Former Lagos Deputy Governor, Alhaja Ojikutu, arrested for fraud

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police today Tuesday Feb. 4th arrested former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Aderoju Ojikutu, Sahara Reporters reports.

She will appear in court tomorrow in connection with fraudulently obtaining N130million from one Cajethan Okekearu.

Mrs. Ojikutu was declared wanted on June 19, 2013, but she went to court to halt police investigations, a suit that was thrown out by a judge a few weeks ago.

The SFU police spokesperson Ngozi Isintume-Agu said in a statement that Alhaja Ojikutu, 67, who was picked up at her Lagos Island residence, allegedly connived with one Samson Adebisi Ojikutu Jnr, her son, to commit the offence. Samson is currently in the United States.

According to the statement, the former deputy governor and her son “were parties to the sale of the land and both signed the agreement given to the Complainant and obtained the sum of N130 million from him.”

The police said the suspect admitted the crime but explained it as a genuine mistake of plot identification.  She then refunded the sum of N50 million to the complainant and promised to refund the balance as soon as she had disposed of two other properties she had put up for sale.
The statement further said Mrs. Ojikutu has confessed that she injected the complainant’s money into her business.

 “She equally made an undertaking and payment plan which was drawn from September, 2012 and was to terminate by November 2012, but she defaulted due to lack of fund.”

The police further said the deal unraveled when Okekearu, on the verge of completion of development of the land, was accosted by the bona fide owner of the property and it was established that the land that the suspect had sold actually belonged to one Mr. Afolabi.

“It was also discovered that the Plot 24 Block 4, which actually belonged to Late Samson Adebisi Ojikutu Snr, the suspect’s husband who died in 2008 was sold by him in 1995 and the suspect was a life witness and appended her signature to the sale of the land.  A financial institution (name withheld) which was in possession of the CofO after payment was fully made also tendered the original CofO which the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State had earlier declared missing and even sworn an affidavit to.”

The statement recalled that Alhaja Ojikutu had sued the Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police, SFU, and the complainants, asking the court to restrain the police from further investigations and violations of her fundamental rights.

“The ruling by Justice Obadina (Mrs) on 17th December 2013, dismissed the Suit for lack of merit, that the Nigeria Police has the power to prosecute the Applicants, Alhaja Sinatu Aderoju Ojikutu and her son, Sampson Adebisi Ojikutu (Jnr) since the Police investigation revealed that there is prima-facie case of obtaining by false pretences against them and added that the court will not interfere or restrain the Police in carrying out their statutory function,” the statement said.

The former deputy governor will be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday morning.

Dog Chews The Wheel Arch Of Owners £80,000 Aston Martin Car

A builder has given his pet dog away after she chewed a hole through the wheel arch of his prized £80,000 Aston Martin. Royston Grimstead, 42, was distraught when he came home to find his border collie spaniel cross Luce had chewed through the fibreglass panel of his luxury car. Mr Royston, from Chedzoy, Somerset, said the dog had never gone for any of his possessions before she chewed her way through the car last Wednesday.

He said: 'I came home and saw her covered in white stuff and I thought she had got a bird and it was feathers - but it was the fibreglass from the car. Continue after the cut to see more photos.

'She had chewed out a huge chunk. I just laughed. I mean, what else could I do?

'I'm not a crier and she knew she had done something wrong because she had this guilty look on her face.'

Mr Grimstead said he had been considering re-homing Luce, who he has had for three years and does not get on with his other dog. The dog is understood to have had access to the outside of his home where the car is kept.

He said: 'She avoided me after she did it and she was gone the next day.

'I didn't tell the new owners what she had done - I expect when they hear I'll find Luce back on my doorstep.'

Photo: How I Got Married To My Own Father Without Knowing- Woman Tells Her Story

`It was a dark secret. The kind that destroys lives, devastates families and decimates faith. Nobody shared it in any way with Valerie Spruill while her "husband" was alive. Four years after his death, she heard bits of the story. It was something about an absentee father, something about her husband. None of it made sense. That’s not until her uncle finally told her what no one else had: She had unknowingly married the father she never knew.

“I don’t know if he ever knew or not. That conversation didn’t come up,” she said. “I think if he did know, there is no way he could have told me.” “It is devastating. It can destroy you!” Spruill told CNN late Thursday by telephone. “It almost did.” 60-year-old Spruill of Doylestown, Ohio, went public with her story this month, first published in the Akron Beacon Journal, with the hopes that it would help others facing what seem like insurmountable problems. It’s a story that has gone viral, attracting attention as faraway as Australia and India where the questions are always the same, she says: How could that happen? It’s a question that Spruill said she has been grappling with since she first learned the truth in 2004, six years after her "husband" Percy Spruill died. She confirmed her "husband" was indeed her father through a DNA test, hair taken from one of his brushes. 

The aftermath of the secret was devastating emotionally — and physically, Spruill suffered two strokes and was diagnosed with diabetes. All of it, she believes was brought on by learning the family secret. “Pain and stress will kill, and I had to release my stress,” Spruill said. “I’m just telling the story to release my pain.” She has a deep, abiding faith in God, who she believes has guided her through the experience — and others that have shaped her life.“You have to have faith,” she said. “If God brought me this far, He’s not going to leave me now.” Spruill met and married her husband/father in Akron and settled in Doylestown, a working class suburb of not more than 2,300 people. It was her second marriage. Spruill was a nice man, a good provider. 

He was kind to her three children from her previous marriage. “We had a good life,” she said. She initially struggled with anger, with hating Spruill for what happened. But therapy taught her what happened wasn’t her fault. Her faith taught her to forgive. Initial response to her story has been mixed: “More positive than negative,” she says. In recent days, she has been in contact with a couple who found out after they were married that they were brother and sister. They told her, she said, that her story is helping them deal with their own experience. “They are trying to be friends now,” Spruill said. Others, though, have been less kind. 

“They’ve said things like ‘Some secrets should stay secrets,’” she said. “I can’t do anything about what they think. I just know what I think. God is always mighty, and he teaches you to tell the truth no matter what.” Spruill knows not everybody tells the truth. It’s a lesson she learned as a child the hard way. By all accounts, Spruill’s mother got pregnant as a teenager while dating her then 15-year-old father. She was 3-months-old when she was sent to live with her grandmother and grandfather, who she initially believed as she grew up was her father. Spruill said at about age 8 or 9, she discovered that the woman who often visited the house was not a family friend but her mother. But nobody, she said, talked about her father. There’s nobody left to give her the answers about her husband-father. Her mother, Christine, died in 1984. Her grandparents have long since passed. So, too, have a number of Percy Spruill’s relatives.

Spruill knows her mother worked as a prostitute and even got caught up in 1980 high-profile corruption scandal surrounding James Barbuto, a probate judge who was convicted of intimidating investigators and gross sexual imposition for attacking a courthouse clerk in his chambers. “My mother showed me lots of love. All said and done, I have no regrets in my life at all,” she said. She believes she has siblings or half-siblings from Spruill’s previous relationships, including the one with her mother. She said she wants to find them and let them know they are not alone. Spruill, herself, has three children and eight grandchildren. She struggled with telling her children that the man they believed was their step-father was their grandfather. 

A therapist “advised me to tell my kids,” she said. “I told them about two years ago. They are remarkable. They are handling it better than I am.” In recent days, shortly before the news broke, she also told her grandchildren. “They have been so supportive. 

They are telling me they love me, telling me they will do whatever I need,” she said. In her spare time, since retiring from accounting department where she worked for 34 years at Goodyear, she has been writing down her story with the hopes of publishing it. “I thank God that he gave me a chance to live through all of these,” she said. “It is nothing short of a miracle that I’m still here. I want people to know that they can survive something like this.”

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Abuja Big Babe, Gina In Suicide Attempt After Losing White Lover To Best Friend

It was indeed a narrow escape for one of University of Abuja Big Babes, one Gina Nwokolo popularly known as Gina when she attempted suicide after losing her white lover to her best friend. We gathered that she is one of the Big Babes at the university and she has her own clique of friends who are not only sophisticated but also have white lovers footing their bills.

Gina, as she is fondly called is the leader of her clique and all her friends defer to her because she allegedly pimps them for white guys and top Government officials.When you talk about beauty, she is a very beautiful and friendly lady. She drives all sort of exotic cars but she is used to cruising the latest CRV Jeep. Continue after the cut.


Few weeks ago, all her friends in school couldn't believe when they heard about her suicide attempt which would have claimed her life. It was gathered  that a  year ago, Gina met a British guy called Noah, who works with a leading construction company in Nigeria. They became friends and later on, they started dating.

Noah is fond of Gina and they spend most of their time together. In fact,Gina is always in his house in Asokoro because he has his wife and kids in England.

The two love birds became so close that they are always together.They travelled to about 4 countries during the last ASUU strike. Noah also decided to go for his annual leave during that period so that they could spend time together.

Gina is the toast of many babes in the school, she lives large and she flaunts her white lover in the presence of everybody. Some weeks back,all the adventures, fun, and love Gina normally enjoys came to an end when she caught her best friend with her white boyfriend. That was not even the  reason why she allegedly decided to take her life.When she confronted Noah, he told her he was no more interested in her but her best friend, Julliet, whom he is even planning to wed very soon.
         
Some of Noah's friends and her friends tried to settle things among them, but Noah insisted that he doesn't love her any more and he has made up his mind to marry Juliet, in fact city people gathered that their traditional wedding will come up on Saturday, 15th February 2014 in Abia State.

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Nelson Mandela's will read: was worth $4.1million

The will of former South African President and world hero, Nelson Mandela was read to his family members today February 3rd.

Reading the 40 page will, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke said Mandela's third wife, Graca Machel, is entitled to half the estate under South African marital law but could waive her claims and opt for specified assets that include properties in her native Mozambique. Machel has not made a decision on whether to weave her rights, Moseneke said.

The will directs that each of his children and some of his grand-children are to receive $300,000. His upscale Johannesburg house, where he spent most of his life after being freed from apartheid prison, would be home to his deceased son Makgatho's children.

His longtime domestic staff including his personal assistant, Zelda Le Grange, also shared in the fortune with 50,000 rand each.

Mandela's Political Party, the ANC, is to receive royalties from his political books and testimonial adverts. The monies is expected to help propagate the ideologies of the party.

Local Schools in South Africa he attended as well as the Wits and Fort Harte Universities also benefited from his will as funds were provided which would be given as bursary and scholarship to students.

The will, which was first written in 2005 and amended in 2008, is open for contest within 90 days.

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Undergraduate In EFCC net over $90,000 romance scam

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An undergraduate of the University of Ibadan, 28-year- old Orowo Jesse Omokoh, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly obtaining Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.) from one Mrs. Jette Jacob, an Australian based in Johannesburg, South Africa, in what is known as a romance scam.

The suspect allegedly met the Aussie on a dating site and struck a sizzling romantic affair that necessitated him moving to Johannesburg in 2013 to link up with his lover.

Omokoh allegedly arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 4, 2013, to meet with Jacob who had been in Johannesburg since November 2012. Five days after Omokoh arrived and took up residence with her, Jacob was found dead in her apartment with some of her valuables missing. After the incident, Omokoh reportedly fled South Africa and returned to Nigeria.

The South African Police which is investigating the mysterious death are suspicious that Omokoh has a hand in the demise of Jacob.

On March 15, 2013, the EFCC received a petition from Richard Stanford of Australian Federal Police, asking for help to track Omokoh, alleging that the Nigerian defrauded Jacob to the tune of $90,000 in a dating scam.

The Commission swung into action almost immediately but the suspected fraudster had been elusive until a few days ago when he was nabbed. He has already made useful statements while efforts are on to track his accomplices.

The suspect would be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is completed.
Wilson Uwujaren
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
3rd February, 2014

Angela Okorie Debunks Death Rumour

Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie has said she is well and alive. The news of her death went viral yesterday when a Nollywood actress, Ijeoma Okorie from Rivers State AGN Chapter, died on sunday morning during child birth. Ijeoma’s baby also died with her. Here is what Angela wrote on her Facebook page to debunk the rumour;

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