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....
by Admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Gombe – In continuance of the fight against insurgency and terrorism in the country the Nigeria Army said it has arrested 39 Boko Haram suspects, over 40 foreigners and over 42 Kalare boys in Gombe. Brigadier General Zakari Abubakar, the Commander, 301 Artillery Regiment, Gombe stated this at the Army Barracks in the state capital Saturday evening during the West African Social Activity (WASA), which marked the Army’s end of 2016 calendar year. He said Nigerian military had gone hi-tech and revolutionised, which he said had helped thus far in the defeat of Boko Haram, thanking the Chief of Army Staff and his team as well as President Buhari for making that possible. Brig. Gen. Z. L. Abubakar however called on members of the public to offer them greater cooperation and collaboration towards ensuring the complete defeat of Boko Haram insurgency by volunteering more because the army cannot do it alone. “The only problem we are having is the communities, the people have not accepted the Army the way they should. A lot of people do not volunteer information to us and we cannot do it alone. “So we are calling on the populace around us to volunteer information to us to enable us perform even better. “When they see any undesirable element, they should tell us. But if you collaborate with Boko Haram and hide them, that honestly will make our jobs difficult,” he said. The Commander of the 301Artillery Regiment also highlighted the lack of accommodation as one of the problems facing the troops which have despite the challenged remained resolute and committed to duty...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI No fewer than 15 students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), in Imo, were arrested following violent protests in the institution on Friday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Andrew Enwerem, who confirmed the arrest in Owerri on Monday,told journalists that the students were arrested for vandalism and looting of the university property. Enwerem said that the students would be charged to court when investigations into the incident had been concluded. He dismissed claims by the students that the protest turned violent when policemen allegedly fired teargas at them. He said the police intervened at the instance of the school management when the protest degenerated into violence. Newsmen report that the students embarked on the protest over alleged increase in their school fees. The university facilities were damaged by the protesting students who also made away with some valuables. One of them, Chinedu Nwakuche, alleged that the university increased fees for first year students from N48, 000 to N54, 000 per session while second and third year fees increased from N32, 000 to N49,000. According to him, fees for students of fourth and final years also went up from N28, 000 to 39,000, while acceptance fees has gone up to N45,000 from N25,000. Nwakuche said that students now paid as much as N1,500 to register a course every semester. The Public Relations Officer of FUTO, Mr Chike Ezenwa, said the management of the university would comment after determining the extent of the...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday remanded one Oluwaseyi Okikioluwa, 54, for allegedly hacking his mother, Mrs Ayoola Dorcas, to death. The accused, who claimed to be a cleric and of no fixed address, was arraigned on a one-count charge of murder. His plea was not taken by the court. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Kofo Ariyo, ordered the remand of the accused pending receipt of legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution. The Prosecutor, Cpl. Hafsat Ajibode, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 7, at about 6.00 p.m, at No. 2, Ade-Odofin Estate, Sangotedo, Lekki, Lagos. Ajibode said that the accused allegedly used an axe to hit the deceased on the head, leaving her in the pool of her own blood. She told the court that the accused fled the scene and was later arrested. The offence, she said, contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which stipulates a maximum of death sentence for offenders. The case was adjourned till March...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The anguish of the parents of a four-year-old victim of ritual killing has been compounded by the death in police custody of one of his suspected murderers. The police claimed that the suspect, Fidelis Bossman, a Togolese, was taken ill and died during interrogation. But the father of the victim, Johnson Habila Magaji, said he suspected the claim was a sinister attempt to pervert the course of justice. The minor, Psalm Johnson, was reported missing on October 15 from his parents’ Kuruduma 2, Ugwan Hausawa residence in a rural suburb of the Asokoro Extension in Abuja. A petty trader running a kiosk in the neighbourhood, however, provided a crucial clue when he recalled seeing little Psalm in the company of Boniface Sani, a young man who lived with his parents in the same compound as the Johnsons. Acknowledged that little Psalm had been with him. He claimed however that when he wanted to visit his friend in another part of the village, and because it was about to rain at the time, he instructed the boy to go inside our compound”, Mr. Johnson narrated. But the trader, Mahmud Magaji, insisted he had seen Boniface walking away from the compound with the little boy. Under interrogation the following day at the A.Y.A Police Station, Boniface later confessed he had sold off little Psalm to Mr. Bossman for N100,000. Eight days after little Psalm had gone missing, the Police were able to apprehend Mr. Bossman, who confirmed the transaction. He however revealed that both of them had immediately strangled the little boy to death, in a money-making ritual. The...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Ado Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced a 45-year-old commercial driver, Lawrence Adedapo, to seven years imprisonment for raping an 80-year-old woman, Madam Grace Asaolu. The sentence on Adedapo has brought to five the number of persons convicted for the offence in the last two years in the area with one of them bagging life sentence. Before his sentence on Monday, the Presiding Justice Dele Omotoso said he convicted Adedapo based on evidence before the court which showed that the driver forcefully had carnal knowledge of the old woman and was guilty as charged. According to the court, the convict sexually assaulted the octogenarian on Nov. 7, 2013 at Oke Erimope Street, Ogbese, Ise-Ekiti and was subsequently charged to court. In the course of the trial, Adedapo was said to have pleaded not guilty to the charge and gave evidence in his own defence, but called no witness to back his claims. In his testimony, Adedapo, who described the old woman as his “mother as well as his concubine” whom he had been dating as far back as his bachelor days, claimed that Asaolu framed him up. He claimed that the old woman had earlier approached him for a sum of money to travel to her village, but on that date, she walked into his room and demanded for the money. The driver claimed that the old woman started romancing him which eventually led to a sexual intercourse after he had given her N1,000. The prosecution, led by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, gave evidence that the convict confessed to have been dating the woman before the incident and...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Abdullahi Chafe, in Abuja on Sunday said the Command was working in collaboration with other security agencies to tackle kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state. Chafe who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that the command was also adopting the community policing strategy to fight crime and criminalities in the state. He said that the command was constantly interfacing with traditional rulers and other critical stakeholders in the state to ensure peaceful atmosphere in the state. The commissioner said that members of the various communities in the state now voluntarily gave information to the police on activities of criminals. “We also get support from the state government and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris,” he said. The commissioner said that with the support of the state government the rate of kidnapping had been reduced drastically. He said that the topographical nature of the state was also militating against crime control in the state. The topographical nature of the state is another contributing factor why security issue is enormous in the state. “It is a state that has tick forests, mountainous and hilly structures, these factors are militating against crime control in the state. “Kogi is the only state in the country bordering nine states of Niger, Ekiti, Edo, Anambra, Kwara, Ondo, Enugu, Benue and Nasarawa,”he said. He urged Kogi indigenes to always avail the police with useful information that could help them to check crime in the state. Chafe also cautioned the people to desist from being political while talking...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI LAGOS—Luck finally ran out for a suspected robber identified as Gbenga Babatunde, 25, when operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command arrested him on Saturday, while he was trying to rob a lady that had gone to make use of an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, at Alaba Rago Market, Ojo Local Government Area of the state. Babatunde, in his confessional statement, revealed that to rob early users of ATMs, he passed the night at a targeted point. He also said that he had robbed over 35 ATM users in Alaba Rago Market area before his arrest. The suspected gun-wielding robber was chased and arrested by the operatives patrolling the area, during which a cut-to-size locally-made gun, two live cartridges and some debit cards were recovered from him. His accomplice, who the suspect claimed introduced him to the crime, escaped. Confession Babatunde narrated: “I have been in the crime since I met my colleague, Samson Baba Ramadan. I met him at Field Joint, Alaba, two years ago and since then we have been working together. “We have robbed about 35 people together. We get to a target ATM point by 4a.m. and hide in any shop close-by. As soon as anybody collects money, we will accost the person, collect the money and escape. The last money we got from a victim was N40,000. “This morning (Saturday), we wanted to collect money from a lady. She ran away. We thought she had gone, not knowing that she went to inform RRS. This was around 5a.m. They pursued us and arrested me but my partner...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Audu Maikori, a Nigerian lawyer and CEO of Chocolate City Entertainment, has been arrested by the police. The arrest is linked to his tweets about a fatal attack on his relatives in Southern Kaduna that turned out to be false, his lawyer said Friday. Mark Jacobs told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Maikori, 41, was arrested in Lagos around noon Friday by a team of police officers attached to inspector-general monitoring and intelligence team and was immediately transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. “I arrived at the Force Headquarters and learnt that a detention order has already been signed for him,” Mr. Jacobs said of his client. “I am not sure he will be released tonight.” Mr. Jacobs said he was told by the police that a magistrate issued warrant for Mr. Maikori’s arrest and are planning to charged him with attempt to “incite” the public. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, did not immediately respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments Friday night. The arrest of Mr. Maikori, a vocal advocate for the plight of residents of the restive area, came nearly four weeks after he narrated an attack that purportedly took place in Southern Kaduna. In a series of tweets on January 23, Mr. Maikori said his driver, later identified as Simon Joseph, told him that he lost his brother in a Fulani herdsmen ambush in Southern Kaduna and will be travelling for burial. “My driver’syounger brother and five others students of college of education Gidan Waya were ambushed and killed by herdsmen yesterday #SouthernKaduna. “They were in a commercial car going back to school when the...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had arrested three herbal medicine vendors who disguised as employers to defraud unemployed youths. The Commandant of the corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Sunday. Abdullahi said the suspects were arrested on Feb. 14 at Kofar Shehu area, Maiduguri. He said that the culprits posed as employers of labour and tried to dupe unemployed youths by taking money from them and promising to give them jobs. “Their nefarious activities were reported by two of the victims (names withheld) who said that they had collected about N5,000 each from them for a job. “One of the victims told the command that he was asked to bring about N17,000 to register for the Job. “He asked about the type of job and they said he should not worry when he registered, they would tell him about the job,” he said. The commandant said the suspects were using some fake documents from a Korea Company, Neo Life, with a Nigerian Coat of Arms, which was not registered by Cooperate Affairs Commission(CAC). “The employers’ address they gave were also fake as most of them denied having anything to do with them. “So far, we have recovered about 300 forms attached with money and passport of people they have registered. “The command, therefore, warns youths who are seeking for employment to be wary of criminal elements hiding under any guise to defraud people,” said...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old robbery suspect, who specialises in attacking ATM users at different parts of the metropolis. The command’s spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. Badmos said the suspect, Gbenga Babatunde, was arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) when he was attempting to attack a victim. She added that the suspect confessed to have robbed about 35 ATM users before his arrest. Badmos said that the suspect allegedly attacked a lady who had just withdrawn some unspecified amount from an ATM at about 5.48 a.m, at Alaba Rago Market, Ojo Area in Lagos. “The victim raised an alarm which attracted the RRS operatives on patrol. They chased the suspect and got him arrested. “One cut to size locally made short gun with two life cartridges were recovered from him. “Also recovered were Diamond Bank debit card owned by one Nkechi Esther Idoko and a First Bank mastercard belonging to Iweka Christopher Uchenna.’’ Badmos said investigation revealed that the suspect was not operating alone as he had an accomplice whose name was given as Samson Baba Ramadan, 28, who is at large. She said that the suspect revealed that they usually got to the ATM point by 4 a.m. while they hide close-bye at the ATM point. “The suspect confessed that as soon as the withdrawer collected the money, they would accost him or her and collect the money and escape. “He claimed that they collected N12, 500 on Saturday and N40, 000 on Sunday before his arrest,” she said. The spokesperson said that...
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