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Police call for calm amid explosion in Maitama

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Police call for calm amid explosion in Maitama

  • Wike orders LGs to form vigilance groups against kidnapping

Heavy explosion, yesterday, rocked Maitama, the heart of Abuja, sending panic across the city.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has, however, urged citizens not to panic as blast was due to an over-heated refuse bin.

Spokesperson for the command, Josephine Adeh, said: “The FCT Police Command, hereby, wishes to update the public on an alleged explosion on January 24, 2024, about 11.45p.m., near a refuse dump outside the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) premises in Maitama, Abuja.

“A rapid response team and members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit was deployed to assess the situation, and preliminary findings indicate than an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat, exploded, \causing injury to two of the refuse evacuators, who are receiving medical attention in Maitama General Hospital.”

Consequently, the command urged members of the public to refrain from using metal refuse bins. “Instead, we recommend the use of plastic or rubber containers for waste disposal, as they pose a reduced risk of incidents related to overheated metal refuse container,” she added.

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FOLLOWING incessant kidnap incidents in the FCT, the Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ordered vigilance teams to be established in the six area councils of the territory.

He also ordered members of such groups to be subjected to thorough profiling.

At a strategic security meeting with members of the FCT Council of Chiefs and council chairmen, yesterday, Wike said his administration would continue to work with the traditional rulers in ensuring fool-proof security for the nation’s capital.

He said: “We have asked all the area councils to set up vigilance teams, and we believe that those vigilance teams won’t be the ones perpetrating crimes. Therefore, they must be profiled, so that they are known. Who are they? Are they from our communities? So that we won’t say we want to solve a problem and then create another. They (chairmen) will have to do that with you (traditional rulers).

“We have told the police and other security agencies to itemise all their needs, and we are going to meet them, so that our people can sleep comfortably.”

Responding, the Chairman, FCT Council of Chiefs, Ona of Abaji, Adamu Yunusa, who said the minister was not new to governance or to Abuja, expressed optimism in his ability to turn around the fortunes of the territory.

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General Overseer arrested for allegedly defiling 3 minors, forcing them to swear by Bible

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May 9, 2024

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Olayinka Ajiboye

General Overseer arrested for allegedly defiling 3 minors, forcing them to swear by Bible

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara Command, has arrested a cleric identified Olayinka Ajiboye, for allegedly defiling three minors at Agah Village, Ilorin, South Local Government Area of Kwara.

Parading the suspect in Ilorin, the state capital on Thursday, May 9, the command Public Relations Officer, Ayooola Ishola, said the suspect specialises in harassing and sexually assaulting minors. Shola said that Ajiboye had been under the surveillance of the command, following several complaints about his nefarious activities.

“He was apprehended after a tip-off on Tuesday, and investigation conducted revealed that the suspect is the General Overseer of Divine Land of Joy Prayer Ministry, at Agah village. He had sexually assaulted several members of the church, as reported by the victims,”he said

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The PRO noted that one of the victims, (names witheld) reported the case at the Gender Unit of the command on April 3, revealing horrifying details of her ordeal.

“She disclosed that Ajiboye lured her into a house in Sango and sexually assaulted her, afterwards, compelled her to swear with the Holy Bible. He threatened her never to discuss the incident with anyone, or else, be ready to face fatal consequences,” he said.

Shola said that the second and third victims also revealed that the suspect cunningly raped them, forced one of them to terminate the pregnancy she had, and they should never report to anyone.

The State Commandant, Umar Mohammed, expressed concern over the infamous act and directed the Head of Gender Unit to conduct a detailed investigation and ensure that the suspect is prosecuted diligently.

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Cleric allegedly sets wife’s house ablaze following prayer disagreement in Ekiti

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May 9, 2024

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Ekiti State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu

Cleric allegedly sets wife’s house ablaze following prayer disagreement in Ekiti

An Ekiti-based Islamic cleric, Ahmed Ojo, has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to his wife’s residence in the Egbe Odo area of Isua Ijesa, Ekiti State, due to her refusal to participate in a late-night prayer with him.

According to Punch, the wife, Bosede Afolabi, revealed that the incident occurred on April 27 when her husband returned home and requested they observe a prayer around 11 pm, which she declined due to exhaustion.

Afolabi stated that her refusal angered her husband, leading to a disturbance that prompted her to seek the intervention of neighbors to calm him down.

Despite efforts to explain her fatigue after a stressful day at work, her husband remained unreceptive, and when she sensed his escalating violence, she sought refuge at a neighbor’s residence for the night.

She narrated further, “At about midnight, a girl from our neighbourhood came to knock on the house to inform us that my house was on fire and that it seemed my husband had set the house on fire.

“I and some neighbours rushed to the scene only to see that the whole building had been engulfed in fire. Before we could get help in putting the fire out, the building had been razed.

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“He was later caught and handed over to the police.”

She added that she remarried Ojo after her first husband passed away, and she has been accommodating him since they got married.

When asked if there had been recurring misunderstanding between them, Afolabi said they had no misunderstanding before the incident.

She, however, blamed her husband’s action on the influence of alcohol.

“What I observed that night was that he was drunk, which was why I tried to avoid the escalation of the disagreement that ensued on that fateful day. He often comes home drunk sometimes, but we have not had any serious misunderstanding in the past,” Afolabi noted.

She added that the incident had left her in a devastating situation due to the huge loss it had caused her.

“I have not been myself since the incident happened because of the loss it has caused me. I appeal to Nigerians to come to my aid,” she concluded.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, disclosed that the suspect is under investigation.

“The incident happened. The man has been arrested and he is currently undergoing investigation at the state’s CID,” Abutu said.

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Your husband is not your partner, he is the head – Daddy Freeze tells Nigerian women

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May 9, 2024

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Your husband is not your partner, he is the head – Daddy Freeze tells Nigerian women

Popular media personality Daddy Freeze has sparked controversy by declaring that a husband should not be viewed as a partner, but rather as the head of the household.

In a video shared online, he asserted that this notion is deeply rooted in various religious traditions, including Christianity, Islam, and traditionalist beliefs, as well as across different cultural tribes.

According to Daddy Freeze, women should shift their perspective and recognize their husbands as the authority figures in the home, rather than seeing them as equals or partners.

In the video, the outspoken personality claimed that he would disrupt the aspirations of Nigerians wanting to relocate abroad.

He further asserted that individuals accused of illegal activities have unjustly pointed fingers at him.

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In the video, Daddy Freeze mentioned that certain individuals had pleaded with him in the comments section, urging him not to take any action against Nigerians.

Daddy Freeze added that he was trying to pity Nigerians and not act on his words. He further boasted that the people don’t have an idea of how big he was in Nigeria.

This is coming few weeks after the media personality, who runs an online church, appealed to Pastor Chris to extend his resurrecting power to late celebrities Mohbad, who passed on in 2023, and Mr Ibu, who died recently.

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, while speaking at the Healing Steam Festival, disclosed that Christ Embassy had raised more than 50 people from the dead in the last year.

Pastor Chris added that people from different countries, both old and young, were resurrected through his ministry.

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