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...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A federal judge in Lagos ordered the forfeiture of a total of N34b linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke on Thursday, Premium Times reports. Justice Muslim Hassan issued the order mandating that three different funds – N23.4b, N9.08b, and $5m USD – are forfeited, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said they were the proceeds of illegal activity. The judge had originally ordered the temporary forfeiture of the funds on January 6, but made an order demanding the “final forfeiture” of the money on Thursday....
by Admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A disagreement over N50 has led to the death of a motorcyclist, Michael Eze, in the Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. Forty-year-old Eze was allegedly killed by his passenger, Michael Gabriel, around 9pm on February 2, 2017, for demanding that N50 be added to their agreed fare due to the length of the journey. Gabriel, in a fit of anger, allegedly hit the victim with an iron rod in the head, which made him to collapse. He was rushed to a private hospital in the community where he was confirmed dead. Policemen from the state command arrested the suspect. A resident, who did not want to be identified, said Gabriel was close to his house when the incident happened. He said, “When the rider saw that the house was farther than what Garbiel described to him, he insisted that N50 must be added to the fare they agreed on. That was what led to the disagreement.” The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Amaraizu Ebere, confirmed the incident. He explained that the police had yet to establish the cause of the disagreement. He said, “The suspect is helping operatives of the command in their...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested two members of vigilance group in Nimbo, Uzouwani Local Government of Enugu State, for alleged kidnap of Enechi Ejiofor on Dec. 13, 2016. The command’s spokesperson, SP. Ebere Amaraizu, made this known to newsmen in Enugu on Thursday. Amaraizu said the suspects abducted Ejiofor, a Special Assistant on Security Matters to Uzo Uwani Local Government Area Chairman, in December on his way to an official assignment at Ugwuiyi Ekoro was still missing. He said that the kidnappers demanded N10 million ransom on Dec.14, 2016 from the family but later reduced it to two million which one of the suspects collected. The police spokesperson said that the two suspects were helping the operatives in their investigations. He said that the first suspects revealed that they allegedly collaborated with the community vigilance group to kidnap the victim. Amaraizu said that the first suspect, who claimed to be a Nollywood actor, said that he played a big role in monitoring the victim’s movement because he knows him very well,’’ he said. The police spokesperson said that the suspects claimed not to know the whereabouts of the victim, saying that some vigilante members known as Ratty, Miri and Earthquake, whom he did not know their real names, knew better. The second suspect also said that it was the first suspect, his friend that lured him into the group. Amaraizu said that first accepted being involved in the kidnap as a full member of the vigilante while the second suspect just joined the...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A Plateau High Court sitting in Barkin-Ladi on Thursday sentenced a 37-year-old man, Benjamin Toma, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Vicky. Justice Samson Gang, in a 68-page do judgement, pronounced Toma guilty of a one-count charge of culpable homicide, punishable with death, under section 221 of the penal code. Going by the findings of this court, you, Benjamin Toma, mercilessly and in a calculative manner, took the life of your wife in cold blood. “You have not shown any remorse for your reprehensible act at the time of the incident and throughout the entire trial. “You were exhibiting such character traits that seem to suggest your deep conviction about the justness of your wicked and calous act. “In all of this, your two children are the ultimate losers, but the law shall nonetheless take its course; the offence for which you are being charged, does not contemplate a plea in mitigation. “The sentence of this court upon you is that you, Benjamin Toma, will be hanged until you are dead,” Gang declared. It was gathered that Toma was arraigned on Oct. 13, 2014, to answer a one-count charge of culpable homicide punishable with death, under section 221 of the penal code. He was said to have committed the crime on March 4, 2014. Toma was specifically accused of using an iron rod to kill the wife, and also using a rope to tie her neck before hanging her in the store, to give the impression that she killed herself. When the suspect appeared in court, he however, pleaded not guilty to the allegation of...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Dos – A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a housewife, Gift Benjamin, 41, to seven months imprisonment for converting her friend’s N100, 000 to personal use. Benjamin, a resident of Abattoir area of Jos borrowed the amount from her friend and did not pay back. She faced a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and theft, punishable under sections 317 and 322 of the penal code. The Magistrate, Mrs Helen Danboyi, gave the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for mercy. Danboyi said that the sentence would serve as deterrence to others who may want to engage in similar act. The Prosecutor, Cpl. Karimu Bashiru, had earlier told the court that one Mercy Amadi reported the case to Anglo Jos Police Station on Jan. 30. He said that Amadi claimed to have been deceived by the accused who lied to her that she (accused) was awarded a contract to knit 400 pieces of mobile policemen sweater. ”She collected N100, 000 and promised that she would return the money with 100 per cent interest,” the prosecutor quoted the complainant as saying. Bashiru said that instead of returning the money as agreed, the accused converted the whole money into her personnel use and all effort made to recover the money proved abortive. He said that the offence was punishable under section 317 and 322 of the penal code....
by Admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Bashir Ishaq Bashir, alongside his companies, Leda Greenpower Consortium, Leda Greenpower Nigeria Limited and Leda Consortium Limited have been charged before Justice S.E. Aladetoyinbo of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, in Abuja. Bashir is facing a three-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and cheating to the tune of $1 million. According to the EFCC, Bashir was alleged to have collected the money as part payment of a $3 million agreement from Althani Investments Company Limited for the purpose of forming a consortium to bid for shares at the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company. The bidding failed and several attempts made by the company for a refund of the money proved abortive. He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to him. Prosecution counsel, Rimamsomte Ezekiel, thereafter asked for a trial date. Counsel for the defendant, A.B. Anachebe, SAN, moved the motion for his bail application. Ezekiel opposed the application, arguing that “the defendant if granted bail will interfere with prosecution witnesses”. He further argued that the application was not proper in the sense that the defence only mentioned the name of the first defendant without reference to the second, third and fourth defendants. Justice Aladetoyinbo, while adjourning to April 10, 2017 for hearing granted him bail in the sum of N2 million and one surety in like some. The surety must be resident in Abuja and must have a landed...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Abeokuta, High Court on Monday sentenced Gabriel Joseph to death by hanging for armed robbery. Joseph, whose address was not given, was found guilty of a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. In her judgment, Justice Olatokunbo Majekodumi, said the convict was found guilty of the offences. “Having found that the accused person is guilty as charged on both counts, you shall be hung by the neck until you are dead,’’ she 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 convict, who had been standing trial since December 2013, had pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was arrested and charged for robbing one Damilola Alade of his Toyota Camry car with registration number SL 937 AAA, one iPad, a blackberry phone and other valuables, at gun point. The Prosecutor, Mrs Bolarinwa Adebowale, had told the court that the convict committed the offence. at no 4JB, Awo-osejo Street, Arowofela, Magoboro, Abeokuta . According to Adebowale , the convict and three others robbed the complainant and his family in front of his house after arriving from a trip. “When Alade was about to enter his compound, the accused and three others came down from a motorcycle, accosted him and pointed a gun at his head and ordered him to surrender the money in his possession. “The complainant answered that there was no money on him, the accused then asked them to come...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Ogun have arrested a 40-year-old woman, Foluke Owolewa, who allegedly killed her day-old baby. The incident occurred at 17, Ilupeju Street, Anishere Unity Estate, Sango Ota Wednesday morning. Owolewa, a mother of three, was said to have suffocated the baby she had yesterday morning, citing hardship as her reason. It was gathered that her neighbours who rushed into the room after knowing she had been delivered of the baby, planned to take the child from her for fear she would kill it. They were said to have suspected her because she had previously thrown one of her daughters into a pit to die but the child was rescued. According to sources, the woman has been complaining that she barely had money to cater for the children she has, describing the new addition to her family as addition burden. A source said: “The woman gave birth Wednesday morning. Before people could rally round to ensure she doesn’t do anything evil, she suffocated the child. It is not the first time the woman had attempted to kill her children. “When she had her other daughter, she threw the baby into a pit toilet and abandoned her there to die. But neighbours rallied round and rescued the child. That was why she was a suspect and people kept close eye on her. “One wonders why she would allow her husband to get her pregnant and then, carry the pregnancy only to kill her children after putting to birth.” According to the spokesman for Ogun command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) the incident was reported...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Police in Ekiti State police have arrested a man identified as Tosin Oluwatosin for being in possession of a fresh human head. The suspected ritual killer, was said to have carried out the heinous act alongside his sibling, David Oluwatosin. David, according to the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Adeyemi Alberto, is still at large. Alberto told journalists in Ado Ekiti that the suspect was arrested with the fresh head in Ifaki Ekiti, in Ido-Osi local government area of the state around 3.35pm on Tuesday, February 14, following an intelligence report from unnamed source. “Yes, it is true. One of the suspects is on the run. The victim is about 12 years old but we are still looking for the severed body and we are also on the trail of the one at large. After investigation, the suspects would be charged to court.” While decrying recent spate of beheading in the state, the Police image maker said the police would also investigate if the two brothers had hand in the first two beheading. It would be recalled that one person was about two weeks ago beheaded, following a land dispute between the people of Ayede Ekiti and Itaji Ekiti in Oye local government area of the state while a cattle rearer was also beheaded days after in Omu Ekiti. Meanwhile, the state government has set up a panel of enquiry to investigate the cause of the land dispute. The panel is to be chaired by Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, Oba Ademola...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigeria Police on Wednesday said they have arrested the mastermind of high-profile abductions in Ogun and Lagos States. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement Wednesday night that Joseph Omoni, a 38-year-old native of Ondo State, was arrested around 4:00 a.m. Tuesday following “relentless follow up” by the police. Mr. Moshood said Mr. Omoni confessed to playing a critical role in the kidnapping of students and staff members of Turkish International College in Isheri, Ogun State, last month. Five students and three staff of the Turkish school were kidnapped on January 13. They regained freedom on January 24, nearly two weeks later. The statement also said Mr. Omoni disclosed his involvement in the abduction of a community leader in Isheri North Estate, Lagos, last week. Police also traced the kidnapping of a woman, identified as Aisha Ali-Balogun, in Mile 2 area of Lagos on December 19, 2016, an incident that left one dead. Two (2) houses built from the ransom money by the suspect and one other gang member Aka Chairman have been identified and sealed off by the Police at Century Village Ogijo in Ogun State,” Mr. Jimoh said. “Investigation is being intensified to arrest the remaining members of the gang who are still at large. The suspect will be arraigned in court on completion of the...
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