Category: Crime

A 48-year-old suspect, Mr. Charles Ekwe has been arrested and kept at the gender-based unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Lagos State Command. Ekwe was said to have been having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl who is a nice to his wife. According to the teenage girl, her aunt’s husband, whom she calls ‘Daddy’, would play sex videos for her to watch then sleep with her. She said he had been abusing her sexually in his shop and at their apartment on Surulere Street, Ojo…

Olayiwola Felix, a police officer with the Osun State Police Command has been dismissed, for allegedly stealing the belonging of an applicant during a recruitment exercise into the force recently. Felix, aged 24, was said to have stolen a bag of the applicant, Ajibola Bolaji, containing one Techno Camon 12 mobile phone valued at N58,000 and cash sum of N25,000, with total value at N88,000. It was gathered that Felix committed the offence in the night during the police recruitment at the police headquarters in Osogbo on August, 24. The…

A pregnant woman, Jumoke Akanbieme and two men have been arrested in Benin, Edo State, for alleged armed robbery. The gang’s mode of operation involved the woman who pretends to be in labour pains along the road, while her accomplices would pounce on any would-be helper and rob them. The two arrested alongside Jumoke Akanbieme were identified as Osagiede Izevbokun and Godfrey Okonide. The operation that led to their arrest was said to have taken place on the Murtala Mohammed Way, where they robbed the owner of a Toyota car,…

A legislative assistant, Kabir Muhammed Lawal has been nabbed for breaking into the office of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon.Kabiru Idris from Kano State. Sadly, Lawal who was nabbed, is a staff of Hon. Mustafa Saidu from Adamawa State. Lawal, who was apprehended with the aid of a closed-circuit television camera, he hails from Offa, Kwara State. Report has it that it was a CCTV footage that showed Lawal allegedly opening a shelf in the office. Authorities of the National Assembly had also interrogated him on Friday.…

Sanusi Abdullahi Labaran, a suspect who was arrested Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Area Command in Kano State while attempting to smuggle 5,342 Automated Teller Machine Cards (ATM) out of the country, has been handed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation. The NCS Area Comptroller, Kano and Jigawa State Command, Nasiru Ahmed, who handed over the suspect to the EFCC in Kano, disclosed that the suspect was apprehended at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport by Customs officers as he attempted to board an Ethiopian Airline…

A 39 year-old man, Mr. Ezekiel Udoh has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prison for forcefully having carnal knowledge, and impregnating a 12 year old girl(names withheld). The suspect who lives around Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State, and was walking freely due to the helpless situation of the girl’s guardian in their quest for justice soon had his freedom cut short. It was gathered that, a non-profit organization, Inclusive Social Welfare and Empowerment Foundation was contacted, and the NGO immediately stepped into the issue with the quick intervention of…

The Catholic priest in charge of Augustine’s Parish, Demekpe Makurdi, Benue State, Rev. Fr. Solomon Ukeyima will not forget in a hurry, the event that took place at his residence at about 2a.m on Monday, October 5 when armed robbers paid him a visit. It was gathered that, the robbers invaded his residence after shooting in the air to scare neighbours as they scaled the perimeter fence leading into the residence. On gaining entrance into the priest’s 2-bedroom apartment, the robbers raided the house and made away with thanksgiving offerings…