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Catholic Church rallies against Kabila of DRC
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source63 the catholic church in the democratic republic of congo is mobilising the to force president joseph kabila to organise elections and relinquish power1 the huge rally is also to remember those killed in last months protest1 in a statement the church said the catholic church in kinshasa is spearheading what it hopes would be a huge rally on march 16 at notre dame du congo cathedral as a focal point for the struggle against kabilas prolonged presidency1 according to the new constitution adopted in 2006 kabilas presidency was supposed to expire on december 20 2016 ten years after he was elected for his first five-year term in office1 the electoral authority in drc had announced in september 2016 that elections would not be held until early 20181 since then talks have focused on building a census over the handling of the elections which the constitution disqualifies kabila from contesting1 we have our heroes for democracy. they have a name a face an age. they are dead they are alive. they will continue to demand a rigorous and active citizen participation to avoid falling back into a new dictatorship that will cost human lives a statement by the church said1 the church is also upping the ante against kabila for continuing to stay put despite the expiry in december 2016 of his second term1 the church also urged the public to continue with their civil disobedience by ringing bells in parishes across the country at 9pm every thursday with others encouraged to use whistles car horns and saucepans1 in addition to their campaign of non-violence the church also undertook to launch diplomatic overtures targeting drcs partners through the congolese diaspora to ratchet up pressure on kabila1 at the end of three huge marches between december 31 2017 and february 25 2018 the church claimed a series of victories from its civil disobedience aimed at unmasking a dictatorship hiding behind democracy1 the church also claimed it has conquered its own fear transferring it to our political and military leaders the police and other security operatives1 another victory it is claiming is the moral authority it commands from its congregations a trait admired by the rest of the world1 the decision to bring further pressure to bear on the government by the church comes after bishop fridolin ambongo was inducted in his position as coadjutor archbishop of kinshasa1 bishop ambongo replaces the retired cardinal laurent monsengwo as head of the catholic church in kinshasa1 the church is referring to people who died on february 25 during a mass demonstration including young rossy kadima who was killed in lemba district in kinshasa1 -
Reps lift suspension of Jibrin
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by ericjames ochigboabuja1 the house of representatives has lifted the suspension placed on the former chairman house committee on appropriation rep. abdulmumin jibrin kano-apc1 this followed a letter of apology signed by jibrin which was presented by the speaker of the house mr yakubu dogara at the plenary on tuesday1 jibrin was suspended in 2017 for 180 legislative days for allegedly exposing budget padding scandal in the legislative arm of government1 while presenting the letter dogara said that the suspended legislator had met all the conditions necessary for him to resume his duties1 dogara said that the lawmaker was free to resume his legislative duties whenever he so wished1 -
Court fines police N3m for violation of fundamental right
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by edith nwapi2 it was the dealer who reported the applicant to the police sometimes in may 2015 for debts he owed her. nan1 efobi had on may 10 2017 filed a suit against the nigeria police force the inspector-general of police and the commissioner of police fct command for violating his fundamental right1 justice jude okeke delivering judgment in the suit filed by efobi held that there was no basis for the court to disbelieve the evidence of the applicant which was not contradicted by the respondents1 he held that in order to ensure that the applicant was protected from further violation of his fundamental right to personal liberty in facts of this matter the court would be minded in line with the provision of 46 1 of the constitution1 accordingly an order of perpetual injunction is granted restraining the respondents their agents or servants from harassing the applicant on account of the subject matter of this suit1 the respondents jointly and severally are ordered to pay to the applicant a sum of n2 million damages for breaking his right to personal liberty1 n1million for violating his right not to be subjected to inhuman treatment the judge held1 an fct high court maitama on tuesday ordered the police to pay n3 million to one kingsley efobi for violation of his fundamental right to personal liberty1 he also ordered that the respondent pay the applicant n50000 for emerging successful from the suit1 okeke held that the order by the special anti-robbery squad sars to the applicant to remove his sandals sit on a bare floor seized his handset was violation of his right to dignity of his person even his arrest and detention1 efobi noted that he was forced to write an undertaking for the payment of the debts he owed1 there is no evidence by the respondents showing that they arrested and detained the applicant upon a reasonable suspicion of having committed criminal offence1 it is unconstitutional and therefore unlawful the judge said1 okeke said that the applicant and two others were traders at wuse modern market and deal in bedspread and allied materials1 the applicant noted that the bedspread dealers bought in large quantities on debt from one madam normal who supplied them from aba1 okeke also ordered that the respondents jointly and severally return to the applicant a sum of n16 500 being the money extorted from him by the officers of the respondent1 -
UniAbuja SSANU, NAAT, NASU suspend strike.
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i assure all of you that we have fought the good fight our effort will not be in vain you will see our effort very soon by the special grace of god1 the university of abuja uniabuja branch of the joint action committee comprising senior staff association of nigerian universities ssanu national association academic technologists naat and the non academic staff union nasu has suspended its four month old strike1 addressing newsmen on behalf of others at the end of their congress meeting in abuja the chairman of ssanu uniabuja malam hassan shallangwa said there were positive signs from the government1 he said that governments posture might eventually lead to the final negotiated resolution of the issues that led to the action in the first place hence the decision to suspend strike1 so far there is a good negotiation that has been taking place. it has been intensified by the government that is why they have been making effort to see that everything is being settled1 the unions downed tools on dec. 4 2017 over federal governments failure to pay their earned allowances1 in view of that the happenings in our campus which we all testify our children have been suffering since they resumed this session you can see that most of the things in the university have totally collapsed1 based on the meetings held on march 6 and march 8 we were meant to understand that government are to release the sum of n8billion to jac including some academic staff of university of ilorinuniilorin and university of nigeria nsukkaunn1 the strike is hereby suspended to allow for full resolution of the matter he said1 the agreement which led to the suspension of the strike was signed by the minister of labour and employment chris ngige minister of state for education prof. anthony anwukah ssanu president samson ugokwe naat president sani suleiman and nasu general secretary peters adeyemi1 an excerpt from the agreement reads government is to source for n8billion within five weeks to pay jac of ssanu naat and nasu members and members of the academic staff union of universities asuu in unn and uniilorin who did not get paid in the last disbursement exercise1 -
Buhari throws out amended Electoral Act
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president muhammadu buhari has rejected the amended electoral bill sent for his signature by the national assembly1 the bill provides for the presidential election to come last after national assembly and governorship elections1 buhari notified the senate about his action in a letter dated march 3 2018 which was read by the president of the senate dr bukola saraki during plenary1 the president said he withheld his assent to the bill because the amendment to the sequence of the elections in section 25 of the principal act might infringe upon the constitutionally guaranteed discretion of inec1 he stated that the section guaranteed the inec to organise undertake and supervise all the elections as provided in section 15 a of the third schedule to the constitution1 the amendment to section 138 of the principal act to delete two crucial grounds upon which an election may be challenged by candidates unduly limits rights of candidates in elections to a free and fair electoral review process1 the amendment to section 152 325 of the principal act may raise constitutional issues over the competence of the national assembly to legislate over local government elections1 please accept mr senatepresident the assurances of my highest consideration the president stated1 while the independent national electoral commission put the presidential election as the first to be held during the general election the national assembly wants it held last1 -
Relief for victims of Mambilla crisis
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by muhammad adam1 federal government says it has supplied two trucks of assorted food to victims of the recent mambilla plateau communal conflict in sardauna local government area of taraba1 mr abbani imam national emergency management agency nema head of operations in charge of adamawa and taraba disclosed this to the news agency of nigeria nan in yola on tuesday1 imam said that the food intervention was part of governments effort to ease the suffering of the affected persons1 among the food items include 600 bags of rice and 300 bags of maize and millet each1 the intervention is part of governments responsibility toward bringing succour to victims affected by conflict in any part of the country he said1 he said that the agency was still compiling the data of people affected and property lost1 -
President Trump sacks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Twitter
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us president donald trump has sacked secretary of state rex tillerson and immediately replaced him with the director of the cia mike pompeo1 thanking mr tillerson for his service on twitter mr trump said the new state secretary would do a fantastic job1 mr tillerson a former chief executive of exxonmobil was only appointed to the job just over a year ago1 the president also nominated gina haspel to become the first woman director of the cia1 tillerson had barely touched down in the usa after a six-nation tour of africa in which he pledged us support for nations such as nigeria and chad fighting terrorism1 his sack is also being linked to his recent criticism of russia1 president trump sacks secretary of state rex tillerson on twitter1 -
Greek football Club president invades pitch with gun
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greek football club president invades pitch with gun1 ivan savvidis is one of greece’s richest men1 paok salonika and aek athens1 greek superleague teams1 a match between two greek superleague teams1 the gun was holstered around savvides waist1 and he was surrounded by bodyguards1 -
In Ogun, mad man hacks 2 pupils to death
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mr abimbola oyeyemi the state police public relations officer confirmed the incident to newsmen in abeokuta1 by abiodun lawal a suspected mentally challenged man on monday hacked to death two pupils of saint johns anglican primary school in agodo ogun waterside local government area of ogun.1 the news agency of nigeria nan gathered that the assailant fled the scene at about 11 15 am after the incident1 it was learnt that the deep machete cuts inflicted on the victims left them in the pool of their blood1 sources said while the school has a perimeter fence it has no gates1 when the parents and guardians thronged to the school after the incident to withdraw their wards while security agents have commenced investigation1 it was gathered that the assailant entered the school premises from a nearby bush and inflicted machete cuts on the children who were observing lunch break with their colleagues1 oyeyemi gave the names of the two victims as mubarak kalesowo and sunday obituyi both aged four and in kindergarten class1 the incident happened at 1130 a.m. during lunch break. the children were on the field playing. the guy just emerged from the bush and hacked two of them to death and immediately he did it he ran away1 those who know him suspect said he is a madman and also an indigene of that place. but we are not relying on that1 we are on his trail we want to get him arrested1 it is only a medical expert that would confirm whether he is a mad person or not1 our ultimate aim is to get him arrested. as im talking to you now the area commander and the dpo abigi are at the scene. we have set machinery in motion to get him arrested he said1 -
Buhari to query IGP Idris over Benue
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president muhammadu buhari told a town hall meeting in makurdi today that inspector-general of police idris ibrahim has some query to answer as to why he violated his order to relocate to benue state following the killings of 73 villagers by herdsmen1 the killings happened on new years day and amidst national outrage president buhari on 9 january ordered idris to relocate to benue state1 today president buhari was told by governor ortom that idris did not spend 24 hours in the state as he moved to neighbouring nasarawa state thus violating president buharis order1 president buhari was surprised that idris breached his order1 he said he would ask idris to explain why he observed the order in the breach on his return to abuja1 what i did was to call him and give him a directive. and i didnt know he moved here benue state and didnt spend time and then move to nasarawa. its only now that i am knowing that. but i know i dispatched him here the president said1 at every level you have to be loyal to people below you. whether that person is loyal to you or not is totally a different thing president buhari said1 the easiest thing for me was to go on air and accuse the igp of being too slow and not using the intelligence and resources available to him to foresee the action of the cattle rearers and so on. people would believe me but i will be disloyal if i do that1 -
Porn star Daniels offers to return Trumps $130,000
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reported by6 porn actress stormy daniels on monday offered to return the 130000 she received from president trumps attorney michael cohen in an effort to fully void the 2016 hush agreement that has prevented her from speaking publicly about her alleged 2006 sexual tryst with trump1 in a letter addressed to cohen which was obtained by the new york times daniels lawyer michael avenatti wrote that she would wire the money into an account of mr. trumps choosing by friday in exchange of nullifying the agreement of silence daniels took1 avenatti outlined that if the offer was accepted daniels could a speak openly and freely about her prior relationship with the president and the attempts to silence her and b use or publish any text messages photos andor videos relating to the president that she may have in her possession all without fear of retribution and legal liability for damages1 the deal also stipulated that if accepted the 60 minutes interview daniels taped last week with anderson cooper would be allowed to air without blocking efforts from the trump camp1 with a noon tuesday deadline the letter will essentially bait cohen into a choice between letting daniels talk freely about her alleged trump affair or publicly confirm that a silencing campaign had been in effect1 avenatti told the daily beast that he has yet to hear from cohen or anyone from the trump legal team1 -
INEC may burn unclaimed PVCs before 2019 elections
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we now have new and improve data capturing for moderate and effective capturing1 the independent national electoral commission is considering burning unclaimedpermanent voter cards pvcs before next years general elections1 he said the commission was making efforts almost on daily basis for voters to get their pvcs adding that the commission may be compelled to resort to burning of the cards or destroying them to check being used to manipulate elections1 the rec said that the burning process would be made public for all nigerians to witness1 akeju said in ondo state 1659186 people have been registered as eligible voters and 1288722 cards had been distributed so far adding that 370464 pvcs are unclaimed1 he also said the commission was doing everything possible to ensure a credible election that would meet with global best practices1 dr rufus akeju the new resident electoral commissioner rec in ondo statetold newsmen on monday in akure that inec is considering the option since all attempts had been made in vain by the commission thorough sensitisation campaign to reach out to the affected voters to collect their pvcs1 we have introduced additional card readers in case one is malfunctioning in a particular unit he said1 the rec solicited the support of all journalists in the state saying they remain major stakeholders in educating the general public1 he however urged journalists to report accurately stories they gather from inec offices in the state without bias1 the chairman of the nigeria union of journalists nuj in the state mr james sowole promised that the union would continue to support the commission in its activities1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that akeju was the immediate past rec in osun before his posting to ondo state1 -
PDPs Secondus says APC has failed
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there is insecurity in the country you cannot sleep with your two eyes closed there is poverty and hunger in all the houses in nigeria therefore apc is a government of deception1 prince uche secondus peoples democratic party pdp national chairman claimed that the government of the all progressives congress apc has failed because it couldnt fulfil its promises to the people1 he said that the apc made a lot of promises to the people during the electioneering campaigns but it has failed to fulfil the promises1 apc said if they win they will revive the economy they will address the problem of insecurity and corruption1 sen. dino maleye said before the floor of the house recently that in the 16 years of pdp government they collected a loan of only n6 trillion but apc government in just three years collected n11 trillion. these figures bandied by melaye and pastor tunde bakare have been discredited as wild guesses1 according to data provided by debt management officethe federal government borrowed n6.76 trillion since june 2015. when state debts are added what has been borrowed is n8.3 trillion still significantly lower than the n11 trillion being touted1 in contrast the pdp in 16 years borrowed n9.25 trillion higher than bakare and melayes claim1 corruption has pervaded the apc government from the top to bottom apc government is more corrupt than pdps own claimed secondus1 secondus made this claim while addressing members of the pdp during his working tour to dutse capital of jigawa on monday1 i therefore urge us to come out en masse and vote for pdp so that we could fight hunger poverty and the insecurity1 the pdp chairman said that apc has come to divide the country while pdp is out to unite the country1 apc should therefore prepare to hand over to pdp as we also handed over to them1 the governor of gombe state alhaji hassan dankwambo who is nurturing a presidential ambition said that since the pdp left government in jigawa he has not seen any changes under the present apc administration in the state1 dankwambo urged the people to support pdp which he said would win the 2019 election by the power of god1 alhaji ahmed makarfi immediate caretaker chairman of the party said the party has put all the the necessary machinery in place to wrest power from the apc1 alhaji sule lamido former governor of jigawa and also a presidential aspirant charged the people to protect their votes on election day1 the pdp national chairman was accompanied on the tour by prominent party stalwarts like former governor of kano state malam ibrahim shekarau former senate house leader alhaji abdul ningi amb. aminu wali first civilian governor of jigawa alh ali saad birninkudu former governor kaduna alhaji ahmad muhammad who was the immediate past chairman of the pdp and many others1 -
Video: Tillerson says US will assist Nigeria fight Boko Haram
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he however cautioned that such countries should be careful with the level of debts they might accumulate as a result of such business dealings1 us secretary of state rex tillerson says us will assist nigeria with latest security equipment and intelligence sharing in its efforts toward the safe return of the abducted dapchi schoolgirls1 according to him the us government will also offer special training for security personnel to enable them engage in special operations towards the rescue the girls as well as the remaining chibok schoolgirls in captivity1 he however expressed the hope that both the chibok and dapchi schoolgirls would return home1 first we respect the responsibilities of the government of nigeria and the territorial integrity of nigeria1 but the way we support is in providing them capability capacity with equipment and also training of the personnel of special operations and sharing intelligence to ensure that they have all the information available to carry out the recovery effort1 but i think it is also important to put this in a broad regional context as well. boko haram is a threat to other regions and this has been the subject of my meetings elsewhere and in africa as well1 in my discussion with president derby in chad earlier today we spoke about the threat of boko haram and i think it is important and its really been powerful1 the collaboration between the joint task force which nigeria is a part and chad is a part to respond to this threat of terrorism which boko haram is one of the organizations there are other threats that the leadership of this country has to deal with1 so the united states is ready to engage and coordinate efforts as well. but we have been supporting equipping training and when we can provide information1 i think that is the best way we have been helping the government of nigeria secure the release of the girls which we hope will be done in a peaceful manner. we hope that something can be worked out and they can secure the release of these girls quickly he said1 on his recent warning to african countries against doing business with china tillerson said the warning was not meant to stop chinese investments from flowing to countries that needed such investments1 tillerson stated this when he briefed newsmen alongside nigerias minister of foreign affairs mr geoffrey onyeama after a closed door meeting with president muhammadu buhari1 but what we are cautioning countries is to look carefully that the implications of the level of debts the terms of the debts and whether the arrangements around the local financing are intact creating jobs local capacity or the projects being carried out by foreign labour being brought to your country1 is the structure of the financing such that you will always be in control of your infrastructure1 are there mechanisms to deal with the faults so that you do not loss ownership of your own assets these are national assets whether they are ports railways or major highways1 we have seen this occurred in other countries that were not so careful and has result they got themselves in situation where they awfully lost control of their infrastructure lost the ownership the operationalization of it1 and that is the precaution that we are talking about. that there are international rules and norms and financial structure to deal with unforeseen circumstances and i think we are just cautioning countries to look carefully1 we have seen many around the world that did not work out so well and we are just saying as friends be careful he said1 according to the top u.s. diplomat the american government is creating other alternative financing mechanisms that are available for african nations saying we are developing mechanism that will also create alternative opportunities financing offer1 tillerson also stressed the need to increase the volume of trade between the u.s. and nigeria which he said stood at nine billion dollars1 in his contribution nigerias minister of foreign affairs mr geoffrey onyeama said nigeria had succeeded in degrading boko haram contrary to reports in the social media1 fighting terrorism is a new challenge globally. when we talked of having degraded boko haram we were referring specifically to the situation that we were confronted with when the government took over1 that was a situation where you have a classical military confrontation and boko haram were capturing territory holding unto territory and hoisting flags. so as a conventional military threat boko haram has been completely degraded1 he however acknowledged a challenge with regards to sporadic suicides and bombings as well as kidnapping of the girls. nan1 -
Peace Corps Bill still on course NPC
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we are not unaware of the grand conspiracy by some security agencies againstthe peace corpsespecially the police department of state services dss and civildefencein theiradversarial memos to the presidency to thwart assent to the bill. thisconspiracy whichwasalsomanifested in form of opposition during the public hearings conducted by both chambers of the nass on the bill was roundly defeated by superior arguments of over 500 oral and written memoranda submitted during the public hearings in the1 the nigerian peace corps has reacted to recent reports which implied that president muhammadu buhari has rejected the peace corps bill1 the report had insinuated that by not signing the bill 30 working days after it was transmitted in december 2017 the president had denied accent to the bill1 however umoru insisted that some of the bills that were sent to the president along with the peace corps bill had been rejected as the president expressly wrote the national assembly to convey the reasons why those bills were rejected1 the corps stressed that the peace corps bill was not part of the rejected ones and as such it was wrong for the medium to have published such a report1 read the full text of the statement below1 re buhari rejects nigerian peace corps bill1 whenourattention was drawn tothe aforementioned report in the vanguard newspaper of saturday february 17 2018 which was written by mr.sonidaniel the northern regional editor of the newspaper and mr.emmanovuakkporieourinitial reaction wasthat of disbelief1 but after reading the entire report it suddenlydawned on usthat the authors deliberately elected to sensationalize the caption with a view to selling the newspaper and on that notewewish to assuretheteeming members of thepeace corps of nigeria andmillions ofourwell-wishers nationwide that thewriters merely embarked on a voyage ofinterpretation of the constitution1 the truth of the matteris that out of about nine billsthat were transmitted to the president together with that of the nigerian peace corps the president rejected three and returned same to the national assemblynass stating reasons why he rejected them. and of course the nigerian peace corps bill was not part of the rejected ones1 in a statement issued on saturday by the public relations office of the corps millicent umoru the npc described the report as misleading and a voyage of interpretation of the constitution1 the major plank of this conspiracy is that the functions of the nigerianpeacecorps npcbill overlap that of the nigerian police and nigerian security and civildefencecorps nscdc which is far from the truth. nigerians should watch out for ourfull pageadvertorial on this issue inthe nation the sun daily trust and tribunenewspaperson monday 19thfebruary 2018. the advertorial clearly articulates the statutory functions of the police civildefenceand that of the nigerian peace corps1 we wish tocorrect the erroneous impression created by this report whose contents are just the authors interpretation ofthe provisions of the lawpresidentmuhammadubuharigcfrhas notassented to or rejected the npc bill.and ifeventhe president rejectsthe bill he will communicate same to the nass stating reasons for doing so1 moreover the spokespersons of both chambers of the nass senatorsabiabdullahisenate and hon.abdulrazaknamdashouse of representatives have clarified the issuesas far as the law on this matter is concerned1 the authors also questioned the legal status of the peace corps a position that smacks of mischief. for purposeof clarity peace corps of nigeria was dulyincorporated bythe corporate affairs commission under the companies and allied matters act cap1990 part casnigerianleadership and marshalcorps but changed to peace corps of nigeria in 2002 in accordance with thecompanies and allied matters act.so its legality has never been called to question and even if the bill is not assented to that will not1 that this report is coming out a few days after the house committee on public petition gave the corps directive to take-over itsheadquarters that has been under lock and key by the policesince february 2017 a directive thatwasalmost executed before the intervention of the fct commissioner of police is suspicious.how sad1 sadder still is that in spite ofseveralcourt judgments pronouncing peace corps as a legal entity including recent verdicts by two different federal high courtsjudgesthe antagonists of the corps have continued to disregard these valid ordersby refusing to unsealthe peace corpsoffice.somuch forthe rule oflaw1 in conclusion we request all pcn stakeholders and indeed the entire nigerian youth to disregard any erroneous malicious and none-evidence based information against the npc bill1 patriot millicentumoru1 corps public relations officer1 -
Video of 2 year-old child raped in Chrisland School played in court
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we told her to draw mr adenekans wee wee. we want to see what it looks like1 a video of a two year 11 month-old pupil of chrisland school lekki lagos portraying her alleged serial defilement by the schools supervisor was played today at the ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court1 proceedings lasted from 11a.m. to 3.03 p.m1 ogedengbe a clinical psychologist is an expert in sexual and reproductive health behaviour in children and adolescents. she has over 10 years work experience with children and adolescents the court heard1 the video recording exhibit a1 depicted the child named child x in the clinical psychologists office on nov. 28 2016 answering questions about the alleged defilement from ogedengbe and her colleague1 in the recording child x was given a sheet of paper and asked to draw the private part of adenekan which she did as well as another image with the ensuing questions1 child x referring to the other image saidthat is the hand he used to put in my wee wee1 ogedengbe where is mr adenekans wee weechild x in response pointed to her private area1 ogedengbe does he put his wee wee in your wee weechild x yes1 child x in the recording using a teddy bear as a puppet also showed how the supervisor allegedly sexually abused her friend name withheld1 kissing the private region of the teddy bear the child can be heard saying in the video recording your bum bum is delicious your bum bum is sweet i will eat your bum bum1 ogedengbe before the video recording was played in the courtroom in her testimony while being led by mr jide boye the chief state counsel narrated to the court what had previously transpired during her interaction with the child1 she saidthe mother came into my office with a referral letter from the lagos state domestic and sexual violence response team dsvrt and narrated the story and she started crying1 she the mother said she did not know the reason why this was happening to her1 she said she was usually over protective of her children and follows them everywhere except school1 she said somebody in her church handed her a book on sexual education for children which she read and decided to practice it on her child1 that was when the child disclosed that she has been defiled1 she told her mother that mr adenekan comes to take her out of the class and shows her some videos that are sexually stimulating1 she pleaded with us to help to correct the psyche of her child1 i carried out an independent psychological evaluation on the child. i asked the mother to sit at the corner of the room and myself and my colleague interacted with the child1 we did not directly start interrogating the child as that was against the ethics of our profession1 we started an initial interaction with the child to make her relax and gain her trust1 when our trust was gained by the child and she was in a happy frame of mind i asked the childwho touched your wee wee and the child repeated on several times mr adenekan1 i was shocked because i did not expect it from a child her age. i brought out my assessment sheet and i told the child to draw any person that comes to her mind1 she restlessly started jumping around mr adenekan is on my mind we got her back to being settled but she continued talking without yet drawing1 she child x said mr adenekan said it is good for a child to put her wee wee in mr adenekans wee wee at that point in time we decided to do a recording to ensure her story remains consistent1 we asked her how does mr adenekans wee wee look like and she demonstrated playfully by pointing her finger upwards stating sharpener1 we asked sharpener or pencil she stated sharpener1 the video was played during the testimony of miss olive ogedengbe at the trial of adegboyega adenekan 47 a supervisor at chrisland school over defilement of a child1 to my greatest shock and surprise for a two-year-old child she drew a picture which symbolises a reproductive organ of a man in the form of a penis1 i then asked her show me your wee wee she pointed at her private part. i asked her to show me where mr adenekans wee wee is and she pointed at the lower region of her private part1 by then the child was again getting very restless and she ran to her mother who was at the corner of the room1 we still wanted to hear more but she was playfully running around and her mother started probing her is it only you he comes around to take out of the class and she replied no1 the child said it was herself and her friend name withheld so her mother asked her to show us what he normally does with her friend.the child said he kisses her bum bum and he licks her bum bum the child demonstrated by using a puppy in the room1 that was the end of the first interview with the child1 ogedengbe during her lengthy testimony said from her evaluation the mother and child x needed psychological help1 she saidafterwards i decided to confirm from the mother if the child was exhibiting any symptom of psychological abuse1 i asked the mother if she observed any strange behaviour in the child and the mother said yes1 i had asked because i noticed in the course of interacting with the child that the child was occasionally aggressive1 the mother confirmed this and also stated that the child had sleep problems and had been having nightmares.she also complained of sexual inappropriate behaviour from the child and that after the incident the child became curious to see naked bodies of people1 from my findings i found the child exhibited aggressive behaviour inappropriate sexual behaviour sleeping problems and fear1 after the interaction myself and my colleague realised that the child and mother needed help1 the mother also exhibited signs of post-traumatic stress disorder1 we decided to do an intervention and we held two more sessions of psycho-social intervention for the mother and the mother was counselled on how to help and assist the child1 while being cross-examined by mr olatunde adejuyigbe san ogedengbe said that child x was not tutored on what to say during the interview by either her or child xs mother1 we used projective techniques in which a client projects their subconscious minds on paper1 the clinical psychologist revealed to adejuyigbe that she visited the mother of child xs friend who was also allegedly sexually assaulted by adenekan1 we saw the mother of the childs friend but she was not willing to get involved in the case because of stigma she said1 ogedengbe also added that she did not interview the staff of chrisland school child xs father and her older sister.the clinical psychologist also insisted that the child was of above average intelligence1 children 0-5 years are usually not able to form full sentences the child could string meaningful sentences1 in drawing a picture most children her age do not draw meaningful drawings but she did1 i have worked with children her age from diverse sections of society and she is of above average intelligence she said1 on re-examination by boye the prosecutor ogedengbe insisted that the child was not tutored1 if a child is being brainwashed or tutored the child wont be consistent in answering several questions1 you will see it in her non-verbal behaviour that she was tutored there would be no flow of conversation this child was not tutored the clinical psychologist said1 section 137 of the criminal law of lagos state 2011 prescribes a life sentence for the offence of defilement of a child1 justice sybil nwaka adjourned the case till march 21 for continuation of trial1 -
New York helicopter crash kills two
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at least two persons died late sunday when the helicopter they were riding in crashed into manhattans east river in new york officials said1 the red chopper owned by tourism group liberty and carrying six people including the pilot fell into the river near the upscale upper east side neighborhood around 90th street shortly after 700 pm 2300 gmt at the end of a sunny day1 the pilot freed himself the other five did not fire commissioner daniel nigro told reporters during a brief press conference1 we are told the five people were all tied tightly in harnesses that had to be cut and removed1 divers rushed to the scene and freed the passengers two of whom were pronounced dead amid strong currents and frigid temperatures nigro added1 the other three were taken to hospital in critical condition1 liberty organises aerial tours of americas financial capital. police chief james oneill said the aircraft had been leased by photographers1 new york 1 television citing police sources reported that five of the six people flying in the helicopter had died with only the pilot surviving1 the cause of the accident was not immediately clear but local media indicated the pilot had sent a distress signal that mentioned an engine problem shortly before the crash1 the national transportation safety board is investigating the incident1