Appeal Court Adjourns Ruling in Murder Case Against Actress Ibinabo Fiberesima

 An appeal court sitting in Lagos State has adjourned for judgement the appeal filed by star actress and former beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima challenging the judgement of a Lagos High Court which sentenced her to five years imprisonment for causing the death of a Lagos medical doctor, Giwa Suraj. 

 The embattled actress was sentenced to five years imprisonment for reckless driving which caused the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj in an auto accident along Lekki-Epe expressway, Lagos State.

 The deceased was a staff of one of Lagos state owned hospitals. Fiberesima was fined N100, 000 by an Igbosere Chief Magistrate Mr. O.A. Isaacs but the then Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner of justice, Olasupo Sasore (SAN), felt unsatisfied with the judgement and appealed.

 This prompted the state government to take its case to the Lagos High Court. At the Lagos high court, Justice Oluwayemi set aside the option of fine imposed by the Magistrate’s Court and sentenced Fiberesima to five years imprisonment for dangerous and reckless driving. 

 In her judgment, Justice Oluwayemi held that the trial Magistrate exercised judicial recklessness when he gave the convict an option of fine. The court held that the option of N100, 000 given to the convict did not serve the purpose of justice in the matter and subsequently ordered that the N100, 000 should be returned back to Ibinabo Fiberesima. Dissatisfied with the judgement of the high court, Fiberesima came before the Court of Appeal and urged the court to set aside the five year sentence and restore the decision of the Magistrate Court. At the hearing of the appeal today, the appellate court presided over by Justice U.I. Ndukwe-Anyanwu (Mrs.) adjourned for judgement in the appeal after counsel adopted their written addresses. 

 The court also directed that the appellant (Fiberesima) who was not in court should appear in court when judgement is to be delivered, adding that, the date will be communicated to the parties.

2 Undergraduates Rape, Rob Job Seeker, Take Her N*de Photos

 Lagos State Police have arrested two undergraduates for allegedly raping a job-seeker, simply identified as Nike, and robbing her of valuables in the Igando area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects, identified as Valentine and Kusimo, allegedly took turns to defile their victim after luring her into a hotel.

Valentine, an indigene of Imo State, was said to be seeing off the 27-year-old with the hope that she would not raise the alarm when Nike suddenly called for help.

The suspects were subsequently arrested and taken to the Igando Police Division.

The incident happened on Thursday, January 14, 2016, on Idowu Ibiyemi Street, in the Igando area of 

Lagos State.

A police source told Punch that Valentine and Nike had met on a dating site.

He said:

 “Valentine is a 400-level Civil Engineering student of a university in Imo State. He chatted up the lady on the dating site and from there, their conversation shifted to Whatsapp, a mobile messaging application. 

The suspect told his friend, Kusimo, about the girl and they decided to trick her. Kusimo, a student of a polytechnic in Ogun State, would sometimes take Valentine’s phone and be chatting with Nike, without the girl knowing that it was Kusimo. Having done that for some days, they decided to invite her to Lagos.”

It was gathered that Nike, an indigene of Osun State, travelled down from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where she was based, to the Igando area.

The victim and Valentine scheduled to meet at his house.

PUNCH Metro gathered that instead of taking her to his apartment, the suspect took her to a popular hotel in the area.

The source said:

 “The girl did not know she was taken to a hotel because he took her through the back into the room. 

The second suspect, had, however, hid inside the toilet. As the lady entered the room, Valentine shut the door and Kusimo jumped out from his hideout with a bottle. He smashed the bottle on the ground and he told the girl to cooperate or they would kill her. 

While Valentine had two rounds, the second suspect had three rounds of sex with her. After they had raped her, they robbed her of her BlackBerry and N15, 000. 

In order to prevent her from exposing them, they took snapshots of her nakedness and threatened that if she told anyone about her ordeal, they would put the pictures on the Internet.”

PUNCH Metro gathered that after committing the act, Valentine decided to see Nike off.

The victim was, however, said to have raised the alarm, drawing the attention of passersby.

She was said to have narrated what happened to people, which led to the arrest of both suspects.

They were detained at the Igando Police Division, before the matter was transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

Another police source, however, said the suspects claimed that Nike agreed to mutual sex with them and only raised the alarm because she was not well paid.

She said:

 “How can you leave your place in Ibadan for Lagos and claim not to know what you are doing? It is not true that they raped her. She only wanted to make money off the men, and that was why she raised the alarm outside.

“The suspect said she demanded N200,000 for settlement and she is saying she does not want her fiancé and family members to be aware. She is not innocent.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, while confirming the incident, said the police had charged both suspects to court.

“Case charged to court,” she said in a text message.

Shocking : Boyfriend Desperate For Money Locks His Beautiful Girlfriend in a Pit for 8 Months(Photos)

 Some distressing photos have emerged of a beautiful young lady who was recently rescued from her boyfriend. Desperate for quick wealth, he locked her in a deep pit for 8 months as part of his ritual. See her photo below...

 The shocking incident was said to have happened in Tanzania. The lady spent 8 long months in a deep pit, and her people couldn't find her. He was feeding her only twice a week as part of his sacrifice.

Woman Gives Birth To Bouncing Baby Girl On The Streets

 A woman in labour delivered a bouncing baby girl in a vehicle belonging to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Onitsha, Anambra state. FRSC officials were alerted of a woman in labour at Upper Iweka in Onitsha area of the state on Tuesday, Jan, 26.

 Before they could rush her to a hospital, she gave birth to the new baby on the way (by the roadside) -with the aid of people around.

Both baby and mother are in good condition.

Photos : Olisa Metuh Released After 13-days in Prison

 The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, was finally released from Kuje Prison today after meeting his bail conditions imposed on him by a Federal High Court in Abuja on January 19.

Metuh was released from prison after 13 days of remand in custody with respect to the charges of fraudulent receipt of N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014 and money laundering involving separate $2m cash transaction.

The charges were preferred against him and his company, Destra Investments Limited.

Olisa Metuh Pictured above with PDP's New Media director Deji Adeyanju after his release.

He was released from prison on Thursday evening after the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, signed his release warrant, upon being satisfied with the verification of the details of the two sureties provided by the accused and the title documents of the property owned by the sureties.

The verification exercise was done by the Chief Registrar of the court and it also involved the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, whom the judge directed must verify the residential addresses of the two sureties.

A court official confirmed to our correspondent that Metuh met the bail conditions and presented the necessary documents before the official close of work in court on Thursday.

Metuh’s journey to freedom was made easier by a ruling of the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, varying the bail conditions on Wednesday.

Obasanjo Introduced Bribery to the National Assembly - Dino Melaye Blast

 Senator Dino Melaye says he respects former President Olusegun Obasanjo but accused him of introducing bribery to the National Assembly. According to the TheCable, Dino said this while reacting to the letter Obasanjo sent to members of the Senate on January 13th where he berated them over their plans to buy more cars. He said;

“I have tremendous respect for president Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo. Elder statesman, respected pan Africanist and committed patriot. I went through the letter written to all senators and members of the house of representatives. The letter I can see is a misplacement of anger,” he said.

"Our leader is mistaking the eighth national assembly as the same senate assembly that defrauded him in 2007. Those who collected his money and refused to implement the 3rd term agenda. I appeal to baba that we are not the ones please. After nine years of that bribery saga, the first of its kind, I expect forgiveness to have taken place. There was the case of bribery introduced by the Obasanjo regime in the desperate attempt to remove speaker Ghali Umar Na’abba from office then. In fact, there was open display of that bribery money on the floor of the house. That government exposed the national assembly to corruption and easy money. I hope this is not in an attempt to cover up and distract attention from the Halliburton and Siemens corruption allegations. While I am against corruption anywhere in Nigeria, I will not support accusations based on anger and vindictiveness. The eighth senate should also look inwardly and purge herself of all the deliberate misgivings of the past. Nigeria must work and we must support the anti corruption stand of the Buhari administration. God bless Nigeria.”

Shame! Pregnant Teenager Battered and Abandoned by EFCC Operative After She Refused to Get an Abortion(Photos)

 Blessing Nwokpa 19,(pictured above) was allegedly beaten by one of the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) when she went to ask him for money to take care of herself and the baby she is carrying.

According PM News, Blessing was allegedly assaulted at the Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, office of EFCC where the operative, Edward Okeke works as exhibit keeper.

The victim who was a canteen attendant at the EFCC premises was allegedly impregnated by Edward who refused to take responsibility for the pregnancy but instead offered her money to terminate the pregnancy. When Blessing refused, he beat her up and threw her out of his house.

Blessing, who is now seven months pregnant and homeless after she was fired from the canteen went to EFCC office where Edward works to ask for money to feed and for ante-natal care. When Edward saw her, he brutally battered her.

Sources said the intervention of senior officers saved Blessing from further battering. Blessing reported the matter to the Legal Aids Council of Nigeria.

Blessing who said she was a virgin used to sleep at the canteen where she worked after her brother who brought her to Lagos had accommodation issue. Edward offered to put her up in his house pending when her brother get another accommodation. She claimed that Edward introduced her into sex and disvirgined her. When she found out she was pregnant, she informed Edward. He gave her N18,000 to terminate the pregnancy. When she refused he subjected her to constant beating and eventually threw her out of his house.

She said when the Legal Aids Council invited Edward to settle the matter, he told them that he would not come and boasted that nothing would happen. Blessing lamented that she is starving and she was not asking him to marry her rather, she wants him to take care of the pregnancy and after she delivers, she would look for ways to move on with her life. Blessing has been referred to an NGO for assistance.