by Admin | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Ebonyi state police command have arrested 24 year old Jacinta Ewa Omiko, for allegedly murdering her pregnant co-tenant, Ginika Gabriel, during a quarrel at their home in Akpoh village in Afikpo North Local Government Ebonyi State on January 28th. The Sun reports that trouble started when the deceased’s son, defecated at the hallway in their apartment. Jacinta challenged Ginika over her son’s act and the women soon began exchanging words. The suspect during the altercation, picked up a kitchen stool and hit it on Ginika’s head. She slumped immediately and died following the failure of her Neighbors to revive her. Her remains was later deposited at the God’s Seed Funeral Mortuary, Afikpo. When interrogated, Jacinta said she never intended to kill her neighbor. “What happened was that I asked my neighbour, Gabriel, to clear the feaces of her son on the floor of the passage, to avoid people stepping on it. She ignored me and we began exchanging words. Then a fight ensued and I pushed her down.”she said Confirming the incident, the state commissioner of police, Titus Lamorde said an autopsy would be carried out on the deceased while the suspect would soon be charged to court. Meanwhile the family of the deceased are demanding that justice must be done in the case. They described Ginika as a reserved person. They are demanding for the suspect to be prosecuted and if found guilty, sentenced to...
by Admin | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A Nigerian drug smuggler was arrested by the Himachal Pradesh Police with 1550 grams of heroin, on Monday, February 13th, following a confession from one of his dealers. The suspect identified as Okey Chikoo Mathew was arrested from Nawada, under the Uttam Nagar police station in Delhi from a private house. Parveen, who worked for him was arrested by Delhi Police patrol team last week in Kullu. “Parveen was arrested with 15 grams of heroin in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. During the investigation, Parveen disclosed that he is working for some Nigerian national (Okey Chikoo Mathew) who supplies drug to Himachal Pradesh.” the police said. The Superintendent of Police in Kullu District – Padam Chand said that on his tip, our team visited the Delhi and arrested Mathew with 1550 grams of heroin (approx Rs 4 crore). Mathew was also arrested in 2014 in Manali with 20 grams of heroin and was later released in 2015 after trail. The police officer said that we seized the drug from Mathew of worth Rs. 4 crore. This Nigerian man – Mathew was also arrested in 2014 in Manali with 20 gms heroin. The case has been registered under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,...
by Admin | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Benue State Police have arrested one Misa Mohammed that has been parading himself as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). Spokesman of the command, Moses Joel Yamu, said the suspect was arrested at No.33, off Egume Street in Wadata area of Makurdi after the command detailed its men on his trail following a tip off. Yamu said the suspect, whose real name was Misa Iorliam Francis, appeared to have been defrauded by an illegal recruitment syndicate and cautioned people against dealing with questionable characters promising them jobs. Speaking to newsmen, the suspect said a certain police officer, Uche Paul, who he met in 2013 when he registered for the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Plateau State had allegedly masterminded his recruitment into the police academy. “The man (Paul) took me to the police station and assured that he would recruit me. He later printed an acceptance letter which he gave me as the commencement of my training. He recommended books which I bought and he urged me to read them as part of my training for the four years I stayed there. “I went back to my people who donated N130,000 which I gave to Paul. I have been collecting things such as money and food items from my people for him during the period. And when he told me that I was going to pass out on February 3, 2017, I organised my people who went to thank him while I also did a thanksgiving in the church,” he said. The suspect, a native of Naka in Gwer local Government Area of Benue State, however...
by Admin | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Imo State Police Command says it has begun the arrest of suspects involved in the Zenith Bank robbery along Wetheral Road in Owerri, the state’s capital. The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, stated this during a news conference at the headquarters of the Police Command in the Imo State capital. He said the command is making progress in arresting other prime suspects involved in the operation which happened on February 22, adding that they would be apprehended in no distant time. Mr Lakanu paraded about 50 suspected criminals allegedly involved in kidnapping, murder, cultism, fraud, child trafficking and car snatching among others. He disclosed that the command has successfully arrested the suspected murderer of an American veteran solider, Oscar Okebata, who was robbed and murdered on January 12. The Police Commissioner reiterated the resolve of the command to ensure a well-policed Imo State. “While it is an illusion to completely wish away crime in any society, it is our resolve to ensure a better, well-policed and secured state. “Our renewed strategy of proactive policing has recorded successful results, leading to the arrest of over 50 suspects involved in various crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, child stealing and trafficking, murder, fraud and PHCN vandals. “The command has begun the arrest of suspects involved in the Zenith Bank robbery of Wednesday, 22nd February, 2017 and details will be made known at the appropriate time. “Again, we have recorded a breakthrough in the case of robbery and murder of one Oscar Okebata, an American veteran soldier who was robbed and murdered on the 12th of January 2017,”...
by Admin | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A baby factory where teenage girls get pregnant and are aided to sell off their babies for as low as N300,000, has been discovered along Bukuru park in Jos, the Plateau state capital. The baby factory was discovered by some men of the Nigerian Army’s Operation, Safe Haven. The Commander of OPSH, Major General Rogers Nicholas, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the discovery was made following a tipoff from one of the victms of the baby factory, Happiness John. While narrating her experience to the Army, Happiness who just had her second child out of wedlock, said she was taken to the baby factory by a Friend who claimed she sold her set of twins for N400,000 in order to raise capital for her business. According to Happiness, when she got to the place, she was drugged. She later woke up to find out that she had delivered her baby. “During my first pregnancy almost two years ago, my friend, Zubaida came to me and told me that I should come and stay with her in a separate room so that when I gave birth, she would take me to Lafia in Nasarawa state to sell the baby and get capital to start a business. She told me she had once sold her twins in Abuja but I rejected the idea. When I had the second pregnancy, Zubaida and her friend came and took me to a room around West of Mines in Jos and gave me hard drugs” One of the pregnant women arrested by the Army said she was promised N350,000 for a boy,...
by Admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday sentenced one Michael Joel, 25, to one year imprisonment for unlawful possession of cannabis sativa (a.k.a. Indian hemp). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, who convicted Joel, decried the involvement of youths in the consumption of illicit drugs, as it could affect their brain. He sentenced the accused, who admitted committing the offence to one year imprisonment without an option of fine, saying that this would serve as deterrent to others in the habit of taking hard drugs. The prosecutor from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Collins Ugwuja, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Sept.15, 2016 at Atikankan Area of Ado-Ekiti. He said that the accused, on the said date, had in his possession 500 grammes of cannabis sativa (a.k.a.Indian hemp) Ugwuja said the offence contravened Section 11(a) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30 Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 2004. The accused pleaded guilty to the offence and urged the court to temper justice with mercy. The defence counsel, Mr Segun Fowowe, also pleaded for leniency for his client promising that he would turn a new...
by Admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Two operatives of the Lagos State Command are being detained for their alleged involvement in the release of a suspected murderer, Ibrahim Balogun aka Small-Jpron. The 36-year-old, who was notorious for cultism and killings in the Somolu and Bariga areas of Lagos, was said to have escaped from prison with the help of the policemen and other judicial officials at large. Small-Jpron was earlier arrested in August 2016, and paraded at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja, where he confessed his involvement in the killings of three persons. He had said, “I am an Eiye cult leader. I joined the cult in 2009. The reason for my joining was to avenge the death of a close friend, Sunday Folorunsho, aka Small Biscuit. “It was the Aiye cult members who killed him. So, the Eiye faction approached me and said I should join them and they would help me fish out the people who killed my friend. I have killed three persons, among whom were Femi Wiper and Lekan Akon.” Small-Jpron was arraigned at an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court. He disappeared from the public radar afterwards, but was re-arrested on Monday. Although the suspect insisted that he was granted bail by the court, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, while parading him at the command headquarters on Wednesday, said he escaped from custody in connivance with the two police operatives. The CP said the policemen, whose names were not disclosed, were under investigation, adding that other persons involved in the suspect’s release would be brought to book. He said, “The suspect broke out of prison shortly after he...
by Admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Imo State have arrested a police Sergeant, Iseke Koradam, at a hospital in Oke-Uvuru, in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state while allegedly attempting to steal a newborn baby. This is just as the suspected killers of Oscar Okebata, a retired soldier in the American Army who was robbed and murdered in Atta, in the Ikeduru LGA, on January 12,2017, were also arrested. At a press briefing in Owerri, the state capital on Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, said Chukwu Osondu, Stanley Uchechukwu, Kelvin Onyekachi and Promise Uchendu were apprehended with “concrete evidence that showed that they murdered the ex-solider” who was in the state for the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The CP added that the suspects allegedly sold Okebata’s Samsung Galaxy 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 solider who returned home for Yuletide last year”. “The victim’s Samsung Galaxy Note 5 was sold at N125,000. It was the mobile phone that led policemen to the suspects, leading to their arrest.” 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 court at the conclusion of...
by Admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced two brothers, John Kuku, 45, Fabu Kuku, 33, to death by hanging for armed robbery. The accused persons who live at Opic Estate at Agbara in Lagos, were found guilty of a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. In her judgment, Justice Olatokunbo Majekodumi said the convicts were found guilty of the offences. “Having found that the accused persons are guilty as charged on both counts, you shall be hung by the neck until you are dead, may the Lord have mercy on you,” Majekodunmi said. The judge said that the offences committed contravened Section 6(b) and was punishable under Section1(2)( a) of the Robbery and Firearms (special provisions) Act, Cap Rll Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convicts, who had been standing trial since June 2012, had pleaded not guilty to the charges. The duo were arrested and charged for robbing one Kojo Debue of N300,000. Majekodunmi said the convicts and others at large committed the offence at about 12.00 am at Asaidu village, Ajebo via Obafemi-Owode Area in Ogun. Majekodunmi said the two convicts who are from Cotonou, Republic of Benin, and others robbed the complainant and his family in their house. She said the duo and one other came into the house of Debue at midnight and asked them to open the door, the complainant’s younger brother Sunday who was living with them opened the door. Majekodunmi said one of them pointed a gun at the complainant while the others carried the box inside which the...
by Admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A 52-year-old man, Chukwuma Eze, was on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping his daughter. The accused, a driver, who resides at No. 2, Agbeke Close, Iyana-Era, Badagry Expressway, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of rape. The prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, told the court that the offence was committed in June 2016 at the accused’s residence. He said, “The accused raped his 17-year-old daughter and threatened to kill her if she tells anyone. “The victim’s mother was separated from her father and because of this, she stays with her mother and goes to her father for holidays. When the victim got to her mother’s house, she told her what happened.” Donny said that the accused was later apprehended by the police. The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The accused, however, entered a “not guilty’’ plea. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Davies Abegunde, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum. Abegunde adjourned the case to March 22, for advice from the Office of the Lagos State Directorate of Public...
by Admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Anambra has confirmed the death of an officer allegedly killed by suspected armed robbers operating at Nkpor flyover along the Onitsha/Enugu expressway in Anambra. Hassan Musa, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Ogidi, who confirmed the attack, told newsmen on Wednesday in Nkpor that the incident occurred about 9 p.m. on Feb. 28. “We took the dead and the wounded to Borromeo hospital; investigation is on. We are going to arrest the fleeing robbers,” Musa vowed. An eyewitness said nine suspected armed robbers riding on three motorcycles, killed a police officer and injured another during a shootout. The source said that the robbers opened fire when they saw a team of police officers at a checkpoint in the area. According to the source, it resulted in a gun duel which lasted for several minutes. The source said an officer was shot in the leg while the hoodlums made away with an AK47 rifle. “Some of the armed robbers went straight to the police vehicle and shot at a policeman who died instantly,” the source...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 28-year-old man, Abdulaziz Hassan, for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old boy. Hassan of Rimin Kebe Quarters Kano was charged with unnatural offence, contrary to the prosecutions of Section 284 of the Penal Code. The prosecutor, Insp. Shuaibu Musa, told the court that one Alhaji Abubakar of the same address reported the case at the Zango Police Division, Kano, on Feb.20. Musa said that on Feb. 17, the accused lured the complainant’s 11-year-old son into his shop situated at Rimin Kebe Quarters, Kano. He said, “Hassan had carnal knowledge with the victim and gave him N100.’’ The prosecutor said that on Feb. 18, the accused also had another unlawful sexual intercourse with the victim. The accused pleaded not guilty to the one count charge. The Chief Magistrate, Hajiya Maryam Sabo, ordered the remand of the accused person in prison custody and adjourned the case till March 23, for further...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old man, Tunde Kareem to one-year imprisonment for stealing generator parts valued at N15,000. The Magistrate, Mr S.O. Banwo, sentenced Kareem after he pleaded guilty to a three-count charge bordering on stealing and conspiracy. Banwo said that the jail term without an option of fine should serve as deterrent to others. Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, had told the court told that the accused committed the offences with some others still at large on Feb. 23, at about 5.00 a. m. at Papa-Ojuore Street,Ota. Gbesi said the accused broke into the shop of the complainant, Tunde Emmanuel, and stole generator parts. “The accused was caught by security guards and handed over to the police,’’ he said. The offences contravened Sections 390(9), 413 (1) and 516 of the Criminal Law of Ogun,...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded three persons allegedly accused of snatching a Toyota Camry car from a family at gun-point and robbing them of their belongings. The accused, Babalola Taiwo, 27, a public servant, Aijeniko Paul, 21, student and Samson Kolawole, 43, a businessman were remanded at the Koton-Karfe Prisons on the orders of the court. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Levi Animoku, who gave the order on arraignment of the accused said that the offence of armed robbery preferred against them was a serious social vice that had permeated the society. “I have considered the application for the bail of the accused persons. Bail is not granted as a matter of course irrespective of the presumption of innocence, which in itself is not absolute.” “The pledge by the accused persons through their counsel to stand their trial notwithstanding, I am not convinced to release them to bail. Consequently, bail is refused.” “The accused persons shall be remanded at the Federal Prisons, Koton-Karfe,’’ he ordered and adjourned the case until March 14, for mention. Earlier, the Prosecuting Police Officer, Sgt. Tuesday Ganagana told the court that the case was reported on December 10, 2016 at the ‘D’ Division Police Headquarters, Lokoja by the victim, Kadiri Mikadu of opposite Lokongoma Cemetery, Lokoja. Ganagana said Mikadu had reported that while he was returning from Workers’ Village with his wife, Aishat in his Toyota Camry Muzzle car with registration number LKJ 303 MA, the accused emerged from nowhere and accosted him at the gate of his house. Ganagana said that while the complainant’s son was trying to open...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a serving police inspector with a police truck loaded with 75 bags of substances suspected to be cannabis. Forty-three-year-old Abali Zagi was among the 14 suspected drug peddlers paraded on Monday at the Kogi State Command of the NDLEA. The state Commander, Muhammed Bello, put the street value of the over 800 kilogrames of the cannabis found with the inspector at N4m. The suspect was said to have gone to Okpila in Edo State using the Force headquarters, Abuja, welfare bus to transport the cannabis. “When he got to the Crusher area of Lokoja, luck ran out on him as he was apprehended together with the truck, with number plate NPF 7973 C,” Bello said. The command also paraded three suspects arrested by the army with 190 bags of substances suspected to be cannabis. They were said to have been arrested along Crusher Road on their way to Abuja. Their vehicle, a Honda car, marked, Kano BC 737 KMC, was apprehended by men of the Army Record, Lokoja. The commander said he would not tolerate the excuse of joblessness, adding that drug peddling aided other...
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