The
Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 37-year-old man, Ajibola
Idowu, for allegedly kidnapping the daughter of his landlord for three
years. The suspect was also said to have forcefully impregnated the
victim, Modupe Brown, during captivity.
The police told PUNCH Metro that after Brown had given birth to the child, Ajibola refused to allow the child access to immunisation.
As a result, the child was said to have contracted polio disease and subsequently became crippled.
Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, told PUNCH Metro that Ajibola, was arrested along with his mother, Ebun, who allegedly conspired with him to commit the act.
He said, “Brown, a 400 level student of
Business Administration at the Lagos State University, was kidnapped by
Ajibola who kept her in captivity with his family for “three years
between 2010 and 2013.
“On September 19, 2013, policemen from
Area E Command, went to the Sagamu area of Ogun State to rescue the
victim and also arrested the mother of the abductor, who watched over
the victim. Ajibola was later arrested in the Idumota area of Lagos
Island.
“During the three years, Ajibola kept
Brown in three locations -Oshogbo, Osun State, where she spent six
months; Bariga, Lagos, where she spent six months; and Sagamu, Ogun
State, where she spent about two years.
“Ajibola forcefully impregnated Brown
while in captivity. She delivered a baby girl, who later became deformed
as a result of Ajibola’s refusal to have the baby immunised against the
Polio virus.”
While speaking with our correspondent,
Brown described her ordeal in the hands of her abductor as a journey
through the valley of the shadow of death. She said she was abducted at
her father’s house in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.
She said, “I can’t even remember how he
kidnapped me. All I know is that he held me captive for three years.
It’s as if I was under a spell. Even when I was going to give birth, he
did not allow me to go to a hospital. The baby was delivered at home and
he was the one giving me medication.
“Even one day, when state officials came
to the area to immunise children, he said he would not allow the child
to be immunised, saying the drugs had been poisoned. Once, when I tried
to leave, he threatened to kill me.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that during
her time in captivity, the victim’s parents, who are retired civil
servants, searched hospitals, mortuaries, police stations and churches
for her all to no avail.
The victim’s father, Idowu Brown, said
he had no clue that Ajibola was the abductor. He said, “I never knew it
was Ajibola that kidnapped my daughter. He was my tenant for six years
and greeted me every day. We even used to share jokes. He was aware that
I had been looking “for my daughter for three years but he never said
anything.
“When we could not find her, I reported
the matter at FESTAC Police Division. It was in September this year that
we heard from our daughter for the first time. She told us that she was
in Sagamu and my wife went there.
“There we met Ajibola’s mother. That was how we found out that he (tenant) was the one behind the whole thing.”
The suspects however denied abducting
the landlord’s daughter. Ajibola’s mother claimed her son and Brown were
lovers, who decided to elope, maintaining that the case was not an
abduction.
She said, “They were lovers. I never got
involved in their matter until the child was born. I went to stay with
them for about seven months to take care of the child, who was very ill.
A few months after I left, they moved in with me at my three-bedroom
house at Sagamu because they had been evicted.
“Ajibola was not staying with us because
his business was in Lagos but I was with Brown “most of the time. Many
times, I would ask her about her parents and when I could meet them but
she kept on giving silly excuses until the day her mother came to my
house with policemen.”
Ajibola, who is into satellite dish
installation, said the plan to elope was hatched by Brown who paid N200,
000 into his bank account. The money was said to have been meant for
her school project.
He said he could not understand why she would make such allegations against him.
“I did not kidnap her; we were lovers
and decided to elope. Even when she was at my house, she used to make
calls to her relatives telling them that she was alright,” he said.
Solomon Lar, the founding chairman of PDP dies
The founding chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, Chief Solomon Daushep Lar has passed away.An announcement by the government of the central state of Plateau said Lar, 80 years old, died in a US hospital.
Lar, veteran of many political struggles in Nigeria and first civilian governor of the old Plateau state in the Second Republic(1979-1983), was widely rumoured to have died a few days ago. But relations said he was alive, but on life support.
The Plateau state governor, Jonah Jang, announced his death on Wednesday in Jos.
“He died at about 3.00 a.m. American time (about 9.00 a.m. Nigerian time),” the governor told reporters on Wednesday evening.
Lar was born in Pongaa, Langtang, Plateau State in April 1933.
He studied at the Sudan United Mission Primary School in Langtang, and then at the Gindiri Teachers College. His ambition was to become a clergyman.
But his election as a councilor to the Langtang Natives Authority in January 1959 changed all that.
The same year, he was elected a member of the Nigerian Federal Parliament, then based in Lagos. He was elected on the platform of United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC).
He was reelected in 1964, and from then until 15 January 1966, when General Yakubu Gowon took power in a coup.
Lar served as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He was also a Junior Minister in the Federal Ministry of establishments.
After the coup of 1966, Lar attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating in 1970 with an LLB and being called to the bar in 1971.
He established a private legal practice, and was co-founder and first National Secretary of the Nigerian Legal Aid Association.
He was a member of the Constituent Assembly (1977–1978) and vice-chairman of the Justice Ayo Irikefe panel that recommended expanding Nigeria from 12 to 19 states.
At the start of the Second Republic, Lar was a co-founder of the Nigerian People’s Party and won the governorship election in Plateau State in 1979.
After the military coup in December 1983, he was sentenced to 88 years in prison by a military tribunal, serving his term first in Jos and then in Kirikiri in Lagos. He was released by another military regime.
During the Nigerian Third Republic, Lar was a supporter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He was appointed Minister of Police Affairs by the government of General Sani Abacha, later resigning when he realized Abacha was not serious about restoring democracy.
In a condolence message, President Goodluck Jonathan described Lar’s death as an ‘immense national loss’.
The president sent condolences to the Lar Family, Governor Jonah Jang, the people of Plateau State, the people of the Middle Belt and all others “for whom Chief Solomon was a much beloved, charismatic and inspirational political leader.”
Jonathan urged the people “to take solace in the knowledge that Chief Lar lived a long and most fulfilled life, and that his immense contributions to communal, state and national development have assured him of a place amongst the eternal heroes of the Nigerian nation”.
He said Lar will always be remembered for the exemplary humility, great vision, wisdom and maturity which he brought to political leadership in Nigeria for over 50 years as a legislator, executive governor, party leader and highly revered elder statesman.
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Landlord’s daughter abducted, impregnated by tenant
October 10, 2013 by Eniola Akinkuotu 26 Comments
The
Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 37-year-old man, Ajibola
Idowu, for allegedly kidnapping the daughter of his landlord for three
years. The suspect was also said to have forcefully impregnated the
victim, Modupe Brown, during captivity.
The police told PUNCH Metro that after Brown had given birth to the child, Ajibola refused to allow the child access to immunisation.
As a result, the child was said to have contracted polio disease and subsequently became crippled.
Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, told PUNCH Metro that Ajibola, was arrested along with his mother, Ebun, who allegedly conspired with him to commit the act.
He said, “Brown, a 400 level student of
Business Administration at the Lagos State University, was kidnapped by
Ajibola who kept her in captivity with his family for “three years
between 2010 and 2013.
“On September 19, 2013, policemen from
Area E Command, went to the Sagamu area of Ogun State to rescue the
victim and also arrested the mother of the abductor, who watched over
the victim. Ajibola was later arrested in the Idumota area of Lagos
Island.
“During the three years, Ajibola kept
Brown in three locations -Oshogbo, Osun State, where she spent six
months; Bariga, Lagos, where she spent six months; and Sagamu, Ogun
State, where she spent about two years.
“Ajibola forcefully impregnated Brown
while in captivity. She delivered a baby girl, who later became deformed
as a result of Ajibola’s refusal to have the baby immunised against the
Polio virus.”
While speaking with our correspondent,
Brown described her ordeal in the hands of her abductor as a journey
through the valley of the shadow of death. She said she was abducted at
her father’s house in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.
She said, “I can’t even remember how he
kidnapped me. All I know is that he held me captive for three years.
It’s as if I was under a spell. Even when I was going to give birth, he
did not allow me to go to a hospital. The baby was delivered at home and
he was the one giving me medication.
“Even one day, when state officials came
to the area to immunise children, he said he would not allow the child
to be immunised, saying the drugs had been poisoned. Once, when I tried
to leave, he threatened to kill me.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that during
her time in captivity, the victim’s parents, who are retired civil
servants, searched hospitals, mortuaries, police stations and churches
for her all to no avail.
The victim’s father, Idowu Brown, said
he had no clue that Ajibola was the abductor. He said, “I never knew it
was Ajibola that kidnapped my daughter. He was my tenant for six years
and greeted me every day. We even used to share jokes. He was aware that
I had been looking “for my daughter for three years but he never said
anything.
“When we could not find her, I reported
the matter at FESTAC Police Division. It was in September this year that
we heard from our daughter for the first time. She told us that she was
in Sagamu and my wife went there.
“There we met Ajibola’s mother. That was how we found out that he (tenant) was the one behind the whole thing.”
The suspects however denied abducting
the landlord’s daughter. Ajibola’s mother claimed her son and Brown were
lovers, who decided to elope, maintaining that the case was not an
abduction.
She said, “They were lovers. I never got
involved in their matter until the child was born. I went to stay with
them for about seven months to take care of the child, who was very ill.
A few months after I left, they moved in with me at my three-bedroom
house at Sagamu because they had been evicted.
“Ajibola was not staying with us because
his business was in Lagos but I was with Brown “most of the time. Many
times, I would ask her about her parents and when I could meet them but
she kept on giving silly excuses until the day her mother came to my
house with policemen.”
Ajibola, who is into satellite dish
installation, said the plan to elope was hatched by Brown who paid N200,
000 into his bank account. The money was said to have been meant for
her school project.
He said he could not understand why she would make such allegations against him.
“I did not kidnap her; we were lovers
and decided to elope. Even when she was at my house, she used to make
calls to her relatives telling them that she was alright,” he said.
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