Richard Akinnola, a notable journalist and long-time ally of the late fiery human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, has faulted Brigadier-General Kunle Togun (rtd.) allegations against the activist describing them as lies and pure fiction.

Togun was a Deputy Director of the State Security Service in the days of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Akinola further described the allegations as “egregious, insidious, and fallacious” while responding to an interview Togun granted on the Edmund Obilo podcast, where he claimed Fawehinmi harboured resentment against the military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida’s regime due to an alleged business favour from the regime of Muhammadu Buhari that was disrupted by the 1985 coup.

Akinnola discredited Togun’s assertions as outright falsehood, stating that Fawehinmi was never a businessman and had no financial dealings with the Buhari regime.

The full statement reads:

My attention has been drawn to an interview granted by Brigadier-General Kunle Togun(rtd), a former Deputy Director of State Security Service, to Edmund Obilo podcast, wherein he made some egregious, insidious, insensate and fallacious allegation against Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN (of blessed memory).
Togun was one of the two Security Chiefs of General Ibrahim Babangida who Gani Fawehinmi accused of killing by parcel bomb, Dele Giwa, founding Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch.
While Brigadier Togun is at liberty to defend himself in the podcast over the allegation, which is understandable, he however, doesn’t have that liberty to lie against Gani Fawehinmi.

He said that Gani was so much against the Babangida regime because he was pained that the Babangida’s coup which overthrew the General Buhari, scuttled Buhari’s business favour to Gani, which was in the works before Buhari was overthrown. He said Gani was supporting the Buhari regime, particularly on the trial of politicians for corruption by military tribunal. There was no doubt that Gani supported General Buhari’s war on corruption with the setting up of Recovery of Public property (Special Military Tribunals) Decree 3 of 1984, which pitted him against the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). While its true that Gani supported the Buhari junta on the trial of politicians and former public officers, his support was not blanket. He squared up with Buhari when it came to matter of rule of law and disobedience to court orders. One example would suffice.

Following the fire incident at NET building, one of the firefighters, Saidu Garba was interdicted. He briefed Gani and his interdiction was challenged. The matter came before Justice Yaya Jinadu. The judge gave series of orders for his reinstatement, which were disdainfully flouted by the government. It became a major face-off between the judge and the Buhari junta. At that critical moment, the judge couldn’t get the support of his Chief Judge, Adefarasin and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Sodeinde Sowemimo. As a matter of fact, Sowemimo, as Chairman of the Advisory Judicial Council (as National Judicial Council, NJC was then known), directed Justice Jinadu to apologize to the Buhari government. Gani was livid and severely attacked the Buhari junta. Justice Jinadu resigned, rather than apologize to the executive.

In my law column in the Vanguard, l ran two installments on the saga. Gani called me and said the issues were too important and fundamental to be consigned to just my column. He suggested l wrote a book on the saga. That was how my first book -SALUTE TO COURAGE, published by Gani’s Nigerian Law publication came into being.

I gave this background to show Brigadier Togun that Gani was not just a rabid supporter of Buhari regime but of his anti-corruption crusade, the same way he gave a near-fanatical support to Nuhu Ribadu as EFCC Chairman. It’s on record that Gani turned down every brief against the EFCC. So, it was a blatant lie that Buhari was processing a financial favour for Gani before he was toppled by Babangida.

To use Togun’s words, “There is this patronage, it has to do with New York. And the money were in dollars. Before the thing materialized, Babangida took over”.
This is pure fiction. Gani was NEVER a businessman. He was into three things -He practiced law, he wrote law and he published law. He never sought for, nor received any government patronage. There was no way the General Babangida we all knew would have this sort of information on Gani and never used it for the eight years that Gani became a thorn in his flesh.
This is the same Babangida, who, on three different occasions, in interviews, stated that the only genuine critic he respected was Gani Fawehinmi. He stated this in a TELL interview.
In the TELL magazine edition of July 24, 1995 at pages 9-20 titled “l am the Evil Genius”, Babangida said:
“If there is one man l respect, it is Gani. It sounds strange.l, appreciate you that you have a strong conviction and fight for it consistently. This is the context in which l see Gani. He was a dogged fighter and l respect him for this. In fact, there are three of them l respect like that. They are Gani, late (Professor) Awojobi and Dr Yusuf Bala Usman. None of them says anything without doing his homework first”.

General Babangida, also in a Voice of Nigeria (VON) Hausa Service interview which was widely reported on October 24, 2000, said “Only Gani Fawehinmi and Colonel Dangiwa Umar are the only true, principled fighters of June 12. Others are sycophants who fed fat on June 12”.

So, l ask Brigadier Togun, would his boss, General Babangida have such damaging information about Gani and still make these statements about him and not release such so-called transaction, which Babangida allegedly stopped when he took over from Buhari?
To Brigadier Togun, yes, you may be pained that Gani fought you and Brigadier Haliru Akilu over the parcel bomb assassination of Dele Giwa but while some of us Gani associates are still alive, to keep quiet over this egregious lie against Gani is a sin.

May l also inform you that Gani Fawehinmi NEVER met Buhari throughout Buhari’s tenure as Head of State from December 31, 1983 to August 26, 1985. The first time Gani ever set eyes on General Muhammadu Buhari
was on Friday, September 5, 2003 at Ondo Central Mosque during the burial of Alhaja, Gani’s mum.

Perhaps, it is necessary to mention another lie akin to the one made by Togun. This time, by Gani’s erstwhile bosom friend, Dr Olu Onagoruwa.

Over the years, particularly during the Babangida junta, Gani and Onagoruwa were best of friends. As a matter of fact, during those days, conscious that his land phone would have been bugged, Gani and Onagoruwa made it a passion to be calling each other on the phone at about 1-2 am most days, abusing and cursing the Babangida regime.

When Gani’s battle for Dele Giwa started in 1986 and Gani wrote his first Will, Onagoruwa was one the executors of the Will. That was how close they were.

However, upon the General Sani Abacha coup which toppled the Shonekan’s interim government, Lt-General Diya emerged as the Chief of General Staff. Diya and Onagoruwa hailed from Odogbolu in Ogun state. Through the Odogbolu connection, Onagoruwa was offered the position of Attorney General in Abacha’s government. Gani vehemently dissuaded him not to accept. Onagoruwa was interested and he accepted. That was the parting of ways between the two friends. Gani updated his Will and removed Onagoruwa as an executor. He appointed First Trustees as the executors of his new and last Will and Testament.
It turned out that Gani’s prognosis concerning Onagoruwa was correct.

Over time, Onagoruwa fell out with Abacha and resigned and according to him, to get back at him, the government agents assassinated his son, Toyin. He was devastated and suffered stroke. Onagoruwa was later to write a book about his experience in Abacha government titled:”A rebel in Abacha government”.
In the book, he lied against his former friend, Gani Fawehinmi. In order to get back at him. Just like Togun with his fairy tales, he lied that it was Buhari who bought Gani’s flat for him in London. Gani was livid about this blatant lie and he replied with another book titled:”The lies and lies of Dr Olu Onagoruwa in his book ‘A rebel in Abacha’s government.

In his book, Gani stated that he bought the London flat in 1980, four years before Buhari came to office, adding that Dr Onagoruwa’s wife visited him in the flat in 1981.
PROPERTY IN LONDON
“I did not buy any house or any landed property of any description or of any type in London between 1983 and 1985, either from January 1983 when there was no Buhari military administration or from 31st December to 26th August, 1985…To this extent, the allegation of Dr Olu Onagoruwa in his book that l was assisted by the Buhari military administration to by a house in London is grievously false, disgracefully perverted, ignominiously infantile and spuriously demented. It is untrue because it is false.

1. In 1980, 26 years ago, and 4 years before Buhari military administration came to power, I bought an apartment in Croydon, London. It was 15 Willow Mount.
   The firm of Solicitors that represented me in the purchase of the property in 1980 was-
   HOLMAN FENWICK & WILLAN
   MARLOW HOUSE
   LLOYDS AVENUE
   LONDON EC 3N 3AL
   Their Telephone Number is 0207 488 2300. Their Fax Number is 0207 481 0316.

Please note that this firm of solicitors still exists in the same address and its current telephone and fax numbers are as stated above.

2. This small property has since been sold by me.
3. Dr. Olu Onagoruwa’s wife, Mrs. Titi Onagoruwa and her children visited my wife (Mrs Ganiat Bukun Fawehinmi) and myself in this property in 1981. She wore a red skirt and blouse. That was three years before Buhari’s military administration came to power. It is therefore surprising that Olu Onagoruwa could concoct a horrible falsehood as he shamelessly did in his book.
4. On Monday, 17th August, 1981, a prominent Barrister, who is also a traditional ruler, the Owa-Ale of Ikare, Oba S.K.A. Adedoyin in company of Late Primate Gabriel Oladunni visited me in the same property to brief me on the case involving the traditional status of Oba Owa-Ale of Ikare. I later handled that case in Nigeria after the visit and won same in a judgment delivered on Thursday, 8th July,1982. The case is reported in (1983) 4 NCLR 786.

5. The only property I have in London today is a one bedroom flat at Flat 20, Maybourne
   Grange, Turnpike Link, East Croydon, Surrey, Post Code CRO 5NH. Their Fax No is 0208-686-4516.

6. I completed the purchase of this property on 2nd October, 1981 through a company called Wates. The full address of that company is-
WATES RESIDENTIAL SALES AND
LETTING ESTATE AGENTS
52 CHICHESTER ROAD
PARK HILL, CROYDON
SURREY
Their current Telephone number is 0208-680-2422 while their Post Code is CRO 5NB.

7. I have had this Flat since 1981 till today, December 2006, a period of 25 years. Whenever I go to London, I stay there. I also use the place as my overseas contact address. I have no other property of any description or of any type in England or any other place in the world outside Nigeria.

8. I bought this Flat for £38,500.00 (Thirty-Eight Thousand, Five Hundred Pounds Sterling) in 1981.
9. From the facts stated above, this property was bought more than 2 years before General Buhari administration came to power on Sunday,1st January 1984.

10 Anybody who wants to check the authenticity or the truthfulness of the facts I have stated above can contact the addresses listed above.

In addition, investigation can be conducted in the appropriate Land Registry in England. The London telephone number of the appropriate Land Registry is 02082082351181. If you are phoning from Nigeria,you dial 009-44-2082351181. If you are still not satisfied, you can engage the services of a solicitor to make the enquiries in the appropriate Land Registry in England.”

I went this extent to quote Gani in extenso in order to put issues in proper perspective when lies are being retailed as done by Brigadier Togun in his said interview.
Another lie told by Brigadier Togun in the interview was to the effect that Gani Fawehinmi paid the damages awarded against him by the court for defamation against Togun and Akilu. When asked by his interviewer how much Gani paid, he said he couldn’t remember. Is it possible for you to be paid some millions of Naira and you couldn’t remember? The truth is that Gani didn’t pay any damages. Let me help Brigadier Togun. The court awarded N6 million as damages to him and Akilu for defamation, that is, N3 million apiece but Gani challenged the decision at the appellate court. Except l check my records, l can’t say precisely now what happened to the matter at the appellate courts.

These clarifications and rebuttals are necessary because some of us cannot be alive and keep quiet when blatant lies are being peddled against Gani Fawehinmi.

E-Signed

RICHARD AKINNOLA
(A friend and associate of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN)
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

A Port Harcourt, Rivers State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Eze Kingsley to death by hanging for the murder of one Wagbara David a mortuary owner.

The convict committed the crime on December 7, 2018, at No. 4, Rumumasi Community along the East-West, Port Harcourt.

Kingsley, who was on trial for three counts of murder and infliction of grievous bodily harm, was reported to have used a sharp object to stab David.

David was rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, where he was confirmed dead.

An argument reportedly erupted between Kingsley, a conductor of a petroleum tanker, and David, who operated a morgue, after David instructed the tanker driver to remove the vehicle from his business premises, claiming that its presence was interfering with his operations.

Wagbara’s death caused anger and pandemonium in the area, as the indigenes trooped out for a reprisal attack but were stopped by security operatives.

In delivering judgment, Justice Boma Diepiri stated that the prosecution had proven every element of the murder charge beyond reasonable doubt, and accordingly convicted and sentenced Kingsley to death.

Justice Diepiri ruled that Kingsley should be hanged by the neck until death, and prayed that his soul rest in peace.

Sir Keir Starmer‘s new health minister Ashley Dalton has raised eyebrows by backing the idea of people identifying as llamas, saying that they deserve ‘dignity and respect’.

To most, the idea of someone identifying as a South American pack animal may seem beyond the realms of absurd, but to a small but growing community of people who feel more aligned to furry creatures than they do humans, the news will come as cause for celebration.

A growing number of individuals around the world have rejected their human identity, claiming instead that they feel more comfortable being thought of as cats, dogs, horses. There is even one woman who indeed appears to have self-identified as llama.

Online, thousands of young people calling themselves ‘therians’ or ‘furries’, gather to share tips on ‘trotting’, feeding, and suggestions on how to persuade their school or workplace to let them use a litter tray rather than a human toilet. 

The term therian refers to people who identify as non-human animals on a deep level and engage in behaviours associated with their animal identity. They differ from furries, who see their animal persona as a character – with or without a sexual element – while therians innately feel animal characteristics.

While it may seem peculiar to many, the therian community appears to be growing across all walks of life – from adults who periodically dress as pets for ‘escapism’, to children in schools who refuse to be identified as human. 

Many choose to express their identities by adopting a cat mask or wolf mask, depending on which animal they feel an affinity with. Though dogs and cats are popular choices, some believe they are foxes, wolves, or even some creatures that are now extinct.

The trend has sparked outrage, with a handful of schools across the UK – including three in Scotland – having been revealed to allowing children with ‘species dysphoria’ to identify as other creatures.

Elsewhere, others have paved the way for the emerging species-friendly space. Last year, US singer Dorian Electra added litter trays to public toilets at venues they were touring in a bid for ‘inclusivity’.

In a video posted to TikTok, the singer showed them crossing out a sign that read ‘all gender restrooms’ and replacing it with a sign that read ‘species’ over the word gender. 

Here, FEMAIL takes a look at the people who call themselves pets, munching from bowls, using litter trays and walking on all-fours to live out their ‘real’ identity.

Llama

While it may have sounded absurd to many, one American woman on TikTok does claim to identify as a llama. 

The social media user runs a popular TikTok account called punk.rock.llama, where she frequently posts comedy videos dressing up as fictional characters and performing mimes with her various animal puppets.

In one video posted to the app, she filmed herself puppeteering as a llama. She captioned the video: ‘I identify as a llama, a threat, and A Bit Much.’

Several in the comments commended the video, which featured a lip syncing of a TikTok sounds. One wrote: ‘You’re awesome!!!’.

Another resonated with her llama identity, writing: ‘Hello punk rock llama I’m laidback llama. Nice to meet you and your content!’

Elsewhere on their page, where she boasts 148,000 followers, the self-identifying llama posts videos dressing up as various fictional characters and lip syncing TikTok songs.

US singer Dorian Electra added litter trays to public toilets at venues they were touring in a bid for ‘inclusivity’.

Human pups

In 2016, a Channel 4 documentary shared insight into the secret world of ‘human pups’, a pet play craze here in the UK that sees humans dressing and behaving as dogs. 

The strange hobby involves ‘pups’ getting people to take them for walks, eating from a bowl and dressing head to toe in costume.

According to the documentary, 10,000 people follow the pet play craze, including Tom, a technician from Hertfordshire in his thirties.

His alter-ego is a Dalmatian dog called Spot, and describes dressing up as and behaving like a dog as a form of ‘escapism’.

‘You disappear and start chasing puppy toys. You go so deep into the head space, you crave it and want it. It’s just magic,’ he said in the documentary.

Unable to cope with his peculiar hobby, Tom’s fiancée Rachel called it quits on their relationship – though at the time the pair remained friends.

Tom revealed he had spent £4,000 on his canine habit over a ten-year period. In the documentary he showed off a rubber costume complete with breathing tube.

According to the documentary, 10,000 people follow the pet play craze, including Tom, a technician from Hertfordshire in his thirties (pictured)

Tom said the craving was so strong that he had taken to sleeping in a dog training crate, lined with puppy training pads in case he has to answer the call of nature. 

Appearing on This Morning in 2016, the self-identifying canine trotted on set on all fours before perching down on the floor to sit besides presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.

‘It means being able to escape from life and day-to-day business. It’s a chance to unwind and clear the mind,’ he told presenters, delving into the bizarre habit that all started when he bought a dog costume on eBay. 

Describing how it feels to be in puppy mode, he said: ‘When you’re into it, you ignore what’s going on around you in terms of money and food.’

The only time Tom said he drops the identity is when he needs to use the facilities: ‘I drop back into human mindset when going to the loo,’ he confirmed.

‘It’s not sexual. It’s just escapism to get away from everything that’s run of the mill. There’s no sexual aspect to the puppy side.’

Tom also revealed he has a handler, Colin, who assumes the role of owner when Tom is being a puppy. Describing the relationship he said: ‘It’s not love. We’re soul mates good friends. 

‘I have slept on a cage along the way. Colin will be in the bed and I’ll be on the floor. It’s not a dominant submissive relationship though. It’s more care, love and handler.’

The 13-year-old cat

Another young person who calls themselves therian and identifies as another creature is Amber from New York – otherwise known as Wispy when she is dressed as a cat.

The young teenager boasts a popular TikTok following of 184,100 with a comment section teeming with aspiring therians seeking advice on embracing their animal identities.

On one of Amber’s recent videos, hopeful therians eagerly shared their admiration for her. ‘Therians are actually really cool, I wanna be one but idk how to make a mask,’ one commenter wrote.

‘I want to be a therein,’ a second said, while others begged to know where she’d bought her cat mask.

The youngster regularly posts videos of her prancing through fields, testing her balance crawling across tree trunks, and improving her ‘look’ with more sophisticated costumes.

Speaking to Mamamia last October, Emma’s mother said she initially thought her daughter was going through a ‘passing fad’ but soon realised her desire to dress as a cat ran deeper.

When Amber first divulged her desire to be a cat, her mother admitted she was taken aback but responded ‘gently and understandingly’. 

Amber then broke down in tears having feared how her mother would take the news. 

Initially concerned with how others would accept her in society, the mother told the publication she had mostly witnessed ‘positive outcomes’ and was pleased to see it bring ‘great joy and also comfort’.

She said she is wholly supportive of the strange fascination and helps source materials to build new costumes, allowing her to embrace her fox identity to it’s full extent.

‘She has delved into the creative world of mask-making and she is incredibly talented. She also gets plenty of outdoor time and exercise… The various activities she does seem to be soothing for her and good for the soul.’ 

‘The world is a crazy place, we’re all just trying to figure it out and work out who we are,’ the mother said, adding that she had no plans to snub the passion which sees as bringing her child ‘joy’.

TikTok therians 

The therian community insist they are different from furries, as they identify as the animal, rather than seeing it as a character.

They adopt animal-like movements, including leaping through the air and showing off their walk, trots and canters

An emerging group of teenager’s have been filming themselves coming home from school and finding relief at being able to express their ‘real’ animal persona again, while others have posted guides to ‘coming out’ to parents.

Some therians even claim they experience ‘shift’ impulses to behave like their animal selves, where they temporarily get taken over by their instincts, and post videos of themselves on all fours or connecting with nature. 

One TikTok account, called @.fern_.the.therian, shows a group of therians running through fields of grass and throwing their masks and tails in the air. 

Another, based in Reading in the UK, posted a video of themselves leaping onto a chair, while wearing a fluffy tail and animal mask. They said: ‘I caught a shift! It’s my first time since my therian awakening two to three years ago, and even this one was tiny! 

‘This was the animalistic behaviours I was experiencing, I knew where I was and that I was filming but I couldn’t control it much. Shift incoming!’

Therians have been hosting meet-ups throughout the UK, where they can meet like-minded souls, advertising where they live on TikTok. 

The groups have even put their own spin on ‘day in the life’ videos, showing them collecting rainwater overnight, reading books about nature and watering plants – all while wearing an animal mask.   

Some TikTok users express their identities by adopting a cat mask or wolf mask, depending on which animal they feel an affinity with. 

Therians usually wear a mask of the animal they identify with and a tail, and feel they are especially attuned to nature

Others have struggled to come to terms with their identity in the world, with some depicting themselves spasming into an animal after ‘having been idle too long’. 

One clip revealed a young therian claiming that they were left ‘shaking’ after a doctor’s appointment where they weren’t offered a litter tray to use. 

But there are also ‘polytherians’ who identify as multiple species, while ‘paleotherians’ even identify as extinct animals. 

Therians are a subculture of Otherkins, who identify as partially or entirely human. They say they feel especially attuned to nature, while others identify using the term ‘transspecies’. 

The Wolf Woman

In a similarly canine vein, Naia Ōkami, from Seattle in the USA, previously said believed that she is ‘spiritually and psychologically’ a British Columbia Wolf.

Speaking on the I’ve Got News For You podcast in 2022, Naia, who goes by NaiaGoesAwoo online – said identifying as a wolf does not affect her day-to-day life, relationships or job and that she ‘doesn’t really care’ about the nasty things people say about her online. 

Naia, who is also transgender, said she was just 10 years old when she started telling people she had ‘the spirit of a wolf’ and spent years figuring out her identity before finding the term therian. 

She said she is a wolf ‘on all levels except physical’, often howls, sometimes dons a tails and ears when dressing up and spends time volunteering at wolf preserves to bond with the animals.

‘So spiritually and psychologically, I identify as a wolf but I know I’m human. I walk on two legs, I’ve got a job, I’ve got a career. My partner is human,’ she said.  

Naia has been open about her identity and copped cruel criticism and trolling as a result but is unfazed.

‘There’s plenty of reasons to hate a person. If you’re going to hate me because I’m blunt and I said something that offended you or a did something wrong that’s a valid reason not to like me,’ she said. 

‘But if you’re going to dislike me because of just an identity or a trait that’s not hurting you or anyone else, I don’t really need you in my life anyway.’  

Naia said people also often wrongly assume she must have mental health issues but assured listeners that isn’t the case, insisting that her identifying as a wolf had no impact on her day-to-day life.

According to Naia, there are some therians who take it ‘too far’, such as those who take their alter-egos into public. ‘If you go to work and you’re barking at your co-workers clearly that’s in the realm of causing some sort of problem but most therians don’t do that,’ she said.

Naia said her unique identity ‘doesn’t make a difference’ in her friendships and relationships and only has a few fellow therian friends.

She claims being a wolf therian actually helps her in her job as an investigator where she tracks down people who harm animals and children. 

‘When I’m going after predators … I get to feel like a wolf hunting my prey and my prey happens to be humans who are doing bad things,’ she said.

Naia ¿kami, from Seattle, calls herself a therian, which is someone who identifies as either an extinct or living animal, and believes she is ‘spiritually and psychologically’ a wolf

Father-of-three who dresses as a rabbit

In 2021, Adrian James, from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, detailed his passion for dressing in rabbit costumes.

The thirty-something -year-old father of three worked as a mechanic by day, but had a secret passion for dressing up as an alter-ego – a bunny rabbit called Keel.

He even attends large events where other ‘furries’ meet up and share their passion to become animals. At the time he had seven rabbit costumes in total.

‘I have always had a soft spot for rabbits. I had a rabbit teddy when I was younger which I rediscovered as teen and have been obsessed ever since,’ Adrian said.

The Covid-19 lockdowns offered the perfect time for Adrian to pursue his hobby and he became even more involved in making costume. 

‘The lockdowns have been great for my hobby because it has given me much more time to be Keel and make some new furry outfits.

‘I like spending time as Keel and being at home enabled me to be him a lot more that usual. I converted my attic into a sort of studio where I can create the outfits, and tend to find that I’m enjoying myself the most when sewing together my latest designs.’

The thirty-something -year-old father of three worked as a mechanic by day, but had a secret passion for dressing up as an alter-ego – a bunny rabbit called Keel

Adrian began his quirky hobby as a child and has since found the interest has an extensive community. ‘People are into furries for different reasons, for me it’s the community feel within it and the artistry in the outfits. I love seeing new outfits when they’re made.

‘My new suit, who I called Chiral, was originally supposed to be sold on. But I liked him so much I decided to keep him for myself.

‘It can take months to finish a suit so being able to stay at home for such a long time gave me plenty of it to start making new furry outfits.’

He even created a space in his attic where he could create new costumes in pursuit of his hobby, which he insisted was ‘all about expression’ and that he was part of a very ‘active’ community of like-minded furies.

Adrian said he has not let people who judge him put him off his quirky interest but wishes people would understand the community more. ‘There are some not very family-friendly sub communities in my community, like the fetish guys who have a sexual interest in furries, but I do not judge them for that.

‘But that’s not me, for me it’s all about the creative side of the suits and the way it lights up faces when I walk past.’

Teens dressed as foxes 

Last year, a desperate mother took to social media in a bid to seek advice on her 13-year-old stepdaughter who self-identifies as a fox. 

Speaking on the mental health podcast The Dr. John Delony Show, stepmother Jill said she was struggling to know how to handle the situation, with the teen having ‘come out’ as a therian. 

‘She wears a mask and a tail and has a YouTube channel of her jumping around like a fox in really short shorts,’ the horrified woman continued, adding that the girl’s biological mother was seemingly encouraging the behavior at her house. 

‘I’m at a complete loss and I’m shocked and it is a whole thing and there’s a name and there’s terminology and there’s things that are offensive to them,’ she told the podcast host frantically.

In an even more bizarre twist, the stepdaughter had apparently also converted Jill’s nine-year-old biological daughter into a therian – with her stepsister now identifying as a giraffe, the flabbergasted woman relayed.

The stepdaughter had also made and posted a video with Jill’s two ‘young kids’ over Christmas, which the parents hadn’t even known about until later. 

Jill went on to ask Dr. John if she should let her own daughter ‘continue to be a giraffe’ – and, ‘more importantly, what rules do I have in place in my home about the internet and screens and social media?’

‘And can I tell my stepdaughter that her cell phone’s not allowed here?’ she added.

‘And overall, big picture, what kind of relationship should I have with my stepdaughter?

‘Since I’m not her bio parent, but so much of her influence is over my house and my daughter, who’s absolutely in love with her, adores her, and I’m sure a big reason my daughter’s doing this is to gain good favors with the stepdaughter.’ 

Jill worried for her stepdaughter for both her children and insisted she would monitor the children’s phones and attempt to keep them ‘anchored to reality’.

Culled from DailyMail.

A Magistrates’ Court in Ogba, Lagos State, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of 56-year-old policeman Owolabi Akinlolu at the Maximum Correctional Centre Kirikiri for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl in his office.

Owolabi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Ogudu Police Station in Lagos, allegedly raped the victim in his office after promising to help recover her phone, which was stolen by one-chance robbers while she was returning from Ikeja with her grandmother and siblings.

Akinlolu reportedly summoned the teenager to his office on June 29, claiming they had apprehended the suspect who had stolen her phone two weeks earlier.

Upon arriving at the police station, the senior police officer allegedly locked his office door behind him and raped the teenager.

In July 2024, the victim’s mother, Mrs Aramide Olupona, accused the police of attempting to cover up the case, disclosing that the suspect’s wife and family had pleaded with her to drop the charges, as Akinlolu was set to retire in December 2024.

At the Magistrate Court 11 on Tuesday, the prosecution counsel, backed by a seven-paragraph affidavit, urged the court to remand the defendant, stating that the offence of defilement violated Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

In response to the prosecution’s request, Magistrate O.O. Fagboun ordered the defendant’s remand at the Maximum Correctional Centre and adjourned the case until March 11, 2025, for trial..

The Conclave

The last has not been heard about the allegations of corruption levelled against Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha, the Acting Vice Chancellor of  Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State with another petition claiming that she directed about 72 academic staff who benefited from the TETFUND 2024 research grant to remit six hundred thousand nair each to a designated account not related to the university.

In the latest petition addressed to the EFCC Chairman, by Silas, Joseph Onu, Esq., dated 10 February 2024, it was alleged that “the Acting  Vice Chancellor issued a verbal directive  to each of the beneficiaries to remit a sum of N600,000 (six hundred thousand Naira) from  the N2, 000,000 (two million Naira) they each received as research fund from TETFUND into an account that has nothing to do with the university or any form of research.”

Below are full details of the petition.

In addition to the clear facts of corrupt activities submitted in our petition of 27^th January, 2025 we are making this additional statement of fact in furtherance of Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha, the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State.

TETFUND is known for its intervention funds in our higher institutions of learning. One of its core focus is the Institutional Base Research (IBR) Intervention Fund. This intervention fund is directly targeted at researchers (lecturers) in the various institutions. Any beneficiary of this fund is usually paid the money directly to aid their personal research projects.

7s researchers benefited from this fund in the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State. Following their payment, through the university management, the following notice was sent out for a meeting between the beneficiaries and the university management:

“*ATTENTION PLEASE…!!!*
*INVITATION TO A MEETING BY THE DIRECTORATE OF ACADEMIC PLANNING WITH ALL THE COOU 2024 TETFUND’S IBR BENEFICIARIES*

The following Academic staff who are beneficiaries of the 2024 TETFUND’S IBR (1st Batch) are invited to a briefing by the Directorate of Academic Planning by 12: Noon on Tuesday 20th August 2024 at Senate Chambers, Igbariam Campus.

*List of Beneficiaries (1st Batch)*

1) Nnaemeka Obidike Francis 2) Ifemeje, Chinenye Jonathan
3) Okelue Collins
4) Nnaemena Ugochukwu George
5) Obiakor Casmir Uchenna
6) Agu Anthony O.
7) Manafa Grace Uzoamaka
8) Okeke Andrew Chuma
9) Ekesiobi Chukwunonso
10) Oguno Paschal Epiphanus
11) Ifebi Oluchi
12) Onuigbo Ifeanyi Ositadinma
13) Ibekilo, Collins Bruno
14) Nwosu Chibuzo Charles
15) Ndive Julius Nnamdi
16) Mba Alex Obiora
17) Morah Josephine Ngozi
18) Madukasi Edith Ifeoma
19) Onuora Ifeoma Joy
20) Nnalue Anthony Odikpo
21) Onyenweife Geraldine Ifesinachi
22) Ume Ignatius Sunday
23) Udegbunam Cyprain Uchenna
24) Chidebelu Munachi Victoria
25) Ofozoba Chinonso Anthony
26) Ifebi Ogonna
27) Okeke Chidimma Odira
28) Okoye Peter Beluchukwu
29) Okafor Scholastica Ogechukwu
30) Idigo Mediatrix Amara
31) Nwabachili Chidi Charles
32) Idigo Blessing Chugo
33) Ibekwe Adaobi Maryann
34) Ezeamama Ifeyinwa Georgina
35) Nnalue Obioma Henrietta
36) Egwuaba Edward Ukwubile
37) Ibekwe Angela Obiageli
38) Ohazulike Leo Atuchukwu
39) Onwuka Chukwujekwu Charles
40) Nnatuanya Felix Obinna
41) Ibekwe Anthony I.
42) Umeaku Chinyelu N.
43) Obananya Chinwe Gloria
44) Okeke Selina U. N.
45) Nwadiogbu Joseph Onyebuchi
46) Dim Ethelmary Ogochukwu
47) Okafor Chinyere Francisca
48) Agwazia Okwudili Joseph
49) Onyegirim Swift N.K.
50) Okafor Patrick Chinenye
51) Enemuo Chinwe Juliana
52) Nwafor Gideon Uchechukwu
53) Nwankwo Cosmas Anayochukwu
54) Nweke Anselem Chukwuemeka
55) Nwalieji Hyacinth Udeanya
56) Oguwike Francis Ndukwe
57) Idemobi Ellis I.
58) Oguejiofor Chinwe Sussan
59) Orji Nkeiruka Mary-Kate
60) Okpalaibekwe Uchenna Nora
61) Onyekwelu Rose Ugonwa
62) Alumona Amaka Ijeoma
63) Madukasi Francis Chuks
64) Okeke Uche
65) Nwokolo Echezona Emmanuel
66) Madubueze Madumelu Harrison Christian
67) Onyemaechi Chinwe Ifeyinwa
68) Ikezue Edwin Nwabufo
69) Alumona Ikenna Mike
70) Ohamobi Ifunanya Nkechi
71) Umeifekwem Uchenna Timothy
72) Iloh Johnpaul Izuchukwu

Please note that all Beneficiaries are expected to attend in person.

Thanks!

Signed:
Prof Emeka Obi
Director of Academic Planning.”

Interestingly, the Acting Vice Chancellor issued a verbal directive to each of the beneficiaries to remit a sum of N600,000 (six hundred thousand Naira) from the N2,000,000 (two million Naira) they each received as research fund from TETFUND into an account that has nothing to do with the university or any form of research. The demanded N600,000 (six hundred thousand Naira) was said to be for “logistic” – which is strange. While some were pressured into paying the N600,000 (six hundred thousand Naira), others protested and paid only N190,000 (One hundred and ninety thousand Naira). The account in which these “logistic” fee was paid into is:

• ACCOUNT NAME:            UWABUNOMMUTA INTEGRATED SERVICES
• ACCOUNT NUMBER:      6500318770
• BANK:                                 MONIEPOINT MFB

For the avoidance of doubt, TETFUND does not require any form of logistic for the payment of such research intervention money and the university also doesn’t have any pecuniary interest on such funds. The only logistics necessary is for each beneficiary to conduct the research for which the fund was given and render and a report afterwards.

This is another, amongst many others, act of financial corruption by the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State. There are questions surrounding the 2024 Admission process, as unqualified applicants with deep pockets were admitted against the qualified but indigent applicants.

An investigation into these and other departments of the university will certainly expose more fraudulent activities by the Ag. Vice Chancellor.

We look forward to your swift action to forestall the continuance of this criminal enterprise.

Sincerely,

for: SHIELD AND SWORD CONCSULT.

SILAS, Joseph Onu, Esq.

Managing Consultant.

A copy of the petition received by the EFCC is attached below.

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