Category: Crime

‌ A passenger of a commercial bus, who claimed to be a soldier, has been arrested after beating up a traffic policewoman on duty. The man who posed as a soldier, Yemi Ayeni, aged 32 was dismissed from the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria since year 2002 on mental health grounds after spending four months in training. He was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command at Shibiri bus stop, Ilemba Hausa area, Ajangbadi, in the outskirt of Lagos. Yemi Aiyeni, was apprehended following a viral video of the assault…

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Gunmen attacked Ukuru Village in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger state, leaving 14 people dead while about five others escaped with injuries. The Niger State Police Command confirmed the killings. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Wasiu Abiodun, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), in a statement, said the attack occurred on Wednesday during which the gunmen also rustled cattle. He said the injured were receiving treatment at Mariga General Hospital. It was gathered that the gunmen, riding on motorcycles, began shooting sporadically when they stormed the…

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A motorcylist, named Nwamaka Nwaolie is at present, cooling his feet at the police facility after he was arrested from his hide out. Nwaolie allegedly attacked a 26-year-old woman on her way to church and raped her at Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. According to report, the victim boarded the motorcycle on her way to church on Sunday. Suddenly, Nwaolie changed direction and carried the victim into a bush in Idumuine quarters, Isselu-Uku where he allegedly brutalised and raped the woman. Sources say “The man used a…

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A teenage girl named Barakat Wasiu has been arrested alongside her alleged lovers; 28year-old Eniola Ayodele and Kayode Babashola, aged 31. The lovers were said to have fought over Barakat, and a peacemaker, Muhammed Obadimeji aged 25, was killed in the process, while trying to separate the fight between two men. They all lived at Momodu Street, Orile-Agege axis of Dopemu-Lagos. According to report, one of the rivals named Ayodele, was armed with a sharp object, and allegedly stabbed Obadimeji in the chest in an attempt to stab Babashola. The…

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Prophet Ebenezer Ajigbotoluwa, founder and General Overseer of the Church of the Lord, Olomore, Abeokuta, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating two underage female siblings in his church. The suspect was reported to have procured abortions for the victims (aged 16 and 13) who followed their mother to the church over a spiritual attack. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi noted that the suspect was arrested after…

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Uzor Anthony, a 50-year-old old teacher, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl he was teaching at her parents’ home in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos. Anthony reportedly committed the crime while he was teaching the girl when her parents were not around. It was learnt that the victim narrated what happened to her mother when she returned home and the case was reported at the Tolu Police Station. A police source revealed that the suspect denied having sex with the girl who consistently…

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Bassey Asuquo, a 40-year-old Pharmacist, was found dead in one of the rooms of a brothel along Akesan road, Egan area of Lagos, Friday. The deceased was said to have slumped after having sex with one of the commercial sex workers. Late Bassey as gathered, visited the brothel at about 10pm the previous night, after a drink at the bar session. Policemen from Igando division who were alerted by the management of the brothel, stormed the scene, where a crowd had gathered to have a glimpse of Bassey’s lifeless body. A…

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One Oluwaseun Olabode, who allegedly killed his pregnant wife, Blessing, by hitting her in the abdomen, has been arraigned before an Ondo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure. The defendant was arrested by the police at the Oke Ogba area of Akure. The defendant was arraigned on one count of murder. According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Uloh Goodluck, the offence is punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 36, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State. Uloh said since it was a case of murder, the court…

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