by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a lady in Agbor, Delta State for drugging her man friend in a hotel in Ojodu area of Lagos State and carting away his car, laptop and mobile phone. The lady, Mitchel Harrold, 37, from Warri, Delta State, was on Tuesday arrested after the operatives traced her through a car dealer in Lagos. Harold had engaged the car dealer to help perfect import papers for the stolen Volkswagen Passat Wagon, 2001 model. It was learnt that the suspect had on January 19, 2017 at about 5:30pm, together with her man friend, a medical doctor, checked into a popular hotel (name withheld) in Ojodu, Berger, with the plan to spend the night. Harrold had after settling down gone to get a malt drink and yoghurt, while the boyfriend was taking his bath. According to the victim, Daniel Biyi (not real name): “I went in to take a bath and when I returned, she had gone to buy some drinks. “I took the malt drink and yoghurt and I slept off. “I slept off at 6pm and woke up around 2pm. “When I woke up, my laptop, car key and phone had gone. “I rushed straight to meet with the receptionist and gateman to ask them what was going on, that was when I realised my car had been taken away too. “They told me someone came to pick the car for her. “And she said she was going to get food. “Immediately, I reported the incident at Omole Police Station. “I am getting...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI 32 year old Helen Okwata Azibabeh, pictured above, is currently in a prison in Bayelsa state after she forced her two children, one year old Gloria and two year old son Innocent, to drink Parafox, a popular herbicide used for curbing weeds, just because their father failed to provide Christmas clothing for them last year. Azibabeh committed the act in Kolo, Ogbia Local Government area, Bayelsa State on December 22nd last year. According to The Sun, while the little girl Gloria escaped death by the whiskers, her two year old brother, Innocent, was not so lucky as he died instantly after swallowing the lethal substance. When interrogated, Azibabeh said the anger she had towards her husband for failing to provide for his family, forced her to commit the crime. She says she regrets her actions. “I didn’t see any of the Christmas clothes my two children could wear. Early in the morning, I went to the market and bought Parafox, a substance that is used to kill grasses and I gave it to my two children to drink. Gloria was able to survive due to self-medication and hospital treatment, but her brother, Innocent died on the spot after he drank the poison. I ran to my elder sister’s house and confessed to her what I have done to my two children. She assisted me to rescue Gloria by administering some medication, and we later took her to the hospital. Thereafter, she reported me at Kolo Police station and I was arrested. I used to have two children. I killed one by myself, now I am left with...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Determined to eradicate all forms of crimes, the Delta State Police Command has arrested 12 students of Osadenis High School Asaba, over their alleged involvement in cult activities and other related vices. The command also arrested a fake policeman, and also discovered a explosive devices that was to be used to bomb Agip Oil Company facilities in Ndokwa area of the state. Briefing journalists in Asaba, the Police Commissioner in the State, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, said the students were arrested on a tip-off during initiation of a new cult group identified as “Future Trigger Boys.” He said that investigation of their involvement in the cult activities was ongoing as the police will leave no stones unturned to bring to book all secret cult members in the state. On the fake policeman, the police boss said that the suspect identified as Chiemeka Telvin (43) was dismissed from the force in 2006, adding that since then he had been indulging on illegal activities such as escort to high profile businessmen and women who unknowingly reward him with huge sums of money before nemesis caught up with him. On human trafficking, the police boss said detectives at child stealing/human trafficking unit in Umutu Police Division, arrested one Emmanuel Udeagwu 37 years old, of Ogbe-ofu Quarters, Issele-Uku, Celestina Enebeli, 38 years old of Isunpe, Utagba-Unor, Ndokwa West over alleged human trafficking and recovered, one Miracle Ifeakam (4) and Master Precious Uchendu (6) of Ebedei Adonishaka, Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state, adding that the suspects would be charged to court on completion of...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Armed men, suspected to be cultists, have attacked a police station in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State and freed two of their colleagues in detention. It was learnt that the attackers had gained access to the police station located in Ibillo after disguising as relatives of their colleagues on February 2, 2017. They were said to have shot sporadically, killing a woman in the process. The attackers were said to have successfully freed their colleagues and run away. Confirming the report, State Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu, said that the freed suspects had been arrested for alleged rape. He said, “Two rapists were arrested at Ibillo and unknown to the police, the suspects were cultists. Their members went to the police station. “But the police did not know they were there to rescue their members. There was sporadic shooting and an innocent lady was hit and killed.” Gwandu, who spoke while briefing journalists on Friday, disclosed that some of the attackers were later arrested on February 8. He also said that more policemen had been deployed in the affected police station to prevent a recurrence. “Police are still mopping up the area. The area is a border town and we have the influx of misguided elements,” the CP...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) in Johannesburg on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian woman for dealing with hard drugs. She was busted after Police followed up information about drug dealers in Buccleauch. The woman identified as Clara Maduka was caught with 594 wrapped cocaine rocks at an estimated value of R90 000. Maduka appeared before the Alexandra Magistrates Court on Wednesday for dealing in drugs and was remanded in custody. Commenting after her arrest,the Acting Provincial Head of Gauteng’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Brigadier Sekelema Lewele said that the directorate wouldn’t stop striving to arrest anyone who is dealing, manufacturing and distributing drugs in South Africa. ‘It is our mandate to get rid of the scourge of drugs within our communities. We will do so without fear or favour,’ he...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI An Abuja High Court has okayed a soldier, Lance Corporal Oge Etudo to die by hanging after he was found guilty of r*pe and culpable homicide. The 30 years old convicted soldier was said to have on March 27, 2014, at Dei-Dei, a suburb of the FCT, abducted, r*ped and stabbed a married woman identified as Binta Usman Kadede to death inside the bush. The soldier was previously attached to a battalion of Nigerian Army at Lungi Barracks in Abuja. He as found to have acted in breach of sections 220 and 221 of the Penal Code law. Trial Justice A.S. Adepoju who declined plea of allocutus by the defence lawyer, stressed that pictorial evidence adduced before the court showed that the defendant gruesomely murdered his victim. “I will not also show mercy to him”, the Judge who was almost moved to tears declared. Consequently, the court convicted the defendant on a two-count criminal charge that was entered against him by FCT commissioner of police. The defendant had earlier pleaded not guilty to all the charges. He equally entered a no-case-submission after the prosecution closed its case after it called four witnesses and tendered 21 exhibits. Following the dismissal of his no-case-submission, the accused soldier decided to testify for himself, maintaining that he was innocent of the charge. While denying knowledge of the crime, the defendant who was earlier dismissed from the Army, told the court that although he was at Dei-Dei on the date of the incident, he said he was only there to see a friend called Igwe to discuss his wedding plans with him....
by Admin | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A yet-to-be identified farmer has been reportedly killed in Orisunmibare, a disputed settlement between Ayede-Ekiti and Itaji-Ekiti in Oye local government area of Ekiti State. The killing of an Ayede indigene, Seyi Oladipo, over the land dispute had last week sparked a wild protest as the youths of the town stormed Itaji to protest his death. His assailants were said to have trailed the farmer to his farm where they inflicted several machete cuts on him before cutting off his head and hands after which they made away with severed head. A Chief in Orisunmibare it was learnt was also sustained machete injuries wounds by suspected Ayede youths who accused him of firing the shot that killed Oladipo. The Onitaji, Oba Adamo Babalola, in a telephone chat with journalists yesterday, accused Ayede people of perpetrating the attack on Orisunmibare in a bid to take over the land. Describing the victim’s killing as unfortunate, the monarch who called on the warring people to embrace peace maintained that Orisunmibare is a settlement under Itaji wondering why Ayede people want to claim the land “by all means.” According to him, “Orisunmibare is a settlement under Itaji and is more than 10 kilometers from Ayede; Ayede people just went there one morning on rampage and the scuffle led to the death of somebody from Ayede. “But yesterday, an Orisunmibare subject was killed inside his farm and he was beheaded. The Asiwaju of Orisunmibare was macheted and beaten to coma and was declared dead by Ayede youths. “The Ayede people were singing that they had killed Asiwaju Orisunmibare but he has been...
by Admin | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Kidnappers suspected to be militant have stormed Isheri North area of Lagos, shoot for about five hours before kidnapping one and killing five security guards. It was learnt that the abductors numbering about 11, were in the creek shooting sporadically since 7pm before they finally stormed the residence of the secretary of the Estate, Mr. Dayo Adekoya, around 11pm on Wednesday and abducted him. Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday directed the State Police Command to ensure prompt arrest of kidnappers who struck on Wednesday evening in Isheri area of the State killing three security guards. The kidnappers were said to have also abducted the Secretary of the Isheri North Residents Association, Mr. Dayo Adekoya. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said Governor Ambode has already directed the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni to move decisively and promptly to arrest the kidnappers. Governor Ambode, according to the statement, specifically commiserated with the families of the security guards that lost their lives to the unfortunate incident, and assured that government is on top of the situation and working with security agencies to ensure early release of the victim. The Daily Times gathered that one of the gunmen scaled through the fence of the victim’s house and opened the gate for other gang members who later gained access into the main compound. The kidnappers, after entering the compound they tried to force their way through the main door leading to the sitting room of the victim. When they could not open it, they later went behind the door...
by Admin | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 arraigned the quartet of Umar Audu Bida, Truth Igogori, Ifenyinwa Nwankwesiri and Ogechukwu Obaji before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on a 9-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $1million (One Million US Dollars). The accused were arraigned alongside four companies: Universal Contractors, Lambda Energy Services Limited, Double Wonder Concept Limited, and ICS Energy Services Limited. Bida and his co-accused sometime in 2014 allegedly conspired to defraud one Donald Latella of North Park LLC of $1million under the pretext of supplying about two million barrels of Bonny Light Crude Oil. The offence contravenes Section 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act. Count 2 of the charge reads: “That you, Umaru Audu Bida, Truth Igogori, Ifenyinwa Nwankwesiri, Ogechukwu Obaji, Universal Contractors, Lambda Energy Services LTD, Double Wonder Concept Limited, and ICS Energy Services Limited and others now at large, sometime in 2014, within the Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria attempted to obtain the sum of $1,000,000.00 (One million United States Dollars) from Donald Latella of North Park LLC under the false pretence of supplying about 2 million Barrels of Bonny Light Crude Oil which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same...
by Admin | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Lagos state command through the it’s operatives from Victoria Island division have arrested a 23 – years old suspect for offence of robbery. The suspect George Onuh who was accompanied by his gang member still at large had waylaid and dispossessed their victim one Bola who was carrying a large sum of money just withdrawn from the bank. The alarm raised by the victim attracted the police operatives on patrol around the vicinity, who trailed the suspects to law school area where one of the suspects was apprehended and the cash recovered from him while the other fled with the motorcycle used for the operation. The victim while narrating her ordeal to the police, said she had gone to GTBank on Adetokunbo Ademola street to withdraw some cash, and in the banking hall she sighted the suspect and thought he was a customer but was surprised when the same supposed customer waylaid her and pointed a gun at her to dispossess her of her money. The recovered money was subsequently handed over to the victim. The exhibit recovered from the suspect is one locally made pistol with six rounds of live ammunition. The command’s spokesperson Sp Dolapo Badmos said the commissioner of police CP Fatai Owoseni has directed that the suspect and exhibits be transferred to SARS Ikeja while effort is on to apprehend the fleeing...
by Admin | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has directed the State Police Command to ensure prompt arrest of the 11-man kidnap gang who struck on Wednesday evening at the Isheri North Estate, GRA of the state, killing three security guards and abducting the estate’s resident association secretary, Dayo Adekoya. A statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, said Governor Ambode has already directed the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni to move decisively and promptly to arrest the kidnappers. Governor Ambode, according to the statement, specifically commiserated with the families of the security guards that lost their lives to the unfortunate incident, and assured that government is on top of the situation and working with security agencies to ensure early release of the victim. “A while ago, the CP of Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police, confirmed that police has commenced investigation as well as put in place necessary rescue operation to ensure the release of the victim. While the State Government commiserates with the families of the three dead estate security guards, it will leave no stone unturned to ensure that lives and property of residents in the State are protected.”Ayorinde said It would be recalled that just last week, Governor Ambode had demonstrated his seriousness and determination to eradicate the menace of kidnapping when he signed into law the anti-kidnapping bill recently passed by the State House of Assembly. The law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom and death penalty in the event of death of a kidnapped...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Abia state police command has arrested a suspected kidnapper, armed robber and a well-known receiver of stolen vehicles and other stolen items who has been under the surveillance of the command for several months. The command had in October last year smashed a six-man gang of suspected armed robbers who has snatched two Toyota Corolla cars from their owners at gunpoint at different locations in Umuahia. Speaking in Umuahia while parading some suspected armed robbers, the Commissioner Police (CP) LeyeOyebade said that since the command smashed the syndicate that they have been after the receiver of the stolen vehicles. Oyebade said that with the synergy of other security agencies in the state that they were able to arrest Ikechukwu Chukwuma John with the help of the Akwa Ibom state police command at Uyo in connection with the kidnapping of Celestine Ositadinma Nwankwo. The Abia CP said that the suspect was arrested on the 3rd of January this year with the Toyota Highlander of one of the victims he had kidnapped and handed over to them as they have been looking for him since October last year. He said that the command with the men of the Aba division arrested Udochukwu Victor Onyende aged 29 years of 50 Nwama street off Ohanku road in Aba, “The suspect with others now at large had kidnapped Chuks Nnanni a younger brother of Hon Ossy Prestige”. Oyebade said that the operatives of the Anti-Robbery Umuahia who were acting on information arrested one Chijioke Emeka of Amuri Umuaka in Njaba of Imo state, “The suspect had in the company of his gang...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A US court on Thursday sentenced a Nigerian, Olayinka Ilumsa Sunmola, to 27 years in jail for international romance scam he perpetrated from 2007 to 2014. Lagos-born Sunmola, who was the ringleader of a love scam organisation based in South Africa, was also ordered to repay $1.7m. Judge David Herndon of a US district Court in East St. Louis heard how Sumola and others scammed many American women of millions of dollars while parading themselves as American soldiers stationed overseas or engineers working on a large government contract in South Africa. They cultivated romantic relationships with dozens of women using pictures of men they found online, sometimes pictures of dead servicemen from memorial websites. Prosecutors said Sumola’s activities drove some to bankruptcy and at least one to the brink of suicide. The 33-year-old showered the women with poetry, cards, flowers, stuffed animals, and chocolates until he has successfully entrapped them. Once his target his entrapped, Sunmola began to manufacture emergencies, each of which required increasingly large amounts of money from his victims. Sunmola used their money for lavish parties, two Range Rovers, four properties in South Africa and a $363,000 home in Nigeria, prosecutors said. A federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis indicted Sunmola in November 2013 on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion. After two days of a jury trial Sunmola pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion. In his ruling Judge Herndon said, “‘Conspiracy,’ ‘mail and wire fraud,’ and ‘interstate extortion’ hardly sound like the kinds of crimes that leave broken lives,...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Three ex-policemen were on Tuesday arraigned before an Akure High Court over alleged manslaughter. The accused, Awodeyi Adesola, Adekunle Adedeji and Adepetu Olamilekan, were arraigned following an allegation of torturing a suspect which led to his death. The prosecutor, Mr Wale Bamisile, told the court that the accused tortured one Oluwatobi Badmus while he was in their custody when they were still in the service of the Nigeria Police Force. He said that the victim was arrested for allegedly stealing a BlackBerry phone belonging to one Prophet Bisi Adejuyigbagbe. The prosecutor said that the torture from the ex-policemen was presumed to have led to the untimely death of the victim shortly after his release from police custody on July 21, 2016. According to him, the offence is contrary to Section 317 and Punishable under Section 325 of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Vol.1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006. The prosecution had called two witnesses out of 11 witnesses. The prosecution counsel, however, moved an application for the adjournment of the case to enable him prepare and bring other witnesses to court. The presiding judge, Justice O.O Akeredolu, granted the prosecution’s application and adjourned the case till Feb.27 for further...
by Admin | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Nze Chidi Duru before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, on charges of forgery of company’s board resolution and alleged diversion of N16.2m shares proceeds. Duru, who was then in June 2010 the Vice-Chairman of First Gurantee Pension Ltd, allegedly diverted the sum of N16.2m said to be proceeds of part payments for the company’s shares sold to another firm, Novare Holdings Proprietary Limited. The defendant was said to have been “entrusted with dominion over” the sums of N15m and N1,23,646.58 (totaling N16.2m), being part payments of 30 per cent equity shares of FGP Limited sold to Novare NHP Limited. The prosecution accused him of diverting the money in July 2010 “to pay for land allocations from Lagos State Government in favour of Grand Towers Plc and MVJJDA Africa Limited, companies of which you have interest”. The EFCC alleged that the defendant committed criminal breach of trust, an offence punishable under section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap. 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,1990. He was also said to have in June 2008 “knowingly and fraudulently” made “false document, “an ordinary resolution of First Guarantee Pension Limited dated June 2, 2008, purporting same to have been signed by all the subscribers/shareholders” of the company. The prosecution alleged in the fourth count that the defendant “knowingly and fraudulently” used the allegedly forged document and “forwarded same to Folashade Ogundare and Hon Isegha Teamgu with the intention of causing it to be believed that the said...
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