by Admin | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Kaduna on Sunday confirmed that gunmen attacked Zankan village, a Fulani settlement in Kaura Local Government of the state. The spokesperson of the Kaduna Police, Aliyu Usman, said in Kaduna that the incident occurred at about 8.30 p.m. on Saturday. He said one person was killed and five others injured in the attack. “The dead and the injured persons have been taken to the nearest medical centre in Ganawuri town, Plateau State,” Mr. Usman said. He, however, said that investigation into the incident had commenced. “We are trailing the suspects behind the attack, but so far, no arrest has been made. “We are, however, optimistic that the additional police operatives deployed in the area will fish out the culprits very soon,” he said. The spokesman reiterated the commitment of the command to secure citizens and property in the state, saying “we will not allow lawlessness to thrive.” He appealed to the public to always assist security agencies in the state with useful information to enable them to take proactive...
by Admin | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI 33 year old suspect, Olawasegun Oladimeji, who was arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command for vandalising Toyota cars in Victoria Island, has confessed that a spare part dealer in Ladipo International Market was the one who gave him the specifications of cars to vandalise. The suspect, a barber by profession, was arrested in Lekki last week by the RRS officials, barely six weeks after he regained freedom from Kirikiri Prison, Lagos. The suspect, according to report had just vandalised some vehicles around Lekki before he was apprehended by the RRS’s patrol team. Found in his possession were several body parts of Toyota Corolla and mobile phones, which he stole from the garage guards, who were sleeping when he broke in. He disclosed that he was released from prison in November, 2016 after he was convicted for three months for removing Toyota body parts in another garage in Apapa, in July, 2016. According to him: “Oga Dona (auto parts dealer) has my number. He would call to give me the type of vehicle body parts that are on high demand in the market. He would tell me to get them for him…. I have been working for him now for 8 years. I steal different vehicle body parts, particularly, Toyota products…. I remove Toyota Corolla brain box, headlight, rear light, buttons, etc…. Since I came back from prison in November, 2016, I have stolen brain-boxes of 47 cars. My targets are Toyota products.” He continued: “Whenever I am going on operation, he is the ones that gives me transport money....
by Admin | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement has made a fresh demand for the rescue of the 195 Chibok girls remaining in Boko Haram captivity. The movement also said it would no longer tolerate delays in their release and excuses from President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it was indecision on the part of the government that robbed the military of the time to defeat the insurgents before they became unmanageable.The group’s position was contained in a statement jointly signed by its co-conveners, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili and Mrs. Aisha Yesufu. Source:...
by Admin | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has pleaded with the Federal High Court in Lagos not to judge his case based on a series of statements he wrote while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Dudafa, who is being prosecuted for an alleged fraud of N5.1bn, told Justice Mohammed Idris, before who he is being tried, on Monday that using those statements would occasion injustice against him, claiming that he did not voluntarily make them. He told the judge that the anti-graft agency locked him up for about two months and subjected him to what he described as dehumanising treatments, thereby giving him no other option but to write and sign the statements against his will in order to secure his freedom. Dudafa stated this while being led in evidence by his lawyer, Mr. Gboyega Oyewole, during a trial-within-trial to test the authenticity of the confessional statements and asset declaration form he filed while in the EFCC custody. “After the 13th of May, 2016, they took me back to the cell and they continued taking me out each day so that I could go through agony. “In the cell, I was isolated. I was not treated like any other detainee. All other detainees had access to their phones and food but me. My family members were stopped from bringing food to me and I accused the EFCC of planning to poison me. “They wanted to break me down, to make me implicate some people. They asked me questions about former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; they said...
by Admin | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An ex-convict, Oluwasegun Oladimeji, has been arrested by policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stealing parts of cars in the Victoria Island area of the state. Oladimeji was arrested by a patrol team of the RRS after stealing some parts of vehicles on the premises of a firm in VI. The police said apart from the parts, they also recovered mobile phones, which he allegedly stole from guards on the premises, who were sleeping when he broke in. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 33-year-old had just served a three-month jail term at the Kirikiri Medium Prison after he was caught stealing spare parts of vehicles in July 2016, in Apapa. He was said to have returned to crime after he was released in November, 2016. The suspect said since his release from incarceration, he had stolen no fewer than 47 car brainboxes. Oladimeji, in his confessional statement to the police, allegedly said he was working for a spare parts dealer, identified as Dona. He said Dona, who worked at the Ladipo International Market, always gave him specification of car parts to steal. He said, “I have been working for Dona for the past eight years. I steal different vehicle parts, particularly Toyota products. I remove brain boxes, headlights and rear lights, among others. “Since I came back from prison in November 2016, I have stolen brain boxes of 47 cars. “Whenever I am going for an operation, he (Dona) would give me money for my transportation. Most times, he would tell me the specification of the car he...
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