by Admin | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Giving a breakdown of the arrests, Bello said that four suspects were arrested on Tuesday at Crusher Village along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja. The Kogi Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested nine suspected hard drug peddlers and dealers in the last four weeks. The Commandant, Mr. Idris Bello, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja that the command also seized 1,020.1 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) from the suspects. Giving a breakdown of the arrests, Bello said that four suspects were arrested on Tuesday at Crusher Village along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja. “One of those arrested, Maharazu Mohammedhad, had 147 blocks of packed Indian hemp, weighing 199.2 kilogrammes, hidden in sheets of rough cartons. “From Mohammed’s account, the consignment was to be delivered to one Dan Hutu of Hotoro quarters in Kano,” he said. He said that another suspect, Philip Dangla, 32, who hails from Plateau, had 37.2 kilogrammes of the substance which he was taking to Zaria. According to him, the driver of the vehicle, Sanusi Sani and the conductor, Abdullahi Mohammed, were equally arrested. Bello further said that another suspect, Stanley Duru, 44, from Orlu in Imo, was arrested on March 20, with 421 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 377.8 kilogrammes. The commandant said that the hard drug was concealed in false compartments constructed in a Volkswagen Combi bus. He alleged that the suspect, who was intercepted at Crusher village in Lokoja, loaded the hard drug in the vehicle at Otua town in Edo. Bello added that the driver, Femi Ojabo, 27, from Isua in Ondo State,...
by Admin | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A mobile police officer who confirmed the news to SaharaReporters said some police officers from the Owo police station killed the wanted gangster in a surprise operation carried out in commando-style. The police in Ondo State have killed a notorious armed robbery suspect simply known as Gani. Some residents of Owo town in Owo local government area of the state said Gani had been terrorizing them for months. The late Gani, who was also known as “Elese,” was shot dead Thursday afternoon at one of his hideouts named “Jugbere Camp”. The hideout was near a farm settlement and close to a forest reserve. A mobile police officer who confirmed the news to SaharaReporters said some police officers from the Owo police station killed the wanted gangster in a surprise operation carried out in commando-style. He disclosed the officers who shot Gani were mostly detectives from the anti-robbery squad in the “A” Divisional Police Station in the Owo area of the state. A resident in the area, Segun Alake, told SaharaReporters that a group of local vigilantes helped detectives in the community to chase after the notorious hoodlum before he was killed in an exchange of gunfire. The source disclosed that Gani was also suspected of being a hitman for a well known cult group and had been on the police watchlist for several murder cases and various violent crimes. “Gani and his group of fleeing members, who were mostly cultists, had been terrorizing the peace of the local communities in Owo,” said Mr. Alake. Another resident, Adebola Adebimbe, also told SaharaReporters that there was wild jubilation in...
by Admin | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the killing of three of its men and two community leaders by unidentified gunmen at Oko-Asagun village in Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos. The gunmen also abducted four staff of two Telecommunication companies. Lagos Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the incident, said the policemen killed, were taken by surprise. He said the command was after the suspected gunmen, assuring that measures would be taken to ensure the release of those held captive NAN gathered that the gunmen had stormed the place from Ode-Omi creek, a border town between Lagos and Ogun States, to commit the crime. An eyewitness, Jude Ajagun, said those abducted were staff of TYDACOM Limited and Erickson Limited. “We were working in a site being developed by one Onoside ,who contracted us. “While on duty, we started hearing sporadic gunshots and we scampered for safety; I hid beside some blocks, while I was watching the scene. “I saw about six heavily armed men; three were wearing mask and they sighted three policemen attached to an estate developer and shot them dead. Two other civilians were also shot while four others were injured. “The gunmen thereafter, abducted four staff of Telecom companies and marched them towards Ode-Omi,” AJagun said. A staff of Ericson, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they had been keeping vigil since Wednesday. He said that as at Thursday, the gunmen were yet to establish contact with the company. “We are expecting a call from them to know what they want as ransom, but they...
by Admin | Apr 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 14-year-old boy, name withheld, was on Tuesday appeared in an Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl, name withheld. The accused, who lives at No. 6, Ifelodun Community, Oke-Ore, Atan, Ota, is facing a charge of defilement. The prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 2 at 11.30 a.m at his residence. He said that the accused had an unlawful carnal knowledge of the seven-year-old girl. Gbesi said that the offence contravened Section 32 of the Child Right Law, Law of Ogun, 2006. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Senior Magistrate, Mr S. O. Banwo, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum. He said that the sureties must be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to the Ogun Government. Banwo also ordered that one of the sureties must be closed relation of the accused while the other must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction. He adjourned the case till May 9 for hearing. Source: Today...
by Admin | Apr 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An FCT High Court, sitting in Jabi, on Tuesday, sentenced one Amos Alabi, a Civil Defence Officer to five years in prison for criminal breach of trust and other fraud related offences. Alabi was in 2015 charged with 11 offences including fraud and criminal breach of trust before Justice Halilu Yusuf of the court. Yusuf said he was convinced that 36-year-old defendant, actually committed the case of criminal breach of trust and freed him from other 10 charges. “The court finds it difficult to corroborate the statement made by the defendant while he was giving evidence led by his counsel and during his cross examination led by the prosecution counsel,’’ he said. The judge said that the testimony given by the defendant when he was been led in evidence by his counsel, Mr J.C Njikoye contradicted the ones he gave when he was being cross examined by the prosecution, Mohammed Saraya. The judge said that the prosecution was able to prove the allegation of criminal breach of trust based on the evidence placed before the court by a prosecution witness. Yusuf, who did not give an option of fine, added that the statement admitted by the defendant when the officers of the corps were investigating the issues surrounding the case, also testified to the defendant committing the crime. According to the judge, characters such as that of the defendant deserves to be kept away from the public and that the judgment will serve as a deterrent to those who might want to emulate the character. However, the judge discharged and acquitted the defendant for the other 10-count...
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