by Admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Police Command on Monday said it received 35 suspected election offenders from the Nigeria Army. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, in a telephone interview in Port Harcourt said the army had made the arrest on Saturday during the Etche/Omuma federal constituency and Etche state constituency elections. Omoni said that the suspects were handed over to the command on Sunday night and was still awaiting more to be handed over. He said the suspects were being interrogated and would be arraigned in court after the remaining ones had been handed over to police and...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a herdsman, Ibrahim Abdul, 20, in prison for allegedly attempting to kidnap a fellow herdsmen, Muhammed Abdullahi. The Magistrate, Mrs O.A. Edwin, ordered the remand of the accused in Olokuta Prisons, pending an advice from the state’s director of public prosecutions. The accused, of no fixed address, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempted kidnap. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Adebiyi Abiodun, told court that the accused and others still at large, attempted to kidnap Abdullahi with intent to demand N3 million ransom. Abiodun said the accused committed the offences on Jan.15, 2017 at about 8.30 a.m. at Idasan Street, Owo in Ondo State. He said the offences contravened Section 516 of the Criminal Code Cap. 37 Vol.1 Laws of Ondo State, 2006 and Section 4 of the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Law of Ondo State, 2010. The plea of the accused was not taken. The court adjourned the case till June 5 for...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A 35-year-oldman, Lawal Isiaka, was on Monday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over an alleged theft of 19 motor batteries. Isiaka is facing a three-count of conspiracy, theft and burglary. The prosecutor, Insp. Dopamu Olukayode, told the court that the accused committed the offences on February 24 at about 2:00 p.m. at Power Line area, Osogbo. Olukayode said that Isiaka conspired with one other now at large to steal 19 car batteries belonging to one Awoyemi Femi. He put the value of the 19 batteries at N345,000. The offences contravened Sections 516, 413, and 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol.11 Laws of Osun, 2003. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. The counsel to the accused, Mr Lukeman Adeniyi, prayed the court to grant his client bail on the most liberal terms. The Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100, 000 and two sureties in like sum. The case was adjourned until April 4 for...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The police on Monday arraigned three commercial sex workers in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja for attacking and causing grievous hurt on colleagues. The defendants, Helen Gabriel, Joy Johnson and Ene Ahmed, all reside at Jabi Masallachi, Abuja, and are standing trial on two-count. The prosecutor, Zannah Dalhatu, told the court that Joy Opera and three others of same address with the defendants reported the matter at the Utako Police Station, Abuja, on Feb. 21. Dalhatu said on that date, the complainant reported that the defendants formed a common intention and attacked her and her colleagues at Eden Garden, Utako, Abuja, and inflicted serious injuries on their bodies with razor blades. He said the attack was “due to a little misunderstanding over a customer.” He added that the complainants were taken to Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, for treatment. The prosecutor noted that “the first defendant was the one who used the razor blade on the girls, while the second and third defendant were her girls.” He said the offence contravened sections 79 and 248 of the Penal Code. The first defendant pleaded guilty to the charges, while the second and third defendants pleaded not. Cynthia Nnamdi, Counsel to the second and third defendants, applied for their bail and assured that they would not jump. The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, granted bail to the second and third defendants in the sum of N30,000 and one surety each in like sum. Sadiq, however, ordered that the first defendant be remanded in prison until the complainant was discharged from hospital and adjourned the case until March 7...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Two brothers, Rafiu Sodiq and Olalekan Sodiq, who allegedly broke into their employer’s house and stole property and cash valued at N36 million, were on Wednesday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The accused, who are cleaners, are standing trial on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, trespass and stealing. The prosecutor, Insp. Abbass Abayomi, told the court that the duo and others still at large committed the offences between Dec. 22, 2016 and Jan. 31 at 7. 30 p.m. at No. 8, Gerrald Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Abayomi said that the brothers unlawfully broke into the house of the complainant, Mr Eke U. Eke, and stole some valuables including jewellery, all valued at N36 million. Items stolen include jewellery, gold, diamond valued at N20 million, seven pieces of fashion belt valued at N2.5 million. Others are some dollars equivalent of N2.5 million, 1, 000 pounds (N625,000) three iPads valued at N1.4 million, two watches valued at N1.2 million. The accused also allegedly stole two handbags valued at N2 million and two Bluetooth speakers valued at N350,000, all property of Eke. According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene Sections 285 (1) 305 (a), (b), 306 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. However, the duo pleaded innocence of the offences. In her ruling, the Magistrate, Mrs Abimbola Komolafe, granted them bail in the sum of N5 million each with two sureties each in like sum. She said the sureties, who must be blood relations of the accused, should own property in Lagos. In addition, Komolafe directed that the sureties should show evidence of three...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Five people, including three teenage boys, who allegedly robbed and killed a man in Epe in Lagos State, were on Thursday charged before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused — Tosin Olabisi, 19; Jimoh Obrahim, 19; Rasheed Odumade, 19; Sheriff Agbomeji, 20; and Rasaki Ayinde, 40 — are facing a four-count bordering on conspiracy, stealing and murder. The prosecutor, Insp. Chinalu Nwadione told the court that the accused committed the offences on December 18, 2016, at No. 5, Musiliu Murtala St., Poka in Epe. He said the accused, who were armed with a locally made pistol, robbed a man, Nurudeen Sanni, of his phone valued at N37, 250 and shot him on his forehead. The offences contravened Sections 222, 233 and 297 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Section 222 provides death sentence for offenders. The Chief Magistrates, Mrs Oluyemisi, ordered that the accused should be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons and that the case file should be sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. The case was adjourned to March...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Nasarawa State said on Thursday that they had arrested a man, Wale Lawal, for being in possession of fake N1,000 notes worth N8.9m. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abubakar Sadiq-Bello, told newsmen in Lafia that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at Omgbolo Hotel in Bukan-sidi area of Lafia. Sadiq-Bello said officers from the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the command made the arrest following intelligence report. He said investigation had revealed that the suspect, who hailed from Lagos State, is a member of a syndicate that was producing and distributing counterfeit currency notes across the country. The commissioner said that the syndicate was based in Lagos and that investigation was ongoing with a view to apprehending other members. He said the suspect would be charged to court after investigation and called on the public to be very vigilant while carrying out cash transactions with other people. Meanwhile, the suspect has denied being a member of any syndicate and claimed innocence of the allegation. According to him, he was robbed along his way to Lafia on a business trip and had to beg some people to assist him to travel back. The suspect claimed that one man gave him a bag at the hotel where he lodged and that he did not know the content of the bag until he was...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A young girl has been reportedly stoned to death by her step mother in Wadata area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The yet-to-be-identified infant, believed to be four years, was killed by her step-mother for reason yet to be ascertained. According to a source, the suspect allegedly conspired with two others now at large to stone the little girl to death. Confirming the development to DAILY POST Thursday evening, the Benue State Police spokesman, Moses Yamu said the suspect had been picked and she confessed committing the alleged crime. Asked what was her reason for stoning the little girl to death, Yamu said the suspect claimed she was under strange influence. “Yes, we got the report about the lifeless body of an infant discovered in an uncompleted building around Wadata on Wednesday and we went there to retrieve it. “On reaching there, some residents of the area accused the step mother of being behind the dastard act. Our men picked her up and she confessed conniving with others to commit the crime. “She is currently in the police custody and search for others involved in the act is still on,” Yamu...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Thursday said five persons have been sentenced to various prison terms for selling fake forms to unsuspecting candidates. He said JAMB had embarked on massive prosecution of individuals and syndicates that engaged in the sales of fake forms to let them know that it is no longer “business as usual.” Oloyede, who spoke at the 2017 Nigerian Academy of Letters Annual Lecture on Thursday in Abuja, said there was delay in the sales of the forms due to logistics. He said the board would begin sales of forms once the board had finished sanitizing the system. Oloyede said: “We have observed that people are selling fake forms but what we are doing is to try to sanitize the system and as soon as the sanitization is done we will start selling the forms. “We have arrested so many people in Abuja, Abeokuta, Ado Ekiti, Port Harcourt, Yenegoa, almost everywhere. You know bad people are evenly distributed in Nigeria. “We are prosecuting and some are in courts and in the last three months we have secured about five convictions. People who are sentenced; some to imprisonment, some to fine but what is important is that they will now know is not going to be business as usual. “We need to reassure stakeholders that those selling fake forms are gone. We are not going to sell out forms through the other process. “We will start the sale of the form and by May the examination will be...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ikeja Division of the Lagos High Court on Thursday sentenced a man, Sulaiman Olalekan, to death by hanging for the murder of his wife, Chika Egbo, on November 20, 2012, in a case of domestic violence. The convict, on the fateful day, had poured acid on his wife, having become overwhelmed by the fact that the deceased went back to prostitution against his advice. The trial judge, Lawal Akapo, in his judgment, convicted Mr. Olalekan for the murder of his wife and sentenced him to death accordingly. After the sad incident which resulted in the eventual death of the victim, Ms. Egbo, and in line with the zero tolerance posture of the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration on issues of domestic violence, the Lagos State Government through the State’s Ministry of Justice had taken over the prosecution of the case and filed necessary processes in court. Mr. Olalekan reportedly met the deceased at Signal Hotel in Ijeshatedo area of Lagos State, where they started a relationship that resulted in marriage. It was after the marriage that Mr. Olalekan bought her a second hand Volkswagen Bus and paid her school fees at the Enugu College of Education. But the deceased reportedly reneged on her commitment to the relationship by returning to prostitution, which caused Mr. Olalekan to procure acid from a battery charger in Ikotun area of the State and lured her to visit with his mother on the day when he poured raw acid on the deceased. The victim was admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for emergency medical treatment, where she eventually died. Justice...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A vulcanizer, Wasiu Ibrahim, 35, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping his sister-in-law. The accused, who resides at 61, Abeokuta St., Ogba, Lagos is being tried for rape. The Prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offence was committed on January 26 at the residence of the accused. Ogu said that the victim, a 15-year-old girl was residing with her sister, the wife of the accused. “The accused raped the victim when his wife had travelled,” the prosecutor said. Ogu said the accused came home drunk and forcefully raped the victim. The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N250, 000 with two sureties in like sum. Akanni adjourned the case till March 15 for...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A Jos magistrate’s court on Wednesday sentenced a labourer, Mohammed Tijjani, to two years imprisonment for stealing assorted shoes valued at N933,000. Tijjani, a resident of Jugwa Extension, New Karu in Nassarawa State, was arraigned on three counts of criminal conspiracy, store breaking and theft. The magistrate, Mrs. Helen Danboyi, handed down the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency. The prosecutor, Karimu Bashiru, had told the court that one Udeh Ubong of Rayfield, Jos reported the case to Anglo Jos police station, on February 8. Bashiru quoted Udong as saying that on the said date, the accused burgled his store through the roof, and stole assorted shoes, valued at a total of N933,000 The prosecutor said that during police investigation, the accused confessed to the crime. Bashiru said that the offence was punishable under sections 348, 347 and 287 of the Penal...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has secured convictions of six illicit drug traffickers in the state from January to date. The State Commander of the agency, Mr Buba Wakawa, disclosed this in Benin on Wednesday. Wakawa said the convictions were secured at the Federal High Court sitting in the state. He also disclosed that within the same period 40 suspects comprising 32 males and eight females were arrested for various illicit drug offences. He said that 10 persons were counseled by the agency during the period under review. The commander revealed that a Dangote articulated vehicle driver who escaped arrest in November 2016 when apprehended with about 7, 950 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa, had been re-arrested. He said that within the period 4, 749.2 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa were seized, while 15 kilogrammes of suspected psychotropic drugs were also seized. Wakawa gave the breakdown of the figure as 1, 767.7 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis sativa seized in January, and 2, 981.5 kilogrammes were seized in February. He said that out of the 40 suspects arrested 14 were apprehended in January and 26 were caught in...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a pastor, Joshua Ayobami charged for alleged murder of a widow with whom he had had an amorous relationship. The court did not take the plea of the 47-year-old Ayobami. The Magistrate, Mrs Risikat Olayemi, ordered that the suspect be remanded pending the legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution. Olayemi subsequently adjourned the case to March 9 for mention. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Elisha Olusegun, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on January 11, at 1.45 a.m. at Christ Evangelical Ministry Church, Fashina Area, Ile-Ife. Olusegun said that the accused strangulated one Racheal Ajayi, a widow and an official of the Nigeria Prisons Service which led to her death. He explained that the offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 316 and 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol 11, Laws of Osun,...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A woman on Tuesday was charged with stealing of a two-month-old at Badagry, Lagos. Yetunde Awosanye, 35, was arraigned before an Ebutte Meta Magistrate Court for stealing the infant on February 2. The prosecutor, Kehinde Omisakin, said the accused committed the crime in Rentothen House Topa in Badagry, Lagos. Ms. Omisakin said the incident happened when the infant’s mother (whose name was not disclosed) was attending to customers in her shop, and the accused came to offer to help carry the baby. After the infant was handed over to her, the accused disappeared. While she was screaming and searching for her baby, a woman in a nearby shop said she saw Ms. Awosanye heading towards Mile 2 with the baby. Ms. Omisakin said the victim immediately informed her husband and he ran to Badagry police station to report the matter. She said the police followed the matter and caught the accused with the baby the next day, February 3. In her defence, the accused said she was a close friend of the victim and that she meant no harm, a claim the victim denied saying she only sees her in the neighbourhood. The prosecutor said the case contravened section 275(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The magistrate, O.A Salawu, adjourned the case to February...
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