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A Woman Has Been Arrested For Allegedly Abusing Her Stepchildren In Lagos
A woman has been arrested in Lagos for allegedly abusing her stepchildren. Funmilayo Samson was arrested on Friday 27 December 2019, by the officials of the Directorate for Citizens’ Rights after a post about her ill-treatment to her stepchildren went viral on Facebook.
Ms. Funmilayo was handed over to the police and the children were rescued.
The alleged abuse was shared to Facebook by a concerned neighbor who claims Ms. Funmilayo locks these children outside the house when she is leaving for work in the morning and leaves them without food. The children aged 3, 9, and 12 only get the chance to inside when she returns in the evening.
It was also alleged that these children are exposed to physical abuse and leaves them with bruises on their bodies.
The father of the children and the woman got married after the mother of the children died.
However, the father of the children is not always around but only returns on weekends which leaves the children prone to abuse from their stepmother.
Ms. Funmilayo neighbors, along the Ebuwawa Road in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, said that the abuse has been on for a long time and their stepmother gets confrontational anytime anyone intervenes.
It was further alleged that Ms. Funmilayo sometimes leaves the children without food when she travels out of Lagos for days.
Bala Elkana, Lagos State PPRO, confirmed the arrest of Ms. Funmilayo and rescued the children. He reiterated that the stepmother will be charged to court.
A man, 22, jumped into the lagoon from the third mainland bridge yesterday. The man identified as Daibo Toju Davies resides at 17, Sosanya street, Gbagada.
A report said that he had engaged the services of an Uber taxi from a hospital before the occurrence. He allegedly stopped the Uber on the bridge pretending to be having a running stomach before plunging into the lagoon.
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency public affairs officer, Nosa Okunbor said they are making efforts to rescue the man.
He said;
“He should be in his mid-twenties. He ordered a car-hailing service from Gbagada to the Island. He deceived the UBER driver that he had a running stomach after which he jumped into the lagoon.
“As I speak with you, the marine unit of the Lagos central zone has been searching for the victim since 11:30 am, but we have not found the body.”
Two luggage with his personal effects and affidavit were discovered on him.
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Police van has allegedly been used for commercial purposes in Lagos. This is due to the ban on commercial motorcycle and tricycle popularly known as Okada and Keke Napep in some parts of Lagos.
This is captured by a Twitter user @caren_diala who captured the moment Lagosian rushed to get a seating space in a police van.
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A video has surfaced online showing some policemen arrested by their colleagues for obtaining bribe.
Also, the officers are attached to the Nigeria Police Special Squad ‘Operation Puff Adder’. So, they stormed the spot in patrol their patrol van and arrested the officers collecting bribe at the Ijesha area of Lagos State.
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