The NAFDAC Head of Investigation and Enforcement, Federal Taskforce, Embugushiki-Musa Godiya, also said the agency would work to ensure that fake cosmetics and other counterfeit products were completely wiped out of the country.
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Save my soul — 38-year-old woman cries out for help
A certain Mrs Oshidele Oluwanifemi Dorcas has summoned the courage to relay her close shave with death and her ordeal in the hands of kidnappers who had kept her in an uncompleted building for days in one surburb in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, with the intention of killing her after successfully retrieving from her the documents and properties of her dead father.
She, however, was full of praise to God and some men of the local vigilante group who had rescued her from her tormentors after a gun duel that lasted minutes.
“I still can’t believe I am alive… But I thank God.”
Those were the words of Mrs Oshidele Oluwanifemi Dorcas as she began narrating her travails in the hands of unknown hefty men suspected to be kidnappers believed to be acting on the orders of her stepmother.
Mrs Oshidele who is presently seeking refuge in an undisclosed private apartment in the Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun State after having run for her dear life was all in tears when she was talking to reporters about her ordeal in the hands of the kidnappers and several unknown gunmen who had continually been on her trail for over two years.
Addressing questions from journalists, Mrs, Oshidele Oluwanifemi Dorcas (nee Sosina) who is the first born of a family of three stated that her predicament started sometime in February 2012 when some hoodlums brandishing guns, cudgels, and diabolical charms stormed her father’s residence at No.15 Lakan Aina close, Fajol Estate Obantoko, Abeokuta Ogun State shooting sporadically until they found and shot her father.
Recalling the sad incident as tears rolled down her cheeks, she said, “On the 7th of February 2012, I received a call from my younger brother that my father has been hospitalised after sustaining gunshot injuries during an attack at his residence by gunmen who had come after his life.
“Luckily enough, I met my dad alive and what he told me was shocking. He had authoritatively confirmed to me that his second wife (my stepmother) was behind the attack on him that she was bent on forcefully inheriting all that he had laboured for all his life. He warned me sternly to be very careful and to be on my heels as he suspects that I will be the next target of the gunmen since everyone in the family is aware that the documents to all the property is in my custody.
“Unfortunately, those were the last moments of my dad as he gave up the ghost minutes after.”
Several attempts, according to her, in testament to her father’s observation, were made by some strange faces to hack her down and kidnap her which forced her to seek exile in the country’s capital abandoning her residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
In her words, “Calls upon calls kept on coming in that I should surrender all the documents of my father’s property or I risk been murdered in cold blood, hence.
“My relocation to Abuja to stay with a family friend with my son happened when I couldn’t bear the threat any longer.”
Oluwanifemi continued, “My husband had to run for his dear life abandoning the child and me, after complaining bitterly about the strange and weird calls of threat to life from unknown persons.”
Recounting her ordeal further, Oluwanifemi revealed, “It wasn’t easy for me to abandon my belongings, contacts and job to seek refuge in a totally different environment. So tense was the situation that I couldn’t even attend the final burial rites of my dad when it was time for his internment for fear of been killed.”
In a copy of the police report made available to this reporter, as well as the affidavit deposed to, Mrs Oshidele Oluwanifemi is seeking the help of relevant institutions and authorities, the state and federal government to come to her aid and deliver her household from her assailant.
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Invoke executive order for state, LG police, Afenifere tells Tinubu
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, on Saturday, urged President Bola Tinubu to invoke an Executive Order for the establishment of state and local government Police.
Afenifere, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi,in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, also called for the erection of close-circuit television sets and deployment of modern technology for security purposes in strategic locations to end insecurity.
Ajayi said, “There are indications that Tinubu is desirous of putting an end to this deleterious menace. Towards the end of January this year, he approved the procurement of digital tracking tools to enhance the apprehension of bandits, terrorists and armed robbers.
“On Monday, April 22, this year, he used the occasion of addressing participants at the African Counter-Terrorism Summit which opened on that day in Abuja to assure everyone of his government’s readiness to ensure greater security. Unfortunately, recent happenings have not shown that the President’s desire in this respect is being worked upon.
“President Tinubu should get state and local government police off the ground immediately through the invocation of an Executive Order while the process of amending the Constitution continues.
“Close circuit television sets, deployment of modern technology for security purposes including drones must be effected immediately.”
He explained that the statement was motivated by the recent reports of banditry and kidnapping in Ogun, Edo, Ekiti, Oyo, Kogi, Zamfara and Niger States, respectively which made a research organization declare Nigeria as one of the top nations where kidnap ranks highest globally.
Ajayi noted that Fulani herders and farmers’ clashes kept occurring in Osun, Ondo and Oyo State; Otu, Igbeti and Alaga in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State were the latest victims.
The Afenifere spokesperson also said, “In order to end insecurity, enhance people’s welfare and ensure the sustenance of Nigeria as one of the top investment destinations in Africa as desired by the government, there is the urgent need by the Federal Government and security agencies to be more innovative and decisive.”
He lamented that banditry, including armed robbery, kidnapping was still occurring on South-West roads such as Lagos-Ibadan, Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode; Akure-Ilesa-Ibadan; Ore-Ijebu Ode-Lagos, Ikirun-Osogbo-Ilesa; Lokoja-Abuja, Owo-Benin and Ibadan-Iseyin-Saki.
“Latest reports have it that on Monday, May 13 instant, eight cocoa farmers were kidnapped at Marindoti Cocoa Farmers’ settlement in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State. Three students of Millicent Secondary School in the same area on their way to write their Senior Secondary School Examination, were also kidnapped at the same time.
“A sum of N31 million was reportedly paid to ransom three people who were kidnapped at Longe village on Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road last week Sunday. On Thursday, May 16, one Seliat Adeniji (nee Raji) was kidnapped in her Ebedi home in Iseyin, Oyo State. Her guard was killed in the process.
“Hon Bello Hassan representing Zurmi/Shinkafi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives last Tuesday claimed that terrorists have sacked about 50 communities and abducted over 500 people in his area of Zamfara State as bandits overran Zurmi, the second most populous town in the state killing palace officers as well as policemen.”
To put a serious check on all these, the Afenifere spokesman said that there was an urgent need to dig deep into the roots of the menace and to be decisive in applying the necessary measures.
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NAFDAC shuts cosmetic shops in Lagos, seizes counterfeit products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut three shops and raided others during a clampdown on the sale of unregistered “Dr. Teal’s” brand of cosmetics in Lagos State.
The agency disclosed this in a post on its X handle on Saturday, stating that the action came after a complaint from the trademark holder.
The statement read, “NAFDAC has shut down three cosmetics shops and raided others, targeting the sale of unregistered ‘Dr. Teal’s’ brand cosmetics. This action follows a complaint from the trademark holder regarding potential counterfeit products.
“Two suspected shops along Excellent Line at the Trade Fair Complex were targeted, resulting in sealed shops and invitation letters issued to attendants.”
It added that another development unfolded at Okas Global Link Limited where NAFDAC confiscated over 200 cartons of various Dr. Teal’s products and other unregistered cosmetics, suspecting them to be the source of distribution.
A shop identified as Cubana Stores at Phil Hallmark Plaza was also reported to have been sealed for stocking and selling the moisturising body and bath products of the alleged unregistered Dr. Teal’s brand.
NAFDAC added that according to its regulations, shop owners found guilty of selling unregistered products face penalties of up to ₦5m fine.
It said shop owners were also being questioned as part of ongoing investigations.
In the statement, the agency emphasised the health risks associated with fake cosmetics, stating the potential dangers of using products containing harmful substances.
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Traders, soldiers clash at Banex Plaza in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has deployed intelligence officers to Banex – an electronics and telecommunications gadgets market, in Abuja following a conflict that ensued between soldiers and some traders on Saturday.
A viral video seen by our correspondent on X on Saturday showed a multitude of civilians overpowering some soldiers during a free-for-all fight at Banex.
The Defence Headquarters, and the spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Onyema Nwachukwu could not be reached for comments as of press time.
Meanwhile, a trader who simply identified himself as Abdul, told our correspondent on Saturday that the conflict ensued over the sale of a mobile phone.
“There’s a problem at Banex now. Some soldiers came to complain about a phone, and during an argument with the traders, a fight ensued,” Abdul simply revealed.
When contacted over the development, the spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh said the Commissioner of Police, Benett Igweh has deployed officers of the FCT Intelligence Response Team to the scene of the incident.
“The CP has deployed the Intelligence Response Team to the scene,” Adeh confirmed.
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