Saraki Didn’t Sell Rice, Sugar To Buy Lagos Property –Witness

A prosecution witness, Mr. Michael Wetkas, in the ongoing trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, said on Monday that the claim by Saraki that he bought a property in Lagos with proceeds of rice and sugar sale was false.

Wetkas, who was being cross-examined for the 13th-day by the defence, told the Danladi Umar-led CCT that the Senate President actually bought the properties located at 17A and B Mcdonald Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, in 2006 with the loans he obtained from Guaranty Trust Bank.

Saraki is being prosecuted by the Federal Government before the CCT on 16 counts, bordering on false and anticipatory asset declaration, which he allegedly made as Governor of Kwara State between 2003 and 2011.

132-Yr-Old Woman Reveals Oshiomhole’s Secret

Madam Veronica Uloko, a 132 -year-old super-centenarian from Iyamho community, Etsako clan, Edo State, the hometown of the outgoing Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has uncovered the secret of the governor’s uncommon boldness and power.

Curiously, Madam Uloko, who is blind and can no longer walk, wants God to take her life because of the agony she was undergoing over the loss of three of her seven children, especially the 73-year-old son that died in August, this year.

She spoke to Niger Delta Voice, NDV, at Iyamho through her 71-year-old son, Obanor, who served as interpreter during the interview.

Officially, by the Guinness World Records, the oldest living person in the world is 116-year-old Italian, Emman Morano of Verbani in Italy.

Governor Bello In German Hospital For Eye Surgery

Contrary to the claims by the Kogi State Government that Governor Yahaya Bello is healthy, investigations, on Monday, revealed that he had been admitted into a hospital in Germany for eye surgery.

The Punch learnt that the governor was in Dubai en route to Germany for the operation, which is expected to correct an eye ailment that had been troubling him for sometime.

The nature of the eye problem could not be ascertained on Monday, but a senior official in the state confirmed to one of Punch correspondents on condition of anonymity that Bello travelled with some close aides and officials for the surgery.

Dad Arrested For Breaking Son’s Arm After Boy Goes Missing

The police in Lagos State have arrested a man, Adeyemi Adekunle, for allegedly brutalising his eight-year-old son in the Dopemu area of the state.

It was learnt that Adekunle, who was arrested by the Dopemu Police Division on Monday, allegedly fractured the boy’s two arms for missing from home for two days.

It was gathered that the boy, whose name was not disclosed by the police, had gone missing on Saturday from their apartment on Kolawole Street, Dopemu.

Adekunle was said to have gone to the police on Sunday to report a case of missing person.

Punch Metro was told that the victim was, however, seen on Monday wandering in the area, after which the father was informed.

A Punch correspondent gathered that Adekunle, who had reportedly divorced the victim’s mother and remarried, allegedly beat up his son, and broke his two arms.

Rapist Gets 13 Years For Three-Day Attack On Student

A rapist has been jailed for 13 years after holding his victim captive for three days. Jordan Smith, 21, kept the university student quiet by threatening to shoot her father if she made a sound.

He punched her repeatedly on the head, stomach, hips and thighs while he also said he would stab or shoot her.

Smith made the threat to kill the victim’s father when she came to his house in Chingford, East London, to try and find her.

He returned the next day and the victim broke down, telling him what had happened. Smith told police that they had had consensual sex and denied holding her against her will.

But the jury found him guilty of two counts of rape, one of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and assault by penetration.

Man Arraigned For Allegedly Raping Another Man’s Wife

A taxi driver, Ikechukwu Onyia, 48, was on Monday arraigned before a Enugu High Court judge for allegedly raping another man’s wife.

Onyia was earlier brought before an Enugu South Magistrates’ Court for forcefully having carnal advantage of another man’s wife.

He was subsequently granted bail and the case transferred to the high court for trial.

Narrating the incident, the accused said that on Sept. 20, 2012, his female friend of more than three years called him to pick her at the motor park with his cab and that he took her to his house.

He said, “After staying with me in my house, she told me her problem and I gave her some money, dropped her at a bus stop and went my way.”

Photos: Col. Ali, Other Fallen Colleagues Buried Amid Tears

The Nigerian military today buried the deceased Commander of the 272 Special Task Force Tanks Battalion, Lt. Col. Muhammad Abu Ali and five other soldiers at the Nigerian Military Cemetery, Abuja.

The soldiers were killed by the insurgents at the Battle of Mallam Fatori. They have been described as among the best in the Armed Forces.