Woman, neighbor torture 16-year-old housemaid with iron

A woman, Fatima Williams, and her neighbour, Waliu Yusuf, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly brutalising a 16-year-old girl, identified only as Kemi, with a hot iron and electric cables.

It was learnt that the Kemi who was brought from Cotonou, Benin Republic,had been reportedly living with Williams, popularly called Alhaja, on Soji Adepegba Close, Allen Avenue, Ikeja,since January 2016 as a  housemaid.

It was gathered that the victim was allegedly tortured for not sweeping Williams’ compound last Thursday.

PUNCH Metro learnt that a resident informed the police and the suspects were arrested by the Ikeja Police Division on Friday, August 12.

A police source told our correspondent that the teenager had been admitted to the Police Cottage Hospital, Ikeja.

Newborn twin boys dumped in Lagos canal, found dead

The Lagos State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of two newborn babies, whose corpses were recovered from a canal beside a filling station in the Ajangbadi area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the two boys, suspected to be twins, were left in the canal on Friday.

A crowd of residents, who were drawn to the scene, was reported to have started taking snapshots of the babies before the arrival of policemen from the Ilemba Hausa division.

After seeing the corpses, the policemen were said to have called the attention of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, which removed and deposited them in a mortuary.

Prophet Accused of Abducting Teenager in Lagos, Nigeria

A 26-year-old prophet with Immaculate Ministry in Satellite Town, Lagos, who allegedly abducted a teenager, has revealed that he did it to liberate the victim’s family from a spell. 

 

Parading the suspect yesterday at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, the command’s boss, Fatai Owoseni, said:

 “The suspect, David Ifunaya, abducted the victim for three weeks after the victim told him that her father is a herbalist. “Throughout her stay in his place, neither did he nor his victim call her parents, who were searching everywhere for her. She was later traced to the suspect’s home in Satellite area of Lagos, following which her parents reported the case to police.”

Man Brutally Rapes Church Member After Her Birthday Party

A 31-year-old man, identified only as Damilola, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman on Omole Estate, in the Ojodu area of the state.

PUNCH Metro reports that that the victim, Favour (pseudonym) and Damilola were members of a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, and the woman had invited the suspect to her birthday party on Tuesday, July 19.

Favour, a National Diploma holder and fashion designer, was allegedly told by the suspect five days after the birthday party that he had a surprise gift for her.

The two were said to have gone to Damilola’s apartment on Otubor Street on Omole Estate. Only for the suspect to rape the victim in his room.

Mob Beat Supected Boko Haram Member in Lagos, Nigeria

A suspected Boko Haram member, Musbau Ishola, escaped death on Monday in the Mile Two area of Lagos State as he was almost lynched by an angry mob.

The PUNCH learnt that the suspect, identified as Ishola, who wore a turban on a military cap, also had a long beard.

Acting on suspicion, an angry mob was reported to have swooped on him and beaten him up before the intervention of police operatives in the area.

A police source said, “The man had a long beard and put on a turban on a military cap. He was coming from the Oke Afa area around 5pm when people, who thought he was a member of the Boko Haram set, accosted him. They beat him to a coma.

Lagos Landlord Kills Tenant of Four Months

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a landlord, Gbade Metibemu, for allegedly stabbing his tenant of four months, Bright Abraham, to death on Apollo Street in the Makoko area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Metibemu attacked the 35-year-old Abia State indigene with a knife for refusing to vacate his plank apartment after a week-long disagreement.

Our correspondent was told that the suspect had warned the victim to stop soiling the slum with the faeces of his baby.

When the warning did not yield any result, the suspect was reported to have threatened to kill Abraham.

Last Thursday, around 10pm, the father of four was preparing to sleep when an argument ensued between him and the landlord which degenerated into a fight.

Metibemu was alleged to have got a knife with which he stabbed Abraham in the chest.

Photos/Video: Church Members Throw Out Their Pastor During Service in Lagos

Members of CAC at Abule-Ijesha in Yaba local government, Lagos state on Sunday July 24th, threw their pastor Micheal Oni out of the church during the service, over disagreements on the disbursement of church funds and his monthly salary. 

According to a member of the church, the pastor who was recently transferred to their church from Ibadan, was demanding for a certain amount of salary which they refused to pay him. They accused him of insulting them and causing trouble in the church.

"He has been giving the church problem, causing chaos in the church and fighting members, insulting and raising bad covenant between members"Badejo Adelu, a member of the church told TVC.

2 Women Arrested For Begging With 'Rented Babies in Lagos

Two women were yesterday arrested in Oyingbo, Lagos, for using babies to beg for alms.

Three babies who are less than one month old were recovered from them.

Hadiza Nosiru and Salamotu Salitu were arrested by the monitoring team of Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development.

They have been taken to the Rehabilitation and Training Centre at Majidun, new Ikorodu.

The ministry said preliminary investigation showed that the women were not the biological mothers of the babies. The babies the ministry said, were given out to the women by their parents, who are paid daily.

Man Impregnates 13 Year Old Daughter, Aborts Pregnancy

A 34-year-old man, Kennedy Michael, has been arrested by police in Lagos for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old daughter.

The suspect, who was said to have been sleeping with his daughter since she was in primary 5, reportedly connived with his live-in lover, Ijeoma Ndukwu, to terminate the pregnancy. 

The suspect was also accused of defiling a neighbour’s 18-month-old baby, who was kept in his care. A neighbour, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “Michael and his wife have been separated. He later brought his daughter to live with him in Lagos. 

Man Flees Hotel As Lover Dies in Lagos, Nigeria

The police in Lagos State have launched a manhunt for a man suspected to have murdered his lover at a hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street, Ikotun, Lagos. 

It was learnt that the suspect, whose name had yet to be ascertained, had lodged in a room in the hotel – Taola Hotel – with his girlfriend around 9.30pm on Friday.

He was said to have paid for one hour which was supposed to elapse around 10.30pm.

Workers of the facility, however, became worried when it was 12am and the guests did not check out of the hotel.

3 Friends Slept With A Teenager In Lagos And Filmed It

Police in Lagos have arrested three friends for allegedly gang raping a 17 year old girl and uploading the video online. The suspects, Shola Owolabi (28 ), Michael Lanre (21) and Samuel Akpan (34 ), denied it was a gang rape. The suspects said it was consensual.

They also claimed they recorded the act mistakenly. But the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects yesterday at the Command Headquarters, said the men were fond of gang raping young girls and recording the girls in the act and uploading it to embarrass the victims.

Owoseni said when the matter was reported at Ipaja Ayobo Police Division , the policemen swung into action and arrested the culprits.

According to him, the suspects also confessed to the crime during interrogation. Owolabi said he and Lanre met Akpan making love to the girl.

Widow Arrested For Luring School Girls To Lagos Hotel To Have Sex With Men

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 32-year-old woman, Chinoso Okonkwo, for allegedly using pupils of some secondary schools in the Ikate, Surulere area, as commercial sex workers.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Okonkwo was arrested on Wednesday after residents gave the police a tip-off that some teenage schoolgirls were being taken to a hotel in the area – Sunderland Hotel – for sex during school hours.

Our correspondents gathered that Okonkwo allegedly worked with a syndicate which usually went to the school to lure the victims out during school hours.

The girls reportedly always removed their school uniforms and put on clothes provided by the syndicate.

Woman Tortures, Blinds 12 Year Old House Help in Lagos, Nigeria

A woman identified only as Gloria has blinded one of the eyes of her 12-year-old houseboy identified as Peter in following brutal and frequent torture.

Gloria had employed Peter who is from Togo to work as her housemaid at 14b, Olu Akerele Street, Balogun Bus Stop off Awolowo Way, Ikeja area of Lagos State but the minor had been suffering severe beating in the hands of the woman, the New Telegraph reports. 

Reports say the last straw which broke the camel’s back was when Gloria returned from an outing and realised Peter did not wash a kettle properly.She was said to have descended on the boy and in the process, injured his eye.

Woman Sells Sister's Unborn Baby For N100k in Lagos, Nigeria

The police in Lagos State have launched a manhunt for a woman, Amaka Ogua, for allegedly selling the unborn child of her younger sister, Nkechi, for N100,000 in the Mile 2 area of the state.

It was gathered that Amaka, who the police accused of running a baby factory, had already collected N50,000 from a client for the unborn child.

PUNCH Metro learnt that a balance of N50,000 was agreed to be paid when 31-year-old Nkechi was delivered of the baby.

However, the bubble burst on Friday, June 24, when the police got a tip-off from a non-governmental organisation – Child Protection Network – that money had been allegedly paid to Nkechi’s sister for the unborn child.

‘I Was Totally Devastated but God Kept Me’ – Kate Henshaw Writes A Year After Her House Fire

Exactly one year ago, fire engulfed the residence of Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw.

It’s been one year, and Kate remembers the ugly incident as she shared a never-seen-before photo from the scene with the caption;

‘I will exalt you Lord, thou has lifted me, above my enemies, your banner over me is love. This picture was never released. One of many I kept.

‘This was the room I slept in, wall to wall was filled but it was wiped out by fire so that the roof even melted away and there you see the sky. My driver, stood there speechless at the site! I was totally devastated but God kept me!

Lagos State Government Seals 53 Churches, Mosques and Hotels, Over Noise Pollution

The Lagos State government, yesterday, sealed 53 churches, mosques and hotels across the metropolis over noise pollution and other environmental nuisances.
General Manager of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Engr. Adebola Shabi in an interview after sealing the religious houses and the hotels, said that the premises were shut following complaints from the residents.

He lamented that the premises shut were approved for residential but after few years, they were converted worship centers, saying “It has been constituting nuisance to other neighbours.” 

19 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide with Sniper After Breakup with Boyfriend

There were wails and tears after a 19-year-old lady allegedly committed suicide at Alhaji Ede Avenue in Igando area of Lagos, following a quarrel with her lover. 

The dead lady, Uche Obiora, was said to have visited her boyfriend's home over the weekend. 

There were, however, different accounts as to how the tragedy struck. A version of the account said a quarrel ensued between them, over suspicion by Obiora that her boyfriend, Ernest Ihaza, was having an affair with another lady. 

Another version stated that during the visit, Ihaza announced his intention to discontinue with the relationship. During the verbal confrontation between them, Ihaza was said to have stormed out of his apartment.

Drunken Graduates Stab, Rob, Rape Woman in Lagos, Nigeria

Two graduates, Desmond Quadri and Richard Orji, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping a woman in the Ajah area.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects had attended a party together where they had some bottles of alcoholic drink.

After the party, 24-year-old Quadri was said to have gone into the bush to defecate and was accompanied by his friend, Orji, 25.The men, who had reportedly been friends for eight years, were said to have spotted the victim in her room alone and sneaked into the compound.

Orji was alleged to have stabbed the 32-year-old in the shoulder and thigh, before taking her phones, Ipad, perfumes and other personal effects.

CCTV Captures Customer Abducting One Year Old Girl in Lagos, Nigeria

A Closed Circuit Television Camera at a supermarket in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State has shown that a woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, who disguised as a customer, strapped a  one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, to her back before allegedly escaping with the girl.

The footage, obtained by the police and Fehintola’s family members on Thursday, captured how Mama Oyin walked around the supermarket, as she searched for items, a few minutes before the alleged abduction.

PUNCH Metro had reported on Thursday that Mama Oyin met Fehintola’s mother and grandmother, who were traders in the Abule Egba area, on Saturday, and said she needed some items, which were said to be unavailable.

It was reported that the suspect had returned to the traders on Sunday, telling them that she newly moved to the area.

Lagos Herbalist Rapes And Impregnates Patient

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a ‘doctor’, identified only as Abiodun, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 26-year-old ulcer patient in the Ipaja Ayobo area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Abiodun, a trado-medical doctor, who had his health centre – Damola Healthcare – on Agbaje Street, was arrested on Tuesday by the Isokoko Police Division.

The Family Support Unit of the division was said to be in charge of the matter.

Our correspondent gathered that the victim, Funmilayo (pseudonym), who hails from Abeokuta, Ogun State, and lives two streets away from the centre, had in December 2015, gone to the place to complain about ulcer.

It was learnt that Abiodun’s workers had prescribed some herbal drugs for the lady, telling her that she would pay N18,000 for comprehensive treatment. The victim reportedly deposited N10,000.