by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 55-year-old man, Garba Ali, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a teenager. The accused, a trader, who resides at 6, Adeniyi Kayode St., Ilupeju, a suburb of Lagos, was docked on a three-count charge of rape, sexual assault and breach of peace. The prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were committed on Feb. 11 at the residence of the accused. Ogu said that the victim, a 13-year-old girl, was hawking cheese cake after school hours when the accused called her. “The accused bought N50 cheese cake from her and told her to come back for her money. “On her return, the accused lured her to his room and sexually molested her,” he said. Ogu added that the victim cried all the way back to her house and told her mother what the accused did. The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 166(b), 244 and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. She adjourned the case till March 13, pending issuance of legal advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A man has been arrested after he murdered his estranged wife and cut her body into different parts to escape prosecution. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a commercial bus driver,Shakiru Bello, for allegedly killing his wife, Sherifat, and cutting her body into different parts to escape detection and prosecution. Punch reports that Bello, in a bid to hide what he did, buried the different parts of his murdered wife in different uncompleted buildings in Lagos before fleeing to Ibadan, Oyo State. However, he was arrested after a police team from the Ijora Badia Division, led by the Operations Officer, ASP Talabi Segun, recovered Sherifat’s head and neck in Morocco, Yaba, while other parts of her body were recovered in another uncompleted building on Moshalashi Street, Somolu, which led to Bello’s arrest. It was gathered that the Bello and Sherifat were married for over nine years and had kids together, but separated in July 2016. The victim who was said to be living on Daramola Street in the Ijora Badia area, had, on Monday, February 13, 2017, reportedly demanded money from Bello for the upkeep of their three children and he allegedly invited her to a location where they allegedly met but she never returned home. It was the victim’s father, Akeem Atanda, who made a report of a missing person the following day, leading to a search for the suspect. Atanda had reported to the police that an unidentified number called him and reported that his daughter fell into a lagoon. “The police tracked the number and discovered that the caller was in Ibadan. He...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Adebisi Akinrinmola, for allegedly shooting another man to death over a woman they had both laid claims. that Akinrinmola shot death Ademola Asimiyu, 36, on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at about 3 pm at Ajebo Village in Ijebu-Igbo Local Government Area of the state following an argument. It was gathered that the suspect had warned Asimiyu to steer clear of the woman he was dating several times and had even threatened to kill him but he (deceased) was not willing to let go of the woman, leading to the altercation that led to his death. Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect, in his statement to the police, claimed that the deceased had also been threatening him for quite some time now over the woman they were both dating. ASP Oyeyemi said the suspect claimed that Asimiyu had accused him of snatching the woman from him and had warned him to leave the woman. Trouble, however, started when the deceased met the suspect with the said woman while returning from the farm and a hot argument ensued between the two men. Akinrinmola claimed that it was the deceased that brought out a machete and made attempts to hit him which prompted him too to bring out his dane gun and shot the victim to...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Masaka Magistrates’ Court, Nasarawa State, on Tuesday ordered the remand of 38-year-old businessman, Thomas Avaan, for alleged conspiracy and trespass. The complainant, Francis Oyebode, a businessman, told the court that one James Abu, now at large, sold a plot of land, located at Auta Balefi, Nasarawa State to him some years ago. Oyebode said that Avaan was a witness to the transaction between him and Abu. He told the court that he erected a building on the land up to lintel level, with the knowledge of both accused persons, without any challenge from them. “It was with uttermost shock and surprise, that on Feb.11, I saw Avaan trespassing on the said land.” “I saw Avaan digging a hole on the land, when I approached him, he told me that Abu instructed him to do it,’’ the petitioner said. Oyebode said that he reported the matter at the police post at Goshen Aute Balefi, Nasarawa State. He said that at the police station Avaan threatened to deal with him. The complainant said that the police have taken sides with the accused. The offences contravened the provisions of Sections 97, 327, 348, 178 322 and 397 of the Penal Code. The plea of the accused person was not taken by Magistrate Victor Manga. Manga ordered that the accused person be remanded in prison to serve as deterrent to others. He ordered that the other accused who was absence in court should be brought to court in the next adjourned date. Manga adjourned the case till March 16, for further...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 49-year-old trader for attempting to smuggle 1.699kg of cocaine to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The arrest was made at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja when the passenger, Nwafor Samson Tochukwu tested positive for narcotic ingestion during the outward screening of an Ethiopian airline flight. NDLEA commander at the Abuja airport, Hamisu Lawan said that Nwafor excreted seventy-three (73) wraps of whitish substance that tested positive to cocaine weighing 1.699kgs under observation. “The Abuja airport command of the Agency arrested one Nwafor Samson Tochukwu who tested positive for drug ingestion during routine check on Ethiopian airline passengers. He was immediately placed under observation where he excreted 73 wraps of cocaine that weighed 1.699kgs” Hamisu stated. The suspect who hails from Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State said that he was offered the sum of one million, five hundred thousand naira to smuggle the drugs. “I live in Lagos with my wife and five children. I got myself into drug trafficking because of economic hardship. They offered me a million, five hundred thousand naira to smuggle the drugs to Dubai. I thought it will be easy for me to go undetected but I was arrested in the process” Nwafor lamented. Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd.) called on members of the public to be cautious of the evil plan by drug trafficking organisations to ruin their destinies. “Members of the public should not fall into the trap of drug trafficking organisations who are on the prowl of drug mules....
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