Category: Crime

Six suspects have been arrested by the Lagos State police command over large quantities of poisonous cow skins popularly known as Ponmo in Lagos markets. Police recovered a truckload of the poisonous cow hide and the dangerous chemicals used in poisoning the skin, packed in a shop at the Igando area of the metropolis.  The police spokesman in the state, DSP Bala Elkana, who raised the alarm, said: “On Saturday, at about 5:00a.m., acting on the strength of information from a credible source that a truckload of cow skins, suspected to be poisonous were heaped in…

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A 57-year-old woman, Mrs. O. Ajimo, simply called Mama Gbenga, died in a scuffle with her notorious son, identified as Ayotunde Gbenga Opeyemi at oyinmo quarters, Ikare-Akoko area of Ondo state. According to sources, the late Ajimo, a mother of five, had three children in Ikare-Akoko before she re-married in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Gbenga was one of the three children. He killed his mother at Akure and escaped to Ikare-Akoko where he stayed with his grandmother at Oyinmo quarters. It was learnt that when he suspected that efforts were on…

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Temidayo Akeredolu, a graduate of Insurance from The Polytechnic Ibadan, was on Friday arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division for his alleged involvement in an Internet fraud. Akeredolu (aka Susan Henderson) was being prosecuted by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretences, possession of fraudulent documents and forgery. The offence, according to the charge sheet, contravened sections 1, 2 and 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud…

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Ibrahim Adebowale, an apprentice mechanic in the Mushin area of Lagos state, has been arrested by police, for allegedly withdrawing a sum of N156,000 from his boss’ bank account. It was learnt that the boss, Akinyemi Benjamin, had given the suspect his Automated Teller Machine card to help him withdraw N20,000. Adebowale, 24, was said to have cleared N156,000 in his boss’ account and made away with it. He reportedly used the money to place a bet on football matches via a sport betting outlet popularly known as NaijaBet. It…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one James Olaoluwaniyi, for allegedly converting to personal use the sum of $59,220 erroneously transferred into his account by the Sterling Bank where he is a customer. Olaoluwaniyi subsequently sued the EFCC, pleading unlawful detention; while he also asked for a cost of N50,000 against the commission. At the hearing in a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, however, the court awarded N20,000 in favour of the EFCC. The applicants in the suit are Olaoluwaniyi and a company, Triump Energy Nig.…

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Three suspected members of a robbery/ kidnap gang, who abducted and murdered two Bureau de Change operators last month, in Ikorodu area of Lagos have been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos State Police command. The gang allegedly committed the dastardly act after collecting N1.6 million from their victims: Alhaji Yakubu Musa and Alhaji Hassan Umoru, both from Kebbi state. Not done, they dumped the corpses in a septic tank located in an abandoned property in Odogunyan area of Ikorodu. The unsuspecting Bureau de Change operators…

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The district head of Daura, Alhaji Musa Umar, has been kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen. The kidnappers were said to have stormed Umar’s Daura residence at 7pm on Wednesday and shooting into the air as bystanders scampered to safety. Umar had just returned from the mosque where he took part in the evening prayer when the incident happened. Umar, who is reportedly the father-in-law of the ADC to President Buhari, was sitting in front of his house with some people when the gun totting men came. An eye witness said…

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Olaitan Gbadamosi, an 18-year-old student of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, has been found dead in her apartment at Omuoko Community, Aluu Clan, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Olaitan, a 100 level student of Chemical Engineering in Uniport had celebrated her matriculation into the institution, two weeks ago. The victim, who hails from Oyo State, is said be the daughter of a notable individual in the Western part of the country. Some reports have it that Ola, as popularly called, committed suicide, following alleged depression, while some…

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27 women were on Monday sentenced to one month imprisonment by a mobile court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for prostitution. The convicts, who were arrested last Wednesday and Thursday, were, however, given an option of N3,000 fine each. Their lawyer, Jennifer Ogbogu, explained that the sex workers pleaded guilty to the charges against them and were summarily convicted and sentenced. She said, “The ladies were arraigned before the mobile court for prostitution and were each sentenced to one month in jail with an option of N3,000 fine. We…

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The Kaduna – Abuja Express was on Monday, blocked by kidnappers thereby forcing several motorists to abandon their vehicles and head for nearby bushes to avoid being abducted. The development has left many motorists and passengers unaccounted for just as their belongings were carted away by the kidnappers. An eye witness who narrowly escaped the attack by the kidnappers said the incident happened a few kilometres to Katari village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state at about 3.30pm. Hundreds of motorists traveling from Kaduna to Abuja as well…

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