No Gun Shot can Pierce My Body, says Cult Suspect

The leader of cult group who was over the weekend, arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command in Jakande Estate, Ajah area, Lagos suburb, has said that no amount of gun – shot can penetrate his body.
The cult suspect, Andrew Awalebi, 35, who belonged to  Eiye Confraternity, was arrested on Friday morning at a beer parlour in company of three other cult members around 8:00 a.m.
Two other members of the cult group, Adegoke Adeleke (30), Kehinde Adebogun (31), were also picked up early Saturday morning at an hotel in Ikorodu.
Awalebi, from Ilaje Local Government, Ondo State was given out by Michael Thompson of the same Eiye Confraternity as a cult leader. Thompson was arrested a night before for robbery in National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.
Awalebi, who disclosed that he worked with a popular land owner in Lekki stated that he earns N40, 000:00 monthly from the property dealer for helping to protect his landed property in the axis.
He told investigator that the gun – shot protective charm was specially prepared for him by an herbalist in Ijebu  - Isiwo, Ogun State to save him from gunshots of land grabbers in Lekki.
He added “I was initiated into Eiye Confraternity in 1996 by Banji Omisore and later in 1997 I was promoted as its topmost leader after the death of Omisore.

"We are eight member cult group. We meet very early in the morning or late at night. I have been arrested by Special Anti – Robbery Squad sometimes ago when my cult group caused mayhem in Jakande Estate, inflicting injuries on passers-by in the area", he disclosed.
Arrested alongside Awalebi were Michael Thompson (24), Adegoke Adeleke (30), Kehinde Adebogun (31), Koffi Kwame (17), Daniel Olayiwola (36) and Tosin Issac (26) as they all confessed to be members of Eiye Confraternity.
While confirming the arrest, the image maker of Lagos Police Command, Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus, warned parents and guardians to be wary of their children and wards' behaviors.
"Charity begins at home. But this should end there. Parents should help police to tackle cultism in their respective localities. They should endeavor to report to the nearest police station around them if they suspect movements of their children, this will help the Police to nip the cultism to the bud", she advised.
The cult suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID), Panti for prosecution.

Real Reason Segun Adewale claim he is the authentic Lagos PDP Chairman

The battle over the authentic chairman of Lagos state Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has been on for a while.  A frontline politician, Chief Segun Adewale has described himself as the authentic chairman of Lagos PDP.
He hinged this on the fact that his group emerged after due process from the ward level to state level.
“I, Otunba Segun Adewale, is the authentic chairman of the state executive committee of PDP in Lagos State
“I emerged as chairman from the ward, local and state congresses conducted in Lagos on April 30, May 5 and May 10, 2016 respectively.
“The committee of Mr. Moshood Salvador, Gani Taofiq and others is a fictitious creation of Chief Olabode George and, it has no recognition from any organ of PDP,” he declared yesterday.
Continuing, Adewale, who was the party’s senatorial candidate for Lagos West in the last general election, blamed George for being a cog in the wheel of progress of the party in the last 16 years.
He further alleged that the PDP leader’s personal interest had been detrimental to the party, just as he promised to improve the fortunes of the party ahead of 2019.
“This 2016/2020 executive committee under my leadership is committed to total victory in Lagos come 2019, and we are determined to rid ourselves of the old PDP cabal that led the party astray for 16 years,” he said.
it would be recalled that Segun Adewale started politics as far back as 1988, when he contested and won the Student Union Government of University of Ibadan elections and served as Sports Secretary. In 2007, Segun Adewale ran for the Lagos State House Of Assembly on the Labour Party ticket, but his name was removed from the ballot paper just before the election. He defected from the Labour party to the Alliance for Democracy for some months before defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011 and ran for the Federal House of Representative, Alimosho Federal Constituency, but lost the election to Solomon Adeola of the Action Congress OF Nigeria. The election was marred by violence.

 As a philanthropist, he has contributed to over 40 community projects amongst which are the construction of Mini-Bridge in Meiran, Isei-Oshun in 2011 and he has sponsored over 20 students on full scholarship to different tertiary institutions.

Buari Appoints Muhammad as new Chief of defence Intelligence

President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Mohammad Usman as the new Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), he takes over from acting Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major General Sardauna Davies.
AVM Usman who took over the mantle of leadership at the Headquarters of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) during a ceremony yesterday in Abuja, said intelligence gathering is the only way to handle insecurity in the country.
He noted that all forms of security challenges need some form of intelligence for security forces to overcome, whilst challenging the intelligence community to think outside the box in other to deliver its mandate.
He pointed out that in the race to add value to society, there is no finishing line

Labour, Petroleum Ministers Meet PENGASSAN Today over Proposed Strike

The meeting between the Ministers of Labour and Petroleum with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on how to stave the association’s planned strike would hold on Friday, July 8, 2016.
The meeting had earlier on been scheduled for Thursday July 7, 2016.
This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Samuel Olowookere, the Deputy Director (Press) in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday.
It stated that the shift in date was in consideration for the season and the national holidays.
NAN reports that the Federal Government had during the week also declared  Thursday, as a public holiday for the Eid –El-Fitri.
``The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, and the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, will now hold the crucial meeting with PENGASSAN leadership on Friday put a lasting solution to the lingering problems affecting the oil and gas sector.
``The meeting will hold at the Minister’s Board Room, 11th floor, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, NNPC Towers, Abuja starting at 10 a.m,’’ it said.
The statement said the ministers appealed to the entire leadership of PENGASSAN to stay action on its proposed strike in view of the ongoing negotiations and in the spirit of social dialogue. (NAN)

Stella Oduah Purchased $13 Million Oil Tanker Before Being Sacked As Minister

SaharaReporters has exclusively obtained shipping and merchant vessel documents which show that the disparaged former Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah purchased and registered an oil tanker a few months before she was sacked by former President Goodluck Jonathan. It will be recalled that Mrs. Oduah, now the Senator from Anambra State, was sacked by Mr. Jonathan in February 2014 following a series of exposes from SaharaReporters connecting her to a massive BMW vehicle scandal. In recent days, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered that N2.5 billion was put in a bank account under the name of Mrs. Oduah’s housemaid. The EFCC said “Senator Oduah apparently opened the account with her housemaid’s name, image, and details without the housemaid knowing about it.” This latest scandal, which involves the unexplainable purchase of a massive oil tanker, is connected to Mrs. Oduah’s company Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Ltd. This company purchased the vessel SEA STERLING, with call sign 5NXF, and later registered it in the Port of Lagos. According to the Certificate of Classification, by the International Classification Society, the SEA STERLING was certified and entered in to the Bureau Veritas Register Book as having unrestricted navigation. The vessel, also listed as an Oil tanker on the classification document, was stated as being owed by Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Ltd with a Nigerian flag. It was given the registration number 14565J and valid until May 23rd 2017. The certificate was issued on August 26th, 2013 at Lagos and later obtained compliance and insurance accreditation in September 2013. Mrs. Oduah’s oil tanker, affixed with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) number 9607318, is said to be able to freight 4,126 gross tons. SaharaReporters found that on August 26th 2014 the Sea Sterling was attacked by pirates off the coast of Bayelsa State but were repelled by security onboard. A SaharaReporters investigation into the vessel found that it was built in 2012 and is 112 meters long. One maritime expert, who SaharaReporters provided the specifications of Mrs. Oduah’s oil tanker to, told our correspondent that “a 6,000 dwt [dead weight] product tanker built in 2009 was recently sold for $12.2 million. So a similar sized tanker built in 2012 [like Stella Oduah’s] would probably be valued between $13 and $15 million.” He added that, “this assumes a willing buyer and a willing seller and also depends on the vessels’ condition and the shipyard it was built.” Mrs. Oduah was not immediately available for comment on how her company was able to afford this oil tanker

-SaharaReporters