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FATHER WHO WAS ACCUSED OF DEFILING HIS MINOR KIDS WALKS FREELY IN LAGOS
Against the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s promise to wield “the big stick” on perpetrators of rape, domestic violence and child abuse in the Lagos, a Magistrate in the state has granted bail in a most controversial manner, to Oluwaseun Olomo, 41, a father of two who was accused of defiling his two minor children.
The governor had during the “Walk to Commit and Act”, commemorating the day in line with United Nations declaration against gender-based violence, maintained that the State is working hard with its police command and all relevant agencies to bring the crime to zero point.
Olomo, 41, An Uber driver, residing on 3, Banire Close, Egbeda, Lagos was married to Modupe Iluyomade who died in a mysterious Okada accident in Ikeja on June 3rd, 2019
The grandmother of the children, Mrs. Elizabeth Iluyomade, the mother of Modupe, is also crying foul over the case and equally alleging threat to her life.
Modupe’s death had led to a lot of controversy, suspicion and intrigues before it eventually culminated in a case before Magistrate B.O Osunsanmi in Ogba, Ikeja Magistrate District, Lagos.
Olomo’s mother-in-law contended that the children (Fiyinfoluwa and Folakemi) had to reside with her after the death of their mother on June 3rd to stave off the post death emotional trauma.
She added that she started noticing a strange bowel movement and behavior patterns of the children and decided to carry out medical examination on the on July 5th 2019 at the General Hospital Isolo.
While this was on, the “war over the custody of the children” began. “My opinion was that since Olomo, my son-in-law is an Uber driver, who will not be available to take care of the children, it will be proper to have custody of the children for now” she said.
Olomo refused and instead allegedly brought members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC to threaten his mother- in –law, and also petition the Police in Zone two, Onikan, Lagos.
While the dispute was spiraling, Iluyomade approached the Lagos State Office of Public Defender, OPD, concerning the health of the children, from where she was referred to the Mirabel Center at the Lagos State College of Medicine, LASUTH, Ikeja.
Several tests conducted at Mirabel Center later revealed that the two year old Folakemi had been penetrated severally and serially from her vagina and anus. It was also discovered that the five year old boy Fiyinfoluwa had been penetrated through his anus.
Armed with the medical report and the video evidence where the boy confessed that the act was done by their father, the OPD referred the matter to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command since according to them, the matter has morphed into a criminal offence in which Olomo, the father of the children is a prime suspect.
The case was allegedly subjected to a lot of manipulation at the Gender Unit before the Muazu Zubairu, Lagos Commissioner of Police at that time, who ordered the IPO at the Gender Unit, Kuinle Orebe to file “an Action right away”.
Eventually, Iluyomade alleged that when the application for Remand Order was heard, Magistrate Osunsanmi granted the suspect bail, according to her, “because there was no sufficient evidence before her to link the suspect to the crime.”
The Magistrate, also held that the statement for the arrangement of the children filed by the Respondent (Olomo) is more credible and acceptable to the court that that filed by the Applicant (Iluyomade). It also held that the independent investigative report from the Social Work department showed that the Respondent is a responsible man.
Maigstrate Osunsanmi therefore ruled that Olomo be granted the custody of the children while Iluyomade was granted access and visitation right once a month.
The judgment has however sparked fresh controversy as Mrs. Iluyomade is suspecting a lot of foul play and therefore crying for justice.
According to her, “upon inquiries made after the day’s proceedings, I discovered that the IPO had altered evidence in his affidavit in support of the Remand application, giving evidence contrary to the true facts he told the commissioner of Police. Furthermore, he did not bring the video evidence to the attention of the Honurable court, all which have fuelled my suspicion that the IPO is bent on perverting justice in this case.”
To this end, Iluyomade, who also alleged threat to her life by one Benedict Olomo, a senior Police Officer working in Ogun state and a brother to his son-in-law, is pleading the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to take over the investigation of the case, especially in the areas of defilement, sodomy and abuse of minors.
She also want the Commissioner to “investigate the very suspicious and unclear circumstances of the death of my daughter on the 3rd of June, 2019 with a view to unraveling the truth.
Rahman Aliagan, Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists opines that NGIJ team of Investigators will continue to dig deep into this case and file more updates.
Source: Security Monitor
Marketers have demanded direct access to Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from the Dangote refinery, criticising the firm grip of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on the market.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chinedu Ukadike, said the market should be open for all in line with the willing-buyer and willing-seller commitment earlier made by the corporation.
The NNPCL had last Saturday said it was not the sole off-taker of products from the Dangote refinery, adding that the refinery was free to sell its petrol to any marketer.
But a week after the statement, the Federal Government announced that the company would be the sole buyer of petrol from the refinery.
At a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, noted that interested marketers would have to buy the product from the national oil firm through its trading company.
The minister, represented by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr Zacceus Adedeji, also announced that the Dangote refinery would commence the distribution of petrol to marketers on Sunday with an initial 25 million litres per day.
He said, “I am glad to announce that all agreements have been put in place, and the loading of the first batch of PMS, as already announced by NNPC, will commence on Sunday, September 15, 2024. And from October 1, NNPC will commence the supply of crude oil to the Dangote refinery to be paid in naira.
“In return, Dangote refinery will supply PMS and diesel of equivalent value to the domestic market to be paid in naira. But for now, PMS will only be sold to NNPC. NNPC will then sell to various marketers.”
Reacting, Ukadike said the market should be liberalised.
“It should be open for all in line with the willing-buyer and willing-seller comments made by the NNPC. We are also looking at how to build our logistics and come up with our price,” he stated.
Also, the National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Association of Nigeria, Billy Gillis-Harry, raised concerns over the risks of creating a new domestic monopoly in the oil and gas sector.
Gillis-Harry said, “Right now, even on Saturday, that business (petrol) is going to start rolling out tomorrow (Sunday), we don’t know what the price might be. Nobody has informed us about anything; we are not aware of what the government is doing.
“We don’t know any of the pricing templates yet or the matrix that will bring about the pricing template. We have been asking Dangote or anybody that is in charge of this transaction to be transparent, but somehow, we have not got any of that information.
“We are about to leave NNPC monopoly from importation and now we are also going to have that in a domestic environment, that portends danger for the industry.”
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Saturday said about 300 trucks have arrived at the Dangote Refinery ahead of the loading of petrol.
The company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed the arrival of the trucks at the refinery via X.
Soneye wrote: “We (NNPC Ltd) has started deploying our trucks and vessels to the Dangote Refinery to lift PMS (petrol), in preparation for the scheduled lifting date of September 15th, as set by the refinery.
“By the end of today, at least 300 trucks will be stationed at the refinery’s fuel loading gantry.”
Similarly, NNPC said trucks have been mobilized to the refinery ahead of Sunday’s loading.
“In preparation for the Dangote Refinery’s scheduled petrol loading on Sunday, September 15, 2024, NNPC Ltd. has been mobilizing trucks to the refinery’s fuel loading gantry in Ibeju-Lekki.
“As of Saturday afternoon, NNPC Ltd. had deployed over 100 trucks, with hundreds more en route,” NNPC Ltd. wrote on X.
Last week, the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, announced the commencement of fuel production.
Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, has declared the upcoming governorship election in the state “a do-or-die affair”.
The Edo state off-cycle gubernatorial election is slated to be held on September 21.
Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) are the main contenders in the election.
Speaking at the PDP grand finale rally in the Ekenwan area of Benin City, the state capital, Obaseki berated Adams Oshiomhole, his predecessor, for performing below par during his tenure.
“The person I took over from had no respect for our people, had no respect for women, encouraged prostitution and women’s trafficking,” Obaseki said.
“When I took over office, our pensioners wore black on Labor Day, but today they wear white.
“When I took office, our youths had no jobs, but today don’t they have jobs? After eight years, is Edo not one of the safest in Nigeria?
“This election is do or die; if they do, we will die. Next week Saturday by this time, vote for the PDP to become the next governor.”
On Thursday, political parties and their candidates in Edo signed the peace accord to allow for a free and fair election in the state, although the PDP declined to sign the agreement.
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