by Admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 57-year-old grandmother and textile merchant at Balogun market in Lagos has been caught at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, in connection with cocaine smuggling to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said. Odeyemi Omolara claimed to be going on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia when she was arrested, according to the agency. Ahmadu Garba, NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, explained that the two parcels of white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine were carefully concealed inside her luggage. “A female passenger, Odeyemi Omolara Morayo with a valid Egypt air ticket from Lagos to Saudi Arabia had been arrested with 1.595kg of cocaine,” Mr. Garba said. “The cocaine which was concealed in a false bottom of her bag was discovered during routine check on passengers at the departure hall. We had to cut the bag open to recover the cocaine because of the way it was neatly concealed. She was immediately arrested and the case is currently under investigation.” In her statement, the suspect who hails from Ogun State said her friend and customer was the one that introduced her into drug trafficking. “I have two children and my daughter is married with children,” she said. “Recently, I told my friend that I loved to go on pilgrimage this year and she promised to sponsor my trip. That was how she collected my international passport, processed my travel documents and bought return ticket on Egypt airline. The only favour she requested from me was that I should take a bag to Saudi. “She also told me that somebody will collect...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A suspected fraudster identified as Eze Udo has been arrested by police personnel for allegedly withdrawing the sum of N1,049,545 (one million, forty-nine thousand, and five hundred and forty-five naira) from his victim’s account. A police source, in the Umuahia Central Police Station, Abia State, hinted that the manhunt for the suspect started following a complaint by the victim, Mr. Oka Monday, whom the suspect stole his ATM card and withdrew the money from his account. According to the source, the victim who hails from Amachara Umuopara, a satellite town near the capital city, Umuahia, was making attempts to withdraw some money from an Automated Teller Machine attached to a commercial bank in Umuahia, when the suspect offered to assist him due network failure. It was learnt that after attempts to withdraw the money failed, the suspect having memorised the victim’s secret pin number, advised him to follow him (the suspect) to a nearby bank where the transaction might be easier. It was gathered that the victim, in the complaint made to the police, stated that to his amazement, the suspect suddenly absconded with his ATM card on their way to the second bank and thereafter he got a text messages indicating that money had been withdrawn from his account. The police source added that security operatives started the search for the suspect following intelligence gathered, which paid off when the suspect was arrested. During a search in the man’s house, 13 ATM cards belonging to different victims were recovered. The state Commissioner of Police, Adeleye Oyebade confirmed the arrest of the suspect, adding that he has...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The jealous air force officer, Lieutenant Kalu, who shot dead his girlfriend has been arrested and his currently in custody. Lieutenant Kalu allegedly shot his girlfriend/colleague, Oladipupo Solape, to death on Sunday, March 12, in Markurdi Benue state. The public relation officer at the Benue Air Force base, Emmanuel Iheoma, while confirming the incident, disclosed that the case is under investigation. Iheoma revealed that Kalu’s blood sample has been taken in for investigation. He added that the accused has been taken into custody of the Air Police. According to witnesses, Kalu killed his girlfriend after he accused her of cheating. It was later gathered that Kalu left a note with the assumption that he was going to kill himself after he kills Solape. Read the note reads “It’s a privilege for me writing this note because it would be read by most of men. It’s a love story of a guy falling in love with a wrong witch who pretended to be good in my eyes and in the eyes of my loving mother. Am a simple guy who never partake in name various (nefarious) activities. Most individuals say I have a future here it is. Am a guy who pull two rounds in a witch and one round to my f*cking body.” “For it is said he who kill by the sword shall die by it. Most idiot would insult me, yes! If I were to be in there shoes I would do the same likewise if they were to be in my shoe, they would even pull more than three rounds on the witch. “Call...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Niger’s appeals court has sentenced an exiled former presidential candidate to one year in prison for child trafficking, the final ruling in a long-running case that his lawyers have dismissed as politically motivated. Hama Amadou, the main challenger to President Mahamadou Issoufou in the 2016 presidential election, has been living in France since last year when he left Niger for health reasons just days before a run-off. He has repeatedly denied charges that he and his wife were part of a plot, including several others, to falsely claim the parenthood of around 30 children from neighbouring Nigeria who were to be sold on to wealthy couples in Niger. The verdict was read in the absence of Amadou’s lawyers, who had boycotted the trial in protest. The case was initially dropped by a Niger court in 2015, but was reinstated by the appeals court later in the year. Issoufou took power in April 2011, and has worked closely with Western nations to boost security in the vast, arid Sahel region where Islamist militants are intensifying their...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A medical doctor, Emmanuel Ogah, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his mother to death. The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who on Saturday confirmed the incident and arrest to PREMIUM TIMES, said the suspect claimed that he killed his mother because she was fond of scolding him publicly. Mr. Oyeyemi said the suspect committed the offence at 16 Ololade Street, Lafenwa, Itele Ota town of the State. He said the man was arrested after the accused person’s elder brother complained to the police. “The Ogun State Police Command has on the 9th Of March arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Ogah for stabbing his biological mother to death. His was arrested following a complaints from one Cletus Ogah who reported at Itele Ota Divisional headquarters that his younger brother has stabbed his mother one Janet Ogah to death,” Mr. Oyeyemi said. Mr. Oyeyemi said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect who had just completed his NYSC program, came back home three days earlier and had being having quarrel with his mother. “In his statement, the suspect claimed that his mother was in the habit of insulting and disgracing him in the presence of her apprentices and that he was frustrated into taking the life of his mother,” the police spokesman said. The body of the 62-year-old deceased was deposited at the General Hospital Morgue for autopsy, police...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A bar attendant with Kingsbar, Precious Victor, yesterday gave a startling account of how he invited two of his friends to murder his boss, in his apartment in Anifowose area of Ikeja, Lagos, last Friday , over N63,000 The suspect, an Ordinary National Diploma holder from the Moshood Abiola University, Ogun state, was paraded alongside an alleged accomplice, Ahmed Abubakar, with a second accomplice identified simply as Kelechi, still on the run. Speaking with journalists, Victor, revealed that the initial plan was not to kill his boss but to threaten him with a knife in order to get N63,000 from him. He said “I needed N63, 000 for some personal need. So I invited my friend, Kelechi, to act as a robber by threatening my boss with a knife in his apartment. On the fateful day, I went with him but stayed by the door. Then all of a sudden, I heard the sound of a bottle being smashed on somebody inside. I went inside at that moment to find out what was happening and discovered that it was Kelechi who smashed a bottle on my boss’s head when he refused to part with some money. When my boss saw me, he called my name and asked if I wanted to kill him. He held me and bit me on stomach. I called on Kelechi to rescue me. Kelechi tried to drag me out of the room, but my boss bit harder, clinching his teeth to my flesh. It was at that point that Kelechi stabbed my boss twice on his stomach, thereby forcing him to release...
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