I have known him for 4 years - 20-year-old mother of 2-month old baby boy whose hand was amputated after assault by his father narrates ordeal (video)

Favour Chikwe, the 20-year-old mother of the two-month old baby boy whose right hand was amputated in Imo State has explained how the child's father, Confidence Amatobi, impeded her ability to obtain immediate medical care for him.

 

Amatobi assaulted little Miracle with a plastic hanger and broke the baby's arm for disturbing his sleep. The incident led to the amputation of the fractured arm at the Pediatrics ward of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Owerri. 

 

The culprit, a native of Amurie in Isu LGA of Imo State, who has since gone into hiding, has been declared wanted by law enforcement agencies.

Speaking to BBC News Pidgin, Favour, who hails from Idemili Community, Anambra State, said she has known the father of her child for four years. 

 

Favour said they were both living together before she went back to her aunt's house in Anambra state where she eventually gave birth. 

 

According to the young mother, Amatobi came to see her at aunt's house and took her and their baby back to Imo state. 

As earlier reported, Favour disclosed that she had left Miracle with his father on Friday, October 7, 2022, to use the convenience, when the incident occurred.

 

She recalled that she overheard her baby crying uncontrollably and had to rush back to know the cause of his cry only for her to discover that the right hand was swollen and bone broken from the beating he received from his father.

 

Amatobi confessed that the baby was disturbing him with his cry while he was sleeping and he had to try to stop him by battering him with a plastic hanger. 

"Upon noticing that he has broken the baby’s hand, he used sticks and rubber bands to bind the broken bones together.

 

"When l confronted him about what he did, he locked us in the room, to prevent me from telling people about his wicked deed or seek for help. He also collected my phone from me, so that I will not call the neighbours,” she stated.

 

She narrated how she managed to take the baby to hospitals in the community, which refused to treat the baby, before she took him to Federal Medical Centre Owerri, where the amputation was done.

 

 

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Court Sentences Nigerian Man To Death In Adamawa For Killing Female Lover, Selling Body Parts

Mohammed, a water vendor, reportedly lured one Christiana Augustine with love overtures, only to kill and harvest her eyeballs, tongue and breasts for a N10 million price.

An Adamawa State High Court has sentenced to death by hanging, one Abubakar Mohammed, 38, convicted of murdering his girlfriend and subsequently harvesting parts of her remains.

Mohammed, a water vendor, reportedly lured one Christiana Augustine with love overtures, only to kill and harvest her eyeballs, tongue and breasts for a N10 million price.

The incident happened around 7:30pm on January 26, 2019 at Shagari Federal Low Cost Housing Estate Phase II, in the Yola South Local Government Area of the state.

As gathered, the supposed lovebirds went to a familiar meeting place on the ill-fated night to relax in a conjugal way, when suddenly Mohammed pulled out a knife and slit Augustine's throat in the process.

He was said to have relocated from Jauro-Tukur village, in the Akko Local Government Area of Gombe state, upon an invitation from one Buhari Mohammed of Sanda junction, Yola South in Adamawa state, who offered him the prospect of making a whopping N10 million from the heinous crime.

While in Adamawa State, he acted as a water vendor around the Shagari Low Cost, a densely populated area experiencing acute short supply of potable water. He accordingly endeared himself to the late Augustine for his free and prompt supply of the essential commodity.

Justice Bulila Ladokiya Ikaro, handed down the sentence on Tuesday after convicting him on a two-count charge of culpable homicide and possession of human parts.

She sentenced him to 21 years imprisonment with N100, 000 option of a fine on possession of human parts, as well as to death by hanging on culpable homicide. She delivered that the sentences are to run concurrently.

BREAKING: Many Feared Dead As Two BRT Vehicles Crash In Lagos

It was gathered that the incident happened around 7am when the two vehicles had a head-on collision around Ketu bus stop in Demurin.

 A yet-to-be-ascertained number of people have been feared dead in a crash involving two Bus Rapid Transit vehicles in Lagos State.

I was also gathered that the incident happened around 7am when the two vehicles had a head-on collision around Ketu bus stop in Demurin.
“An accident occured involving 2 red BRT buses, one 'danfo' yellow bus at Ketu main bus stop. There are huge fatalities,” a source said.

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FG tackles UAE over visa ban, flight restriction

The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said the government of Nigeria cannot be threatened by the United Arab Emirates.

This comes after UAE slammed visa and flight restrictions on the country due to the funds of airlines trapped in Nigeria.

Mr Emefiele during an interactive session organized by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said the CBN released $110 million to the foreign airlines in August and is due to release another $120 million on 31st of October.

It would be recalled that the gulf country has reportedly stopped issuing visas to Nigerians in the past couple of weeks.

Also recall that Emirates is owned by the government of UAE.

The CBN governor said Nigeria has over the years prioritized the foreign airlines in allocation of Fx, adding that instead of bearing with the country, some countries are threatening to ban Nigerians.

“You will be saying either you are cancelling your visa to Nigerians or that you will not fly again because your funds are blocked.

“We used our discretion to allocate $265 million dollars to the foreign airlines, broken down into spot and forward. We did $110 million on the spot and the rest in 60days forward.

“On that day, we allocated to IATA $32 million through UBA. Qatar Airways, $22.8 million through Standard Chartered, Emirates, $19.6 million through Access Bank, British Airway; $5.5million through GTB, Virgin Atlantic, $4.8 million through Zenith and others,” he said.

Reacting to the matter, Boma Goodhead, a lawmaker from Rivers State, said Nigeria has no reason to fret over the visa ban. She stated that the UAE benefits more from Nigeria.

She stated that if the UAE is allowed to stay for one year without tourists from Nigeria, they will change their minds.

Paulos Legesse, Emirates Manager for Nigeria, said the airline is not familiar with the visa ban, however, the country will suspend its operation in Nigeria on October 28 over the inability of the country to retrieve its funds.

Man with 9.5 inch penis who was rejected for a job because they ‘thought he had an erection' - See Photos

A man has revealed how he was rejected from a job offer after the supposed employers thought he had an erection during an interview.

 

The man made the revelation in new UK Channel 4 show 'My Massive C**k' a show focused on men with extra-large penises.

 

The man simply known as Joe in the show said; ‘It’s about nine and a half now,’ he begins, explaining his penis is ‘about a 12th of my height.’

‘The scaling is off, quite off, it’s thicker than my forearm, it’s about 7[inches] around,’ Joe continues.

 

 

He even has ‘special underwear’ to stop his penis ‘falling out’, with an added ‘pouch’ to ‘fit everything in’.

 

 

Viewers of the new documentary show have been left pretty stunned over the scenes, one of which features a 10.5inch penis uncensored.

 

Speaking about one incident in which he had to wear a suit for an interview, he says: ‘The response I got was “You’re not going to get the job, we thought you were a good candidate, but we thought there was inappropriate behaviour happening.”

‘They thought I had an erection throughout this whole interview, and they were very much like, “You’re attire wasn’t right.”‘

Joe continues: ‘They clearly meant, we can see your d**k.’

Father allegedly beats his 2-month-old son with hanger in Imo for disturbing his sleep, breaks the baby's arm leading to amputation

The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Imo State chapter have called on the Imo State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest and prosecute one Mr Confidence Amatobi, for allegedly assaulting his 2-month-old baby, Miracle.

Mr Amatobi was said to have assaulted little Miracle with a plastic hanger and broke the baby's arm for disturbing his sleep.

The incident led to the amputation of the fractured arm at the Pediatrics ward of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Owerri.

 

 

NAWOJ, NHRC and the aggrieved mother of baby Miracle, made the call for justice in Owerri the Imo State Capital.

Imo State Chairperson of NAWOJ, Dr Dorothy Nnaji who spoke to newsmen after visiting the amputated boy at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, confirmed that the injury inflicted by the 31-year-old father, a native of Amurie in Isu LGA of the state, led to the amputation of the little boy’s right hand.

Mrs Nnaji who frowned at the dastardly cruel act of Mr Amatobi expressed shock that a father could assault his innocent child simply because he was crying and disturbing his sleep.

 

She disclosed that Mr Amatobi was reported to have repeatedly hit the baby with a plastic hanger to stop him from crying until the right hand broke.

 

"The perpetrator, Mr. Confidence Amatobi, who hails from Amurie in Isu L.G.A  used a plastic hanger on the baby, simply because he was crying that the mother left to ease herself. He used wood and elastic bands to tie the baby's hand when he saw that hand was broken and swollen," Mrs Nnaji said.

"He locked the mother and baby to prevent  her from talking to neighbours or seeking help. He also took her phone from her. After two days she found her way out and sought help from her neighbours.  The guy  was arrested by a vigilante but he escaped.  By the time help came, the baby's hand was already decayed. The only option was to cut off baby Miracle's right hand from shoulder,"

 

"I feel for the 20 year old Favor Chikwe who is too young to go through all this stress just because she went to easy herself. I am calling on lmo State Judiciary and all spirited individuals and Government to give justice to this innocent boy whose only crime was that he cried like any other baby." she added. 

 

Similarly, the Imo State Coordinator NHRC, Mrs Ukachi Ukah, while reacting to the incident also condemned the brutality and insisted that justice must be allowed to take its course.

Narrating her ordeal, the mother of Miracle, Mrs Favour Chikwe, 20, who hails from Idemili Community, Anambra State disclosed that she had left Miracle with his father on Friday, October 7, 2022, to use the convenience, when the incident happened.

 

Favour recalled that she overheard her baby crying uncontrollably and had to rush back to know the cause of her cry only for her to discover that his right hand was swollen and bone broken from the beating he received from his father.

 

Amatobi, it was learnt, confessed that the baby was disturbing him with his cry while he was sleeping and he had to try to stop him by battering him.

 

"Upon noticing that he has broken the baby’s hand, he used sticks and rubber bands to bind the broken bones together," she said.

"When l confronted him about what he did, he locked us in the room, to prevent me from telling people about his wicked deed or seek for help. He also collected my phone from me so that I will not call the neighbours."

 

She narrated how she managed to take the baby to hospitals in the community that refused to treat the baby before she took him to FMC Owerri where the amputation was done.

 

The woman appealed for support to save her child while calling on the state government, NHRC and other civil society organisations to assist her to get justice for her son.

 

Mrs Nnaji

 

Terror threats: IGP orders FCT Commissioners to re-strategize security management, launches "Operation Darkin Gaggawa" in Abuja

The Nigeria Police Force has reassured Nigerians and all other residents and visitors in the country that it will effectively review the United States of America Embassy in Abuja's security advisory which was issued, widely circulated, and published by the media on October 23rd, 2022, indicating an elevated risk of terror attacks in the country, particularly in the capital city of Abuja. 

Both the UK and the US embassies released security advice to their nationals in Nigeria, warning them of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria, especially the FCT.

A statement released by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, says a review of the advisory is necessary due to the fact that Police, as the lead agency in internal security, will not take any threat intelligence, either actionable or not, for granted; thus, there is no cause for alarm as all hands are on deck to collectively nip threats in the bud. 

''The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, CFR, has however ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory, heads of tactical squads domiciled in the FCT, and other State Command CPs to re-strategize security management within their jurisdictions, as the Force Headquarters will continually avail them with required support, logistics, and deployments necessary for providing safety to all and sundry in Nigeria. While the NPF will continually work with other security agencies to make every part of Nigeria safe, especially the FCT.

In furtherance of his zeal and strategies to decimate activities of non-state actors and other criminal elements in the FCT and other parts of the country, and to analyze and de-escalate threats gathered from various intelligence at the Force’s disposal, U.S advisory inclusive, the IGP has announced the immediate commencement of a Counter Terrorism Incident Simulation Exercise codenamed "Operation Darkin Gaggawa" will hold within the Force Headquarters and the Police Officers Wives Association School opposite the Force Headquarters, Abuja, between Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th October, 2022. 

The exercise will involve diversion of traffic, use of blank ammunition, and other operational manpower and assets, and is designed to improve interoperability and synergy between different Units and Formations of the Force in response to terrorist incidents and other violent crimes. The NPF thereby urges the general public not to panic at the sounds of explosives and gunshots during the exercise.'' the statement in part reads 

Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts ties with Kanye West after anti-Semitic tirade

Prominent Hollywood talent agency, CAA, has stopped representing Kanye West amid a growing call to boycott the rapper. 

The agency ended its relationship with Ye this month following his recent anti-Semitic outbursts in various interviews, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

CAA is the latest business to end its relationship with Ye over his remarks.

Other leading entertainment industry figures including Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel called on all companies that work with the musician to cut ties with him after he tweeted he wanted to go "death con 3" on Jewish people.

Kanye's antisemitic views has made it nearly impossible for companies to defend working with him, causing some brands such as Balenciaga, to cut ties with him.

J.P. Morgan and the Gap have also parted ways with the rapper.

His record deal with longtime label Def Jam has reportedly come to a close as well.

There is also mounting pressure on Adidas to cut ties with Kanye.

Ye has been with CAA since 2016, after leaving the agency for a year in 2015 for UTA.

Married man destroys Range Rover he bought for his side chick at a popular nightclub in Ikoyi for 'cheating' on him (video)

A married man caused a scene at a Lagos Night club when he destroyed a Range Rover he supposedly bought for his side-chick after she allegedly cheated on him.

A video from the incident which happened over the weekend at a popular club in Ikoyi, shows the damaged Range Rover.

The man is seen being restrained by security guards as he rains curses on his alleged sidechick who is also distraught at the state of her car. He can be heard yelling that he bought her the car while calling her a prostitute for cheating on him.

Some passersby can also spotted in the video, calling out the woman for 'cheating' while others seemingly blamed the married man for overreacting.

Culled from Linda Ikeji...

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Gunmen attack Onitsha-bound bus in Benue, kidnap driver and ten passengers

Gunmen attacked an Onitsha, Anambra state bound commercial bus, abducted the driver and ten passengers in Benue State.

It was gathered that the victims were travelling from Jos, Plateau State when the incident happened. 

According to Nigerian Tribune, the incident occurred on a bad section of the highway while the driver was attempting to accelerate and zoom out of the danger zone. 

A source close to the transport company which owned the bus in Jos revealed that the bus left Jos at about 7:00 am on Friday, 21, 2022, with ten passengers, including the driver, but ran into the gunmen at Eke highway in Benue State at about 4:00 pm.

It was further learnt that gunmen led the passengers into the bush and forced them to surrender their phones, while the driver was mercilessly beaten and also abducted by the gunmen.

The source further revealed that the kidnappers contacted the transport company in Jos on Saturday for a ransom of N5 million per passenger and threatened to kill them if the money was not paid before Monday, October 24. 

He further added that apart from Saturday’s phone call with the kidnappers, they had not called again but resorted to calling relatives of the passengers in their custody.

It was learnt that relatives and parents of the victims held a meeting at the premises of the transport company in Jos on Monday where they agreed to take a collective decision concerning the ransom and negotiation instead of an individualistic approach.