by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday March 21, 2017, arraigned one Adeola Dada, a lawyer, before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on one-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N15m (Fifteen Million Naira). The complainant, Olowo Emmanuel, a serving member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, had allegedly sought the services of the accused to help him recover the sum of N35 million, which he paid to Royal Sanderton Technologies Nigeria Limited to acquire two houses. Emmanuel had dragged the company to court, following its inability to deliver the houses as agreed. Consequently, Royal Sanderton was ordered to pay the sum of N15m to the complainant, which was allegedly raised in bank drafts and handed over to the accused. The complainant also alleged that the accused subsequently lodged the money into his personal account and made several withdrawals from it. The charge reads: “That you Adeolu Dada sometime in December, 2014 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court dishonestly stole the sum of N15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira), property of Honorable Olowo Rotimi Emmanuel.” The accused pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him. In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Sesan Ola, asked for a trial date and prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody. However, the defense counsel, A. L. Ogunyemi, told the court that a bail application with a medical report attached had been filed and served on the prosecution. The defense council also urged the court to grant the accused bail. The prosecution counsel...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Justice Simon Aboki of the State High Court sitting in Mararaba, Nasarawa State has convicted and sentenced one Hanna Abraham to 14 years imprisonment on a 3-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N7 million preferred against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convict was said to have, under false pretence, obtained the said sum as loan to supply 22 trucks of diesel to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, and diverted it to other purposes other than what it was meant for. The offence contravenes Section 1 (1) a, Section 1 (b) (i) and Section 1 (b) (i) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006 and Dishonoured Cheque Offences. She pleaded not guilty to the counts when she was arraigned. After diligent prosecution, Justice Aboki found Abraham guilty on all three counts. Delivering the judgment, Justice Aboki sentenced her to 10years imprisonment on count one and two years each on counts two and three without option of fine. While the sentence is to run concurrently, the convict is to refund all monies collected from the complainant. Source: Today...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos – A mother of four children , Mrs Chinasa Okereke, has revealed how a 15-year-old boy collected N500 from an Alfa to abduct her three-year-old son for ritual at Ijegun, Lagos State. Chinasa, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, alleged that the teenager, who is also a neighbour stole her son, Chiagozie,. The teenager identified as Simon had earlier confessed to the police that an unidentified Alfa, now in police custody, asked him to supply a three-year-old child. Simon said after he brought Chiagozie to the Alfa, he was given N500 for his efforts. When the three-year-old was finally located by detectives from Isheri Police Station, he was already dead. Chinasa, who broke down in tears, said that she was not only grieving for her murdered son, but also scared about strange men on motorbikes coming to threaten her and her husband, Augustine Okereke. The woman who lives in a multi-room building, has three other children, apart from Chiagozie. The eldest is 10years old, the second child is eight years old. Chiagozie was her third child. Her fourth child is just nine months old. She explained that on the fateful day, she wanted to give three of her children a bath outside the house when the three year-old child was abducted. According to her account, she had briefly stepped into the house to get a wrapper to strap the nine-month-old to her back. But when she returned Chiagozie was nowhere to be found. When she asked her eight-year-old daughter the whereabouts of her little brother, the girl said that Simon, the 15-year-old living in the building...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Lagos have arrested a man for allegedly parading himself as a Chief Superintendent of Police. Lagos State Police spokesman, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect was arrested on Thursday for terrorising the public in a CSP uniform in Surulere area. “At about 4pm on March 16, the command operatives attached to Area ‘C’ Command, Surulere, arrested the suspect following reliable information. “The suspect over the years has been parading himself as a police officer and extorting money and other valuables from unsuspecting public. “The suspect was intercepted under the National Stadium Bridge, Surulere where he was about to resume his criminal activities. “On sighting the patrol team, the suspect took to his heels, but was given a hot chase that resulted to his arrest at Shitta Area of Surulere. “A walkie-talkie, a Lagos State Ministry of Transportation identity card bearing the name, Olayiwola Animashaun and his passport photograph, were found in his possession,” he said. The spokesman said the suspect later led the detectives to his residence where exhibits, including a traffic taskforce reflective jacket, police statement forms, and a machete, were recovered from his house. Famous-Cole said the suspect confessed that he was a former staff of the Lagos State Government but currently without a job. “He confessed to be operating mostly around Tejuosho, Ojuelegba and National Stadium areas,” the police spokesman said. Famous-Cole advised the public to be wary of individuals who present themselves as police officers with no proof of official identification. He urged the public to question such people and alert other security agencies when the...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Ekiti on Monday charged one Emmanuel Bolodeoku, before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, for allegedly exhuming the corpse of his wife. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police prosecutor, Insp. Caleb Leranmo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 17, at New Iyin Area in Ado-Ekiti. Leranmo alleged that the accused improperly and indecently interfered with the corpse of his late wife, Oyinola Bolodeoku, buried a year ago. The defendant allegedly exhumed the corpse and kept it in a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag. He said the accused committed the offence which is punishable under Section 242 (1) b of Criminal Code, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. He also alleged that the accused did ‘vitiate the atmosphere, so as to make it harmful to the health of persons in the neighbourhood, when he brought the decomposed corpse of his wife in a bag to the neighbourhood’. According to him, he has therefore committed an offence punishable under Section 247 of the Criminal Code, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. The prosecutor applied for a date of adjournment to enable him study the case file and assemble his three witnesses. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge, while his counsel, Mr Busuyi Ayorinde, applied for his bail, promising the Court that he would not jump bail. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum, who must have a verifiable address, within the jurisdiction of the court. He, then, adjourned the...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI No fewer than 46 people lost their lives, while 96 others sustained injuries in the inter-ethnic crisis that broke out in Ile-Ife, Osun state, on March 8. The spokesman of the police, Jimoh Moshood said this in Abuja on Monday, revealing that 38 suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident. Speaking while the suspects were paraded, Moshood said 38 people were initially arrested but 18 were let go because there was no evidence against them. He said 81 of those were injured in the clash were treated at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) and discharged, while 15 were still receiving treatment. “The special intervention force deployed to quell the crisis did not engage in indiscriminate arrests as being reported in some media but worked on actionable intelligence and other information gathered during and after the crisis,” Moshood said. “And that is why 18 suspects found not to be involved in the crisis were released unconditionally. “Traditional rulers, religious leaders, public office holders, politicians, opinion leaders, parents and guardians are hereby called upon to prevail on their subjects, supporters, children and wards to support the personnel of the Police Special Intervention Force still on ground in Ile-Ife and other flash points in Osun state in the discharge of their responsibilities, and propagate peace, demonstrate love, and tolerance to promote harmonious coexistence with their brothers and fellow citizens, irrespective of religious, ethnic or political inclinations and differences. “The inspector-general of police hereby assures the good people and communities of Ile-Ife and other parts of the state of adequate security and protection of their lives and...
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