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Lagos barber goes mad after using native soap

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August 3, 2024

Lagos barber goes mad after using native soap

If Sunday Victor Obamotula had known that his quest for quick fortune would end up with him losing his sanity, he would have rejected the overture to go for money rituals in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. But the 34-year-old barber, who was plying his trade in Ojota area of Lagos, opted for a traditional ritual to boost his business fortune and suffered mental illness thereafter.

Sunday has since become a burden to his distraught mother and siblings after losing his senses in the aftermath of bathing with a black soap given to him by an an Ifa priest.

His mother, Madam Bernice Alake Sanni, a resident of No 35 Oko-Oba Road, Agege, Lagos, said she found that her eldest son had visited her younger sister in Ijebu Igbo, whose husband lured him to undergo Ifa rituals for prosperity, adding that she stopped her eldest son, Kayode Sanni, from continuing with the rituals after he had paid a lot of money to the man called Idowu Onabanjo a.k.a. Orlando.

“Without my knowledge, my second son, Sunday Obamotula, suddenly started patronising the same Orlando and had visited Ijebu Igbo for the same fortune making rituals. He had gone too far with the man before I knew what was happening,” she said.

Madam Sanni said her son was given a native soap to bath with and that it was after the bath that his mental illness started and has defied cure to date.

“My son told me that he was handed over to an aged woman who said they would do his rituals 50-50.

“He said he was given a soap to to bathe with, and that after using the soap on June 1, 2022, he began to lose his sanity.”

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Sunday’s older brother, Kayode Sanni, said he was almost lured by the same Ifa priest into the ritual that has shattered his younger brother’s life, asking the public to come to the aid of his family.

He said: “I have come to beg Nigerians to come to the aid of my aged mother and our family to save my brother, Sunday Sanni, from his current predicament.

“My younger (half) brother has been suffering from mental illness since he went to Ijebu Igbo where he was given a native soap to bathe with.

“It happened that around the year 2020, our mother took us to visit her sister at Ijebu Igbo, and our visit coincided with an Ifa festival organised by the husband of our mother’s sister.

“While we were there, he asked us to consider being initiated into the Ifa divinity, arguing that our lives could witness a turnaround if we did.

“I backed out of the preparation for the rituals after giving the sum of N200,000 to the man and he was still asking for more money and shifting the date of the initiation.

“As I speak, the man has not fully refunded the money he collected from me.

“However, my younger half- brother, Sunday Obamotula, went behind me and visited the Ijebu Igbo home of the Ifa priest.

“On a certain day, we received a distress telephone call from Ijebu Igbo to come pick my brother.

“The caller explained that my brother had suffered a mental disorder.

“Sunday told us that he was given a black native soap to bathe with and that his mental illness started as soon as he bathed with the soap.

“Since then, we have been battling with his mental sickness and his father had even visited Ijebu Igbo to seek solution to his mental illness, all to no avail.

“His father struggled to bring him home from Ijebu Igbo and we have taken him to many churches and different spiritual homes for healing but all the efforts have not yielded any fruit as his mental infirmity persists.

“He claimed afterwards that nothing was wrong with him, but we know that he is mentally unfit, because some times he would talk normally and at other times he would exhibit mental disorder when talking with people.

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“He can sometimes be violent and would speak incoherently like an insane person. He would say that some mystery persons were appearing to him, asking him to eat human faeces and waste.

“We have tried to call the Ifa priest, who is also an artiste. He tried to strangle our mother recently, and if not for the intervention of the people around, he would have killed our mother.

“We are calling on the public to assist us in resolving the dilemma surrounding my brother’s mental illness as the person who allegedly gave him the native soap has refused to respond to our calls.”

Recalling his travails, Sunday explained that he deliberately approached the said Orlando for business fortune propitiation. He said his sickness was nothing to worry about, adding that his family members were unnecessarily disturbed by it.

He said: “My mother and siblings are unnecessarily worried about my ill health, but there is nothing to worry about in my condition.

“I went there (Ijebu Igbo) to do business and I fell sick there. It was just malaria and I have been treated.”

In another breath, Sunday said he purposely visited the traditionalist in Ijebu Igbo for the rituals to boost his business fortune.

He said: “I was the one that went there for a spiritual propitiation that could boost my business fortune as a barber and hair stylist.

“I was asked to come to Ijebu Igbo to help set up and manage a salon.

“We had bought all the goods to set up our office when we were accosted by policemen, and when they saw the tattoos on my body, they wanted to use that against me.

“But I told the policemen that having tattoos on my body is not a crime and does not portray anyone wearing them as a criminal. Hence, the policemen let go of me.”

“The name of the person that handled the propitiation for me is Idowu aka Orlando,

“He is a musician cum Ifa priest.

“I was the one that called my parents on the phone to come pick me up after I fell sick and my condition worsened.

“I used to smoke cannabis but I have stopped; I only smoke cigarettes now.”

Efforts made by the reporter to get Onabanjo’s reaction were futile, as he was said to have gone into hiding.

But his wife, Adebisi Asani Onabanjo, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent, said the allegation against her husband was untrue.

She described the matter as a case of turning a helper into an enemy unjustifiably and accused Sunday’s mother of being frivolous in her accusations.

Adebisi said: “May God not allow people you helped to turn your benevolence against you. I say this prayer because that is exactly what happened in the case you mentioned.

”There is no allegation that my sister, Sunday’s mother, has not leveled against other family members. She picks issues with people unnecessarily and that is her style.

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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS

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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.

The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.

He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.

His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.

“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.

“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.

“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.

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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.

“Those supporting the terrorists by giving them logistics, we have to look for the oxygen. Where is the funding coming from? How are they getting the logistics across?

For us in the Armed Forces during our operations, one of the challenges is IEDs. IEDs have been the major challenge since the beginning of the insurgency. So we are looking at aspects of how we handle this, what solutions, and what new things we can do.

“Because you have to be creative. To fight this insurgency, you have to be creative and innovative every day. Because they are not relenting.

“As the theatre commander in the Northeast, we found out that if we are able to deny them this logistics, this oxygen, they will not survive. We did that, and that’s why you have almost 200,000 that have surrendered.

“But through enhanced communications and non-kinetic activities, many of the terrorists are realising the fruitlessness of what they are doing and retracing their steps.

“I’ve observed that with the asymmetrical challenges we are facing if you don’t communicate, you might be doing the right thing, but the perception might be different. And the enemy is working on that. So it’s important that we get that part right.

“And then you cannot work in isolation as a country. We need our international partners working together with us. Our neighbours are very, very relevant to us. Nigeria, as we are all aware, is surrounded by Francophone countries. And so the challenges are there.

In his remarks, the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, said, “The objective of the Security and Justice Symposium, a vital platform for dialogue and collaboration among our security and justice institutions, is clearly to delve into the successes, challenges, and opportunities for growth within the realms of security and justice.

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“As we embark on this journey of critical analysis and discussion, let us keep in mind the noble goals set before us, from analysing and strengthening the intricate relationship between military operations and law enforcement, to enhancing the protection of civilians, very important, and fostering a culture of justice and accountability, to promoting a unified approach in countering improvised explosive devices.

“Each objective is poised to make a significant impact. Our intended achievements are ambitious, of course, yet entirely within our reach.

“As we review and map existing frameworks, evaluate institutional practices, and establish collaborative mechanisms, our collective efforts will chart a course towards a safer and more just society for all.

“I am honoured to see such an esteemed gathering of key stakeholders from various sectors, including representatives from the military, law enforcement agencies, legal authorities, human rights organisations, and civil society groups. Your presence here today underscores the importance of our shared commitment to security, justice, and the well-being of our communities.

On his part, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Richard Montgomery, said, “Both Nigeria and Britain have had a good dialogue on the fact that we all face really complex security challenges in many parts of the world, certainly in the West Africa region and even in Nigeria itself, and these complex challenges require a multifaceted approach.

Expressing delight that the CDS, General Musa, talked about the nexus between civil and military collaboration, between kinetic and non-kinetic action, he said this is an area where we’ve seen some really important lessons for us emerging from the Nigerian security architecture.

“At the heart of all this is a recognition of the importance of upholding the rule of law, human rights, humanitarian law, and international humanitarian law. The importance of these principles for the way in which we tackle security challenges, and our lawyers keep telling us, and we have lawyers in the British High Commission as well as the Nigerian government.

“We need to consider the different legal principles and frameworks that apply to criminal violence or to violent conflicts and how we deal with them in protracted conflict zones, and I think that there’s already been a productive dialogue in our security defence partnership.

“The UK knows only too well from our own experience, our own involvement in armed conflict, that incorporating human rights doctrine is quite challenging. The strategies needed are not without complexity, but we do. The UK strongly believes that our commitment to these legal principles and doctrines is because of the experience we’ve had.”

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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police

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November 26, 2024

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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police

The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.

Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.

According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.

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Akwa Ibom businessman abducted, driver killed, police orderly injured

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November 26, 2024

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Dr. Samuel Ekerenam

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Gunmen kidnapped a prominent businessman, Dr. Samuel Ekerenam and k!lled his driver in Eket town, the headquarter of Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Ekerena, the owner of Hephzibah Mall, was abducted about 10:00pm on Saturday, 23 November, 2024.

It was gathered that the gunmen trailed the victim to the shopping complex, shooting sporadically to scare the passers-by away before whisking him away to an unknown destination.

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The body of Ekerenam’s driver was discovered in the pool of his blood, while his police orderly was severely wounded in the gun attack.

The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Timfon John, who confirmed the incident on Monday, November 25, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo has deployed tactical operatives to comb for the abducted businessman.

The PPRO added that the police were on top of the game and very soon the kidnap victim would be rescued and the perpetrators made to face the full weight of the law.