by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI MAKURDI—Benue State Police Command has uncovered an illegal firearms factory at Tse-Tyungu, Kyado District of Ukum Local Government Area; arrested three suspects, with several finished and unfinished firearms recovered. Parading the suspects and the recovered items shortly after flagging off the Show of Strength campaign, which comprise members of security agencies in the state, Benue state Police Commissioner, Bashir Makama, said the discovery was made following a tip-off. He said the prime suspect in the business, now at large, had been into the manufacturing of the weapons for long, which were being sold to buyers in the state and other parts of the country. Explaining the circumstances that led to the discovery, the Commissioner said: “Following the arrest of one Felix at Assasi in North Bank area of Makurdi town on May 24, based on reliable information, the suspect confessed to being a distributor and had sold a locally-made Beretta pistol to one Bishop in Abuja for N40,000. Arrested suspects “During our investigation, the suspect led operatives to the arms factory at Tse-Tyungu, Kyado District, where several types of guns were being manufactured. “Two suspects, 25-year-old Tyowa and 18-year-old Aondoyavenga, were arrested at the plant. Items and exhibits recovered from the factory include one carbon cylinder, one gas cylinder, one Sumec generating set, one Dane gun, one fabricated Beretta pistol, one filing machine, one drilling machine, two saws, one tool box, one jute bag containing tools and a motorcycle.” Makama explained that the command was still investigating the matter, stressing that the police was on the trail of the alleged prime suspect, who reportedly absconded on sighting...
by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a dismissed police inspector, Herbert Mbachu 55, and a soldier attached to 2 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Corporal Sikiru Balogun, 46, for being a member of a criminal gang that specialised in snatching fuel-laden tankers. Seven other suspects, John Precious, 45, Lawal Olalekan 26, Sodiq Onifade, 26, Timothy Ayodele, 53, Oluwadare Segun aka Honourable, 30, Gabriel Olanrewaju, 39 and Gbadegesin Olawale, 45, were also paraded. The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, said the gang was arrested by the command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, adding that no fewer than six trucks had been snatched by the gang. While Mbachu was dismissed by the police for desertion and other professional misconduct, Balogun, with service number 969NA/4310863 is still a serving soldier. Odude said, “Mbachu and Balogun operated using their uniforms. In one of their latest operations, the suspects on April 4, 2017, at about 8am laid a siege for a truck with number plate APC 937 XB, laden with fuel along a bad portion of Sasa road in Ibadan and snatched it from the driver. “The truck had 33,000 litres of fuel in the tank. They also abducted the driver to an unknown destination but dropped him off afterward. The lorry was driven to Efon Alaye and later Ife-Akure road where it was abandoned after disposing of its contents.” The commissioner said discreet investigation carried out led to the arrest of one of the suspects, Onifade, from whom the truck driver’s mobile telephone was recovered. Also recovered from the gang were two Honda Accord cars with number plate AKD...
by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Kannywood actress, Rabi Ismail who escaped from prison about six years ago after being sentenced to death, has been recaptured. The actress, now 46 years old, escaped from custody in Hadejia Prisons, Jigawa state, on December 16, 2011, mysteriously, without breaking walls or digging tunnels. Prison officials believed then she was aided by insiders. Francis Enobore, spokesperson for the prisons authorities, confirmed that Ismail was re-arrested through a collaboration between the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) and the State Security Service (SSS). Rabi Ismail, also known as Rabi Cecilia, was in 2005 found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to death by a high court in Kano. Her case went up to the Supreme Court, where the sentence was confirmed in 2011. She was alleged to have murdered her boyfriend, Ibrahim Auwalu, in 2002. The actress was said to have lured Ibrahim to a picnic at Tiga Dam, where she poisoned him with chocolate and pushed him into the dam. She was initially held at the Kaduna Central Prison from where she was transferred to Hadejia prison before she escaped. In July 2011, the Supreme Court of appeal upheld the sentence of the lower and appeal courts that sentenced her to death by hanging. The actress was initially arraigned in 2002 before a Kano High Court for culpable homicide contrary to Section 221(b) of the Penal Code. The case dragged on till January 5, 2005, when Justice Haliru Mohammed Abdullahi pronounced her guilty of the charge. While delivering the lead judgment, Justice Haliru said the court was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that Rabi committed the act. Quoting Rabi’s...
by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says it has arrested three suspects in connection with the kidnap of six students of Model College, Igbonla, Lagos. He said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday in Benin. According to Abba Kyari, an assistant commissioner of police, the three suspects arrested have been involved in various kidnap incidents within the country. “Three of the militant kidnappers, who left the creek and came to Benin to visit one of their members that was injured in recent gun battle with security agents, were arrested by IRT in Benin. “The suspects are Egelu Endurance, aka Jubby, 25, a native of Abere town in Ovia South L.G.A Edo; Stanley Yomi Irabomini, 25, aka Powei from Ovia South LGA of Edo State and Bentel Endurance, 24, also from Ovia South LGA Edo State. Mr. Kyari said the suspects have confessed to have participated in the kidnapping of prominent personalities in Lagos and Ogun state. “The suspects claimed they came to Benin to see their injured colleague and relax for a while before going back to the creek.” He said that efforts to arrest remaining gang members and rescue the school children was in progress. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the students were abducted at Igbonla Model School, near Epe, Lagos. The students were abducted at around 5 a.m. last Thursday by unknown gunmen, who arrived through a creek behind the school. The hoodlums broke through the school’s fence to gain access into the premises. The incident occurred seven months after gunmen kidnapped two teachers and four pupils of the...
by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A high court sitting in Lokoja has again adjourned the trial, Comrade Austin Okai till 21st June, 2017 for Judgement. Justice Ishaq Mohammed Sani made this known at the court 1 in Lokoja. Earlier, the amended charges of the Prosecutor was read to the court as the charges were increased from 13 to 14 taking a new twist. The defendant, Mr J.S Okutepa SAN said the 14 count charge discloses carries no offence known to law, vague and not sufficient to what constitute offences in in the sight of law are absent from the count charges. “This is a criminal offence as they claim and petition should not be written by proxy. The governor should sign the petition, submit it and come to the court of law” said Okutepa. “The criminal Prosecutor should not massage the ego of those in power and the individual (Governor Bello) who is alleged to defamed should go and complain himself to the Nigeria Police Force” noted the SAN. He said his client social media accounts were account was hacked by some top Kogi state government officials. ” the 14 count charges brought forward to this court of competent jurisdiction is not injurious known to law and it is to late for the Prosecutor to introduce it at this stage” Okutepa said. Okutepa Urged the judge to maintain the civil rights of Austin Okai and Nigerians to point out errors and ego of people in government pointing out that the charges submitted by the Prosecutor have no power to summon a witness. “Section 37 of the Constitution of the federal Republic of...
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