Woman cuts 8-yr-old stepdaughter’s hands, thigh in Ogun

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a housewife, Rose Michael, for allegedly cutting the hands and thigh of her stepdaughter, Blessing, with a razor blade.

Rose was said to have inflicted deep injuries on the 8-year-old after she (Blessing) had a disagreement with her (Rose’s) daughter at their home on Onofowokan Street, Ita-Oluwa, in the Ogijo area of the state.
The stepmother reportedly called the victim’s father, James Michael, who was at work, complaining that Blessing had injured her daughter.
She then threatened to avenge her daughter by inflicting injuries on Blessing as well.
James, who alerted the police, said he had begged his wife to wait for him till he returned home to sort out the issues.
According to him, he was shocked to see Blessing’s deep cuts as blood flowed from the wounds.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect blamed the devil for her action.
Oyeyem said, “The suspect was arrested following a complaint from her husband, James Michael, that his wife called him on the telephone while he was away at work, informing him that his daughter, Blessing, beat her little daughter and injured her on her leg. He said his wife threatened to injure her in revenge.
“The complainant stated further that he pleaded with her to wait for him to see what actually happened. But before his arrival, the woman had used a razor blade to inflict deep cuts on the girl’s two hands and thigh, which led to her bleeding profusely.

“Upon the complaint, the DPO Ogijo division, SP Tijani Muhammed, detailed detectives to effect the arrest of the suspect. On interrogation, she owned up to the commission of the offence, but blamed it on the devil, as she claimed not to know what came over her at the time.”
Oyeyemi, who said the victim had been admitted to a private hospital in the community, Lenard Hospital, Ogijo, also noted that the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered the transfer of the case to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Anti-Child Labour Unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Eleweran, for further investigation.
The PPRO said the suspect would be prosecuted at the end of investigation, warning that the command would not tolerate any act of child brutality.
Source: Laila's blog

‘He died in my arms’ – 16-year-old girl kills herself after seeing her best friend beaten to death

A teenage girl killed herself after her best friend was beaten to death by a mob outside a grocery store in UK, Tesco Express.

Ciara Witt, 16, witnessed her close friend Jack Gudge, 17, get hit during a fight with a group of men outside a Tesco Express store and cradled him in her arms as he died.
An inquest heard she had taken his death very badly, with one friend describing it as the ‘last straw’ in her troubled life.
Just days before her death she had attended Jack’s funeral and spent a lot of time at the cemetery by his graveside. Ciara disappeared on November 4 last year – the day after the funeral – and was later found dead in the garage of her home in Bournemouth, Dorset.
Police had been called at 11.30pm on the day she went missing and officers arrived at her house at about 4am on November 5 but failed to look in the garage at that time.
It wasn’t until 9.30pm that night that Caira’s body was found by a 15-year-old family friend. Today a police officer involved in the incident apologised for the mistake after the Dorset coroner raised concerns about the inadequate search. A message that a full search must be conducted had been disseminated across the force. The mistake was later compounded after investigating officers failed to remove specific items related to her suicide, leaving her already distressed family to do it.
Lesley Hartwell, Ciara’s grandmother, told the coroner she had to remove them. She said: ‘I had to go in to remove it and I want to know why that wasn’t done. It’s disgusting.’ The Dorset coroner Rachael Griffin said: ‘I am very sorry that you had to experience that.
It is unacceptable. You should not have had to do that.’ Addressing the police officers at the inquest Mrs Griffin added: ‘That concerns me that you forgot to search the garage. How can you reassure me that won’t happen again?’
The hearing heard Ciara had some problems with her mood and had previously self-harmed and had been referred to CAMS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service). But she became very low following Jack’s death in July last year.
Jack died after falling to the ground and suffered brain injuries before going into cardiac arrest. Three men aged 27, 24 and 23 and a 15-year-old boy were initially arrested on suspicion of murder but police later confirmed no one will face criminal charges.
The inquest heard Ciara took an overdose of pills last August – a month after Jack’s death – and told her mum she ‘wanted to be with her friend’.
Hundreds of mourners attended Jack’s funeral on November 3, where he was buried in a bright blue coffin designed to look like an Adidas shoebox. He had a flower arrangement spelling his favourite word ‘Chav’. Caira’s mother Melissa Witt last saw her on the morning of November 4 when she said her daughter seemed in ‘good spirits’ and there was nothing to indicate any concern.

Dean Diffey, 15, had been visiting Ciara’s brother and left the house to go to the shop when he heard a moped alarm going off in the garage at 9.30pm on November 5. He went to check it out and found Ciara’s body. The inquest heard Ciara’s body had fallen, which set the moped alarm. She was found unresponsive on the floor.
A statement by one of her best friends Carolanne Lowe said:
‘Ciara was best friends with Jack and his death had a huge impact – it was the final straw.. She was holding Jack in her arms when he died.
‘For the first month she found it really difficult and told me she didn’t want to be here anymore. ‘We talked about suicide but she said she couldn’t because of her mum, brother and sister.
‘As time passed she seemed stronger.’ PC Carpenter, of Dorset police, confirmed she had forgotten to search the garden and garage when she first arrived at Ciara’s house.
She said she was ‘distracted’ when Miss Witt and her colleague PC Scott James entered the kitchen having been upstairs. She said: ‘Miss Witt appeared and seemed upset. I turned to have a conversation with her. ‘I didn’t realise until I returned to shift the next evening and had the sinking feeling that I hadn’t been outside. I am very sorry.’(MetroUk)

23-year old sentenced to jail for stealing garri

A 23-year old has been sentenced to 18-months imprisonment for stealing a bag of garri. The He was sentenced by a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court at Aso Pada, Nasarawa State, on Monday.
The man Abubakar, who resides at Shopping Centre Mararaba, was sentenced on one-count of theft after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for leniency.
The convict said that hunger led him to crime.

A court in Edo state has ordered the arrest of five members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

Godwin Ukrapor, Uche Esegine, Taiwo Omogorove, Austin On and Meshak Owuh were arrested for the reported death of another member of the church, 19-year-old Lucky Chukwuka.

Prosecutors noted that the accused people were taken into custody for acting in a way that resulted into the death of Chukwuka.

NAIJ.com gathered that the crime was committed on Saturday, around 5:00am in Edo state.

Five members of RCCG arrested for alleged murder of 19-year-old boy in Benin Photo Source: Lindaikeji

Frank Idiake, ruling magistrate declined the plea made by the accused people due to the expanse of their crime.

Idiake also rejected authority over the case and ordered that the case be transferred to the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions for legal counsel.

The 19-year-old boy was also a member of RCCG

As at the time of publishing this report, the church has not reacted on the matter.

The church is expected to hold its annual convention between August 7 and 13. It is the 65th edition of church's convention and representatives from all of its parishes across the world are expected attend. The church has one of the biggest membership in Nigeria, Africa and around the world.