You may watch this video with the link below, to see how a bishop actually slapped women publicly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uidhk7ioYO0&feature=player_embedded
We claim to want to be like Jesus, and yet most of what we do takes us farther from realising that dream. Where did the power in the tongue knowledge disappear to in the memory of the pastor in question.Or is it a case of do as i say but not as i do?
I won't want to judge, but the truth need to be told and that means violence against any woman is not acceptable under any guise, not even deliverance. Evil spirits are ordered by the Teacher himself and they obey. The good shepherd did not give up on anybody, and that is the reason He died on the cross, for all mankind.
The pastor has no power to banish anyone to hell, unless that individual wants to go there. Slapping that girl repeatedly during that service is uncalled for , dehumanising and reprehensible.
Stop violence against women.
Monday 19 December 2011
Friday 16 December 2011
AN ERA OF SELF HELP EVOLVING.
PM News, a nigerian newspaper , reported that Seun Ogunbanwo is a graduate of Business Administration and recently finished his NYSC. He was attacked with a machete, his penis cut off, and beaten up mercilessly by an angry father called Dennis Akpati, after catching him having sex with his 20year old daughter inside his flat at No 52, Tijani Alabi Street, Ijegun, on the outskirts of Lagos.
He was handed over to the police who took him to the hospital for treatment and later charged with having an unlawful carnal knowledge of a 20-year old lady before the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
The accused was brought to court by the police to face the charges but when the presiding magistrate, Mrs. M. B. Folami, saw the pitiable state of the accused, she ordered the police to arrest the father of the victim (Akpati) and others involved in the battering of the accused and charge them to court for assault.
She explained that under the law, the accused is presumed innocent until found guilty, adding that nobody should be allowed to take the laws in his hands.
Ogunbanwo was alleged to have sneaked into Akpati’s home when the victim was alone and forcefully had sex with her. The father allegedly caught him on top of his protesting daughter.
The girl, it was gathered, was crying and attempting to free herself from him when her father came in. The father was so angry that he reportedly took a machete and cut Ogunbanwo all over his body, including his penis.
Speaking with P.M.NEWS on his way to the hospital with his police escort, the accused said the girl was his friend and that they lived in the same area.
He said that it was her father who macheted him when he met him in his house with his daughter. He said others later joined him in attacking him.
He did not deny that he slept with the girl.
He was charged with housebreaking and rape, offenses punishable under Section 411 and 358 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 17, Vol. 2, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and the court granted him bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum. The matter has been adjourned till 18 January, 2012.
Afters:
A lot of people are beginning to show in their actions that they do not have any faith in the law enforcement agents. These agents delay justice to be done to criminals and eventually justice is denied to the victims. Where there is law and it is upheld, jungle justice as displayed in the writeup above will never happen. If caution is continued to be thrown into the wind by the law enforcement agents, a new era of self help by the victims and their relations may be evolving.Adegbemisoye Tope (Mrs.)
Sunday 11 December 2011
GIRL HACKED TO DEATH BY BOYFRIEND
SAD NEWS!
The story running all over the cyberspace today a Sunday, in Nigeria is about a very beautiful girl killed prematurely by her boyfriend now at large. The man in question is obviously very animalistic and inhuman.
What kind of emotion can lead a man to take the life of a loved one; i believe it not just jealousy but probably he was possessed by the devil himself. Its unfathomable.
Individuals here on earth meet and fall in and out of love .Therfore, it is no sin to end a relationship that is not working. Many young girls go through domestic violence without knowing what to do. She could have being experiencing bullying in several way from her man and believing that he would change. She would have kept it a secret as expected of sufferers. If she had been a little courageous, disaster may have been averted.
On this particular situation, there seem to be no tenable reason for now. Many stories are flying around and one that seem common to many of them is that the girl went to pool alone. Obviously this girl is not supposed to have a life outside that which includes her boyfriend 24/7.
Details of the names of the boyfriend has not been released yet but the gruesome murder took place somewhere in Lekki, Lagos.
Below is the picture of the girl-model while full of life and another showing her in death, in a pool of her own blood.
(Picture culled from: http://enigerianews.blogspot.com/2011/12/young-girl-butchered-by-boyfriend-in.html)
Its advisable that the signs of violence in men of any age in any relationship should not be ignored by their partners or played down because they often end in disaster. Battery and vilification of their spouses are regular strategies used to disguise their inadequacies.
Such was the story of another victim called Titi Arowolo, killed by her husband on his 30th birthday. (Read story from: http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-703344.0.html )
TITI AROWOLO AND HUSBAND AKOLADE
(Picture above culled from: http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com/2011/06/nigerian-man-stabs-wife-to-death-then.html)
TOLUTOPE ADEGBEMISOYE
Wednesday 21 September 2011
RAPE OF THE INNOCENT
BACKGROUND
I read an article on Linda Ikeji's blog,about the pathetic story of a young domestic servant, and it got me thinking. The story was earlier featured in Vanguard Newspaper in Nigeria but i missed reading it there.The girl i saw in the photo is a nine years old, named Favour. There were conspicuous marks of canes all over her body. Injuries inflicted on an obviously hungry Favour, by her madam, one Alhaja Amina Ukegbu also include blood-shot eyes for eating gala without permission .
The kind of beating and assault meted out to young Favour can't not be administered on any of Alhaja's children while she still lives, i believe.
Having a house help is like adopting a child without so much of legality attached. Like the fostering system from the old times, where women in their child bearing ages especially take up children of other relations to live with them. They bring them up like their own and in return those adoptees help run errands for whom ever adopted them. There have been stories of many who don't even know their biological mothers as their mother, because there was no reason to regret living with whoever it was they were living with.
This Alhaja Amina was so inhuman to favour to the extent that she could not provide proper shelter for her and this exposed her to being raped over and over by two adults Aboy and Japan, in the neighbourhood. According to the girl, they raped on a daily basis.
My Take:
1. Favour is a victim of a broken home. She has three other siblings and if care is not taken, they could become victims too, of rape or some other social vices.
2. Favour is a victim of child abuse in the sense that she is being asked to earn her own living by working for Alhaja even before she could take decisions by herself. In the course of her work, her left finger has been cut off, and she has burns on her hands.
3.She as a child has not been given any protection whatsoever, thereby exposing her to child molesters. She slept on the balcony every night.
4. she has suffered neglect from her aunt Chioma who gave her out to Alhaja to engage in child labour, because she does not visit her frequently. apart from this, she was not observant enough to see if there were physical or psychological changes in the girl whenever she eventually visit. in addition, neglect from Alhaja who felt comfortable travelling out of the country, leaving a nine year old alone to her own whim and caprice. Notable and fairly commendable was the fact that it was Favours father who noticed the cane scars and raised alarm
5. she was constantly bullied by her two rapists with a threat to deal with her if she told anyone. not only was she threatened by those men but also by Alhaja who was supposed to be her guardian. she lied constantly to cover up the misdemeanour of Alhaja and her rapists.
6.She was never enrolled in any school. In this day and age it is very callous for anybody particularly in the city to keep any child from education.
I read an article on Linda Ikeji's blog,about the pathetic story of a young domestic servant, and it got me thinking. The story was earlier featured in Vanguard Newspaper in Nigeria but i missed reading it there.The girl i saw in the photo is a nine years old, named Favour. There were conspicuous marks of canes all over her body. Injuries inflicted on an obviously hungry Favour, by her madam, one Alhaja Amina Ukegbu also include blood-shot eyes for eating gala without permission .
The kind of beating and assault meted out to young Favour can't not be administered on any of Alhaja's children while she still lives, i believe.
Having a house help is like adopting a child without so much of legality attached. Like the fostering system from the old times, where women in their child bearing ages especially take up children of other relations to live with them. They bring them up like their own and in return those adoptees help run errands for whom ever adopted them. There have been stories of many who don't even know their biological mothers as their mother, because there was no reason to regret living with whoever it was they were living with.
This Alhaja Amina was so inhuman to favour to the extent that she could not provide proper shelter for her and this exposed her to being raped over and over by two adults Aboy and Japan, in the neighbourhood. According to the girl, they raped on a daily basis.
My Take:
1. Favour is a victim of a broken home. She has three other siblings and if care is not taken, they could become victims too, of rape or some other social vices.
2. Favour is a victim of child abuse in the sense that she is being asked to earn her own living by working for Alhaja even before she could take decisions by herself. In the course of her work, her left finger has been cut off, and she has burns on her hands.
3.She as a child has not been given any protection whatsoever, thereby exposing her to child molesters. She slept on the balcony every night.
4. she has suffered neglect from her aunt Chioma who gave her out to Alhaja to engage in child labour, because she does not visit her frequently. apart from this, she was not observant enough to see if there were physical or psychological changes in the girl whenever she eventually visit. in addition, neglect from Alhaja who felt comfortable travelling out of the country, leaving a nine year old alone to her own whim and caprice. Notable and fairly commendable was the fact that it was Favours father who noticed the cane scars and raised alarm
5. she was constantly bullied by her two rapists with a threat to deal with her if she told anyone. not only was she threatened by those men but also by Alhaja who was supposed to be her guardian. she lied constantly to cover up the misdemeanour of Alhaja and her rapists.
6.She was never enrolled in any school. In this day and age it is very callous for anybody particularly in the city to keep any child from education.
Thankfully, a Non Governmental Organisation, Rhode Haven has since taken the case up. I hope the psychological and physical wounds Favour has being inflicted with heal fast, because she went through a very traumatic and dehumanising experience.
It is indeed a rape of the poor girl both physically and psychologically.
It is indeed a rape of the poor girl both physically and psychologically.
TOPE ADEGBEMISOYE
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