by Admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Boko Haram suspect who escaped from the custody of the State Security Service, SSS, has been rearrested. Muktar Suleiman and others still at large escaped from SSS (also called DSS) custody in 2015, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that Mr. Suleiman be remanded in prison custody. The Chief Magistrate, Levi Animoku, who gave the order, described the charges preferred against the accused as horrifying and grievous. “Culpable homicide is the highest crime in our legal system. “Section 341(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) simpliciter, precludes a court from granting bail to a person accused of such offence. “Consequently, the accused shall be remanded at the Federal Prisons, Koton-Karfe and the case is adjourned till March 16, for mention,” he ruled. The prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abaji, in his application for the remand of the accused, urged the court to take cognisance of the charges preferred against him. Mr. Abaji, a counsel in the Ministry of Justice, said the accused was arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and belonging to a gang of brigands. He said that the offences contravened Sections 97(1), 221, 305 of the Penal Code and Section 4 of the Terrorism [Prevention][Amendment] Act 2013. Mr. Abaji told the court that Mr. Suleiman and one other currently at large, members of the outlawed Boko Haram, escaped from custody of the SSS with the aid of other members of the group in 2015. The escapees, according to Mr. Abaji, killed a police officer and a fellow inmate during their escape. He said that...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Ondo State Police Command said it had arrested no fewer than 14 people in connection with the cult clashes which occurred in Ondo town, Ondo State on Friday and Sunday. No fewer than nine people reportedly lost their lives while several other people sustained injuries on Friday and Monday during clashes of suspected members of rival cult groups. It was learnt that the clash was between cult groups known as Afee Cult and Eiye confraternity, each of which had lost its members to the clash. The Public Relations Officer of the police command, Mr. Femi Joseph, who spoke on Wednesday, said all the suspects would be prosecuted. Joseph did not disclosed the names of the suspects but said they (suspects) were arrested in various locations in the ancient Ondo town after the incidents. He said, ” We have so far arrested about 14 people, we are still arresting and we will continue to arrest them until we arrest all of them. We are preparing to take them to court.” The PPRO further stated that the men of the command had been deployed in the town to flush out the hoodlums. He however denied the reports that the command lost some of its officers to the clash, saying ” none of our officers and men died in the...
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Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Imo State have nabbed the suspected killers of Oscar Okebata, an American veteran soldier who was robbed and murdered in Atta in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state on January 12, 2017. This was even as a Police Sergeant, Iseke Koradam, was arrested at a hospital in Oke – Uvuru in the Aboh Mbaise LGA of the state in an alleged attempt to steal a newly born baby. At a press briefing In Owerri, the state capital capital on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, said that Osondu Chukwu, Uchechukwu Stanley, Onyekachi Kelvin Nwoke and Uchendu Promise were apprehended with concrete evidence that showed that they murdered the veteran soldier, who was in the state for the Christmas and new year celebrations . The CP said that the suspects allegedly sold Okebata’s Samsung Note 5 handset at N125,000 which led to their arrest by the operatives of the command. Lakanu said, “The suspects were arrested in connection with the robbery and murder of one Oscar Okebata, of Achi Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, an American veteran soldier who returned home for the yuletide period last year”. “The victim’s Samsung Note 5 handset was sold at N125,000, leading to the arrest of the suspected masterminds of the crime.” The CP equally disclosed that the Police Sergeant and his gang, who allegedly planned to steal the newborn baby, had confessed to the crime and would be charged to the court very...
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Follow @NigeriaPI The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested 24 armed robbery suspects, among others, over crimes committed in the state in February. The State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, told newsmen in Ikeja that the command made the arrests following distress calls received in the month. “Twenty-four armed robbery suspects, 19 suspected kidnappers and eight cultists were arrested in the out-gone month. “One of the armed robbery suspects, however, died following a shootout with the police. “A total of 18 different firearms, 26 rounds of live ammunition, and 22 different exotic cars were recovered from the suspects,’’ he said. Owoseni said some of the suspected kidnappers were arrested when they stormed Adebayo Market in Bariga to abduct some private guards. “Two of the private guards who had been kidnapped and taken to Ososa were also rescued. “Investigation is ongoing to ensure the arrest of other members of the gang,’’ Owoseni said. He said that the command also arrested 11 suspects who specialise in petrol tanker hijack on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during the month. Owoseni said that exhibits recovered from the suspects arrested within the jurisdiction of Oyo State had been transferred to Oyo Command of the Police. He appealed to the public to continue to collaborate with the police to serve them...
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Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has concluded arrangements to prosecute a Deputy Director of INEC in Akwa Ibom and former Electoral Officer in Rivers, Gogo Anderson Waribo. The antigraft agency, in a statement by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on Wednesday said Waribo would be arraigned for allegedly collecting N16m from the N23bn-Diezani Allison Madueke’s 2015 general election bribery funds. It said that Waribo was arrested by operatives of the anti-graft agency, following intelligence report that some INEC officers conspired with some staff of Fidelity Bank to defraud the Federal Government of several millions of naira. He said, “Although he has consistently denied involvement in the fraud, investigation revealed that the INEC Deputy Director’s name is on the list of beneficiaries of the money. “He is alleged to have received the sum of N16m through his First Bank account on March 27, 2015. Waribo allegedly gave N5m from the N16 million to Peter Popnen, an ex- INEC official.” It said that the suspect would be arraigned in court when investigations were...
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