Today, Nigeria Is Seriously Sick Under Jonathan —David-West

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Y66IxZxG7xxphwzDEGhE6qnekage4aNvwDnXymuRxWrMnfBgN9zX21dLgWz5NA3lz4AUG4zpj49XYwxuCk2Np-D4BQ_INVn6z-o9rFTqsvGC9G8niuDOLZehjv3Hg3gN5wxOxv-5St7a/s1600/jonadolf.jpg" /> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div>              Respected former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West has likened the ongoing events in the country to serious 'sickness'. The elder statesman said Nigeria is gradually retrogressing and there’s need to effect a change of leadership at the coming 2015 elections.<br /> <div> <br /> The Ijaw Niger Delta leader who spoke at the monthly lecture of City People Magazine on Thursday night, specifically said ‘<span style="color: black;">Nigeria’s head is rotten</span>’ and needed to be changed before it affects the body.<br /> He corroborated the position of President Olusegun Obasanjo.<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “This country is sick. I don’t know what virus is affecting Nigeria. It is even more than a virus. Ironically, we have done everything to kill her but God is keeping Nigeria. So, we have to keep her because God has a purpose for her. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “My fear is that Nigeria is going down. We cannot go on like this. Our economy is in trouble. Unemployment rises on daily basis, yet, our minis ter in charge of the economy said 10 million jobs have been created. It is all lies. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “President Goodluck Jonathan should borrow a leaf from the Obafemi Awolowo and Shehu Shagari episode when Awolowo told Shagari that the ship of the state is wrecking. Shagari didn’t abuse him. But what happened afterward, the military toppled Shagari’s government...</blockquote> </div> <div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6589160015449763735" name="more"></a></div> <div> “Jonathan’s men should stop abusing Obasanjo for being patriotic enough to cry out but they should rather reflect on the state of the nation, espe cially its economy,” the retired university teacher stated.<br /> <br /> David-West, who spoke on the topic; ‘How to move Nigeria forward: My thoughts’, stated that the country had all along been walloping on inconsistent economic policies and unstable and ephemeral political system with her leaders deceiving the populace since Independence.<br /> <br /> On the fallen fortunes of the oil industry, the former Minister decried the shady businesses going on in the oil-rich Niger Delta, where he incidentally hails from, lamenting that there ‘is too much stealing going on in the oil sector.’<br /> <br /> “We may soon be in trouble, especially those of us from that region because the United States is no longer buy ing oil. We have nothing again to survive on in that place... And that is why we said the head should go before it affects the body,” he stated.</div> </div> </div>

Today, Nigeria Is Seriously Sick Under Jonathan —David-West

                 Respected former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West has likened the ongoing events in the ...

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Lagos Police Uncover Kidnappers’ Den In Ogun State

<strong>The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command on Friday discovered another kidnappers' den at Ire Akari Crescent, Pipeline, Ajuwon Akute, Ogun State.</strong><br /><br /> <img alt="" border="0" height="225" itemprop="image" src="http://img.naij.com/151x85c/n/0a/b/kidnap_bungalow-residents.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 10px;" vspace="5" width="400" /><br /> <span class="c1"><em>L-R: The bungalow, residents</em></span><br /> <br /><br />This discovery is coming less than two weeks after a <strong class="c2">kidnappers den was uncovered in Ogun state</strong> where a boy who was kidnapped for alleged rituals was rescued soaked in blood.<br /> The fenced bungalow was marked by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police with an inscription boldly written in red, 'Armed robbers/ Kidnappers/ murderers' den. Please keep off, SARS, Ikeja'.<br /> The inscription on the gates added to the puzzle of residents, but they later got to know that the remains of a missing woman and her daughter were exhumed from the structure by men of Lagos State SARS.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br /><br />PUNCH Metro learnt that a suspected kidnapper, Alhaji Olatunde Azeez who allegedly <strong class="c2">killed an ex-customs officer and her adopted 10-year-old daughter</strong> over possession of her properties led the SARS operatives to the building. The suspect was also said to have confessed to be the owner of the building.<br /> <br /><br />It was further learnt that the ex-customs officer, Angela Kery, and the young girl, simply identified as Obiagulum, had been declared missing from home since May 10.<br /> <br />It was learnt that after a series of investigations which led to the arrest of Azeez, the suspect confessed to have killed the missing woman and her daughter and buried them in the structure.<br /> <br />Many residents in the area said they had never met the owner of the structure, adding that the gates of the compound were always locked.<br /> <br />A landlord in the area, who craved anonymity, said, "We never knew who the owner of the house was. It was usually locked and I have yet to observe any form of human presence. Now it is shocking to realise that it is a kidnappers' den. That means all of us are not safe.<br /> <br />"We learnt that the victims had been buried in the sitting room. They said ritual killers had killed a woman and her daughter and buried them."<br /> <br />Another resident, who identified herself simply as Mrs. Adedotun, claimed that the suspect owned a hospital and a petrol station in other areas of Lagos and Ogun states.<br /> <br />"I heard he is also called Doctor because he runs a hospital. Some people call him Alhaji. He scarcely comes to stay in the house. We never knew it was because he had buried two human beings in his compound," she noted.<br /> <br />The Lagos State Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said she would call our correspondent back, which she had yet to do as of the time of going to press.<br /> <br />But the acting Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Opeyemi, confirmed the incident.<br /> <br />He said, "Actually, it is not our case. The case belongs to the SARS of the Lagos State Police command. But we brought our men from Ajuwon to ensure that people in the area do not burn the structure. They are still patrolling the area as I speak to you."<br /> <br />It would also be recalled that it was reported on June 17 that <strong class="c2">two structures belonging suspected kidnappers in Ogidi and Ojoto communities in Idemili North and South Local Government Areas of Anambra state were demolished by the police</strong>.

Lagos Police Uncover Kidnappers’ Den In Ogun State

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command on Friday discovered another kidnappers' den at Ire Akari Crescent, Pipelin...

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Man Arrested For Killing Mother, Child & Removing Body Parts For Ritual In Ogun

<b>The police of Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State has arrested a man for killing mother and a child and mutilating their bodies.</b><br /><br />According to the Acting Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, the suspect kidnapped the two victims, killed and buried them in his house. Reportedly, he removed some of their body parts for a ritual.<br /><br />"The man killed a woman and her child and buried them in his house in Ajuwon. He was arrested and led the Police to the crime scene in Ajuwon," he said.<br /><br />Mr. Oyeyemi said there was an attempt by the angry mob in the area to kill the suspect before the police got the information and moved in to prevent breakdown of law and order.

Man Arrested For Killing Mother, Child & Removing Body Parts For Ritual In Ogun

The police of Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State has arrested a man for killing mother and a child and mutilating their bodies. Accor...

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