How police removed 'murder' charge against Ejigbo "pepper-trators" - by Joe Odumakin

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Dr Joe Odumakin (pictured right) is a women's rights activist and the president of the rights groups, Women Arise for Change Initiative. She spearheaded the arrest of the men who tortured three Ejigbo women last year. The men were recently arraigned in court for conspiring to murder. But it's no further clear that one of the victims, Juliana, is dead. Check out What Dr. Joe wrote below.

Until that day some two months ago after we returned from Benin Republic to get clearance from their Interpol to excavate Juliana's body on forensic examination, I still carried the believe in my head that Juliana was underneath the mold of earth, near which I stood to promise her justice.

Maybe till now, I still do, because it sounds strange and mysterious to me that a family we had stood solidly for, even when we were yet to know or meet with them, carrying out protests and disturbing every institution for investigations, would turn back and suddenly change their story, which they made us in turn share to the world. 
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See the 5 Nigerian students arrested for Godwin Ayogu's murder

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Five students of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, have already been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of 19 year old Godwin Ayogu, who was also a student of the school. Sadly, most of the students arrested are Nigerians, worst still, these were his friends. One particularly was his roommate.

The students arrested are: Ogunsanyo Abayomi (the roommate), Obi Mnaetochi Brendan Ilozumba, Oti Uchechukwu Chijooke, Jimoh Oluwatobiloba Timileyin and Isaac Ifidon (all pictured above).

It's thought that Ayogu was killed over money on the college campus. His body, with legs and hands tied, throat slit and intestines gushing out (last pic right), was then dumped at Amamoma on the outskirts of the university.
His reason behind death following a post-mortem examination, was presented with as stab wounds to the heart. 

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Soweto Lady Charged With Attempted Murder for Cutting Off Her B/F's Rod

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Evidence Nkuna (21) appeared in the Meadowlands Magistrates Court in Soweto, Johannesburg
for allegedly chopping off her boyfriends Rod...........

Johannesburg

October 25 2013

A lady accused of cutting off her boyfriend's rod arrived at the Protea Magistrate's Court in Soweto on Friday.

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Oscar Pistorius charged with premediated murder of his girlfriend

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 Paralympian Oscar Pistorious was in court today and was formally charged with the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. His lawyers had been dreaming about the lesser charge of manslaughter after Oscar claimed he shot Reeva dead in his home on Thursday February 14 2013 after mistaken her for an intruder. Thankfully the courts didn't buy his story and he will now face a murder trial that may run from now to March 20 2014 at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The 6-time paralympic sprint champion may also face extra charges of allegedly discharging a handgun recklessly in two other incidents. If found guilty of premeditated murder, Oscar might be spending the remainder of his life in jail.  

Video: "Patience Jonathan Is Getting Away With Murder" - Soyinka ask GEJ To Call Wife To Order

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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka was visibly angry as he accuses Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of President Jonathan of escalating the crisis that is currently being experienced in her home state of Rivers.  Soyinka also asked the President to call his wife to order and curb her excesses.

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Exposed! Police Oga At The Top Forced Corporal To Arraign Innocent Man For Murder He Didn't Commit

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Shock pervaded the quiet atmosphere of the Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, after an investigating police officer, Corporal Alagbe Olumide, admitted that he was forced by his Oga to arraign an innocent man, Ayodimeji Alegbeleye, for a murder crime he never committed.

Alegbeleye, 29, was being tried for the murder of one James Igbahan in January 2013 at Ajah. The police had claimed that the accused stabbed Igbahan with knife in his left ribs which led to his death...

After 2-counts were read to him, and he had pleaded not guilty, the prosecution lawyer filed application for his remand in prison custody pending the advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. However, the defence counsel protested the application, saying the accused knew nothing about the crime.

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NFL star Aaron Hernandez arrested and charged with murder

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23 year old New England Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested yesterday Wednesday June 26th  at his mansion in Massachusetts in connection with the murder of another player whose body was found near his home.

The body of 27 year old former semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd was found on June 17th in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house. Police say he had been shot multiple times in the groin, back and chest. Hernandez has since been remanded into custody without bail. 

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Attempted murder: Drama as defendant’s father weeps in court

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There was a mild drama at a Lagos High Court yesterday in the trial of a commercial bus driver, Quadri Kasali, charged with alleged attempted murder of Justice Ebenezer Adebajo, as the father of the defendant disrupted the proceeding, pleading for mercy.  Justice Balogun had, at the last hearing, dismissed a bail application filed on behalf of the defendant, but assured an accelerated hearing of the case. Shortly after hearing resumed yesterday, the father of the defendant, Aderemi Kasali, suddenly interrupted the proceeding, lying flat on the floor, crying and pleading that the judge should have mercy on his son. It took the intervention of the court’s orderly to stop the drama when he took the man out of the courtroom as ordered by the judge.

Court Sends 20 Students To Jail Over Murder of lecturer

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Twenty students of the Kogi State Polytechnic have been remanded in prison custody by a Lokoja Magistrates Court over rioting and murder of a senior lecturer of the institution, Mr Nathaniel Abimaje.

During the court session yesterday, the police prosecutor, Samuel Ikutanwa, told the court that on April 19, the accused persons incited some unidentified students of the institution to riot over the setting up of a panel to look into the case of a student who was involved in examination malpractice.

He told the court that the accused persons were armed with dangerous weapons such as axes, guns and cutlasses. He further alleged that the students went on rampage and stabbed Abimaje severally.

Funny Naija Gist: Police Arrest Cow Over Murder (Photo)

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The police at Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a cow following the killing of a 24-year old teenager identified as Azeez Salako at Ilata area of Ota, a suburb of Ogun State.

P.M.NEWS gathered that youths in Ilata Ota were planning to hold a carnival on Saturday 27 April, 2013 and there was an argument between some of the youths which led to a fight and one of the boys identified as Dayo broke a bottle which he used to stab Salako in the neck and he bled to death.

When the police arrived at the scene of the fracas everyone had fled leaving behind the cow bought for slaughter during the carnival and the police arrested the cow and took it to the station where it is currently being detained.

Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon reacts to murder of Damoch

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Damilola Olaniyan, popularly known as Damino Damoche, a fast-rising hip hop artiste and final year student in the Faculty of Management Science at the Lagos State University, LASU, was Thursday murdered by men suspected to be cultists. The late Damoche was shot on his head and arm. He died on the spot, and his body has been deposited in the mortuary. Reacting to the incident, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon took to his twitter page:

Gov. Fashola blames okada for Damoche’s murder

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Commercial motorcycle transportation, popularly known as okada, is once again in the eye of the storm following the brutal murder of singer and student, Damino Damoche, last Thursday in Lagos by gunmen on Okada.

Before Damoche’s murder, okada activities had been restricted in the state, and now, the state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is using the Damoche murder as an opportunity to campaign against Okada riding.

Condemning the gruesome killing of the singer cum student, Fashola urged residents to see reason for restriction of commercial Okada operators in the state. He said that the recent murder and previous ones buttressed the state government’s objectives of taming crime through the new road traffic law which restricts the activities of commercial motorcycle popularly called Okada.

Shocking! Read Femi Fani Kayode's piece on the Oskar Pistorius murder case

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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode, shared his thoughts on the Oskar Pistorius murder case. Oskar if you will all recall shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's day. He has since been charged with premeditated murder even though he insists it was all an accident. 

Well Femi Fani Kayode kinda blamed the dead girl on provoking the double amputee athlete into a murderous rage. He said in his piece that Reeva was sent to Oskar by the devil to destroy him He referred to her as a Jezebel, Delilah, 'creature from the sea'...

As a woman, I'm appalled by this write up, which he has since deleted from his Facebook page. He's kinda blaming her for getting herself killed. Read it after the Break...

Oscar Pistorius Denies Murder Of Girlfriend As He Breaks Down In Tears

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South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius was in court today, charged with murder after his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was found dead at his home in Pretoria. While sponsors rushed to tear down billboards bearing his image and broadcasters dropped him from their schedules, there was a broader feeling that the media had ignored a darker side to the first Paralympic icon.

Pistorius has denied murdering his girlfriend in the “strongest terms” and offered his “deepest sympathies” to her family.

The South African athlete appeared in court on Friday to face a murder charge, his family and management company issued a statement that said: “Firstly, and most importantly, all our thoughts today must be with the family and friends of Reeva Steenkamp.

Cynthia Osokogu’s murder: Court Releases Pharmacists

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The two pharmacists arrested in connection with the July 22nd murder of Cynthia Osokogu have been released unconditionally by a court in Lagos. Maduakor Chukwunonso and Orji Osita (pictured above) who are pharmacists at Oxpharm Pharmacy where the drugs used in sedating Cynthia was bought, were released based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution.

The Lagos High court ruled that “there was no evidence where the pharmacists had an agreement with the first and second defendants to kill the late Ms Osokogu."