Category: Crime

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a self-acclaimed prophet, Festus James, for allegedly raping a woman with eight months’ pregnancy. The suspect was said to have committed the offence at Agbabu community in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. Parading the suspect at the command headquarters in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, said James had carnal knowledge of the woman under the pretext of performing spiritual deliverance for her. She said, “James from Ibadan in Oyo State…

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At least nine persons were confirmed dead at the Lekki toll plaza on the night soldiers stormed there to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020. This was made known by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters. The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel made this known in its report submitted to the Lagos State Government on Monday. Titled, ‘Report of Lekki Incident Investigation Of 20th October 2020’, the panel said at least 48 protesters were either shot dead, injured…

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Cyril Isong, an information technology expert, has been apprehended by the police for the alleged abduction of a House of Representative member. Isong, who lived in Abuja, reportedly connived with others at large to lure the lawmaker to a short let apartment in Asokoro, Abuja, with a woman and held him hostage afterwards, dispossessing him of $2,000 and N65,000. It was learnt that Isong was tracked down recently in Akwa Ibom by operatives of Force Intelligence Response Team led by DCP Tunji Disu following a petition addressed to the Inspector-General…

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Three medical doctors of the Premier Specialists’ Medical Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos State, have been indicted by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Nigeria for the death of a chef, Peju Ugboma. Peju reportedly died after a botched fibroid surgery at the hospital. The pastry chef was said to have suffered internal bleeding after the surgery, which made her condition deteriorate. She was later admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital, where she was placed on a respirator. Her family accused the hospital of sedating her intravenously,…

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Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been sentenced to a total of 61 years imprisonment by the Federal High Court, Abuja, which will run concurrently for eight years, for defrauding the Federal Government of the sum of N2.1 billion. The sentence, which started counting from October 26, 2019 when the 12-count charge was brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), meant the convict began serving his eight years term from the very date. By implication, the convict has only…

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  Aminu Jangeme, a businessman in Zamfara State, who escaped from kidnappers’ den last year, has been abducted again. Sarki, as he is popularly known, was abducted in his village in 2020 along with six others. While negotiation on payment of ransom was ongoing, he escaped and fled to Gusau town with members of his family. It was learnt that Jangeme returned to the village, not knowing that the bandits had been looking for him. He was reportedly re-abducted on his farm on the Gusau-Dansadau Road last Thursday. His elder…

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The Osun State Government has arrested one Sanjo, 43, for killing his two months old baby. According to the Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Barr. Olubukola Olaboopo in a statement issued by the Ministry’s Information Officer, Bolarinwa Adereti, Sanjo had been killing the children birthed by his wife. The suspect, who lived at Alekunwodo area of the state capital, said he beat the baby to death unintentionally. Sanjo said, “I got married to my wife in 2008 and God blessed us with five children. It was the third…

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A suspected drug dealer, Ikenna Okoli, who is believed to be responsible for the recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London, United Kingdom, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, and other courier companies has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The agency said Okoli had been on bail following his arrest in November 2020 and subsequent arraignment before the Federal High Court in Lagos for attempting to export 15.700 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine to Australia. A statement on Sunday by the…

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18 persons have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun, in a bus conveying weapons in Ondo town. The Amotekun corps said the bus was loaded with 500 pieces of weapons such as guns, knives, carriages and swords. The items were reportedly concealed inside a sack and were being kept under the seat of one of the buses. Parading the suspects on Friday at the headquarters of the command in Akure, the state capital, the state Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said three…

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