LAGOS POLICE BOSS

More than three hundred traffic stands have been donated to the Lagos State Police Command by Mikano a generator distribution company.

Receiving the items, Police Commissioner, Yakubu Alkali commended the company’s assistance to the police nationwide, saying the stands would provide temporary shelter for traffic police men while on duty.

Alkali, who said the stands would be distributed to all the divisional headquarters in the state, urged other organisations and public-spirited people to emulate the gesture.

Making the presentation on behalf of the company’s chairman, Basheer Hamza said the stands were donated to assist the police in traffic control and to protect officers against rain and sun.

Meanwhile, the command has announced the arrest of four persons in connection with Sunday’s bloody clashes between two rival gangs in Fadeyi and Mushin areas of the metropolis.

The Commissioner said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations into the incident were concluded.

Police nab 2 suspects with truck load of expired milk.

The Police in Lagos have arrested two persons who attempted to smuggle two container-load of expired Picnic Soy Milk into the market.
Its Public Relations Officer, Samuel Jinadu who paraded the suspects before journalists, said the forty-feet container with the expired product was intercepted at Owode-Onirin Water Side, near Ikorodu, Lagos.
According to Jinadu, the product, which was manufactured on December sixteen twenty zero four, expired on December fifteen twenty zero five.
He said the consignment was on its way to the market where it would have been sold to the unsuspecting public.
The Police Spokesman said the suspects would be charged to court soon, adding that other members of the syndicate would also be tracked down for prosecution.
Battered wife begs court to dissolve marriage fast
A trader, Ada Amonu on Wednesday prayed a Grade ``B’’ Customary Court in Oshodi, Lagos to urgently dissolve her 10-year-old marriage to save her from constant beating by her husband.
At the resumed hearing in her divorce suit, Ada said her husband, Andrew, had continued to batter her and had refused to be responsible for his family’s upkeep.
The petitioner had told the court on July 13 that Andrew attempted to strangle her to death in March and that he had been causing her bodily harm through constant beatings.
However, Andrew, who was represented by his counsel, B.C. Ferguson, had told the court that he did not want the marriage dissolved.
He prayed the court to adjourn the matter to enable him and his relatives to make reconciliatory moves.
Thus, the Court President, A.I. Olorunimbe fixed Wednesday for report on the possible reconciliation.
She urged Andrew’s relative, Felix Odikanwa, who volunteered to champion the cause of the reconciliation, to make the report to the court next week.
Odikanwa, however, told the court on Wednesday that Andrew and Ada were not ready to be reconciled.
Ada`s counsel, M.I. Lawal prayed the court to grant a short adjournment on the matter to enable her to study the case.
Andrew’s counsel, Ferguson, did not object to the adjournment.
The court consequently adjourned the case till Sept. 28 for continued hearing.
Man docked for punching another man to death
The police on Wednesday arraigned Emeka Umeh at the Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly punching a man to death.
Umeh, 41, is standing trial on a one-count charge of unlawfully killing a fellow man before Magistrate A. O. Olatunji.
The court, however, did not take the plea of the accused.
The magistrate said that Umeh’s plea would not be taken because the court did not have jurisdiction to hear such a case.
The magistrate adjourned the case to October 15 for further hearing.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Isacc Aminu told the court that Umeh allegedly punched one Edward Nwagioha on the face during an argument.
Aminu said that Nwagioha died immediately from the punch he received from Umeh.
He said that the alleged offence was committed on June 25, along Coker Village Road, Orile Igamu, Lagos.
Aminu added that the offence was punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Law of Lagos State.