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Nollywood lovers; Kunle Adegbite and Biodun Okeowo, threw caution in the air on Sunday when they allegedly assaulted a journalist with City People magazine, Gbolahan Adetayo, over a story he wrote about them.
The young journalist had written a story about the lovers in his column that they would soon get married, which didn’t go down well with the lovers.
A source, who witnessed the show of shame by the lovers, told Nigeriafilms.com that the duo allegedly threatened to deal with the movie writer spiritually.
This was after the lovers had allegedly beaten and tore the journalist’s shirt at the celebrity hangout, causing him a public embarrassment. Gbolahan was allegedly beaten like a kid in the presence of some other journalists and celebrities who were at LTV 8 premises in Alausa, Ikeja, by the embittered lovers.
The source said, “they both even went to the extent of threatening to ‘kill Gbolahan spiritually’. They allegedly spoke in Yoruba that “wo, ma pa e danu. La ti o ni lo, mo pe o safe o. Ti mo ba le ba e ja lojukoroju, mo pe ma ba e ja togun togun” (See, I will kill you. Henceforth, know that you are not safe. If I can fight with you physically, then know that I can go spiritually).
Our source wondered why would Kunle and his lover threaten to kill a journalist over an innocent, non-libelous story which they also publicly admitted is known to everyone.
Our source said the journalist has reported the matter to the police and may press for charges against the Nollywood lovers. Efforts to contact the duo of Kunle and Biodun proved abortive as at press time. A source close to them told Nigeriafilms.com that they are in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on a movie location.
However, Gbolahan Adetayo confirmed the story to us when contacted on phone. He said the matter has been reported to the police for investigation.
We would follow up the story and update you with more information as they unfold.
Below is the ‘controversial’ story;
“MARRIAGE TALES TRAIL NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS BIODUN OKEOWO & KUNLE ADEGBITE
The romance between Yoruba actress, Biodun Okeowo and popular Actor, Kunle Adegbite may not really be the talk of the town but it qualifies to be the hottest romance between the two theatre arts practitioners.
Findings by this magazine revealed that Biodun and Kunle started the sizzling relationship about 5 years ago. Their paths crossed during a movie production at a location. Since then it has been a lovey dovey affair.
To a lot of people especially their colleagues, the relationship is not news. What is news however is that there are indications that Biodun and Kunle will tie the nuptial knot soon.
The feelers is coming on the heels of moments the love birds have shared together. For instance, during the launch of Biodun’s latest movie, Omo Butty, Kunle according to sources left nothing to chance to make sure the event turned out to be a success. Aside that, his decision on a lot of issues concerning the lady popularly referred to as Tolani Osinrin but now prefers to be called Omo Butty, Biodun was also said to have celebrated Kunle’s trip to the USA and his birthday party to honour him by friends several days ago while Kunle also used Biodun’s picture as his display picture with personal message “Missing her”.
So intimate are the love birds that their colleagues don’t raise eye brow whenever Kunle who is blessed with a gentlemanly disposition cruises her Honda Pilot SUV around town.
A close source to them hinted that 2 of them are making secret efforts to concretize their relationship anytime soon.
However, Kunle and Biodun are claiming to be married separately with children each time they are granting interview to the media but they have never reveal the identity of whom the husband or wife are. Biodun, an indigene of Itunseje, Ogere Remo Area of Ogun State is blessed with children. Her first born, Deolu was 12 years old last year December. And the Ilaro Ogun State-born Kunle also share the same with Biodun.
With the collapse of his scheme to use Justice Okechukwu Okeke of the Federal High Court, Lagos to quash the money laundering charges filed against him by the EFCC, embattled Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Sabitun Ikuforiji allegedly said to have returned from the court room towards the end of last month, April, to the Alausa, Ikeja Assembly complex spitting fire and brimstone, with a threat to expose Governor Babatunde Fashola who he accused of being the mastermind of the criminal charges against him.
Four members of the Assembly who spoke to on the said imbroglio between him and the hardworking governor said the Speaker returned from the court disillusioned with anger all over his face. The presiding judge, Justice Okeke, gave a brief, impromptu ruling, alleging “blackmail”.
“This case has witnessed an unprecedented delay by the prosecution and tactics set by persons to blackmail this court. In the interest of justice, I’ll transfer the case to another judge and hearing notices will be issued at a later date. This matter is hereby adjourned.”
The EFCC had dragged the Speaker and his aide Oyebode Alade Atoyebi before the court over the allegation of accepting over N500million from the Assembly without passing through a financial institution. Reports from various online media had in the past exposed the bribery scheme between Ikuforiji and Okeke who is retiring from the bench next month. Though, the judge, we gathered, through a proxy called iReports-ng.com to deny he ever collected bribe from the speaker.
The whole scheme however fell flat when Okeke opted out of the case without being able to fulfill his initial commitment to Ikuforiji to quash the case. With this frustration, the speaker stormed the Assembly complex immediately after the case and called all the standing committee chairmen to begin looking for evidences of corruption in ministries they oversee with a view to getting “some scoops to embarrass the governor.”
According to one of the lawmakers who spoke on anonymity, “the speaker complained bitterly that the governor is the one behind his ordeal by paying the media and the EFCC to be on his case. He complained that the governor has not deemed it fit to pay his legal fees since the criminal charges against him began. The speaker also said he will not go down alone because he is only being accused of stealing N500 million when the governor is stealing in billions.”
After raising all the dust, he went ahead to ask the committee chairmen to join him in the fight against Fashola by digging out dirt from the various ministries. How far can this war go? Only time will tell!
Am Juliet and i’m 24-years-old. I stay with my boyfriend of campus, every morning my boyfriend likes to takes his morning pee in my mouth.
This started way back in my year 1 when we just decided to get freaky, he then suggested that he pee in my mouth which I agreed and since then he will wake me up and tell me he has to pee so i will get on my knees open my mouth real wide and wait for him to fill my mouth with his hot morning pee and after his done peeing in my mouth i suck his man-hood until he comes this is how i start my morning.
He has gotten use to it that whenever I refuse doing it, he will beat me up so bad. I really love him so much, I don’t want to get him hurt, now am scared of swallowing his pee because people say it contains harmful substance. Please is it true, and if yes how do I stop my boyfriend from this act without him beating me up,he enjoys it,is it that he’s abusing me indirectly or i am just confused, please help!
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR
ON THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES IN ORDER TO RESTORE PUBLIC ORDER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE AFFECTED STATES OF THE FEDERATION
MAY 14, 2013
Dear compatriots,
1. It has become necessary for me to address you on the recent spate of terrorist activities and protracted security challenges in some parts of the country, particularly in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Plateau and most recently Bayelsa, Taraba, Benue and Nasarawa states. These unfortunate events have led to needless loss of lives and property of many innocent Nigerians including members of our security forces.
2. The recent killing of security operatives by a cult group in Nasarawa state is particularly condemnable. I have directed that no effort or expense be spared in identifying and bringing to justice all those who had a hand in the killing of the operatives.
3. The activities of insurgents and terrorists have been reprehensible, causing fear among our citizens and a near-breakdown of law and order in parts of the country, especially the North. We have taken robust steps to unravel and address the root causes of these crises, but it would appear that there is a systematic effort by insurgents and terrorists to destabilize the Nigerian state and test our collective resolve.
4. Since I returned to the country after cutting short my visit to South Africa and aborting a planned state visit to Namibia, I have received detailed briefings from our security agencies. These briefings indicate that what we are facing is not just militancy or criminality, but a rebellion and insurgency by terrorist groups which pose a very serious threat to national unity and territorial integrity. Already, some northern parts of Borno state have been taken over by groups whose allegiance is to different flags and ideologies.
5. These terrorists and insurgents seem determined to establish control and authority over parts of our beloved nation and to progressively overwhelm the rest of the country. In many places, they have destroyed the Nigerian flag and other symbols of state authority and in their place, hoisted strange flags suggesting the exercise of alternative sovereignty.
6. They have attacked government buildings and facilities. They have murdered innocent citizens and state officials. They have set houses ablaze, and taken women and children as hostages. These actions amount to a declaration of war and a deliberate attempt to undermine the authority of the Nigerian state and threaten her territorial integrity. As a responsible government, we will not tolerate this.
7. Previously, we adopted a multi-track approach to the resolution of this problem through actions which included persuasion, dialogue and widespread consultation with the political, religious and community leaders in the affected states.
8. We exercised restraint to allow for all efforts by both State Governors and well-meaning Nigerians to stop the repeated cases of mindless violence.
9. Yet, the insurgents and terrorists seek to prevent government from fulfilling its constitutional obligations to the people as they pursue their fanatical agenda of mayhem, mass murder, division and separatism.
10. While the efforts at persuasion and dialogue will continue, let me reiterate that we have a sacred duty to ensure the security and well-being of all our people and protect the sovereign integrity of our country. Therefore, we shall, on no account, shy away from doing whatever becomes necessary to provide the fullest possible security for the citizens of this country in any part of the country they choose to reside.
11. We have a duty to stand firm against those who threaten the sovereign integrity of the Nigerian state. Our will is strong, because our faith lies in the indivisibility of Nigeria.
12. Following recent developments in the affected states, it has become necessary for Government to take extraordinary measures to restore normalcy. After wide consultations, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the provisions of Section 305, sub-section 1 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, I hereby declare a State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
13. Accordingly, the Chief of Defence Staff has been directed to immediately deploy more troops to these states for more effective internal security operations. The troops and other security agencies involved in these operations have orders to take all necessary action, within the ambit of their rules of engagement, to put an end to the impunity of insurgents and terrorists.
14. This will include the authority to arrest and detain suspects, the taking of possession and control of any building or structure used for terrorist purposes, the lock-down of any area of terrorist operation, the conduct of searches, and the apprehension of persons in illegal possession of weapons.
15. The details of this Proclamation will be transmitted to the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. But in the meantime, let me make it clear that within the purview of this Proclamation, the Governors and other political office holders in the affected states will continue to discharge their constitutional responsibilities.
16. I urge the political leadership in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states to co-operate maximally with the Armed Forces and the Police to ensure that the exercise succeeds. We call on the citizenry to co-operate with our security agencies to ensure a return to normalcy within the shortest possible time.
17. I am again approaching our neighbouring countries, through diplomatic channels, as done in the recent past, for their co-operation in apprehending any terrorist elements that may escape across the border.
18. Nigerians are peace-loving people; these sad events perpetrated by those who do not wish our nation well have not changed the essential character of our people.
19. I want to reassure you all that those who are directly or indirectly encouraging any form of rebellion against the Nigerian state, and their collaborators; those insurgents and terrorists who take delight in killing our security operatives, whoever they may be, wherever they may go, we will hunt them down, we will fish them out, and we will bring them to justice. No matter what it takes, we will win this war against terror.
20.I am convinced that with your support and prayers, we shall overcome these challenges and together, we will restore every part of our country to the path of peace, growth and development.
Barely 30 minutes after President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno State alongside two other states because of terrorism, the Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in the state, Reverend Faye Pama Musa has been shot dead inside his Maiduguri residence by members of the radical Islamic group, the Boko Haram
Reports gathered from security sources indicated that Musa, the head pastor of a Pentecostal church in Maiduguri, the spiritual headquarters of the terrorist group, was trailed to his GRA residence by two gunmen who shot him at close range at about 7.30pm.
CAN Headquarters Confirms Assassination With “Heavy Heart”
The headquarters of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has confirmed the murder of Reverend Musa.
Describing the killing of its Secretary in Borno State as “sad”, Kenny Asaka, the media aide to the National President of CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, said the President received the news with a “heavy heart.”
The Boko Haram, a group of radical Islamic fundamentalists has claimed responsibility for hundreds of attacks that have killed over 2000 persons and wounded dozens.
The group says it wants Northern Nigeria to be governed under strict Islamic laws (Sharia).
