by Admin | May 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 22, 2017, arraigned a suspected fraudster, Oladipo Adedokun, alongside Lorient Habour Hotel Limited before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the State High Court, Ikeja, on a four-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheques and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N69, 605,000.00 (Sixty-nine Million, Six Hundred and Five Thousand Naira). One of the charges read: “That you, Oladipo Tajudeen Adedokun and Lorient Habour Hotel Limited, on or about the 27th day of September, 2012, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court fraudulently obtained the sum of Sixty- nine Million, Six Hundred and Five Thousand Naira (N69, 605, 000.00) from the Nigeria Navy on the false representation that you had Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollar (10, 000 Pounds Sterling) to sell to the Nigeria Navy’’ The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges levelled against him. Although the defendant was not represented by his counsel in court, Justice Ipaye ordered him to get in touch with his counsel in readiness for the continuation of trial. source: solenzo...
by Admin | May 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Anyone can commit a crime; either a pastor, banker, student or blogger. It’s not about their profession or calling, it’s about an individual’s ability to overcome greed. A Nigerian blogger, Apeh Peterhot has been arrested by the Nigerian Police in Lagos. The Benue born Blogger had allegedly opened a facebook pseudo account in the name of Queen Ann Ochoga and used it to defraud Mr. Philip Agbese, to the tune of N2.2m. An innocent pregnant woman, Ann Johnson, was implicated in the said fraud, as the blogger cunningly used her bank account details, under the pretence that he had issues with his BVN. Luck, however, ran out of him, when the pregnant woman turned herself in at the police station and made confessional statement. The culprit, who has been on the run for days, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, following a coordinated operation of civilians and undercover policemen, following a tip off. He is currently being held at Idimu Police Station, Area M, Alimoso Division of Lagos command, pending a signal from the FCT command, where the matter is being handled. source: solenzo...
by Admin | May 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Kidnappers of six pupils of Igbonla Model College, Epe, Lagos State, have contacted some parents of the victims, demanding N1bn ransom to release them. The parents were contacted on Saturday and allowed to briefly speak with their children. While two of them were asked to pay N400m each, another two were told to raise N100m per child. They were reportedly told to meet with the school authorities and the state government to raise the money. However, details of ransoms demanded from the remaining parents had yet to be ascertained by our correspondent as of the time of filing this report. The gunmen had gained entry into the school premises at about 6am on Thursday through the creek at the back of the college and headed for the boys’ hostel after breaking the school fence. They broke the hostel doors, seized 10 senior secondary school pupils and led them to the shore where their boat was parked. After profiling their family backgrounds, four pupils were released, while the assailants whisked away the remaining six pupils identified as Peter Jonah, Isiaq Rahmon, Adebayo George, Judah Agbausi, Pelumi Philips and Farouq Yusuf. It was reported that the gunmen had written the school authorities three days before the incident, informing them of the attack. They made good their threat in the dawn after policemen and soldiers, who repelled an attack around 8pm on Wednesday, left the school. In the wake of the abduction, parents and guardians thronged the college to pick their children and wards, blaming the incident on the poor security in the school. Some parents of the abducted schoolchildren,...
by Admin | May 28, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The policemen attached to Area M Command, Idimu, Lagos have arrested a housewife for allegedly selling four out of her five children to different buyers without the knowledge of her husband. The woman simply identified as Vicky was arrested following a petition by her husband to the Area Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Austines Akika. Police sources said the suspect was selling the children one after the other and successfully sold four, leaving out only one, PM express reported It was learnt that she lied to her husband that she took the kids to their relation until the husband later discovered she has sold them. Her strange commercial activity was exposed after she sold the last child for N400,000 and her husband was tipped by a neighbour. The husband reported to the police and she was arrested and detained at the Command cell. She was said to have already confessed to the police while efforts were already being made to rescue the children and arrest the buyers. It was reported that the woman was able to carry out the illegal sales without her husband’s knowledge because the husband, who rented an apartment in Idimu area of Alimosho local government, works outside Lagos, where he stays during the week and returns home weekend or monthly. It was gathered that the woman told her husband that she took the kids to her relatives to cover her tracks. The woman is still in detention while the police are carrying out investigations to locate the whereabouts of the children. source: the...
by Admin | May 28, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, says he has evidence showing that the huge cash recently seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos State belongs to his state government. Featuring on Channel’s television, Wike disclosed that at the appropriate time, the evidence will be revealed for the world to see. The governor said he would not give any evidence yet, so that the Federal Government would not know the state government’s moves. He said, “The ultimatum I gave on the recovered money hasn’t elapsed. Yes, I did that, but you have lawyers working with you. They tell you; wait, we don’t want to go by the way you have said. Although I am a lawyer too, I am sitting as a governor. I am directly affected and emotionally involved. “The so-called government has set up a committee. Let’s wait and see what the committee would say. Let’s see whether they will or will not invite the state government. “We cannot make submissions to the committee because you don’t know where they meet; you don’t know where they sit. Everybody knows the money belongs to Rivers State. Who are all the people making contentions about the money? They are the same government. Don’t mind that the NIA DG was not appointed by the present government. He was in government. “Despite claims by the NIA DG, the CBN came out to say, ‘how did you get this money? We didn’t give you any money.’ Who would release such volume of dollars to a government agency and security agency? Where would it...
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