by Admin | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A cemetery attendant, Oluwatosin Akorede, has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command for allegedly trading in human parts. The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made this known to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, said the suspect was caught with two human skulls. He said Mr. Akorede was arrested at about 7 p.m. on Sunday at Isale-Oko area of Sagamu in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state following a tip off. The spokesperson added that police officers led by the Divisional Police Officer, Moses Aduroja, were on routine patrol of the area when the suspect was arrested. “The suspect, who is said to be working in a cemetery situated along Ayepe road Shagamu is currently undergoing interrogation with the view of unravelling the motive behind his action,” Mr. Oyeyemi said. He said the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further...
by Admin | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A housekeeper, Bose Vitawan, on Tuesday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly absconding with her employer’s jewellery valued at N3m. The accused, 24, allegedly fled with 18 pieces of gold watches, 15 pieces of gold rings, 10 sets of gold necklace and earrings and 10 costume beads, all valued at N3 million belonging to her employer. She is being tried on two counts of conspiracy and stealing to which she pleaded innocence. The Prosecutor, Insp. Daniel Ighodalo, said the accused with others at large committed the offences on September 2 at No. 307, Banana Island, Lagos. He noted that the offences contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011. The Chief Magistrate, Abimbola Awogboro, admitted her to a bail of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum and fixed further hearing for November...
by Admin | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, who was accused of stealing from the Nigerian Air Force bank account to buy personal properties worth billions of naira, is still in plea bargain talks with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, his lawyer told a federal judge Tuesday. Norrison Quakers, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, told Justice Mohammed Idris of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court that the plea bargain talks between his client and the EFCC were still ongoing. Mr. Amosu, a retired Air Marshal, was arraigned in June alongside Jacob Adigun, an Air Vice Marshal, and Gbadebo Olugbenga, an Air Commodore, on a 26-count charge of stealing N50 billion. Also arraigned with the trio were their companies – Delfina Oil and Gas Ltd; McAllan Oil and Gas Ltd; Hebron Housing and Properties Company Ltd; Trapezites BDC; Fonds and Pricey Ltd; Deegee Oil and Gas Ltd; Timsegg Investment Ltd; and Solomon Health Care Ltd. On July 8, the defence team, made up of Mr. Quakers, Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), Kemi Balogun (SAN) and A. Etuokwu informed the court of their clients’ intention to enter plea bargain. The members of the team, who had earlier told the judge that their clients had returned “colossal sums” to the federal government, sought an adjournment to perfect their N500 million each bail condition and to “smoothen” their talks with the EFCC. According to the charge sheet, Mr. Amosu and Mr. Adigun, a former Head of Accounts and Budgeting at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), allegedly removed sums running into billions of naira from NAF’s bank account to purchase properties...
by Admin | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI National Diploma holder of a polytechnic in Delta State, Anene Odikose, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for impersonation. A police uniform, an identity card bearing his name and a Honda car were said to have been recovered from him by operatives attached to the Anti-Robbery Squad of the Agbado division. PUNCH Metro learnt that the team apprehended 31-year-old Odikose on Monday during a stop-and-search at a checkpoint on Matogun Road, Oke-Aro, in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state, where he lives. The suspect, who hails from Aniocha North, Delta State, had reportedly hid under the Force to defraud and harass unsuspecting members of the public before luck ran out on him. In a chat with our correspondent, Odikose said he was dismissed in 2011 while undergoing training at the police college in Rivers State. He said the shame of returning home made him to approach a police friend, who assisted him in obtaining the uniform and the ID card after he paid N500. He said, “I am an ND holder in Business Administration. I was enlisted in the police in October 2011. During the 15-month training at the police college in Rivers State, some officers came from Abuja to screen us. Unfortunately, I was dismissed on the grounds of physical fitness. “When I left the college, I was shy to go back to the village and tell my people that I had been disqualified. I went to live with a brother in Asaba (Delta State). “When my friends completed the training, I met with one of them, Henry, who was posted...
by Admin | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Two school children including a boy and a girl who are reportedly from Nigeria were recently found wandering on the streets in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The pictures of the children, who are likely within the age range of 8 and 10 was shared on social media by one Chuka Udegbuna, a Nigerian businessman resident in Cotonou. Udegbuna in the post alleged that the children might be a victim of child trafficking or abduction. His post reads: “The children come from Nigeria and they came to Cotonou in search of their grand mother. This is another clear case of child trafficking and the abductors or...
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