Category: Crime

‌ The end of an alleged serial killer and drug addict, Feyisola Dosumu came to a sudden end after a rigorous manhunt. Narrating how the suspect was trapped and shot, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Edward Ajogun, on Tuesday disclosed that he and his men employed technology to smoke out alleged serial killer and drug addict, Feyisola Dosumu, from a dungeon before they shot him dead. Ajogun said the command employed technology to fish out the suspect when it became difficult to apprehend him where he hid in…

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A lady, Mary Idris, 20 and her loverboy, Victor Olawusi, 18 have been sentenced to two weeks community service by a chief magistrate court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State for faking kidnap. The chief magistrate, Adefunke Anoma, sentencing Olawusi and Idris on Monday, directed the Ekiti State judiciary’s chief security officer to supervise them during the service. Anoma also recommended counseling exercise for two weeks for the two convicts, to be supervised by the court’s Registrar. The police prosecutor, Monica Ikebulo, told the court that on August 9, 2020,…

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Suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe based in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Sunday Shodipe, has been re-arrested by members of the Nigerian Police, after he escaped from custody. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, commended the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, and his team for re-arresting the suspect. The IG also warned the state police command against complacency in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The statement read partly, “The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Police Command, has re-arrested the notorious…

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‌ Franca Udokwu, a 30-year-old woman from Ogidi, in the Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State has been arrested by the police on Saturday for allegedly throwing her newborn baby boy into the toilet. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she had been complaining to some people that she did not like the sex of her baby. “I learnt she went for a scan some weeks ago and was told that her baby was a boy; whereas, she was expecting a baby girl. “Those close to…

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‌ Gbenga Taiwo, a 40-year-old man, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling his daughter. Taiwo, a widower, and his 15-year-old daughter live together in a rented apartment at Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the father had been constantly molesting the girl since she was 13 by dipping his fingers into her private parts. Folake, having got tired of the molestation, was said to have reported his father to their landlord who warned Taiwo to desist from the act. He allegedly persisted which prompted…

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It was a black Friday at the Ikolaba Police Station in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, August 21, 2020 as unknown gunmen attacked the station, leaving a police corporal on duty dead. It was gathered that the gunmen shot sporadically into the station as they came into the premises. The reason for the attack could, however, not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Olugbenga Fadeyi also confirmed the incident. He said an investigation was ongoing to determine…

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John Otema, a 34 year-old Quantity Surveyor and alumnus of the University of Lagos has been sentenced by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, headed by Justice Abiola Soladoye to 50-years imprisonment. Otema was been convicted and sentenced for raping a 19-year-old student (name withheld and identified as Student X) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Justice Soladoye, handed down the judgement yesterday after finding the convict guilty of a two-count charge of rape and assault, causing harm to the 19-year-old victim. The judge, however, did not find…

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Police sergeant attached to Special Protective Unit, SPU Base 5, Benin-City, Edo State, is on the run, and has abandoned his AK 47 rifle with serial number B11343170 and 30 rounds of ammunition after allegedly extorting the sum of N1.8million from a teenager whom he accused of being an internet fraudster. The police sergeant identified as Nelson Onyenibe with force number 456246 in company of other members of his team while operating in an unmarked Toyota Camry car, had last week (Tuesday), stopped the teenager identified as Precious Idisi during…

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‌ Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Isa Mai-Buba, the District Head of Jajere in Fune Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement released in Damaturu on Sunday. He said Mai-Buba was abducted at his residence in Jajere on Saturday, August 15. “At about 22:05 hours on Saturday, gunmen attacked the house of the district head with heavy fire arms and disappeared with him into the thin air. “Search parties were later on deployed, but up until…

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