by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Police, yesterday, brought a 33-year-old security man, Donald Alaribe, before an Igbosere chief magistrate’s court, Lagos, over alleged theft of items worth $20,100. The defendant is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing preferred against him by the police. The prosecutor, Inspector Jimoh Joseph, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the alleged offence on March 18 at about 1p.m., at Plot 47, Castle and Temple Drive, Lekki Phase 1, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos. The prosecutor said that the stolen items are a Nigerian passport, two British passports, three engagement rings valued $20,000 US, spare keys and the spare key of a Mistibushi car, valued N50,000, belonging to one Tokunbo Olugbade, the complainant. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Magistrate A. O. Awogboro granted him N1 million bail, with two sureties in like sum. She said that one of the sureties must be a blood relation, and show proof of payment of tax to Lagos State government and have their addresses verified. The case was adjourned till May 3 for mention Source: Vanguard...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI LAGOS—A 61-year-old landlord, Toafeek Hassan, was, yesterday, arrested with fresh human head and other body parts of a lady he was alleged to have murdered, at Ikoga community in Badagry area of Lagos, Sunday. Vanguard gathered that he was on his way to hand over the needed body parts to a cleric yesterday, when he was accosted by curious people, as the bag was dripping blood When they forcefully took the bag from him, a female head, two wrists and a heart spilled out. They raised alarm, which alerted other residents. But for the prompt intervention of policemen from Area ‘K’ Command, Badagry, Hassan would have been lynched by a mob, who tied his hands, legs and was dragging him on the ground. Confession On interrogation before police arrived, Hassan disclosed that it was his second time of killing clients for the unnamed cleric for ritual purpose. According to him, “she was not my direct client. A herbalist, Baba Ronke, brought her to me on Sunday. One Alfa from Sango-Otta took her to him. He said that the woman was looking for spiritual solution. “The Alfa from Otta uses human beings for rituals. He deceived the woman to Badagry, saying he was bringing her to a senior colleague, who would perform some cleansing by the river side on her. “Immediately they dropped the woman by the riverside they left, with a promise to wait for her at the bus stop. While she was waiting, I came and did my part of the job.” Asked how he killed her, Hassan did not state clearly how he committed the...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Troops of the Nigerian Army on Operation LAFIYA DOLE have continued with clearance operations on suspected Boko Haram terrorists locations through patrols, ambushes and raids with appreciable progress in their respective areas of responsibility. These efforts have led to arrest, interception and neutralizing of quite a number of Boko Haram terrorists, as well as recovery of arms, ammunition and equipment. The essence is to ensure security in the areas and prevent infiltration by Boko Haram terrorists among the communities. It is as regards to this that troops of 159 Task Force Battalion arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, one Mallam Makinta Ibrahim aged 45 years at Bayemari yesterday. The suspect who hailed from Yaro Grematalti Yunusari Local Government Area. He was also confirmed to be be Premium Motor Spirit and other logistic items to the terrorists. The troops also arrested another suspected Boko Haram terrorist whose name, age and origin could not be ascertained for now as he pretend to be deaf and dumb. However, he was found to be in possession of 8 functioning mobile telephone handsets, bunch of keys, 2 passport photographs, 2 amulet charms and a transistor radio. Both of the suspect are being further investigated. You are please requested to disseminate this information to the public through your medium. Thank you for your kind cooperation. Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman Director Army Public Relations Source:...
by Admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A federal High Court in Lagos in Nigeria’s southwest zone has ruled that a limited liability company, Acquila Leasing Limited, should temporarily forfeit N1.825 billion found in the company’s account to the Federal Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which obtained the forfeiture order on behalf of the Federal Government, alleged that the sum was part of a total of N2.387 billion diverted from the coffers of the Nigerian Navy by a former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dele Ezeoba (retired). Mr. Ezeoba headed the Nigerian Navy between 2012 and 2014. An EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, filed an ex-parte application for temporary forfeiture of the funds before Justice Muslim Hassan. The application invoked Section 17 of Nigeria’s Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006 as well as Section 44(2)(k) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. In the filing, Mr. Oyedepo urged the court to urgently grant the forfeiture order in the interest of justice. Justice Hassan granted the order and gave 14 days for Chuka Onwuchekwa and his company, Acquila Leasing Limited,as well as any other party interested in the money to appear before him to give reasons why the fund should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Justice Hassan adjourned the case till March 29, 2017 for any interested parties to appear before him. The EFCC’s application listed Onwuchekwa and Acquila Leasing Limited as the first and second respondents. An affidavit of urgency sworn to by an operative of the EFCC, Adamu Usman, said Mr. Ezeoba was investigated following an intelligence report. He disclosed that the anti-grant...
by Admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the Police to pay N2m as exemplary damages to three persons unlawfully arrested and detained for 19 months. The three persons, Idris Abubakar, Anas Abubakar and Aliyu Abubakar, instituted the case against the Inspector General of Police. Also joined in the suit No. FHC/KD/CS/22/2016 were the Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State and the Divisional Police Officer, Kabala Police Station. The complainants said that they were arrested by the police for alleged theft and were detained for six days, after which the police claimed that they were members of Boko Haram. The complainants said since their arrest, they were neither released nor taken to court, adding that their lawyers and relatives were denied access to them. In his judgment, Justice Emeka Nwite, after hearing arguments from Counsel to the applicants, Baba Lawal-Aliyu and that of the respondents, E C Enwelum, ruled that the continued detention of the applicants violated their fundamental human rights. He also ruled that the police had not provided any evidence to warrant their long detention or assertion that the three were members of the Boko Haram. The judge dismissed the confessional statement tendered by the police in which the applicants confessed to being members of the insurgent group, saying that the document was not admissible in law. “Again, they said incriminating items were recovered from the applicants buttressing that they are Boko Haram sect members. “Not only the applicants denied having any incriminating objects when they were arrested but the respondents did not exhibit any of the incriminating objects to buttress their claims. “In...
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