Police Confirm Arrest Of Man tying lover in Abuja hotel

A yet-to-be-identified man has been arrested for tying the hands and legs of his lover in a hotel in the Wuse area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The man was accused of attempting to use her for ritual purposes before luck ran out of him.

A video of the incident, seen by our correspondent on Thursday, showed people ordering the man to untie her.

Reacting to the incident, the FCT Police Command said it was aware of the video.

The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the man in the video is a suspected internet fraudster.

She noted that the command’s investigation revealed that operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps had arrested the suspect but had yet to hand him over to the police.

Adeh said, “The FCT Police Command is aware of the video footage making the rounds about a lady who was criminally confined at Top View Hotel, Wuse, Abuja, on 17th September 2024, by an alleged internet fraudster, allegedly for a money ritual.

“Findings revealed that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has taken the suspect into custody and is yet to hand him over to the police for a diligent investigation.

“The FCT Police Command awaits the NSCDC to hand over all parties for the commencement of a diligent and discreet investigation.”

Real Reasons Nigerians patronise ‘night buses’ despite dangers

Despite the high level of insecurity across the country, more Nigerians now embark on what is  popularly known in street parlance as “night travels” or  trips. The reason for this is not far to seek: the spike in transport fares and other related factors.

With petrol price rising to N1,000 per litre in most filling stations, and unavailable too, most travellers are looking for the cheapest fares to their various destinations which can only be available with luxury buses that operate at night.

For instance, a journey from Lagos to any part of the South-Eastern states costs between N35,000 and N40,000 with a mini-bus. It’s about N23,000 on the same route with a luxury bus.

A visit to some of the garages and parks at night revealed that most travellers prefer to travel by night, not minding the dangers. Some of the transport companies are The Young Shall Grow, Chisco Transport, Okeyson Transport, ABC Transport, and GUO Transport.

A necessity

A young man, who simply identified himself as Chinedu at the Mazamaza bus station, told Vanguard: “These days, people don’t mind the risk of travelling at night any longer because of the high fares charged by transport companies for trips on mini-buses.”

He noted that with N40,000, one can travel from Lagos to the South-East and back, which is what you would use for a one-way trip if you have to travel with small buses for the same distance.

According to him: ”Nobody likes to travel by night given the high security risk, but given the present situation in the country, we have no choice but to take the risk if we must catch up with our appointments.”

He further noted that some of the luxury bus operators can charge as low as N10,000 for some seats, which they call ‘Obere Oche’ (meaning small attachment seats), which he described as not being quite comfortable for a long distance trip.

‘No traffic, no checkpoints’

At the Alafia bus station, where other notable luxury bus companies operate from, the passengers also disclosed that, beyond high fares resulting from the high price of petrol and its scarcity, their preference is derived from the fact that it is more convenient to travel at night because the checkpoints are few and there is hardly gridlock on the roads at night.

According to one of the travellers, Mr Uchenna Njoku: “Travelling at night is faster than doing so in the day; it’s like goodbye to Lagos and welcome to Owerri in the morning. “This is because you won’t have to worry about traffic gridlock, police harassment or extortion by other law enforcement agencies and local government officials while on the trip.

“I always have a full night rest and wake up and go to my home in the morning.”

This is also the thinking of most the passengers at Jibowu and even Iddo bus stations.

“Usually the stations boom as from 8 p.m., when the bus operators are loading and getting ready for the trips at night till around 10:30 p.m. when they leave from their various parks to their destinations across the country.

The bus stations are usually very busy with hawkers who sell snacks and other types of food, soft drinks, medicine and various items to the travellers.

Olukoyede has disgraced President Tinubu’s government, he should resign – Campaign for Democracy

.EFCC has ulterior motive on Yahaya Bello, not fighting corruption

The Campaign for Democracy has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately relieve the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, of his job, saying he has demonstrated lack of capacity to hold such office.

CD, a frontline Civil Society Organization in Nigeria, said it was unimaginable that the former governor, who the same EFCC had placed on watchlist, who the Commission enlisted security agencies in Nigeria and Interpol to help fish out, walked into the EFCC premises, waited for about three hours and no arrest or interrogation happened.

“Instead, they told him to go, that they would get back to him only to issue a laughable statement that he was still a wanted man,” the President, Campaign for Democracy, Comrade Ifeanyi Odili, said in a statement on Thursday.

According to him, EFCC’s excuse that they couldn’t arrest him because a sitting governor accompanied him to their office is the main reason Olukoyede should be asked to go.

“Many people had castigated this man for long even though many others believed the case was mainly that of persecution. In all of this, CD did not dabble into the matter. Now that the matter has taken a dramatic turn, one that touches on democratic principles and affects the country’s image, it is pertinent for well meaning Nigerians to lend their voice.

“Associates of the former governor had been raising the alarm that his life is at risk. With the events of yesterday (Wednesday 18th September, 2024), any right thinking person would conclude that his life must be truly at risk.

“You said you couldn’t arrest him or interrogate him in your office because his governor was there, yet you went, at night, to the official residence of the same governor in Abuja to start firing gunshots as if Nigeria is a lawless society. This is unacceptable,” he stated.

The Campaign for Democracy said, in saner climes, the EFCC boss would have been fired the next morning.

“The man, Yahaya Bello, has fulfilled all righteousness. With the turn of events that culminated in a show of shame last night, it appears the EFCC has an ulterior motive definitely different from the fight against corruption,” the CSO submitted.