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11/19/18
Lagos NSCDC Official Shoots Man Multiple Times, 'Blows His Skull Open'
An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has shot a man identified as Taofeeq Abdulquadri in the head.
The yet-to-be-identified officer was alleged to have shot Taofeeq multiple times in Oke-Odo community of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.
According to residents, Taofeeq was shot multiple times, his head was visibly shattered and his skull blown open.
An eyewitness who narrated the incident to SaharaReporters said that Taofeeq, aged 30, was on his way to his house around 9pm when he was stopped by the officer. He added that the duo engaged in a short argument and the incident resulted in Taofeeq being shot.
“Taofeeq was coming from where he went to eat when this officer stopped him. He and the NSCDC official had an altercation and the next thing we saw was that the NSCDC man brought out his gun and pulled the trigger,” the eyewitness said.
Residents in the community said the official was recently deployed to the area to join the team on ground as part of efforts to address the increased pipeline vandalism in the community.
They also lamented that the NSCDC had been intimidating residents in the community by shooting indiscriminately.
“It is an open secret in our community that the NSCDC, who are supposed to be guarding against vandals, are the vandals themselves. The NSCDC invite tankers in the middle of the night to scoop petrol. They are doing nothing here, absolutely nothing. We don't need them here again," a victim of the harrassment by the officials told SaharaReporters.
Taofeeq's sister, Nifemi Basirat, revealed to our correspondent that his body is currently in the custody of the Police, while the suspect has been detained by the Police.
“After my brother was killed, some police officers from Oke-Odo Police Division, which is the nearest station, came into the community and they took away his body. When we went to request his body for burial, we were told that we can’t take it yet," she said.
Our correspondent gathered that the youth of the community, angered by the killing of Taofeeq, destroyed the NSCDC office in the area. Police officers were deployed to maintain peace and order in the community.
When contacted, spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Chike Oti, tactically declined comment on the issue, saying he would call our reporter for comments on the killing. However, he failed to call back even when sent a reminder.
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Lagos NSCDC Official Shoots Man Multiple Times, 'Blows His Skull Open'
An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has shot a man identified as Taofeeq Abdulquadri in the head.
The yet-to-be-identified officer was alleged to have shot Taofeeq multiple times in Oke-Odo community of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.
According to residents, Taofeeq was shot multiple times, his head was visibly shattered and his skull blown open.
An eyewitness who narrated the incident to SaharaReporters said that Taofeeq, aged 30, was on his way to his house around 9pm when he was stopped by the officer. He added that the duo engaged in a short argument and the incident resulted in Taofeeq being shot.
“Taofeeq was coming from where he went to eat when this officer stopped him. He and the NSCDC official had an altercation and the next thing we saw was that the NSCDC man brought out his gun and pulled the trigger,” the eyewitness said.
Residents in the community said the official was recently deployed to the area to join the team on ground as part of efforts to address the increased pipeline vandalism in the community.
They also lamented that the NSCDC had been intimidating residents in the community by shooting indiscriminately.
“It is an open secret in our community that the NSCDC, who are supposed to be guarding against vandals, are the vandals themselves. The NSCDC invite tankers in the middle of the night to scoop petrol. They are doing nothing here, absolutely nothing. We don't need them here again," a victim of the harrassment by the officials told SaharaReporters.
Taofeeq's sister, Nifemi Basirat, revealed to our correspondent that his body is currently in the custody of the Police, while the suspect has been detained by the Police.
“After my brother was killed, some police officers from Oke-Odo Police Division, which is the nearest station, came into the community and they took away his body. When we went to request his body for burial, we were told that we can’t take it yet," she said.
Our correspondent gathered that the youth of the community, angered by the killing of Taofeeq, destroyed the NSCDC office in the area. Police officers were deployed to maintain peace and order in the community.
When contacted, spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Chike Oti, tactically declined comment on the issue, saying he would call our reporter for comments on the killing. However, he failed to call back even when sent a reminder.
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APC Threatens To Discipline Members Who Sue The Party
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to take action against its members who institute legal cases against the party without first exploring all intra-party avenues to conflict resolution.
The party said this on Monday in a statement by Lanre Issa-Onilu, its National Publicity Secretary.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has frowned on the actions of some party members who have resorted to litigation as a way of addressing their perceived grievances and disputation without exhausting the party’s dispute resolution mechanism,” read the statement.
“This growing trend is viewed by the party as a manifest indiscipline. The actions, it should be noted, is considered as anti-party as it goes against our party’s constitution.
“For emphasis, according to Article 20, Subsection 10 of our Party’s Constitution, offences against the Party include: ‘Filing an action in a Court of Law against the party or any of its officers on any matters relating to the discharge of the duties of the party without first exhausting all avenues for redress provided for in this Constitution.”
“The party intends to activate constitutional provisions to penalise such members, as their action is capable of undermining the party and hurt the Party’s interest.”
APC ‘strongly advised’ such members to withdraw all court cases, while approaching the appropriate party organs with a view to resolving any outstanding disputes.
“In addition to this, aggrieved members are urged to take full advantage of the reconciliation committees the party has just put in place,” it said.
“APC members should understand that as a progressive party that operates on the principle of change, it is not a matter of choice to keep to the rules. We therefore advise such members to take this warning very seriously as failure to comply with the party's dispute resolution procedures would be met with the stipulated disciplinary actions.”
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APC Threatens To Discipline Members Who Sue The Party
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to take action against its members who institute legal cases against the party without first exploring all intra-party avenues to conflict resolution.
The party said this on Monday in a statement by Lanre Issa-Onilu, its National Publicity Secretary.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has frowned on the actions of some party members who have resorted to litigation as a way of addressing their perceived grievances and disputation without exhausting the party’s dispute resolution mechanism,” read the statement.
“This growing trend is viewed by the party as a manifest indiscipline. The actions, it should be noted, is considered as anti-party as it goes against our party’s constitution.
“For emphasis, according to Article 20, Subsection 10 of our Party’s Constitution, offences against the Party include: ‘Filing an action in a Court of Law against the party or any of its officers on any matters relating to the discharge of the duties of the party without first exhausting all avenues for redress provided for in this Constitution.”
“The party intends to activate constitutional provisions to penalise such members, as their action is capable of undermining the party and hurt the Party’s interest.”
APC ‘strongly advised’ such members to withdraw all court cases, while approaching the appropriate party organs with a view to resolving any outstanding disputes.
“In addition to this, aggrieved members are urged to take full advantage of the reconciliation committees the party has just put in place,” it said.
“APC members should understand that as a progressive party that operates on the principle of change, it is not a matter of choice to keep to the rules. We therefore advise such members to take this warning very seriously as failure to comply with the party's dispute resolution procedures would be met with the stipulated disciplinary actions.”
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APC Threatens To Discipline Members Who Sue The Party
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to take action against its members who institute legal cases against the party without first exploring all intra-party avenues to conflict resolution.
The party said this on Monday in a statement by Lanre Issa-Onilu, its National Publicity Secretary.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has frowned on the actions of some party members who have resorted to litigation as a way of addressing their perceived grievances and disputation without exhausting the party’s dispute resolution mechanism,” read the statement.
“This growing trend is viewed by the party as a manifest indiscipline. The actions, it should be noted, is considered as anti-party as it goes against our party’s constitution.
“For emphasis, according to Article 20, Subsection 10 of our Party’s Constitution, offences against the Party include: ‘Filing an action in a Court of Law against the party or any of its officers on any matters relating to the discharge of the duties of the party without first exhausting all avenues for redress provided for in this Constitution.”
“The party intends to activate constitutional provisions to penalise such members, as their action is capable of undermining the party and hurt the Party’s interest.”
APC ‘strongly advised’ such members to withdraw all court cases, while approaching the appropriate party organs with a view to resolving any outstanding disputes.
“In addition to this, aggrieved members are urged to take full advantage of the reconciliation committees the party has just put in place,” it said.
“APC members should understand that as a progressive party that operates on the principle of change, it is not a matter of choice to keep to the rules. We therefore advise such members to take this warning very seriously as failure to comply with the party's dispute resolution procedures would be met with the stipulated disciplinary actions.”
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Army: We Didn't Want To Kill Cows But Bandits Used Them As Shields
The Nigerian Army has responded to claims that it killed 74 cows belonging to the Fulani at Ryawa in Sabon Birni area in Kaduna State.
At a press briefing held on Monday, Brigadier General John Agim, acting Director, Defence Information, spoke on the activities of Operation 777 at the Headquarters 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna.
According to Agim, the officers conducted a raid on bandits in the area on November 17, 2018. The bandits were, however, said to have been alerted by their dogs and in their efforts to escape, used the cows as shields and exchanged gunfire with the soldiers.
The Army Spokesman noted that it was "not a deliberate act by the troops to kill the cows".
He also highlighted achievements of the troops in addressing the crisis in Kaduna, as well as the rescue of 31 persons from kidnappers.
SEE FULL TEXT OF AGIM'S ADDRESS BELOW:
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this briefing on activities of the Operation WHIRL PUNCH being conducted by the troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army (NA). This operation is part of the Operation 777, which is being conducted and coordinated simultaneously nationwide under the auspices of the Defence Headquarters. Prior to the launch of Op 777, terrorists and criminals devised different means of evading ongoing operations in different theatres of operations. However, since the commencement of Op 777 on 8 October 2018, significant and modest operational successes have been recorded across the nation. Under Operation WHIRL PUNCH, 1 Division NA is tasked to provide security and restore normalcy along Kaduna – Abuja Expressway and Birnin Gwari and its environs as well as Niger State, which were hitherto devastated by the activities of bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers and cattle rustlers.
In preparation for the conduct of the operations, additional platforms, establishment of new military/Police formations/units and injection of more troops were carried out by the Defence Headquarters to ensure the success of this operation. There is Nigerian Army Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Birnin Gwari, which will soon metamorphose into 98 Bn in line with 2016 NA Order Of Battle (ORBAT). The Nigerian Air Force also plan to establish FOB to support Operation WHIRL PUNCH in Birnin Gwari general area, Niger State and the entire operation WHIRL PUNCH Area of Responsibility. The troops of 1 Division NA, Nigerian Air Force aircrafts, Police and other security agencies are conducting series of raids, ambushes, patrols, road blocks and air strikes against the identified camps/hideouts of bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements within the operational areas. The general areas where our troops operate are characterised by thick forests such as the Kamuku, Kuduru, Birnin Gwari and Alawa Forests; the area also have several high grounds, which bandits and kidnappers use as staging areas and camps to perpetrate their heinous acts. To surmount these terrain challenges, we have also devised ingenious ways of deploying our troops and conducting operations.
So far, in this operation, 14 notorious bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers have been neutralised. Likewise several assorted sophisticated arms, ammunition and large herds of cattle have been recovered from the bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers.
A total of 18 AK47 rifles, 2 pistols, 3 mobile phones, 1 motorola, large cache’ of ammunition and 32 Motorcycles have been recovered. The troops also recovered over 331 cows from rustlers in Birnin Gwari area and 132 cows in Birnin Yero areas respectively. Along the Kaduna – Abuja Expressway 49 cows and 42 sheep have been recovered. All the recovered animals were handed over to their screened and profiled owners. Additionally, a total of 31 persons (18 Children and 13 Adults) were rescued from kidnappers within the Area of Operation. During this period also 5 bandits and 2 informants were arrested and they are currently assisting the security agencies in ongoing investigation. Unfortunately 2 soldiers were wounded and are currently receiving treatment at military hospital in Kaduna. Two civilian vigilante assisting troops in the operation were also killed in action by bandit’s fire.
Through these special operations, relative peace have been restored and hence, the troops dominate the operating environment, thereby creating safe and conducive atmosphere for socio-economic activities to thrive. It is evident that, now the local traders, motorists, residents of villages/settlements in these general areas are conducting their businesses mostly unmolested. The returned of relative peace and security was made possible through joint operations and synergy of efforts by the security agencies and cooperative posture of the locals and vigilante’ groups.
Let me also address a recent allegation of killing 74 cows belonging to Fulanis at Riyawa in Sabon Birni area. The Riyawa general area has been notorious as a den of bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers. Severally, troops had encounters with the bandits who use the difficult terrain and knowledge of the ground to escape. On 17 November 2018, based on intelligence, troops conducted a raid on bandits camps in the area. The bandits were alerted by their dogs. The observed current practice of the bandits is to use their cows as shield to escape while firing at troops. This was the case on 17 November 2018 which was not a deliberate act by the troops to kill the cows.
Gentlemen of the Press, our troops were recently deployed to restore and maintain peace in the recent Kaduna crisis, the proactive deployment, was applauded for its critical impact on preventing spread of crisis beyond Kaduna State. It is equally important to state that, as part of 1 Division’s Community Engagement Programmes (CEP) during Operation 777, medical outreach programme was carried out in Sayen Lemu Village in Zaria LGA. Worthy to mention also is the renovation of 2 blocks of class rooms recently in Sayen Lemu Village. As part of the CEP also, the troops in Kidandan area of Giwa LGA, Kaduna State now escort farmers to enable them harvest their crops. This is coming in the aftermath of recent bandits attacking and killing farmers in their farms in the general area.
Let me use this opportunity to assure the law abiding citizens that the Armed Forces and other security agencies will continue to ensure the protection of lives and properties of Nigerians. Operation 777 is designed to consolidate on the achievement of the existing operations so as to enhance the safety and promote socio- economic activities of Nigerians. We will continue to solicit the support and cooperation of the media towards successful conduct of the Operation 777.
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Army: We Didn't Want To Kill Cows But Bandits Used Them As Shields
The Nigerian Army has responded to claims that it killed 74 cows belonging to the Fulani at Ryawa in Sabon Birni area in Kaduna State.
At a press briefing held on Monday, Brigadier General John Agim, acting Director, Defence Information, spoke on the activities of Operation 777 at the Headquarters 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna.
According to Agim, the officers conducted a raid on bandits in the area on November 17, 2018. The bandits were, however, said to have been alerted by their dogs and in their efforts to escape, used the cows as shields and exchanged gunfire with the soldiers.
The Army Spokesman noted that it was "not a deliberate act by the troops to kill the cows".
He also highlighted achievements of the troops in addressing the crisis in Kaduna, as well as the rescue of 31 persons from kidnappers.
SEE FULL TEXT OF AGIM'S ADDRESS BELOW:
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this briefing on activities of the Operation WHIRL PUNCH being conducted by the troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army (NA). This operation is part of the Operation 777, which is being conducted and coordinated simultaneously nationwide under the auspices of the Defence Headquarters. Prior to the launch of Op 777, terrorists and criminals devised different means of evading ongoing operations in different theatres of operations. However, since the commencement of Op 777 on 8 October 2018, significant and modest operational successes have been recorded across the nation. Under Operation WHIRL PUNCH, 1 Division NA is tasked to provide security and restore normalcy along Kaduna – Abuja Expressway and Birnin Gwari and its environs as well as Niger State, which were hitherto devastated by the activities of bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers and cattle rustlers.
In preparation for the conduct of the operations, additional platforms, establishment of new military/Police formations/units and injection of more troops were carried out by the Defence Headquarters to ensure the success of this operation. There is Nigerian Army Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Birnin Gwari, which will soon metamorphose into 98 Bn in line with 2016 NA Order Of Battle (ORBAT). The Nigerian Air Force also plan to establish FOB to support Operation WHIRL PUNCH in Birnin Gwari general area, Niger State and the entire operation WHIRL PUNCH Area of Responsibility. The troops of 1 Division NA, Nigerian Air Force aircrafts, Police and other security agencies are conducting series of raids, ambushes, patrols, road blocks and air strikes against the identified camps/hideouts of bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements within the operational areas. The general areas where our troops operate are characterised by thick forests such as the Kamuku, Kuduru, Birnin Gwari and Alawa Forests; the area also have several high grounds, which bandits and kidnappers use as staging areas and camps to perpetrate their heinous acts. To surmount these terrain challenges, we have also devised ingenious ways of deploying our troops and conducting operations.
So far, in this operation, 14 notorious bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers have been neutralised. Likewise several assorted sophisticated arms, ammunition and large herds of cattle have been recovered from the bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers.
A total of 18 AK47 rifles, 2 pistols, 3 mobile phones, 1 motorola, large cache’ of ammunition and 32 Motorcycles have been recovered. The troops also recovered over 331 cows from rustlers in Birnin Gwari area and 132 cows in Birnin Yero areas respectively. Along the Kaduna – Abuja Expressway 49 cows and 42 sheep have been recovered. All the recovered animals were handed over to their screened and profiled owners. Additionally, a total of 31 persons (18 Children and 13 Adults) were rescued from kidnappers within the Area of Operation. During this period also 5 bandits and 2 informants were arrested and they are currently assisting the security agencies in ongoing investigation. Unfortunately 2 soldiers were wounded and are currently receiving treatment at military hospital in Kaduna. Two civilian vigilante assisting troops in the operation were also killed in action by bandit’s fire.
Through these special operations, relative peace have been restored and hence, the troops dominate the operating environment, thereby creating safe and conducive atmosphere for socio-economic activities to thrive. It is evident that, now the local traders, motorists, residents of villages/settlements in these general areas are conducting their businesses mostly unmolested. The returned of relative peace and security was made possible through joint operations and synergy of efforts by the security agencies and cooperative posture of the locals and vigilante’ groups.
Let me also address a recent allegation of killing 74 cows belonging to Fulanis at Riyawa in Sabon Birni area. The Riyawa general area has been notorious as a den of bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers. Severally, troops had encounters with the bandits who use the difficult terrain and knowledge of the ground to escape. On 17 November 2018, based on intelligence, troops conducted a raid on bandits camps in the area. The bandits were alerted by their dogs. The observed current practice of the bandits is to use their cows as shield to escape while firing at troops. This was the case on 17 November 2018 which was not a deliberate act by the troops to kill the cows.
Gentlemen of the Press, our troops were recently deployed to restore and maintain peace in the recent Kaduna crisis, the proactive deployment, was applauded for its critical impact on preventing spread of crisis beyond Kaduna State. It is equally important to state that, as part of 1 Division’s Community Engagement Programmes (CEP) during Operation 777, medical outreach programme was carried out in Sayen Lemu Village in Zaria LGA. Worthy to mention also is the renovation of 2 blocks of class rooms recently in Sayen Lemu Village. As part of the CEP also, the troops in Kidandan area of Giwa LGA, Kaduna State now escort farmers to enable them harvest their crops. This is coming in the aftermath of recent bandits attacking and killing farmers in their farms in the general area.
Let me use this opportunity to assure the law abiding citizens that the Armed Forces and other security agencies will continue to ensure the protection of lives and properties of Nigerians. Operation 777 is designed to consolidate on the achievement of the existing operations so as to enhance the safety and promote socio- economic activities of Nigerians. We will continue to solicit the support and cooperation of the media towards successful conduct of the Operation 777.
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A Review of the Police Reform Bill 2018 By Abdul Mahmud and Okey Nwanguma
The Nigerian Police Force is governed by a colonial law, which has seen no comprehensive review since its initial promulgation in 1943. Since 1999, following the return to democratic practices in Nigeria, several efforts have been undertaken to review the Police Act to provide a legal framework for the ongoing reform initiatives. The review started in November 2004 and was undertaken by an interagency committee comprised of police, government and civil society representatives.
It involved several stages of public consultation and a legal audit of all the laws engaging the police. A draft bill was discussed and approved by the interagency committee before it was finally presented to the House of Representatives towards the end of 2005. Between 2005 and 2018, many other drafts were presented to both chambers of the National Assembly.
However, the 8th Senate has expressed its will to consider and pass a new Police Act and other Police Reform bills within two weeks. One of the key omissions from the current Act is a Code of Conduct that includes the prohibition of torture. The Bill contains a full Code of Conduct in line with the United Nation’s Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials. Article 5 of the Code of Conduct states that, “No law enforcement official may inflict, instigate or tolerate any act of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, nor may any law enforcement official invoke superior orders or exceptional circumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war, a threat to national security, internal political instability or any other public emergency as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
The Bill incorporates the human rights provisions in the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), which were basically drawn from the Nigerian Constitution. In recognition of the demonstrable link between unlawful and arbitrary arrest and the torture and ill-treatment of detainees, the sections of the Bill relating to arrest are drafted to incorporate safeguards, including strict guidelines on what constitutes a warrant for arrest and judicial review that will prevent the misuse of this provision. We shall come to this point later.
In addition, measures to improve the effectiveness of the Nigerian Police, such as training and upgrading the requirements for recruitment and performance measures are also included. The Bill also makes a provision for police funding and an annual policing plan which must be linked to funding to ensure accountability for cost and performance, just as human rights provisions and accountability mechanisms ensure accountability for conduct.
It is also instructive to note that positive policy initiatives, such as community policing, are also incorporated to guarantee the long-term sustainability of such programs and insulate them from the whimsical and capricious political leaders. Perhaps the thorniest issue of the review is that of the political accountability of the police. Under the current Act, the Inspector General of Police is appointed and accountable to the President who has overall operational control of the force.
This is in line with existing constitutional provisions, but clearly compromises the independence of the police force, leaving it open to political manipulation by the executive arm. The new bill amends sections to grant the Police Council an advisory role in the appointment of an IGP by the President, set out procedure for removing an IGP and the grounds for such removal as well as give security of tenure to the IGP, this is necessary to extend accountability and promote accountable policing in Nigeria.
Restoring Public Confidence in the Police Force
We return to the sections of the Bill that deal with unlawful and arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment of detainees. The way officers of the Nigeria Police Force conduct themselves during arrests of alleged offenders of the Law, or during breaches of public peace and order, invariably places them in conflict with the freedoms guaranteed by a democratic nation-state.
A Police Officer is not expected in a democratic nation-state to pull his gun while apprehending defenceless offenders of law, nor is he expected to push citizens into custodial black holes, without proper procedures or without entering records of arrest or detention of an apprehended offender. In a decent and sane society, the Police institution is expected to have records of those kept in its holding facilities, or of those who are unfortunate to either pass through its holding facilities or serve out punishments as a result of breaking the law. A Police institution that takes recourse to brute force rather than applying practices consistent with the law only ends up diminishing its own authority, and losing the public confidence in the process.
As the scholars, Jinsik Pak and Julak Lee argue, “the low level of law and order is one of the examples that show the low extent of public confidence in police authority. Many scholars and police officers agree that citizens’ distrust of their police authority is the fundamental reason that leads to a trend whereby both the law and police power are ignored, and it weakens the capability of a police authority to fulfill its own duties for the maintenance of law and order”.
They are right in their argument; and in a way they also help to center the argument that public confidence in the police authority is the key to promoting successful law enforcement strategies for securing public order, law and peace.
The question we pose here is this: how can the Police Reform Bill 2018 restore public confidence in the Police Force? First, as we noted in the foregoing, the Bill specifically states in its commencement provisions that it seeks to create “a more efficient and effective Police Force that is based on the principles of: accountability and transparency; and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms”.
The Bill, therefore, purports to establish “a Police Force that is more responsible and responsive to the needs of the general public and entrenches in its operations the values of fairness, justice and equity”. The Bill captures the essentials of public confidence in the operations of the Police Force by seeking to “reposition the Police Force to uphold and safeguard the fundamental rights of every person in Nigeria in its operations; bring about a positive change in the public perception of the Police Force by ensuring that its functions are carried out in a manner sensitive to the needs and well-being of the general public”.
One manner of ensuring change of perception and imbuing public confidence in the operations of the Police Force is by ensuring proper and lawful arrests generally, without unnecessary restraints, conducting lawful searches of criminal suspects, examination of suspects, and detention of suspect in humane holding facilities, with their rights to bail secured. Second, modern policing cannot be complete without recourse to risk-averse strategies for reducing crime, understanding the re-offending records of ex-offenders and exposing potential risk re-offenders. All of this can only be possible in a legal framework that recognizes the place of “Criminal Record Registry” in law enforcement and in combating crimes.
There are “across-the-board” benefits accruing from keeping records of spent convictions as institutional “Central Criminal Records” also allow employers, for instance, to routinely check the criminal records of their employees or prospective employees, at least with anti-discrimination mechanism built into the legal framework to forestall abuses. In underscoring the importance of criminal records in combating crime, the Bill proposes to establish a “Central Criminal Records Registry at every state police command … which shall keep and transmit all records to the Central Criminal Records Registry”. It also provides that “the decisions of the court in all criminal trials are transmitted to the Central Criminal Records Registry within thirty days of judgment”.
Finally, it is vital that members of the National Assembly endorse the proposed Bill to ensure stringent safeguards to protect human rights and a positive legal framework for meaningful police reform in Nigeria. It is also vital the Police and the Executive branch of government work together with both arms of the National Assembly to pass this bill, which will benefit every Nigerian. The media and civil society must lead the charge in pushing for the passage of the bill before the end of the legislative calendar of the current National Assembly.
Abdul Mahmud and Okey Nwanguma are Police Reform Advocates
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Buhari, APC Under Fire For 'Plagiarising' 'Next Level' Logo
President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All progressives Congress (APC), are under fire on social media for what appears to be the passing off of a foreign logo as theirs.
Buhari launched his 2019 presidential campaign on Sunday, titling it ‘Next Level’ on the argument that “the past few years have put us in good stead to trudge on the Next Level of building an even stronger nation for our people”.
It is not the President’s words that are currently attracting public opprobrium, though, but the ‘Next level’ logo, a striking feature of which is the creative elongation of the ‘x’ in ‘next’ in a manner as to give the pass mark to a candidate.
Less than 24 hours after the unveiling of the logo, it appears internet surfing rather than creativity is the anchor on which the logo rests.
A quick search of ‘Next Level’ will show, among others, a project of the Winthrop University-School Partnership Network in collaboration with Fort Mill School District (York 4), Lancaster County School District, and Rock Hill School District (York 3). It is a Professional Development Program grant funded by the US Department of Education and administered through the Office of English Learner Aquisition (OELA), PR/Award # T365Z160278.
‘Next Level’, in this case, means NETwork for Leading Education that Values English Learners. In recognition of students’ right to a high quality education, Project NExT LEVEL “provides professional learning opportunities for educators from pre-service to in-service to district and higher education faculty aimed at meeting the unique needs of English Learners and their families”.
One look at this logo and its similarity with Buhari’s ‘next Level’ is easy to see. The two pictures have been circulating on social media, and the comments are far from palatable.
It is not the first time Buhari and his handlers have been enmeshed in a plagiarism scandal.
In September 2016, his ‘Change Begins With Me’ speech contained several sentences that were identical to some in Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech.
For instance, Buhari had said: “We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long.”
Meanwhile, eight years ago, after his victory over Republican John McCain in the race for the White House, Obama had said: “Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”
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Buhari, APC Under Fire For 'Plagiarising' 'Next Level' Logo
President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All progressives Congress (APC), are under fire on social media for what appears to be the passing off of a foreign logo as theirs.
Buhari launched his 2019 presidential campaign on Sunday, titling it ‘Next Level’ on the argument that “the past few years have put us in good stead to trudge on the Next Level of building an even stronger nation for our people”.
It is not the President’s words that are currently attracting public opprobrium, though, but the ‘Next level’ logo, a striking feature of which is the creative elongation of the ‘x’ in ‘next’ in a manner as to give the pass mark to a candidate.
Less than 24 hours after the unveiling of the logo, it appears internet surfing rather than creativity is the anchor on which the logo rests.
A quick search of ‘Next Level’ will show, among others, a project of the Winthrop University-School Partnership Network in collaboration with Fort Mill School District (York 4), Lancaster County School District, and Rock Hill School District (York 3). It is a Professional Development Program grant funded by the US Department of Education and administered through the Office of English Learner Aquisition (OELA), PR/Award # T365Z160278.
‘Next Level’, in this case, means NETwork for Leading Education that Values English Learners. In recognition of students’ right to a high quality education, Project NExT LEVEL “provides professional learning opportunities for educators from pre-service to in-service to district and higher education faculty aimed at meeting the unique needs of English Learners and their families”.
One look at this logo and its similarity with Buhari’s ‘next Level’ is easy to see. The two pictures have been circulating on social media, and the comments are far from palatable.
It is not the first time Buhari and his handlers have been enmeshed in a plagiarism scandal.
In September 2016, his ‘Change Begins With Me’ speech contained several sentences that were identical to some in Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech.
For instance, Buhari had said: “We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long.”
Meanwhile, eight years ago, after his victory over Republican John McCain in the race for the White House, Obama had said: “Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”
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Nissan shares fall on Ghosn arrest
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Carlos Ghosn has been accused of "significant acts of misconduct", including under-reporting his pay package.
Carlos Ghosn has been accused of "significant acts of misconduct", including under-reporting his pay package.
Chicago hospital shooting: 'I was in the gunfire and had to duck'
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Witnesses describe how they reacted after a gunman opened fire at a hospital in Chicago.
Witnesses describe how they reacted after a gunman opened fire at a hospital in Chicago.
Transgender in India: 'This is how we survive'
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Transgender people in India were granted legal status in 2014 but many face discrimination and struggle to find work.
Transgender people in India were granted legal status in 2014 but many face discrimination and struggle to find work.
Gillard shocked by 'vile' abuse
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Australia's first female PM Julia Gillard tells BBC 100 Women she was taken aback by gendered insults.
Australia's first female PM Julia Gillard tells BBC 100 Women she was taken aback by gendered insults.
India's Signature Bridge a big draw for selfie-seekers
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The newly-opened Signature Bridge in Delhi has already become notorious for selfie-seekers.
The newly-opened Signature Bridge in Delhi has already become notorious for selfie-seekers.
100 Women: The woman who decides if men can take a second wife
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Malaysia's first female Sharia high court judge says her role allows her to protect women.
Malaysia's first female Sharia high court judge says her role allows her to protect women.
Kenyan villagers dance the 'waley' to praise their cows
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Villagers in one area of Kenya mark the rainy season with a unique song and dance competition.
Villagers in one area of Kenya mark the rainy season with a unique song and dance competition.
Melbourne 'terror plot': Three held over 'chilling' gun plan, police say
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The men had tried to source a semi-automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible, police say.
The men had tried to source a semi-automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible, police say.
Yemen war: Fighting resumes at key port of Hudaydah
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Fierce clashes are reported despite the Saudi-led coalition and rebels agreeing to halt offensives.
Fierce clashes are reported despite the Saudi-led coalition and rebels agreeing to halt offensives.
Chicago policeman critically wounded in hospital shootout
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A gunman opens fire at a hospital in Chicago, leaving several people wounded including a policeman.
A gunman opens fire at a hospital in Chicago, leaving several people wounded including a policeman.
Airbnb removes Israeli West Bank settlement listings
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The US firm says it will take home rentals in Israeli settlements on occupied land off its website.
The US firm says it will take home rentals in Israeli settlements on occupied land off its website.
Colorado man jailed for wife and daughters' murders
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Chris Watts, 33, was given consecutive life sentences but avoided the death penalty as part of a plea.
Chris Watts, 33, was given consecutive life sentences but avoided the death penalty as part of a plea.
'Drunk' Canadian curlers kicked out of tournament final
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Olympic gold medallist Ryan Fry and three team mates were forced out after opponents complained.
Olympic gold medallist Ryan Fry and three team mates were forced out after opponents complained.
Jim Acosta row: White House restores CNN reporter's pass
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The White House backs down from a legal fight over the reporter but sets rules for news conferences.
The White House backs down from a legal fight over the reporter but sets rules for news conferences.
'Campaign, Not Calumny' And Four Other Things As INEC Lifts Ban On Politics
On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) lifted the ban on campaigns for next's year presidential and National Assembly elections slated for February 16, 2019.
The electoral body did this in line with the timetable and schedule of activities issued by the body. This step is also in accordance to Section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended), which provides that “the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and 24 hours prior to that day”.
The understanding of this, to a typical Nigerian politician, is a declaration of an open season on his political rivals. For sanity to reign in our polity, which is already like a person at the end of his tether, these are the five things politicians and the electorate must take cognizance of.
FOR POLITICIANS
It’s A Campaign, Not Calumny
The lift of ban signals freedom. It means politicians, on the platforms of different political parties, are now constitutionally and legally allowed to squawk their plans and agenda, which they have been whispering in the circle of friends and relatives. However, though brinkmanship and firing veiled barbs come with the territory of politics and political campaign, politicians must be wary not to cross the fine line that separates campaign and calumny. They shouldn’t stealthily take a truckload of shit to the backyard of a political rival to create the impression that he eats shit, takes shit and bathes with runny shit. This is called smear campaign. You may say everything is fair in love and war, and politics is war by other names. It is a battle but it should be a battle of ideas and ideologies. Our politicians can take a cue from the actions of John McCain, the Arizona senator who died recently, in the build-up to the 2008 presidential election in the United States. During his campaign a female supporter told himn she feared an Obama presidency because she heard the Democrat was an Arab. McCain reached for the microphone, his head shaking in disagreement. He said “No ma’am, no ma’am. He (Obama) is a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. That’s what this campaign is all about. He is not an Arab.” This was barely seven years after 9/11. McCain could have easily bought into this campaign of calumny and exploited Obama’s miscegenation to score cheap political point. But no, he resisted the urge and embraced decency. That’s why even in death he remains a hero.
Not A Time For Unguarded Utterances
Lifting the ban is not a licence for dressing up uncouthness and bitterness in the garb of campaign. While on the campaign trail, politicians must weigh their words before using them in order not heat up the polity. It will be recalled that in the electioneering of 2007, Olusegun Obasanjo, the then President, said “2007 election is a do-or-die affair. It is either PDP or nothing”. His political acolytes and party loyalists suited their actions his words and the result was an election marred with violence and other irregularities. So flawed was the election that Obasanjo’s political godson, Umaru Yar’adua, and one of the beneficiaries of the results of the election, publicly accepted he rode to power on the back of electoral malfeasance. Fast forward to 2011 electioneering, when Muhammadu Buhari contesting for the presidency on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) made a statement he said was metaphorical but which his staunch loyalists took literally. The consequence was a post-election violence that claimed 800 lives, including 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC).
Declamation Not Demagoguery
Campaign is an avenue for political parties and their candidates to sell their ideas, policies and agenda as it were to the masses. It is a period for politicians to debate with facts and figures, not falsehood, with one another. It is not a time to appeal to the ethnic and religious sentiments of the electorate. It is not a time to put knife to the cord that holds us together, which has been worn thin over the years by mutual mistrust, by whipping up the shibboleth of tribes and tongues. How to fix bad roads, infrastructural and power problems should be on the front burner of political campaign and not the pettiness we have over the years passed for campaign.
FOR THE ELECTORATE
Antecedents Matter
A political campaign is an exercise that will culminate in voting. The electorate should take their time to dispassionately assess the candidates of each political party. Has your preferred candidate held a political office before? How well did he or she perform? What is your candidate’s record in political discourse and public engagement? The electorate should refuse to be turned to automatons and robots by politicians.
Reject Inducement
Now that most of our politicians will find their ways back to you, like the Biblical prodigal son, to solicit votes, the electorate should resist the temptation to take the bait of inducement that will eventually becloud their sense of reasoning. Your vote is your right and you should not for momentary hunger sell it for mere porridge. You should not become the modern equivalent of Esau who made the same decision but when he later sought his inheritance with tears, he could not change what he had done. The cumulative consequences of our choice 19 years since our return to civil rule are still with us.
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'Campaign, Not Calumny' And Four Other Things As INEC Lifts Ban On Politics
On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) lifted the ban on campaigns for next's year presidential and National Assembly elections slated for February 16, 2019.
The electoral body did this in line with the timetable and schedule of activities issued by the body. This step is also in accordance to Section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended), which provides that “the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and 24 hours prior to that day”.
The understanding of this, to a typical Nigerian politician, is a declaration of an open season on his political rivals. For sanity to reign in our polity, which is already like a person at the end of his tether, these are the five things politicians and the electorate must take cognizance of.
FOR POLITICIANS
It’s A Campaign, Not Calumny
The lift of ban signals freedom. It means politicians, on the platforms of different political parties, are now constitutionally and legally allowed to squawk their plans and agenda, which they have been whispering in the circle of friends and relatives. However, though brinkmanship and firing veiled barbs come with the territory of politics and political campaign, politicians must be wary not to cross the fine line that separates campaign and calumny. They shouldn’t stealthily take a truckload of shit to the backyard of a political rival to create the impression that he eats shit, takes shit and bathes with runny shit. This is called smear campaign. You may say everything is fair in love and war, and politics is war by other names. It is a battle but it should be a battle of ideas and ideologies. Our politicians can take a cue from the actions of John McCain, the Arizona senator who died recently, in the build-up to the 2008 presidential election in the United States. During his campaign a female supporter told himn she feared an Obama presidency because she heard the Democrat was an Arab. McCain reached for the microphone, his head shaking in disagreement. He said “No ma’am, no ma’am. He (Obama) is a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. That’s what this campaign is all about. He is not an Arab.” This was barely seven years after 9/11. McCain could have easily bought into this campaign of calumny and exploited Obama’s miscegenation to score cheap political point. But no, he resisted the urge and embraced decency. That’s why even in death he remains a hero.
Not A Time For Unguarded Utterances
Lifting the ban is not a licence for dressing up uncouthness and bitterness in the garb of campaign. While on the campaign trail, politicians must weigh their words before using them in order not heat up the polity. It will be recalled that in the electioneering of 2007, Olusegun Obasanjo, the then President, said “2007 election is a do-or-die affair. It is either PDP or nothing”. His political acolytes and party loyalists suited their actions his words and the result was an election marred with violence and other irregularities. So flawed was the election that Obasanjo’s political godson, Umaru Yar’adua, and one of the beneficiaries of the results of the election, publicly accepted he rode to power on the back of electoral malfeasance. Fast forward to 2011 electioneering, when Muhammadu Buhari contesting for the presidency on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) made a statement he said was metaphorical but which his staunch loyalists took literally. The consequence was a post-election violence that claimed 800 lives, including 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC).
Declamation Not Demagoguery
Campaign is an avenue for political parties and their candidates to sell their ideas, policies and agenda as it were to the masses. It is a period for politicians to debate with facts and figures, not falsehood, with one another. It is not a time to appeal to the ethnic and religious sentiments of the electorate. It is not a time to put knife to the cord that holds us together, which has been worn thin over the years by mutual mistrust, by whipping up the shibboleth of tribes and tongues. How to fix bad roads, infrastructural and power problems should be on the front burner of political campaign and not the pettiness we have over the years passed for campaign.
FOR THE ELECTORATE
Antecedents Matter
A political campaign is an exercise that will culminate in voting. The electorate should take their time to dispassionately assess the candidates of each political party. Has your preferred candidate held a political office before? How well did he or she perform? What is your candidate’s record in political discourse and public engagement? The electorate should refuse to be turned to automatons and robots by politicians.
Reject Inducement
Now that most of our politicians will find their ways back to you, like the Biblical prodigal son, to solicit votes, the electorate should resist the temptation to take the bait of inducement that will eventually becloud their sense of reasoning. Your vote is your right and you should not for momentary hunger sell it for mere porridge. You should not become the modern equivalent of Esau who made the same decision but when he later sought his inheritance with tears, he could not change what he had done. The cumulative consequences of our choice 19 years since our return to civil rule are still with us.
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'Campaign, Not Calumny' And Four Other Things As INEC Lifts Ban On Politics
On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) lifted the ban on campaigns for next's year presidential and National Assembly elections slated for February 16, 2019.
The electoral body did this in line with the timetable and schedule of activities issued by the body. This step is also in accordance to Section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended), which provides that “the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and 24 hours prior to that day”.
The understanding of this, to a typical Nigerian politician, is a declaration of an open season on his political rivals. For sanity to reign in our polity, which is already like a person at the end of his tether, these are the five things politicians and the electorate must take cognizance of.
FOR POLITICIANS
It’s A Campaign, Not Calumny
The lift of ban signals freedom. It means politicians, on the platforms of different political parties, are now constitutionally and legally allowed to squawk their plans and agenda, which they have been whispering in the circle of friends and relatives. However, though brinkmanship and firing veiled barbs come with the territory of politics and political campaign, politicians must be wary not to cross the fine line that separates campaign and calumny. They shouldn’t stealthily take a truckload of shit to the backyard of a political rival to create the impression that he eats shit, takes shit and bathes with runny shit. This is called smear campaign. You may say everything is fair in love and war, and politics is war by other names. It is a battle but it should be a battle of ideas and ideologies. Our politicians can take a cue from the actions of John McCain, the Arizona senator who died recently, in the build-up to the 2008 presidential election in the United States. During his campaign a female supporter told himn she feared an Obama presidency because she heard the Democrat was an Arab. McCain reached for the microphone, his head shaking in disagreement. He said “No ma’am, no ma’am. He (Obama) is a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. That’s what this campaign is all about. He is not an Arab.” This was barely seven years after 9/11. McCain could have easily bought into this campaign of calumny and exploited Obama’s miscegenation to score cheap political point. But no, he resisted the urge and embraced decency. That’s why even in death he remains a hero.
Not A Time For Unguarded Utterances
Lifting the ban is not a licence for dressing up uncouthness and bitterness in the garb of campaign. While on the campaign trail, politicians must weigh their words before using them in order not heat up the polity. It will be recalled that in the electioneering of 2007, Olusegun Obasanjo, the then President, said “2007 election is a do-or-die affair. It is either PDP or nothing”. His political acolytes and party loyalists suited their actions his words and the result was an election marred with violence and other irregularities. So flawed was the election that Obasanjo’s political godson, Umaru Yar’adua, and one of the beneficiaries of the results of the election, publicly accepted he rode to power on the back of electoral malfeasance. Fast forward to 2011 electioneering, when Muhammadu Buhari contesting for the presidency on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) made a statement he said was metaphorical but which his staunch loyalists took literally. The consequence was a post-election violence that claimed 800 lives, including 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC).
Declamation Not Demagoguery
Campaign is an avenue for political parties and their candidates to sell their ideas, policies and agenda as it were to the masses. It is a period for politicians to debate with facts and figures, not falsehood, with one another. It is not a time to appeal to the ethnic and religious sentiments of the electorate. It is not a time to put knife to the cord that holds us together, which has been worn thin over the years by mutual mistrust, by whipping up the shibboleth of tribes and tongues. How to fix bad roads, infrastructural and power problems should be on the front burner of political campaign and not the pettiness we have over the years passed for campaign.
FOR THE ELECTORATE
Antecedents Matter
A political campaign is an exercise that will culminate in voting. The electorate should take their time to dispassionately assess the candidates of each political party. Has your preferred candidate held a political office before? How well did he or she perform? What is your candidate’s record in political discourse and public engagement? The electorate should refuse to be turned to automatons and robots by politicians.
Reject Inducement
Now that most of our politicians will find their ways back to you, like the Biblical prodigal son, to solicit votes, the electorate should resist the temptation to take the bait of inducement that will eventually becloud their sense of reasoning. Your vote is your right and you should not for momentary hunger sell it for mere porridge. You should not become the modern equivalent of Esau who made the same decision but when he later sought his inheritance with tears, he could not change what he had done. The cumulative consequences of our choice 19 years since our return to civil rule are still with us.
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Court Remands OAU Sex-For-Marks Professor In Prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Osun has remanded Professor Richard Akindele, a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), in prison custody in Ilesa.
Akindele is standing trial over allegations of demanding sex for marks from his student. See Also 
Justice Maureen Onyetenu ordered the remand of the professor on Monday.
Kehinde Adedoye, counsel to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), narrated the incident to the court, stating that “The defendant corruptly asked for sexual benefits from Ms Monica Osagie on account of favour to be afterwards shown to her in the discharge of his official duties as a lecturer, to wit: altering her academic grades from fail to pass in the course, MBA 632 – Research Method".
The offences contravened Sections 8 (1) (A) (2) and 18 (d) of the corrupt practices and other related offences Act 2000 and punishable under same sections.
After deliberation on the bail application, the judge ordered that the defence counsel file a formal bail application before the next date of adjournment.
The trial was adjourned till November 27, and the judge ordered that Akindele be remanded in custody.
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Court Remands OAU Sex-For-Marks Professor In Prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Osun has remanded Professor Richard Akindele, a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), in prison custody in Ilesa.
Akindele is standing trial over allegations of demanding sex for marks from his student. See Also
Justice Maureen Onyetenu ordered the remand of the professor on Monday.
Kehinde Adedoye, counsel to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), narrated the incident to the court, stating that “The defendant corruptly asked for sexual benefits from Ms Monica Osagie on account of favour to be afterwards shown to her in the discharge of his official duties as a lecturer, to wit: altering her academic grades from fail to pass in the course, MBA 632 – Research Method".
The offences contravened Sections 8 (1) (A) (2) and 18 (d) of the corrupt practices and other related offences Act 2000 and punishable under same sections.
After deliberation on the bail application, the judge ordered that the defence counsel file a formal bail application before the next date of adjournment.
The trial was adjourned till November 27, and the judge ordered that Akindele be remanded in custody.
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JUST IN: 38 Political Parties In Adamawa Adopt Atiku As Their Candidate
The Adamawa State chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), an umbrella body of 38 political parties, has adopted Atiku Abubakar, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, as its presidential candidate for the 2019 polls.
Arising from the election of its officials on Monday in Yola, Usman Bakawu, Publicity Secretary of IPAC, told reporters that the group was synergising to mobilise support for the PDP presidential candidate.
"Yesterday the former Vice President received us in audience and gave us useful advice on how we can synergise to move our dear state forward,” Bakawu said.
"And I can also confirm to you that IPAC Adamawa State chapter has identified with Atiku and in the coming days we'll be working towards mobilising our various supporters for the Waziri Adamawa.”
Tahir Shehu, Chairman of PDP in Adamawa State and an Atiku campaigner, was elected Chairman of IPAC Adamawa State chapter.
In a keenly contested election, the PDP Chairman polled 20 votes to defeat John K. Muva of the Social DemocratIc (SDP) who scored 18 votes.
IPAC is the umbrella body for all registered political parties. It’s core mandate is to check the ruling party's excesses and to also serve as watch dog for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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JUST IN: 38 Political Parties In Adamawa Adopt Atiku As Their Candidate
The Adamawa State chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), an umbrella body of 38 political parties, has adopted Atiku Abubakar, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, as its presidential candidate for the 2019 polls.
Arising from the election of its officials on Monday in Yola, Usman Bakawu, Publicity Secretary of IPAC, told reporters that the group was synergising to mobilise support for the PDP presidential candidate.
"Yesterday the former Vice President received us in audience and gave us useful advice on how we can synergise to move our dear state forward,” Bakawu said.
"And I can also confirm to you that IPAC Adamawa State chapter has identified with Atiku and in the coming days we'll be working towards mobilising our various supporters for the Waziri Adamawa.”
Tahir Shehu, Chairman of PDP in Adamawa State and an Atiku campaigner, was elected Chairman of IPAC Adamawa State chapter.
In a keenly contested election, the PDP Chairman polled 20 votes to defeat John K. Muva of the Social DemocratIc (SDP) who scored 18 votes.
IPAC is the umbrella body for all registered political parties. It’s core mandate is to check the ruling party's excesses and to also serve as watch dog for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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JUST IN: 38 Political Parties In Adamawa Adopt Atiku As Their Candidate
The Adamawa State chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), an umbrella body of 38 political parties, has adopted Atiku Abubakar, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, as its presidential candidate for the 2019 polls.
Arising from the election of its officials on Monday in Yola, Usman Bakawu, Publicity Secretary of IPAC, told reporters that the group was synergising to mobilise support for the PDP presidential candidate.
"Yesterday the former Vice President received us in audience and gave us useful advice on how we can synergise to move our dear state forward,” Bakawu said.
"And I can also confirm to you that IPAC Adamawa State chapter has identified with Atiku and in the coming days we'll be working towards mobilising our various supporters for the Waziri Adamawa.”
Tahir Shehu, Chairman of PDP in Adamawa State and an Atiku campaigner, was elected Chairman of IPAC Adamawa State chapter.
In a keenly contested election, the PDP Chairman polled 20 votes to defeat John K. Muva of the Social DemocratIc (SDP) who scored 18 votes.
IPAC is the umbrella body for all registered political parties. It’s core mandate is to check the ruling party's excesses and to also serve as watch dog for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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