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Woman who brutalized 10-year-old house help for stealing meat sentenced to Jail (Video)

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Woman who brutalized 10-year-old house help for stealing meat sentenced to Jail (Video)

Woman who brutalized 10-year-old house help for stealing meat sentenced to Jail (Video)

Ondo Widow, Opeyemi Omoyemi, who was arraigned for brutalizing her house help, Joel Sunday, has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail by the Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

The reports gathered that Mrs Opeyemi Omoyemi brutalized her 10-year-old house help, Joel Sunday, lacerating his body severally with a razor blade for stealing a piece of meat from the pot of soup on February 6, 2022, at her residence in Idimango Adewale, Ondo Road, Akure.

She had pleaded guilty to four of the 5-count charge preferred against her.

Delivering her verdict, Mrs O.A Edwin slammed the defendant with three and half years imprisonment with hard labour on count charge one, which is on heavy bodily harm, and one-year imprisonment on count five.

The Prosecution Counsel, Emmanuel Tanimowo, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, during trial applied for the withdrawal of count four charges which the Magistrate granted.

The attorney to the respondent, Folusho Kayode, pleaded with the court to be lenient with the respondent on grounds that she was a first-time offender.

He also told the court that she’s a mother of four children and had been responsible for the upkeep of the house help.

The attorney said: “The court should be lenient in passing sentence on the defendant. The prayer for leniency is that the defendant has been the one solely responsible for the wellbeing and education of the 12-year-old Sunday. She has been doing this dutifully for the past four years since the death of her husband.

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“The defendant has kids and they have been crying since the incident happened as they could not see their mother.

“The defendant is a first offender and has never been arrested for any inhuman behaviour. The court should graciously pass the sentence.”

In her ruling, the Magistrate said: “I know that the defendant is a first-time offender but the facts of the offences are not only an abuse on the victim but an offence against public policy.

“The sentence must therefore want to deter others and also ensure that justice is done to the victim.”

The case was, however, adjourned to April 13, 2022, for trial on count three of the charge which is on trafficking in persons, a charge to which the respondent had pleaded not guilty.

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Troops repel coordinated attacks on three Plateau communities

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By: Zagazola Makama

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) along with other security forces, successfully repelled coordinated attacks on three communities in Riyom Local Government Area by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias.

Zagazola Makama report that the affected communities Rim, Angwan Wereng, and Cum came under attack between 10:50 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. on Thursday night.

The troops responded promptly to distress calls and engaged the attackers, forcing them to flee the area.

“On receipt of the information, army troops and other sister security agencies moved swiftly to the scenes and repelled the attackers,”said the sources.

No official casualties were confirmed as of the time of this report, but the situation is said to be under control while normalcy has returned to the affected areas.

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Yobe man kills neighbour over alleged affair with wife

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Yobe man kills neighbour over alleged affair with wife

By: Zagazola Makama

A 40-year-old man, Yau Ari Dawa of Fulameri Village in Yobe State, has allegedly stabbed his neighbour to death following a violent altercation over a suspected extramarital affair with his wife.

Zagazola Makama gathered from sources that the incident occurred late Wednesday night at about 11:30 p.m., when Dawa reportedly confronted Mallam Faji Gana, 35, accusing him of having an affair with his 25-year-old wife, Noja Yau.

The sources said that the confrontation quickly turned violent, and Dawa allegedly used a knife to stab Gana in the stomach during the scuffle.

A neighbour, raised an alarm and reported the incident to authorities in the early hours of Thursday.

Gana was rushed to the Specialist Hospital in Geidam, but was confirmed dead on arrival by medical personnel.

The suspect, Yau Ari Dawa, has since been arrested by operatives of the Yobe State Police Command.

According to police sources, the case will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.

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Gunmen abduct village head in Bauchi community

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Gunmen abduct village head in Bauchi community

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A 56-year-old village head, Abdullah Ibrahim, has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Kanaka hamlet, Ganjuwa Local Government Area in Bauchi, sources confirmed to Zagazola Makama.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday at about 1:15 a.m. when the assailants stormed the remote hamlet and abducted the community leader, taking him to an unknown destination.

Security forces and local hunters were deployed to the area on a rescue mission.

Efforts are being intensified to rescue the victim unharmed and to apprehend those behind the abduction. The case is currently under police investigation.

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