We Can Still Extradite Kashamu To Face Drugs-Related Charges – NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has described as false the claim by the senator representing Ogun-East senatorial district, Buruji Kashamu, that a court had perpetually restrained the Federal Government from extraditing him to the United States of America to face drugs-related charges.

This was contained in a counter-affidavit filed by the NDLEA before a Federal High Court in Abuja to oppose the contempt proceedings initiated by Kashamu against the agency and other respondents.

Kashamu had filed the contempt suit before Justice Gabriel Kolawole against the Chairman of NDLEA, the NDLEA itself and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.


He anchored the contempt suit on an allegation that the three respondents were taking steps to extradite him to the USA in disobedience to various court orders.

Justice Kolawole had last year struck out the extradition proceedings initiated by the then Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, against Kashamu.

The decision by Justice Kolawole was based on the previous rulings of the Lagos Divisions of the Federal High Court which had ruled against the planned extradition.

But the NDLEA, in a counter-affidavit deposed to by one of its litigation officers, Mr. Rifkatu Barde, said the court orders referred to by the senator did not prevent the respondents from taking lawful steps to extradite him.

The counter-affidavit read in part, “The respondents cannot be restrained perpetually from arresting the applicant. What the respondents are hereby restrained from doing, that is, assuming they can even act on any application for his extradition – having regard to the substantive judgment, is unlawful arrest or abduction without a warrant duly issued in line with the Extradition Act as amended.

“The decision of the court in the case of Kashamu did not shut the door to any lawful steps that may be subsequently taken to extradite him pursuant to the Extradition Act Cap. E, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”

The agency stated that Kashamu had been using false text messages to mislead the court and that the call log which he claimed to have obtained from a service provider did not support his claim about the alleged attempt to forcefully abduct him and ferry him to the USA to face drug charges.

The NDLEA, however, stated that the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court had only ruled in favour of Kashamu in 2010 to the effect that any plan to extradite him by the Attorney General of the Federation and the NDLEA to the USA must be in compliance with the Extradition Act, 2004.

The agency explained that it was not a respondent to a suit with No. FHC/ABJ/CS/479/2015 which Kashamu alleged was disobeyed.

The counter-affidavit also read, “That Hon. Justice E. O. Abang, in his judgment in suit No. FHC//L/CS/49/2010, clearly stated that the delicate aspect of this case which the court must be extremely be careful with is that the allegations contained in the petitions against the applicant border on allegations of commission of criminal offences by the applicant.

“That police or any security agency cannot be restrained from discharging their statutory duties, a court of law cannot restrain the police or security agencies from discharging their statutory functions.”

The agency also stated that Kashamu “is in the habit of indulging in deliberate distortion of facts to mislead the courts and overreach the course of justice by distorting facts and tendering enrolled orders as opposed to full judgment of courts.”

Kashamu was represented by his lawyer, Mr. Raphael Oluyede, when the matter came up before Justice Kolawole on Thursday.

The NDLEA, which was represented by Mr. Mike Kassa, notified the court of its counter-affidavit.

The AGF’s lawyer, Mr. Agbaji Ochai, also said he had filed a similar court process.

The judge then fixed February 16, 2017 for hearing in the case.

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NFF Thanks Buhari For Interfering, But Failed To Mention When They Will Be Paid

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed heartfelt appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) for directing that players and officials of African champions, Super Falcons be paid within days, following the team’s protest at the Three Arms Zone on Wednesday.

“We are grateful to the Presidency for the prompt action, and we believe this will put the minds of the players at rest. It has been a very difficult time for the NFF; no official of the Federation was happy that the players and officials could not be paid their entitlements immediately after the tournament.

“It is not as if the Federation did not plan to pay the players and officials their entitlements. The NFF expected some money from a number of sources but this did not work out. They are champions and deserve to be treated as such; there are no doubts about that,” Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Media and Communications, said on Thursday.


Olajire also stated that there was no time the NFF directed that the players should be ejected from their Agura Hotel, and decried claims that no official went to see the players at the hotel.

“The NFF is at the receiving end of all these, but at the end of the day, fair is fair. Before they left for Cameroon, the country’s Vice President went to meet with them at a training session. Also, despite the difficulties, the Federation was able to make the sum of $5,000 available to the Team Administrator for logistics. The NFF President personally visited the team and prayed with them.

Ex-Delta Beauty Queen sends thugs to attack her Husband's friend (photos)

"My Name is Okorodudu Anthony Ejomafuvwe, I hail from Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state.

Here is what happened to me...

 I visited a friend in Ghana called TONY IGBIWU and I've stayed with him now for a month and 3 weeks, i went there for 3 months vacation. My eldest brother stays here too but I decide to stay with him. When I entered Ghana, I located the nearest police station and made them aware of my presence in the country, I showed them my Identity Card as a uniform man that I am in my country Nigeria.

And for the past 2 weeks now, his wife has been acting funny and been asked me to always give her space which I did.

 
I was driving the wife along Spintex road in Ghana and she told me that she'll black-mail me in the country and I laughed about it, and told her it won't happen, she replied saying "WE SHALL SEE".

The husband has two houses in Ghana, 1 is at Spintex road and the other at Teshe Rasta Police Post. 

He has up to 8 boys under him. His uncle is the Chief Judge in Asaba, Delta state. 

One of the boys in his other house at Spintex called Julius also had issues with the wife too, and I keep telling that boy to go and apologize to the wife because she and her husband are good people and he shouldn't do anything to offend them. And the boy yield to my advice, and tried making peace with the wife but she kept laying courses on the boy. 

When the same boy told me, I asked him to calm down and wait till the husband return from Nigeria so that all issues will be sorted out.

The husband returned but no issue was discussed. Just yesterday, the husband traveled to Nigeria and the wife went to her shop. Few hours later, the wife drove in with some other boys and they brought out that same Julius from the car; they've beaten him up and n*ked him.

I came down stairs and asked what happened that warrant such beating on that boy, before I could complete my statement they faced me and they started beating me up with all sort of things. Some of the things they used on me was Bottle, Shovel, Ply wood, Cable Wires, Broken Tiles. 

I begged for my life and God helped me out. All conversation i had with that boy is on whatsapp and my phone is with the wife even as we speak. I was able to remove some pieces of bottles from my head while I was bathing. The wife took a video coverage of all what happened yesterday and it has been more than 24hours now, but the Ghanian police hasn't done anything yet about the case reported to them.

The name of the wife is Elo, she was the winner of Miss Delta, 2010. I've reported to the police but they know him (my friend) too well, he do give them some tips and because of that, nothing has been done about the issue.

His wife's mother lives at the end of Oba group in Udu road, Ovwian delta state.

Justice must be done. The other boy that was also beaten has been locked in one of the rooms inside the house. I was able to get hold of my computer and send my Eldest Brother a message on facebook and he sent people to come rescue me out of the house.

I did not steal from him (my friend), nor do I have anything to do with his wife but he treated me this way. I have rescued him from lots of police case in Nigeria, and when I visited him, he decided to treat me this way. 

Mr Tony Igbiwu always say that when a man has money, he is never scared of problems and now he brought those same words to me. I won't let him go with this. If the Law cannot do anything, then nature will take its course.

Some of the names of the boys that attacked me are;

Timothy (His username on facebook is DB Paris Teenine), Silver, Rawlins, Samuel and Tabansii (His username on facebook is Chif Mena Tabansii).

I need justice for what my friend's wife did to me and he's supporting her."

- when you noticed your friend's wife doesn't want you in her husband's house, you should have left.

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Man Arraigned For Stealing 100 Live Turkeys, 40 Cockerels

                            


A 24-year-old man, Joseph Onafusi, was yesterday taken before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan for allegedly stealing 100 live turkeys and 40 cockerels.

Onafusi of unknown address, faced a three-count charge of conspiracy, false entering and stealing.

The prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Fatola, told the court that the accused allegedly entered a house belonging to one Olufemi Fabunmi, to commit the offences.

Fatola said: “Onafusi and others now at large, between February and November, stole 100 live turkeys valued at N1.5 million, property of one Mr. Abiodun Ezekiel of Atere Layout, Agara, Odo Eja, Ibadan.


“The accused and his accomplice also on December 3, at about 6:45p.m., stole 40 cockerels valued at N260,000, property of Omosola Poultry Farm of Ologede, New Garage, Ibadan.”

The offences contravened Sections 390 (9) and 412 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. II Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

The accused, however, pleaded guilty to the charge of false entering and pleaded not guilty to counts two and three, bordering on stealing.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Abdulateef Adebisi, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. Adebisi ordered that the sureties must be blood relations of the accused and adjourned the case till January 6, 2017 for hearing.

Lionel Messi reportedly set to marry the mother of his kids, Antonella Roccuzzo

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is reportedly set to marry his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo next summer.
The wedding is expected to take place in their native city of Rosario in Argentina where they met as children through Lucas Scaglia, Antonella’s footballer cousin and a close friend of Messi.

Local journalist Juan Pablo Varsky broke the news on Wednesday on a radio programme.


City newspaper La Capital said it had confirmed the union with a relative of the footballer’s who told them: “It’s true, there’ll be a wedding the middle of next year."

Leo’s birthday of June 24 is already being talked about as the most likely date.

Messi is expected to return to Rosario around June 12 next year after completing a tour with his club.

The entire Barcelona squad is expected to be invited to the wedding along with some ex-players and most of Argentina’s national squad.

The city cathedral is being touted as a possible venue for the wedding with the subsequent party expected to take place at the Messi family home in Arroyo Seco near Rosario overlooking the Parana River.

There has been no official confirmation yet from Antonella and Leo, who started dating in 2008 and have two children Thiago, 4, and Mateo, one.

The 29-year-old footballer, one year older than his long-term partner, first met supermarket owner’s daughter Antonella when he was nine.

He used to write love letters to her as a teenager but they didn’t formalise their relationship until he was 21.

They didn’t confirm they were dating until 2010 when Antonella travelled to Barcelona for the first time and moved in with her boyfriend.

They became inseparable after the death of a friend of Antonella’s in a road traffic accident shortly before she left Rosario for a new life in Spain.

Man, 46, Bags 14 Years Jail Term For Raping 8-Year Old

                      

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, yesterday, sentenced a 46-year-old man, Salisu Abdullahi, to 14 years in jail for raping a minor.

The presiding judge, Justice J. K. Omotosho, said that the court was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the convict carried out the act and convicted him without an option of fine.

Salisu Abdullahi was arraigned on charges that has root in illicit sexual intercourse with an eight-year-old girl (names withheld). National Agency for the Prohibition in Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, had arraigned the convict on a one-count charge, stating that the convict acted in a manner that contravened the provision of Section 16 of NAPTIP Enforcement and Administration Act, the court heard.

However, counsel to the convict, Mr. Jamilu Ahmed, urged the court to tamper justice with mercy in view of the fact that his client was a first offender. Ahmed told the court that the convict is married with children, adding that he has an aged mother, who all depend on him for livelihood, noting that Salisu is remorseful and “has been in custody for close to one year.”

Delivering his judgement, Justice J. K. Omotsho resented the unrepentant attitude of the convict, while the trial lasted. He ordered Salisu to proceed to serve 14 years in jail without an option of fine and also ordered the convict to pay N2 million fine

Woman Delivers Baby With Two Heads In Lagos

            
A new baby delivered on Tuesday at a hospital in Ogudu on the outskirts of Lagos, has left many in shock. It has two heads with oxygen tube strapped on each, a neck, chest, two legs and two hands.

Doctors at Med-In Specialist Hospital, Osogbo Street, Ogugu, Lagos, who took the delivery, said the baby was born around 6:30pm on Tuesday through an elective caesarean section.

The baby's mother, surgeon and nurses entered the theatre prepared to take delivery of a set of twins as indicated by the various scans she underwent in the course of the pregnancy.

But what they saw were two heads sharing a body.

At the hospital yesterday, it was gathered that the baby was resuscitated and transferred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for advance care.

According to one of the nurses who was in the delivery room, they had prepared two cots for each of the twins but were shocked when they saw that they were conjoined.

“This is the first time I am seeing anything like this. I have watched it in movies but seeing it in real life was such an experience for me. Thankfully, the surgeon ensured that the baby survived.

“As I speak to you, the mother doesn’t know the condition of the babies. She still believes and expects to carry her twins. We haven’t told her yet. Only her husband was brought into the theatre to see his child(ren) and he was the one who went with the doctors to LUTH,” said the nurse.

In medical parlance, the condition is known as Parapagus. It is a rare form of partial twinning where there are two heads and two necks side by side on one torso. Such cases are rampant in India.

Doctors say they cannot be separated since they have only one pair of arms and one pair of legs and one heart. This disorder is different from conjoined twins as the baby has only one set of internal organs. The extremely rare case is thought to be brought on during the early stages of pregnancy as a result of genetic mutation.

Med-In Hospital Manager, Mr Dare Moses told The Nation that the baby was taken to LUTH so that tests can be conducted to ascertain if they share also vital organs like hearts and lungs.

He said: “There is need to find out if they share major organs together. They may have to be flown abroad for separation if they have separate hearts and other vital organs. It is possible for them to survive. I have seen cases of twins like this in movie surviving and living normal lives.

“Normally, when we have cases of pregnant woman expecting twins, we usually go for elective caesarean, which was what the mother opted for.

“But when the doctor was trying to extract one of the babies (first one), it got stuck and when he examined further, he discovered that there were two heads in one body. We are happy that the baby was delivered alive and placed on oxygen. Both heads were alive.

“It was really amazing. I am proud and thankful that we delivered the baby alive. Yes, several scans were done by the mother in the course of pregnancy at different places, but none discovered any abnormality. We are thankful that the operation was successful.”

According to a doctor, who refused to be named, the babies were meant to come as identical twins and must have shared the same sac and placenta.

She said: “Nobody can specifically say the reason for the condition. At different stages during pregnancies twins divide but these ones didn’t divide fully. We can’t really say if they have only two pairs of legs and hands, there’s a possibility the other pairs are inside. We don’t know yet.

“There are so many things we can’t really determine physically. That’s why several scans would be conducted, including CT Scans, to know their exact condition and the best option.

“It is a situation that would be best managed abroad as it requires the putting together of a team of paediatric surgeons who must have the best facilities, which we do not have presently on Nigeria."

“We have good doctors but the materials are not there."

Rita Dominic, Adesua Etomi, Emem Isong, Alexx Ekubo and More Attend Premiere of Emem Isong’s “Ayamma”

Dec 13th was glitz as several celebrities graced the premiere of renowned Nollywood Producer, Emem Isong-Misodi’s, movie ‘Ayamma’ at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Rita Dominic, Adesua Etomi, Ijeoma Grace Agu, Blessing Egbe, Denrele Edun,  Alexx Ekubo, Mary Remmy Njoku, Funny Bone, Judith Audu, Tana Adelana, Toni Tones, Christina Martin, TK Ahmed, Chelsea Eze, Kiki Omeili, IK Ogbonna, Sambasa and so many others, were in attendance.

It was certainly a night of deep rooted culture, grass root appreciation and an atmosphere filled with laughter. Celebrities stormed the venue looking all glamorous and stunning in their different traditional attires.

The movie which is set in Akwa-Ibom under the production of Royal Arts Academy stars; tells the story of Prince Daraima (Wole Ojo), the fascinating heir to Obong Ikpaisong, who repeatedly dreams of Ihuoma (Adesua Etomi), poor but radiating maiden whose beauty is matched only by her voice. He is in love with the girl of his dreams. In the real world, Prince Daraima is set to marry Princess Ama (Tinsel star, Theresa Edem), the arrogant child to a neighbouring Monarch. Princess Ama observes her groom-to-be captivated by Iko and resolves to nip this obvious threat in the bud.

The movie which will be released in cinemas across Nigeria on Friday, December 23, 2016 stars talented actors such as Adesua Etomi, Wale Ojo, Ime Bishop Umoh, Theresa Edem, Majid Michel, Moses Armstrong and so many others.

“Ayamma is a beautiful story mixed with different features. It is a tale of love filled with music, dance, drama and comedy. It has depth of story, very informative and entertaining and not your usual shoddy old Nollywood classic. It definitely has the whole package. I encourage everyone to visit the cinema to watch the movie as it will start showing on Frday, December 23rd, 2016”, said Emem Isong.

See Photos from the Premiere below: