Category: Crime

57-year-old Joseph Akporugo, and his wife Janet have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for maltreating their 7-year-old grand daughter who is an orphan. The girl, accused of killing her father through witchcraft, has told policemen that her grandparents would light rubber materials and use same to burn different parts of her body. On Tuesday, she summoned the courage, walked up to a policeman who lives on the same street with her in Awa-Ijebu area of Ogun State, and narrated how she was being maltreated and abused. Preliminary…

Read More

A pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church, Ogo-Oluwa parish, Oluwafemi Oyebola, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping, impregnating and procuring abortion for his daughter three times. The 44 year-old cleric had been living with his daughter since his wife, the victim’s mother, died a few years ago. He was arrested following a complaint by his daughter at the Owode-Egbado Divisional Police Headquarters. According to the police, the victim reported that her father had been forcefully having carnal knowledge of her since 2015 when she…

Read More

A couple, Mr Jude Ozougwu and his wife Ifeoma, have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command on Saturday for alleged torture and drilling of nails into the head of a 10-year-old maid. It was said that the girl had been rescued. The spokesman for the police in the state, ASP Daniel Ezea, said in a statement that the victim, Nneoma Nnadi, was maltreated by her aunt whom she lived with. She allegedly used different objects such as hot pressing iron, iron rods and nails to inflict injuries on…

Read More

Emmanuel Mekuri, an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, has allegedly commit suicide after stabbing his live-in lover, Patricia Ogunshola, during an argument at their place of residence in Araromi, Morogbo area of the state. It was gathered that an argument on infidelity ensued between them, which degenerated into a physical combat. Out of annoyance, Emmanuel allegedly got hold of a knife and used it to stab Patricia in her right thigh and when the attack became unbearable, she reportedly fled the house. Thereafter, Emmanuel allegedly stabbed himself…

Read More

A Lagos-based cosmetic surgeon, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju, whose services allegedly resulted in the death of one Mrs Nneka Onwuzuligbo, was on Friday arraigned by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. Adepoju, alongside her hospital, Med Contour Services Limited, was arraigned for allegedly obstructing an investigation by the FCCPC into the case. In the five counts pressed against her before Justice Mohammed Liman, the FCCPC accused the cosmetic surgeon of shunning summons by the agency to appear and produce certain documents. In a six-paragraph affidavit of completion of investigation attached…

Read More

Niyi Omowodun, a 54-year-old pastor, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for defiling a 12-year-old girl in an uncompleted building. The suspect, who is a pastor at Helmet of Life International Church, reportedly committed the offence at Ejigun Agbede Itele Ota, in the Ado-odo Local Government Area of the state He was said to have dragged the 12-year-girl, who was sent on an errand, to an uncompleted building in the area and had unlawful carnal knowledge of her. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola…

Read More

Two kidnap suspects, Gwar Henry and one Bello were part of a crime syndicate terrorizing the North Central axis of the country. The two suspects were arrested by the Intelligence Response Team. They allegedly killed three of their victims after collecting N7.5m ransom from their family members. The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in Abuja while parading 26 suspects arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and other sundry offences. According to Mba, the kidnap syndicate abducted one Dr Audu Benedict, his son and…

Read More