by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Body exhumed for investigation Men of the Nigeria Police in Lagos have exhumed the body of a woman who was allegedly killed by her husband and buried in a shallow grave. Sherifat Bello is suspected to have been killed for ritual purpose at Ijora, Lagos, by Shakiru Bello, last Monday. The offence was committed inside an uncompleted building in the area. Police sources said it was not Bello’s first attempt to kill his wife. An earlier attempt which involved the suspect inserting charm in the woman’s private part had led to their separation, sources said. However, the wife contacted Bello last week to ask for upkeep allowance for their three children. The suspect agreed to give her the money but asked her to come and collect it at a particular place in Ebute Metta, Lagos. Once they met at the designated place, they both moved to Ijora where he allegedly pounced on her. She died on the spot and the suspect allegedly proceeded to dismember her corpse apparently to remove certain parts of her body. He thereafter buried her remains in shallow grave and bolted from the scene. He then headed to his hometown, Ibadan, so that he might not be suspected of the murder. When the victim failed to return home, her relations raised the alarm, refusing to be deceived by Bello’s trip to Ibadan. The police were contacted and Bello was arrested. He confessed that he murdered Sherifat and led the police to the shallow grave. Recovered from the grave in the presence of a large crowd of people yesterday were the head, two hands...
by Admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Enugu State Police Command has arrested four suspected illegal revenue collectors, who specialised in extortion and terrorising members of the public by disguising as environmental officers in Enugu. This was disclosed in a statement by the command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, on Friday in Enugu. Amaraizu noted that the suspects were nabbed on Feb. 15 at Upper Chime Avenue axis of Enugu metropolis. He said that the operatives of the New Haven Division of the command, through intelligence information, caught the suspects red-handed. “The suspects, who gave their names, are helping police operatives of the state’s Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (CIID) in their investigations. “The suspects are regretting their nefarious activities. “They maintained that they are not Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) officials but once worked in the agency before they were laid off and that they needed to get life going as they faced economic hard time,’’ he said. Amaraizu said that two fake ESWAMA identity cards, two ESWAMA emblems and suspected receipts with ESWAMA inscriptions were recovered from the suspects. SOURCE: THE...
by Admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Anambra State indigene and father of five, 49-year-old Tochukwu Nwafor, has been nabbed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for ingesting 73 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.699kg. According to the agency’s spokesperson, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the suspect was on his way to Dubai, when he was nabbed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during a routine check on the passengers of an Ethiopian Airline flight. NDLEA commander at the airport, Mr. Hamisu Lawan, said that when the suspect was discovered to have ingested drugs, he was put on observation. “While under observation, he excreted 73 wraps of cocaine that weighed 1.699kgs” Hamisu stated. Nwafor said he was offered N1.5m to smuggle the drugs to Dubai. According to his statement, he lives in Lagos with his wife and five children and got involved in the drug smuggling business because of economic hardship. “I thought it would be easy to go undetected,” Nwafor said. Chairman of the NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd.), called on members of the public to avoid falling into the trap of drug cartels who deceive them into thinking drug smuggling is very easy. “They offer them money to smuggle drugs but will not tell them they will be caught in the process. Unfortunately, most drug couriers only understand that they are being used when they have been caught,” he said. The NDLEA said Nwafor would soon be charged to court. SOURCE:...
by Admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Mr. Ahidjo Ikem, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, on Friday, informed a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how the Bishop David Oyedepo-owned Living Faith Church received the sum of N35 million from Major-General Emmanuel Atewe, a former Commander of joint Task Force (JTF). Major-General Atewe is being prosecuted for alleged involvement in a N19.7 billion fraud. Mr. Ikem is Managing Director of five of the seven companies charged alongside Major-General Atewe, Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, former Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Kime Egonzu and Josephine Otuaga for alleged fraud. The accused are facing an amended 22-count charge bordering money laundering. Mr. Ikem’s companies charged along with the accused persons are Jaggan Limited, Jaggan Trading Company Limited, Jaggan Global Services Limited, Al-Nald Limited and Paper Warehouse Limited. Other companies charged are Eastpoint Integrated Services Limited and De-Newlink Integrated Services Limited. At the resumed trial of the accused persons on Friday, Mr. Ikem Justice Ayokunle Faji that his five companies were used by Major-General Atewe to launder the said sum of N4. 9 billion from the JTF’s account. While being led-in evidence by the EFCC prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, Mr. Ikem said he first met Major-General Atewe at the Aso Rock Villa Chapel, where they both worshipped, when the latter was Commander, Brigade of Guards. Sometimes between July and September 2014, the witness told the court, Major-General Atewe was appointed JTF Commander and invited him to Balyesa State. There, Mr. Ikem added, Major-General Atewe told him that he had won a Federal Government contract for maintenance of security and building of barracks....
by Admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The abduction of a two-month-old baby, Kudus Adebowale, by a customer has unsettled traders at a market in the Badagry Roundabout area of Lagos State. Kudu’s mother, Mrs. Alimat Adebowale, sells biscuits in the market, while the suspected abductor was identified simply as T-girl. PUNCH Metro learnt that T-girl was well known to most of the traders in the market and had lived in the community for over four years until a few months ago when she travelled. T-girl was said to have returned to the neighbourhood last week and went to the market, where she was treated to a warm reception around 9am on Thursday. It was gathered that she approached Alimat, who was breastfeeding the baby, Kudus, and took the child under the guise of playing with him. She reportedly strapped Kudus to her back afterwards and sat on a chair behind his mother, who was busy attending to customers. “Nobody knew when she (T-girl) disappeared from the market with the baby. The mother had looked back to check on Kudus, when she discovered that she had left the market with her child. We called her number, but she didn’t pick our calls. That was when it occurred to us that she had stolen the baby. “I don’t really blame Iya Kudus. She thought the child was in a safe hand because almost everybody here knows T-girl. She would come to buy things here and play with us. She is from Ibadan (Oyo State) and had lived here for more than four years before she travelled some months ago. She came back last week,” a...
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