by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A US court on Thursday sentenced a Nigerian, Olayinka Ilumsa Sunmola, to 27 years in jail for international romance scam he perpetrated from 2007 to 2014. Lagos-born Sunmola, who was the ringleader of a love scam organisation based in South Africa, was also ordered to repay $1.7m. Judge David Herndon of a US district Court in East St. Louis heard how Sumola and others scammed many American women of millions of dollars while parading themselves as American soldiers stationed overseas or engineers working on a large government contract in South Africa. They cultivated romantic relationships with dozens of women using pictures of men they found online, sometimes pictures of dead servicemen from memorial websites. Prosecutors said Sumola’s activities drove some to bankruptcy and at least one to the brink of suicide. The 33-year-old showered the women with poetry, cards, flowers, stuffed animals, and chocolates until he has successfully entrapped them. Once his target his entrapped, Sunmola began to manufacture emergencies, each of which required increasingly large amounts of money from his victims. Sunmola used their money for lavish parties, two Range Rovers, four properties in South Africa and a $363,000 home in Nigeria, prosecutors said. A federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis indicted Sunmola in November 2013 on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion. After two days of a jury trial Sunmola pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion. In his ruling Judge Herndon said, “‘Conspiracy,’ ‘mail and wire fraud,’ and ‘interstate extortion’ hardly sound like the kinds of crimes that leave broken lives,...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Three ex-policemen were on Tuesday arraigned before an Akure High Court over alleged manslaughter. The accused, Awodeyi Adesola, Adekunle Adedeji and Adepetu Olamilekan, were arraigned following an allegation of torturing a suspect which led to his death. The prosecutor, Mr Wale Bamisile, told the court that the accused tortured one Oluwatobi Badmus while he was in their custody when they were still in the service of the Nigeria Police Force. He said that the victim was arrested for allegedly stealing a BlackBerry phone belonging to one Prophet Bisi Adejuyigbagbe. The prosecutor said that the torture from the ex-policemen was presumed to have led to the untimely death of the victim shortly after his release from police custody on July 21, 2016. According to him, the offence is contrary to Section 317 and Punishable under Section 325 of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Vol.1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006. The prosecution had called two witnesses out of 11 witnesses. The prosecution counsel, however, moved an application for the adjournment of the case to enable him prepare and bring other witnesses to court. The presiding judge, Justice O.O Akeredolu, granted the prosecution’s application and adjourned the case till Feb.27 for further...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Nze Chidi Duru before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, on charges of forgery of company’s board resolution and alleged diversion of N16.2m shares proceeds. Duru, who was then in June 2010 the Vice-Chairman of First Gurantee Pension Ltd, allegedly diverted the sum of N16.2m said to be proceeds of part payments for the company’s shares sold to another firm, Novare Holdings Proprietary Limited. The defendant was said to have been “entrusted with dominion over” the sums of N15m and N1,23,646.58 (totaling N16.2m), being part payments of 30 per cent equity shares of FGP Limited sold to Novare NHP Limited. The prosecution accused him of diverting the money in July 2010 “to pay for land allocations from Lagos State Government in favour of Grand Towers Plc and MVJJDA Africa Limited, companies of which you have interest”. The EFCC alleged that the defendant committed criminal breach of trust, an offence punishable under section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap. 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,1990. He was also said to have in June 2008 “knowingly and fraudulently” made “false document, “an ordinary resolution of First Guarantee Pension Limited dated June 2, 2008, purporting same to have been signed by all the subscribers/shareholders” of the company. The prosecution alleged in the fourth count that the defendant “knowingly and fraudulently” used the allegedly forged document and “forwarded same to Folashade Ogundare and Hon Isegha Teamgu with the intention of causing it to be believed that the said...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigerian Police Force has paraded a five man gang suspected to be involve in the killing of one Custom Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Aliyu Dayyab on December 22 2016 at the Lagos Tincan area. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP. Jimoh Moshood stated this during a press briefing on Friday in Abuja. “This afternoon, I am parading before you a five man gang of vicious armed robbers and killers of an Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC) Aliyu Dayyab on 22/12/2016 at Tincan area of Lagos. “Sequel to the report of the incident and a coordinated operation carried out by IGP’S Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) on the directive of the Inspector General of Police, to fish out the killers of the custom officer.” He said. According to him, the suspects were trailed and arrested between 28th December 2016, and 18th January, 2017. He named the suspects as; Lucky Williams, 29 years, from Oboritu LGA AkwaIbom state who is said to be the gang leader, Akinloye Samuel, Abraham lot, Bolaji Taiwo, 25 years and Lanre Humplrey Aimuto, 33years. An Infinix phone belonging to the victim was recovered from Lucky Williams suspect to be the gang leader. “It is pertinent to state that Humphrey Aimudo organized the gang that robbed and killed the Custom officer on the 22/12/2016 while he closed from duty on his way home. “The suspects confessed to have information that the custom Officer had in his possession four million Naira cash and some Dollars and this prompted the attack and killing of the officer after they snatched the bag...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Two wealth seekers, Saheed Adeyemi and Michael Edemba have been arraigned before the Oyo State Magistrates Court, Ibadan after confessing to using human heads for money ritual. The pair were apprehended on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 by officers of the Omi-Adio police division, Daily Post reports. Edemba, who is 60 years of age admitted that a quest for financial comfort was the motivation behind his involvement in the crime. The sexagenarian was caught with his accomplice, Adeyemi, who is also a herbalist after a successful ambush by the police. Confirming this report was Ken Brasana, the police prosecutor on the case who said, “The herbalist, Adeyemi, walked into the ambush laid by the police while he tried to remove the human head wrapped in a black polythene bag, which was hidden beside a shop at Abidogun Junction, Omi- Adio. “The duo is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful possession of human skull.” Magistrate R.A. Ebeloku-Mustapha in his ruling on the matter granted the suspects bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two reliable sureties each following their not-guilty...
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