Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State
An Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos will on November 1 sentence one Izuchukwu Nwachukwu, who on Wednesday pleaded guilty to stealing iron rods and a car battery.
Chief Magistrate Amos Adeyemi fixed the date after 26-year-old Izuchukwu pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
Adeyemi remanded the defendant at the Kirikiri Prisons until the adjourned date for facts and sentencing.
Izuchukwu had admitted conspiring with another person still at large to steal the rods and the battery worth N130,000.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Friday Inedu, had submitted that Izuchukwu, who had no fixed address, stole the items belonging to one Mr. Chidi Okafor, on October 14 at 11.45p.m.
He said that the crimes occurred at No. 15, Cardoso St., Awodi-Ora in Ajegunle, Apapa, and that they contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
Fuel queues and traffic jams clogged major roads in Lagos on Wednesday, causing much agony for motorists and other road users.
Across the metropolis, long lines of vehicles ran into adjoining streets and highways.
Some roads on the mainland, Victoria Island and Ikoyi are among those affected.
Also affected were sections of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, especially on the inward Lagos side. These include Aseese- Ibafo, Long Bridge-Berger and Alausa-Alapere.
More details later.
Wale Ajomale, 10 Ilojo Crescent, Obanikoro, Lagos State. +23480330346: I appreciate Mr. Henry Boyo’s efforts at ensuring the forex market reform in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria should be a regulator and not allocate to sell the dollar earnings of the tiers of government but keep dollar certificates in trust for their spending or conversion. I suggest that Messrs Boyo and Ojemaikhire should engage beneficiary stakeholders like the Governors’ Forum, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Manufacturers, Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Nigerian Economic Society and other Civil Society Organisations. They will pressurise the Federal Government and the CBN to reform the market and deliver us from World Bank/IMF.
Perpetua NkwochaSix gunmen on Monday night seized the mother of the House of Representatives member representing Ijebu North, Ijebu East and Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency, Abiodun Abudu Balogun, from her home.
The federal lawmaker is the deputy chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Internal Security.
The suspected gunmen invaded the Ita-Otu, Ijebu Waterside Local Government Area residence of the woman, Alhaja Obedatu Abudu Balogun, at about 9:30pm on Monday and forcibly took her away to an unknown destination.
This is the latest incident as sundry criminals terrorise the people of the state.
Between Sunday and Monday, robbers killed about 10 persons in different attacks in Ibafo and Abeokuta.
The situation forced banks operating on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to shut shop by 2p.m on Tuesday.
