Policeman Breaks Woman’s Jaw For Not Telling Him Girlfriend’s Whereabouts

A 30-year-old woman, Oluchukwu Ezemaduka, is currently battling with a damaged jaw at a private hospital, West Care Specialist Hospital in Akowonjo, Lagos, after she was allegedly battered by a riot policeman, Idiahgbe Iyobosa.

Iyobosa, who is attached to a bank in the FESTAC Town, was said to have repeatedly hit the woman in the jaw with his service boots until blood gushed out.

Oluchukwu is the friend and roommate of Iyobosa’s girlfriend, Maryjane Anyagwa. The friends live on Awoyemi Street, off Coker Road, Ejigbo.


Punch Metro learnt that Iyobosa had visited his girlfriend in Ejigbo on Saturday, January 21, at about 9pm, with a view to passing the night at her place, but met only Oluchukwu at home.

He was said to have got enraged and resorted to the assault as the victim told him that she didn’t know Anyagwa’s whereabouts.

Oluchukwu, who managed to speak to a Punch correspondent from  her sick bed, said the policeman ransacked the apartment, looking for his girlfriend.

“I was not in the room when he came. As I was about to enter the room, I felt that somebody was there; I got a torch from a neighbour and shone it in the room. That was when I knew it was him. He had scattered everywhere.

“He asked me where his girlfriend was, I didn’t answer him. He asked me the second time and I told him that I didn’t know her whereabouts. He kicked me several times with his boots, breaking my jaw. He brought out a dagger and chased me outside. It was people, who saved me.

“The pain is too much for me. The doctor said I would undergo surgeries this week.”

Her friend, Anyagwa, stated that her relationship with Iyobosa was marred with threats and harassment, saying she was no longer interested in the relationship.

She said, “I was not around that day. When I came back the next morning, my neighbours told me that my boyfriend came to beat up my friend because he was looking for me. He thought she deliberately refused to disclose where I was.

“He usually assault me too. Most times, he would not notify me that he would pass the night in my place. He would threaten to deal with me if I report him to the authorities or quit the relationship. I was afraid.

“We started dating each other about a year ago. I later knew that he is married with two kids. The wife had warned me to stay away from her husband.”

An eyewitness and neighbour, Henry Okafor, said Iyobosa also attacked him that day when he cautioned him.

“He just came from nowhere and started beating the lady. He also attacked me. I didn’t fight him because he was in uniform,” he added.

Oluchukwu’s father, Mike Ezemaduka, who is based in Abuja, said he was shocked on seeing the condition of his daughter at the hospital

He said, “It was a serious injury and she will undergo two surgeries, according to her doctor. The doctor said she needed to recuperate a little bit before he could carry out the surgeries. The lower jaw was broken. We were told that she would no longer be able to chew if she didn’t undergo the surgeries, which will cost about N700,000. The policeman’s relatives have promised to pay the bill.

“My daughter is not his girlfriend; she has nothing to do with him at all. Why should he beat someone, whose room he barged into?”

It was gathered that the case was reported at the Ejigbo Police Station and Iyobosa was arrested.

The acting Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Olarinde Famous-Cole, in a text message, said, “The incident was reported at the division for discreet investigation.”

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Four Rape11-Year Old Girl In Ibadan

Four suspects have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly raping an 11-year-old secondary school pupil in the NNPC area of Ibadan.

It was learnt that the girl was raped on Saturday by the men while hawking detergent for her mother.

It was learnt that two men on a commercial motorcycle had approached the victim and told her that they wanted to buy three sachets of the product, which cost N50 each.

It was gathered that after the men offered her N500 and she said she did not have change. The men told her to come with them to a location where she would collect her money.


After rejecting the idea, she was said to have been held and dragged to an uncompleted building where two other men were waiting.

A source in the area said the minor was raped by the four men.

She said, “The girl was able to identify her attackers which led to their arrest.”

The source, however, added that there was an attempt to cover up the crime, as the mother of the victim was offered money to keep quiet.

“The mother had separated from her husband. They have three children together and the victim is one of them. When she threatened to report to the police, they threatened to beat her up and later offered her money to keep quiet about the crime. One of the rapists has connection with the police and also boasted that even if she reported them, they would not be arrested. They didn’t show remorse for their sin,” the source added.

The Public Relations Officer for the state command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, who confirmed the arrest, said investigation had begun and that the suspects would be charged to court if found guilty.

He said, “The case was reported by the mother of the victim. Because of the seriousness of the crime, the state Commissioner of Police, Samuel Adegbuyi, directed that the case should be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation  and Intelligence Department of the command for a thorough investigation.”

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Jealous Lagos Trader Slits Boyfriend’s Throat While Sleeping

The 13-year relationship between a drink seller in the Abukuru, Ajegunle area of Lagos State and her lover, 38-year-old Kingsley Pereowei, has come to a gruesome end.

The trader, identified simply as Mary, reportedly slit Kingsley’s throat while he was sleeping in the early hours of Friday, left him in a pool of blood and went into hiding.

Punch Metro gathered that Kingsley, who screamed for help, died before residents could rescue him.

Although the immediate cause of the attack had yet to be ascertained, some residents said the couple’s relationship had been marred with incessant quarrels.


Mary was also said to have recently accused the victim of dating another woman in the neighbourhood.

The beer parlour, where Mary sold drinks and also lived with her lover, was under lock and key when a Punch correspondent visited the community on Tuesday.

Kingsley’s elder sister, Linda Pereowei, who resides on Orodu Lane, Ajegunle, was said to have gone to a morgue, where her brother’s corpse was deposited.

Linda later spoke with Punch Metro on the telephone, saying she was asleep around 3am on the day when one of the Kingsley’s neighbours came to inform her about the incident.

She said, “By the time I got there, my brother was dead. This is the 13th year that they have been dating each other. She cast a spell on my brother so that he would not be able to quit the relationship. No single child between them and they were not married.

“Sometime last year, she stabbed him in the head and eye. It took months before the wounds healed. She has achieved her aim. We are from Bayelsa State. Our father is late, but we still have an ageing mother. She has not been informed about his death. I want the police to ensure that she joins my brother in heaven. That is all I want.”

A resident, who gave his name as Alade, said the police from the Ajeromi division visited the scene and later arrested Mary.

Alade described Kingsley as friendly and peaceful, adding that the suspect usually harassed him because she knew he would not fight back.

“His death is painful to all of us. She must be brought to justice,” Alade said.

One of the deceased’s friends, Gloria Agbubo, wrote on her Facebook page in pidgin English that Mary was jealous that Kingsley was going after another lady in the community.
She said, “Kingsley was killed by his lover. The man was dating another girl.”

A shoe maker opposite the beer parlour, said Mary and Kingsley were in good terms when he left shop on Thursday.

“It was on Friday morning that a friend called and told me that Mary had killed him. I was surprised,” he added.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said a postmortem would be carried out on the corpse of the victim.

“The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation,” she added.

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Raging Gunman Follows Bride Down Aisle And Opens Fire On Guests In Bloodbath

This horrific wedding footage shows the moment a man followed a bride down the aisle before pulling out a gun and shooting three wedding guests in the pews of a catholic church.

Bridesmaids, flower girls and shocked guests flee and start to scream as at least seven shots are fired before the ceremony started.

The gunman dressed in jeans and a stripy polo shirt then walks nonchalantly out of the front doors.

The shooting was recorded on video, which had been set up to record the happy occasion at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Limoeiro de Anadia, Brazil on Saturday.

Reports in Brazil say three members of the same family were shot, 62-year-old Cicero Barbosa da Silva, his son Edmilson Bezerra da Silva, 37, and Edmilson's wife who was not named.

All three victims were rushed to hospital. Both men needed surgery and remain in a critical but stable condition.

The woman was treated for a superficial wound to her arm and later released.

They also say the man shouted: "You hired people to kill my father" before he shot at the men.

Police have named the suspect as Betinho, and believe the motivation for the shooting was revenge for the death of a family member where Edmilson was the main suspect.

Betinho is currently wanted by police.

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Entrepreneur Launches New Underwater Dining Experience That Allows Customers Eat Like Fishes

An entrepreneur has launched a new underwater dining experience that allows customers to eat like fishes.

Foie gras, lobster salad and champagne at 'The Pearl' restaurant in Belgium is served by waiter scuba divers who then leave diners to feast alone in an air pocket five metres below the surface .

Customers Nicolas Mouchart and his wife Florence demonstrated how you have to yank on your scuba gear and flippers when you go out for dinner at the Brussels' swimming pool .

Lowering themselves to the floor of the pool an especially deep one built to train scuba divers - they then swam to one end where their restaurant awaits, 16 feet below the surface.

The Pearl is actually a two-metre wide white sphere tethered close to the pool's floor.

Once there, the diners jettison their weighted belts before swimming underneath and up into the pod that looks like a cross between a lunar landing craft and a giant spaceman's helmet.

Food is served by expert scuba divers who deliver foie gras, lobster salad and champagne in waterproof cases.

"We are launching a new era of restaurants," said John Beernaerts, who founded the NEMO33 pool in the Belgian capital a decade ago.

"It was a wonderful experience," said Mouchart, 41, his hair still wet after the return swim through the warm - 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) - water to the pool side.

"It was the first time in our life that we ate underwater, which was really fun.

"It's a unique dinner and we will remember this all our life."

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Pharrell Williams & Wife Welcome Triplets

Pharrell Williams ' wife has given birth to triplets. The Happy star and spouse Helen Lasichanh who also have son Rocket, eight, together welcomed three babies into the world earlier this month, a spokesperson for the singer has confirmed to Vanity Fair.

The representative declined to reveal the gender or names of the tots, but said the family are all "healthy and happy".

The proud parents already have a son called Rocket and Pharrell had previously opened up about why him and Helen chose to name their son Rocket.

He said: "In the same way the Indians named their children after a force or animal or element, we named him after a man-made machine that was meant to go up, meant to ascend."

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Senator Godswill Akpabio Denies He Is Behind Tuface’s National Protest

The attention of the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswil Akpabio has been drawn to a story circulating in the internet, alleging that the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State is the sponsor of the proposed nationwide protest to be led by 2 Face Idibia, to demand answers from the government over different issues in the country.

It is laughable that the only link between the music star, 2 Face and Senator Akpabio which the authors of the mischievous story belabour to establish is that “in 2013, 2Face and his wife, Annie Macaulay were gifted (sic) two brand new Prado SUVs by this former governor as their wedding gift which they amiably (sic) accepted.”

For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that Senator Akpabio knows nothing about the planned protest neither is he the sponsor. In fact, Senator Akpabio has had no contact whatsoever with 2Face for many years.

According to the information being circulated the organizers of the planned protest have stated clearly that their protest is: “a call for nationwide protests as we say no to the Executive, no to legislatures, no to judiciary.”

Is it not idiotic and senseless for anyone to imagine that Senator Akpabio will sponsor a protest against the same arm of government that he is serving as a leader.

As the Minority Leader, Senator Akpabio has consistently maintained that Nigerians should put aside their differences and support every effort that will pull the country out of the present recession. Much as he believes in the right of every Nigerian to express himself, he does not think that mass protest is the solution.

The mischievous attempt to drag the name of Senator Akpabio into the planned protest should be discountenanced as the handiwork of political jobbers.

Anietie Ekong
Special Assistant (Media)
To the Senate Minority Leader

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Oh Dear! Sahara Reporters Publisher Also Walks Out From Bond Fm Because They Were About To Censor His Words

Oh dear! So many happenings in Nigeria today. It’s starting to be a year of no chill with so much boldness. But then, don’t they know Mr Sowore? Censor what? Why do you even want to censor his words. A gentle man can’t speak again?

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Dede Mabiaku Walks Out Of Interview After Femi Adesina Allegedly Told Him To Shut Up (Video)

Oh dear, you know he is Fela trained and they hardly take ‘nonsense’. So the singer and the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina were on Lagos Talk 91.3fm where they had both being invited to speak about the nation. The singer claimed the presidential aide asked him to shut up while speaking and he can’t just sit to continue the interview just because Mr Femi works with the Government and thinks he has a right to tell him to shut up, so he walked out. The video right above…

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We Will Protest, Tuface Insists (Live Video)

If you are on twitter or instagram waiting for him., you are probably on a long thing. You will be late. He is currently on facebook speaking on the proposed protest. He is speaking about the protest being a fight for all despite tribe, state, religion or what have you. Run there… Facebook: 2babaidibia

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Tuface Protest: M.I Addresses Insulting Article

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Davido Welcomes Asa Asika Back

 After sacking him as his manager years ago, Davido today welcome Asa Asika back has his manager. He made this known in a tweet this afternoon.

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Petrol Thief Falls Inside Tanker, Dies

The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, on Tuesday said they recovered two bodies from a petrol tanker and a deep well on Monday in the state.

He said on Tuesday that an unidentified man, who attempted to steal petrol inside a stationary tanker, was suffocated by the fumes and died.

He said, “The tanker was parked opposite Morogbo Police Station, along the Badagry Expressway. The dead man was removed at about 5pm on Monday and was handed over to Morogbo police men.”

In another development, the service also recovered the body of another unidentified man, who fell into a deep well of about 150 feet on Monday night.

Fadipe, who said that the incident happened at Iju Ishaga area of the state, stressed that it took them many hours before they retrieved the body.

He said, “We got information that a male adult fell into a deep well of about 150ft deep at Iju Road, besides Skye Bank.

 Our men mobilised and went there immediately, but were able to retrieve the body many hours later on Monday.

“The well is located at a virgin land, no one knows what the victim was looking for before falling into the well.”

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