Nigerian Student Facing Life Imprisonment In Ukraine Released

Nigerian student, Olaolu Femi, who has been in detention in the Lungask district of Ukrain for about a year after being arrested for attempted murder has been released. He was released yesterday.

Ukrainian police charged him with attempted murder, but according to eye witnesses, Olaolu was defending himself against six Ukrainian teenagers who attacked him at the entrance to his apartment block last year. Olaolu was said to have managed to get up and defended himself against the assailants with a glass from a broken bottle.
“It was while he was defending himself that police arrived at the scene and the Nigerian was subsequently arrested and charged with attempted murder of five people” a Nigerian embassy staff who had knowledge of the case said at the time.

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Shocker: British Couple Tries to Smuggle Nigerian Baby Into UK

UK - A couple from Barton were caught trying to smuggle a Nigerian baby into Britain.
Simon Heap, 47, and Gladys Effa-Heap, 52, were given a suspended jail sentence on Tuesday after admitting facilitating a breach of immigration law.
A Border Force spokesman said the couple had travelled to Nigeria and went to the British High Commission in Lagos to apply for a passport for a baby girl.
They claimed Mrs Effa-Heap had given birth within days of them arriving in Africa.
They produced a birth certificate but that was found to be bogus, and DNA tests proved the baby was not related to them.
The Heaps flew home to Britain without the baby but were later arrested by officers from a specialist police and Border Force taskforce.
On Tuesday the pair were sentenced to 12 months jail but it was suspended for 12 months. They must also do 250 hours of community service.
Marc Owen, head of Border Force at Heathrow, said: "This was a shocking case where a couple attempted to pass someone else's baby off as their own in an attempt to bring it to the UK.
"Thanks to the close co-operation between Border Force, the Metropolitan Police and staff at the British High Commission they were stopped and we were able to bring them to justice.”
Detective Inspector Kate Bridger said: "A child should not be treated as a commodity to be bought and sold.
"This couple attempted to circumvent the adoption system and deceive the authorities.
"That system is in place to protect children and we will do all we can to bring to justice those who try and get round it in this kind of way."

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Police Force Adulterous Couple To Walk Naked Through The City (Photo)

Police in Pakistan forced an adulterous couple to walk naked through the city, according to reports.
Four police officers were suspended in Pakistan after forcing a man and a woman accused of adultery to strip naked and parade around the city as punishment, prompting outraged witnesses to film the walk of shame.


"They were abusing me, and that made us walk," said the man, Mumtaz Mirbahar, after the incident. "She was pleading with them, 'You have mothers and sisters of your own. Please, let me get dressed.’"

Mirbahar, 52, and the unidentified woman were arrested by police on charges of attempt to commit adultery. A second unidentified woman was arrested with them, although there were conflicting reports about whether she was forced to walk naked to the police station. Officials said the three accused were already naked when they arrived.

They were allegedly part of a prostitution ring that the community had been complaining, Irfan Baloch, a senior local police officer, told the news media. "The main mistake of the arresting police officer was that he ought to have covered them up," Baloch said.

Mirbahar was known in the neighborhood for throwing fuel alcohol dance parties during Ramadan, according to reports, one of the holiest times of the year for Muslims. Alcohol is forbidden by Islam at all times. Mirbahar said he was deeply affected by the public humiliation.

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