by Admin | Apr 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Tragedy struck at Umuchagu Osokwa in Osisioma Ngwa council area of Abia State when a man, said to be in his early 20s, beheaded his mother, collected her blood and fled the community. The victim, identified as Cecilia Nwanjie, was said to have returned from the farm at about 6.30pm, last Thursday, to meet his son who visited home. After exchanging greetings, Cecilia, according to a community source, went into the kitchen to prepare dinner for the family. It was learnt that the victim had been leaving alone since the death of her husband, Nwanjie Onyerionwu, and engaged in menial jobs to make ends meet as her two sons live outside the village. The elderly son reportedly visited home the previous day. Having been assured that no one was at the compound, the junior son allegedly attacked his mother with a machete and slashed her throat, collected her blood and fled the area. The source stated that neighbours were attracted to the scene by a loud cry from the Nwanjie compound at about 7.30pm after which the Cecilia’s lifeless body was discovered surrounded with blood soaked items. A search party was said to have combed the surrounding bushes but the assailant was nowhere to be found and was yet to be seen as of the time of filing this report. When contacted, Abia State Police Pubic Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the incident was yet to be reported. Source: Today...
by Admin | Apr 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The timely intervention of policemen from Mayo-Belwa Division in Adamawa on Saturday saved a suspected pick pocket from being manhandled by some angry hunters who converged for the annual Talala (oath taking) Festival of Hunters from North East. The suspected pick pocket was caught while stealing a cell phone from a hunter at the revered festival where the hunters fortified themselves. It took the intervention of some hunters and the police to take the suspect in a patrol van to the station. Many of the hunters were enraged by the suspects audacity to steal at such festival of cleansing and fortification. “Even armed robbers and Boko Haram have some respect for us and know the consequences of coming to this festival to try anything funny, let alone this rat”, a hunter who simply identified himself as Zaki, said. Zaki said that “Talala is sacred to the hunters. Any hunter who compromises by resorting in criminal acts keeps away from it for fear of being exposed. “If you are a hunter and engages in criminal activities, coming to Talala oath taking will expose you and that is why anybody that comes here with evil plan will be exposed”, Zaki said. He cautioned members of the public, particularly criminals not to abuse the privilege given the public to come and witness the oath taking and fortification by engaging in criminal acts during the ceremony. Hunters in north-east who have knowledge of the terrain have been assisting the military and other security agencies in the fight against insurgency Source: P.M....
by Admin | Apr 8, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The House of Representatives wants persons convicted of economic and financial crimes to be jailed for 20 years. This is part of the details of the new amendments to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004. The Act currently prescribes a penalty of “not less than two years” for economic and financial crimes. Lawmakers consider this to be “lenient” for the serious crime of stealing public money or other forms of financial crimes. Four consolidated bills before the House are seeking to further empower the EFCC to fight crime, insulate the anti-graft agency from interference by the Presidency and enhance its financial autonomy. One of the bills, which was sponsored by a member from Cross River State, Mr. Bassey Ewa, proposes to raise the two-year term for economic and financial crimes offenders to 20 years. In the new bill, Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended to prescribe tougher punishments for economic and financial crimes. The new subsection (C) reads: “All convicted persons shall serve an imprisonment of a term not less than 20 years and have their ill-gotten property, accounts or investment confiscated by the government.” The new proposal also states that plea bargaining or returning the full amount stolen does not exclude the convict from penalty. Subsection (d) adds, “Where the accused person, upon investigation, accepts to refund the total amount standing in his/her name and willing to plea bargain, he or she shall be convicted for not less than two years.” Similarly, a company found guilty of economic or financial crimes, will be barred from doing business in Nigeria for 50 years....
by Admin | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested members of a notorious syndicate of fraudsters made of four Nigerians and one Nigerien who specialise in duping innocent persons of their hard earned monies. Those arrested are Salisu Rabiu, a.k.a Maimagani; Ibrahim Idris, a.k.a Dankano; Magaji Musa (Nigerien) a.k.a Maishayi; Haruna Abdullahi,a.k.a Balogun and Abubakar Umar ,a.k.a Fulani. The suspects were arrested in a bush along Sabon Gari, Kurmin Kogi, Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A search of their hide out which is suspected to be a kidnappers’ den led to the startling discovery of a sum of five hundred and seventy thousand ($570,000) fake US dollars and some charms. The five man gang met their waterloo when they conspired among themselves to lure an unsuspecting victim into believing that some unclaimed boxes containing huge amount of USD were kept with some herdsmen believed to be accomplices by an unidentified politician. Doubtful of the story, the would-be victim contacted the Commission. The operatives of the Commission upon receipt of the intelligence swung into action and arrested the gang members in their hideouts. All the suspects are in custody while investigation continues. The Commission wishes to use this opportunity to warn members of the public to be wary of any get-rich-quick offer in order not to be a victim of scam. However, those who had fallen victim to the nefarious activities of this syndicate are enjoined to report to the Commission’s office located at No.4 Wurno Road Kaduna State. Source: NTA...
by Admin | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Federal High Court in Jos has sentenced a motorcyclist, James Adamu, to eight years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearm and 13 rounds of live ammunition. Adamu, 32, a resident of Du, Jos South Local Government Area, was jailed on Wednesday, by Justice Dorcas Ajisi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adamu, after pleading guilty to the crime, begged the court for leniency. NAN also quotes Adamu’s counsel, Mr David Adudu, as praying the court to be lenient in its sentence, considering that the accused did not waste the time of the court. Ajisi, in her judgement, sentenced the convict to five years in prison for unlawful possession of firearm, and three years for being in possession of live ammunition. The judge, who did not give the convict an option of fine, said that both sentences would run concurrently. She added that the sentence was meant to serve as a deterrent to those who might want to engage in similar acts. The convict, who was first arraigned on Feb. 16, had immediately owned up to the crime. The police prosecutor, Mr E.O Ochai, of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, had told the court that the accused person was arrested on Oct. 9, 2016 and when a search was conducted at his home. Ochai said that the accused person had told the police in a confessional statement, that the firearm belonged to his business partner, one Mahmuda Hussaini, and that he was holding it as a collateral for money he lent to him (Hussaini). In the statement, the accused...
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