by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Ogun have arrested a 40-year-old woman, Foluke Owolewa, who allegedly killed her day-old baby. The incident occurred at 17, Ilupeju Street, Anishere Unity Estate, Sango Ota Wednesday morning. Owolewa, a mother of three, was said to have suffocated the baby she had yesterday morning, citing hardship as her reason. It was gathered that her neighbours who rushed into the room after knowing she had been delivered of the baby, planned to take the child from her for fear she would kill it. They were said to have suspected her because she had previously thrown one of her daughters into a pit to die but the child was rescued. According to sources, the woman has been complaining that she barely had money to cater for the children she has, describing the new addition to her family as addition burden. A source said: “The woman gave birth Wednesday morning. Before people could rally round to ensure she doesn’t do anything evil, she suffocated the child. It is not the first time the woman had attempted to kill her children. “When she had her other daughter, she threw the baby into a pit toilet and abandoned her there to die. But neighbours rallied round and rescued the child. That was why she was a suspect and people kept close eye on her. “One wonders why she would allow her husband to get her pregnant and then, carry the pregnancy only to kill her children after putting to birth.” According to the spokesman for Ogun command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) the incident was reported...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Police in Ekiti State police have arrested a man identified as Tosin Oluwatosin for being in possession of a fresh human head. The suspected ritual killer, was said to have carried out the heinous act alongside his sibling, David Oluwatosin. David, according to the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Adeyemi Alberto, is still at large. Alberto told journalists in Ado Ekiti that the suspect was arrested with the fresh head in Ifaki Ekiti, in Ido-Osi local government area of the state around 3.35pm on Tuesday, February 14, following an intelligence report from unnamed source. “Yes, it is true. One of the suspects is on the run. The victim is about 12 years old but we are still looking for the severed body and we are also on the trail of the one at large. After investigation, the suspects would be charged to court.” While decrying recent spate of beheading in the state, the Police image maker said the police would also investigate if the two brothers had hand in the first two beheading. It would be recalled that one person was about two weeks ago beheaded, following a land dispute between the people of Ayede Ekiti and Itaji Ekiti in Oye local government area of the state while a cattle rearer was also beheaded days after in Omu Ekiti. Meanwhile, the state government has set up a panel of enquiry to investigate the cause of the land dispute. The panel is to be chaired by Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, Oba Ademola...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigeria Police on Wednesday said they have arrested the mastermind of high-profile abductions in Ogun and Lagos States. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement Wednesday night that Joseph Omoni, a 38-year-old native of Ondo State, was arrested around 4:00 a.m. Tuesday following “relentless follow up” by the police. Mr. Moshood said Mr. Omoni confessed to playing a critical role in the kidnapping of students and staff members of Turkish International College in Isheri, Ogun State, last month. Five students and three staff of the Turkish school were kidnapped on January 13. They regained freedom on January 24, nearly two weeks later. The statement also said Mr. Omoni disclosed his involvement in the abduction of a community leader in Isheri North Estate, Lagos, last week. Police also traced the kidnapping of a woman, identified as Aisha Ali-Balogun, in Mile 2 area of Lagos on December 19, 2016, an incident that left one dead. Two (2) houses built from the ransom money by the suspect and one other gang member Aka Chairman have been identified and sealed off by the Police at Century Village Ogijo in Ogun State,” Mr. Jimoh said. “Investigation is being intensified to arrest the remaining members of the gang who are still at large. The suspect will be arraigned in court on completion of the...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arrested one Benjamin Aduli for offences bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence. A statement by EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said operatives got wind of his nefarious activities through a petition by one of his victims. According to the petitioner, Aduli claimed that he could “help source for a loan facility of $30 million in Dubai” that would be used to finance Fleet farms, a company belonging to the petitioner. Having convinced the potential investor of the “good deal”, he demanded for a contributory fee of $154,146 which he claimed would be remitted to ABA investment LLC in Dubai as “a condition for accessing the loan”. The petitioner, not sensimg any foul play, paid the said sum to a Micro Finance Bank on the instruction of Aduli, for onward remittance as promised. However, since payment was made, no loan was provided for the petitioner, while the money was never returned. The suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are elapsed. Meanwhile, the EFCC says it is currently intensifying investigations into the shady activities of a serial fraudster, Adeolu Adeyanju, who in spite of being behind bars is still defrauding unsuspecting individuals. “His fraudulent activities out of the prison yard, came to the fore after a complainant, a friend to a director at the Petroleum Products and Marketing Company, PPMC, petitioned the EFCC that Adeyanju conned him into paying him N9 million. “His modus operandi was to clone the telephone number of the director, using same to instruct the petitioner to “make...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police on Wednesday arraigned a former banker, Christopher Ademola, 49, at a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged N250,000 fraud. The accused is being tried on a four-count charge bordering on fraud, forgery, theft and impersonation. The Prosecutor, ASP. Richard Odigie, said the accused committed the offences on Jan. 21 at about 10:00 a.m. at Okesuna Street on Lagos Island. He said that Ademola, a sacked employee of one of the new generation banks, under a false pretext, obtained N250, 000 from one Balikis Sholaja, a customer of the bank. Odigie alleged that Sholaja, who thought the accused was still a staff of the bank, entrusted him with N250, 000 to assist her to open a fixed deposit account. The prosecutor told court that the accused also forged the bank’s credit alert text message and sent it to the complainant as evidence that he had opened the fixed account. He said that the offences contravened Sections 78 (a), 285, 312, 327 and 363 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate, Mrs F.O. Ikobayo, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum. She ordered that one of the sureties must own a car while the other should have landed property in Lagos. Ikobayo adjourned the case till March 15 for...
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