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Yobe State Police Command has arrested one Lawan Saidu, 25, for raping his lover’s 13-year-old daughter at Low Cost in Potiskum Local Government Area of the state.

 

Spokesperson of the command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, said Saidu, of Tudun Wada Area, Potiskum LGA had an illicit affair with the mother of the victim for some time. 

 

According to the PPRO, the mother often invited the suspect into her matrimonial home whenever her husband left for his shop in the town.

 

“They make love even in front of the children. Her daughter felt distressed toward the untoward rash acts which escalated to the extent of the suspect wearing the father’s clothes after satiating their lust,” the statement reads. 

 

“The daughter reported the menace to her father which eventually led to the divorce of the mother

 

“The suspect became wild and developed interest toward the victim then decided to transfer his aggression to the innocent victim whom he attacked in the house after the father left for his shop on 20th September 2023 at about 2030hrs

 

“According to the victim, the suspect came to their house with some biscuits and Bobo milk drinks when the father left them alone in the house. He gave her younger brother a piece of biscuit and a Bobo Milk drink and lured her to a corner of the house and forced her to eat a biscuit which she refused

 

“He used force and struggle with her to eat, in the process he suppressed her to the ground and pulled her underwear, then pushed the biscuit on her mouth to stop her from calling for help and forcefully raped her by penetrating her private part and left her with serious injuries

 

“The investigation is currently ongoing at the state CID, Damaturu for subsequent prosecution while the victim was treated and discharged from the hospital.”

 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Garba Ahmad, urged good members of the public to be conscious of scrupulous elements in the society and report them to the nearest police state. 

 

Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labour and Employment has directed the suspension of all activities by the factions of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) pending an amicable resolution of the dispute.

In a letter signed by Mr. Emmanuel Igbinosun, Director of Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations, on behalf of the minister, and addressed to the National President of the union, Lalong said the decision followed the meeting it held with the NURTW executives.

The letter is titled, ‘Leadership Of The National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW) And Industrial Coup D’état By The Former President Of The Union, Alh Najeem Usman Yasin And His Rampaging Illegal Militia-A Clarion Call For Intervention.’

The letter noted that both factions in the dispute were notified about the development.

The letter read, “Following the meeting held with you on the above subject, I am directed to inform you that, in line with the power conferred on the Honourable Minister of Labour by Section 5 of the Trade Dispute Act CAP T8 Law of Federation of Nigeria, 2004, the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment has apprehended this dispute.

“In view of the above, the Honourable Minister has directed the suspension of all further activities by the factions of the NURTW pending an amicable resolution of the dispute.

“For the avoidance of doubt, all activities in furtherance of the election of new executives and related to the day-to-day operations of the union are suspended henceforth.

“Further directives would be communicated to you on or before Friday 13th October 2023. This information has also been communicated to the other faction in the dispute.

“Please accept the assurances of the kind regards of the Honourable Minister.”

Recently, a faction of the union led by Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede who came from Lagos State forcefully took over the National Secretariat of the union located at Garki 2 and dislodged the incumbent President, Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa.

Baruwa and three other national officers of the union were recently detained in Abuja by the police over the leadership crisis rocking the union.

Baruwa was invited to a meeting by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, which was also attended by the faction of Agbede which is also with Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, who was formerly leading the disbanded Lagos Park Management Committee.

MC Oluomo is an ally of President Bola Tinubu.

Earlier this month, a middle-aged man was beaten up in Abuja by some members of the union loyal to MC Oluomo after he was accused of carrying passengers.

SaharaReporters learnt that the incident occurred at Area 1 near Conoil filling station where the yet-to-be-identified young man was detained while his vehicle was impounded.

SaharaReporters gathered that he was arrested by the task force of the union and forcefully taken to Area 1 office where he was asked to pay the sum of N20,000 as a fine for allegedly carrying passengers along the road.

Trouble started when the man denied the allegation levelled against him and insisted that he did not carry any passengers in his vehicle.

The ensuing altercation resulted in fisticuffs as the man and the leader of the branch exchanged blows, a source told SaharaReporters. Other members of the union joined in the brawl and beat the young man till he was almost unconscious.

He was dragged on the floor as they hit him with sticks and iron rods.

It took the timely intervention of some bystanders who intervened to rescue him from the hoodlums who threatened to kill him.

The police on Tuesday, October 10, arraigned a 43-year-old teacher, David Yusuf, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly flogging a student of the Government Girls College, Kuje, FCT.

 

The defendant, who is said to be a casual staff member of the college, is charged with two counts of causing grievous harm without provocation and assault. He pleaded not guilty.

 

The police prosecutor, Mr Edwin Inegbenoise, told the court that the case was transferred from the Kuje Divisional Police Headquarters to the Criminal Investigation Department, FCT, for further investigation.

 

Inegbenoise alleged that the nominal complainant, Henry Iortim of Union Homes Estate, Kuje, reported the case at the police station.

 

The prosecutor said the complainant alleged that his 16-year-old daughter, a student at the college, was assaulted by the defendant on June 2.

 

He added that the defendant, during night prep, flogged the victim with an iron rod and inflicted injuries on her palm and other parts of her body.

 

He further said that the offences charged contravened the provisions of sections 241 and 326 of the Penal Code.

 

Magistrate Abdulmajid Oniyangi admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N2 million with two sureties in like sum that must be residing within the jurisdiction of the court.

 

He ordered that the addresses of the sureties should be verified by the court’s registrar before the defendant would be released.

 

He adjourned the case until Nov. 6 for a hearing and the presentation of witnesses by the prosecuting counsel. 

The National Examination Council has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal results.

In a press briefing in Minna on Tuesday, October 10, NECO’s Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, said the result summary shows that 61.6 percent scored five credits, including English and Mathematics.

 

The number of candidates who registered for the exam was 1,205,888, and the number of candidates who sat for the exams was 1,196,985.

Giving a breakdown of the figures, Wushishi said 616,398 of the candidates were male and 580,587 were females.

Thr number of candidates with five credits and above, including English and Maths were 737, 308.

The number of candidates with five credits, irrespective of English and Mathematics, is 1,013,611, representing 84.68 percent.

“Number of candidates registered for the examination is 1,205,888, representing 621,084 males and 584,804 Females,” he said.