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Edo: Residents Protest Slow Pace Of Ekheuan Road Re-construction

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3 years ago

September 13, 2021

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Residents of Upper-Ekheuan, Uvgbugyoko,Oghede Agenigie, Ekheuan Barracks, Udo, Evbuotubu, Ugbine communities, all along Ekheuan Road axis of Benin on Monday staged a protest on the dilapidated condition of the road which is under re-construction.

The road has been under re-construction for over four years and work on the re-construction has been on a very slow pace.

The protest led to disruption of vehicular movement for hours on the busy Ekheuan Road.

The protesters who came out in their hundreds also complained that the few metres that have been reconstructed were already failing, just as they alleged that the work was substandard.

Speaking to newsmen, a landlord in the area who identified himself as Uche Nwabuzor said: “Why we are protesting is because of the bad road. They said the road was awarded to a construction company but I don’t really know because all these time, they will come and dig the road, and they are busy selling the sand, the old asphalt and the rods which they are excavating and right now, no road for us to pass again.

“In the evening, once it is 6pm, from Ring Road to Uvgbugyokho is N1000. Some of us that have cars, we go to the mechanic’s workshop everyday.

“We went to the site of the construction company, they told us that government has not reimbursed them, and that is why the work is like that. We don’t know who is saying the truth, so we decided to come out into the road to draw the attention of the governor so that the world will hear our cry as common men and maybe that will make them come to do the work, because this was not what the governor promised us.

“When the governor came to campaign in Upper Ekheuan, he said immediately he resumes office the road will be fixed, but this work is up to four years now, and it is even worse now, so the suffering is too much. If nothing is done, we are coming back again to block the road. I am a landlord in the area.”

Another protester who identified himself as Osayi but refused to give his surname said: “I am a civil servant, but I stay in this area. I have stopped driving my car home because I visit the mechanic everyday. I park in a friend’s compound by Erediauwa and then take public transport to the place and then drive my car to the office, when I close for work, I drop it in my friend’s place and take public transport home.

“What is even more embarrassing is that the few metres they have tarred, the asphalted areas are already giving way. Go and look at Agho Junction, Ozigbo Junction, before the UNIBEN gate on both sides. If you are coming from Ring Road, there are already pot holes. We are disappointed in what is happening.”

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Court Remands Tenant For Setting Landlord’s House On Fire In Ibadan

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9 hours ago

May 2, 2024

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An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Dickson Peter, be remanded in a correction facility for allegedly setting his landlord’s house on fire.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police charged the defendant with two counts of felony and arson.

The Magistrate, Mr M. Mudashiru, who did not take his plea due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered that he be remanded in the Abolongo Correctional Facility, Oyo Town.

Mudashiru said the remand is pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

He adjourned the matter until July 23, 2024, for reference.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Femi Oluwadare told the court that Peter, on April 18, at about 12:30 am, was alleged to have unlawfully set fire to the house of his landlord, Cepas Okeme, and destroyed properties worth N6.5 million.

Oluwadare said that after he set the building on fire, it also spread to the next house property belonging to Bose Ali ‘F’ and destroyed property worth N3.5 million.

He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 443 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.

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Officer Who Shot Man Dead During Fuel Queue Tumult Identified — Lagos Police

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10 hours ago

May 2, 2024

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The Lagos State Police Command said it has identified the police officer who shot a young man, Toheeb Eniafe, at a petrol station on Wednesday.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this on Thursday.

He said, “The person behind the shooting has been identified as a police officer serving at Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 17, Lion Building, Lagos.

“Investigation is still ongoing and further findings will be made available.

“Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command is working with the family of the deceased to ensure that there is no miscarriage of justice.”

Recall that Eniafe was shot on Wednesday at a petrol station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited at Obalende in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State.

Eniafe was reported to have been shot dead while he and some others were resisting the move by some security agents to buy fuel without joining the queue.

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Woman Kills One Year-old Son In Delta

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14 hours ago

May 2, 2024

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The Delta State Police Command on Thursday paraded a 24-year-old woman, Sofia Nkwo, for killing her one-year-old son.

The woman said she killed her son because she couldn’t care for the child again as the father rejected the child.

Also paraded were fake alcoholic producers, murder, kidnapping suspects, and car snatchers among others.

Parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Asaba, the Delta State capital, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi, frowned at the evil act perpetuated by the woman.

He said, “On April 28, 2024, a case of infanticide was reported at Oleh Division, that a suspect named Sofia Nkwor 24, from Isoko south LGA, dump her child of one year and four month old in a well along the road in Araya community Isoko south LGA.

“Children who went to play around the tree discovered the abandoned child floating on the well. The mother Sofia Nkwor was immediately arrested and she stated that she dumped the child on 26th April 2024.

Confessing to the crime, Nkwo, said that she killed her son because she couldn’t care for the child again as the father rejected the child.

On the current kidnappings and killings in Ika North-East and Ika South areas of the state where farmers were being kidnapped and killed by gunmen, CP Olufemi said the command had developed personnel for the area.

“We are aware of the security situation in the Ika area of the state, and I have deployed personnel and directed Area Commander to move into the area and curb the bushes.

“The command is also working with Edo state Command because you know the area is the boundary between Delta and Edo,” he added.