Outrage in Ghana following lynching of senior military officer (Video)

The late Captain Maxwell Mahama
(Pulse Ghana)There has been widespread outrage in Ghana following the mistaken lynching of a top military officer by some residents of Denkyira Obuasi located in the country’s Central region.

MyJoy Online reports that the victim, Captain Maxwell Mahama, was lynched in the early morning of Monday, May 29, 2017, when he went jogging in the town a few days after he was posted there.

Captain Mahama, it was reported, unfamiliar with the city, reportedly stopped a woman to ask for directions but the woman raised an alarm and residents of the town mistook him for an armed robber and subsequently stoned and burnt him to death.

Angry mob kills man who stabbed woman to death in Kogi (Graphic Photos)

A man identified as Ibrahim Abdulmalik, has been lynched by an angry mob at the Idodere community, Ogaminana in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State, for allegedly stabbing a woman, Avoshi Seberu, to death for mistakenly pouring water on him.

Punch reports that the tragic incident occurred after Seberu poured water she used in washing kola nuts on Abdulmalik by mistake on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, and immediately apologized to him as she did not do it on purpose.

Father, son killed by generator fumes in Lagos

Tragedy struck again in Lagos State when a man and his son lost their lives after inhaling dangerous fumes emitted by their generating set while they slept in their apartment in the Iwaya, Yaba area of the state.

Guardian reports that the victims, Ayodele Megbuwawon and his son, Tobi, had switched on their generator at the lobby of their bungalow apartment, shut the doors and windows before going to sleep on the night of Monday, May 22, 2017.

According to an eyewitness, the duo was discovered the following morning by neighbours and while the son had died in the night, Megbuwawon passed on at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba.

OGSG set up committee to investigate lecturer, student scandal

The Ogun State government has set up a panel to investigate the alleged sex for marks scandal involving a lecturer at the state College of Health Technology, Ilese, Ijebu, Dr. Oluseyi Adu, who allegedly impregnated and abandoned a female student of the school identified as Mosunmola.

 

Punch reports that the government decided to weigh in on the matter that has been generating a lot of controversy in the past few weeks, when the victim accused the lecturer of having sex with her, impregnating her and dumping her.

Missing sons of Kenyan politician found dead

Three missing sons of Kenyan politician, James Ratemo, have reportedly been found dead.

Ratemo who is vying for the Kapsoya ward representative seat in Eldoret is reportedly devastated by the loss of his sons identified as Clifford Nyambane, Dan Nyamweya, and Glen Ongagi.

Star Kenya reports that the boys went missing on May 13, after they went to a church with one of their cousins and never returned.

The boys aged seven, three and five years old, respectively were found dead and their bodies dumped in River Nzoia at Sikubale in Navakholo, Kakamega County on Thursday, May 19

 

This video of man handcuffed to moving police van will break your heart

A video of a man handcuffed to a moving police van in Edo State has caused outrage since it went viral.

The video which was shared on Twitter in a bid to get the attention of the Commissioner of Police has since gone viral and caused myriad reactions online.