Category: Crime

Immediate past Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Winifred Oyo-Ita, yesterday(Monday) got a NI00 million bail in the N570 million fraud suit initiated against her and eight others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were arraigned before Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo. Oyo-Ita and the other eight defendants are standing trial for an 18-count charge bordering on fraud and money laundering. They are being prosecuted for N570 million allegedly revolving around corruption, fraud, estacodes and duty travel allowances (DTAs)…

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Police in Jos have arrested a 20-year-old man, Mr Isaac Boniface, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in the Dahwol community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The suspect, who claimed to be working with a mattress manufacturing firm, was among the over 22 suspected criminals paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Isaac Akinmoyede, for various offences at the command’s headquarters in Jos on Wednesday. Boniface, who confessed to defiling the victim, said that he committed the act because the little girl was his friend. He…

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The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has arrested thirteen Nigerians, over alleged $30 million money laundering scheme. Disclosing this in a statement, the US department of justice said federal agents arrested 24 suspects for their involvement in the large-scale fraud which targeted citizens, corporations, and financial institutions throughout the country. Those arrested and charged to a federal court in Atlanta include: Blessing Oluwatimilehin Ojo Afeez Olaide Adeniran Matthan Bolaji Ibidapo Obinna Nwosu Benjamin Ibukunoluwa Oye Christopher Akinwande Awonuga Ahamefule Aso Odus Paul Chinonso Anyanwu Chineda Obilom Nwakadu Chukwukadibia…

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Nwafor Jacob, an 18-year-old boy, was on Friday remanded in a correctional centre by an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court  in Abakaliki for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old minor. The suspect, who was alleged to have serially engaged in the act for one week, was also alleged to have had the carnal knowledge of four other minors. It was gathered that three out of the five victims were siblings and the accused defiled them between January 19 and January 25, 2020. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Sebastine Alumona, told the court that Jacob…

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A fake naval officer, Azeez Ali, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly mutilating the private parts of a 42-year-old man, Sunday Amoo. It was gathered that Ali, during an argument, used a military Jack knife to mutilate Amoo’s private parts, which resulted in multiple deep cuts. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said Ali, who impersonated a naval officer, was arrested around Berger bus stop in the Bariga area of Lagos. He said, “On March 14,…

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Uber passenger, Princewill David, who jumped into the lagoon, did so in order to escape justice after allegedly killing his girlfriend, the Lagos State Police Command has revealed. David, a resident of Tajudeen Balogun Street, Igando, Lagos, had boarded an Uber from his residence to the Lekki area of the state on February 27, 2020. On getting to the Third Mainland Bridge around 12am, David reportedly asked the driver to stop to allow him to urinate, but the driver, who had learnt about the same tactics allegedly used by one…

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The Ekiti state Teaching Service Commission commission has announced the dismissal of a secondary school teacher, Mr Gbenga Owoosi, for allegedly impregnating a 17-year-old pupil. Chairman of the commission, Mr. Babatunde Abegunde, said TESCOM, on getting a hint about the development, carried out a thorough investigation and followed the due process before arriving at the decision to dismiss the teacher. The TESCOM boss, who said the dismissal would serve as a deterrent to others, who might want to indulge in such a “depraved and unethical” act, praised the state government…

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Babatunde Keshinro, a banker with the Polaris Bank, was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly forging a customer’s cheque and stealing the sum of N22.3m. Keshinro was arraigned before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on nine counts bordering on stealing, forgery and fraudulent accounting. It was learnt that Keshinro allegedly forged a Polaris Bank cheque No. 47423262 dated August 16, 2018, in the sum of N340,000 purportedly signed by one Alhaji Kola Oseni. Keshinro, according to the prosecutor, Bilkisu Buhari, was the…

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Former deputy chief registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio, who is also a chief magistrate in the state, has been caught by the same law she represents. Adio was found guilty on a one-count charge of stealing in a case preferred against her by the Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday. The convict was accused of stealing a sum of N22, 375,913 from Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, an offence that runs contrary to Section 390(11) of Criminal Code, Cap.38, Law of…

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