Ogun, Lagos orphanages reject abandoned child with cerebral palsy.
The odds are stacked against her in finding shelter after she was reportedly abandoned in front of a shop on Tajudeen Bello Street, Giwa Oke-Aro Road, Ogun State, by her parents.
Suffering from cerebral palsy, the little girl whose name has yet to be ascertained could neither talk nor walk.
She was also rejected by orphanages she was taken to and currently lies helplessly in police custody at the Agbado division which rescued her from the street.
It was learnt that the girl, said to be about five years old, was abandoned on the street in the early hours of Wednesday, June 24.
It was gathered that residents contacted the Iju Police Station, Lagos, which shares boundary with the community, and policemen came to pick the girl.
The shop owner, Gabriel Folorunsho, told our correspondent that he was shocked when he saw the girl lying in front of his shop on Friday morning.
He said, “I got to the shop on Wednesday at 8am and met the girl there. We didn’t know who abandoned her there. She cannot walk or say anything. Someone contacted the police at Iju division and they came to pick her. When I got to the shop on Friday morning, I met the girl in front of my shop again.”
Folorunsho, a lotto agent, explained that policemen from Agbado Division, Ogun State, later came to pick the child after a distress call.
“The girl should be about five years. We didn’t have any traces of who abandoned her but we suspect it would be her parents,” he added.
A police source disclosed that the girl was taken to orphanages at Ijoko and Lambe in Ogun State as well as another one in Ishaga, Lagos, but was rejected.
The source said, “A shop owner reported at the Agbado Police Station that on June 24, a girl with cerebral palsy was abandoned in front of his shop. We learnt that policemen from Lagos initially came to pick her because the location is a border community.
“When he got to the shop two days after, the girl had been returned to her shop. The case was reported and a team went to the area to recover her. She was taken to three different orphanages. Two of them are in Ogun while the other one is in Lagos. They all rejected her.
2. 2023: I knew Buhari was deceiving Tinubu – Afenifere chieftain, Adebanjo.
Following insinuations that the recent developments in the All Progressives Congress were indications of a rift between the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said he knew the President was allegedly deceiving Tinubu all along.
Adebanjo said the national leader was also deceiving the President as he described the APC as a gathering of incompatible persons. He argued that there was no ideology binding the party members together and that it was all about sharing offices and power.
Even though the Presidency said there was no rift between Buhari and Tinubu, many commentators described Thursday’s decision of the National Executive Committee of the APC to dissolve its National Working Committee as a blow to Tinubu, who is believed to be pro-Adams Oshiomhole, the sacked chairman.
There have been widespread claims that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, was eyeing the presidency in 2023, and that the recent development in the party was a way of truncating his ambition.
Adebanjo said, “I have worry for him (Tinubu). He knew all these things but he relied on Buhari and worked to make him the President. I said it before publicly that Buhari is deceiving Asiwaju and Asiwaju is deceiving Buhari. Everybody is trying to use the other. Why can’t Tinubu hammer on restructuring knowing that this was what brought Buhari to office?
“I have been in this game for 70 years. So, many of those who are talking now were not born then. That is the truth – even Buhari was a toddler. He is now 74. Each time I tell you, why should Tinubu, the Vice-President (Yemi Osinbajo) and all those who were in Alliance for Democracy run to the APC? Why are they hesitating now to stand for restructuring? They can’t talk.
“All the things I am telling you now – it is not the first time. I said both Jagaban (Tinubu) and Osinbajo should get out of the APC. I said it openly. It is a disgrace and disservice to the Yorubaland. So, what is happening now shows there is nothing to bind them together.”
3. Family, Oyo govt clash over Ajimobi’s burial site.
Facts emerged on Saturday that a lingering cold war between the family of the former Governor of Oyo Sate, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and the Oyo State Government was largely responsible for the delay in his burial.
The late Ajimobi died in a Lagos hospital on Thursday after some complications arising from COVID-19.
According to Islamic injunction, the former governor was supposed to have been buried immediately or the next day after his demise.
However, it was gathered on Saturday that the late Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress was not buried three days after his death because conclusion had yet to be reached on his final resting place.
A reliable source close to the family alleged that the burial had been delayed due to some impediments by the state government to the burial plans by the family.
Speaking in strict confidence with our correspondent, the source said, “The family of the late Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress had made plans for the burial the following day after the death of their patriarch. They had got in touch with the state government for necessary burial approval; they were however rebuffed.
“The government official that the family got in touch with said they could not take action on the matter without approval from the governor, Seyi Makinde. The official also informed us that it has been difficult to pin down the governor for the approval.”
The source also disclosed that when the family eventually informed the governor of the burial plans in line with the laws of the land, “Makinde completely refused to oblige the family on their preferred choice of their father’s burial ground.
“Furthermore, it must also be said that Governor Makinde’s refusal comes after repeated pleas from top government officials and statesmen from federal and legislative arms of government.”
4. Suspected robbers torture 52-year-old to death in Lagos.
Suspected armed robbers have attacked a 52-year-old man, Olumuyiwa Akinfenwa, in the Egbeda area of Lagos State, torturing him to death.
Our correspondent learnt that Akinfenwa, who lived on Peace Estate, Baruwa in the Ipaja area of the state, was discovered lying in a pool of his blood on Adepeju Street, Egbeda, after the robbery attack.
According to the police, the victim was attacked on June 17 at about midnight by the assailants and the matter was reported at the Shasha Police Division.
A police report obtained by our correspondent, said, “It is a case of suspected murder. One of the residents came to our station and reported that the victim aged 52 years old was beaten up in the night along Adepeju Street by unidentified men. But we believe the attackers are suspected armed robbers.
“He was lying helplessly on the ground. Hence, the scene of the crime was visited by a team of detectives. The victim was confirmed dead by a medical doctor. We took photographs and the corpse has been removed and deposited at the Mainland General Hospital Mortuary, Ikeja for an autopsy. Investigation is in top gear to arrest the suspects.”
One of the residents of the street, Akin Semiu, told our correspondent that the victim was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, but he did not make it.
Semiu said, “He did not live in our area. He must have been on his way home to his estate. He was believed to be coming back from work. The men must have been trailing him. They reportedly robbed and tortured him, leaving him for dead.
“The police should do a thorough investigation on this matter, because everyone on this street is afraid and interested in seeing the root of this murder.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the murder, saying the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for further investigation.
5. COVID -19 Protocol: International air travellers must arrive 5 hours before departure — Minister.
Passengers travelling abroad through Nigeria’s airport terminals are required to arrive five hours before departure to undergo COVID-19 protocols, the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has said.
The minister said this on Saturday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, when announcing some of the measures introduced for the reopening of the country’s airports closed in March following outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Sirika, who led other members of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to inspect facilities put in place at the airport ahead of its reopening, said domestic travellers on their part would need to arrive three hours before departure for processing.
According to him, this is in a bid to reduce sources of contamination of the virus.
Sirika said that physical distancing had been established at various points of the airport, adding that this is done by marking the floors at the airports.
He said that physical distancing would now be required to be maintained right from the point of getting down from the vehicle that conveyed one to the airport.
“We will provide polythene bags where passengers put all their things for protocol and we will ensure there is a minimal contact by the person screening you,’’ Sirika said.
The minister said that the number of seats at the departure lounge of the MMIA had been reduced to 50 from 500 in order to maintain social distancing.
He further said that passengers must comply strictly to the wearing of face masks before entering the airports while aviation authorities would ensure provision of alcohol-based sanitiser at the airports.
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