by Admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has secured convictions of six illicit drug traffickers in the state from January to date. The State Commander of the agency, Mr Buba Wakawa, disclosed this in Benin on Wednesday. Wakawa said the convictions were secured at the Federal High Court sitting in the state. He also disclosed that within the same period 40 suspects comprising 32 males and eight females were arrested for various illicit drug offences. He said that 10 persons were counseled by the agency during the period under review. The commander revealed that a Dangote articulated vehicle driver who escaped arrest in November 2016 when apprehended with about 7, 950 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa, had been re-arrested. He said that within the period 4, 749.2 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa were seized, while 15 kilogrammes of suspected psychotropic drugs were also seized. Wakawa gave the breakdown of the figure as 1, 767.7 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis sativa seized in January, and 2, 981.5 kilogrammes were seized in February. He said that out of the 40 suspects arrested 14 were apprehended in January and 26 were caught in...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a pastor, Joshua Ayobami charged for alleged murder of a widow with whom he had had an amorous relationship. The court did not take the plea of the 47-year-old Ayobami. The Magistrate, Mrs Risikat Olayemi, ordered that the suspect be remanded pending the legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution. Olayemi subsequently adjourned the case to March 9 for mention. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Elisha Olusegun, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on January 11, at 1.45 a.m. at Christ Evangelical Ministry Church, Fashina Area, Ile-Ife. Olusegun said that the accused strangulated one Racheal Ajayi, a widow and an official of the Nigeria Prisons Service which led to her death. He explained that the offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 316 and 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol 11, Laws of Osun,...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A woman on Tuesday was charged with stealing of a two-month-old at Badagry, Lagos. Yetunde Awosanye, 35, was arraigned before an Ebutte Meta Magistrate Court for stealing the infant on February 2. The prosecutor, Kehinde Omisakin, said the accused committed the crime in Rentothen House Topa in Badagry, Lagos. Ms. Omisakin said the incident happened when the infant’s mother (whose name was not disclosed) was attending to customers in her shop, and the accused came to offer to help carry the baby. After the infant was handed over to her, the accused disappeared. While she was screaming and searching for her baby, a woman in a nearby shop said she saw Ms. Awosanye heading towards Mile 2 with the baby. Ms. Omisakin said the victim immediately informed her husband and he ran to Badagry police station to report the matter. She said the police followed the matter and caught the accused with the baby the next day, February 3. In her defence, the accused said she was a close friend of the victim and that she meant no harm, a claim the victim denied saying she only sees her in the neighbourhood. The prosecutor said the case contravened section 275(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The magistrate, O.A Salawu, adjourned the case to February...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 55-year-old man, Garba Ali, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a teenager. The accused, a trader, who resides at 6, Adeniyi Kayode St., Ilupeju, a suburb of Lagos, was docked on a three-count charge of rape, sexual assault and breach of peace. The prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were committed on Feb. 11 at the residence of the accused. Ogu said that the victim, a 13-year-old girl, was hawking cheese cake after school hours when the accused called her. “The accused bought N50 cheese cake from her and told her to come back for her money. “On her return, the accused lured her to his room and sexually molested her,” he said. Ogu added that the victim cried all the way back to her house and told her mother what the accused did. The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 166(b), 244 and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. She adjourned the case till March 13, pending issuance of legal advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A man has been arrested after he murdered his estranged wife and cut her body into different parts to escape prosecution. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a commercial bus driver,Shakiru Bello, for allegedly killing his wife, Sherifat, and cutting her body into different parts to escape detection and prosecution. Punch reports that Bello, in a bid to hide what he did, buried the different parts of his murdered wife in different uncompleted buildings in Lagos before fleeing to Ibadan, Oyo State. However, he was arrested after a police team from the Ijora Badia Division, led by the Operations Officer, ASP Talabi Segun, recovered Sherifat’s head and neck in Morocco, Yaba, while other parts of her body were recovered in another uncompleted building on Moshalashi Street, Somolu, which led to Bello’s arrest. It was gathered that the Bello and Sherifat were married for over nine years and had kids together, but separated in July 2016. The victim who was said to be living on Daramola Street in the Ijora Badia area, had, on Monday, February 13, 2017, reportedly demanded money from Bello for the upkeep of their three children and he allegedly invited her to a location where they allegedly met but she never returned home. It was the victim’s father, Akeem Atanda, who made a report of a missing person the following day, leading to a search for the suspect. Atanda had reported to the police that an unidentified number called him and reported that his daughter fell into a lagoon. “The police tracked the number and discovered that the caller was in Ibadan. He...
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