EXCLUSIVE: The Real Reason Mohamed Salah Rejected Dream Liverpool Move to Join Chelsea

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IBTimes UK can exclusively reveal that Mohamed Salah wanted to move to Liverpool in January, but chose Chelsea because he felt the Reds disrespected him.

Salah, 21, eventually signed for Chelsea after appearing certain to move to Anfield - and IBT has contacted sources close to the deal to find out why he switched destination at the eleventh hour.

Sources close to the negotiations told us that Salah, his represenatives and selling club Basel were unimpressed when Liverpool made a low-ball initial offer. They believe the Anfield delegation only began taking the negotiations seriously when Jose Mourinho showed interest.

Man on the run after issuing N4m dud cheque

No one could really tell the whereabouts of one Benneth, who is reportedly currently on the run after he was declared wanted and a warrant of arrest issued against him by the Enugu State Criminal Investigations Department. The fleeing Benneth, it was gathered, had reportedly issued a dud cheque to one Zed Chukwujama to the tune of a little over N4 million.
Benneth, 40, resided at No 44b, Imoke Street, Enugu, the state capital as at the time of the crime. It was gathered that long before he issued the dud cheque, Benneth had been found guilty in a court case at the Appeal Court in the state where he was mandated to pay the sum of N5, 040, 000 to Chukwujama.
As if he was serious about meeting the court’s demand, he paid a million naira out of the lot leaving the balance of a little over N4 million to balance up the amount awarded against him. He left no one in doubt that he could not raise the remaining four million and forty thousand naira. Promising to wrap up the payment,he agreed with Chukwujama to have the balance paid him at a new generation bank in the metropolis. Benneth thus issued a cheque of N4, 040, 000 to Chukwujama.

Gunmen abduct two Syrians in Ondo

Four dare devil gunmen on Thursday evening abducted two expatriates who are employees of Charvet Construction Company, which is handling the construction of the senate building of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba- Akoko. The expatriates who are from Syria were kidnapped at the construction site by the assailants, who rode in a Mercedes Benz car, went directly to pick their victims and dragged them into the victims sports utility vehicle.
Spokesman of the University, Sola Imoru who confirmed the incident said the hoodlums who invaded the site of the construction went straight to their victims without delay. He said the driver of the two engineers was shot in the leg while the hoodlums left with the Nissan SUV belonging to the foreign engineers, while injuring some people in the process. According to Imoru, the bandit made away with the vehicle, three telephone handsets and N400, 000

Family of seven, three others killed, scores missing in Kaduna

Again, unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Thursday night invaded Manchok Township in Kaura Local Government Area in Southern Kaduna. A family of seven and three others were reportedly killed while scores have been declared missing An eyewitness who pleaded for anonymity reported that the attackers raided the area about 2am on Thursday.
He said, “We heard gunshots around 2am on Thursday. We suspect that Fulani men are behind this attack. They have being killing us here for long without being challenged by our security agents. A family of seven and other three residents were killed. Many others are still missing.”
Meanwhile, Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, who visited Ungwar Kajit in Manchok Community of Kaura LGA over the attack, described the heinous act as ungodly and condemnable. Yero prayed that God should expose the perpetrators saying “We pray that God should expose the people that are causing this problem. We pray that God should touch their hearts to stop such dastardly acts or destroy their evil machinations.”

Friends bag 10-year jail term over kidnap of businessman

From BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, Osogbo
An Osun State High Court yesterday sentenced two friends, Fawole Abimbola and Peter Tominiyi to 10-year imprisonment for kidnapping an Osogbo-based businessman, Alhaji Rauf Olaiya and one Mrs Victoria Babatunde.
Olaiya, a famous businessman in Osogbo, Osun State capital, was kidnapped on March 20, 2011 in Osogbo, while Mrs Babatunde was kidnapped on August 6, 2011 at Inisha in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the state.
The convicts, who were both friends, were said to have been involved in the kidnap of the two people and they had since 2011 been standing trial over the case, following their arrest and subsequent detention by the police.
The convicts had upon the kidnap of Olaiya received a ransom of N300 million from him, while they received a ransom of $500 from Mrs Babatunde.
Ruling on the case yesterday, Justice Oyejide Falola sentenced the two accused persons to 10 years imprisonment at the Federal Prison, Ilesa.

Bomb explosion kills 2 in Borno border town

From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri
A bomb explosion believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram on Friday occurred at Gwoza, a Nigerian border community, killing at least two persons while unspecified number of residents were injured.
The Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Shehu Timta while on a thank-you-visit to Governor Kashim Shettima at the Government House on Friday for his recent elevation as first class emir, said his coming to Maiduguri for the visit was delayed due to a bomb explosion that occurred in his domain, adding that the explosion killed some yet-to-be-ascertained number of residents.
“I would have come here but was asked by the security agents to wait for about an hour to clear the road because of the bomb explosion that occurred. I was strongly advised not to take any risk,” the First Class traditional ruler said.

Anti-public smoking law: Cigarette sellers cry out

The Lagos State House of Assembly recently passed a bill seeking to make smoking in public places illegal in the state, with first offenders having options of paying a fine of N10,000, three months in jail or both. The bill which is awaiting the approval of Gov. Fashola, in order for it to be signed into law, prohibits residents from smoking in places such as libraries, museum, public toilets, schools, hospital, day-care centres, public transportation, restaurants among others.
However, the bill has led to many controversies as there are many sides to this coin. A visit to a cigarette seller and local gin concoction seller popularly known as paraga reveals that the bill will have an adverse effect on her family.