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The Police Authorities Have Dismissed A Sergeant For The Killing Of A Civilian In Lagos
Lukmon Akanbi, a police sergeant has been dismissed from the Nigerian Police Force for shooting to death Babatunde Adeniji, a civilian around the Eko Atlantic area in Victoria Island, Lagos.
Report available to PUNCH Metro revealed that the late Adeniji was on his way from an event around 4;20 am Friday 27 December 2019, when the police officer accosted him.
A fracas ensued between them and Akanbi shot him. Eyewitnesses rushed the 39-year-old victim to the Naval Dockyard Hospital where he was confirmed dead.
Bala Elkanah, Police PRO while reacting to the development said on Friday that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu had therefore ordered the arrest of Akanbi for orderly room trial.
The PPRO said the commissioner of police has ordered the arrest of Sergeant Akanbi Lukmon, F/No 448407, serving with the Victoria Island Police Station over the killing of one Ramon Adeniyiy, 39, around 4;20 am around Eko Atlantic, VI, Lagos.
So, there was a disagreement between the officer and the late Akanbi who was returning from an event. The sergeant was said to have pulled the trigger of his pistol on the unarmed civilian, which is far from the professional standards on the handling of the firearms.
The PPRO said;
“He was arraigned before the adjudicating officer on three counts of discreditable conduct contrary to paragraph E (3) first schedule, unlawful and unnecessary exercise of authority contrary to paragraph Q (2), and damage to articles contrary to paragraph D (1), police act and regulations, cap 370 LFN 1990.
Therefore, the sergeant was found guilty of all charges and awarded the punishment of dismissal from the police force. He’s been handed over to the state CID, Yaba for necessary prosecution in the conventional court.
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
