Senate Slams 10million Fine On Nigeria Police For Killing Uniport Undergraduate

Senate Slams 10million Fine On Nigeria Police For Killing Uniport Undergraduate

Francis Tayor

The Senate has indicted the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly killing a final year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Chinedu Obi, and mandated the police

authorities to pay to his family N10m as compensation.

Obi, who was arrested on July 19, 2019 after a disagreement with a female phone seller for alleged assault, died in controversial circumstances in police custody, after being denied access to family members and medical care.

In a petition to the Senate by the counsel to the family, Omemiroro Ogedegbe, disclosed that the deceased went to Otta, Ogun State to visit his friend when he met his untimely death.

While testifying before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, Ogedegbe said the deceased did not resist arrest contrary to police officer’s claim.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Ogbadu Aliyu, claimed that the deceased was arrested, detained and later granted bail and that after his release, he went back to the woman and started beating her and even tried to throw her from a story building.

Aliyu said the deceased, who was rearrested, became violent and tried to demobilise an officer, who shot him on his buttock instead of his legs.

But Ogedegbe, who disagreed with the presentation, stated that the deceased was shot from behind in the right buttock, “which meant that it was not the officer that shot him from behind.

“That all entreaties by the deceased who was in the pool of his own blood to speak with his father were rebuffed by the officers of the NPF who allowed him to die before taking him to Otta General Hospital.

“That the police officers lied as the deceased neither committed an offence, resisted arrest, nor armed at the point of his arrest.”

In the report presented to plenary, Chairman, Senate Committee, Ayo Akinyelure (Ondo Central), said the offence of assault alleged by the phone seller was not a capital offence and should not have led to the suspect’s arrest and handcuff.

He said: “The police officers did not handle the matter professionally and therefore, the force is culpable in the death of Obi.”

The Senate condemned the action of the police for the unprofessional manner it handled the civil matter between the phone seller and the late Obi.

At a session presided over by Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, the lawmakers urged the police to arrest the police officer who shot the late Obi for prosecution, according to the laws of the land.

2011 Bonga Oil Spill: Victims Wins Case Against Shell Group In United Kingdom

 Bonga Oil Spill: Victims Wins Case Against Shell Group In United Kingdom

Francis Tayor

The 2011 Bonga spill victims which have been pursuing legal means to actualize their quest to effect compensation to them under the aegis of Oil Spill Initiative Vanguard in a suit number HT -2017 -000383 and HT-2020 -143 Bonga Oil Spill, December 20th, 2011 against Shell Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STATSCO) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) have won the second round of the legal battle against SHELL the oil giant in the United Kingdom. 

The Oil Spil Victims official message stated that Shell Bonga Field  Operations which discharged over 40, 000 barrels of crude oil into the Atlantic ocean terminated the fishing activities of over 170, 000, fisher men and women, while 450 communities between Delta and Bayelsa state were negatively impacted as a result of the pollution.

The Group noted in their assertions that an area  in the sea measuring over a distance of 185km along the Nigeria Coastal line was deserted by fishermen dew to the  unbearable effect of the pollution, even as 

farm lands and vegetation were contaminated across board in the affected area in Delta and Bayelsa state. 

Mr. Harrison Jalla the Executive Director of Oil Spill Victims Initiative Vanguard (OSPIVV) who  disclosed this information in a press conference held at Tebulous Hotel Ekpan Warri Delta State on wednesday 9th December, 2020 pointed our that OSPIVV is an NGO dedicated to the pursuit of the rights of  victims and communities affected by oil spill hazards, gas flaring and to ensure transparency and accountability in the extractive industries in Nigeria. 

Harrison Jalla the Group Executive during the media interactive session told newsmen  that the battle for  OSPIVV to ensure that the victims are compensated has been on since 21st of September 2017, when the Group took the legal action Johnson and Steller Solicitors. 

He however hinted for reasons not disclosed  that the former lawyers Johnson and Steller Solicitors are now replaced by Rosenblatt  Limited, a reputable oil and law firm based in Saint Andrew East Central London.

 The Group Executive while disclosing that the journey to final destination for the victim's dream of compensation is yet to be realised legally he,   explained : " Having scaled the first and second hurdles, were judgement has been  delivered in favour of OSPIVV, we still have one more protective claim pending in suit No HT -2020 -000143 filed on the 23rd of April 2020.

However,  he expressed optimism that the next phase of legal battle will still turn out to be  positive in favour of OSPIVV just like the first two instances, because the Group have iron cast alibis which the judges of the earlier courts relied  on to deliver judgement in favour of the spill victims.

According to Mr. Jalla  the OSPIVV Executive, the SHELL Group threw everything in the ring to contest the jurisdiction of the English Court to entertain the matter since 2017  just to ensure that they evade payment to the spill victims and the  affected communities. 

 He added : " God being a Man of justice  prevailed as the judgement handed down by the Hon. Justice Stuart Smith on the 2nd of march 2020 in  the English court assumed jurisdiction and ruled in favour of OSPIVV , lndividuals and Community Claimants in the matter."

Speaking further he remarked: " l am glad to inform you that we are moving closer to end of the tunnel with a silver lining , our case has since been heard on the 19th of November 2020 in a case management session by both parties under a new Judge  , Hon.Justice  Mrs, O' FARRELL which outlined how the matter will progress in the main trial. 

The Group Executive while making his submition  stressed that the on going action is to compell the   Shell Group and its subsidiaries to do the clean up , rectification,  Restoration , compensation and payment of damages occasioned by the negative impact of December 20th 2011 spill.

How Will John Oguma Feel If His Own Innocent Children Are Dancing Half-Naked ln Public?

How Will John Oguma Feel If His Own Innocent Children Dancing Half-Naked ln Public?

*-By Zik Gbemre*

*ON CHIEF JOHN OGUMA’S REPORTED ACT OF PUBLIC INDECENT EXPOSURE OF YOUNG HALF-NAKED GIRLS – A CONTRAVENTION OF THE LAW AND PUBLIC IMMORALITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED*

I was greatly appalled, disgusted and angry at the same time when I saw pictures online of Chief John Oguma, a PDP Chieftain in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State, spraying money on topless half-naked young girls that were made to dance at the funeral ceremony of his mother in-law (mother to his second wife), on Saturday 5th December 2020 , in what can best be described as a public shame and indecent exposure that is alien to our culture, being exhibited by an elder and public figure in the society. For the sake of the poor innocent young girls and their future, I have decided to attach only the cropped picture of Chief John Oguma, and the defaced picture of the girls whom he made to kneel down before him as they danced half naked to his disgusting delight, while he was spraying money on them. This act of indecent dressing, which vicariously was induced by Chief John Oguma, is absolutely wrong on every side, and it saddens me more that even the people that were around the said ceremony, did not see anything wrong with this, as some of them were also seen taking pictures of these vulnerable young girls that were made to dance naked before them.

The Organizers of the said ceremony, and Chief John Oguma apparently capitalized on the poverty level of the young girls’ dances, whom Oguma brought to Ogbe-Udu, Udu LGA of Delta State at the said funeral ceremony of his mother in-law, to have made them to dance half-naked before them and the public.

What is more a serious issue that should not be tolerated, is the fact that the said pictures of the half-naked indecently exposed young girls’ dancers at a funeral ceremony, to my mind, contravenes Section 30 (2) of the Bill passed in this regard by the Delta State House of Assembly, and signed into law on 7th July 2020 by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. The section reads: “A person who, with intent to embarrass or humiliate another person whether for a real or perceived wrong, strips that other person naked, completely or partially, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of 3 years imprisonment or to a fine not exceeding N500,000.00 or both.”

Even a Seminar reportedly organized by the Delta State Governor’s wife, on Child Molestation, is also clearly contravened by this show of shame by Chief John Oguma. And as noted by well-meaning Deltans, this act by Chief John Oguma, making young girls dance naked in public, is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience. He capitalized on the poverty of the innocent citizens whom the Delta State Government has impoverished and made vulnerable, to carry out this act in a bid to satisfy what may be described as pedophile tendences and demonic lust. This is nothing but a show of shame!

Beyond what the law says, let us bear in mind that these are young innocent girls and children of poor parents in Delta State, and also future wives of some men and future mothers of unborn children. These young girls were born the same way John Oguma’s children were born. How will Chief John Oguma feel if his own innocent children are lured or enticed with money to come to dance naked in the public in this 21st century, and someone is spraying them money? Should a politician of Oguma’s repute, capitalize on the poverty of others to abuse innocent young girls in the public and he is happy and comfortable about it as he satisfies himself by spraying the half-naked girls’ money? Was John Oguma rewarding these girls for dancing half-naked? How will John Oguma feel if his own innocent children should dance half-naked?  The recently passed law in Delta State should be applied in this case.

Zik Gbemre. 

December 8, 2020

*We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes*

Rejoinder: Disregard The Publication On Prophet Jeremiah Pays Otuaro #400, 000 00 To Kill Blackmail Video Against Boukan, Wanki

Rejoinder: Disregard The Publication On Prophet Jeremiah Pays Otuaro #400, 000 00 To Kill Blackmail Video Against Boukan, Wanki

Francis Tayor

Warri_____ The general public is hereby urged to disregard the earlier publication on this platform as regards to the story titled' Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin pays the younger brother to the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Mr. Bullet Otuaro with the sum of four hundred thousand naira (#400,000 00) in order to withdraw the blackmail video case he instituted against Godwin Boukan and Amos Wanki.

The management and staff of NDM News Xclusive is deeply sorry and express her sincere apology to the G.O. Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry Church, Snr. Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin and Mr. Bullet Otuaro for the misinformation of the general public. 

And that our reporter Mr. Francis Tayor was misinformed by the accused persons Godwin Boukan and Amos Wanki about the outcome of the Out of Court settlement meeting between Prophet Omoto Fufeyin and the both families of the accused persons over the blackmail video against the man of God.

And that Snr. Prophet Omoto Fufeyin never bribe or pay Mr. Bullet Otuaro four hundred thousand naira (#400, 000 00) in order to withdraw or kill the said alleged blackmail video case against the man of God.

Rather, Mr. Bullet Otuaro voluntarily avail himself as a good Samaritan so as to put to an end the court case between the accused persons and the G.O. of Mercyland Deliverance Ministry Church.

However, the CEO/Publisher NDM News Xclusive, Comrade Charlse Oyinbi Onduku hereby wholeheartedly apologise to the man of God that he is deeply sorry for the wrong publication that has affected his reputation.

Hence, " I do promise the man of God not to do any wrong publication against him in the future. I thank the man of God for his mercy and forgiveness towards me as regards to the said publication. May God continue to bless and use the man of God to save more souls for Christ all over the world, Onduku stated."

Once again, we are sincerely sorry to Snr. Prophet Omoto Fufeyin and Mr. Bullet Otuaro for the wrong information about their reputable character to the public. The general public should disregard the former publication against the duo.

Signed: Comrade Oyinbi Onduku, CEO/Publisher

NDM News Xclusive

Disregard The Earlier Publication On Prophet Jeremiah Pays Otuaro #400, 000 00 To Kill Blackmail Video Against Boukan, Wanki

Disregard The Earlier Publication On Prophet Jeremiah Pays Otuaro #400, 000 00 To Kill Blackmail Video Against Boukan, Wanki

Francis Tayor

Warri_____ The general public is hereby urged to disregard the earlier publication on this platform on Tuesday 1st of December, 2020 as regards to the story titled' Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin pays the younger brother to the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Mr. Bullet Otuaro with the sum of four hundred thousand naira (#400,000 00) in order to withdraw the blackmail video case he instituted against Godwin Boukan and Amos Wanki.

The management and staff of NDM News Xclusive is deeply sorry and express her sincere apology to the G.O. Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry Church, Snr. Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin and Mr. Bullet Otuaro for the misinformation of the general public. 

And that our reporter Mr. Francis Tayor was misinformed by the accused persons Godwin Boukan and Amos Wanki about the outcome of the Out of Court settlement meeting between Prophet Omoto Fufeyin and the both families of the accused persons over the blackmail video against the man of God.

And that Snr. Prophet Omoto Fufeyin never bribe or pay Mr. Bullet Otuaro four hundred thousand naira (#400, 000 00) in order to withdraw or kill the said alleged blackmail video case against the man of God.

Rather, Mr. Bullet Otuaro voluntarily avail himself as a good Samaritan so as to put to an end the court case between the accused persons and the G.O. of Mercyland Deliverance Ministry Church.

Once again, we are deeply sorry to Snr. Prophet Omoto Fufeyin and Mr. Bullet Otuaro for the wrong information about their reputable character to the public. The general public should disregard the former publication against the duo.

Signed:

Management

NDM News Xclusive

DSIEC Fixes 6th March, 2021 For LGA Polls, Orders Political Parties To Conduct Primaries Within December

DSIEC Fixes 6 March, 2021 For LGA Polls, Orders Political Parties To Conduct Primaries Within December

The Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, has fixed March 6, 2021 as date for the general local government election in the state.

This was disclosed on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at a meeting of the commission with political parties and stakeholders in the state in Asaba.

Speaking at the forum, DSIEC Chairman, Chief Mike Ogbodu stated that pre-election activities will commence immediately with party primaries to hold from 7th December to 31st December, 2020.

He further announced that 34 new wards have been created in the state as part of the recent delineation exercise which brings the total number of DSIEC wards in the state to 500.

According to Chief Ogbodu, “The purpose of this meeting is to publicly make known, the date fixed by the Commission for the conduct of the 2021 Local Government Council General election; issue election Guidelines and Timetable, as well as the schedule of activities for the conduct of the election.

“Going by this public notice, therefore, pre-election activities will commence immediately as we are poised to beefing up our preparedness capabilities by the day.

“We will further use this platform to urge our esteemed stakeholders including the various registered political parties in the State, their leaders and teeming supporters; the media, market women, NGOs and CSOs, security agencies and the electorate to give us the musch needed support as we embark on the journey of delivering a free, fair, credible and generally accepted election come 6th March, 2021.”

He assured of transparency with the political parties and smooth working relationship with the state Inter-Party Advisory Council.

In their different responses, Chairmen of political parties in the state called for a free and fair election, urging DSIEC to provide a level playing ground for all candidates and parties.

Oke Idawane, State chairman, Social Democratic Party, SDP, tasked DSIEC to play by the rule and avoid the temptation of shifting the election date. He further called for peace amongst members of the political parties.

The state secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Obi Nzete, also sued for peace and lauded DSIEC for being a credible umpire even as he asked the Commission to maintain same in forth coming election.

Chairman, Delta IPAC, Emeke Bidokwu urged DSEIC to always partner with them inorder to reach the grassroots with needed information.

Present at the meeting which held at the Exco Hall of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Asaba, include; officials of the DSEIC, representatives of security agencies, media organisations and other stakeholders

Stop Trading Under High Tension, lt Is For Your Own Saftey, Oromoni Urges Street Traders

Stop Trading Under High Tension, lt Is For Your Own Saftey, Oromoni Urges Street Traders

In a bid to restore cleanliness and sanity in the State, the Delta State Taskforce On Environment has reiterated its readiness to promote a cleaner, safety and hygienic environment through removal of illegal structures that deface the Environment.

To this end, the State Environment Taskforce Chairman Honorable Sylvester Oromoni has warned street traders to stop trading under high tension, stressing that it is for their own good and safety of life and property's.

The state taskforce team led by Oromoni further handed a 14day abatement notice to owners of the makeshift shops along river road, off Housing Complex Road, Ekpan.

Oromoni insisted that  the structures built under the electricity high tension wires must be removed immediately. 

According to the Environment Task Force Chairman, several warnings have been given to owners of the structures, but  they have refused to hid the directives.

He added that the action was actually in their best interest of the traders and their customers.

"What we have observed is that this people trade under the electricity high tension unmindful of the dangers involved. A wire can snap anytime and cause heavy casualty if people are under it" he said. 

Continuing Oromoni explained that all lives count. 

He recalled a recent incident at PTI Junction where two persons were killed when electricity wires snapped. 

Adding he said, "beyond the dangers involved,the make shift structures are unsightly and give the city a very bad look

"We need to start improving on the aesthetics of our metropolis", he said. 

The Taskforce Chairman warned that such unsightly and dangerous acts  will no longer be tolorated by the Government. 

"We will do all that is necessary to protect and safe the lives of citizens and their properties", he noted.