Nigerian representative choose to battle US removal, medication charges

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A man recently chose to Nigeria's Senate declined to go to a Monday court hearing on his removal to the United States on 20-year-old medication charges identified with the TV hit "Orange is the New Black."

Attorneys for Senator-choose Buruji Kashamu, 56, rather requested that the court request Nigerian drug operators to lift their attack of his home, saying the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency is acting unlawfully in light of the fact that its specialists do not have a capture warrant.

Asked whether the office has one, representative Ofoyeju Mitchell said via email "Yes. NDLEA ID Card is a warrant."

"The removal move by the NDLEA for Kashamu to answer medication trafficking charges is lawful," he said in an announcement. "The Agency has not damaged his rights and will keep on meeting expectations inside of the restrictions the law."

Drug specialists encompassed Kashamu's home on Saturday, days before representatives are to be sworn into the new lawmaking body on Friday. The medication organization says he is under house capture.

Kashamu's representative, Austin Oniyokor, said Kashamu is the casualty of a political intrigue.

Following quite a while of inaction, the United States has asked for his removal, as indicated by Nigeria's medication organization. Requested remark, a U.S. State Department authority told The Associated Press that the office does not remark on law authorization matters.

The moves come as Kashamu is seen to have lost the apparent security of active President Goodluck Jonathan, who lost March decisions.

A Chicago fabulous jury in 1998 prosecuted Kashamu for trick to import and circulate heroin in the U.S. Prosecutors charge he was the kingpin of a heroin trafficking ring there in the 1990s.

Kashamu has said the prosecutors truly needed his dead sibling, whom he firmly took after.

A past solicitation to remove him from Britain fizzled in 2003. Kashamu put in five years in a British imprison before he was liberated over instability about his character. He was conveying $230,000 when he was captured there.

Twelve individuals in length prior conceded for the situation, including Piper Kerman whose journal was adjusted for the Netflix hit "Orange is the New Black

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PHOTO: See Heart Melting Photos of a Cute Baby Born Without Nose -

This adorably cute baby named Eli Thompson, is a 1 in 10 Billion baby. He was born with a rare condition known as Congenital Arhinia. It is a condition where the baby is born without a nose, and it is so rare there have only been 30 cases reported so far. Brandi, and Troy Thompson were not aware there was anything different about their baby until after he was born, because nothing showed up on the ultrasound. At birth Brandi and Troy were totally surprised to see their baby did not have a nose.

A tracheotomy was done to help him breath better, and Eli will be going through more surgeries in the future. He requires close monitoring, and he cannot cry so his parents have to keep a close eye on him.

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Third man charged with murder of missing Tennessee student

(Reuters) - A third man has been charged with murder in connection with the 2011 disappearance of a nursing student in Tennessee, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The Shelby County District Attorney's Office said Zachary Rye Adams, Jason Wayne Autry and John Dylan Adams had all been indicted on charges of premeditated first-degree murder, kidnapping and rape in the death of 20-year-old Holly Bobo.
Zachary Adams and Autry had been charged previously with murder and kidnapping in the case.
Bobo, a cousin of country music singer Whitney Duncan, was last seen in the driveway of her rural Tennessee home in April 2011.

Her brother told investigators he saw a man he mistook for her boyfriend lead her away from the family home in Darden, about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Nashville.

Her partial remains were found last September, more than three years after she disappeared. A human skull was discovered by two men searching for ginseng in woods nearby and she was identified through dental records, officials said.

Two Tennessee brothers, Mark and Jeffrey Pearcy, have also been charged with tampering with evidence and as accessories after the fact in connection to the case, officials said.

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Minneapolis officer accused of assault, falsifying reports

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who allegedly identified himself as an officer and assaulted at least four people while off-duty, then filed false reports, has been charged with federal civil rights violations and other counts in an indictment announced Wednesday.

Michael Lewis Griffin, 40, is charged with nine counts, including allegations that he deprived a person of his rights by using excessive force, falsified paperwork and perjury.

"Police officers cannot use their shield as a weapon against innocent civilians," U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said in a statement. "We will not stand for those who abuse their badge and the public's trust."
It wasn't immediately clear whether Griffin had an attorney who could comment on the allegations. The head of the Minneapolis police union didn't immediately return a phone message seeking comment on the case.
Griffin, a patrol officer, has been the subject of 22 internal affairs investigations stemming from complaints about his behavior, the Star Tribune reported. Police Chief Janee Harteau told KARE-TV that Griffin is on paid administrative leave.
The incidents cited in the indictment date back to 2010 and 2011.
In the 2010 case, Griffin was outside a Minneapolis nightclub when his friend starting arguing with another man, the indictment says. Griffin was off-duty and in plain clothes but identified himself as an officer.
The other man tried to walk away, but Griffin followed and punched him in the face until he lost consciousness, according to the indictment and court documents. Griffin then told other officers to arrest the man and filed a report saying he had been attacked.

The indictment also says that in 2011, Griffin told a bouncer at another Minneapolis bar that he was an officer and he had four men thrown out of the club. Griffin followed the men outside and called his called his partner to have them arrested.

While outside, Griffin threw one man to the ground, ordered another to walk toward a loading dock area where Griffin kicked him in the chest, then punched and kicked another man in the head, the indictment says.
Griffin allegedly lied when other officers arrived.

The victims in both incidents sued Griffin, and the indictment says he lied in both civil cases. The Star Tribune reported that the cases led to settlements and a court verdict that have cost Minneapolis a total of $410,000.

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Niger journalist arrested for 'collaborating' with Boko Haram

Niamey (AFP) - A journalist and rights activist known for his outspoken criticism of the humanitarian crisis in southeastern Niger has been arrested for "collaborating" with Boko Haram Islamists, the interior minister said Wednesday.

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International condemned Moussa Tchangari's arrest and called on Niger to release him.

"This man has been collaborating with Boko Haram for some time, and he is actively spreading propaganda and false news in liaison with Boko Haram," Interior Minister Hassoumi Massaoudou told AFP.
"All his propaganda aims to show... that Niger's defence and security forces are the criminals... (and) not Boko Haram."
Niger cannot "tolerate such an active collaboration with terrorists", or such "systematic spreading of false news", he added.
Tchangari was arrested on Monday and charged with "criminal links to the terrorist group Boko Haram", he said.
Tchangari's organisation Alternative Espace Citoyen has been critical of the humanitarian crisis in southeastern Niger, where the army is fighting Boko Haram.
In early May, his group published a report that criticised the Niger authorities after the evacuation of some 25,000 Lake Chad residents over fears of new Islamist attacks, following a deadly assault in late April.
At the time, Tchangari said thousands of men, women, children and elderly Lake Chad residents "walked for more than 50 kilometres (30 miles)" until they reached safety.
"No preparations were in place to welcome... or support them," he added.
In early May, a UN source said the evacuees were living in "dramatic" conditions -- without tents or shelter, and in some cases without access to drinking water.
In a statement Tuesday, Amnesty International called on Niger to free Tchangari "immediately", saying: "The fight against Boko Haram must not serve as a pretext to violate free speech."

The call for Lake Chad residents to evacuate came a week after a cross-border assault by Nigerian-based Boko Haram insurgents on the island of Karamga that left at least 74 people dead.

It was Niger's heaviest loss since it joined a regional offensive against the militants, whose six-year insurgency has claimed some 13,000 lives and displaced about 1.5 million people

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Police officer, suspect killed in Omaha shooting

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man opened discharge Wednesday on officers why should attempting capture him for a past shooting, inciting police to return gunfire in a shootout that left one officer and the suspect dead, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said.

Officer Kerrie Orozco, 29, kicked the bucket at Creighton University Medical Center soon after the 1 p.m. shooting, Schmaderer said at a news gathering. Schmaderer said the suspect, 26-year-old Marcus Wheeler, likewise kicked the bucket at the healing center.

Schmaderer said Orozco was a piece of an outlaw team searching for Wheeler to serve a lawful offense capture warrant. Wheeler, who was needed on a warrant charging him in a prior shooting, opened fire on the officers as they drew closer him. Officers discharged back, and Wheeler was later found behind a neighbor's home experiencing discharge wounds, the boss said.

A self-loader handgun was likewise found on Wheeler, Schmaderer said.

"Mr. Wheeler is a sentenced criminal and a known pack part," he said.

Orozco was a seven-year veteran of the division and worked in its pack unit, Schmaderer said. She was additionally another mother with an untimely child who is in an Omaha healing center.

"(The child) is situated to be discharged from the healing center tomorrow," Schmaderer said, his voice breaking.

It's been over 10 years since an Omaha officer was slaughtered in the line of obligation, when Officer Jason "Tye" Pratt was shot and murdered in September 2003, while pursuing down an escaping suspect. The suspect, 21-year-old Albert Rucker of Omaha, was thusly shot and slaughtered by another officer.

Orozco is the first female Omaha cop to pass on in the line of obligation, as per a rundown on the Officer Down Memorial online page.

Other than her little girl, Orozco is made due by her spouse, Hector Orozco, two stepchildren ages 6 and 7, her mom and two kin.

Kerrie Orozco drilled baseball at an Omaha Boys and Girls Club, was a Special Olympics volunteer and served as president of the Police Officers' Ball to advantage the Special Olympics, the boss said. She additionally took in salvage mutts and was a Girl Scout tutor.

"She was a companion, a mainstream officer," Schmaderer said. "I just can't even envision that this has happened. The city of Omaha owes her and her family an obligation of appreciation."

Dr. Michael Wagner, an injury discriminating consideration specialist at the healing facility, said his group gave "forceful consideration" to both Orozco and Wheeler, however neither could be resuscitated. Paramedics had done mouth to mouth on both the officer and the suspect as they were taken to the healing center.

Tiffany Atkins, who lives not as much as a piece from where the shooting happened, said she heard somewhere around five and 10 shots Wednesday evening in the Florence neighborhood in north Omaha, made up generally of tudor-style block homes along tree-lined boulevards. She said she took protect in her cellar and heard squad cars swarming the scene inside of seconds of the shooting.

"I was brought up in this area," Atkins said. "This makes me need to move

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