Category: Crime

Jerry Ogbonna, a retired Naval Captain, has been jailed by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, for stealing and obtaining N45m by false pretences. Ogbonna, alongside his company, Obyke System Consult Limited, obtained the N45m from Diamond Bank Plc by falsely presenting to the bank that the said money represented the mobilisation fee from the Department of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. A statement on Thursday by the spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said…

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The widower of the late former minister of Information and director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili, Dr Chike Akunyili, was on Tuesday murdered by suspected hoodlums. Dr Akunyili was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening alongside seven others at Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. A bystander close to where the incident happened, said, “The killers attacked him (Akunyili) when they spotted a policeman in his car. Maybe they felt threatened when they sighted his…

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Armed robbers numbering about 20 on Tuesday attacked Iragbiji Divisional Police Headquarters and a branch of Wema Bank in the town. The incident led to the death of two policemen. A top security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a combined team of police operatives, Amotekun Corps and local hunters that went on the trail of the perpetrators, forced them to disembark from their vehicles as they ran into the bush at Ada town. “But the inability to agree on the tactics to be adopted jeopardised the chances…

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Ekiti State Police have arrested a teenager, Olanrewaju Seun, for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl in the Iyana Emirin area, Poly Road, Ado Ekiti. The state Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, who was represented by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, during a press briefing on Tuesday, said the 18-year-old was arrested on September 21. He said, “Investigation revealed that the suspect lured the victim into his room where he had carnal knowledge of her. “Further investigation revealed that when the grandmother of the victim heard about the incident,…

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The family of Rita Amenze, the woman reportedly killed by her Italian husband, has appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Italian Government to ensure that justice was served in the case. Members of the family made the call on Tuesday in Benin when a delegation of the Edo National Association in Italy (ENAI) and the National Union of Nigerian Associations in Italy (NUNAI) paid them a condolence visit. The delegation led by Mr Mike Oputteh, the Welfare Officer of NUNAI, arrived the family house to meet the…

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Detectives from the Kwara State Police Command have arrested a man, Alade James, for allegedly killing and burying a nine-year-old girl, Faith Samuel. The police said James buried the victim in Offa in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State with the aim of using her for a money ritual. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement on Sunday, said operatives, who exhumed the corpse, discovered that it was buried with a N1,000 note. “Around 6.12pm of Saturday, September 25, 2021, acting on actionable intelligence,…

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Hilltop International Premium Hotel at Tunga-Maje in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was on Tuesday attacked by armed men. They were said to have engaged policemen at the hotel in a gun battle and killed one of the cops. It was gathered that three persons, who lodged in the hotel, were injured, while one of them was hit by a stray bullet. A source said the armed men shot at the hotel doors to gain access. The source said, “They came around 11pm; they were many.…

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Three men have been arrested by the Amotekun corps in Oyo State for allegedly kidnapping and beheading a 73-year-old man, Adebisi Adeniyi. The suspects — Muraina Ismail, Olalekan Muhideen and Abdurasheed Olanrewaju — confessed that the victim was kidnapped on Amuloko-Akanran Road on Sunday. Ismail explained that he had been given N35,000 to get a human head, which Olanrewaju needed to prepare a ritual for money. The suspect said when he and his colleagues could not get the head, Muhideen brought the victim, whom they slaughtered and beheaded. He said…

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Five persons suspected to be supplying bandits with petroleum products, have been arrested by the Katsina State Police command. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, in Katsina. “On Sept 18, 2021, based on credible intelligence, the command succeeded in arresting a 32-year-old man from Maradi, Niger Republic, conveying fuel in a Passat vehicle. “Another 28-year-old man, a resident of Magamar Jibia, was also arrested conveying fuel in his Passat vehicle. “The command was also able to arrest a 50-year-old…

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 38-year-old pregnant woman, Kate Ngozi Nwuju on Tuesday 14th September at her residence in Rumueme, Mile 4 area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State with 4.5kilogrammes of cannabis following intelligence that she sells drugs. Her arrest followed nationwide offensive action against drug traffickers in the past week, leading to seizure of hundreds of kilogrammes of illicit substances at airports, courier firms, hideouts and destroying hectares of cannabis farms in the remote forests. According to a statement by the Director,…

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