by Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Usman Nafada, a Bureau de Change operator, has connived with an accomplice to swindle one Mr Abdullahi Uba, of the sum of N1.7m at the Obalende area of Lagos during the course of changing some dollars to naira. It was reportedly gathered that Mr Uba had approached Usman in January 20th 2016, requesting to change some Naira to American dollars. The suspect was said to have informed Uba that he didn’t have any hard currency at that period for exchange but talked the victim into exchanging the money at a partner’s place to which he accepted and handed the money over to the suspect. Investigations into the matter revealed that the suspect returned with $100 which he gave to Mr Uba and when he discovered it was fake, he reported the alleged fraud at the Lion Building Police Division, and Nafada was arrested. According to uncomfirmed reports from a police source in lion’s building, he said, “About 30 minutes after, the complainant discovered that the notes were fakes. He ran back to Nafada, but he denied knowing about the fraud. He took the victim to where he changed the money, but his accomplice had disappeared. Effort is ongoing to apprehend him.” The suspect had been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court on Monday on a three-count charge bordering on stealing. The offence is punishable under sections 409, 312 (1) and 278 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The charge read in part, “That you, Usman Nafada, and one other at large, on January 20th 2017, at about 11.30am, at Obalende, Lagos Island, in the Lagos...
by Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old man and a 39-year-old Islamic teacher in connection with the the murder of a ten-year-old girl in Ibadan. The police are investigating the case to know whether the deceased was sexually assaulted before she died. The corpse of the child identified as Ope was found in a soak-away at Mosoke area between Ajibode and Apete communities, on January 6th, a day after she was declared missing. The prime suspect is Nuru Danjuma (aka) Baba l’Oyo, 60, a menial worker and close friend of Ope’s father. Danjuma is said to often sent the deceased her on errand whenever he was engaged for a menial job in the neighbourhood. On the day Ope went missing, a search party with Baba L’Oyo as a member was set up to look for her combed the whole neighbourhood to no avail. The second suspect, Alfa Abdulai Muritala, when the corpse of the girl was found in a soak-away near his house. Muritala went to the police station at Ojoo, Ibadan to lodge a formal complaint but was referred to the Apete Police Station, where the officers quickly swung into action. According to investigations by the police, Ope was sighted allegedly with Baba l’Oyo on the day she disappeared, as she said to have helped him with some menial work at a house where the suspect worked that day. Moreover, the owner of the house simply identified as Alhaja allegedly confirmed to the police that she saw Ope with Baba l’Oyo a day before she was declared missing. It was further discovered that in...
by Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested two men identified as Abiola Hamzat, 35 year old and Adebayo Kazeem, 32, for allegedly stealing 20 bags of cement from a brick making company based in Agbado area of the state. Our correspondent learnt that the suspect was arrested by the policemen after he had successfully stolen the items from their working place. It was futher gathered that the arrested suspect, a father of three, stole the 20 bags of cement from the company a day after he was promoted to the post of a supervisor with a financial reward of N215, 000:00 per month. It was learnt that that the suspect who is a university graduate, was lured into the crime out of greed and lack of contentment. According to police they were told by the company that Hamzat, a graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), started work at the factory as a Contract Security from where he rose to become an operator. “However, he was formally promoted three days ago to the post of a Supervisor, when the company’s management discovered that he was a university graduate”, the police added. He was arrested on last Thursday along with an accomplice after moving the 20 bags of cement out of the factory in Agbado area. The he suspect who owned up to the crime at the RRS police post said he masterminded the crime. In his confessional statement, the suspect said, “I masterminded the crime but I only co-opted Adebayo into the plan. Initially, Adebayo discouraged me that...
by Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a 31-year-old Nigerian national Mohammed Hassani(31) and his Hyderabadi associate, Mohsin Agha (29) for swindling a 60-year-old Australian citizen, Gregory David Sim out of $95,000 with the help of a Nigerian woman. The Nigerian woman, who developed friendship through a dating site with Gregory David Sim and two other Nigerians involved in the case were still at large. “The gang lures men with marriage alliance through dating websites and tricking them into parting with money is their modus operandi” CID,Cyber Crime, Additional SP. U. Rammohan said. The Australian divorcee, whose hobby is browsing dating sites, came in contact with the Nigerian woman. She introduced herself as Sarah Haimish a year ago and started chatting with him regularly. Six months of chatting and mails later, they decided to get married. David, a retired sewerage mechanic, told her that his mother was from Australia and father from Turkey and that he had divorced his wife 20 years ago. In response, she told David that she was also a divorcee and currently engaged in supplying fabrics and gems in India. However, she was stuck here since she had to ‘get dues worth $2.1 million from the government’, for which she had to ‘pay’ $210,000 as tax settlement. During a phone conversation with David, she used to give her phone to Moshin Agha introducing him as her manager who would look after transactions. When she told him that she could return to Australia if she settles tax, David transferred $95,000 into an Axis Bank account maintained by Agha. Prior to this, he also transferred...
by Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Five suspects involved in the brutal gang-rape of two 16-year-old girls in Galdogob, Puntland, Somalia that sparked outrage across the country have been sentenced to a combination of lashes, prison time and a fine by a sharia court in Galdogob on Sunday, January 29th. The young men was arrested earlier this month after they forced two girls into a car and drove them to the outskirts of Galdogob before they were violently raped and assaulted, The viral video that surfaced of the attack which occurred in December of last year repulsed the nation. One of the girls assaulted was hospitalized for a month following the at The sentencing document lists the sentences as follows : 1) Shirwa Jama Junle was sentenced to 200 lashes, a ten-year prison sentence as well as a $4620 USD fine 2) Yasir Maher Hashi was sentenced to 200 lashes, an eight-year prison sentence and a fine of $3520USD 3) Ayanle Wale was sentenced to 100 lashes, a seven-year prison sentence and a fine $2560USD 4) Yahya Awka was sentenced to 100 lashes, a six-year prison term, and a fine of $1760USD. 5) Abdirizak Hosh Jibril was sentenced to 100 lashes, a five-year prison term and a fine of $1760USD. The total sum of $14,220 is to be paid to the two victims. One victim will receive $6080 while the one who sustained more serious injuries will receive $8140. A six man, who was initially arrested with the group was found not guilty by the court. According to testimony heard at the trial, he did not participate in the gang-rape and assault but he...
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