“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

OFFA BANK ROBBERY: COURT FIXES THURSDAY FOR HEARING. (PHOTO).


Offa Bank Robbery ;- Court Fixes Thursday For Hearing

Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, presided over by Justice Halimat Salman has fixed Thursday, ,18th January ,2024 for continuation of hearing  in the April 5, 2018 Offa bank armed robbery.

 some suspected armed robbers attacked five commercial banks in the ancient Offa town in the Offa local government area of Kwara state, killing over 30 persons in the process.

The five suspects, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham and two others were charged to court by the Police for criminal conspiracy to rob the banks, murder of nine policemen and other citizens, as well as  illegal possession of firearms. 

Michael Adikwu died in police custody while the remaining five pleaded not guilty.

At the resumed hearing today Wednesday, the third  defendant, Adeola Abraham , during cross-examination by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacob SAN, said he can not remember when he was taken to Abuja by the police.

He insisted that on the day of the armed  robbery April 5th 2018 he was at the farm carrying log of wood  in company of the second defendant Ibikunle Ogunleye.

Abraham explained that the police did not give him the opportunity to document same in his statement.

He admitted that the search warrant used by the police to gain entry into his three bedroom apartment was duely signed by him.

Abraham said all the defendants are not indigenes of Oro town ,but they all reside in Oro.

He maintained that about twenty suspects were arrested by the police but others were released while five of them are arraigned before the court in connection with the Offa bank armed robbery.



 

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