Category: Crime

Two men, Kola Omisakin, 26 and Kehinde Oladipupo, 21, were on Friday arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife for celebrating ‘Indian hemp day’. The accused were also said to have attacked and broke the glass window of a mosque at the Owolo Compound, Okerewe area of Ile-Ife during the celebration. The police prosecutor, Olawale Odusina, explained that the accused committed the offence on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at the Okerewe area of Ile-Ife. Odusina said the accused persons also acted in a manner that caused the…

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Koza Yabiliok, a 32-year-old Lance Corporal, has been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command for allegedly selling ammunition to a suspected kidnapper that has been terrorising the state over the years. Yabiliok revealed that he sold out each round of the live ammunition for N400. The soldier serves in one of the military units at the Jaji Military Cantonment in the state. But Yabiliok said he never knew that his customer was a kidnapper. He added that the suspected kidnapper only told him that he needed the ammunition for…

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Busola Dakolo, wife of popular singer, Timi Dakolo, set the internet buzzing yesterday over on how she survived the trauma of an alleged rape ordeal she said she suffered in the hands of the founder of The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. Mrs Dakolo made the allegation in a YouTube interview published yesterday by the channel, YNaija. Fatoyinbo According to her, while a member of the church, she was raped at two different times in a week by the pastor. Mrs Dakolo alleged that the pastor raped…

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Six men have been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere for allegedly breaking into the home of a serving judge in Lagos State, Justice Mariam Emeya, and stealing jewellery worth N30m. The defendants, Mujaudu Alawiye, 59; Achrigbo Sunday, 20; Emmanuel Frank, 23; Akintunde Jude, 28; Adeniji Bashir, 18; and Boniface Nneji, 52, were arraigned on four counts bordering on conspiracy, breaking and entering, and stealing. The defendants had on May 28, 2019, around 12am, allegedly broke into the judge’s home in Chevron, Ajah. According to the police prosecutor, Inspector…

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Chukwuma Enemuo, 27, has allegedly sold his three-day-old baby boy for N150,000 in Anambra State. The baby was said to be his first child. The incident occurred in Ozubulu in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. A source said the man allegedly conspired with 45-year-old Obi Chidubem to sell the baby to one Anulika Okafor by lying to his wife that their baby died shortly after birth. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident. He said the baby had been recovered and…

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A Togolese cook, Sunday Anani, who was arrested for the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd, Chief Ope Bademosi, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Igbosere High Court in Lagos yesterday. The incident happened in October 31, 2018 in Bademosi’s Ikoyi, Lagos residence. Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile yesterday convicted Anani following his plea of guilty to a one-count charge of voluntary manslaughter. While confirming that he was the person caught on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) fleeing the scene of the crime after the murder, Anani…

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Suspected armoured cables thief was yesterday electrocuted at a power installation belonging to Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) at Ezinifite, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, was said to have invaded the installation when suddenly the equipment sparked and got him electrocuted. It was gathered further that the man was attempting to remove the armoured cable when the wire suddenly exploded and electrocuted him. Confirming the incident, the state police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, said the suspect died on the spot.…

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The Nigerian Army has procured some anti-kidnapping drones in a bid to further curtail kidnapping incidents in Ondo and Ekiti states. It was gathered that the drones would be employed to search for the hideouts of the criminals in the bushes and forests in the two states. At the launch of the drones in Osi community in Akure, on Friday, the Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade of the Army, Akure, Brig. Gen Zakari Abubakar, said the newly acquired drones would be deployed to flashpoints in the two states. He said that…

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Ogwu Christian, an ex-policeman, has been arrested for allegedly killing his fiancée’s mother, Veronica Obiejieogo, over the cancellation of their wedding date. Christian reportedly shot the 45-year-old woman dead at short range while she was walking along a street in her village in Delta State. He thereafter fled the scene on a motorcycle. It was learnt that his wedding to Obiejieogo’s daughter, Blessing, had been fixed for December 27, 2018. He had reportedly given Blessing money to buy clothes and some other items they would use on that day. Few days…

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One Mustapha Aliyu, 22, has been arrested by police in Abuja with the freshly severed head of a three-year-old boy, identified as Usman Awalu. Aliyu reportedly confessed that he had beheaded four children, adding that he was paid N170,000 for every male head and N160,000 for the female head he supplied to his boss, who is at large. Aliyu was also said to have informed detectives during interrogation that he had so far supplied four human heads to his master. Parading the suspect and others in Abuja on Friday, the…

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