$170,000,mansions in Lagos and Ghana,the lavish lifestyle of billionaire kidnapper Evans

The lavish lifestyle of the billionaire kidnapper Evans has emerged, with his confession that he splashed his loot in buying a wristwatch for $170,000
He also bought three phones for $6000 each and bought two houses in highbrow Magodo Estate in Lagos and another house in Ghana.

Evans was arrested in one of the houses in Lagos on Saturday, after eluding police radar for five years. 
According to Vanguard, Evans real name, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike,is from Umudim, Nnewi in Anambra state.

He was arrested at his Magodo residence around 1pm by operatives of the Inspector General of Police’ (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT). It was gathered that the operatives got intelligence Evans was hiding in his Magodo mansion where he was surrounded.

The suspect was said to have run to the roof of the house for emergency exit but the policemen caught up with him. In the course of his arrest, he slammed the door against the operatives and injured a policeman.

 It was gathered that four AK47 rifles and over 50 magazines were recovered from the house.

Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris had announced N30million bounty for anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of Evans. Evans, security forces said, has been responsible for many high profile kidnapping in the southwest, south south and south eastern parts of the country..

Evans was said to be a brilliant criminal, who has given security forces sleepless nights. He was said to have collected billions of naira as ransom from his victims, including expatriates, business moguls and public office holders. A police source, who hinted on the arrest, said Idris deployed all resources at the Force’ disposal in the hunt for Evans.

He said their focus in the last one month had been to catch Evans alive so that Nigerians can have peace.
On how the suspect was arrested, the source:

 “Someone called and gave information on his whereabouts. When we got there, he hid inside the roof of the house. He could not withstand the pressure on him from the police. “While Vampire was the most deadly kidnapper in the history of Nigeria and was caught some months ago during a gun battle, Evans remains the most brilliant, richest and crafty kidnapper in the country’s history.” 

 The suspect told police investigators he had two houses in Magodo, which he brought for N130million and N70million. Claiming to have been in the kidnapping business for 10 years, Evans also confessed to have two four bedroom houses in Ghana.

He claimed to have a wristwatch he bought for $170,000 and nine phones, three of which cost $6,000 each. The kidnap kingpin said he sent his wife away when he realised the police were closing in on him. He said he once relocated to Ghana and was planning to travel abroad before he was caught. The suspect is currently being interrogated by the police.

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(Photos) Sex slave rescued after being kept chained in a shipping container by serial killer

A sex slave chained up in a shipping container by a serial killer was rescued by police.Police found Kala Brown,30,  in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, after Todd Kohlhepp kidnapped her, locked her inside a container on his property and repeatedly raped her.

South Carolina sheriff’s deputies released her after hearing her screams inside a large metal container.
Investigators sawed and then pried open the bin to rescue Brown, who had been chained inside for about two months, according to police body cam footage which was released by prosecutors on Friday.

During the ten-minute operation, officers found a clothed Kala Brown, sitting on the floor with a chain around her neck stretching to the wall.
Speaking about her boyfriend Charlie Karver, who Kohlhepp also kidnapped, an officer asked Brown:

'Do you know where your buddy is?'

'Charlie? He shot him,' she said quietly.

'Who did?' an officer asked.

'Todd Kohlhepp shot Charlie Carver three times in the chest, wrapped him in a blue tarp, put him in the bucket of the tractor, locked me down here. I've never seen him again. He says he's dead and buried. He says there are several bodies dead and buried out here,' she said.

 Investigators went on Kohlepp's property to look for Brown and her boyfriend, 32-year-old Charles David Carter.
The couple had been missing for two months, and her cellphone indicated she might have been in the area when she vanished.
Police found three bodies on Kohlhepp's 95-acre property before they heard Brown's cries and rescued her.

Brown and boyfriendAuthorities say on the way to the hospital, Brown told them about how Kohlhepp confessed to killing a married couple before she was captured, and about killing four people at a Spartanburg County motorcycle shop - murders that were unsolved for 13 years.
Brown later told police that she came out to the property two months prior with Carter, for a cleaning job.
Kohlhepp shot Carter dead and then chained her up in the storage container where he continued to rape her on a near daily basis.

After finding Brown and arresting Kohlhepp, investigators searched the property and found Carter's body in a shallow grave, along with the remains of two other people.

 Kohlhepp also killed 29-year-old Johnny Coxie and 26-year-old Leigh McCraw-Coxie(below) in December 2015. They, like Carver and Brown, were lured to Kohlhepp's land after he promised them work.

Kohlhepp killed Coxie immediately and tried to keep McCraw-Coxie locked away, but he said he killed her after several days because she tried to burn the container after he gave her cigarettes.

Kohlhepp denied killing anyone else. He did say he shot a man in Arizona when he was 14, but could give few details. Authorities have not charged him with any additional crimes in other states.

Last month, Kohlhepp of Spartanburg County pleaded guilty to raping Brown and killing seven people.

According to the terms of the plea agreement signed by the 46-year-old Kohlhepp last month, he will serve seven consecutive life terms plus 60 years on kidnapping, sexual assault and other charges.
He will not be eligible for parole, and he also agreed not to appeal the sentence.

Culled from Mailonline

Photos: Kogi residents file out to sign recall register for Senator Dino Melaye

Members of Kogi West senatorial district have been filing out to sign the recall register for their representative in the senate, Dino Melaye.

According to Dino, that the state governor, Yahaya Bello, is behind the recall exercise. On his Facebook wall this morning, he wrote;

 "Yahaya Bello: on recall of Dino Melaye,he is shooting the Moon and boxing the air. Spending over one billion naira tax payers money on an unproductive venture when salaries and pensions have not been paid is wicked. I will continue to defend the poor and defenseless masses of kogi state. If I die I die. We must rescue the state".

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NJC replies Presidency over recall of suspended judges

The National Judicial Council has responded to the recent statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, over the council’s decision to recall suspended judges.

The NJC had on last Saturday, after its 82nd meeting, recalled six judges including Justice Adeniyi Ademola of an Abuja division of the Federal High Court.

Some of the judges were suspended after a search was carried out at their residences by the State Security Service on October 7, 2016. Three of the affected judges were later arraigned for alleged corruption.

The charges against Mr. Ademola were later dismissed after five months of accelerated trial at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

But the presidency expressed concerns with the decision to recall the judges.

Mr. Okono-Obla said on Thursday that the council could not claim it was unaware of pending appeals against Mr. Ademola, filed since April.

But in its statement on Saturday, signed by the director of communication, Soji Oye, the NJC explained why it decided to recall the judges.

Read parts of the statement below:

“Council is particularly concerned about the Press statement issued by Okoi Obono-Obla, Esq, Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution on 8th June, 2017; that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation filed a Notice of Appeal against the Ruling of Hon. Justice Jude Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for discharging and acquitting Hon. Justice A. F. A. Ademola and 2 ORS on 7th April, 2017.

“Contrary to the above statement, the Registry of the High Court of the FCT, Abuja, informed the Department of Information of the National Judicial Council that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation filed two Notices of Appeal in the Court; the first one on 7th April, 2017, against Hon Justice A. F. A. Ademola, his wife, Olabowale Ademola and Joe Agi, SAN. The second one was filed on 6th of June, 2017, two days after the Press Release was issued by the National Judicial Council, with additional grounds of appeal against only Hon. Justice A.F.A. Ademola.

“It is on record that when the Parties were invited by High Court of the FCT for settlement of records to be transmitted to the Court of Appeal on 18th April, 2017, the Appellant failed to turn up. The Registrar of the Court further adjourned the settlement of records to 21st April, 2017, and invited all the Parties, but the Appellant again did not come to Court. The total number of 45 days allowed for compilation of record in all circumstances expired on 7th May, 2017, for the Registrar of the Lower Court and 22nd May, 2017, for the Appellant.

“Council noted that the Office of the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice only filed additional grounds of appeal in the Court on Tuesday 6th June, 2017, three days after the Press Release by the Council that the Judicial Officers have been directed to resume their Judicial duties. It was on 6th June, 2017, that letters were again issued by the Registrar to the Parties for settlement of records against 14th June, 2017,” the statement said.

The NJC further said the initial appeal could not be regarded as proper, because parties failed to make the necessary agreement and settlement of records as expected.

“For avoidance of doubt, by the Rules of the Court of Appeal, there cannot be a proper appeal before the Court until Parties have agreed and settled records before the Lower Court and transmit copies of such records to the Court of Appeal before an appeal number is given. It is only after an appeal number is given that an appeal is said to be entered in the Court of Appeal.

“The Council confirmed from Registry of the Court of Appeal that there is no such Appeal till date. The only matter that is pending is a Motion with Number CA/A/371M/CR/2019 filed by Joe Odey Agi, SAN, against the Federal Republic of Nigeria seeking the dismissal of Appellant/Respondent appeal between the Federal Government of Nigeria Vs Joe Odey Agi for failure to transmit the Records from the Lower Court within 45 days.

According to the statement, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation had filed charges against two Supreme Court Justices and Mr. Ademola at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in February, but letter withdrew the charges against one of the Supreme Court Justices, Inyang Okoro, and Mr. Ademola, with a motive to amend the charges.

“Council is aware that at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, the Federal Government filed Suits against Hon. Justices N. S. Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court and A. F. A. Ademola of the Federal High Court on 8th February, 2017.

“However, the Federal Ministry of Justice later withdrew the files pertaining the Suits against Hon. Justices Inyang Okoro and A. F. A. Ademola, with the intention of filing additional evidence against them.

“In the case of Hon. Justice Ngwuta, he has since been arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal for non-declaration of his assets.

“In effect, there is currently no Suit filed against Hon. Justices Inyang Okoro and A. F. A. Ademola J. at the Tribunal,” the statement said.

The council also defended itself against alleged hasty decision made against it (NJC) by chairman presidential advisory committee against corruption, Itse Sagay.

According to its statement, persons recommended by the council for dismissal over alleged fraud have remained active in their various capacities long after they were recommended for dismissal to the executive arm of government.

Source : Premium Times

BATMAN’ TV ACTOR ADAM WEST DIES AT 88

TV actor Adam West, who played Batman in the original 1960s TV series, has died on Friday, June 9, after a short battle with leukemia at age 88.

The iconic actor’s family announced his death in a statement on Facebook writing:

It’s with great sadness that we are sharing this news…Adam West passed away peacefully last night after a short but brave battle with leukemia,  He was a beloved father, husband, grandfather and great-grandfather. There are no words to describe how much we’ll miss him. We know you’ll miss him too and we want you to know how much your love and support meant to him throughout the years. Hug your loved ones today.

The actor is survived by wife Marcelle, six children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Gaddafi’s Son Freed From Prison

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been released from prison, according to fighters who control the facility.

A statement from the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, a militia which controls Zintan, a mountainous region southwest of the capital Tripoli, said Saif al-Islam was released late on Saturday.

The most prominent of Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam, 44, was captured in Zintan in November 2011 as he was fleeing to neighbouring Niger after opposition fighters seized Tripoli.

Saif al-Islam, the most prominent of Gaddafi’s eight children, was sentenced to death in July 2015 by a court in Tripoli in a mass trial of former Gaddafi government officials.

He is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Since the Gaddafi’s four-decade rule ended in 2011, Libya has struggled to establish basic institutions and rule of law, with militias and former fighters challenging the authority of the weak central government.

 

Cristiano Ronaldo welcomes twins

Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly welcomed surrogate twins.
According to Portuguese TV channel SIC,the children, a boy and a girl called Eva and Mateo, were born on Thursday ...

'The boy and girl were born to a surrogate mum. It’s a secret that Cristiano Ronaldo hasn’t yet revealed to the rest of the world

His first child, a boy was also born to a surrogate mum.

596 fail Nigerian Law School Exams

The Nigerian Law School has released the summary of the final examination results conducted from April 22 to 28, showing that 596 students failed to qualify for the Nigerian Bar.

The Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Mr Olanrewaju Onadeko, (SAN) said that 2, 125 students participated at the examinations while 1,393 were successful.
Apart from the 596 that failed, there were also 196 candidates with conditional Pass,NAN reports.

A further breakdown of the results showed that candidates with Pass accounted for 65.6 per cent, those with conditional Pass represented 6. 4 per cent, while those who failed were 28 per cent.

Onadeko said that the ‘Call to the Bar’ ceremony for the successful candidates will hold on July 13 in Abuja.