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Death Caught up with a suspected cable vandal

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Death Caught up with a suspected cable vandal

AN unidentified middle-aged man who attempted to vandalize a Power Holding Com­pany of Nigeria cable at Ijora-Cause Way area in Lagos was yesterday found dead near an electric­ity pole with some instruments.

Our correspondent gathered that some parts of the victims body were severely burnt, indicat­ing that the cable was connected to high tension wire at the time of the incident.

Besides, part of the long cable attached to a pole was also burnt. Engr. Francis Ibe, Business Manager, Ijora District, bemoaned the develop­ment, saying vandalisation of PHCN property around the area had been a recurring issue.

He said over 100 meters of 250mm cables which served various communities around the Ijora area had been cut away by vandals.

The PHCN boss said various cables at dif­ferent stages had been discovered to have been taken away by vandals, adding that there was need for urgent intervention by government to rescue Ijora district from total black out.

DAILY TRUST, Tuesday, 12th October, 2010

From Mohammed Shosanya, Lagos

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3 nabbed after exhuming deceased relative’s copse for sale

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3 nabbed after exhuming deceased relative’s copse for sale

It was the end of the road for three friends who exhumed the skull of the uncle to one of them for money ritual in Adamai vil­lage, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, as they are now in the police net.

The corpse was that of one Danso Dinde, who died in a mysterious manner and was buried about three years ago.

Dinde’s remains were buried in front of his family house in Adamai village. The     nephew of the deceased, Jimoh Adinde who was caught along with others, by the Ogun State Police confessed to have, collaborated with others to carry out the criminal act.

Adinde, a father of two the revealed that the trio had carried out the heinous act about 1.00 am and had intended to dispose the skull at the price of 30,000.   However, nemesis caught up with the successful digging and removal of the skull from the grave, they forgot a cutlass which they had used by the grave side.

The curiousity of a son of the deceased who won­dered why his late father’s grave suddenly became untidy led to the discovery of a cutlass which was allegedly traced to Jimoh Jimoh, 25, said he regretted his action which had already been condemned by the larger family and lamented that he would had continued as a commercial motorcyclist in Ajah area of Lagos State but for bad influence and companionship.

His words: “We were friends. The skull was that of my father’s elder brother who died and was buried in front of our family house about three years ago.

We went to dig the grave at 1.00am on Saturday and forgot the cutlass inside it. The cutlass was later traced to us.

“We intended selling the head for N30, 000. My brother, Taye, told other members of the family that I was the owner of the cutlass after which I and the other two were arrested by the police. A fragment of the skull was retrieved from us,” Adende regretted.

DAILY SUN Friday, October 8, 2010

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By MOSHOOD ADEBAYO, Abeokuta

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AN OKADA RIDER CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS DEATH IN LAGOS BY A TRAILER

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AN OKADA RIDER CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS DEATH IN LAGOS BY A TRAILER

AN unidentified commercial motorcycle operator was yester­day crushed to death by a trailer along the Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The accident occurred when the Okada rider somersaulted after ramming his motorcycle into the trailer with registra­tion number, XA573RRM. Our correspondent reports that the Okada rider died on the spot.

According to a witness, Mr. Sulaimon Badru, the Okada rider was speeding. Badru, who said the state government did the right thing by banning motorcycles on highways in Lagos, however, lamented that the government was not enforc­ing the law.

“People have been complaining since government banned Okada from highways, but this is just one of the numerous Okada accidents that have occurred since the law was introduced. Okada riders need to be forced to comply with rules and regu­lations guiding their operations, not only for their safety, but for the safety of their passengers,” he said.

When our correspondent visited the LASTMA office, he gathered that the body of the Okada rider had been taken to the Isolo General Hospital’s mortuary and that the driver of the trailer had been detained by police.

Reacting to the accident, the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Professor Bamidele Badejo, flayed the use of motorcycles on highways.

Daily Trust Tuesday 8th October 2010

Femi Akintola, Lagos

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