Cleric Asks Jonathan To Sign Anti- gay BillInto Law

Peter’s Anglican Catheral Asaba, Delta State, Rev Justin Mogekwu, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sign into law, the anti-gay bill passed by the NationalAssembly.



The cleric made the call, weekend in his sermon at the Cathedral, during a funeral service for mother of Director- General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NIALS, Prof Epiphany Azinge, SAN, the late Mrs Angelina Azinge.

Mogekwu condemned same sex marriage, describing same as evil and a curse from hell.

He said: “Same sex marriage is a curse from hell; it is not a human right. Imagine what would have happened when your father wanted to marry your mother and said to his own father, dad, I have seen theperson I want to marry and he said, ‘fine, bring the person home and let me see her.’And then he goes to bring one Isaiah, saying,‘ dad this is my wife to be.”

The cleric described gay marriage as evil and wickedness, which must be resisted with the last drop of our blood.

He berated the US President Barrack Obama, for advocating same sex marriage, describing it as a next step to heinous sex perversion.

He warned that if not checked, the next thing will be for somebody to say: “I want to marry my dog.” He noted that President Jonathan must notdelay in signing “this wonderful bill” as passed by the National Assembly into law.

The Senate passed the Anti-Gay bill, recommending 14 years imprisonment for anybody found engaging in gay activities.

He commended the Senator representing the zone, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for doing a great job in the Senate.

The service was attended by prominent political leaders, judicial officers and dignitaries from all parts of the country, including Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Senator Chris Ngige, Dr. Joe Nwodo, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, General Secretary, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Emeka Obegolu and omong others

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Shareholders get N230m from Trustfund

ABUJA—The board of Trustfund Pensions Plc has announced a dividend pay-out of N230 million for the year 2012 with shareholders receiving 23 kobo per N1 share compared to 15 kobo in 2011.

Nigeria Labour Congres, NLC; Trade Union Congress, TUC; and Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, who are major shareholders of Trustfund Pensions expresseddelight at the news of the boost in dividend.

The board also announced the confirmation ofthe appointment of the Acting Managing Director, Mrs. Helen Da-Souza as substantive chief executive.

She is the first woman to head Trustfund Pensions Plc.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trustfund Pensions Plc, Mrs. Ngozi Olejeme, made the announcement of the dividend boost for shareholders, weekend, at the annual general meeting in Abuja.

She said: “The company remains committed to delivering superior returns to its shareholders by ensuring that a good portion of profit is setaside for you, our valued investors.

“Total operating income was N3.308 billion forthe year ended, representing a 52.44% increase over the previous year’s figure of N2.170 billion.

“Profit after tax similarly rose from N534.69 million in 2011 to N788.52 million in 2012.” “During the same period, total assets of the company grew by 30.8% from N2.892 billion to N3.784 billion, while shareholders’ fund rose by 31.44% from N1.993 billion to N2.620 billion.”

Notwithstanding the successes recorded by Trustfund Pension Plc, Olejeme said the growth rate in the pensions industry “remainsslow mainly due to the lack of compliance by employers and the slow pace of implementation of the contributory scheme by state governments.”

NLC President, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar, said of the progress recorded by the Fund, “we are progressing and I hope that this trend will continue.

“I am expressing my views, both as a director representing NLC and shareholders. This is a direct result of peace and harmony in the organisation.”

NECA’s Director-General, Mr. Olusegun Oshinowo, also commended the board and management.

Man axed friend to death over Okada proceeds

AKURE – A middle aged man, Deji Yussuf, has been arrested by the Police in Ondo State for allegedly axing his friend, Tope Ezekiel, to death and thereafter poured acid on him over argument on proceeds from commercial motor bike popularly known as Okada.

The family of the deceased said their son owned theOkadaand was keeping the proceeds with the suspect on daily basis with intention of using it later to buy another Okada.

However, police source said the story is the other way round, that the suspect owned the motor bike.

Investigations showed that the suspect and the deceased who were close friends had been living in a room apartment at God’s Glory Layout, Eyin Akpata in Akure metropolis for four years before the ugly incident.

The police said on the ill-fated day, one Owonifari came to report that one Deji Yusuf said he heard the grand mother of the deceased shouting for help and when he got there, he met him in his pool of blood.

According to the police, on inquiry the suspect admitted killing Tope with an axe and thereafter poured acid on him.

The Police image maker, Wole Ogodo, said the suspect is currently in police custody and undergoing interrogation, adding that the he would soon be charged to court for murder.

Children kill mother over alleged witchcraft

BENIN CITY— THERE was confusion in Lampese Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State,which shares a boundary with Kogi State, when two children of the same parents, identified as Omolayo Ojeifo(25) and her younger brother, Taiye (20) reportedly lured their mother identified as Mrs. Itowo Ojeifo to a farm road and killed her.

It was gathered that Omolayo has had a running battle with her mother, whom she accused of being the reason she had not prospered in life and also being a witch.

She was said to have apologised to her motherfew days to the dastardly act and pleaded that she was misled into believing that her problems were caused by her, but unknown tothe deceased, she was being tricked into her untimely death.

Vanguard was informed that the suspect, Omolayo, had last Wednesday, appealed to hermother to accompany her somewhere and despite her mother’s refusal that she was busyat home, she was able to convince her mother to follow her, as the deceased abandoned the cassava she was peeling and accompanied her, not knowing that her children had perfected plans to kill her.

She was said to have been led through a bush path to the farm and midway, the son broughtout a machete, which he used in “cutting their mother.”

An eye witness, who was said to have been threatened by the suspects that he would be dealt with if he reports what he saw was said to have rushed back to the community, where he reported the incident, but before people could be mobilised to the scene, the woman had been killed by her children.

Confirming the incident yesterday, Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen,said the incident happened on July 3 and that it was the former husband of the deceased, MrSunday Itowo that made a formal report to thepolice on the incident.

He said the victims ran to Uzebba in Owan West Local Government Area but that the covert intelligence of the police led to their arrest.

“The case will soon be transferred to the state command for further investigation,” the police said.

How student, MTN staff were killed by vigilante

ABEOKUTA — Tragedy struck in Abeokuta, yesterday, when men of the Vigilante Service of Ogun State, VSO, reportedly shot dead a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Moruf Raji, 29, and a staff of a telecommunication company, MTN Nigeria, Akeem Usman, 32, while chasing suspected robbers.

The incident occurred at Adigbe, at about 1.00a.m when a team of the vigilance service allegedly ordered residents of 18A, Sorinola Avenue, Oriyanrin, to open their gate for them to arrest suspected robbers believed to be hiding in the building.

An eye witness toldVanguardthat some of the residents who were mostly students refused to open the gate, suspecting the vigilante mento be robbers trying to play smart.

The witness further explained that Moruf and Akeem went out from their rooms and opened the gate for them but one of the men of VSO opened fire on the two men killing them instantly.

Vanguardgathered that men of the VSO still went ahead to force their way into the compound after shooting the two men and ransacked the rooms, while the victims were bleeding profusely. It was further gathered that, the vigilantes used their patrol vehicle to rush the victims to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta where they died following excessive loss of blood.

Vanguard learnt that, Moroof was a Business Administration student of MAPOLY who was on one-year Industrial attachment and Akeem who was a staff of MTN that go married sevenmonths ago.

According to findings, Akeem worked in Lagos but came to Abeokuta to attend a religious programme scheduled for 10.00am on Sunday.

He was said to have resolved to sleep with a family-friend because of the proximity of the house to the venue of the programme.

His driver, Abayomi Awoyajo was also said to have sustained injury after being battered by the members of vigilance during the raid.

Narrating the incident Abayomi said they were all inside when at about 1.00am ,the vigilante men came asking them to open the door.

“We all thought they were armed robbers, we started running helter-skelter, some of us hid in the wardrobe, while some hid under the chairs,” he said.

The 30 year old driver, also said the two victims in pool of their blood crawled back into the house,crying loud, while the vigilantes forced their way into the house to continue dealing with all of them in a brutal matter.

“They even asked for brother Akeem’s car key which I gave to them, but, could not be taken out because of the security device installed in it, we were later rushed to the hospital” he explained.

However, as at the time of filing this report, allthe members of the vigilante service that wereinvolved in the act have been arrested by the police from Adigbe station.

The case was said to have been transferred to Eleweran Police Headquarters, Abeokuta butthe Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Muyiwa Adejobi could not be reached as at thetime of filing this report.