It has been reported that a 24-year old nursing mother identified as Yewande Busari, was electrocuted in Lagos with her 1-year-old son named Pamilerin strapped to her back on May 6. The child however survived.

It was gathered that the tragedy was caused by electrical wires sticking out of a streetlight pole where Yetunde who reportedly did not use the pedestrian bridge was trying to cross the highway at the Oshodi area of Lagos state.

The young baby who has since being discharged from a hospital, is currently with his paternal grandparents.

The baby’s father, Lekan Akorede, told SaharaReporters.

“Since the accident, he has not stopped crying. Pamilerin was very fond of his mother and has refused to breastfeed from other mums who had offered to help.”

According to report, the streetlight pole that caused the tragedy was said to have carried the menace of live wires sticking for a while but was left unattended by the government and the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company in charge of it.

Tunde Busari, an elder brother of the deceased in a phone conversation with a reporter, lamented the nonchalance of the government and the electrical company in charge of the streetlights.

“We have not heard anything from the government or seen anybody from them since my sister died. It was a government property that killed my sister, but nobody has come to pay us a visit,” he said.

According to a report by Calabar Reporters, the so-called wizard was spotted on the morning of May 12, flying through Calabar Highways.

The alleged wizard was spotted at about 7:50am around the popular Culvert bus stop adjacent to Ikot Ansa bus stop, Murtala Mohammed Highway, Calabar, with a crowd around him.

The man, who is between 40-60 years old was lying Unclad by the roadside. He was muttering incoherently with blood spots on his face and lips.

According to the woman whose house the wizard was first ‘arrested’, she was having her bath that morning around 4:00am in preparation for work when she saw a big kite-like object striking the back of her house with a huge crash. She went out to check what it was and she was shocked at what she saw.

The woman said the man’s face was pale and threatening, so she asked him who he is. But instead of answering, the man spat out a huge lump of saliva which almost got to her. When this happened she raised alarm to get the attention of people around.

When neighbors and passersby came, they started interrogating the man, threatening to kill him. Then, few persons among the crowd recognized the man, while others added that his wife died few months ago. And that he’d lost all his children too, but didn’t stay at that environment but a distance of about a mile apart.

After all the beatings, he was pushed to the highways, threatened to be burnt alive if he didn’t confess what brought him there.

At this point he started confessing: “I killed my wife, children and many other people using witchcraft. And I came here looking for whom to devour”, he said.

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Bauchi- Residents of Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi state have been thrown into mourning following the discovery of the dead body of a 17 year old man who allegedly committed suicide over a failed marriage proposal.

According to a press release by the State Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, the Victim, Usman Abdu, who hails from Ganja ward in Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi State committed the act on the 13th of May 2016 at around 9pm by hanging himself on a tree with rope.

DSP Mohammed said that the scene of incident was visited by Police detectives led by the DPO in Soro Police Division of the local government and the victim was photographed and rushed to Soro hospital where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that victim hanged himself when his cousin, a 12 years old girl of the same address rejected his marriage proposal”

“Exhibit recovered include rope which the victim used in hanging himself while the corpse has released to relative for burial after postmortem examinations. The PPRO said

Abdulahi Olatoyan is the dapper windscreen cleaner who was spotted wearing suit while doing his job in Abeokuta area of Ogun State.

Olatoyan who claims to be a drop out at the University of Ilorin, said he turned to the street after the demise of his father to make a living and save enough money to start a business and hopes to return to school to finish his studies one day.

Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State, finally heaved a sigh of relief after a reported robber and serial rapist who has been tormenting them for years, was apprehended right in the act.

According to eyewitnesses, the serial thief who has been robbing and raping the female students in the past two years, usually drove to the school in his Toyota Camry car from Kwara State where he would rob the students, especially the females, of their phones, laptops, money and ATM cards.

But luck ran out on him on his latest attempt when, unknown to him, the students had engaged their male colleagues who laid ambush for the him and he was apprehended when he stormed the female hostel to carry out his nefarious acts.

The family of the victim has released Whatsapp snapshots which showed the late Ronke’s husband, Lekan, admitting to brutalising her, asking for God’s forgiveness and promising to stop beating her.

This is just as the man accused of dating Ronke, Kayode, has denied the allegation, saying he only had a professional relationship with the deceased.

51-year-old Lekan had allegedly killed his wife at their home in the Egbeda-Idimu area of Lagos State last Thursday. Lekan, a dockworker, had however denied complicity in the death, saying he never touched her.

He accused her of sleeping with Kayode, the general manager of a publishing company where she worked as the human resources manager.

After three days in hiding, the suspect gave himself up to the police and was taken to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

According to Punch Metro Kayode had denied the allegation.

A close family friend, who claimed to have spoken with him, explained that he said he had always been harassed by Lekan with messages and unfounded allegations.

He said, “We spoke yesterday (Tuesday) and he completely denied anything like that. He said he had proof of the man making all kinds of allegations against him and asking him to leave his wife alone, which he had never responded to. He said he was biding his time and would make all the revelations in due time.”

It was gathered that Kayode and Ronke’s brother, Jide, who died in a ghastly motor accident in July 2015, were friends.

After the death of Jide, Kayode, who was working in Ibadan, Oyo State, was said to have been transferred to Lagos by his company.

In Lagos, he was said to have struck a friendship with Ronke because of her late brother. Due to Ronke’s influence in the publishing company owned by her uncle, Kayode was said to have joined the publishing firm and was made the general manager.

Their friendship and the managerial positions were said to have made it possible for them to always travel and go out together.

Kayode was also said to have become close to Ronke’s uncle, who owned the firm.

It was learnt that both Kayode and Ronke had travelled to recruit new workers for the Abuja office, when the allegation of sleeping together was levelled against them.

Meanwhile, the family of Ronke has released Whatsapp snapshots, showing a conversation between Lekan and one of Ronke’s friends, Ashabi.

In a chat, he asked Ashabi to beg Ronke on his behalf, promising not to assault her again. He also claimed that the child brought to his home was a setup, denying the paternity of the baby.

Ashabi, in one of the chats, said Ronke was already slipping into depression, urging Lekan to become a better husband and father.

She said Ronke wept while talking with her because of the constant battery and public embarrassment.

Below are excerpts of some of the chats:

Lekan: Am sick and tired. Am going crazy. Please help me out. I rest my case. Am crying as I am writing this to you. But help me to talk to her. Aburo mi (my younger sister), I don’t want to lose her. I want her in my house forever.

Lekan: Because of God, please help me. Ha, I have really offended her. May God forgive me. Please you are my saviour, help me talk to her.

Lekan: I can have plenty of s*x outside, but I don’t want to fornicate again. Yes, just want my wife back. I swear to God, I will never touch her again.

Ronke’s friend: She is really broken and hurt, uncle. She said a lot. But I begged her and you have to keep showing her you are a better person, and you want your family back. It is not a day’s job uncle and you have to be patient with her and get her to trust and love you again. She is falling into depression which is more terrible.

One of Lekan’s friends, Sunday Nwaobi, said he had known him for about 33 years, adding that he had credibility and couldn’t have killed his wife.

He said, “He was my junior in secondary school and was a classmate to my immediate younger brother. My brother retired as a general manger of a brewery in America and they are best of friends. My brother is an American citizen, well travelled, and has met a lot of world leaders. I know he will never go out with somebody who does not have credibility.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the police were working on getting the result of the autopsy, adding that it would determine the command’s next line of action.

She said, “We are not in charge of the result and we can’t determine when it will be out. But I can assure you that we are on it and as soon as it is released, we won’t hide anything.”