Category: Crime

Bridget Esene, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Edo State Command, has said that she was meant to be killed but her abductors sold her to suspected Fulani herdsmen. Esene, who was released by her abductors on Tuesday, said she suffered at the hands of the kidnappers. She said, “The armed men numbering five trailed me to my church at Ikhueniro near Benin City where I was kidnapped. “I was forced into their car and driven out of the church premises by my abductors who later sold…

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Police in Ugbuwangwe area of Warri South local government area, Delta State, have arrested a lady who allegedly killed the father of her children. The lady according to community sources allegedly used the heel of her shoe to hit the man yesterday afternoon, accusing him of womanising. The man who was simply identified as Sylvester allegedly slumped and died on the spot. The state Police Public relations officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya said the lady has been arrested for two reasons. “We arrested her to keep her in protective custody. And…

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David Friday, a newly recruited policeman, has been arrested for alleged involvement in armed robbery. Friday, who was attached to Olofin Police Station in Idanre in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state, was arrested with a soldier attached to the 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Owena Cantonment, Innocent Victor. Both suspects allegedly robbed some persons in Akure. Parading the suspects on Thursday, the state Police Commissioner, Bolaji Salami, said David had earlier stolen an exhibit motorcycle at his duty post before he was caught for another robbery. The…

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A pastor, John Abiodun, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday for false allegation against a church founder. Abiodun was arrested in 2019 for lying against the founder of Promiseland Prophetic Ministry, Akure, Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi, that seven placentas were planted on the church’s altar. The church is located in the Shasha area of Akure. The convict, who was a former member of the church, swore an affidavit before the commissioner for oaths on the matter.…

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A young woman, Maryam Mohammed, aged 23 has been arrested by members of the Nigerian Police Force in Kano for allegedly kidnapping her ex-boyfriend who refused to marry her after dating her for years. Maryam, popularly called Hajiya, was arrested by the police at Jaba quarters, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State while negotiating a ransom with the family of one of their captives last Tuesday, January 12. According to Maryam, she was introduced to kidnapping by her uncle, one Hamza Dogo of Butsa village, Gusau local government of…

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The Vice Principal of Community Secondary School Kadandani in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State, Mr. Ibrahim Sale, has admitted in a statement before police that he had sexual relationship with his 12-year-old student. Ibrahim, 38 said: “My name is Ibrahim Sale. I am the vice principal of community secondary school Kadandani in Rimi Local Government and I have three wives. I raped my 12-year-old student and she got pregnant. “I do pay her N200, N300 and sometimes N500 before she agreed to have sexual intercourse with me. She…

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Two suitcases of substance believed to be cocaine has been seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The narcotic, weighing 21.9 kilogrammes, was the largest single seizure made by the Airport Command of the NDLEA. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Jonah Achema. Achema, a Deputy Commander of Narcotics, said the two unaccompanied and unclaimed suitcases were discovered after the arrival of Ethiopian Airline ET 910 in Abuja from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…

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An ex-employee of a second generation bank, thirty-eight-year old Moses Keffi, who was arrested last Thursday on the Osu/Ile-Ife Expressway for armed robbery, has said he was invited by a friend, simply identified as ‘Ibadan’, to Osun  State to buy a car. Keffi was arrested by the police alongside Odeyemi Oluwafemi and Isah Lawal for hijacking at gunpoint two trucks, one of which was loaded with toiletries on January 14, 2021 around 4am. Keffi, who was paraded along with two other suspects by the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr…

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