Crime Archives

Suspected “Yahoo boy” caught with girlfriend’s corpse

Jan 17, 2021 topnews

‌ Delta State Police Command arrested a suspected Internet fraudster popularly known as ‘yahoo boy’ with the corpse of his girlfriend an attempt to dump the body of the lady, Blessing Akpovwovwo in a bush. The suspect, said to be a resident of Urhuoka, Abraka in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, is in police net. Sources said the suspect, whose identity has yet to be ascertained was nabbed by a passerby on Thursday evening, as he (the suspect) was attempting to dispose of the lifeless body…

Ibadan residents protest as Amotekun operative kills 23-year-old man

Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2021 topnews

Protest in Mokola area in Ibadan, Oyo State halted activities for hours in the State capital, as some residents staged a peaceful protest against an operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun who killed a 23-year-old man, Tosin Thomas. It was gathered that, Thomas had engaged the Amotekun operative in a hot argument and in anger, the local security guard pulled the trigger and shot Tosin. Some residents who tried to prevail on the operative were also threatened. Thomas was pronounced dead at the University College Hospital (UCH),…

Suspect confessed how 5 year-old girl’s private part was cut for money ritual

Jan 13, 2021 topnews

A suspected ritualist in Bauchi State, 19 year-old Adamu AbdulRauf has said his gang removed the sex organ of a five-year-old girl under the instruction of a herbalist, who asked them to produce body parts as ingredients for money ritual. The incident reportedly happened in Jama’are Local Council on December 30, 2020. One of the suspects arrested by the Police, said he conspired with one Abdulkadir Haladu of Chikamidari to perpetrate the crime. He said: “My friend, Haladu, and I took the victim to an uncompleted building, where her private…

Oyo officials in court for allegedly stealing, selling COVID-19 palliatives

Jan 6, 2021 topnews

A Protocol Officer in charge of palliatives, Sunday Akinleye aged 43 and a driver named Adebiyi Azeez, 50; both officials of Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Oyo State government have been arraigned before an Iwo-Road Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, for allegedly stealing and selling 40 bags of sugar from the state’s COVID-19 palliatives. It was gathered that, the defendants were charged alongside a trader, one Kafayat Babalola, for allegedly receiving and buying the stolen items. The defendants are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, and receiving…

Greed, jealousy made me kill my stepson, housewife confesses

Jan 6, 2021 topnews

“Greed and jealousy made me to kill the son of my husband’s second wife. She had a male child and I was not happy that our husband was showing her more care,” these were the confession statement of a 24-year-old housewife, Mariam Musa. Mariam, a tailor and resident of Ede, Osun State was paraded by the new Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, in Osogbo. The suspect said the three-year-old boy, Rokeeb, left his mother and came to her room on the day she committed the act. She confessed…

NNPC staff disarms kidnappers, hands them over to police

Dec 27, 2020 topnews

It was a lucky day for Barrister Tamuno Igbikiberebima, a staff of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC as he foiled the plans of two criminals that attempted to kidnap him. He has since handed them over to the police. Igbikiberebima narrated how he narrowly escaped and took control of the situation. He said: “On 17th December, I was in front of my gate at Rumuigbo, making a phone call when all of a sudden, I saw a black Camry car with two occupants. “One was driving and the other one…

Enugu traditional ruler shot dead on Boxing day… mob razes houses, cars

Dec 27, 2020Dec 28, 2020 topnews

On Saturday, Boxing Day (December 26th), gunmen invaded Oruku community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, and snuffed life out of its paramount ruler, Igwe Emmanuel Mba. It was gathered that, the alleged criminals invaded the community and moved to where the royal father was presiding over a meeting. The royal father was said to have been shot dead by the armed men who claimed to be policemen from Force Headquarters, Abuja. The ‘policemen’ led by one Inspector Danladi, also took away one Mr. Agozie Ani from…

Police arrest five ritualists for slaughtering, cutting a housewife’s body to pieces

Dec 24, 2020 topnews

A 45-year-old housewife, Memunat Akinde, and a motorcyclist, Ibikunle Ajose that were declared missing on October 1, 2020 have been confirmed dead and their body parts dismembered by some suspected ritualists. Following investigation, men of the Ogun State Police Command arrested five suspects, including an herbalist, for the crime. According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, he disclosed that the police in the state unravelled the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of Akinde and Ajose following the arrest of the suspects. The PPRO added…

US$140,000: Atiku’s Son In-law freed by court from money laundering case

Dec 22, 2020 topnews

Abdullahi Babalele, the son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has been cleared by a Federal High Court in Lagos a two-count allegation of alleged money laundering of $140,000. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke threw out the charge and discharged the defendant on the grounds that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had chosen a wrong venue. The court held that the charge against the defendant ought not to have been filed in Lagos when the alleged offence was said to have been committed in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Justice…

Deeper Life pastor bags 7-year jail term for N1m fraud

Dec 19, 2020 topnews

Pastor Odenigbo Theophilus of Deeper Life Bible Church in Abolongo, Oyo town has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan for defrauding a retiree, Mr Ojo Gbadebo, of N1m under false pretence. Justice Muniru Owolabi found the defendant guilty in a two-hour judgment he delivered. He said the convict betrayed the trust reposed in him by the retiree being a pastor of a well known church. Justice Owolab said the prosecutor had proved the charge of advance fee fraud against the convict beyond…