Osun woman burns nine-year-old granddaughter’s hands with hot coal over food

<header class="amp-wp-article-header ampforwp-title" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><h1 class="amp-wp-title" style="font-size: 1.5em; margin: 16px 0px 13px; text-align: center;"> <br /></h1> </header><div class="amp-wp-article-featured-image amp-wp-content featured-image-content" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0px;"> <figure class="amp-wp-article-featured-image wp-caption" style="margin: 0px;"><amp-img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-layout" height="310" sizes="(min-width: 640px) 640px, 100vw" src="http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/25182357/charcoal-fire.jpg" srcset="http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/25182357/charcoal-fire.jpg 800w, http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/25182357/charcoal-fire-300x146.jpg 300w, http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/25182357/charcoal-fire-768x372.jpg 768w, http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/25182357/charcoal-fire-30x15.jpg 30w" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden !important; position: relative; width: 100vw;" width="640"><i-amphtml-sizer style="display: block; padding-top: 164.688px;"></i-amphtml-sizer><img alt="" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" src="http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/25182357/charcoal-fire-768x372.jpg" style="border: none !important; bottom: 0px; display: block; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 100%; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 0px;" /></amp-img></figure></div> <div class="amp-wp-article-content" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="amp-wp-content the_content" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 2px 3px; margin: 0px auto 12px; max-width: 1000px; padding: 15px;"> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun Command, says it has arrested a woman who allegedly burnt the hands of her nine-year-old granddaughter for eating her brother’s food.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this to newsmen in Osogbo on Wednesday.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> Afolabi said the incident occurred on Jan. 16 around 1:45 p.m., at Ila Area of Erin-Osun, Osogbo, where the girl was living with her grandmother, Victoria John.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> He explained that the girl, who lost her mother at a tender age, was caught by her grandmother eating her twin brother’s food and was subsequently punished by burning her hands with hot coal.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> He said the girl was taken to the Primary Healthcare Centre at Erin-Osun by some residents for treatment.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> The spokesperson said the residents later reported the case to the Human Trafficking and Child Abuse Department of the corps.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> He said medics that were treating the girl said that she needed surgery to repair the contraction on the hands.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> </div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> According to him, based on the level of damage inflicted on the hand, the victim will also need a psychotherapist to help her with proper use of the hands again.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> Afolabi said the grandma was presently in the custody of the NSCDC, adding that further investigation into the matter was ongoing</div> </div> </div>

Osun woman burns nine-year-old granddaughter’s hands with hot coal over food

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun Command, says it has arrested a woman who allegedly burnt the hands of her nine-ye...

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‘I won’t join Atiku in PDP’ – Mama Taraba

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If Atiku said he is going to contest.”</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> But in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the minister, popularly called Mama Taraba, said she was not forced to leave the PDP on which platform she became a senator, she would remain in the APC.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Politics is all about interest, and nobody forced me to leave PDP to join APC, so no want will force me out of it,” she said.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “I will continue to work for APC and that’s why I travelled out to Taraba, to campaign for our party’s candidate Sanusi Jambawaile.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “I know many may wish to see me leaving APC, but let me assure them I will remain in APC!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> ‘’So, how can I destroy the house we collectively built?”</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Although, she declined comment on Mr. Abubakar’s defection from the APC, said the party “is intact in Taraba.’’</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> She added, “There is no squabble or faction, and our great party APC in Taraba is intact. That’s why we all work and campaigned together with His Excellency the former Acting Governor UTC.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> ‘’So, we are one no any problem as some of you thought,’’ she further.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Meanwhile, the acting chairman of APC in the state, Sani Chul, has expressed happiness with the minister’s decision to remain in the party.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “We are really happy with her decision, it is clear that she has seen some changes in the areas she complaint about in recent past if there are any,” he said</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Yes, there were issues in APC like in any other party but clearly we are better.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “And most importantly, it is the minister that should be congratulated because by her action, she has extended the lifespan of her political career; she would have a lot to gain in the APC than in PDP.’’</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Also speaking, one of the minister’s supporters, Naomi Dogo, said it would be a “suicidal mission” if she joined Mr. Abubakar in the PDP.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Following Atiku to PDP or whatever party would be a suicide mission for her; Atiku had globe trotted from one party to another, all in a bid to become president and Nigerians would not gamble with their future,” she said.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Power belongs to God and you can’t get it by force; he too should have persevered in the APC to see what God has in stock for him; we earnestly congratulate Mama Taraba for making a tough but wise decision to remain in APC</div> </div>

‘I won’t join Atiku in PDP’ – Mama Taraba

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Nigerian Army discovers arms factory in Nasarawa [PHOTOS]

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font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Nigerian Army during preliminary interrogation the suspect claimed to purchase the weapons for thirty thousand naira (N30,000.00k), from a blacksmith gun fabricator named Dan Asabe Audu, who reside at Angbo Village, Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Determined to get to the root of the matter, the troops further went to the village where they found out that indeed Dan Asabe Audu has been in the business of illegal arms manufacturing for criminals for quite some time.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “They found a complete arms factory with equipment and the products at various stages of production. The army urged Nigerians with valuable information to reach out to security agencies.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-513454" height="437" sizes="(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px" src="http://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/arm3.jpg" srcset="http://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/arm3.jpg 595w, http://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/arm3-300x220.jpg 300w" style="backface-visibility: hidden; border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="595" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Nigerian Army specifically, the troops recovered 3 completely locally fabricated guns, 20 locally fabricated guns at various stages of production, 7 units of 9mm empty cases, one 9mm blank ammunition, 2 drilling machine, 1 power generating set and 3 mobile telephone handsets.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “The suspects would soon be handed over to the relevant security agency for further investigation and prosecution.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “The public is kindly requested to provide useful information that will assist the military and security agencies in apprehending such criminals to make our society safe</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article></div> </div> </div>

Nigerian Army discovers arms factory in Nasarawa [PHOTOS]

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52 year old woman sleeps with her son every Wednesday to sustain his wealt

<header class="amp-wp-article-header" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; color: #353535; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 1.5em 16px; place-content: stretch space-between;"><h1 class="amp-wp-title" style="flex: 1 0 100%; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.625em; width: 328px;"> <br /></h1> </header><div class="amp-wp-article-content" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 0px 16px;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <amp-img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-552366 amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-layout" height="296" sizes="(min-width: 587px) 587px, 100vw" src="http://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Yvonne-Banda-1.jpg" srcset="http://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Yvonne-Banda-1.jpg 587w, http://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Yvonne-Banda-1-300x151.jpg 300w, http://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Yvonne-Banda-1-330x166.jpg 330w" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden !important; position: relative; width: 100vw;" width="587"><i-amphtml-sizer style="display: block; padding-top: 165.391px;"></i-amphtml-sizer><img alt="" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" src="http://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Yvonne-Banda-1.jpg" style="border: none !important; bottom: 0px; display: block; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 100%; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 0px;" /></amp-img>A 52-year-old Zambian woman, Banda Yvonne, has openly confessed to having s*xual intercourse with her son in order to maintain his riches.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> She disclosed that she has been having s*x with her son, identified only as Abel every Wednesday for the past 14 years, and the day she stops, the boy will lose his wealth and die mysteriously.</div> <div class="td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_inline td_uid_2_5a5088bf5633c_rand td_block_template_1"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Yvonne, a native of Ndola confessed to ZambiaWatchDog that she is the main pillar of her son’s success by offering her indecency to him once a week as instructed by the witch doctor he got his riches from.</div> <div class="quads-location quads-ad7" id="quads-ad7"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> She was said to have once confessed in church and the pastor of Great Kingdom Church, Zambia, prayed for her.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> But despite the confession and for fear that her son will suffer and die painfully, she went back to being the keeper of his riches and continued with the s*xual relationship with her son.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Confessing to the newspaper, she said,</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <em>“I have been sleeping with my son, Abel since 2002 when he started his transportation business which has grown tremendously and he now owns a fleet of trucks, buses and other small cars.</em></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <em>“We have s*x every Wednesday and we do it at my house where the charm was buried.”</em></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> According to Yvonne, “the price is that, once I stop sleeping with him, all our hard earned wealth will vanish in thin air and my son will die a very painful death</div> </div>

52 year old woman sleeps with her son every Wednesday to sustain his wealt

A 52-year-old Zambian woman, Banda Yvonne, has openly confessed to having s*xual intercourse with her son in order to maintain his riche...

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"Gov El-Rufai Blasts Senator Ben Murray-Bruce-You Are A Liar

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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: none; padding: 0px; width: auto;"> <div class="article-start" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 340px;"> </div> <div class="small-12 medium-9 right column" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; float: right !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 340px;"> <div class="article-content" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="post-body xt-post-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <br /> <br /> <figure class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_261683" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 5px 20px 5px 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 504px;"><img alt="" class="size-large wp-image-261683" height="264" sizes="(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px" src="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce-504x264.jpg" srcset="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce-504x264.jpg 504w, https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce-495x259.jpg 495w, https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce.jpg 510w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="504" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px;">Point of Correction: Senator Ben Murray-Bruce.</figcaption></figure><br /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has blasted Senator Ben Murray-Bruce of Bayelsa State for feeding the public with wrong information over the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned 10 new coaches and two locomotives for the Abuja-Kaduna route. During the commissioning, President Buhari rode on the train.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> In his comments on twitter, Senator Murray-Bruce said President Buhari should say thank you to former President Goodluck Jonathan for the train ride he enjoyed in Kaduna.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> He said the achievement was entirely the handiwork of the Jonathan government, adding: ”Nigeria should give honour to whom honour is due”.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> But Governor El-Rufai fired back immediately on his twitter handle, saying that Sen. Murray-Bruce was wrong.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> The Kaduna governor explained that it was the Obasanjo government that designed and raised the financing and started the EPC of the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system, and the Abuja Light Rail. He said Jonathan was not part of that government.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> El-Rufai tweeted: ”Wrong Distinuguisnhed Senator! The Obasanjo administration which Jonathan was not part of, designed, raised the financing and started the EPC of the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system, and the Abuja Light Rail. Yar’Adua-Jonathan stalled both projects for two years!</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> Read Ben Murray-Bruce earlier tweet:<br /> @benmurraybruce<br /> I hope President @MBuhari remembers to say thank you to former President @GEJonathan for the train ride he enjoyed in Kaduna. Some of us haven’t forgotten that that achievement was ENTIRELY the handiwork of the Jonathan government. Nigeria should give honour to whom honour is due.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <br /> <ol> <li><img alt="" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-361781" height="247" sizes="(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px" src="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fighto-504x247.jpg" srcset="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fighto-504x247.jpg 504w, https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fighto.jpg 565w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.08rem; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="504" /></li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article></div> </div>

"Gov El-Rufai Blasts Senator Ben Murray-Bruce-You Are A Liar

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Court jails mother for attempted sale of twins

<main style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 12px 10px 10px;"><article class="amp-wp-article"><header class="amp-wp-article-header ampforwp-title"><h1 class="amp-wp-title" style="margin: 16px 0px 13px; text-align: center;"> <br /></h1> </header><div class="amp-wp-article-featured-image amp-wp-content featured-image-content" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1000px; padding: 0px;"> <figure class="amp-wp-article-featured-image wp-caption" style="margin: 0px;"><amp-img alt="Court1" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-layout" height="388" sizes="(min-width: 584px) 584px, 100vw" src="http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21183131/Court1-e1507208694949.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden !important; position: relative; width: 100vw;" width="584"><i-amphtml-sizer style="display: block; padding-top: 225.875px;"></i-amphtml-sizer><img alt="Court1" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" src="http://punchng.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21183131/Court1-e1507208694949.jpg" style="border: none !important; bottom: 0px; display: block; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 100%; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 0px;" /></amp-img></figure></div> <div class="amp-wp-article-content"> <div class="amp-wp-content the_content" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 2px 3px; margin: 0px auto 12px; max-width: 1000px; padding: 15px;"> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> A Katsina State Senior Magistrates’ Court has sentenced to 10 months in jail, Salima Lawal, who was arrested for attempting to sell her 32-day-old twins for N350,000 in December last year.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> The court, however, gave the convict, a resident of Marabar kankara town in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state, an option of N10,000 fine.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> In his judgment on Wednesday evening, the presiding magistrate, Nuradeen El-Laden, explained that he gave Lawal a light sentence in view of the health of the twins and that of the mother herself.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> He noted that a woman attempting to sell her children might have been battling abject poverty.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> El-Laden noted that the convict and her babies had spent a number of days in the prison custody, adding that Lawal had shown remorse for her action.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> There were indications that a woman, who preferred to remain anonymous, had offered to pay the fine on behalf of the convict.</div> <div style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;"> </div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> The police arraigned Lawal for alleged violation of Section 278 of the Penal Code, which the magistrate frowned on, noting that the section dealt with intention to sell kids for prostitution.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> </article></main>

Court jails mother for attempted sale of twins

A Katsina State Senior Magistrates’ Court has sentenced to 10 months in jail, Salima Lawal, who was arrested for attempting to sell h...

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