Super Eagles Star John Ogu Marries Girlfriend at Ikoyi Registry

John Ogu the Nigerian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Be'er Sheva has now joined the long list of footballers who have quit bachelorhood. 

He had some time in October proposed to her on the football pitch, just after his team beat the opposing team, 5-2.

He consummated his union with his girlfriend, Vera at the Ikoyi Registry Lagos yesterday, and took to social media to let his fans know he's '#offthemarket'. 

See other pictures below from the registry marriage:

First Photos From Ubi Franklin and Lilian Esoro's Court Wedding

Lilian Esoro & Ubi Franklin, the Nigerian entertainment industry hottest lovebirds at the moment just got married in court. As usual, Ubi can not contain his joy and took to his IG page to share some photos.

I am so happy for these two! Theirs is one love story I can't get over in a hurry; through the controversies and obstacles, they stood tall. 

Can't wait for their wedding pictures.

Here's wishing them a Happy Married Life and all the blessings that come with marriage.

See another photo below

PS: Please watch this space and refresh, for more photos

Oscar Pistorius cannot afford a re-trial

 

South African prosecutors believe that the court was wrong for clearing Pistorius of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last year. Instead of being convicted for murder, he was convicted of a lesser charge comparable to manslaughter. As a result, prosecutors want a panel of judges at the Supreme Court to review the case and convict Pistorius of murder.
His lawyers however, have said Oscar Pistorius cannot afford a retrial and has 'non-existent financial ability'.
The former Paralympic athlete's lawyers have claimed that Pistorius is suffering financially from the long and expensive first trial, and would not be able to afford another battle in court. They also claim prosecutors are persisting with a 'failed case' by appealing the athlete's acquittal for murder at South Africa's Supreme Court.
His case is set to go to the Supreme Court of Appeal in November, 2015

KiriKiri Prison Inmate Pardoned Few Weeks Ago, Gets Caught in the Act; Re-arrested For Amed Robbery

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 22-year-old man, Musa Ojo, for armed robbery.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect was among the prison inmates recently pardoned by the state government. 

But a few weeks after his release, the suspect, who goes by the pseudonym, Agba Musa, and two others at large, on September 14, 2013, snatched a Toyota Corolla car marked LSR 587 AR.

Punch reports that operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, who were on patrol duty at the Ijesha end of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, sighted the robbers and chased them.

Police said when the heat became too much for the robbers, they jumped out of the vehicle and took to their heels.

Musa was, however, arrested by SARS men and the vehicle was recovered, while the other two escaped. 

Speaking at the state command headquarters in Ikeja, the suspect said it was not his initial plan to become an armed robber. 

Crying profusely, he said:

“Initially, I did not want to be an armed robber. I lived in Ebute Meta and I owned a motorcycle. Two of my friends told me to give them a ride to Aguda, Surulere. 

On getting there, they brought out guns and started robbing people. I swear I did not know that they were going for an operation. That was how I joined them. I ended up following them for 10 robbery operations. We usually operated in Onike, Yaba, Bariga and Somolu, where we robbed small shops. Later, we started snatching vehicles such as Toyota and Honda and we would give a dealer to sell. My share was always N50,000.

"My gang comprised myself, Kehinde Nice, Asumo and Nuru. The police arrested Asumo and I, while Nuru was killed. Kehinde is still on the run."

The suspect said after spending one and a half years in prison, he and about 80 others were pardoned. He said he went back  to robbery because he was tempted by bad friends and needed money to survive.

Still crying profusely, he said,

"I dropped out of school in JSS2 and became an apprentice at a mechanic workshop but I did not finish my training. After sometime, I got a girl pregnant and became a father with responsibilities. Unfortunately, my father is late and my mother is old, so I have no one to help me.

After leaving prison, I started receiving calls from people that they needed vehicles and I was short of money. So, I thought to myself that if I could steal just one car, I would be alright. I did not know that police had been on my trail from the day I was released."

The Oyo State indigene asked the police to give him one more chance, promising that he would not return to his old ways.

"I never killed anyone during my robberies, please. If they can spare me one last time, I will be grateful," he said.

Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, said the suspect would be charged to court for armed robbery.

Woolwich Murder Suspects Adebolajo & Adebowale Deny Murdering British Soldier Lee Rigby

Pictured: Lee Rigby's widow fighting back tears in the court room when the suspects denied killing her husband

Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale have both denied murdering Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.

At a pre-trial hearing at the Old Bailey criminal court in central London via videolink on Friday, September 27, Michael Adebolajo from Romford in Essex and Michael Adebowale from Greenwich in southeast London entered their pleas to the murder charge. 

At the funeral

The soldier's widow Rebecca Rigby watched in tears as Adebolajo, 28, and Adebowale, 22, each denied attempting to murder a police officer on the day of Drummer Rigby's death.

They also denied conspiracy to murder on or before that day.

The suspects are scheduled to go on trial later on November 18. 

Rapist Gets 'Death By Hanging' Verdict in Delta State

A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri yesterday sentenced one Chijioke Ede, a furniture maker to death by hanging, for robbing a couple and raping their teenage daughter. The condemned armed robber and rapist was arraigned before Justice Marshall Mukoro on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery and rape.

He was found guilty on all the charges and sentenced to death on count one and two while he got life imprisonment on the charge of rape.

Prosecution from the Delta State Ministry of Justice had told the court that Chijioke Ede, age 26, resident at No 17, Iyela Street, Warri with another person now at large, on or about October 12, 2009 at Okoro Street in Warri, off Marine Gate within the Warri Judicial Division, robbed his victims (names withheld) of DVD player, a laptop computer, cash, jewelries and other valuables at gun point and raped their teenage daughter while the parents watched helplessly.

The convict was, however, arrested by a vigilante group in the area as they made to escape with their loot.

Justice Mukoro in his judgement said: “With avalanche of facts and evidences before this court, for the accused to say he was not involved in the crime is laughable and afterthought. For the court to hold the evidence of the accused will amount to denial of justice thereby bringing the Bar and the Bench to disrepute. I thereby uphold the evidence of prosecution as all the ingredients of the offence has been proved beyond reasonable doubt and sentence the accused to death by hanging on count one and two.”

Meet the Woman Who Poisoned Her Kids to Keep Them From Ex Husband

According to CBS News, a 42-year-old woman Marilyn Edge is a mother of two who poisoned her 9-year-old daughter Faith, and her 12-year-old son Jaelen on Sunday because she had lost custody of them last week and was supposed to hand the children over to their father, Mark Edge. Their divorce and custody battle had been contentious, and in the end, Edge decided that she would rather not have her children at all than to let their father take care of them.

Since then, Edge has been arrested and charged with two counts of murder. Now according to KTLA, she has asked the presiding judge to give her the death penalty. At a hearing earlier this week, Edge reportedly repeatedly asked the judge to give her the death penalty after being asked about setting an arraignment date. Her response to such questions was, “Only if you promise me the death penalty.”

Samklef, Jayfeel and Optima Group Sued for One Billion Naira

Optima media group/Samklef/Jayfeel has been sued for N1billion by Qinc Music.

In a press release statement by the media correspondent  of the Artist Management company – Qinc Music, Mrs Aisha Inusa states that:

It is with regret that, the Management of Qinc Music will be sueing the following; Optima media group/Samklef/Jayfeel for Inducement to breach contract and a breach of contract by the artist in person of Jayfeel (Joshua Enakhimion). The artist who entered into a lawful contract with Qinc Music and subsequently entered into a second agreement with Samklef and OMG despite several media releases, pre and post his participation in the Nigerian idols under the management of Qinc Music.

With various failed mediation attempts, the management is now forced to seek legal redress..The CEO of Qinc Music felt it best to keep it brief in his statement:
” Its sad to see promising acts bring about self inflicted ruin on their careers but this is a fight for justice and my team and I are more than willing to go all the way”.
A representative of Ivory & Wellington Solicitors in person of Mr Wellington had this to say:
“The issue at hand is simply to put forward facts and evidence brought foward by our client and let the court be the arbiter”.

The statement issued by the legal team is apparently engineered by the altercation Samklef had with one of his dispatch persons.

This is another ugly Artist/Management rift that has hit the music industry.

Delhi Gang Rape Trial: All Four Men Found Guilty

Four men have been convicted of the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman as she travelled on a bus in Delhi.

Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh lured the woman and her male friend onto the bus as they returned home from watching a movie last December.

The physiotherapy student was raped and assaulted with an iron bar before she was dumped on the roadside with her friend.

She suffered serious internal injuries and died in a Singapore hospital 13 days after the attack.

The brutality of the assault triggered waves of protests across India, with new laws introduced and existing ones amended to give women greater protection.

Fast-track courts were also set up to try men accused of sexual crimes.

The conviction of the four men follows an eight-month trial, during which more than 100 people gave evidence.

The case had been expected to finish sooner, with defence lawyers accused of using delaying tactics.

The men, who were found guilty of all charges against them, including rape and murder, are expected to be sentenced on Wednesday, when they could be given the death penalty.

Defence lawyers for Thakur, Sharma and Singh, who occasionally drove the bus and cleaned it, said they will appeal the verdict.

A fifth defendant, Ram Singh, was found hanged in his cell in Delhi's Tihar prison in March. His family and defence lawyers believe he was murdered.

A sixth person, who was a juvenile at the time of the attack, has already been found guilty of murder, rape and kidnapping.

He was sentenced to three years in a correction facility - the maximum penalty he could be given.

The parents of the victim, who argue the punishment is too lenient, called for him to be tried as an adult and to be hanged.

SkyNews

FaceOff: Bianca & Femi Fani Kayode Set to go to Court as FFK Taunts Bianca Ojukwu Over Legal Threats

Culled fro SaharaReporters

Controversial former Nigerian minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kanyode, has threatened to reveal details of his past private relationship with Nigeria's ambassador to Spain, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu after the ambassador rejected his apologies in several newspaper withdrawing earlier claims they had a romantic past.

Mrs. Ojukwu through her lawyers had ordered the minister to withdraw claims made in an article that he had intimate relations with her several years ago. Shortly after receiving the legal threats, Fani-Kayode went on to issue an apology, asking to remove the word "intimate" from the claims made relating to Bianca and two other ladies.

However, Mrs. Ojukwu rejected the apologies claiming they were not sufficient, she thereafter threatened to institute a lawsuit to seek redress.

 

The latest legal threat might have prompted Fani-Kayode to issue a statement today daring Mrs. Ojukwu to put the matter before the courts.

 In the statement , signed by his personal assistant, reproduced below, Mr. Fani-Kayode threatened to expose the ambassador and put the details of their past relationship in the public domain.

 

See full text of Mr. Fani-Kayode's press release.

''We read the comments of the P.A. to Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu in the Sun Newspaper of 9th September and in a number of other newspapers where she expressed the view that the withdrawal of the comments made about her by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode were ''not enough''. We really do wonder what Mrs. Ojukwu really wants from Chief Fani-Kayode and what her agenda really is? Throughout this matter Chief Fani-Kayode has chosen the path of peace and has attempted to avoid an ugly and public quarrel with Bianca Ojukwu out of respect to the memory of her late father Chief C.C. Onoh and the memory of her late husband, Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu .

Consequently he has publicly apologised to her and the two other igbo ladies that he mentioned in the said article (namely Miss Chioma Ansoh and Miss Adaobi Ucgegbu) on two separate occassions, in three separate national newspapers and online. He has has also publicly withdrawn the words that they found offensive, he has edited the said article, he has ensured that no newspaper in Nigeria that published it mentioned their names in the revised version, he has admitted that the word ''intimate'' that was used in the online version of the article was ''indiscreet'' and he has bent over backwards to tread the path of peace and to appease all those concerned. Despite all these efforts Bianca Ojukwu has refused to be appeased or to let go and she has continued to peddle the shameless lie that she has never met Chief Fani-Kayode.

This is sad and unfortunate and it is beyond the imagination of anyone that a serving Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would so readily and so easily be given to telling such lies. Chief Fani-Kayode is not comfortable with publicly joining issues with ladies when it comes to matters of a private nature such as this because he was well brought up and he is a gentleman but it is clear that Bianca Ojukwu is desperate to go to war over this issue and to cover up the truth about their past. It is also clear that she has constituted herself into the arrowhead of a group of people that are determined to use her and this whole unsavoury episode to attempt to distract attention from the wider and more important issues raised in the essay and to discredit him. Since that is the case we welcome whatever action Ojukwu wishes to take in court and we shall gladly meet her there. We will also be instigating our own legal proceedings against her in due course for her barefaced and malicious lies and her consistent claim that she has never met Chief Fani-Kayode all in an attempt to libel, defame, diminish and discredit him before the entire world. We wish to state clearly and categorically that not only did Chief Fani-Kayode know her but he also knew her far better than she cares to publiclly admit. The precise nature of that relationship will be explored and exposed in open court. It is not in the nature of Chief Fani-Kayode to fight unnecessary and distractive battles over flippant matters such as this but on this occassion he has been compelled to do so simply because he will do whatever it takes to protect his integrity and establish the fact that he has told no lie.

Since she has continued her shameless perfidy and wishes to tread the path of deceit and confrontation then so be it. Finally let it be clearly understood that at no point did Chief Fani-Kayode lie about the nature of his relationship with Ojukwu. However he did not feel that it was appropiate or necessary to share the details of that relationship with the public because he felt that such matters were strictly private.

The fact that she mistook his mature exercise of restraint and discretion, even when provoked and insulted, his desire for peace and his gentlemanly nature for weakness is not only unfortunate but also a grave miscalculation on her part. Once again we reiterate the fact that we counsel Ojukwu to take whatever course of action she pleases and we welcome this opportunity to expose her for what she is. The matter has been referred to our lawyers for final preparation. They will prepare a vigorous defence to Ojukwu's absurd allegations and they will also determine our next line of action against her''

- Mr. Tosin Emmanuel, P.A. to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode.

Bianca Ojukwu Rejects Femi Fani-Kayode's Article Retraction & Apology; Says it Wasn't Satisfactory

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu has rejected Chief Femi Fani-Kayode’s withdrawal of his comments made about her in the social media and a national daily, saying that the former Aviation minister’s statement was only a riposte.

The former aide to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo had in his article entitled, "Neither a tribalist nor a hater" claimed to have had "intimate relationship" with three Igbo ladies, including Mrs Ojukwu as a spinster, a claim the ambassador said was a lie and only aimed at tarnishing her image.

Consequently, Mrs Ojukwu, through her lawyers, Wall Street Attorneys, wrote to Fani-Kayode on August 27, demanding that he retract his statements and offer an unreserved apology to her in The Sun and Thisday newpapers, giving the former minister up to September 6, to do so.

But when Fani-Kayode on September 6 withdrew his comments in the two newspapers, he insisted that he knew Mrs Ojukwu in the 1980s and that some of those who knew she was his girlfriend are still living.

But two days after his response, Mrs Ojukwu has insisted that she did not know Chief Fani-Kayode as she had not met him before.

The wife of the late Igbo leader, who spoke through her Personal Assistant, Mr Isaac Igboanu, therefore, said the retraction made by Chief Fani-Kayode last Friday was not sufficient and satisfactory.

Rejecting Chief Fani-Kayode’s comments in the two newspapers, her personal assistant said:

"The attention of Her Excellency, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu has been drawn to a statement purportedly issued by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode through one Mr Akinola Babatunde Rotimi and published in the Daily Sun and ThisDay Newspapers of September 6, 2013.

"The phantom claim in the said statement that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu were once good friends to the knowledge of mutual friends who are still alive is not only false, baseless and typical, but a further attempt by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode to create the impression of a connection between himself and Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu.

"Whilst it is important to reiterate that Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu has never met Chief Femi Kayode and does not know him in person, it is pertinent to note that the statement issued through Mr Akinola Babatunde Rotimi, falls far short of an apology and retraction of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode’s false and libelous outbursts and is merely a desperate attempt to lend credence to fabrications, which he seeks to present as reality with intent to gloss over the very serious issues arising from the reckless publication.

"In the circumstances, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu is left with no option than to leave the matter in the hands of her lawyers."

Jamaican-American Rapper Sean Kingston Sued for Alleged Gang Rape... TMZ

According to TMZ,

Sean Kingston and his bodyguard gang raped a drunk teenager in the singer's hotel room back in 2010, according to a new lawsuit -- but Sean says it's B.S.

The victim, Carissa Capeloto now 22yrs old, claims she was forced to have sex with Sean, his bodyguard and a member of Sean's band at a Seattle hotel in July, 2010, after she had smoked pot and downed 7-10 shots of vodka.

Capeloto who has sued all 3 men alleges she'd been invited to Kingston's hotel room for a meet-and-greet following a Bieber concert where Kingston had also performed, but when she showed up Kingston was waiting naked on his bed.

Capeloto claims the bodyguard picked her up and placed her on top of Kingston, and all three of the men proceeded to gang rape her while she was "obviously intoxicated, incapable of consent."

Capeloto says her friend later entered the room and rescued her. The police were called and Capeloto was taken to the hospital where she says she was treated for physical injuries consistent with rape.

She says her life has been ruined ... she can barely sleep, has mood swings and panic attacks.  Capeloto wants $5 mil minimum.  

BTW ... criminal charges against Kingston were dropped in 2010 after cops concluded Capeloto wasn't credible enough for a legit case.

Kingston has filed legal docs insisting the sex was 100% consensual.

Trial is set for November.

Hmmm Na wa oh. Since 2010? So day just break for where the victim dey abi? Some things just don't happen where we're from!

Bianca Ojukwu Denies Affair with Femi Kayode - Gives Him 7 days to Retract His Claims or Appear in Court

Bianca Ojukwu has come out to deny the claims by Femi Fani-Kayode that they had a long standing intimate relationship. She says she has never met him, either officially or privately.

The ambassador, who spoke through her lawyers, has threatened to drag the former aide to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo to court if, in the next seven days, he fails to retract his libelous publication against her.In the letter from her lawyers to Fani-Kayode, dated August 27, 2013 and signed by Mike Ugwuanyi, Esq, Mrs. Ojukwu demanded that the former minister writes an apology and retraction of the said libelous publication in The Sun and Thisday newspapers, as well as publish it in the online publication, where it emanated, in the next seven days or face litigation.

The letter written by Mrs. Ojukwu’s lawyers and obtained by The Sun, reads:

We have been briefed and our services retained by Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain to demand from you an unreserved apology and a retraction of a false and malicious statement, which you published online and also caused to be published in the Leadership Newspaper of August 16, 2013.

In the said article entitled, ‘Neither a Tribalist nor a Hater,’ you recklessly alleged, as follows: ‘I was not a tribalist when I had a long standing and intimate relationship with Miss Bianca Onoh…’, a statement, which you know is untrue and unfounded, but only calculated to lower our client’s esteem and damage her national and international reputation.

Our client has never met you, does not know you in person and has never had any official or private relationship with you how much more ‘a long-standing and intimate relationship.

Our client is therefore, outraged by your bizarre and scandalous allegation and the numerous mails and telephone calls she has received from friends, relations and admirers who are equally embarrassed and who seek to confirm the veracity or otherwise of your false and reckless publication.

Your apparent lame and half-hearted attempt, as published in the Leadership Newspaper of 17th August 2013, to clarify your false and malicious allegation falls far short of a retraction and does not sufficiently address the damage to our client arising from the widespread dissemination of your false publication and is therefore unacceptable to our client.

In the circumstances, we demand, on the instruction of our client that you submit to her a clear and unqualified apology and retraction published in The Sun and Thisday newspapers in addition to having the retraction published online.

Take note that should you fail to tender the apology and publish a retraction of your false and malicious publication, seven days next after your receipt of this demand notice, our further are to seek appropriate redress in court. And that shall be without further recourse to you. Be properly guided.”

Daily Sun

Woman Sentenced to One Year in Prison For Pouring Hot Oil On Boyfriend [Graphic Photo]

A Karu Senior Magistrates’ court, on Monday, sentenced a 25-year-old woman, Victoria Alonge, to one-year in jail for pouring hot oil on her boyfriend, Roland Nna, over his refusal to marry her.

The Senior Magistrate, Omolola Akindele, summarily sentenced Alonge without an option of fine after the convict admitted to committing the offence in court.

Alonge was arraigned by the police on a one-count charge of causing grievous hurt on Nna, her boyfriend, who lives in Kurudu, Abuja.

The Police Prosecutor, Cpl. Paschal Njoku, had earlier told the court that Nna reported the incident at Kurudu Police Station on August 11.

Njoku said Alonge went to Nna’s house at about 4:30 a.m. on the fateful day and poured hot oil on him while he was asleep, resulting in grievous hurt on his body.

He said she was immediately arrested by the police, based on the report and confession to committing the crime before the police Njoku said while in detention, Alonge threatened to inflict more harm on the victim.

The prosecutor urged the court to summarily punish the accused since she did not deny the charge brought against her.

In her defence, Alonge told the court that her estranged lover dated her for over four years and promised tomarry her, only for him to change his mind after falling in love with another woman in Abuja.

She reportedly said: “I did that to teach him a bitter lesson because he refused to marry me after dating me for over four years.

“He fooled me and my parents and ditched me after finding a new lover here in Abuja. I live in Lagos with my parents.” - 

I wonder when it became by force to marry...

Oscar Pistorius Officially Charged with Girlfriend's Murder; Trial Date Set for March 3rd - 20th, 2014

Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius appeared in Court today, long after his last hearing. Today happens to be the day that would have been the late model's 30th birthday.


He was told in court today, that he will face trial for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in March 2014.

A tearful Oscar in court

Wiping tears from his eyes, a visibly emotional Pistorius stood silently in the dock as he was formally indicted for premeditated murder at Pretoria Magistrates' Court.
The 26-year-old Paralympian, from South Africa, is accused of shooting Ms Steenkamp to death at their home on Valentine's night, but claims he opened fire on the 29-year-old after mistaking her for an intruder.
And after a hush finally descended on the packed courtroom, the judge set his trial to run from March 3 to March 20 next year at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

According to BBC journalist Andrew Harding, who was tweeting from the courtroom and claimed to have read the indictment, the prosecution will present 107 witnesses 'including some who allege they heard loud "argument" before shooting'.
Before the hearing began he stood holding hands with sister Aimee and brother Carl as the three siblings prayed silently amid the commotion of the courtroom.
 
Friends of late Ms Steenkamp were also in court.
The prosecution will retain a main charge of premeditated murder. If convicted, Pistorius faces a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years in prison.
Additional charges are also 'possible', prosecutors told The Associated Press, but declined to comment about the charges before today's hearing.  

Lagos State Government Drags Al-Mustapha To Supreme Court Over Kudirat Abiola’s Murder

The Lagos State Government has gone to the Supreme Court to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which freed Maj. Hamza al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan, who were accused of killing Mrs. Kudirat Abiola.

 

Kudirat was the wife of the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola.

The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, at a briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, said there were "good grounds of appeal" in the case.

Ipaye said his ministry filed two separate notices of appeal against the judgment on Monday.

Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, and Shofolahan, a Personal Assistant to Kudirat, were on January 30, 2012, sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos High Court.

The Justice Amina Augie-led appellate court on July 12, 2013, however, set aside the judgment of the lower court.

Ipaye, who refused to give details of the appeal, said the apex court would provide the final resolution of the case.

He said, "I can report that we have indeed appealed the judgments, one in respect of al-Mustapha and the other in respect of Lateef Shofolahan.

"Both have been studied closely and we came to the conclusion that there were good grounds for appeal and we have since filed all the necessary papers.

"We did that on Monday. Officially, we have put in our indication that we want to contest the judgment of the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court.

"This step will also ensure that all issues are fully articulated and the victim’s family, the defendants and the society are not deprived of the last window of opportunity provided by the constitution for the resolution of the case."