by Admin | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A man, who allegedly severed the head and wrists of a 72-year-old woman, identified as Funmilayo Shada, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command. The suspect, Adeoye Ikugbayigbe, told the police that he committed the act because he had been having a running battle with the deceased over a parcel of land. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Ikugbayigbe severed the 72-year-old woman’s head and wrist in Abigi, Ogun Waterside, Ogun State. Oyeyemi explained that “the arrest followed a report by the son of the deceased, one Ekundayo Shada, who complained at Abigi Divisional Headquarters that while he was on his way to the farm to meet his mother, he came across Adeoye Ikugbayigbe on the road holding a polythene bag. “But as soon as he sighted the suspect, the suspect dropped the bag and ran into the bush. This aroused his suspicion and he quickly ran to check on his mother, but could not find her. “He later came back to check the bag dropped by the suspect, only for him to discover his mother’s head and her wrist in the bag. “He quickly reported the case to police and the DPO of Abigi Division, SP Komolafe Omoniyi, led detectives to the scene, combed the surrounding bushes and finally got the suspect arrested. “On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime, claiming that he has been having a running battle with the deceased over a parcel of land. “The severed head and the remains of the deceased have been deposited in the mortuary, while the cutlass...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday slammed a N10 million bail on a 31-year-old sales representative, Uche Onwuma, who allegedly obtained goods worth N53. 4 million under false pretences. The Magistrate, Mr B. A. Sonuga, who gave the ruling, said the accused should produce two sureties in like sum, one of who should be a blood relation of the accused. In addition, he said the sureties should show evidence of three years tax payment to the Lagos State Government. The accused had pleaded not guilty to a four-count charge bordering on fraud and stealing. The Prosecutor, Insp. Ingobo Emby had told the court that the accused committed the offences sometime in 2013 at Shop A14, Imo Plaza, Balogun Market at Trade Fair Complex on Lagos-Badagry Expressway. According to him, Onwuma obtained cartoons of perfumes worth N43. 4 million and 1,047 cartoons of Shampoo worth N10 million from the complainant, Nkem Onyenka, on the pretext of selling the goods and remitting the proceeds to Nkem. The accused failed to remit the proceeds to her as promised, he said. The offences contravened Sections 390, 419, 421 and 438 (c) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).The case was adjourned until April 27 for mention. Source: Vanguard...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI An Oyo State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday remanded two men, Uba Opara, 35; and Tunde Adepoju, 27; in prison for alleged armed robbery. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Kehinde Durosaro – Tijani, said the accused should be remanded in Agodi Prisons and the case file sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. Durosaro-Tijani adjourned the case till May 22. The accused, whose addresses were not given, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Adewale Amos, had told the court that the accused committed the offences with others still at large on Jan. 14, at about 2.p.m. at Taye Soyege Street, New Bodija, Ibadan. Amos said the accused, who were armed with a double barrel gun and a cutlass, robbed one Jekayinfa Olayinka of his Toyota Camry car valued at N11.5 million. “They were, however, caught by some policemen on duty,’’ he added. The offences, he said, contravened Sections 1 (1) (2) (a) and 6(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap RII, Vol. 14, Laws of the Republic of Nigeria, 2004. Source: P.M...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Rivers state police command today arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a Jumia delivery man who had gone to deliver an iPhone and a motorbike to a prospective buyer at a compound in the Ada-George area of Rivers state. According to OAP, Blessing Olomu, the suspected were alleged to have perpetrated the heinous act on Saturday, 25th of March when the victim was on his way to make a delivery to the address at Ada George Road, Port Harcourt. The suspects which included two males and a female, who never intended to pay for the ordered goods, bound the man and threw him into a septic tank with the hopes that he would never be found. The victim’s body was recovered by a team of police officers today after neighbors reported suspicious activities within the compound. Source: The...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A mortuary attendant at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Muritala Raimi, 57, who was arraigned Monday before Magistrate Akanni Monsurat of Ibadan Magistrates’ Court for stealing a human skull in the morgue has been remanded at the Agodi Prisons, Ibadan. Raimi who was arraigned on a two-count charge was remanded in Agodi Prison for failing to meet conditions attached to his bail. Magistrate Akanni granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties, he ordered, must be a member of the family. He adjourned the case to May 5, 2017 for further hearing. The accused was alleged to have decapitated the head of the yet to be identified corpse and concealed it in a bag. He was arrested by the security guard on his way out of the hospital. He was later handed over to the police. The charge sheet of his case read in part, “That you, Muritala Raimi, aged 57, on the 15th May, 2017 at about 05: 30pm at UCH Ibadan in Ibadan magisterial district did steal human skull inside UCH mortuary and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 3 of the criminal code cap 38 vol. 11 laws of Oyo State of Nigeria. “That you, Muritala Raimi on the same date, place in the aforementioned magisterial district did misconduct with regard to a corpse by decapitating the corpse deposited at UCH mortuary and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 242 of the criminal code cap cap 38, vol. 11 laws of Oyo State”. Source:...
by Admin | Mar 28, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced one Wisdom Gabriel, 22, to two months imprisonment for stealing N 170 at a chemist’s shop in old Karmo Market. The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict N5,000 option of fine. The judge said that the sentence would serve as deterrent to others that may be tempted to commit similar crime. Gabriel who resides at Aiko Estate, Life Camp Gwarinpa, pleaded with the judge to tamper justice with mercy. He was found guilty on a count charge of stealing a box containing N170. The convict told the court that satan pushed him into the crime. Earlier, the prosecutor, Zannah Dalhatu, told the court that one Helen Atusu of old Karmo arrested and brought the convict to Karmo Police Station, on March 24, 2017. Dalhatu said that the complainant said that on the same date, the convict broke into her chemist’s shop at old Karmo Market and made away with her box containing N170. She raised an alarm which led to the arrest of the convict with the help of one chukwuma Eze. The prosecutor said that the offence is punishable under Section 287 of the Penal...
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