El-Rufai Accuses Jonathan Of Dividing Nigeria Along Religious And Ethnic Lines

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Deputy National Secretary of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of infusing religion and ethnicity into the nation’s politics, thereby encouraging division among people. El-Rufai also took a swipe at Vice President Namadi Sambo, describing his administration as governor of Kaduna State as a disaster, with his successor, Late Patrick Yakowa, according to El-Rufai having complained about the huge debt incurred by Sambo.

Speaking on a radio programme, “Guest of the Week” aired on the Kaduna-based Liberty FM on Saturday, the APC chieftain maintained that it was unfortunate that Jonathan who comes from a minority ethnic group was causing division among Nigerians instead of making the whole country his constituency.

According to him, it is sad that Jonathan and his political strategists thought if they introduced religion, they will be able to divide the North and take the Christian part of the region to vote for Jonathan.

“And if they introduce ethnicity, large enough does it, they will get the whole of the South. That’s their winning strategy and now they are surprised that after dividing the country they are finding it difficult to get the cooperation of everyone,” he said.

“If Jonathan is from minority, how did he get elected? Was he elected by his minority groups or by other Nigerians?

“Because if we all decided to be ethnic, Jonathan cannot even win election outside Bayelsa State because apart from Bayelsa, there is no any other place where the Ijaws are not a minority in Nigeria. So when people like Edwin Clark, Jonathan play the ethnic and religious cards, I just look at them because it is not going to work.

“The moment anyone resorts to ethnicity and religion, it is because he doesn’t have a better ground. If you are performing and doing the work of the people why do you need to resort to that?

“It is really wrong and one of the tragedies of the Jonathan leadership is that whoever inherits the leadership of Nigeria will have to spend the first or second year repairing the trust and relationship between the various ethnic and religious groups.

“Everything under Jonathan’s administration has been reduced to these two things which is unfortunate because politics is not about religion neither is it about ethnicity.

“Politics is about delivering services to the people and when you are good every ethnic group and religion will benefit.

“Our religion is private to us, our ethnicity is an accident of birth. This government have adopted that as a political strategy and by God’s grace the people of Nigeria have experienced it and knows that,” El-Rufai stated.

RCCG To Build 3-Km-long Auditorium Before August 2014

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, on Saturday said the church would build a three-kilometre long auditorium. Adeboye said this at the Holy Ghost Service which was one of the programmes lined up for the 61st Annual Convention of the church that ends today.

He said that the new auditorium which would be built at the mission’s camp ground at km 46, Lagos-Ibadan expressway would also be as wide as its three kilometres length. This will make the auditorium an enormous 9km square auditorium, and one of the top ten churches in the world.

Adeboye said that the existing auditorium which was built in year 2000 with a capacity to sit one million people at once could no longer accommodate millions of people who attend services at the camp ground.

According to him, the project will start soonest and will be completed before the 62nd Convention in August 2014.

He therefore solicited for donations from members of the church toward making the project a reality.

Testifying to God’s goodness at the convention, Adeboye said that a total of 72 babies were born at the camp between Monday and Friday.

Police Make Mass Arrests Over Ogun Cult Killings

Men of the Ogun State police Command yesterday arrested over forty people in connection with the recent deadly cult clashes in Ijebu Ode, in which six persons were killed within two weeks.

Policemen yesterday stormed Omu-Ijebu in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State and arrested students of Tai Solarin College of Education,TASCE and some indigenes of the community who were suspected to be cultists.

An executive member of the Students Union Government, SUG, who craved anonymity revealed that the police arrested people from their various houses.

“It was like we are watching a film as the policemen who came in three Hilux vans stormed the town and started arresting everybody.

“Many of our students have been arrested and also some indigenes were picked. Everybody just had to run as we don’t know what actually happened.

“We are having our examination now and the fate of those arrested is not known for now. We are appealing to those concerned to help us to mediate in the matter,” the SUG executive member pleaded.

When asked why the police came to make arrests in Omu, he explained; “What I heard from some people was that some of the cultists who have been fighting and killing themselves in Ijebu Ode in the last few weeks ran to Omu for cover. The police now got the information and they trailed them down here.”

The State Police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi could not be reached for confirmation of the incident, but a police source from Ijebu Ode Area Command office, Igbeba confirmed the arrests, adding that more people are still wanted by the police.

“Many people have been arrested and they are now in our custody.The order is from the Commissioner of Police and the Deputy Commisioner himself led the operation.The cult boys have been trying to regroup themselves again in Ijebu Ode,at least,more than five persons were killed in the last two weeks. We cannot fold our arms and allow these notorious boys to disrupt the peace we have been enjoying in this state,that is why the directives come down from the top that we should burst their hideouts and arrest everyone of them,” the source said.

Two Injured As Herdsmen Go On Rampage In Imo Community

Two persons were seriously injured in a shootout on Thursday between Fulani herdsmen and some youths in Umuekune village of Irete community in Owerri West local government area of Imo State.

According to reports, the incident occurred on Thursday evening when the cattle herdsmen encroached into farmlands in the community destroying valuable crops and economic trees in the process. An attempt by youths in the community to stop the invasion of their farmlands resulted in open confrontation.

Chibuzor Hezekiah Okorie, one of the victims of the violence and a native of the area, was shot in the stomach and matcheted by the herdsmen just as he lost a toe in the attack. Another person identified simply as John, an artisan, who moulds block, suffered severe machete cuts on his two hands and other parts of his body.

Kuku Warns Niger-Delta Students Against Pagiarising In The US

 Plagiarism is a serious crime in the United States, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku has warned.

Admonishing 36 students from the Niger Delta region departing for the United States of America for undergraduate studies, Kuku advised them to manage their upkeep allowances prudently and shun ostentatious lifestyle in order not to be broke and run into temptations.

Speaking through his Technical Assistant and Head of the Reintegration Unit, Mr. Lawrence Pepple at an orientation programme for the students in Abuja on Friday, Kuku noted that while many may have indulged in plagiarism in Nigeria and escaped the long arm of the law, it is a different kettle of fish in the United States of America and is considered as one of the worst crimes there.

He therefore urged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria everywhere they find themselves.

Kano Flood Kills One, Destroys 434 Houses

Flood on Friday killed one person and destroyed 434 houses following a heavy rainfall in Kano metropolis. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA), Alhaji Ali Bashir, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after assessing the situation in Kano on Saturday.

He said the deceased died on Friday night after he fell in Katsaiki River at Darmanawa in Kumbotso local Government area of the state.

He said out of the number of affected houses, 408 were destroyed in Kano metropolis while the remaining 26 houses were located in Dawakin-Tofa local government area.

He said the state Deputy Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, had directed the agency to take all the pictures of the affected houses and assess the extent of damage caused to property.

He said Ganduje told the agency to forward the report to his office for immediate assistance to the victims of the disaster.

Bashir, however, called on the people of the state to clear the drains in their respective houses to prevent future occurrence.

NAN recalls that 20 corpses were unearthed by flood at Yan’ Kaba cemetery in Kano metropolis on Friday. (NAN)

Emir Of Kano Lauds FG, Kano State Over Security

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has lauded the effort of the federal and Kano State governments in providing adequate security of lives and properties of the citizenry.

Speaking yesterday through his senior counsellor, Alhaji Abbas Sanusi Wamban Kano, who led other council members and district heads to pay a Sallah homage to the state acting Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, at the Government House Kano, Bayero stressed the importance of peace and stability to the development of any society, while also charging residents of the state to continue to support and cooperate with security agencies in the task ahead.

The Emir also appealed to the people of the state to continue to support and cooperate with their elected representatives at the state and federal levels for the provision of more democracy dividends.

Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, represented by his deputy, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, had earlier in his remarks, commended the role being played by the traditional rulers in the maintenance of law and order and pledged to continue to partner with them for the development of the state.

Kwankwaso used the opportunity to call on residents of the state not to relent in doing everything possible to clear their drainage to avoid flood that will lead to possible loss of lives and properties.

According to him, this is necessary as government will not be able to reach the nooks and crannies of the state without the helping hand of the residents by engaging in proper refuse disposal, saying government will ensure early evacuation of the refuse.

He also prayed for quick recovery of the Emir who was outside the country for medical treatment.

Kudirat’s Murder: We’ve Forgiven Al-Mustapha, Shofolahan, Says Eldest Son

All those allegedly involved in the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of acclaimed winner of the 1993 Presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola, have been forgiven, her eldest son, Lekan, has declared. He spoke weekend at the Ikeja Lagos residence of the late MKO Abiola when family members and children of the late politician gathered to observe the Eid-el-Fitr Sallah festival.

The occasion was made merrier by the birthday ceremony organised by Abiola’s second son from late Kudirat, Alhaji Jamiu Abiola, whose two children, Amne and Assydeen, turned five and one respectively.

Lekan was reacting to the July 12 acquittal of former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha and a former Protocol Officer to the late MKO, Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, from the death sentence earlier proclaimed on them by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court, for killing his mother.

“We have forgiven them though the judgment goes a long way to show that this country needs a lot of help and divine intervention. There is not much we can do except pray that God comes to the aid of this country”, he prayed.

He added: “As Muslims, we have to accept whatever happens to us, the good and the bad. My mother was killed, she has gone, she is not going to come back for any reason again, whoever was involved would receive their punishment one day no doubt about that.

“We have, however, left the judgment to God; we do not have any animosity towards anybody. If according to human law, the Nigerian law, they are said not to be guilty, then so be it.

“One may escape human judgment but the judgment of God is still there. We harbour no anger any longer.

“When we first heard the judgment, we felt bad, but with the passing of days and then the fasting period, we have left everything to God.”

52-year-old Midwife Gives Birth After 19 Years Of Marriage

A 52-year-old midwife at the General Hospital, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, said she gave birth to a baby girl on June 3 to end 19 years of barrenness.

Fezigha gave the testimony at the Child Dedication and Thanksgiving Service of the baby christened Prudent, in Yenagoa on Sunday.

According to her, she got married at the age of 33 in 1994 and had supervised the delivery of many children and witnessed the joy and feeling of many mothers during labour and child birth.

She said an attempt to adopt a child from a Bayelsa-based Orphanage was fruitless as she was swindled by the purported coordinator of the home.

Sadly, her chances of conception were further reduced on attainment of menopause when she ceased to observe her monthly menstrual cycle.

But the arrival of Prudent changed her story and brought joy and consolation to the family.

The elated mother said that the conception and delivery of the miracle baby was “the Lord’s doing”.

Fezigha said the pressure became unbearable during the 19 years of waiting, and she took stock of her service as a midwife but she managed to remain steadfast in her trust in God.

“It was not an easy experience to see others through the child bearing process and not to have your own child. And it is particularly touching when I have had a very successful professional practice as a midwife.

“I have not lost any baby or mother under my care as a midwife under the Bayelsa Government,” she recalled.

She continued: “I was worried that many of the children I had taken delivery of during service were now parents.

“I even reflected and wondered why is it that that despite the fact that no child had died in my hand during delivery as midwife, why can’t I have my own, but a voice kept telling me to redouble my effort and I shall be blessed. But the mysterious voice started reducing in my head as I was losing hope.

“I decided to adopt a baby from an orphanage and I was duped. At this stage, I deliberately killed the voice and hand it all to God.

“I asked him that I will not disturb him any longer. And if he decides to give me a child, so be it,” Fezigha said in her testimony.

Narrating her experience with childlessness Fezigha, explained that at a stage in her life, her mysterious sickness led her to take a scan and it was diagnosed to be either a ‘fibroid or Cyst’.

According to her, another scan later revealed that she was pregnant. I had mixed feelings after the second scan.

“I even told my husband that it is false pregnancy. When my husband asked me what that meant, I became his lecturer telling him what he meant and saw the expectation of a pregnancy in his eyes.

“Few months later, I started seeing some changes in my body. Throughout this period, I could not go to work and had to be hospitalised twice before I delivered.

“Those who knew me could not believe it and screamed when they see my swollen stomach. When they see me, they scream and shout praise the Lord,” she said amidst joy.

Fezigha, said that her family is full of praise to God, “all the period of waiting was not easy, but I am comforted by the word of God.

“Let me advice women that are hoping for a child to put their faith in God. God will give them a child and they should not patronise native doctors.” [NAN]

A Cry For Help: 14-year-old Diagnosed With Cancer Of The Brain Needs N5m For Surgery

A 14-year-old girl diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain tumour known as Brain Stem Glioma has called on the Anambra State Governor, Dr Peter Obi, and all well-meaning Nigerians at home and abroad, to assist her in raising N5 million to undergo an urgent brain surgery. Onyiyechi Mary-Colette Okafor, a JSS 2 student of Ajeromi/Ifelodun High School,Lagos hails from Utuh, in Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State, lies critically ill at Ward D3 of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos following diagnosis of her brain condition.

Calling for help through her aunt, Ms. Obiageli Ulasi, Onyinyechi is appealing to the Anambra governor for assistance in raising the N5 million that will afford her access to adequate treatment and care in an Indian hospital.

“I implore you sir, with due respect and humility, to use your good office as my Governor, my mentor and my father, to enable me get a new lease of life through this surgery,” she remarked.

Onyinyechi, the third of five children born to Aloysious and Grace Okafor of 34, Osho Drive, Olodi-Apapa in Lagos was diagnosed with the condition on April 27, a condition that has now left the entire left side of her body is paralysed.

A medical report from LUTH described Onyinyechi as “a known patient of the Haematology and Oncology Unit of the hospital who presented two months ago with a one month history of headache and inability to use the left side of the body.”

According to the report signed by Professor Edamisan Temiye, a CT scan revealed the brain tumour which is being managed with radiotherapy and dexamethasone. Already, she has had 20 sessions of the radiotherapy, and requires an additional 10. The doctor recommended further evaluation and expert care.

Speaking on her niece’s ordeal, Obiageli stated, “Onyinyechi just woke up one morning complaining of dizziness, a nagging headache and general body weakness. She was hospitalised four days after an initial medical diagnosis of typhoid and malaria. But there wasn’t much improvement. She kept complaining of progressive weakness and paralysis on the left side of the body, so she was taken to another hospital from where she was referred to LUTH where the brain tumour diagnosis was confirmed.

Onyinyechi’s only hope of living a better life is to be flown abroad.

“We have contacted Yakoda Hospital in India, which has assessed her case and given us a breakdown of treatment expenses to the tune of N5 million. This would cover surgery, drugs, transportation, and accommodation for six weeks for Onyinyechi and her mother who would accompany her. The hospital is ready to comence treatment but financial constraint is hampering us,” Obiageli said.

She therefore appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to help in raising the money required for the surgery.

“We are appealing to Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State in particular and all Nigerians to please help save this soul. Let us give Onyinyechi the opportunity and ability to live again,” she pleaded.

Former Vice President, Atiku Abukakar: “I Am Not As Rich As Don Jazzy”

In a question and answer session on Twitter, former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar was asked by one of his followers why he does not do give giveaways on Twitter like popular Nigerian music producer Don Jazzy, the Adamawa born politician didn’t waste time in replying by saying he is not as rich as Don Jazzy.
Read his Tweet below…..

Shocking Revelations: Young Mexican Women Defiled 25 Times A Day

US authorities say young Mexican women were driven to rural New Jersey and forced to have s*x with 25 farm workers a day or were confined to dingy brothels in the New York City area, being paid very little or nothing at all.

A criminal complaint charges 13 people with smuggling dozens of women into the United States and forcing them into prostitution.
Some of the defendants were to appear Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan to face multiple counts including s*x trafficking and interstate transportation for prostitution.
The ring “lured their unsuspecting victims to the United States and then consigned them to a living hell,” US Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.
The investigation was among several aimed at “blockading the repugnant s*x trafficking corridor” used to exploit victims from Tenancingo, Mexico, said James Hayes, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York.
Tenancingo, an impoverished town in Tlaxcala state, has long been a notorious haven for pimps who use a combination of threats, abuse and broken promises of marriage and jobs to put innocent victims, some only in their teens, on a path to s*x slavery in Mexico City and in large cities in the United States.

Most victims eventually manage to escape, authorities say in court papers.
But “without legal status in the United States, without family and friends for support, without employment opportunities and as a result of the trauma they suffered, victims sometimes return to prostitution.”
According to the complaint, the ring provided its victims with condoms and birth control pills while making them have s*x with up to 30 men a day. The men paid $30 for 15 minutes.
The women sometimes got a $15 cut, but that usually went to the traffickers. If convicted, some of the defendants face a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Man Burnt To Death For Sleeping With Widow And Daughter

A tipper driver who allegedly impregnated a widow and her daughter in Nsukka has reportedly been burnt to death by son of the widow, Sunday Ugwoke.

The tipper driver, Sylvester Ezema, attached to Ferguson Nigeria Limited hailed from Akpa Edem, Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State and shared a common fence boundary with his widowed lover, Mrs. Ugwoke, according to reports.

He was said to have been having s*xual relationship with the woman’s daughter too, unknown to the widow before he met his death few days ago.

Sylvester was allegedly burnt to death by Sunday, who had warned him to leave his mother alone and stop sleeping with her in his late father’s bedroom, which is adjacent to his room, a warning the deceased defied while he continued with his act.

Defiant Sylvester told all who raised eyebrows about their relationship that the widow was just a family friend.

Sunday, who according to reports had his proof was not going to let the unholy act continue. Armed with ground pepper and petrol, he ambushed Sylvester as he stepped out of the house, pouring the pepper and petrol on Sylvester before setting him ablaze.

Sources say police have started investigating the matter.

Nollywood Turns Into p****graphy

About twenty years ago the Nigerian movie industry, otherwise known as Nollywood, in an ‘cleansing move’ kicked out themes of witchcraft, ritualism and greed that dominated some of the early movies.

While today, the practice has shifted and lovers of the country’s films are helplessly being compelled to watch obscéne movies which promotes immorality and cultures that are alien to us as Africans.

Indeed, recent survey has shown that pórnographic movies are increasingly taking over Nollywood.

Ardent followers of the recent development in the industry would have noticed the disturbing increase in the degree of núdity portrayed in some of the recent Nollywood flicks.

Regrettably, Nollywood actors have thrown caution to the wind as they now venture into hard core pórnographic roles.

The internet, and particularly YouTube, is not helping matters as it is one avenue frenquently used by these desperate, and materialistic soft-pron producers to gain wide popularity for such obscéne movies.

Until recently, the production of sóft-pórn movies only thrives in Ghana. They were considered bold enough to engage in séxually suggestive roles.

This, however, paved the way for the popularity of Ghollywood movies in the country, as Nigerians, out of curiosity, patronized Ghanaian films just to see how far they were willing to go with this obscénity.

But today, the story has changed. Nollywood practitioners who have been very conservative when it comes to displaying séx and núdity on screen, are now leading the way with the production of pórnographic movies.

Some of the soft-pórn movies that have flooded the Nigerian and African markets in the past few years includes: The Benjamins, Greedy Séx, Room 027, Another Game of Men, Bold 5 Babes, Bedroom Assassins, All My Ladies, My Pretty Angel, Take My Wife (Pretty Wild Things), Pool Party and I slept with My Bosses Wife.

Interestingly, the production of gáy movies are also on the increase. Last year, popular producer Dickson Iroegbu, released a gáy movie, “Law 58″ where Kanyo starred.

O.Kanyo, who played the lead character, Clarion Chukwurah, Halima Abubakar, Ghanaian actor, Kofi Adjorlolo, Mark Morris, Chibueze, and other Nollywood stars.

Also, gáy movies like, Pregnant Hawkers, Sinful Act 1&2 and also a Yoruba movie, titled, “Lésbian” were also released into the market.

Still on soft-pórn movies, the most recent of these hardcore pórn movies is “Destructive Instincts”, produced recently and starring Nigerian born American actress c*m producer, Judith Opara Mazagwu popularly known as Afro Candy.

In the movie, Afro Candy played the role of a seductive mistress, with a steamy séx scene where a male actor was grappling her bare bréasts and búttocks.

Her boldness and unrepentant attitude about her act was attested to when she took to her facebook page asking for actors who could act núde roles and are interested in being a part of her production to get in touch with her.

Shortly after the noise about Afrocandy and the lewd scenes, another soft-pórn movie, “The “Benjamins” surfaced with its trailer.

The movie produced by Charles Smooth X Edegbe and directed by Temple Chinedum is a high class campus movie based on rap music and love.

According to some critics, the movie isn’t worth releasing because, it was a sheer display of obscénity and mediocrity.

However, it is on record that soft pórn movies started flooding Nigerian movie markets about two years ago, when controversial actress, Tonto Dike starred in “Strippers in Love”, a soft-pórn movie produced by Divine Touch Productions.

Scenes from the movie showed Tonto kissing another female cast and x-rated scenes with another actor.

She had earlier starred in “Dirty Secrets”. Apparently, with these kinds of unholy movies dominating the Nigerian movie space, questions are being asked today regarding the future of Nollywood.

Many people are of the opinion that the current trend which must be discouraged remains a degradation of values that we hold as Africans.

A Must Read: Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon Vomits ‘Volcanic Grammar’ Again On The ASUU Strike

House Member, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon never fails to amaze us with his grammatically inclined words.

Read what he said on the current ASUU strike issue battling higher institutions in the country;

“This ASUU strike is a miasma of a deprecable apothesis of an hemorrhaging plutocracy, cascadinly oozing into a maladorous excresence of mobocracy.

With all tarmangant ossifying proclivities of a kakistocracy, our knowledgia centura is enveloped in a paraphlegic crinkum crankum. Therefore, ASUU, cest in dejavu, dejavu peret ologomabia.”

Prisoners Had Oral s*x While In Police Van: Cops

Carlisa Brookins and Alexis Garcia had a brief encounter they probably won’t forget.

Neither will their corrections officer, who claims he saw Brookins performing oral s*x on Garcia while he was transporting the couple and eight others to a Las Vegas Jail.

The male and female inmates were separated into rows and all of them had belly constraints so the officer was surprised when he saw Brookins allegedly bend over her seat to perform a s*x act on Garcia, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

When the officer turned on the light, Brookins immediately sat up and made several comments claiming she was not a prostitute because she didn’t charge Garcia, according to the police report quoted by the Sun.

Garcia was a complete gentleman under the circumstances, telling Brookins, “I’ll get you off before we hit downtown,” according to inmate Jessica Melaerts, who was sitting near Brookins.

Melaerts also told police she didn’t want to look at the live s*x show because she thought it was “gross,” according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Garcia’s arrest record includes several possession charges, and an arrest for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. Brookins was arrested July 28 on drug charges.

Once they were caught in the act, they were both transported back to the Clark County Detention Center and booked for voluntary s*x with an inmate.

‘Dead’ man wakes up, grabs bottle of water at own funeral

Onlookers were shocked when a man, who was said to be dead, suddenly got up and grabbed a bottle of water.

The soft drink vendor in China faked his own death in order to sue the government after an altercation with government employees.
But his cover was blown when he became too hot in the Hubei Province, in central China. The heat was too much for him to bear.

The incident occurred around 4:00 pm, when more than 10 men held the “corpse” on a gurney covered with a white sheet near the Jianghan Road subway station in the provincial capital of Wuhan.
The men protested and claimed that the government workers had beaten the vendor to death and they demanded tens of thousands of yuan in compensation.

More than 300 people gathered at the scene, and 80 police officers were sent to the scene to maintain order.

After two hours of protest, the “dead” man suddenly stood up, grabbed a bottle of water and drank it before saying: “It’s too hot. I cannot take it anymore.”
According to Human Rights Watch, many Chinese cities employ non-criminal law enforcement personnel called chengguan who work independently from police. Their job is to monitor citizens compliance with sanitation, traffic, and environmental laws.

The group is not very popular with the Chinese public after a series of high-profile violent incidents involving chengguan members. In the latest incident, six chengguan members were detained after a fruit seller in Hunan died after the group hit him on the head amid an altercation.

The “dead” man, whose surname is Han, along with two others have, been arrested for disorderly conduct. After being detained, Han told police that chengguan members clashed with vendors early in the day after claiming that their carts were blocking traffic. They told the vendors to leave before confiscating their mineral waters and other beverages.

Robbery Attempt Foiled, Suspect Arrested In Enugu

An armed robbery operation at Onyeama Hill along Enugu – Onitsha Expressway was on Sunday foiled by the police in Enugu, arresting one suspect who was wounded in a gun duel that ensued.

The arrested suspect identified as Monday Ogbodo, a native of Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state and two others allegedly attacked one Albert Chinwuko while driving a Honda CRV with registration number AbJ 831 AA on the road Sunday morning.

Immediately he was attacked, the victim reportedly made a distress call which was promptly responded to by operatives of the Urban Patrol of the state police command, who rushed to the scene.

Confirming the incident, State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu said the robbers engaged the patrol team in a gun battle during which one of the hoodlums was wounded and arrested.

According to him, two other members of the gang escaped with severe bullet wounds while their colleague arrested claimed to be a Tinker at New market Enugu but residing at Iva Valley Enugu.

The items recovered from the hoodlums included one locally-made pistol and two matches.

“Full scale investigations have commenced into the incident just as the state commissioner of police, Abubakar Adamu Mohammed, has applauded the efforts and gallantry of the operatives,” he said.