by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 36-year-old Charles Abam, a fraud suspect, who is now being held at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, for attempting to defraud the children of President Muhammadu Buhari, was at one point in his life, a police sergeant. According to Abam, after being jobless since 2003 when he lost his job as a policeman, he found out he could make a lot of money by defrauding influential Nigerians. The suspect allegedly got hold of the phone number of a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, whom he contacted by impersonating Mrs. Daisy Danjuma, wife of Gen. T.Y. Danjuma. Through the APC chieftain, he was able to contact some members of the First Family, setting in motion a con that was supposed to net him millions of Naira. The indigene of Ndukwa East, Delta State, told investigators after he was tracked down and apprehended by the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, that he quitted his police post in 2003 after being enticed by a chance to travel abroad. He said, “When I had an opportunity to travel out of the country I left my duty post and went on to process my documents, but I was defrauded and I lost all my money. “I went back to my police job but I was told that I had been declared a deserter. I begged to be reinstated but was not taken back. I then began to look for work. I also applied for a bank security job but did not get it.” A source at the IRT said that in April 2017, Abam sent an SMS to...
by Admin | May 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Delta said they had recovered corpses of four of its officers allegedly killed by suspected militants on May 15. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the recovery to newsmen on Thursday in Warri. “The militants will be fished out, as investigation is ongoing on the matter,” he said. The deceased policemen were allegedly killed by the militants along the Benin river. The victims were simply identified as Aghoro (Commander), Sagay, Andrew and Mejer and their bodies have been deposited at both Sapale General Hospital and Central Hospital, Warri. Their vandalised boat has also been taken to Abiugborodo community under the care of some soldiers. A reliable source said that the policemen were invited by the militants to come and collect money to pave way for them to carry out their illegal bunkering. They were said to have ventured into the journey at about 2:30 a.m. on that fateful day without a back- up patrol boat. “Only one, Mr Ugbo on board the boat swam to safety with bullet wounds and is currently recuperating at an undisclosed hospital,” the source said. Reacting to insinuation that the police were on illegal patrol when they got killed , Aniamaka said: “We expect sympathy and to commiserate with the institution that lost four of its men inside the deep. “We do not deploy our men to go and be collecting money from militants. Whatever duty they were on, we are investigating the matter. “I am reflecting on how insensitive and callous certain persons can be especially on issues relating to the...
by Admin | May 21, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Ogun State Police command has smashed a six-man kidnapping gang who lured a man, Femi Olatunji, from his home in Isheri area of Ogun State to Igbokoda, Ondo State, where they snuffed life out of him, after they had collected ransom. The suspects were Fadeni Henry, Lebile Olatunji, Ehuwa Oririe, Olotu Tosin, Oluwole Ohunayo, and Peter Omogbemi. The leader of the gang, 23-year-old Fadeni Henry, was said to struck a relationship with the victim on the social media, and he lured him to their base in Igbokoda on Friday 12th May,2017. Parading the suspects last Friday at the headquarters of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the wife of the victim had reported the kidnap of her husband to the police on Friday 12th May, 2017. He said immediately, the command’s detectives, men of the Anti-kidnapping unit and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad were deployed. Iliyasu said it was later discovered that Henry and other members of his gang had lured the victim, who was a surveyor, from his Isheri home to Igbokoda, on that fateful Friday. He said based on this information received about the notorious kidnap gang, on Friday 19th May, 2017, operatives of the FSARS, stormed their hideout at Igbokoda, and the hoodlums engaged them in a gun battle which lasted for about two hours. source: the...
by Admin | May 21, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigerian Army may have begun an internal search for soldiers and officers suspected to be engaging in political meetings, a top military source has revealed. The source told Sunday Punch that some arrests may have been made, but that the information was being kept as top secret so as not to add to the public tension. Some other sources who spoke to our correspondent on Saturday also noted that the establishment of an army unit in Daura, Katsina State, on Friday, named Muhammadu Buhari Forward Operation Base, by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, was an effort to fortify the president’s hometown and a public pledge of loyalty. On Tuesday, Buratai, in a tense language, had warned officers and soldiers to steer clear of politics, as information had reached him that some officers were involved in political meetings for “undisclosed reasons.” The army chief had advised officers and soldiers interested in politicking to resign from the service, as any officer caught would be severely penalized. Three days after the alert (Friday), Buratai went to Daura, where he inaugurated the army unit, and paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Daura, Dr Faruk Umar. The details of the meeting have yet to be known. The army chief, at the ceremony, had said the establishment of the unit was to enhance security in parts of 1 Division, which Daura town fell under. Also, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, said, “The establishment of the new unit was part of the implementation of the Nigerian Army approved Order of Battle 2016 (ORBAT...
by Admin | May 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of 29-year-old security guard, John Eboh, over alleged sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl. The defendant was arraigned on a four-count charge, bordering on unlawful and indecent assault, unlawful sexual intercourse, among others. The prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde Omisakin, had told the court that the offences were committed on May 1, at about 6. p.m., at Consolidated Hallmark Insurance PLC, Obanikoro Road, Lagos. Advertisement She said that the teenager, who was hawking kerosene, was unlawfully detained and assaulted by Eboh. “He took her inside one of the office rooms and started squeezing and fondling her breasts before having sexual intercourse with her,” she said. The offences contravened Sections 135, 144 and 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Magistrate A.T. Elias adjourned the case until May 24, for hearing and ruling on the bail application. source: today...
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