by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Honourable Justice Sale Kogo Idrissa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday, sentenced an automobile parts dealer, Okeke Chika Victor to ten years imprisonment over heroin smuggling. He pleaded not guilty to a one count charge of unlawful importation of heroin filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). After five months of intense trial, Justice Sale found him guilty and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment. The heroin weighing 10.6kg and concealed inside new submersible water pumping machines were illegally imported from Maputo in Mozambique in April 2016. NDLEA officers at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) made the discovery during an inward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight. After an intense follow-up operation the convict, Okeke Chika Victor was arrested on September 3, 2016 and charged to court. According to the NDLEA Kano airport commander, Ambrose Umaru, the arrest of the convict was made possible by the tenacity of officers who successfully monitored the convict. “After the heroin seizure was made in April 2016, we organised a man hunt that eventually led to the arrest of Okeke Chika Victor in September 2016. Although he pleaded not guilty but he was unable to prove his case before the court”. Meanwhile the convict in his statement said that he was promised the sum of five thousand dollars. “I was asked to bring the heroin to Nigeria for a fee of $5,000 but my arrest had turned the table against me. I had wanted to invest the money in automobile parts business” he stated. Okeke hails from Anambra State. The Chairman/Chief...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Cross River police command, has paraded a 35-year-old man, Sunday Ushie, who confessed to killing his girlfriend identified as Nnena Samuel and went ahead to have sex with the corpse. Hafiz Inuwa, the acting Commissioner of Police in Cross River, who paraded the suspect before journalists on Monday in Calabar, said the deceased was a mother of two. He said the incident happened on January 27, 2017 at Adijinkpor village in Ikom Local Government Area of the state. “The incident happened on January 27, 2017, following a report at Ikom Divisional Police headquarters from one Cletus Etta of Adijinkpor village that his tenant had killed someone. “Upon receiving this information, my men swung into action and arrested the suspect. “The suspect confessed to have killed the woman before having carnal knowledge of her. “Investigation is ongoing after which the suspect will be charged to court for murder,” Mr. Inuwa said. The commissioner appealed to members of the public to continuously avail the command with useful information that would help it respond to emergency cases promptly. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr. Ushie, a cocoa farmer, said the deceased never gave him the opportunity to have sex with her while alive. He told NAN that he invited the deceased to his house and killed her with a knife before having sex with the corpse. Ushie, who said he regretted his action, blamed the incident on the devil. “It is the work of the devil. I do not know why the devil used me. I am the one that killed her. I killed her...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 22-year-old Nigerian National, who had befriended a married woman in Sri Lanka over Facebook and later lured her into giving him Rs 4.3 million, was apprehended in Malabe. It was gathered that the suspect identified as Benson David seduced the 38-year-old woman and won her heart over Facebook by allegedly promised to give her valuable presents after showing her photos of gold jewellery and other valuables. The suspect had then informed the gullible woman that in order to release the parcels containing these valuables, a customs duty amounting to Rs4,360, 000 needed to be deposited to three accounts. The woman had readily agreed and deposited the money to Benson David, who is a student at a reputed private institute of higher studies. The complainant woman is a mother of one and her husband is employed abroad. Her husband had been remitting about Rs 100,000 every month to her while he was abroad. At the time of the arrest the suspect had a total of Rs1.8 million in his bank account. He was produced before the Passara Magistrate yesterday, Thursday, February 9th and was remanded until the 22 on the orders of Magistrate Rasanjana...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a lady in Agbor, Delta State for drugging her man friend in a hotel in Ojodu area of Lagos State and carting away his car, laptop and mobile phone. The lady, Mitchel Harrold, 37, from Warri, Delta State, was on Tuesday arrested after the operatives traced her through a car dealer in Lagos. Harold had engaged the car dealer to help perfect import papers for the stolen Volkswagen Passat Wagon, 2001 model. It was learnt that the suspect had on January 19, 2017 at about 5:30pm, together with her man friend, a medical doctor, checked into a popular hotel (name withheld) in Ojodu, Berger, with the plan to spend the night. Harrold had after settling down gone to get a malt drink and yoghurt, while the boyfriend was taking his bath. According to the victim, Daniel Biyi (not real name): “I went in to take a bath and when I returned, she had gone to buy some drinks. “I took the malt drink and yoghurt and I slept off. “I slept off at 6pm and woke up around 2pm. “When I woke up, my laptop, car key and phone had gone. “I rushed straight to meet with the receptionist and gateman to ask them what was going on, that was when I realised my car had been taken away too. “They told me someone came to pick the car for her. “And she said she was going to get food. “Immediately, I reported the incident at Omole Police Station. “I am getting...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI 32 year old Helen Okwata Azibabeh, pictured above, is currently in a prison in Bayelsa state after she forced her two children, one year old Gloria and two year old son Innocent, to drink Parafox, a popular herbicide used for curbing weeds, just because their father failed to provide Christmas clothing for them last year. Azibabeh committed the act in Kolo, Ogbia Local Government area, Bayelsa State on December 22nd last year. According to The Sun, while the little girl Gloria escaped death by the whiskers, her two year old brother, Innocent, was not so lucky as he died instantly after swallowing the lethal substance. When interrogated, Azibabeh said the anger she had towards her husband for failing to provide for his family, forced her to commit the crime. She says she regrets her actions. “I didn’t see any of the Christmas clothes my two children could wear. Early in the morning, I went to the market and bought Parafox, a substance that is used to kill grasses and I gave it to my two children to drink. Gloria was able to survive due to self-medication and hospital treatment, but her brother, Innocent died on the spot after he drank the poison. I ran to my elder sister’s house and confessed to her what I have done to my two children. She assisted me to rescue Gloria by administering some medication, and we later took her to the hospital. Thereafter, she reported me at Kolo Police station and I was arrested. I used to have two children. I killed one by myself, now I am left with...
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