Federal Government allocation all along. I believe we have to take part, if the LCDAs have been indirectly accepted that they exist,” he said.
On offer for the October 22 electoral combat among 28 political parties are 57 chairmanship and 376 councillorship slots. And Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Abdul Fatai Afolabi Adeyinka (rtd) has assured voters and the parties of a credible election. He said that about 18,000 electoral officers and adhoc staff would be deployed for the election and that he has asked the Police to deploy about 20,000 policemen to ensure adequate security.
The political parties cleared fot the polls include: APN, ARP, SDMP, KOWA, FRESH, NMPP, ACN, PDP, APGA, NCP, ADC, ACCORD, MPPP. Others are CFN, CPC, JP, PMP, AA, Labour, MDJ, ACPN, DPP, APS, ALP, ANPP, PRP, ND and NNPP.
Poster war

Koshoedo and Ajomale

Across the length and breadth of the state, in spite of complaints arising from alleged imposition of candidates in ACN and PDP, candidates of parties cleared for the contest are currently embroiled in poster war. Colourful posters of the contenders have been pasted in all nook and crannies of the councils while underground lobbying and counter-lobbying are in the upswing. They are expected to carry out a flurry of road and street-to-street campaigns this week as the election reach zero hour.
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Baba Suwe excretes, no drug found

Ace  Actor and comedian, Omidina Babatunde a.k.a Baba Suwe now in the custody of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over alleged possession of cocaine was said to have made his first self excretion but no drug was found in it.
Disclosing this development to Saturday Vanguard, the Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju however said Suwe was still under close observation by the agency to know what actually went wrong.
Baba Suwe was nabbed aboard an Air France aircraft to Paris at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos at about 10pm on Wednesday when he allegedly tested positive to drug ingestion and had been placed under observation since then.
Earlier yesterday, the NDLEA had expressed concern that Suwe who was on his way to attend the naming ceremony of his close friend in Paris had not been able to excrete despite the fact that he was ‘’eating very well and co-operating with narcotic investigators.’’ ‘
’There is reasonable ground for suspicion and the actor is currently under observation. He is fine and had been eating but has not excreted.
‘’We have invited our doctor to examine him. This is crucial to ascertain the true position.
Further up-date on the matter shall be made known to the general public.  “.the Agency told Saturday Vanguard, shortly before he ecreted.
NDLEA’s Airport Commander, Alhaji Hamza Umar also confirmed that Suwe was in safe custody even as it was learnt that he was to the act as a compere during the naming ceremony which he missed as a result of his arrest.Source

Kogi guber: I ‘m not on revenge mission – Abubakar Audu

FORMER Governor of Kogi State and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, governorship candidate for the December 3, 2011 election, Prince Abubakar Audu has debunked rumours flying round that his ambition to return to Lugard House is to avenge political enemies.
The ACN gubernatorial candidate insisted that ‘Kogi State is sick’ and his mission to govern the state again is to rescue it and it’s people from abject poverty created by the misrule of the outgoing PDP administration.
Prince Audu, who made this known while playing host to a delegation of residents of Ajaokuta community who paid him a solidarity visit, urged political supporters and admirers to discountenance the rumour, which he described as a figment of the imagination of mischief-makers.
He noted that the state is in a pitiable condition and that the PDP administration led by Governor Ibrahim Idris has failed to improve on the state and the lives of its people, appealing to the electorate to join hands with him in order to liberate the state.
His words: “the state has suffered enough in the last eight years. This is the time we should collectively rise up to the task and liberate the people. A victory for ACN is a total victory for the entire Kogi State. We want to come and correct the rubbish created by the PDP administration in the state, we are out to rescue Kogi state from the economic cankerworm and financial scavenger.

SONGSTRESS WAJE UNDERGOES SURGERY

Sonorous voiced singer,Waje was on Saturday,October 1,2011,operated upon to remove her inflamed and infected appendix.Confirming she really had an appendix that was almost rupturing,she said she was initially treating malaria not knowing she had a more complicated ailment.

I was not feeling too well.So,I had to see my doctor.After receiving treatment,I went home only to find out I could not walk properly.It was really painful.After undergoing full scan,It was discovered I had appendicitis(an illness in which the appendix is infected and painful and usually needs to be removed by surgery).

That was how I was booked for surgery I never planned.I thank God for saving my precious life Waje narrated.

Already discharged from a Lagos private hospital,Aitauaja Iroube,as her parents named her at birth,would be working from home until she fully recovers.

I’m working slowly so as not to jeopardize my health.Although,I am convalescing at home,I am trying to stay strong before resuming work.I hope to be strong to perform at the October 22 Hip Hop World Awards and other shows I have been booked she explained.

 

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