by Admin | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has directed the State Police Command to ensure prompt arrest of the 11-man kidnap gang who struck on Wednesday evening at the Isheri North Estate, GRA of the state, killing three security guards and abducting the estate’s resident association secretary, Dayo Adekoya. A statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, said Governor Ambode has already directed the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni to move decisively and promptly to arrest the kidnappers. Governor Ambode, according to the statement, specifically commiserated with the families of the security guards that lost their lives to the unfortunate incident, and assured that government is on top of the situation and working with security agencies to ensure early release of the victim. “A while ago, the CP of Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police, confirmed that police has commenced investigation as well as put in place necessary rescue operation to ensure the release of the victim. While the State Government commiserates with the families of the three dead estate security guards, it will leave no stone unturned to ensure that lives and property of residents in the State are protected.”Ayorinde said It would be recalled that just last week, Governor Ambode had demonstrated his seriousness and determination to eradicate the menace of kidnapping when he signed into law the anti-kidnapping bill recently passed by the State House of Assembly. The law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom and death penalty in the event of death of a kidnapped...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Abia state police command has arrested a suspected kidnapper, armed robber and a well-known receiver of stolen vehicles and other stolen items who has been under the surveillance of the command for several months. The command had in October last year smashed a six-man gang of suspected armed robbers who has snatched two Toyota Corolla cars from their owners at gunpoint at different locations in Umuahia. Speaking in Umuahia while parading some suspected armed robbers, the Commissioner Police (CP) LeyeOyebade said that since the command smashed the syndicate that they have been after the receiver of the stolen vehicles. Oyebade said that with the synergy of other security agencies in the state that they were able to arrest Ikechukwu Chukwuma John with the help of the Akwa Ibom state police command at Uyo in connection with the kidnapping of Celestine Ositadinma Nwankwo. The Abia CP said that the suspect was arrested on the 3rd of January this year with the Toyota Highlander of one of the victims he had kidnapped and handed over to them as they have been looking for him since October last year. He said that the command with the men of the Aba division arrested Udochukwu Victor Onyende aged 29 years of 50 Nwama street off Ohanku road in Aba, “The suspect with others now at large had kidnapped Chuks Nnanni a younger brother of Hon Ossy Prestige”. Oyebade said that the operatives of the Anti-Robbery Umuahia who were acting on information arrested one Chijioke Emeka of Amuri Umuaka in Njaba of Imo state, “The suspect had in the company of his gang...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A US court on Thursday sentenced a Nigerian, Olayinka Ilumsa Sunmola, to 27 years in jail for international romance scam he perpetrated from 2007 to 2014. Lagos-born Sunmola, who was the ringleader of a love scam organisation based in South Africa, was also ordered to repay $1.7m. Judge David Herndon of a US district Court in East St. Louis heard how Sumola and others scammed many American women of millions of dollars while parading themselves as American soldiers stationed overseas or engineers working on a large government contract in South Africa. They cultivated romantic relationships with dozens of women using pictures of men they found online, sometimes pictures of dead servicemen from memorial websites. Prosecutors said Sumola’s activities drove some to bankruptcy and at least one to the brink of suicide. The 33-year-old showered the women with poetry, cards, flowers, stuffed animals, and chocolates until he has successfully entrapped them. Once his target his entrapped, Sunmola began to manufacture emergencies, each of which required increasingly large amounts of money from his victims. Sunmola used their money for lavish parties, two Range Rovers, four properties in South Africa and a $363,000 home in Nigeria, prosecutors said. A federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis indicted Sunmola in November 2013 on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion. After two days of a jury trial Sunmola pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion. In his ruling Judge Herndon said, “‘Conspiracy,’ ‘mail and wire fraud,’ and ‘interstate extortion’ hardly sound like the kinds of crimes that leave broken lives,...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Three ex-policemen were on Tuesday arraigned before an Akure High Court over alleged manslaughter. The accused, Awodeyi Adesola, Adekunle Adedeji and Adepetu Olamilekan, were arraigned following an allegation of torturing a suspect which led to his death. The prosecutor, Mr Wale Bamisile, told the court that the accused tortured one Oluwatobi Badmus while he was in their custody when they were still in the service of the Nigeria Police Force. He said that the victim was arrested for allegedly stealing a BlackBerry phone belonging to one Prophet Bisi Adejuyigbagbe. The prosecutor said that the torture from the ex-policemen was presumed to have led to the untimely death of the victim shortly after his release from police custody on July 21, 2016. According to him, the offence is contrary to Section 317 and Punishable under Section 325 of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Vol.1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006. The prosecution had called two witnesses out of 11 witnesses. The prosecution counsel, however, moved an application for the adjournment of the case to enable him prepare and bring other witnesses to court. The presiding judge, Justice O.O Akeredolu, granted the prosecution’s application and adjourned the case till Feb.27 for further...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Nze Chidi Duru before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, on charges of forgery of company’s board resolution and alleged diversion of N16.2m shares proceeds. Duru, who was then in June 2010 the Vice-Chairman of First Gurantee Pension Ltd, allegedly diverted the sum of N16.2m said to be proceeds of part payments for the company’s shares sold to another firm, Novare Holdings Proprietary Limited. The defendant was said to have been “entrusted with dominion over” the sums of N15m and N1,23,646.58 (totaling N16.2m), being part payments of 30 per cent equity shares of FGP Limited sold to Novare NHP Limited. The prosecution accused him of diverting the money in July 2010 “to pay for land allocations from Lagos State Government in favour of Grand Towers Plc and MVJJDA Africa Limited, companies of which you have interest”. The EFCC alleged that the defendant committed criminal breach of trust, an offence punishable under section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap. 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,1990. He was also said to have in June 2008 “knowingly and fraudulently” made “false document, “an ordinary resolution of First Guarantee Pension Limited dated June 2, 2008, purporting same to have been signed by all the subscribers/shareholders” of the company. The prosecution alleged in the fourth count that the defendant “knowingly and fraudulently” used the allegedly forged document and “forwarded same to Folashade Ogundare and Hon Isegha Teamgu with the intention of causing it to be believed that the said...
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