Human Angle

Pathologist Ascribes Bamise’s Death to Blunt Force Trauma

By Web News 468

A pathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Sunday Shoyemi, on Friday, told a Lagos state High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the death of a 22-year-old fashion designer named Oluwabamise Ayanwole, was caused by a force blunt trauma on the head.

Shoyemi said the death was ascribed to craniocerebral injury following a force blunt trauma.

The witness, who is also a lecturer at the Medicine Department, LASU, told Justice Sherifat Sonaike while giving evidence at the ongoing trial of a Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, who was charged with rape and murder of Ayanwole.

Ominnikoron is facing five counts bordering on rape, conspiracy, felony, sexual assault and murder preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.

The prosecution told the court that Ominnikoron conspired with others now at large to rape and murder his 22-year-old passenger.

The prosecution said that the defendant had sexual intercourse with Ayanwole, without her consent, and murdered her, at about 7 p.m., between the Lekki Ajah expressway and Carter Bridge, on February 26, 2022.

“The defendant and others now at large on February 26, 2022, unlawfully killed one Ayanwole by throwing her out of a moving bus between Lekki- Ajah expressway and Cater Bridge,” the statement read.

According to the prosecution, the offences committed contravened Sections 411, 223, 260, and 165 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

However, the 48-year-old defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.

At the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, Shoyemi, who was led in evidence by Director of Public Prosecution, Dr. Babajide Martins, told the court that prior to the autopsy, the body of the deceased had been embalmed.

He said that the body had no clothing but a silver-coloured ring was found on the middle right finger of the deceased.

Shoyemi testified that he observed a bruise on the left side of the forehead of the deceased, a bruise on the right temple just above the ear on the right temple.

He also told the court that he observed a large bruise on the back of the skull of the deceased.

“In addition, there was a bruise on the elbow region. These findings were the external appearance.

“Upon opening, I saw what we call Subdural hematoma, which means bleeding into the soft tissue covering the skull, or bleeding into the brain. This was noticed in the frontal area as well as on the back of the skull.

“At the back of the skull, there were multiple fractures, which meant bone broken into two or more pieces. There was a fracture at the temporal bone, the bone above the ear.

“I also observed the bleeding into the brain called Subdural. I checked for deep bruising, the bruising you would not be able to see under the skin excerpt the skin is removed.

“Bruises were found on both lower lips and the organs were essentially normal except the right ovary which had cysts which had a fluid collection. It was an incidental finding which has nothing to do with the death,” he said.

Punch/Simeon Ugbodovon

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Lifestyle

Daughter Of Late Soun Of Ogbomoso is Dead

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Professor Taibah Danmole, eldest child of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi, Soun of Ogbomoso who joined his ancestor last month, has passed on.

Staff of Lagos State University, LASU, and governing council member at Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, died Saturday evening in Ilorin, after a close to about a year sickness, a family source said.

She’ll be buried Sunday afternoon in the Kwara state capital.

Her death came few days to the 40th day Fidau prayer for her deceased father who reigned for 48 years as Soun.

Oyo Insight

Politics

Islamic Scholars Reiterate Effective Governance As Panacea To Secessionist Agitations

By Web News 702

A Professor of Islamic Studies at the Lagos State University, LASU, Ishaq Akintola has called on champions of successions to address divisive matters rather than heating up the polity.

Professor Akintola, who is also the Director, Muslim Rights Concern stated this while presenting the lead theme “Lies and Facts of One Nigeria” of a 2-day seminar organized by the Federation of Ahlus-Sunnah Organizations in Nigeria, FASON at the University of Ibadan, advised secessionist groups to stop painting gloomy pictures of Nigeria before international organizations.

He stressed that the federal government has been consistently laying foundation for steady national development with massive infrastructure turnaround, urging state governments to address insecurity in their domains with judicious use of security votes for procurement of modern ammunition for security personnel and employment of more hands.

Speaking on a sub-theme: Islam, Muslims and Unity of Nigeria, the Imam Zakat and Sodaqat Foundation Nigeria, Sheikh Jamiu Tirmidhi, who reiterated that effective governance remained the panacea to secessionist agitations, urged federal government to embark on accurate population census for workable national development plan as well as incorporation of learning the major Nigerian languages to improve understanding of cultural diversity among Nigerians.

The National Amirah, Federation of Muslim Women Associations in Nigeria, Alhaja Rofiah Sanni in her presentation on Women in Nation Building emphasized the need for men to lay good family foundation through selection of pious women as wives to bear good children.

Chairman on the occasion and Vice President, Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, Sheikh Abdurasheed Adiyatullah said the path to Nigeria greatest was to address unequal opportunity to wealth and positions according to Sharia.

The Commissioner of police in Oyo State, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko represnted by the Operation Commander, Federal Highway Patrol, CSP Usman Sarafadeen advised parents to always caution their children against criminal activities to ensure a peaceful society.

In a comment on the theme of the seminar, the former executive secretary, Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria, MUSWEN, Professor Daud Noibi commended FASON for the event, urging Nigerians to desist from linking criminality with ethnicity.

Earlier in a keynote address, the acting Amir FASON, Sheikh Tajudeen Abdulkareem enjoin Islamic scholars in Nigeria and diaspora to intensify prayers and focus on sermons that would calm the tensed atmosphere in the country, emphasizing that FASON is in support of united Nigeria through dialogue to resolve national question.

The Chief Imam, University of Ibadan Central Mosque, Professor Abdurahman Oloyede advised Muslims to be united for them to attain their rightful positions in social, economic and political spheres in Nigeria.

He noted that the solution to problems facing Muslims in Southwest would be resolved with collective negotiations without sectarian segregation.

Professor Oloyede maintained that those who brought Islam to Yorubaland were able to nurture the faith in the midst of non-Muslims through showcasing the beauty of the religion, hence the imperative for Muslims in present day to coexist in peace under a united Nigeria.

In another presentation on economic implications of tribalism urged Muslims not to be a party to sufferings associated with secession.

Speaking on “Restructuring and Regional Rush towards 2023”, Professor Abideen Oloyede pointed out that improvement on national structure should be executed through elected representatives that would organize proper and legally prescribed means of referendum.

In a remark, the acting Amir, FASON, Sheikh Tajudeen Abdulkareem-Al-adabi reiterated that the associations detached themselves from agitations for secession and tribalism but supported a united Nigeria where issues would be addressed through dialogue as recommended in Islam.

Nafiu Busari