Thursday, 1 October 2015
Contestant for Ooni Stool in Alleged N400m Fraud, Forgery
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| Ogunwusi |
Ogunwusi is one of the contestants for the vacant stool of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Osun State.
In a petition written by the chambers of Rotimi Jacobs & Co. dated September 7, 2015, Messrs Sijuwade Holdings Limited stated that in 1993, it purchased a parcel of land measuring 30,000 square metres from the Ojomu Chieftaincy Family at the Lekki peninsula, Lagos, and duly obtained the
Governor’s Consent to the transaction.
Thereafter, SHL claimed it entered into an agreement with Metropole Interproject Limited for the latter to sand-fill the entire parcel of land, and that upon completion of the sand filling, Metropole would be given 7,500 square metres from the land “to serve as the company’s fees.”
The petition stated that after the completion of the sand-filling, Metropole offered to develop the remaining portion of land for SHL, adding that the offer was accepted on the condition that the development would be in phases.
The responsibilities of Metropole as stated in the Development Mandate Agreement included the funding of the development and procurement of all necessary permits from the federal and Lagos State governments; as well as the funding/construction of 24 duplex units on the 7,500 square metres and this was to form the basis of Metropole’s equity in the project entitling the developer to 16 units out of the 24.
The petition stated:
“Our client (Sijuwade Holdings) gave Mr. Ogunwusi the title document (which was in our client’s name), including the tax clearance of two directors to process the necessary permits required for the construction. After the completion of phase 1, our client requested copies of the approvals and consent, but Mr. Ogunwusi refused to provide them.
“Our client engaged the services of a town planner (TG Marchnata) to conduct a search at the offices of the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority. The town planner got copies of all the documents submitted by Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole for the purposes of procuring the building permits for the construction.
“To our client’s surprise, the search revealed that Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole had forged the title documents by superimposing the name of Metropole Interproject Limited as a co-owner of the parcel of land. The signature of Professor Olawoyin, SAN, who prepared the title document was also forged by Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole.
“Mr. Ogunwusi also submitted a forged Certificate of Incorporation with the name: Metropole Interproject & Sijuwade Holdings Limited. He also forged some documents belonging to the Lagos State Government and uttered same to the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority.”
The petition further stated, “Meanwhile, before our client got to know about the fraudulent activities of Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole, our client had, in line with the agreement it had with Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole, issued title in favour of Metropole and its nominees for the units due to the company.
“Apart from the forgery earlier complained about, Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole has also sold the eight duplex units that ought to have accrued to our client and he converted the proceeds, running into N400m, to his personal use.”The petitioner, therefore, asked the EFCC to investigate the circumstances under which the title documents were allegedly forged.
In a letter with reference CR:3000/LS/EGC-1/VOL. 6/409 and dated September 17, 2015, the EFCC asked the legal firm of Olawoyin & Olawoyin to confirm if the agreement allegedly submitted by Metropole for the building permits was prepared by the firm.
The EFCC’s letter was signed by one Abubakar R. Madaki on behalf of the Head of Operations, and stated that the request was made pursuant to Section 38 (1) (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004; and Section 21 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2012.
While responding to the EFCC request, Olawoyin & Olawoyin stated in a letter dated September 23, 2015:
“We wish to state that the agreement (a copy of which was attached to your letter under reference) was NOT prepared by our firm. We have taken the liberty to attach to this letter a copy of the actual document that was prepared by our firm and draw your attention to the following differing aspects of the agreement:
(a) The front page of the agreement attached to your letter contains Metropole Interproject Limited as a party to the agreement of sale, while in the actual document prepared by our firm, Metropole Interproject Limited is not a party.
(b) The signature on the front page of the actual document prepared by our firm is that of the undersigned, Prof. Gabriel Olawoyin, SAN, while the signature attached to the front page of the document attached to your letter is NOT that of Prof. Gabriel Olawoyin.
(c) Page 1 of the agreement prepared by our firm does NOT make any reference to Metropole Interproject Limited, while the document attached to your letter makes reference to Metropole Interproject Limited.”When contacted to authenticate the content of the petition, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs of Rotimi Jacobs & Co. confirmed that his firm sent the petition to the EFCC on behalf of Sijuwade Holdings, but refused to comment further.
Similarly, Olawoyin confirmed his firm’s response to the request by the EFCC but declined further comments.
Ogunwusi, on his part, denied the allegations levied against him and Metropole Interproject Limited, saying he was being maliciously targeted for negative press because of his interest in the vacant stool of the Ooni.
He said:
“Why are they trying to write damaging reports about me now and why not two, three years ago? The heart of man is full of wickedness. What they are saying is a lie; we have resolved it. They are using it to smear my name.
“Oba Akiolu (of Lagos) and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are aware of the issue. We have resolved it and I don’t know why they are doing this. It is a lie that I put Metropole Interproject Limited as a co-owner of the land; they are trying to expose what they are not; if they chose to fight dirty, I will meet them.”Ogunwusi later made a conference call to a man purported to be Prince Deremi Sijuwade, who said,
“I heard something about the petition and I will say it should be discountenanced. I am not sure those things written in the petition are correct; we will come up with an official statement in that regard.”The head of the kingmakers and the Obalufe of Iremo quarter, Ile-Ife, Oba Solomon Omisakin, when contacted on the telephone by PUNCH said he was not aware that a petition had been written to the EFCC against Ogunwusi or any of the contestants for the throne.
“I am not aware of such a petition. It is not to my knowledge,” he said.
Asked if the kingmakers could use such a petition to screen out the contestant, Omisakin stated, “Until I get to know, I won’t make any comment.”
Ogunwusi had on September 19 distributed transformers worth N250m to some communities in Ile-Ife, which had been in darkness for a long period due to faulty transformers.
Mr. Leke Ijiyode, who represented him at the ceremony, said Ogunwusi did not distribute the transformers in order to be selected as the next Ooni, but because he had been involved in philanthropic gestures in the community before now.
He said the contestant had been involved in assisting indigenes of Ile-Ife in tertiary institutions and other forms of humanitarian services long before the demise of Oba Okunade Sijuwade.
2 Female suicde bombers attack mosque in Borno Maiduguri Kills Many
According to reports, the first female suicide bomber was waiting outside the mosque for the Muslim faithfuls to leave the mosque so she could detonate the bomb but fortunately prolonged prayers kept people inside the mosque.
The female bomber eventually blew herself up, and killed a few people who were outside the mosque. The second female suicide bomber detonated hers few meters away from the mosque.
40 people are said to have been injured and are receiving medical attention at State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri.
Check Out A Photo Of Alaafin Oyo’s Wives Without Makeup
Can you spot them? You have seen them on the streets of Abuja, twice in London and at various parties. Can you now spot them without makeup?
Another Bomb blast in Borno this evening many killed
Jim Iyke shares photo of his babymama,gushes over her
The proud father gushed about his 23 year old babymama as they boarded a flight with their son to Miami
SUPERWOMAN. One of the rare moments I caught her off guard and Temi stole a pic. Lol She gon kill me for this!! #QUEEN #UltraPrivate #LawyerGirl #AmazingShyWoman #LoveMyFam #HarvisMama #Miami #GladysGirl #SuperWomanChronicles
See another of him below
Photo: 14-year-old girl missing, suspected to have fled with 40-year-old lover
According to Punch, the teenager from Plateau State, came to Lagos in January 2014 and had since been in the care of a non-governmental organisation interested in girl education, before she left in December 2014, due to financial challenges.
The teenager was said to have met Nkenna in the Surulere around January 2015 and moved in with him. The Surulere Police Division had on Friday, August 21, arrested Nkenna after neighbours filed a report alleging he was sexually abusing the teenager. The matter has since been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation (SDCI), Yaba, on Monday, August 24.
Subsequently, the police at SDCI reportedly released Nkenna while the victim was asked to seek medical attention. Rosemary, afterwards, went back to continue living with her lover and the matter was said to have also been brought to the attention of MWAPA, which sent its officials to take the girl from the suspect’s house on September 8.
The agency reportedly billed the 14-year-old to go to a government rehabilitation centre, but she opted to stay in the Agege area with her uncle. However, on September 13, Rosemary reportedly sneaked out of her uncle’s apartment in Agege, and had since not been found Efforts to find Rosemary have proved abortive.
Following the search, Nkenna’s apartment in Surulere was allegedly raided but she was not found. Nkenna was also said to have travelled out of Lagos State, and was unavailable for comment. Rosemary’s uncle, who identified himself as Benjamin, said, "When Nkenna was initially arrested by the police and taken to SDCI, the police failed to follow up the matter. They released him, and said we should allow the girl to marry the man since they were both lovers. I was not happy with the way they treated that case. When they asked the two of them to go home, she returned to Nkenna’s house until she was taken from the apartment by government officials.
Days later, she fled, and since that time, we have been looking for her. She called one of my brothers two days ago, but she did not tell us where she was staying. We assumed she was with the suspect. We do not have Nkenna’s number. So, we cannot reach him." Benjamin added that Nkenna must have given his niece love potion and appealed to the the state government to rearrest him.
"There was a time that Nkenna called the family with Rosemary’s number, and we asked him to show up, but he refused. We are still looking for her." An unnamed official of MWAPA in Alausa, confirmed that the ministry was handling the case, adding that the director of the Child Protection Unit was unavailable for comment.
"The case was reported to the unit by an NGO, and we are working on it. The director is not around to talk on it," the official said The Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) Joe Offor, said investigation was ongoing on the matter. He said the case was at the SDCI, and that they are investigating alleged rape.
"The police do not get involved in cases of relationships and marriages. If the girl is a minor, the police know she cannot give a valid consent. However, the girl’s family should find out where their daughter is and let the police know so we can assist in recovering her. Offor said. "If the suspect is given an administrative bail, he will come back on the day he is asked to report. If he does not show up, then we know what to do" he added.
Good News: 80 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrender To Nigerian Troops In Bama,Borno State
80 Boko Haram terrorists today surrendered to troops of OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE in Bama, Borno State.
Among the insurgents who surrendered were commanders, suppliers and foot soldiers.Many of the terrorists have taken part in several terrorists attacks especially in Bama town, Borno State.They surrendered due to continuous offensive attacks of of Nigerian troops in Bama.
Kudos to our soldiers
The Interesting World Of Phone S3x Workers With Photos
British photographer Phillip Toledano, 46, shot and interviewed 26 of these men and women, offering a look inside their homes along with some of their stories and perspectives on the industry.
Phillip, who currently lives in New York, recently discussed his inspiration for the fascinating series, which appears in his photography book, Phonesex, with the Huffington Post.
'There is a contract that exists between phone sex operators and the people who call,' he explained. 'It is a contract of self-delusion. The caller agrees to pretend that he (or she) is calling a young, beautiful girl, and the phone sex operator willingly plays the part.'
He told the Huffington Post that he came up with the idea for the photo series after creating a similar illusion himself. When his mother died, Philip began caring for his father, who has Alzheimer's. Because his father suffers from memory loss, he would often ask where Philip's mother was. Instead of having to give him the awful news that she had died over and over again, he began telling him that she was on vacation in Paris.
'My father and I kind of lived in this illusion that I had created and we participated in that lie together, he said.
In his photo series, Philip obliterates that illusion. The phone sex operators are shot at home, going about their daily lives. None of their homes are luxurious, and many are messy. Some have kids. Others have pets.
In most cases, operators are unlikely to look the way their customers picture them to be. A few are fit but others are heavy. They are both old and young. One woman he shot is even in a wheelchair.
And their stories can be surprising, too. While some described strange, funny, and even disgusting phone calls, others admit they've learned a lot by working in their industry, including how to listen to people 'in a deeper way'.
Learning experience: Photographer Phillip Toledano shot phone sex operators like Andrea in their homes. Andrea described how eye-opening it was to get into phone sex, saying: 'Tuning into men's voices, instead of getting caught up on their looks, was the same as a person suddenly going blind, only to find their other senses enhanced. I learned to listen to men in a deeper way. My job behooved me to reach beyond the little mind games, straight into their pants and grasp them by the balls. I think if all women did phone sex before they lost their virginity, they would make much better choices'
Roleplay: 'I have a naturally high voice. I'm also immature and submissive. The voice I use on the phone is somewhat a representation of those qualities. There's one specific voice tone I use when pretending to be sexually aroused. Imagine a Catholic school girl getting de-virginized by her history teacher,' said this woman
Serving her customers: Quince never thought she would work in the phone sex industry - though she did work with phones for a long time. As a customer service rep, customers would always comment on her 'sexy voice'. She said: 'I thought I was being professional, not sexy. [Phone sex] work is customer service. It's just your customers leave with more than a smile'
Guy time: Derek has fun at his job and is a master at creating sound effects. To make it sound like a bed rocking, for example, he might knocking the headboard against the wall or knock a chair against a table. 'Some clients like to hear the sound of your d*** slapping against the phone. This can be done by actually slapping the d*** against the phone, or tapping your two fingers against the mouthpiece,' he said. He also has sounds effects to simulate oral sex, explaining: 'A juicy peach makes the best sound effect ever'
Fantasy girl: Ariel said: 'To the caller, when I first answer, I am the inanimate Barbie. They do not know what I look like, who I am or how I feel. They can only imagine. It is my job to indulge their fantasies, to convince them that I am not a doll. I am their dream turned real. I view every question the caller asks me as a command for me to transform. If they ask if I am blonde, I become a blonde... I respond to every sound the caller makes with an affirmation, I encourage them, I breathe life into the fantasy, I carve the doll out of flesh'
Strong connection: Robin said she gets a lot of weird calls, but the ones she remembers most are from people who 'touched my heart'. She said: 'There was Jonny in Boston. He and his wife were trying to get pregnant. He was calling from a fertility clinic because the magazines he was given weren't working for him. He ended up calling regularly even after his daughter was born'
A peek inside: Temma said that she got into phone sex because she thought, 'Why not get paid for talking dirty, instead of doing it for free?' She explained that it gives her a self-esteem boost to know that guys are looking at her photos and want to talk to her. She also likes to fulfill their fantasies and paint pictures in their minds
Going the extra mile: Trenall said one of her most memorable calls came from someone with a feces fetish, for which she played right along - and then some: 'I cracked him up. He was laughing so hard, he had to hang up because he couldn't get back into our fantasy'
How Time Flies..Checkout This Throwback Photo Of Bishop Oyedepo And His Wife Florence Abiola Akano
How time flies!Checkout this throwback photo of Bishop Oyedepo and his wife Florence Abiola Akano (now known as Faith).
They couple married in 1982 and are blessed with four children together (David Jr, Isaac, Love and Joyce). David Jr and Isaac Oyedepo were ordained as Pastors in May 2007 by KennethCopeland.David Jr pastors the London Branch of the Church with His wife, Kemi while Isaac Oyedepo is the present Resident Pastor of Winners' Chapel International, South Africa.
El-Rufai Compares What Nigeria Has Spent On Independence Day From 2011 Till NOW
Governor Nasir el-Rufai has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for budgeting a paltry N70m for the just concluded Independence Day anniversary celebration.
El-Rufai revealed that under Goodluck Jonathan, Government spent billions yearly on Independence.
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