Festus James, 56, was arrested by men from the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly rapping a 22-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant under the guise of delivering her from an evil spirit.

“On the 13th November, 2021, one Festus James’m’ from Ibadan in Oyo State went to Agbabu village via Ore, claimed to be a Prophet, and that the Holy Spirit directed him to have a 3 days Holy Ghost Revival in a Church in the village,” Bolaji Salami said yesterday at the command headquarters.

“The next day, the prophet claimed to have seen a vision about a 22-year-old pregnant woman and told her to stay behind after the program. She took the pregnant woman into one of the mission house’s rooms under the guise of delivering her from an evil spirit and had carnal knowledge of her.”

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Salami, who spoke through the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, also showed off five other suspects who were arrested for rape, unlawful possession of a military uniform, impersonation, burglary, and stealing.

According to him, the command also arrested Lasisi Isiaka, a 65-year-old man, for allegedly being in the position of a human skull.

“On the 10th of November, 2021, in Ondo’s Yaba Division. Two men were seen digging a grave inside Anglican Cathedral Church, Surulere, Oke-Aluko cemetery and packing objects suspected to be human parts into a bag, according to an anonymous call.

“As soon as the Division’s officers arrived on the scene, they discovered Lasisi Isiaka, who, upon seeing the officers, increased his pace and walked into a house opposite the cemetery with a sack bag. The officers pursued him, searched the sack, and discovered a dry human skull inside.” He couldn’t explain why he did what he did or why he had the skull in his possession.

“On the 12th of November 2021, police officers on patrol along the Benin/Lagos road intercepted a sienna bus with registration number UWN 505 ZL, driven by one Tochukwu Obasi’m’. In the vehicle was discovered a black sack containing ten pairs of military camouflage trousers, eight pairs of military camouflage jackets, nine pairs of military knee cap protectors, and nine pairs of military face caps.

“On the 23rd of October, 2021, a case of stealing was reported by a resident of Ijapo extension, who observed that her house had been burgled by unknown thieves and that part of her valuables had been carted away after she returned from a business trip,” Salami wrote. Two laptops worth N545,000, a headset worth N44,000, a clipper worth N86,000, and jewelries worth N4 million were among the items stolen, according to her.

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“Upon receiving this complaint, Police Detectives in the area arrested the duo of Oluwasuyi Oluwadamilola’m’ and Ismail Nasiru’m’ through intelligence gathering, and parts of the jewelries and two laptops were recovered from the suspects.”

“Also, on the 29th of October, 2021, own troops deployed for ex-still waters at Okitipupa arrested one Lawal Taiwo’m’ of No. 1 Togbe Street, Agege, Lagos, who falsely paraded himself as a Military personnel fully dressed in military woodland camouflage, claiming that after several failed attempts to join the Military, he became frustrated and started parading himself as a member of the Armed Forces,” Salami added.

The revivalist told Journalists that he had sex with the 22-year-old woman but did not rape her, and that he had no idea what had come over him while committing the heinous act.

After being wrongfully arrested by police in Delhi, India, a Nigerian mother of two has cried out.
The mother of two lamented the alleged mistreatment she and her children, ages three and two, were subjected to by officials after she was picked up around 6 p.m. while at her shop in a now-viral video.

According to her, no one could tell her what her crime was, and she was told she would have to spend the night at the station pending the arrival of the person in charge of her case.

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The distraught woman noted that the police refused to offer her children any meal even after complaining of hunger.

She said, “My Nigerian people, see me; I’ve been here since 6 pm with my two children. The first one is three years; the second one is two years. Since they brought us here, they did not ask us anything.

“They only came to ask my name, age and nationality which l answered them. That’s all they demanded for, nothing else. Around 11pm, my children complained of hunger and when l told them, they brought Indian meals that they could barely eat. They said my case would be attended to in the morning.

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“I was in my shop when they arrested me without any known offence. I wasn’t arrested with drugs or laptop.”

A one-story building under construction in Flourmill Estate, Magbon, near Badagry, Lagos State, collapsed on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring five others.

Around 3 p.m., the building collapsed on the nine construction workers on-site, according to a witness, Oluwagbenga Ogundele.

Residents were alerted to the scene by a visitor to the site, according to Mr Ogundele, who works as a security guard near the site.

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“The visitor was not in the building when it collapsed, but he was the one who called for help, and officers from Area ‘K’ arrived to save them.”

“We were able to rescue five alive because they were calling for help, while four of them gave up the ghost.

“Police, Fire Brigade and our intervention saved those that survived,” the witness told NAN.

NAN also reports that the five injured labourers were taken to Catholic Church Hospital, Magbon, while the four dead bodies had been deposited at Badagry General Hospital mortuary.

One of the elders in the Estate who spoke on condition of anonymity told NAN that the building had been abandoned by the owner for close to six years before work resumed on it recently.

“It was recently that a new owner started building another floor on top to make it a storey building.

“Around 3p.m., we had a loud sound and when we got to the scene, the building had collapsed on the labourers working inside it,” he said.

Ibrahim Farinloye, South-West Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed the incident.

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Mr Farinloye said that four persons died while five sustained injuries during the collapse.

Lagos State Building Agency, LABCA, has sealed up the premises of the collapsed building.

On Wednesday morning, a tanker explosion on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway claimed the lives of five people.

During the incident, the victims were said to have been “burned beyond recognition.”

Tunji Alegi Filling Station in Ogun State’s Kwakyama Area.
At least five people were burned when a petrol-laden tanker collided with another truck, spilled its contents, and burst into flames.

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During the explosion, at least five vehicles were equally destroyed.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)’s spokesperson, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident on Wednesday in Abeokuta.

Okpe, who is the Public Education Officer of FRSC, explained that the tanker had collided with another truck which led to a fire outbreak.

She blamed the incident on “wrongful overtaking and dangerous driving” on the part of the tanker’s driver.

Okpe said corpses of the victims were recovered from the crashed trucks and deposited at a morgue in Ipara, Remo North Local Government Area.

“A total of five persons were burnt beyond recognition.

“They were recovered from one of the crashed trucks and have been deposited at FOS Morgue Ipara.
Further updates soon,” She said.

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Okpe hinted that traffic along the route had been diverted to avoid a secondary crash, just as she advised commuters to remain calm and cooperate with traffic managers.

Our correspondent reports that, on Sunday night, seven people were burnt to death on the Lagos – Ibadan expressway.

According to to the FRSC, “a total of 10 persons were involved in the crash”.

The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, has ordered that anyone who provides forged COVID-19 certifications be arrested and prosecuted.

His remarks came after Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced that some of those involved in the illegal activity had been apprehended and turned over to the Department of State Security (DSS).

Dr. Adetifa went on to say that some corrupt individuals allegedly worked with airport officials to commit the crime.

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This prompted the speaker to propose legislation to establish a government agency similar to the TSA to monitor airport operators in Nigeria.

“It’s not going to be one of those sessions where there will be no outcomes, I think one of the outcomes will be a law that specifically sets up an agency of government to oversee the operations of the airports like the TSA.

“I think the TSA appears to be the silver bullet that cures most of the things we heard here and the chairmen of the relevant committees in the House, led by the Aviation Committee, hopefully, will begin to put this together. Hopefully, within the next two week, we will have a draft of the bill,” he said.

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In response to a comment from Nnolim Nnaji, Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, about suspected unethical behaviour by FAAN personnel at airports, FAAN Managing Director Rabiu Yadudu replied that management and staff met weekly to inform and monitor their operations.