by Admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Four kidnappers who took mother and daughter penultimate Sunday in the G.R.A Benin city but met their Waterloo within...
by Admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Abia State Police Command, Adeleye Oyebade, on Monday paraded a suspected rapist, identified as Emeka Asibiriobwu, who was accused of defiling a two-year-old girl kept under his care. Oyebade said the suspect was arrested by the officers of the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Umuahia, the state capital. He said the suspect, who was still being investigated by policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, had raped the girl at Oriendu, a suburb of the state capital. The police boss said, “The suspect was arrested when the mother of the victim raised the alarm on sighting her daughter crying, while blood and fluid were gushing out of her private parts. “The victim was taken to a hospital where the rape case was established. The suspect has confessed to the crime and will be arraigned in court after the conclusion of police investigation.” Speaking with PUNCH Metro, the suspect, who could not state his age, however, denied raping the victim. He claimed that the mother of the victim did not keep her daughter under his care on the day the incident took place. He said, “My neighbour just accused me of raping her daughter; but I didn’t do it. I have told everyone in our community that I have no hands in the ugly...
by Admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has sentenced a prophetess, Felicia Oyelade, to two years’ imprisonment for forging land documents and selling same to unsuspecting members of the public. The 59-year-old prophetess was said to be in charge of the Christ Apostolic Church, Ori Oke Basiri, along Idanre Road, Akure. She had been standing trial on one count of forgery since 2013 following an allegation that she altered documents showing an agreement between her late husband, Olasunkanmi Oyelade, and the complainant in the matter, Mr. Isaac Babalola. According to the prosecution counsel, Mr. Adewale Bamisile, the convict altered the original documents to read 12 hectares of land purchased at a cost of N35,000, instead of 7.871 hectares purchased for N25,500 by her late husband in 1977. The prosecutor had said, “Oyelade’s shady deeds was exposed when she sold a portion of the land around Preston College, along kilometre 4, Akure-Owo Road, Akure, to an unsuspecting buyer with the forged document after the same land had been sold to another person by the rightful owner and complainant in the matter, Mr. Isaac Babalola.” Oyelade had pleaded not guilty to the charge of forgery levelled against her, saying she was part of the transaction between her husband and Babalola’s family when the land was bought. She said the documents were found in her husband’s room after the demise of her husband and that she had relied on it to sell the land to the people. After a plea for leniency because of Oyelade’s “teeming dependants and the church she was leading” by the convicts...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos State Police Command has arrested some suspected members of Eiye Confraternity, who allegedly used a residence on Halidu Avenue in Shibiri, in the Okokomaiko area of the state, for cult activities, Punch reports. Among the suspects are three brothers, David Richard, 33; Sunday Richard, 39; and 29-year-old Odefe Richard. Two other siblings, John Agboroko, 30; and 34-year-old Matthew Agboroko, were also apprehended. Other suspects are Samson Okpe, 32; Paul Jago 30; Saheed Oriyomi; 32; and 29-year-old David Quenum from the Republic of Benin. The police said the residence belonged to one Mrs. Rosemary Lawrence, who lives on Old Marine Road, Apapa. According to Punch Metro, a shrine, where new members were initiated, was uncovered by a team of policemen who stormed the compound at about 5am on Saturday. It was gathered that wraps of drugs suspected to be cannabis were also recovered from the scene. A police source told our correspondent that some operatives had been on surveillance of the area prior to the arrest of the suspects. “There was a shrine in an apartment on that premises, where the suspects used to meet and initiate new members. We got information that the gang was initiating new members and we stormed the compound. Some of the suspects are siblings. We have been keeping a close watch on the group’s activities for some time. They are Eiye Confraternity members,” the source said. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest, adding that the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had directed that the suspects be charged to court. She said, “At about 11.30pm...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom have officially signed off on their divorce, and all that’s left is a judge’s John Hancock, TMZ has learned. Khloe and Lamar have reached a property settlement and each has now signed legal docs that were filed Friday. It’s been an on-again/off-again process. TMZ broke the story, Khloe first filed for divorce in December 2013, but the divorce stagnated for almost 2 years while Khloe went back and forth, trying at times to save their relationship and save...
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