Imo state Police command, have arrested a 70-year-old Pa John, pictured below, for allegedly defiling a 5-year-old girl in Mbaise on June 14th.

Activitist and leader of Behind Bars Initiative, Prince Emefiena Gwamnishu, who shared the story online, spoke to LIB, and said that the accused was caught inside the bush having intercourse with the little girl.

“A palmwine tapper caught the old man lying on the girl inside the bush. The old man pleaded with the palmwine tapper not to tell anyone. After the incident, he fled to Abia state to hide. When we got the information, I went with my team to Mbaise to see the chiefs and we mapped out a plan to get him arrested. He was told that my NGO was in the community to see how the matter can be settled without involving the police. He fell for it and came in yesterday June 25th. He was arrested immediately and will be charged to court tomorrow, June 27th”.

Harrison said the suspect is currently in custody at the Divisional Police station in Mbaise, Imo state.

Fresh reports now indicate that the man who was picked up by a helicopter in the middle of a huge traffic jam along the Benin-Ore road was someone who had suffered a stroke.

Contrary to earlier reports that the helicopter had landed on the highway to pick up a billionaire who had been stuck in a four-hour long traffic jam, the helicopter operator says it is normal to respond to emergency calls.

Femi Adeniji from Tropical Arctic Logistics told the BBC that he didn’t understand why the video had caused such a fuss. He said it was normal for their company to respond to emergency situations, as there is no such public emergency service available – and they had done so six times in the last two months.

According to him, there was no truth in the speculation that the helicopter was called by a billionaire who wanted to escape the huge traffic jam. Instead he said that the man had been suffering from high blood pressure and his driver had panicked. A doctor who was also stuck in the traffic was helping the man and the helicopter was called.

Super Eagles of Nigeria are the first team to qualify for the round of 16 at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt.

A 1 – 0 win against Guinea at the Alexandria Stadium this evening confirmed the Eagles’ qualification to the next round after defender Kenneth Omeruo scored the only goal in the match.

The Super Eagles who also defeated Burundi 1 – 0 last week now have six points in the group stage.

On Sunday, Nigeria will face Madagascar for their final group stage game before going into the round of 16.

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of an FCT High Court Maitama has sentenced a clergyman, Pastor Basil Princewill, founder Mountain Mover Ministry International Nyanya, to seven years in prison for rape.

The clergyman was arraigned in court by the police on allegation that he forcefully had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl, between July 27 and Dec. 31, 2011 inside his church and his house at Nyanya, Abuja, without her consent and impregnated her. He was said to have given her drugs with a view to aborting a pregnancy. Princewill was charged with four counts bordering on rape, impersonation and attempt to cause abortion and abetting miscarriage.

Delivering judgment in the case yesterday Tuesday June 25th, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf berated the clergyman for allowing the devil use him to commit such a ”shameful and satanic” crime.

” l must consider the faith of a young girl and the society. It is even worrisome when the person involved is a man of God who we should look up to as next to God, those who serve in the Lord’s vineyard are expected to be an example to the society. We have a duty to send signal that this attitude should not be tolerated, it is regrettable that the person who called himself man of God will be involved in such shameful disgraceful and satanic act. He would face the prison walls like a monastery so that when he comes out, he would have been born again,” the judge said.

The judge said since he was a first time offender, he ”is sentenced to seven years for the offence of rape and five years for the offence of abettment which will run concurrently.” The clergyman was convicted on count one, which is rape and count three which is abettment to cause abortion.

“I believe the evidence of the PW2 (victim ) to be true and the PW1 (her mother ) told the story in the same way the victim told the court too. The evidence of the accused was inconsistent, and confusing also and the direct evidence given by the victim to her mother narrated the ordeal the victim went through in the hands of the accused,” the judge held