by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Two suspected drug traffickers have been apprehended at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, few hours to its closure, Wednesday, while attempting to smuggle 386 grammes of cocaine to Cambodia and 2.150kg of heroin from Tanzania. NDLEA Commander at Abuja Airport, Hamisu Lawan, said 53-year-old shoe merchant, Lekwauwa Mark Otaka, was caught with 386 grammes of cocaine inserted in his anus while 57-year-old Odogwu Augustine Ike, an automobile dealer in Onitsha, excreted 110 wraps of heroin. “Odogwu Augustine Ike was caught with 110 wraps of heroin weighing 2.150kg from Tanzania on an Ethiopian Airline flight, while Otaka was found to have inserted seven wraps of cocaine weighing 386 grammes into his anus on an Egypt Airline flight to Cambodia. Both suspects are currently under investigation,” he said. Otaka, an Aba-based shoe merchant, told officials that he was aked to smuggle drugs for N1million. “I was afraid of swallowing the drugs, so I chose the insertion method. “I inserted 386 grammes of cocaine into my anus in my desperation to get N1 million promised.” Meanwhile, Ike, a father of four who hails from Anambra state blamed his action on financial hardship to take care of his family. According to him, he was promised N600,000 to smuggle the drug. Chief Executive of the agency, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (rtd.),confirming their arrest said the duo were caught after they tested positive to narcotic ingestion during routine screening. He said: “The Agency had taken measures at ensuring comprehensive examination of passengers and goods at the Kaduna Airport. “This would help in preventing illicit movement of narcotics by drug...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI No fewer than 30 Bureau de Change operators stormed the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday in anticipation of the trial of a Nigerian filmmaker, Olajide Kazeem, alias Seun Egbede, who was charged with serial frauds involving N39, 098,100, $90,000 and £12,550. Egbegbe, alongside one Oyekan Ayomide, had been arraigned by the police on February 10, 2017, before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo. The duo were accused of swindling more than 30 BDC operators of various sums both in local and foreign currencies between 2015 and 2017 in Lagos. Egbegbe and Ayomide had, however, pleaded not guilty and Justice Oguntoyinbo had on February 24 granted each of them a bail of N5m, while the matter was adjourned till Friday for trial to commence. When the case was called on Friday, the prosecuting counsel for the police, Mr Innocent Anyigor, told the judge that the charge sheet had been amended and the counts had been increased from 36 to 40. He, therefore, prayed the court to allow the charges to be read to the defendants for the purpose of taking their plea. The judge granted the prayer and Egbegbe and Ayomide were re-arraigned and pleaded not guilty as they had earlier done. Following the re-arraignment, the defence counsel, Mrs A.O. Gbadamosi, urged the judge to vary the conditions attached to the bail granted Ayomide because he was only involved in three out of the 40 counts. In response, the judge said the prayer would be considered later. The prosecutor then told the judge that he had 30 witnesses in court and he was ready for commencement of trial. The...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Rivers State Police Command has paraded fifteen suspected criminals who were arrested in different parts of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, said the arrests were made following a charge by the Acting Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Magaji, to all Divisional Police Officers. He said, “On 08/01/2017 at about 0300hrs, Operatives of the Ozuoba Divisional Anti Robbery team, on a distress call responded to an armed robbery attack at Romualogu street where one Mr. Vincent Obah was robbed and was dispossessed of his GSM handset and undisclosed amount of cash. “The team was confronted by the robbers who opened fire on them but through the gallant effort of the officers they arrested one Jude Okoli ‘m’ aged 30yrs, while others fled. “On 24/01/2017 at about 2100hrs while responding to a distress from Mr. Stone of Ori-Ebe street, the Ozuoba Divisional Anti Crime patrol team complimented by the community youths arrested Eze Amata ‘m’ and George Edwin ‘m’ both of no fixed address. “The suspects were alleged to have robbed different people on several occasions in the community and have been at large until the duo were sighted by a previous victim as they were preparing to repeat their usual act along, ‘after seven road’ Ozuoba. “Suspects attempted to escape but were given a hot chase and eventually arrested. “They are helping the Police in investigation and will be charged to court as soon as Investigation is concluded. “On 09/02/2017 at about 0213hrs two of three members of armed robbery gang were arrested while robbing one Ndubuisi Igire ‘m’of Choba town; the robbers before...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The inability of the prosecution to produce an interpreter on Wednesday stalled the planned arraignment of two Chinese and a Nigerian accused of importing fake tyres into the country. Taolung Shen, 36, Xu Jing Yao, 22, and Chinedu Madubuike alongside their companies, Sino Nigeria Import and Export Ltd and Nedeca International Limited, were charged with four counts of importation of sub-standard tyres by the Attorney General of the Federation. The defendants allegedly imported the tyres, said to be the largest seizure in Nigeria, in February. On Wednesday, the prosecution counsel, Babatunde Alajogun, asked Justice Mojisola Olatoregun allow the charge dated March 3 to be read to the accused. But the defence counsel, Victor Opara, said the first and second defendants did not speak English. “I normally discuss with them by means of an interpreter,” he said. When the judge asked Mr. Alajogun why he did not arrange for an interpreter, the lawyer said he assumed the defendants could speak English because he once heard Mr. Shen speak English. “It was at your request that we took the case today because you said they had been in custody,” the judge told the prosecutor. “So why are you not ready? Did you ask if they could speak English? Are you not supposed to ask? “They are expected to understand the charge. They are expected to follow the proceedings. That’s when you would have fulfilled the legal requirements.” The judge declined Mr. Alajogun’s request for the Chinese nationals to be remanded in prison pending the availability of an interpreter for their trial. “I will not. They will go back to...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded two brothers in prison custody over the death of five fellow Fulani herdsmen. A Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded two brothers, Adamu Yahaya, 20 and Mumuni Yahaya, 25, in prison custody over the death of five fellow Fulani herdsmen. The duo are accused of using machetes to kill the five persons. Mr Levi Animoku of Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court I, gave the remand order after the duo appeared before him on Thursday. Animoku held that the charges of culpable homicide against the two herdsmen carried death penalty upon conviction, and declared that Section 341(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) precluded the court from granting bail in the circumstance. “The presumption of innocence does not exonerate the accused; so, the cannot be granted bail,” he said. The Chief Magistrate ordered that the accused be remanded at Federal Prisons, Dekina and urged the prison authorities to ensure that they were treated of their head injuries. Animoku also directed that the case be transferred to Chief Magistrate Court, Dekina and adjourned the matter to March 16, for mention. The prosecuting police officer, Mr Tuesday Ganagana, who read the First Information Report (FIR), had told the court that the accused were arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. He said that the offences contravened sections 97(1) and 221(a) of the Penal Code law. Ganagana said that the case was reported by one Babangida Usman, chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Ikende, in Bassa Local Government of Kogi, on February 15. Ganagana told the court that at about 2...
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