Category: Crime

A three-year-old boy, who was abducted and sold for N300,000 by one Bose Isaac to a woman in Ogun State, has been rescued by the Niger State Police Command. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, confirmed this in Minna on Thursday. It was gathered that a team of policemen attached to the Kagara Division were dispatched to Ogun State to arrest the suspected buyer. It was further gathered that the suspect escaped from her residence on hearing that the police were on her trail. Abubakar said investigation led the…

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Members of a kidnap ring arrested in connection with the abduction of three Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, students have said they bought the military uniform used during the operation for N15,000 from Second-hand clothes traders, popularly known as Okrika sellers. The men, who were among the 58 suspects paraded by the police in Abuja on Wednesday, said they were also responsible for the abduction of a House of Representatives member from Sokoto State. They also admitted that they were paid N5.5m for the release of the students who were abducted while travelling…

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A 24-year-old man has been arrested by police in Ekiti for allegedly killing his own brother. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Amba Asuquo, who announced this in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, said that the suspect also stole a motorcycle belonging to his victim. Asuquo spoke while parading the alleged killer and 24 other suspects for various criminal offences at the police headquarters. The commissioner alleged that the suspect, who hailed from Jege in Kogi, killed his brother with a knife and a long screw driver on Aug. 29. He…

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A prophet, Michael Mbonu, has been arrested by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command for allegedly killing Princewill Ezeji. The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, said apart from the prophet, four other suspects were arrested by the SARS for murdering the graduate of philosophy. He disclosed that the arrest of the suspect was as a result of digital analysis led by the SARS commander, Godfrey Victor. He said the deceased had  gone missing after buying a vehicle. He said SARS officers led by…

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A 44-year-old driver, Oluwamuyiwa Adeoya, was yesterday arraigned by the police in a Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly faking his own kidnap and deceiving his friend into paying N350,000 as ransom. Adeoya, who resides in Karamajiji Area, Abuja, is charged with two counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating. The prosecution counsel, Ijeoma Ukagha, told the court that the complainant, Adebesin Daniel of Plot 20b Kucgiko Estate Bwari, Abuja, reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, on August 27. Ukagha alleged that on…

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One Idorenyin Essien, who allegedly doused his son with kerosene and burnt him to death has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command. The incident happened at Afia Nsit community in the Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The spokesman of the command, DSP. Mac-Don Achibe, confirmed the incident on Tuesday. He said that the incident, which occurred on Aug. 30, was reported to the police by Essien’s neighbours. Achibe said the case would be charged to court after police investigation. Sources at Afia Nsit said Essien,…

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin Zonal Office, has said it arrested no fewer than 113 internet fraud suspects in eight months through its ‘Operation Re-wire’. Mr Muktar Bello, Head of Operations, EFCC in the zone, said this on Monday during a news conference in Benin. Bello said the arrest took place between January and August in its area of jurisdiction, including Edo, Delta and Ondo states. According to him, the feat was made possible because of the anti-graft commission’s new strategic plans to tackle the menace of cybercrimes…

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An armed robbery suspect,  Wasiu Kamarudeen, 19, of No. 8,  Olaniyi St., Iyalode, Ilogbo in Badagry has been arrested by the  Lagos State Police Command and one locally-made short gun with one live-cartridge was recovered from him. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer ( PRO), DSP Bala Elkana. Elkana said that the Ilemba Hausa Police Station received a distress call from St. Patrick’s Catholic Renewal Church, Jakande Open Field, on Saturday evening. He said that the caller had sighted one motorcycle with…

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Police in Ondo have declared wanted the father of a four-year-old girl, Testimony Toke Babalola, who was reportedly whipped to death by her parents in Akure, Ondo State capital few weeks ago. Testimony had been rushed to the State University Teaching Hospital, Akure Annex where she was confirmed dead. It was gathered that the parents used horsewhip on the daughter, leaving several marks on her body after reportedly committing a yet to be ascertained offence. The leadership of Ondo State Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, which…

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Mrs Chinasa Odah, a 29-year-old, mother of four children and native of Inikiri Effum community, in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has died after she allegedly took drugs for abortion. She was said to have bled to death at Sudan Hospital on Saturday, August 24, 2019. It was gathered that the woman had been sneaking out to have an affair with her 25-years-old boy-friend, identified as Monday Mgbada, who allegedly impregnated her and administered the abortion pills on her. A source revealed that the woman started bleeding and…

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