by Admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Who owns the N49 million “crispy notes of N200 and N50 denominations” abandoned at the Kaduna International Airport? This is the puzzle the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is trying to resolve. The EFCC found the cash on Monday night, packed in sacks. A man believed to be the owner ran away before EFCC operatives could question him. The cash was discovered by EFCC Zonal Office in Kaduna in five large black 150kg sacks during routine baggage screening at the airport. A top source in the commission said: “Upon careful scrutiny of the sacks, it was discovered that they contained fresh crispy naira notes of N200 denomination in 200 bundles totaling N40million and N50 denomination in 180 bundles totaling N9million. “The bundles were all sealed, purportedly emanating from the Nigerian Security and Minting Company (MSPMC) as seen in the label on the packs. “The five sacks were sighted unattended and without tags containing fresh bulk items suspected to be money from the aroma perceived from the sacks. “The owner of the money later showed up but could not state the exact money in the sacks or present any document authenticating the genesis of the monies. “However, his inability to give any concrete explanation made him become uncomfortable and he disappeared before the arrival of EFCC operatives.” Another source said the EFCC was working on clues that the fleeing suspect might be a courier for a syndicate. “We will get to the root of this crime. There is a way we can collaborate with some agencies to trace the source of the N49million. “We will also deploy...
by Admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI 50-year-old grandmother, Rita Eze, has confessed to being a member of a syndicate that allegedly involved in abducting children from Lagos and selling them in Anambra State. Eze was paraded along with one Ogochi Nwekei and Gladys Augustine at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday. The fourth suspect, Elizabeth, who was said to be ill, was not paraded. PUNCH Metro had reported that Augustine, who claimed to be Mary John, connived with one Samuel, who is at large, to abduct three-year-old Oluwasemilore Adebiyi, from her parents’ residence in the Alagbado area of Lagos. To hatch the plan, 28-year-old Augustine enrolled for beads-making apprenticeship at Oluwasemilore’s mother’s shop in January, giving her name as Mary John. She fled to Anambra with the girl seven days after. The girl was handed over to Eze, who confessed to selling her to Elizabeth through Nwekei, for N500,000. Oluwasemilore was, however, recovered by the police after Augustine was arrested in the Badagry area of Lagos on February 23. PUNCH Metro had further reported that some parents from different parts of the state had stormed the command and identified Augustine as the abductor of their children, saying the suspect adopted the same gimmick with which Oluwasemilore was abducted. The victims included four-year-old Farouk and his sister, Kafayat, 6, who were allegedly abducted in the Okokomaiko area in November 2016. The children had yet to be found. But Augustine denied abducting the kids, saying, Oluwasemilore was her first abduction. She said Samuel had lied to her that he and Oluwasemilore’s mother, Tobiloba Adebiyi, gave birth to the girl, but she...
by Admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI gerian Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has released a new propaganda video. The video obtained by Saharareporters was released by the Abubakar Shekau faction of Boko Haram. The video which rendered in Hausa and Arabic was made with a series of footage showing Islamic priests, government officials and world leaders including a footage showing President Muhammad Buhari, Donald Trump, former US President Barack Obama and several European leaders. The high point of the video was the summary execution of three persons reportedly recruited by Nigeria’s Directorate of Military Intelligence to infiltrate the group. The persons were gruesomely executed at the end of the 7-minute video. The group also displayed a bevy of high-grade military weapons including what appeared to be anti-aircraft missiles while bragging that it remains firmly within a territory in Nigeria that the Nigerian army could not...
by Admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI George Turnah, a godson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Turnah was accompanied to the mid-morning event at the commission’s zonal office in the city by several lawyers, including a professor of law and two Senior Advocates of Nigeria. He was reportedly questioned on issues relating to fraud and the misappropriation of funds belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission. SaharaReporters learnt that several bank accounts relating to Mr. Turnah, including individual and corporate accounts as well as his children’s Education Insurance Account, have been frozen by the anti-graft commission. Mr. Turnah has however maintained he has never been a public officer and could not have had access to public funds and as such could not have misappropriated or laundered such funds. Source:...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 45-year-old man, John Ekundayo, has been remanded in Agodi Prison by an Ibadan magistrate’s court for refusing to bury his dead wife, Mrs. Bukola Alabede and keeping the corpse in his room. Though there was no evidence that the accused mutilated the remains of his wife, Vanguard learned that the offensive odour of the corpse compelled the neighbour of the accused, who lives at NW2/403 to raise alarm that led to his arrest. The accused was arraigned on a count charge of allegedly “offering indignity to the dead human body by abandoning her in his room.” According to the charge sheet, signed by DSP Sunday Unwanbueze, “the accused, on February 28, at about 6.30a.m, at NW2/403 Okebuyi compound, Idikan, Ibadan, did improperly or indecently interfere with or offer indignity to the dead human body of one Mrs. Bukola Alabede by abandoning her in your room apartment without lawful justification or excuse of deceased relatives and, thereby, committed an offence contrary to and punishable MI/323c/2017.” He pleaded not guilty. Chief Magistrate A. F. Ri-chard, granted him N100,000 bail with two sureties. The court said one of the sureties must be a relative and must be in possession of a National Identity Card. The second surety should be a Level 9 civil servant. At press time, the accused was unable to meet the terms given by the court for his bail and had to be taken into prison custody. The case was then adjourned to April 19 for proper...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigeria Customs Service has handed over the 661 pump action rifles seized on Sunday 22rd January 2017 by the Roving Team of the Federal Operations Unit Zone A Ikeja to the Department of State Security for further investigation. It will be recalled that the rifles were laden in a Mack truck with registration number BDG 265 XG conveying a 1x40ft Container with Number: PONU/825914/3 before it was intercepted along Mile 2 Apapa road, Lagos. The truck was immediately taken to the premises of FOU Zone A, Ikeja where Physical examination revealed 49 boxes containing a total number of 661 pieces of pump action rifles concealed with steal doors and other merchandize goods The interception of these arms is a clear indication of how committed and dedicated the Service is to the economy, security and wellbeing of the Country. The three suspects who were arrested in connection with this illegal importation are: Mr. Oscan Okafor (Importer) age 51 Mr. Mahmud Hassan (Clearing Agent) age 56 Mr. Sadique Mustapha (accompanying the consignment to its destination) age 28. While handing over the 661 pump action rifles and the two suspects (Mr. Oscan Okafor (Importer) and Mr. Mahmud Hassan (Clearing Agent) to the Director-General, Department of State Security, Mr. Lawal Daura represented by the Director, DSS, Lagos State Command, Ms Betty Adoki, Deputy Comptroller General of Customs in charge of Enforcement, Inspection and Investigation, DCG Dan Ugo on behalf of the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), calls on all well meaning Nigerians to support the service with necessary information that could assist the Service perform their...
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