by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI UGHELLI— THE 73-year-old priest of St. Joseph Catholic church, Okpare-Olomu, Delta State, Very Rev. Fr. Stephen Ekakabor, was, yesterday morning, axed in the head by gunmen that invaded the mission house. Though details of the incident were sketchy at press time, a parishioner told Vanguard that the priest is currently receiving medical attention at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara. According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, “his forehead was cut open by his assailants with a battle axe after disposing him of cash and other valuable items in the house. “Owing to the gravity of the wound on his head, he was rejected at several hospitals he was rushed to for medical attention, as it was said that the cut affected the frontal lobe of his brain.” Confirming the incident, a senior police officer at the Otu-Jeremi Police Station said: “Some members of the church came this morning (Sunday) to report the incident to us. “We are investigating the matter and would do everything to ensure that the culprits are brought to...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a teenager and his accomplice be remanded in Ikoyi prison over alleged murder. The accused, Bidemi Adefor, 17, and Lekan Sanusi, 21, were arraigned on a two-count charge for conspiracy and murder. The plea of the duo was, however, not taken. The Magistrate, Mr T A. Elias, ordered that the duo should be remanded for the next 30 days pending the legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Moses Uamdemevbo, said that the accused persons committed the offences on Feb. 1, at about 5.40 p.m., at Iddo terminus. He alleged that the duo and six others now at large had rounded up the deceased, Idris Aloma, stabbed him with broken bottles and rip his intestines. The offences committed contravened Sections 219 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state, 2011. Section 219 provides for death sentence for offenders while 409 prescribes a two year jail term. Further hearing has been adjourned till March 23 for legal...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Honourable Justice Sale Kogo Idrissa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday, sentenced an automobile parts dealer, Okeke Chika Victor to ten years imprisonment over heroin smuggling. He pleaded not guilty to a one count charge of unlawful importation of heroin filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). After five months of intense trial, Justice Sale found him guilty and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment. The heroin weighing 10.6kg and concealed inside new submersible water pumping machines were illegally imported from Maputo in Mozambique in April 2016. NDLEA officers at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) made the discovery during an inward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight. After an intense follow-up operation the convict, Okeke Chika Victor was arrested on September 3, 2016 and charged to court. According to the NDLEA Kano airport commander, Ambrose Umaru, the arrest of the convict was made possible by the tenacity of officers who successfully monitored the convict. “After the heroin seizure was made in April 2016, we organised a man hunt that eventually led to the arrest of Okeke Chika Victor in September 2016. Although he pleaded not guilty but he was unable to prove his case before the court”. Meanwhile the convict in his statement said that he was promised the sum of five thousand dollars. “I was asked to bring the heroin to Nigeria for a fee of $5,000 but my arrest had turned the table against me. I had wanted to invest the money in automobile parts business” he stated. Okeke hails from Anambra State. The Chairman/Chief...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Cross River police command, has paraded a 35-year-old man, Sunday Ushie, who confessed to killing his girlfriend identified as Nnena Samuel and went ahead to have sex with the corpse. Hafiz Inuwa, the acting Commissioner of Police in Cross River, who paraded the suspect before journalists on Monday in Calabar, said the deceased was a mother of two. He said the incident happened on January 27, 2017 at Adijinkpor village in Ikom Local Government Area of the state. “The incident happened on January 27, 2017, following a report at Ikom Divisional Police headquarters from one Cletus Etta of Adijinkpor village that his tenant had killed someone. “Upon receiving this information, my men swung into action and arrested the suspect. “The suspect confessed to have killed the woman before having carnal knowledge of her. “Investigation is ongoing after which the suspect will be charged to court for murder,” Mr. Inuwa said. The commissioner appealed to members of the public to continuously avail the command with useful information that would help it respond to emergency cases promptly. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr. Ushie, a cocoa farmer, said the deceased never gave him the opportunity to have sex with her while alive. He told NAN that he invited the deceased to his house and killed her with a knife before having sex with the corpse. Ushie, who said he regretted his action, blamed the incident on the devil. “It is the work of the devil. I do not know why the devil used me. I am the one that killed her. I killed her...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 22-year-old Nigerian National, who had befriended a married woman in Sri Lanka over Facebook and later lured her into giving him Rs 4.3 million, was apprehended in Malabe. It was gathered that the suspect identified as Benson David seduced the 38-year-old woman and won her heart over Facebook by allegedly promised to give her valuable presents after showing her photos of gold jewellery and other valuables. The suspect had then informed the gullible woman that in order to release the parcels containing these valuables, a customs duty amounting to Rs4,360, 000 needed to be deposited to three accounts. The woman had readily agreed and deposited the money to Benson David, who is a student at a reputed private institute of higher studies. The complainant woman is a mother of one and her husband is employed abroad. Her husband had been remitting about Rs 100,000 every month to her while he was abroad. At the time of the arrest the suspect had a total of Rs1.8 million in his bank account. He was produced before the Passara Magistrate yesterday, Thursday, February 9th and was remanded until the 22 on the orders of Magistrate Rasanjana...
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