How we rescued kidnapped Lagos schoolgirls without paying ransom – Police

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYDc5_kUC_-SsA9k3POZwpLbakGuJj5-jbGJHOx35pO4uRmNzDqF8nDoWxbFj9x6B1419-AA89qI6dzjRSTIoPnYXibF2QnNDYSqQMuozV3BSDuT53rYK-WXjZvAPAHz_y-qjeZWsv8vR/s1600/800x451xDSC_7026.jpg.pagespeed.ic.983TgSowjq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYDc5_kUC_-SsA9k3POZwpLbakGuJj5-jbGJHOx35pO4uRmNzDqF8nDoWxbFj9x6B1419-AA89qI6dzjRSTIoPnYXibF2QnNDYSqQMuozV3BSDuT53rYK-WXjZvAPAHz_y-qjeZWsv8vR/s640/800x451xDSC_7026.jpg.pagespeed.ic.983TgSowjq.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #444444;">The apprehended kidnappers of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu being paraded by the Police, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Sunday, March 06, 2016</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 11px;">.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 11px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 11px;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0.5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Three suspects involved in the abduction of three girls from a secondary school in Ikorodu, Lagos, were arrested during rescue operation, the Lagos State Police Command has said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Fatai Owoseni, the Commissioner of Police, told journalists on Sunday that the suspects include one Emmanuel (Arigidi) who was actively involved in the abduction, Seun Akanji, and one Henry who were conspirators.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “With respect to the state of the girls, they are very well and they are stable,” said Mr. Owoseni.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “I can confirm that immediate medical attention just to test them up has been given to them by the police medical team and I can as well tell you that as we picked them up, one of the questions we asked the girls was whether they were molested in any way and the three of them stated unequivocally that they were not molested in any way.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> There were media reports during the week that there were negotiations ‎for a ransom between the kidnappers and the victims’ families, with the former reportedly reducing their earlier N100 million demand for each student to N20 million per head.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> But Mr. Owoseni denied that ransom had been paid to the kidnappers ‎before the rescue operation, insisting that the police utilised intelligence reports.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “‎When you talk about ransom in cases like this, you are glorifying kidnapping,” the police chief said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0.5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “We should not be talking about ransom anymore in this country because if you do, you are telling others that kidnapping is viable and you can be going and kidnapping people to collect money.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “But I want to also say that what was employed in rescuing the girls is more of application of intelligence-led policing using the platform of technology, partnering with members of the community and pressures on the kidnappers because what we have done with other security agencies is that we also went for members of their families including their mothers, their fathers, their children and with that pressure they found out that there was no way again for them to keep on keeping the girls and that was what led to the success we recorded in rescuing the girls.”</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF_7bkgHBklKuCkaD4s0Evj3tvCNydcfsonscyfeOzG38zmsaPgr50z8QRyBiHuf-OKbE9uIsVc8mCzWGUyTLAALulvjSFkHHa8ia2iQ8eR-qRVK2cIo9QuMNEqIjs1VR8n-zxURU_0Ut/s1600/526x296xDSC_2255-526x296.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Vpc482q3XK+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF_7bkgHBklKuCkaD4s0Evj3tvCNydcfsonscyfeOzG38zmsaPgr50z8QRyBiHuf-OKbE9uIsVc8mCzWGUyTLAALulvjSFkHHa8ia2iQ8eR-qRVK2cIo9QuMNEqIjs1VR8n-zxURU_0Ut/s400/526x296xDSC_2255-526x296.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Vpc482q3XK+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>  <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">The three teenagers of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Agunfoye-Lugbusi, were abducted from their school on February 29 by unknown gunmen at about 8 p.m.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> The girls were rescued on Sunday morning at the Igbokuta area of the State, the police said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> ‎The prime suspect in the abduction, Mr. Arigidi, told journalists that 12 people were involved in the operation which was planned at the Majidun area of Ikorodu.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “We went to Maya bridge to enter canoe and went to the school around 8 p.m.,” Mr. Arigidi said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “After we gained entrance into the school, we took away three girls and we took them to our hideout. But along the line, we had disagreement between ourselves and I was actually the one that started it. I told other members of the gang that what we have done is not good and that I don’t like it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “I know that security in Lagos State is now tight and I was telling others that there was no way we would get away with this kind of job considering the level of security in the state.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mr. Arigidi said when he told his gang members to end the assignment, they threatened to kill him, and he escaped with a canoe.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Three days after I ran away, operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) then arrested me somewhere in Majidun and that was how I told them how we planned the attack,” he said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “One thing I will like to say is that if not for the fact that I was arrested, they would not have seen the girls because I was the one that revealed everything to the police.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Earlier, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said the girls had been “safely reunited” with their families.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Let me warn that the Lagos State‎ will not tolerate kidnapping or any forms of crime in the state,” Mr. Ambode said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Our position is clear and unambiguous. Lagos State had the capacity and the will to go after every form of crime and criminality in order to safeguard lives and property in the state.”</div>

How we rescued kidnapped Lagos schoolgirls without paying ransom – Police

The apprehended kidnappers of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu being paraded by the Police, at the Lag...

Read more »

NEWLY INAUGURATED LASPOTECH RECTOR, MR SAMUEL SOGUNRO PROMISES SUSTENANCE OF LASPOTECH LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpaeyUbqjz4pMHiIjpKjGQpZtF8zUdoQfk1tBL364s1zH1eigRkMMIK-SIdmq2m84zCuGoFy60ZvibUXnto4Nf_nmaHCG9TRAmviSJXONadILZIRegNmXJM7H32JLpQ8flqZR9TjDzajT/s1600/20150709_125741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpaeyUbqjz4pMHiIjpKjGQpZtF8zUdoQfk1tBL364s1zH1eigRkMMIK-SIdmq2m84zCuGoFy60ZvibUXnto4Nf_nmaHCG9TRAmviSJXONadILZIRegNmXJM7H32JLpQ8flqZR9TjDzajT/s400/20150709_125741.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Following his formal pronouncement by the Lagos state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as the new rector of Lagos state polytechnic in June, 2015, Mr Samuel Olayinka Sogunro formally took oath of office today, at the Ikorodu campus of the polytechnic of excellence and witnessed by a large turn-out of staff, students, distinguished guests and family members.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Mr Sogunro was until his appointment the deputy rector, admin of the institution. Shortly after the expiration of the immediate past rector, Dr Abdul Azeez Abioye Lawal, Sogunro was appointed acting rector before his confirmation as the substantive rector.</span></div> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">A new dawn has berth in the 38 years old institution, as the new rector in his speech, stated that ‘under my leadership, efforts shall be geared towards the sustenance of the culture of excellence handed over by successive administrations in the polytechnic. I promise to do my utmost to ensure that LASPOTECH improves on its current rating, from being one of the foremost polytechnics in our country, to becoming the best tertiary institution in Nigeria and the continent of Africa.’</span></div> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwkuOBQawCeAPOLGQtU95bXgS1LmW-dXqsB7wDjCgNX_LXBjYpDTUfFUQiSoXu2nkXlF_w8KY1sXbV6X5qsrrRT5I9wymYk7IPuwOq1WDaw3xi0kzmkrwCEkG2STCbRvzD5mk4qe2zV2g/s1600/20150709_124142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwkuOBQawCeAPOLGQtU95bXgS1LmW-dXqsB7wDjCgNX_LXBjYpDTUfFUQiSoXu2nkXlF_w8KY1sXbV6X5qsrrRT5I9wymYk7IPuwOq1WDaw3xi0kzmkrwCEkG2STCbRvzD5mk4qe2zV2g/s320/20150709_124142.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">The new rector seemed to have hit the ground running as he highlighted some of the major steps taken by his administration in the past few weeks of assumption of office, to include:</span></div> </span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">        </span>Constitution of grant writing committee to facilitate access to developmental funds</div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: start; text-indent: -0.25in;"> -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">        </span>Opening of talks with Centre for Management Development (CMD), National Planning Commission (NPC), NITDA, FIRO and other development agencies.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: start; text-indent: -0.25in;"> -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">         </span>Constitution of Agro-Allied Business Think-Tank to resuscitate palm oil production in the polytechnic and to assist Management to establish profit-yielding piggery, fishery, poultry, etc.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: start; text-indent: -0.25in;"> -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">        </span>Installation of high-calibre bakery and water equipment towards commercial bread and water production in the Polytechnic, effective from August, 2015.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: start; text-indent: -0.25in;"> -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">        </span>On-going restructuring of the LASPOTECH Konsult Limited to make it a more profitable venture.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbeieReVYgz_qgExD-8d46vxVAs2gMH7Cu2I2bVXEfVpMcd8kbnVLklfPYF1Ayr94eOWCgPJJrtqWuxIsTc-O3WjX0G-WOqbxAAEyCD9c2NYN_YU_-3JUp7dDyrlwf3PKJPWHVZkng_1j/s1600/20150709_124158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbeieReVYgz_qgExD-8d46vxVAs2gMH7Cu2I2bVXEfVpMcd8kbnVLklfPYF1Ayr94eOWCgPJJrtqWuxIsTc-O3WjX0G-WOqbxAAEyCD9c2NYN_YU_-3JUp7dDyrlwf3PKJPWHVZkng_1j/s320/20150709_124158.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-align: start;">Born 54 years ago, precisely on March 17, 1961, Mr. Sogunro’s career as an academic staff of the Lagos State Polytechnic began in January 1990, when he was appointed as a Lecturer III in the Department of Mathematics.  His appointment was confirmed in January 1992.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> </div>

NEWLY INAUGURATED LASPOTECH RECTOR, MR SAMUEL SOGUNRO PROMISES SUSTENANCE OF LASPOTECH LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

Following his formal pronouncement by the Lagos state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as the new rector of Lagos state polytechnic in June...

Read more »

MEET THE NEW RECTOR OF LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC , MR SAMUEL SOGUNRO.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33uzsGj11CGzAnJbucFe_DJeG1Oexpwyh4gzqpEWaCFKPuU8NTFvoWaaeFjWTssDPWksDPpJuZt0eDm_rMw2OC8psaBqb7j-ViTVIyqkLJY2W5oV-Yj-pbxAuMOMwezFA7ExAGtVBTB37/s1600/RECTOR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33uzsGj11CGzAnJbucFe_DJeG1Oexpwyh4gzqpEWaCFKPuU8NTFvoWaaeFjWTssDPWksDPpJuZt0eDm_rMw2OC8psaBqb7j-ViTVIyqkLJY2W5oV-Yj-pbxAuMOMwezFA7ExAGtVBTB37/s320/RECTOR.jpg" width="270" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">After series of bickering and uncertainties that followed the interview of candidates for LASPOTECH Rector, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Lagos state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has finally confirmed the appointment of one of the candidates, Mr. Samuel Oluyinka Sogunro as the substantive rector of the polytechnic effective from June 2015. </span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Born 54 years ago, precisely on March 17, 1961, Mr Samuel Sogunro hails from Lagos Island Local Government of Lagos State.  He started his post-primary education at Ansar-Ud-Deen Grammar School, Surulere in 1975.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">In 1980, he transferred to the Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School, Iponri also in Lagos where he obtained his West African School Certificate (WASC). Between 1981 and 1983, he attended Ansar-Ud-Deen College, Isolo, Lagos for his Higher School Certificate (HSC).</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">His thirst for academics took him to the University of Lagos (UNILAG), where he bagged the Bachelor of Science (Education) degree in Mathematics in 1987 and a Master of Science degree in Statistics in 1996.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Mr. Sogunro’s career as an academic staff of the Lagos State Polytechnic began in January 1990, when he was appointed as Lecturer III in the Department of Mathematics.  His appointment was subsequently confirmed in January 1992.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">By the dint of hard work and determination, he made steady progress to the highest level in the academic cadre of the Polytechnic. He was promoted Lecturer II (October 1, 1993); Lecturer I (October 1, 1996); Senior Lecturer (October 1, 1999); Principal Lecturer (October 1, 2005).</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">He rose to the rank of a Chief Lecturer in the Mathematics Department, effective August 11, 2010 and Director of Academic Planning in the Polytechnic from 1st December, 2010 to 25th April, 2013.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">He was appointed a Deputy Rector in charge of Administration on 26th April, 2013. Mr. Sogunro, apart from his current position, had held several managerial / administrative positions in the Polytechnic of excellence.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">These include:  Coordinator, Mathematics, School of Part-Time Studies, Isolo; Ag. Director, School of Part-Time Studies, Isolo; Chairman, Central Examination Administration Committee, School of Part-Time Studies, Isolo; and  Deputy Rector, Administration among others.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">As an academic, Mr. Samuel Oluyinka Sogunro has several publications that include; textbooks, journals, articles, seminars and conference papers to his credit.</span>

MEET THE NEW RECTOR OF LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC , MR SAMUEL SOGUNRO.

After series of bickering and uncertainties that followed the interview of candidates for LASPOTECH Rector,  Lagos state governor, Mr Aki...

Read more »

HOW BABAJIMI BENSON FACILITATES MTN’s N10M FURNITURE FOR SCHOOLS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj2NQKXkvojKpnk0R-1VwdcqGURD9O6QUXGqfJjM8o8HjnEhmHps23Hr4xBQrdLTpITeAzOwhoAofyedaGTxiZ-FFG6Bpb6miKx4LxjB3Jgg8vAw1EgEG-FtYsobAYHrMSxIQ=" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://oriwusun.com/img/jimi_1.jpg" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJERHdOMBUTRpVaKSfyDiEwfopOn9v7kDyWeInRuDaZ8YpwlPKcTKv-VCNQmF_WQfjb8Pv126tM0NrO2kG_xTCyhUQ1_nZnp5rgHbQbiwcjJeI_SeNYJWrCrtGqWVxnIr3YQWojb8jTjn/s1600/jimi_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJERHdOMBUTRpVaKSfyDiEwfopOn9v7kDyWeInRuDaZ8YpwlPKcTKv-VCNQmF_WQfjb8Pv126tM0NrO2kG_xTCyhUQ1_nZnp5rgHbQbiwcjJeI_SeNYJWrCrtGqWVxnIr3YQWojb8jTjn/s1600/jimi_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8UGGrGGC-xxqOZ6JAdKi4Qe1D4gdJ4wZ-7IQ9eSf0aZiWC0kFBdBUY5C8ELkYShC5lzybcjJiYcraHqYpqW8iOb4kTY_2o_3U8N6GHjsfQMjLrTYq5XLwC_N5pxRYyXcTJ-2gsM7j0n0/s1600/jimi_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><br />  <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">The high flying son of the soil, a lawyer, company secretary to the LSDPC and a young man from the prominent Benson family in Ikorodu, Barrister Bajimi Benson, has done it again.</span><br /> <div align="justify" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 16px;"> Last December, he built and donated a block o toilets, running into millions of naira, to the Ajina community in Ikorodu and he is not tired yet. On Friday, March 21, 2014, he facilitated the donation four hundred chairs and desks worth more than ten million naira for students of Oreyo Grammar School and Oriwu College.<br /> He did not stop at that. He went further to ensure the donation of desks and tables for the teachers of these secondary schools.<br /> Jimi Benson is one young man, who last year, clocked forty years. He is, indeed, and one to watch out for, to occupy political space in Ikorodu division. Today, Ikorodu people are drafting him for the House of Representatives seat in the next dispensation.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJERHdOMBUTRpVaKSfyDiEwfopOn9v7kDyWeInRuDaZ8YpwlPKcTKv-VCNQmF_WQfjb8Pv126tM0NrO2kG_xTCyhUQ1_nZnp5rgHbQbiwcjJeI_SeNYJWrCrtGqWVxnIr3YQWojb8jTjn/s1600/jimi_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJERHdOMBUTRpVaKSfyDiEwfopOn9v7kDyWeInRuDaZ8YpwlPKcTKv-VCNQmF_WQfjb8Pv126tM0NrO2kG_xTCyhUQ1_nZnp5rgHbQbiwcjJeI_SeNYJWrCrtGqWVxnIr3YQWojb8jTjn/s1600/jimi_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px; text-align: justify;">With all his pedigrees including, donation to parties, construction of projects for the community and his keen interest in APC, he should be a good representative for us in the House of Representatives. Those representing us are busy building houses and telling the people that there is no money in the portfolio they handle; yet, they have refused to resign. There is no doubt that one day, nemesis would catch-up with all of them. Last March 21, the commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, commissioned chairs, tables and desks for the students and teachers of these schools.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px; text-align: justify;">During the handing over ceremony of the items at the Senior Model College, Igbogbo recently, they were received on behalf of the Lagos state government by the Lagos state commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, who immediately commissioned them.</span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div> <div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8UGGrGGC-xxqOZ6JAdKi4Qe1D4gdJ4wZ-7IQ9eSf0aZiWC0kFBdBUY5C8ELkYShC5lzybcjJiYcraHqYpqW8iOb4kTY_2o_3U8N6GHjsfQMjLrTYq5XLwC_N5pxRYyXcTJ-2gsM7j0n0/s1600/jimi_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8UGGrGGC-xxqOZ6JAdKi4Qe1D4gdJ4wZ-7IQ9eSf0aZiWC0kFBdBUY5C8ELkYShC5lzybcjJiYcraHqYpqW8iOb4kTY_2o_3U8N6GHjsfQMjLrTYq5XLwC_N5pxRYyXcTJ-2gsM7j0n0/s1600/jimi_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px; text-align: justify;">While commissioning the furniture and other education materials, including mathematical sets, rain-coats, exercise books, school bags, etc, the commissioner commended Barrister Jimi Benson, who was unavoidably absent at the event but was represented by his wife, Mrs. Jumoke Benson and his younger brother, Engr. Jaiye Benson, for facilitating this materials through MTN for the schools. She said if nobody had made demands for the items, MTN might not have known anything about the needs of the benefitting schools.</span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div> <div> <div align="justify" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 16px;"> She therefore, appreciated the facilitator greatly and thanked MTN for its contribution to the development of education sector in Lagos state. She also assured the facilitator that the beneficiaries would maintain and use the items very well.<br /> At the junior section of the college, students were already seated comfortably on the furniture provided, while their teachers were teaching. The commissioner, therefore, commissioned the items and inspected some of the classes, where the items were being used.<br /> The visit also allowed the commissioner to inspect the college facilities such as the school's animal farm, fishery section, science laboratory and school field, among others.<br /> The team, which comprised the Honourable Commissioner for Education and her entourage, MTN representatives, Jimi Benson family members, principals and teachers later moved to the second benefiting school of the day, Oreyo Grammar school, Igbogbo. It was a great reception right from the school gate as the students and their teachers, along with cultural groups, orderly lined up to receive the honourable commissioner and other guests.</div> <div align="justify" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <br /> The furniture, which include tables, chairs and other education materials, were arranged neatly on one side of the school's field, while parents were seated under a canopy. In her brief address, Mrs. Oladunjoye said that MTN has donated the items for the school on the request of Barrister Jimi Benson. She again commended the facilitator and thanked MTN for its laudable contributions to the education sector. Thereafter, she cut the tape to signal the commissioning of the furniture and other items donated.<br /> While addressing the pressmen at the event, the MTN representative, Education Portfolio Manager, Mr. Victor Orie-Ononogbu, revealed that five million naira (N5,000,000,) was the cost of the furniture to each of the schools that benefited from the donations.<br /> He said that the donation was meant to complement the efforts of the Lagos state government in developing education in the state. He also pointed out that this was not the first time that MTN is contributing to education, as it recently provided laboratories for schools and Technical workshops for Ikorodu Technical College.</div> <div align="justify" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <br /> According to him, with the furniture, the students would have more convenient chairs and desks in their classes, while their teachers would also enjoy sitting on their new furniture, which will be in their staff rooms. The MTN officer concluded his address by promising that MTN would continue to provide basic needs of Nigerians, as long as Nigerians continue to patronize MTN.<br /> Photo sessions and signing of visitors’ register by the honourable commissioner ended the event in both schools. Some of the dignitaries at the event included, Mrs. Jumoke Benson; Engr. Jaiye Benson; Secretary, Ikorodu Local Government, Comrade Japhet Odesanya; Tutor –General/permanent secretary, Education District II, Mrs. Margaret Titilayo Solarin; Zonal Director, Zone I, Ikorodu, Mrs. M.O. Adesoye; and principals of the benefiting schools, teachers and parents.</div> </div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Foriwusun.com%2Fimg%2Fjimi_1.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj2NQKXkvojKpnk0R-1VwdcqGURD9O6QUXGqfJjM8o8HjnEhmHps23Hr4xBQrdLTpITeAzOwhoAofyedaGTxiZ-FFG6Bpb6miKx4LxjB3Jgg8vAw1EgEG-FtYsobAYHrMSxIQ=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-FuFfknrU6mk%2FU6VeDsAhF5I%2FAAAAAAAAALU%2FX1ascwoINd8%2Fs1600%2Fjimi_2.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJERHdOMBUTRpVaKSfyDiEwfopOn9v7kDyWeInRuDaZ8YpwlPKcTKv-VCNQmF_WQfjb8Pv126tM0NrO2kG_xTCyhUQ1_nZnp5rgHbQbiwcjJeI_SeNYJWrCrtGqWVxnIr3YQWojb8jTjn/s1600/jimi_2.jpg" -->

HOW BABAJIMI BENSON FACILITATES MTN’s N10M FURNITURE FOR SCHOOLS

  The high flying son of the soil, a lawyer, company secretary to the LSDPC and a young man from the prominent Benson family in Ikorodu...

Read more »

Homat School Proprietor, Amusa bags Hon. Nosimot's award

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uQXc6KZOrJoAMPTBCZW8vxWql8JINthd08N02T765mXZaUURurpsp_SCnTCYFryNNUVoTH_siojsG1m7kDWjtQUDoWijZdXMlYkQYLyvY-7JHNNf5u3bo_m4sY2GiimCUr_pqq6m6dAZ/s1600/Amusa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uQXc6KZOrJoAMPTBCZW8vxWql8JINthd08N02T765mXZaUURurpsp_SCnTCYFryNNUVoTH_siojsG1m7kDWjtQUDoWijZdXMlYkQYLyvY-7JHNNf5u3bo_m4sY2GiimCUr_pqq6m6dAZ/s1600/Amusa.jpg" width="208" /></a></div> The proprietor and director, Homat Group of schools, Alhaji Olawale Amusa, has been honoured with special award for his exemplary contributions to the upliftment of education in Ikorodu division and Lagos state respectively. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The event, which was part of Hon. Nosimot Akinsola's second award of excellence for best WASSC students in Ikorodu constituency II, was held recently. It featured the best overall student with the slot going to Kabure Ayomide of Lagos state Model college and second and third overall best going to Miss Aboyeji Monsurat and Apona perpetua of Elepe High school and Senior Service Model College, Igbogbo respectively.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Alhaji Amusa, who had made far reaching contributions in education, also provided the best overall students with free GCE forms. Apart from providing qualitative education in his schools, Homat has also added other areas of education to his concept by introducing computer, pivotal and adult education, among others. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His contribution to the growth and development of education also.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Among the things donated by Homat to schools included giant standing fans for the overall best school in Ikorodu constituency, Lagos state Model College, Igbokuta and distributed thousands of exercise books and jotters, among other gift items to students and guests at the event.</div>

Homat School Proprietor, Amusa bags Hon. Nosimot's award

The proprietor and director, Homat Group of schools, Alhaji Olawale Amusa, has been honoured with special award for his exemplary contr...

Read more »