Orijo Reporter

In what can be described as extreme case of sexual perversion, a man has subjected a 13-year-old girl to a terrible show of his machismo by continuously having sex with her for two weeks.

The girl, Faith (surname withheld) is in primary six in a public school at Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State.

Investigations revealed that the amorous game must have been going on for long before the two weeks’  “sabbatical” when the immoral act became a daily routine.

It was gathered that the young girl had before now been playing truancy forcing the Head Mistress of her school to alert her parents and she was cautioned. Thereafter she attended school regularly for about two weeks before she again became truant.

Narrating her ordeal, Faith who looks younger than her age said the man she simply identified as Edwin lured her to his shop one day, entertained her with juice and thereafter he started caressing her. And later slept with her.

She added that she was scared and terrified but the man would not leave her and instead caressed her and later laid her on her back, removed her clothes and had sex with her.

After the sexual escapade, she said, the man gave her N100.

The man later cajoled her into coming to his shop during school hours as a result of which she was absent from school for complete two weeks.

She said “He told me that if I tell anybody, I would die. Or he will send people to go and kill me when I am passing by. That was why I was afraid to tell anybody.”

According to her, the man used to have sex with her in his shop and after school hours he would release her to go home telling her to come back the following day. As usual, he always gave her a parting gift of N100.

“He always gave me N100 after having sex with me. He also used to buy food for me when I was with him”, she added.

It was gathered that once the man wanted to commence his diabolical act, he normally bribed a woman who sells orange beside his shop and the woman would leave.

The bubble however burst last week Friday after the school invited the girl’s parents to inquire about what was happening to their daughter as she had not been in school for two weeks running.

It was learnt that her parents were surprised to hear the allegation and they told the Head Mistress (HM) that it could not have been true because she left home every day in school uniform and other materials.

Since the day was Thursday, she told  her parents  the following day being Friday, that they should ensure that the moment she was through with her school preparation and about to leave home they should grab her and bundle her to her office to come and explain herself.

The game worked, as Faith was face-to-face with the school head the following day.

After interrogation in the presence of her parents, the fear of her HM overwhelmed her and she said it all.

She was said to have felt remorseful that she could not hold back anything from what transpired between her and Edwin.

Her father (name withheld) was also downcast on hearing the confession of her daughter.

He lamented that the man wanted to ruin her life praying that he should leave his daughter alone.

When orijoreporter met the man whose name is Edwin (surname withheld) in his shop on Thursday, he admitted knowing the girl but denied ever having sexual intercourse with her.

He also said the only time he gave the girl money was on Friday when he gave her N50.

“I swear God knows I don’t have anything with this girl. If I have anything with her, anything I am looking for in this world I should not get it”, the man who said he was 47 and married with four kids swore.

Renowed world evangelist and founder of the World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry (WOSEM), Prophet Timothy Oluwole Obadare, of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) worldwide is dead.

The clergyman died on Thursday in his residence, No 65-67, Adinlewa Street, Akure at the age of 83.

Famous for performing miracles at evangelism grounds and on his television programmes, Prophet Obadare was blind for most part of his life. From Ilesa in Osun State, Obadare said he was not born blind but became blind when he fell ill at a tender age.

Confirming the development, one of the sons of the deceased, Joseph, said his father died in the afternoon of Thursday. He, however, said further details about the death of the man of God would be made known by the eldest son of the deceased who was said to be on his way back to Nigeria from the United States of America. The young Obadare said, “It is a fact that Baba has passed unto glory but I am not in a position to give details of the development. When my brother comes back, he will give the necessary information as he is in the best position to talk.”

No fewer than 20 teenagers in two public secondary schools in Ogun State have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for cultism and breach of peace.

The Public Relations Officer  of the Corps, Kareem  Olanrewaju,  who disclosed this to newsmen in  Abeokuta, yesterday, said seven of the students  were arrested  at  Nazareth  High School in Imeko in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of  the State while 11 were nabbed at Lisabi High School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

According to Olanrewaju, the seven secondary school students arrested in Imeko were caught while they were initiating some students into cultism on Tuesday while the 11 students of LisabiHigh School were apprehended, yesterday.

“These seven students of Nazareth were arrested at the school premises while they were initiating new members into cultism by making incisions on their bodies.

“We also arrested 11 students of LisabiHigh School for conducting themselves in a way that breached peace in the School.”

Asked if the command would charge them to court for the alleged crime, the NSCDC spokesman said the students would not be charged to court because of their age, which he described as non-prosecutable.

He said: “We will not charge them to court because of their age. They are under aged and cannot be prosecuted. The command will meet with the Ministry of Education in the state to decide what to do to with them.”

“We observed that, they have been misguided, now that they have been caught, there is need to guide them, we will give them right knowledge.

“We want the government to introduce Civic Education in secondary schools so as to reduce the level of immorality amongst our Children.

“We have discovered in the cause of our investigation  that parents  are not contributing  enough to better the future  of their Children, rather they  have devoted  much of the  time to other things.

There were indications, yesterday, that the Boko Haram sect might have infiltrated Lagos State, following raid of a building in Ijora Badia area of Lagos, suspected to have been used as a hideout by the suspected terrorists.

Arrested in the Lagos building were two persons; a Chadian simply identified as Aminu and another man from the northern part of the country whose identity could not be ascertained.

Recovered at the end of the raid carried out by a combined team of Operation Messa, OP MESSA and personnel of the Department of State Security, DSS were AK 47 riffles and some explosives said to have been hidden on the ceiling.

It was gathered that the operatives stormed the building following information on a terror network coordinated by Iranians in Lagos.

The suspects were said to have been immediately whisked into the operatives’ van which headed straight to the airport, enroute Abuja.

Investigation revealed that the suspects moved into the building located on 24 Oyegbemi Street last month. Their movement reportedly aroused suspicion from residents of the area who alerted security operatives.

Residents of the area said that the operatives stormed the building, a bungalow at about 6am and arrested the Chadian, Aminu.

They reportedly came again at noon. “This time, they went round the entire vicinity and arrested some other persons”, a resident said.

The suspects as gathered occupied three rooms in the building. “But we became suspicious following unusual movements in and around the building, with most of the visitors carrying bags. As you can see, the building is located close to this drainage and with the location of the place, nobody was sure of what they were into, until today (yesterday)”, another resident said.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, warned Nigerians on the indiscriminate use of tinted glasses in the country.

In a press release signed by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba the police said it has observed with grave concern, the alarming abuse and unlawful use of tinted glasses by many motorists.

The police also condemned the plying of highways with unregistered/unlicensed vehicles by some vehicle owners across the country, despite repeated warnings by the police authority an occurrence it said has the capacity, not only to heighten criminal activities, but to place unnecessary pressure on security agencies and law abiding citizens.

Mr. Mba adds that “in view of the potential danger posed by the indiscriminate use of tinted glasses and unregistered/unlicensed vehicles, corroborated by recent security reports that criminal elements, including suspected terrorists, now hide under the cover of the use of the afore mentioned types of vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles to execute their nefarious trade, the IGP wishes to remind Nigerians from all walks of life, including politicians, military and security personnel, that the ban on unlawful and indiscriminate use of tinted glasses and legislation forbidding the plying of unregistered vehicles on our highways, are still very much in force.”

In the light of this the inspector general of police has directed all zonal AIG’s and state command commissioners of police to arrest and bring to book, in line with extant laws, all defaulters.

 Emotion ran high, Wednesday, at the Oduduwa office of the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ikeja, following a startling revelation by a seven-year-old girl of how her father had been having carnal knowledge of her since she was six.

Aside this, her 49-year-old father, Sylvester Ehijire, who was paraded before newsmen, was also alleged to have had carnal knowledge of his one-year, three month-old grand daughter, in their one-room apartment at 13, Kolawole Street, Ejigbo.

The seven-year-old girl (names withheld) told a bewildered crowd that her father usually committed the sacrilege whenever her mother was away.

According to the primary three pupil, “every time my mother was not at home, my father will call me, dip his finger into my anus and his manhood inside my virginal. He would then promise to buy me biscuit and toy cars if I did not tell anybody. There is no Sunday that he did not do it.”

He threatened to blind me if I tell my mother

Asked why she did not tell her mother, she replied: “Anytime I wanted to tell my mother, he would hold my mouth and remind me of the things he promised me. But I would challenge him that he had never bought any of the things for me. At times when he finished and I threatened to tell my mother, he would tell me he would pluck out my eyes if I told anyone.

“Sometimes, he would even beat me whenever I attempted to open my mouth and also beat my mother with cane.”

Her 45-year-old mother, Mrs. Ehijire, who hails from Iseleuku, Delta State, corroborated her daughter’s claim, disclosing that the abominable act became known in 2006 when her first child, (now married) informed her that her father had been having carnal knowledge of her.

“I travelled to Abuja for a catering job because I am a caterer. At about 1 a.m that fateful day, my daughter called me to say she had just been raped by her father. Then, she was 17 years old. I had to leave the job and travel back to Lagos the next day.  I informed my husband’s parents but all of a sudden my in-laws turned against me, saying I was lying.

“This continued until I could no longer bear it. I had to leave the house with my children in 2007. But I came back in 2011, after entreaties by my in-laws.

“Since then, I did not know he was still doing it until my seven-year-old daughter told me, saying he even threatened to blind her if she opened up to anyone.

“When I confronted him, he started beating me. I went to his family members at Okota to report again but they did not do anything.

“The height of the abominable act happened last Wednesday after when I returned home to meet my one-year three-month-old grand-daughter crying.

“In a bid to pacify the baby, I took her to the backyard for a bath only to discover that her pampers was stained with blood and semen.

“At that point, I screamed and alerted my co- tenants. That was the last straw. I quickly rushed to the Ejigbo police station to report the case.”

Asked why she did not make an effort to protect her female children against such abuse, she explained that after reconciling with her husband in 2007, she usually left her daughter and grand-daughter in a crèche until her return at about 6 p.m.

She said: “I gave a clear instruction to the proprietress never to allow anyone pick the children but me. But last Wednesday, I was told my husband went there and requested to pick them. Even when they resisted, he picked quarrel with them, asking if he had no right to pick his children.

“When I asked my seven-year-old daughter what happened thereafter, she told me that on reaching home, the father sent her and her elder brother who is nine to go and buy bread. She said when they returned, they met the net-door locked.

“While they were waiting for their father to open the door, the baby was yelling inside. Neighbours at this point became suspicious because they were aware of his antecedents. They started banging on the door.

“When my husband opened the door, they said he was sweating. One of them asked him to bring the baby and he did. They tried to pacify her to no avail. Can you imagine that my baby started crying from 3 p.m until 6 p.m when I returned.”

Medical test

To ascertain the claim, policemen at Ejigbo reportedly took both children to the hospital where the medical result made available to journalists showed that both of them had their hymen broken.

While the report of the seven-year-old read: “normal virginal and vulva, broken hymen (dis-virgined), that of the one-year three month-old baby read: “bruised perineum, hymen broken, absent.”

My wife is lying – Accused

But when approached, Ehijire who hails from Uhumwonde area of EdoState, denied the claim, saying it was a mere ploy by his wife to ruin him.

He said: “She is only doing this because I am jobless. I used to be a truck driver. But when the truck engine had problem, I started staying at home. This was exactly what happened to our first daughter who is now married. My wife told the children to lie against me. I did not do it.

“What happened was that last Wednesday, I was at home when my two children came back from school. I told them to show me the creche where the baby was kept and I went to bring her, with the hope that I was helping my wife.”

He, however, told some journalists in confidence that “I swear I did not know what is wrong with me. I believe this is not real. I believe something above the natural is using me to achieve its devilish purpose.”

A mild drama, however, ensued when all of a sudden his wife started pleading on his behalf, after she over-heard the command’s spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, briefing journalists on the legal implication of the man’s act if he is found culpable.

At that point, Mrs. Ehijire said she did not want her husband dead. “If he dies it will affect me as well. I want him to be dealt with and not be killed,” she said.

But Braide hinted that the suspect would be charged to court soon.

President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Israel on Wednesday had an embarrassing setback when his armored limousine broke down on the way to the airport.

The custom General Motors Cadillac limo was relegated to a pick-up truck after the driver accidentally put gas (petrol) in the engine instead of diesel. Mr. Obama arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday afternoon local time, and earlier that morning, the limo that was designated to his hotel was unable to move after the driver made the silly mistake.

Local news reports alleged that it was the President’s limo that was shipped over from Washington that broke down so he was forced to use the second vehicle that they brought over from the U.S.

Since the car was not able to take him from the airport, thankfully Obama was always scheduled to leave the airport via helicopter in order to avoid passing through the Palestinian checkpoints that interrupt the route from Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem.

The United States Secret Service put out a statement about the incident, saying that it was a situation where it pays for them to be prepared.

On his arrival, Obama and his host, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke of the “unbreakable” bond between their two countries, after the president arrived in Israel on Wednesday.

The Muslim community in the ancient town of Arigidi Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government area of Ondo state was thrown into mourning in the early hours of Monday, following the untimely death of a couple  whose cause of death was yet to be unraveled.

As the news of the death of Alhaji Awogbemi Akadiri and Busili Awogbemi who were husband and wife and devout Muslims got to town, youths and elders of the community expressed shock and disbelief.

A source in the town said the couple who lived at Agbaluku Street in the town, ate pigeon pea with pap for dinner on Sunday evening before going to bed but did not wake up the following day.

The late Alhaji Awogbemi, 55, who was said to be a member of a Muslim group known as Nasfat in the town and a school teacher at Holy Rosary Primary school in the community and his wife, Busili were said to have displayed no sign of sickness the previous days before the mysterious incident.

According to the source, “Nobody could believe what happened because on Sunday, we saw both of them hale and hearty and there was no sign that such a thing would happen. It is still a mystery to everybody in the town.”

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Wole Ogodo said the police command was still investigating the matter.

A mother, Mrs. Zuwaira Yakubu, and her five children were burnt to death in the early hours of Tuesday in Danbaba village, near Birnin Yero in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

An eyewitness disclosed this, yesterday, when Governor Mukhtar Yero of KadunaState paid a condolence visit to the bereaved family.

The father of the children, Imam Yakubu, was too distraught to speak.

The eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the fire occurred when Zuwaira carried a kerosene lantern close to a generator.

He said the fire razed the house completely.

The governor directed that the burnt house be rebuilt.

He also ordered that a well be provided for the family.

Yero told newsmen that the visit was to commiserate with the family and the people of the village on the “tragic” loss.

“I came here to commiserate and console the man who lost his wife and five children to the fire accident on Tuesday.

“Kaduna State Government will rebuild the house that was burnt; government will also dig a well for the family.”

NIGERIA Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nasarawa State Command, on Monday, arrested 62 fake corps members at another fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp at Tammah village, in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the fake orientation camp was to operate for just one day, in which all the fake corps members would take their photographs with both the NYSC vested crest and other kits and were likely to be issued fake certificates forthwith for future references.

Parading the suspects, 44 females and 18 males, the state commandant, Mr. Andekin Amos Musa, said the arrest was made possible through the routine surveillance of members of the state command, adding that four drivers, who convened them to the village and one of the photographers assigned for the illicit job, were also arrested.

According to him: “The suspected fake corps members were arrested at the outskirt of Nasarawa town near the Government Secondary School, and investigations are still on, as they will be charged to court immediately after investigations.

“Our investigations thus far revealed that one Mr. Chinedu, was the coordinator and director of the fake camp.

“Further investigations revealed that the suspected  fake corps members paid money ranging from N120,000 to N200,000  before they were admitted to the camp. “I want to warn parents and guardians to monitor their children and wards very closely, so as to curb their excesses,” he added.

In an interview with newsmen, some of the suspects, who were alleged to be running evening classes at the University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State capital, lamented that they were lured into it, saying, “we were not aware it is fake due to our desperation to get job after the education, because without the NYSC certificate, we may not get a job in the future.”

It will be recalled that the command had paraded fake corps members, who were arrested at two different fake camps in preparations for induction and orientation in the outskirt of the state, recently.

United States’ richest man, Mr. Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled March 27  official visit to Nigeria in response to the controversial pardon granted by President Goodluck Jonathan to two ex-convicts, former Bayelsa State governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and former managing director of the Bank of the North (now Unity Bank Plc) Alhaji Shettima Bulama.

Gates was due in Nigeria on March 27 and 28 to meet Jonathan, state governors and officials of the Federal Ministry of Health concerning the aggressive polio eradication campaign the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is undertaking in the country.

The trip, authoritative diplomatic sources said, has now been cancelled, two days after the US government expressed disappointment with its Nigerian counterpart for pardoning convicted money launderers and warned it might cut aid meant for the country.

One of the sources also said, “I can confirm to you that Gates won’t be coming as scheduled. The body language of Washington, DC, does not support his travelling to Nigeria.  The thinking here is that the Nigerian government has high tolerance level for corruption and should be ostracized in all ways possible.”

Gates was further said to have instructed his staff to inform the Nigerian presidency, the secretariat of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Federal Ministry of Health that he was no longer coming.

The controversial pardon granted Alamieyeseigha and Bulama had led to a diplomatic row between Nigeria and the US.

Gates is the biggest foreign supporter of the campaign to eradicate polio in Nigeria and has worked consistently with the federal government since 2009 on the matter. His foundation has developed a six-year strategy through 2018 that will help combat polio in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan and has set aside $1billion per annum for the purpose.

About $500 billion had been lost to corruption in the country from 1960 till date. This was the submission of former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi during the one day Minna National Discourse on corruption.

According to the former envoy, the raising insecurity in some parts of the north, the militancy in the south- south and the kidnapping for ransom in the south-east are all the consequences of the high level of corruption that has rocked the nation for many years.

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido, who chaired the event, told the gathering that contrary to the wide held belief, corruption is not the greatest problem confronting the country but the lack of general framework for accountability in all sphere of our national life.

Also speaking at the event, the Minister and deputy chairman National Planning Commission, Shamsudeen Usman noted that until the issue of corruption is tackled headlong, the nation’s Vision 202020 would just be a mirage.

He however gave some suggestions on how corruption can be eradicated in the country

Also speaking the Governor of Rivers state and chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, Chibuke Amaechi blamed the high level of insecurity in the country to the corruption of the ruling class.

While for the Governor of Niger state, Muazu Aliyu, corruption arises because there is surplus money available to politicians.

The inaugural Minna National Discourse on Corruption has as its theme; Confronting Trends of Indiscipline, Corruption and Disregard For Rules and Regulations in Nigeria.

The discourse held in Minna, the Niger state capital.