Category: Crime

Bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Thursday attacked the Mbanyiar community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and raped three women including the district head’s wife. According to a native of the community, who simply identified himself as Terka, the suspected herdsmen headed straight to the residence of the community head and attacked the household. The herdsmen allegedly raped the traditional ruler’s wife and two of his in-laws and destroyed crops stored in the barn. Confirming the attack on his community, the…

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Mr. and Mrs Oladeji and Omotayo Henry, were on Wednesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for an alleged N555.82m fraud. The couple were arraigned alongside their company, Built Global Concepts, on seven counts bordering on conspiracy and stealing. The EFCC alleged that the couple, sometime in 2018, converted the sum of N410.17m belonging to Smart Investors’ Club to their personal use. The anti-graft agency also alleged that sometime in 2018, the couple and their company converted the sum…

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Haruna Bala, a 56-year-old man, has been arraigned before the Upper Sharia Court sitting in Tsafe, Zamfara State for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl. The police prosecutor, Babangida Shehu, told the court that the mother of the victim reported the case to the Tsafe Divisional Police Station, which led to the arrest of the accused person. Babangida said the offence was contrary to Section 131 of the Sharia Penal Code, adding that there were witnesses, who would testify in court. The accused person pleaded guilty to the offence and begged…

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Ejike Okata, the suspected killer of his neighbour, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command at a motor park in Ijebu-Ode. Okata, 27, who hails from Onueke in the Eza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was arrested 48 hours after he allegedly killed his 50-year-old neighbour, Adeyiba Oladipo, in the Ayegbami area of Ijebu-Ode over a dispute. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested on Sunday at the…

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Adegboye Olatunji, the President of the Students Union Government of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, has been arrested for alleged cult activities. A clip of the arrest, which trended on the social media, showed Olatunji and one Olanrewaju Taiwo being taken away by vigilantes and the police. A group of residents, who hailed the arrests in the video, urged security agencies to quiz the student leader for the identities of other members of the cult. “He has his ID card on him. If they interrogate him well, he will…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on February 5, 2020 secured the final forfeiture of a building belonging to Adebayo Sanni, immediate past Executive Director of Harmony Holdings Limited of Kwara State Government. Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin granted the application filed by the counsel to the EFCC, Sesan Ola after the respondent failed to show up in Court to challenge the legality of the proceedings. Ola, while moving the application, told the Presiding Judge that: “My lord, we…

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It was a sorrowful sight at Seaside Estate in Badore, Ajah area of Lagos State, when a lady at her prime lost her life to bullets from the gun of an unknown soldier recruited by her sister to allegedly beat up a neighbour According to eyewitnesses, a heated argument had ensued after the deceased and her sister simply identified as Kamsi were confronted by their neighbour, a young man, for reportedly trying to move out of the apartment they rented without settling their pending bills. It was gathered that Kamsi…

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For 25-year-old Olamide Babayemi, a cobbler, he may have courted trouble beyond his imagination. He is now a guest of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, undergoing further investigation and prosecution, as ordered by the state Commissioner of police, Kenneth Ebrimson. Babayemi was arrested for raping a 22-year-old Microbiology graduate and sharing the victim’s nude video with his friends. According to reports given by the state Police PRO, Babayemi was alleged to have invited the victim, whom he claimed was his girlfriend, to come and collect the phone she…

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An FCT High Court in Maitama has convicted and sentenced the Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, to jail for contempt of court. Justice Jude Okeke, who gave the order on Thursday, said it would serve as deterrent to others who abuse office and disobey court orders with disdain, describing the act of the NCAC DG as highly contemptuous. The judge ordered that Runsewe should be kept in the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kuje “until he purges himself contempt.” The judge…

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