by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos – A mother of four children , Mrs Chinasa Okereke, has revealed how a 15-year-old boy collected N500 from an Alfa to abduct her three-year-old son for ritual at Ijegun, Lagos State. Chinasa, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, alleged that the teenager, who is also a neighbour stole her son, Chiagozie,. The teenager identified as Simon had earlier confessed to the police that an unidentified Alfa, now in police custody, asked him to supply a three-year-old child. Simon said after he brought Chiagozie to the Alfa, he was given N500 for his efforts. When the three-year-old was finally located by detectives from Isheri Police Station, he was already dead. Chinasa, who broke down in tears, said that she was not only grieving for her murdered son, but also scared about strange men on motorbikes coming to threaten her and her husband, Augustine Okereke. The woman who lives in a multi-room building, has three other children, apart from Chiagozie. The eldest is 10years old, the second child is eight years old. Chiagozie was her third child. Her fourth child is just nine months old. She explained that on the fateful day, she wanted to give three of her children a bath outside the house when the three year-old child was abducted. According to her account, she had briefly stepped into the house to get a wrapper to strap the nine-month-old to her back. But when she returned Chiagozie was nowhere to be found. When she asked her eight-year-old daughter the whereabouts of her little brother, the girl said that Simon, the 15-year-old living in the building...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Lagos have arrested a man for allegedly parading himself as a Chief Superintendent of Police. Lagos State Police spokesman, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect was arrested on Thursday for terrorising the public in a CSP uniform in Surulere area. “At about 4pm on March 16, the command operatives attached to Area ‘C’ Command, Surulere, arrested the suspect following reliable information. “The suspect over the years has been parading himself as a police officer and extorting money and other valuables from unsuspecting public. “The suspect was intercepted under the National Stadium Bridge, Surulere where he was about to resume his criminal activities. “On sighting the patrol team, the suspect took to his heels, but was given a hot chase that resulted to his arrest at Shitta Area of Surulere. “A walkie-talkie, a Lagos State Ministry of Transportation identity card bearing the name, Olayiwola Animashaun and his passport photograph, were found in his possession,” he said. The spokesman said the suspect later led the detectives to his residence where exhibits, including a traffic taskforce reflective jacket, police statement forms, and a machete, were recovered from his house. Famous-Cole said the suspect confessed that he was a former staff of the Lagos State Government but currently without a job. “He confessed to be operating mostly around Tejuosho, Ojuelegba and National Stadium areas,” the police spokesman said. Famous-Cole advised the public to be wary of individuals who present themselves as police officers with no proof of official identification. He urged the public to question such people and alert other security agencies when the...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Ekiti on Monday charged one Emmanuel Bolodeoku, before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, for allegedly exhuming the corpse of his wife. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police prosecutor, Insp. Caleb Leranmo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 17, at New Iyin Area in Ado-Ekiti. Leranmo alleged that the accused improperly and indecently interfered with the corpse of his late wife, Oyinola Bolodeoku, buried a year ago. The defendant allegedly exhumed the corpse and kept it in a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag. He said the accused committed the offence which is punishable under Section 242 (1) b of Criminal Code, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. He also alleged that the accused did ‘vitiate the atmosphere, so as to make it harmful to the health of persons in the neighbourhood, when he brought the decomposed corpse of his wife in a bag to the neighbourhood’. According to him, he has therefore committed an offence punishable under Section 247 of the Criminal Code, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. The prosecutor applied for a date of adjournment to enable him study the case file and assemble his three witnesses. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge, while his counsel, Mr Busuyi Ayorinde, applied for his bail, promising the Court that he would not jump bail. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum, who must have a verifiable address, within the jurisdiction of the court. He, then, adjourned the...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI No fewer than 46 people lost their lives, while 96 others sustained injuries in the inter-ethnic crisis that broke out in Ile-Ife, Osun state, on March 8. The spokesman of the police, Jimoh Moshood said this in Abuja on Monday, revealing that 38 suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident. Speaking while the suspects were paraded, Moshood said 38 people were initially arrested but 18 were let go because there was no evidence against them. He said 81 of those were injured in the clash were treated at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) and discharged, while 15 were still receiving treatment. “The special intervention force deployed to quell the crisis did not engage in indiscriminate arrests as being reported in some media but worked on actionable intelligence and other information gathered during and after the crisis,” Moshood said. “And that is why 18 suspects found not to be involved in the crisis were released unconditionally. “Traditional rulers, religious leaders, public office holders, politicians, opinion leaders, parents and guardians are hereby called upon to prevail on their subjects, supporters, children and wards to support the personnel of the Police Special Intervention Force still on ground in Ile-Ife and other flash points in Osun state in the discharge of their responsibilities, and propagate peace, demonstrate love, and tolerance to promote harmonious coexistence with their brothers and fellow citizens, irrespective of religious, ethnic or political inclinations and differences. “The inspector-general of police hereby assures the good people and communities of Ile-Ife and other parts of the state of adequate security and protection of their lives and...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police yesterday arraigned a lady, Stephanie Otobo, 23, who claimed to have had affair with Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the President and founder of Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide before a Tinubu Magistrate’s court Lagos, over alleged intent to steal, and blackmail. Otobo was charged alongside Wisdom Godstime, aged 43. They are facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, blackmail, and threat to life, preferred against them by the police. The prosecutor, M. A. Animashaun, told the court that the defendants and others at large committed the alleged offence on February 14, 2017, at about 10:30am, at Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. He said the duo conspired to steal by demanding for property with menace and an attempt to extort money. Animashaun also said the defendants, with intent to blackmail, unlawfully demanded the payment of $1 million to Otobo by Apostle Suleiman, else she would call a press conference and accuse him of committing adultery with her and having illicit relationship with her and thereafter kill him. The prosecutor further alleged that the defendants with intent to extort money from Suleiman, accused him of committing adultery with Otobo, and also promised to marry her. According to the Animashaun, the offences committed are punishable under sections 411, 301 and 303 of the criminal law of Lagos State 2015. However the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge against them. Magistrate Mrs Kikelomo Bukola- Ayeye, in her ruling granted the defendants bail in liberal term and asked them to deposit the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum, who must be gainfully employed. On March 6, Magistrate Ayeye,...
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