Monday, 24 August 2015
60,000 babies to be born at various IDP camps by end of 2015 - NEMA
According to the National Emergency Management Agenc,y NEMA, 60,000 babies will be born at different IDP camps in Nigeria by the end of 2015. Photo below shows a baby born at Damare IDP camp in Adamawa State over the weekend.
ICC Investigates Oba of Lagos for Anti-Igbo Remarks
The
International Criminal Court has commenced investigation of the Oba of Lagos,
Rilwan Akiolu, for statements made about the Igbo’s in the build-up to the
Lagos governorship election.
In the statement, available online, Mr. Akiolu vowed that Igbos in Lagos who voted against his preferred candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, would sink in the Lagoon. Mr. Ambode of the APC eventually defeated Jimi Agbaje of the PDP in a highly contested election.
The son of a late former governor of old Anambra State, Josef Onoh, on April 21, petitioned the ICC on the statement and asked the world jury to investigate the threat and bring the monarch to justice.
The ICC had earlier in the year acknowledged receipt of Mr. Onoh’s petition and promised to give
consideration to his request.
Mr. Onoh petitioned the ICC saying he believes that Mr. Akiolu’s threat amounted to a call for violence to be perpetrated against the Igbo in Lagos in the event that the APC governorship candidate loses the election, which he noted violates Article 20 of the International convention and elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.
In the statement, available online, Mr. Akiolu vowed that Igbos in Lagos who voted against his preferred candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, would sink in the Lagoon. Mr. Ambode of the APC eventually defeated Jimi Agbaje of the PDP in a highly contested election.
The son of a late former governor of old Anambra State, Josef Onoh, on April 21, petitioned the ICC on the statement and asked the world jury to investigate the threat and bring the monarch to justice.
The ICC had earlier in the year acknowledged receipt of Mr. Onoh’s petition and promised to give
consideration to his request.
Mr. Onoh petitioned the ICC saying he believes that Mr. Akiolu’s threat amounted to a call for violence to be perpetrated against the Igbo in Lagos in the event that the APC governorship candidate loses the election, which he noted violates Article 20 of the International convention and elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.
“Had the
threat been made by any lesser person we would have dismissed same as an idle
threat, but coming from the Oba of Lagos himself, it was a call to arms and an
incitement to violence against the Igbos,” Mr. Onoh wrote.
In a
second correspondence to Mr. Onoh with reference number OTP-CR-140/15, dated
August 13 2015, ICC’s Head of the Information & Evidence unit in the office
of the prosecutor, M.P. Dillion, said they were analyzing the situation
identified in his petition with the assistance of other related communications
and other available information.
Part of the ICC’s latest letter to Mr. Onoh reads:
Part of the ICC’s latest letter to Mr. Onoh reads:
“Under
article 53 of the Rome statute, the prosecutor must consider whether there is a
reasonable basis to believe that crimes within the jurisdiction of the court
have been committed, the gravity of the crimes, whether national systems are
investigating and prosecuting the relevant crimes, and the interests of
justice.”
Acknowledging
receipt of the petition, Mr. Dillon said:
“This
communication has been duly entered in the communications register of the
office.”
The
International Criminal Court has commenced investigation of the Oba of
Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, for statements made about the Igbo’s in the
build-up to the Lagos governorship election.
In the statement, available online, Mr. Akiolu vowed that Igbos in Lagos who voted against his preferred candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, would sink in the Lagoon. Mr. Ambode of the APC eventually defeated Jimi Agbaje of the PDP in a highly contested election.
The son of a late former governor of old Anambra State, Josef Onoh, on April 21, petitioned the ICC on the statement and asked the world jury to investigate the threat and bring the monarch to justice.
The ICC had earlier in the year acknowledged receipt of Mr. Onoh’s petition and promised to give
consideration to his request.
Mr. Onoh petitioned the ICC saying he believes that Mr. Akiolu’s threat amounted to a call for violence to be perpetrated against the Igbo in Lagos in the event that the APC governorship candidate loses the election, which he noted violates Article 20 of the International convention and elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.
Part of the ICC’s latest letter to Mr. Onoh reads:
In the statement, available online, Mr. Akiolu vowed that Igbos in Lagos who voted against his preferred candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, would sink in the Lagoon. Mr. Ambode of the APC eventually defeated Jimi Agbaje of the PDP in a highly contested election.
The son of a late former governor of old Anambra State, Josef Onoh, on April 21, petitioned the ICC on the statement and asked the world jury to investigate the threat and bring the monarch to justice.
The ICC had earlier in the year acknowledged receipt of Mr. Onoh’s petition and promised to give
consideration to his request.
Mr. Onoh petitioned the ICC saying he believes that Mr. Akiolu’s threat amounted to a call for violence to be perpetrated against the Igbo in Lagos in the event that the APC governorship candidate loses the election, which he noted violates Article 20 of the International convention and elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.
“Had the threat been made by any lesser person we would have dismissed same as an idle threat, but coming from the Oba of Lagos himself, it was a call to arms and an incitement to violence against the Igbos,” Mr. Onoh wrote.In a second correspondence to Mr. Onoh with reference number OTP-CR-140/15, dated August 13 2015, ICC’s Head of the Information & Evidence unit in the office of the prosecutor, M.P. Dillion, said they were analyzing the situation identified in his petition with the assistance of other related communications and other available information.
Part of the ICC’s latest letter to Mr. Onoh reads:
“Under article 53 of the Rome statute, the prosecutor must consider whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that crimes within the jurisdiction of the court have been committed, the gravity of the crimes, whether national systems are investigating and prosecuting the relevant crimes, and the interests of justice.”Acknowledging receipt of the petition, Mr. Dillon said:
“This communication has been duly entered in the communications register of the office.”- See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/08/icc-investigates-oba-of-lagos-for-anti.html#more
Man Brutally Rapes Widow to Death in Abakaliki Ebonyi State
A widowed
mother of four from Egwudunagu village, Amachi community in Abakaliki Local
Government Area of Ebonyi State, identified as Mrs Ogodo Egede, 34, was
allegedly raped to death by Alex Nwabu, 40.
The suspect, who allegedly committed the act in the deceased house in the night, was said to have been having constant affair with the widow with a threat to kill her if she dared disclose it to anyone.
The poor widow, who depended on artisan work to cater for her children, was seen with bruises all over her motionless body following the incident.
A family source said that when the suspect continued the act, the widow’s daughter, a 13-year-old girl was forced by Nwabu to leave the house for threatening to expose him.
The family source added:
"The girl ran to her grandparents in the night because Nwabu threatened to kill her. She came to greet her mother in the morning only to see that she was dead and was covered with a wrapper.
The girl went and informed the grandfather that her mother is dead. She had reported Nwabu’s action to her grandfather."
The youths of the area then mobilised a search party for the suspect on hearing his alleged action and later found him in his father’s compound. On interrogation, he admitted committing the crime.
Nwabu said:
“Mrs. Ogodo was owing me N1, 500 and when I visited her for the payment she refused. I actually asked her for sex and she also refused. I later used force on her and I did not know she will die because I didn’t want to kill her.
But she struggled with me which annoyed me and I beat her up, I had sex with her for several hours.”
Speaking on the incident, the widow’s father, Chief Ogbonna Ogayi said his granddaughter ran to him in the night and reported that Nwabu came to their house and started harassing her mother with a cutlass.
The suspect, who allegedly committed the act in the deceased house in the night, was said to have been having constant affair with the widow with a threat to kill her if she dared disclose it to anyone.
The poor widow, who depended on artisan work to cater for her children, was seen with bruises all over her motionless body following the incident.
A family source said that when the suspect continued the act, the widow’s daughter, a 13-year-old girl was forced by Nwabu to leave the house for threatening to expose him.
The family source added:
"The girl ran to her grandparents in the night because Nwabu threatened to kill her. She came to greet her mother in the morning only to see that she was dead and was covered with a wrapper.
The girl went and informed the grandfather that her mother is dead. She had reported Nwabu’s action to her grandfather."
The youths of the area then mobilised a search party for the suspect on hearing his alleged action and later found him in his father’s compound. On interrogation, he admitted committing the crime.
Nwabu said:
“Mrs. Ogodo was owing me N1, 500 and when I visited her for the payment she refused. I actually asked her for sex and she also refused. I later used force on her and I did not know she will die because I didn’t want to kill her.
But she struggled with me which annoyed me and I beat her up, I had sex with her for several hours.”
Speaking on the incident, the widow’s father, Chief Ogbonna Ogayi said his granddaughter ran to him in the night and reported that Nwabu came to their house and started harassing her mother with a cutlass.
The poor widow, who depended on artisan work to cater for her children, was seen with bruises all over her motionless body following the incident.
A family source said that when the suspect continued the act, the widow’s daughter, a 13-year-old girl was forced by Nwabu to leave the house for threatening to expose him.
The family source added:
"The girl ran to her grandparents in the night because Nwabu threatened to kill her. She came to greet her mother in the morning only to see that she was dead and was covered with a wrapper.
The girl went and informed the grandfather that her mother is dead. She had reported Nwabu’s action to her grandfather."
The youths of the area then mobilised a search party for the suspect on hearing his alleged action and later found him in his father’s compound. On interrogation, he admitted committing the crime.
Nwabu said:
“Mrs. Ogodo was owing me N1, 500 and when I visited her for the payment she refused. I actually asked her for sex and she also refused. I later used force on her and I did not know she will die because I didn’t want to kill her.
But she struggled with me which annoyed me and I beat her up, I had sex with her for several hours.”
Speaking on the incident, the widow’s father, Chief Ogbonna Ogayi said his granddaughter ran to him in the night and reported that Nwabu came to their house and started harassing her mother with a cutlass. - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/08/man-brutally-rapes-widow-to-death-in.html#more
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