Category: Crime

Deji Adenuga, the man who allegedly killed eight family members after setting ablaze their house at Igbodigo, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command on Monday. He reportedly committed the act after his estranged lover, Titi Sanumi, who was a member of the family, ended their relationship. The development came a week after the suspect escaped after allegedly committing the crime. Adenuga, last Tuesday allegedly set the members of his estrange lover’s family ablaze in a one room apartment…

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A 30-year-old man, Hamza Sani, has been arrested by operatives of the Kastina State Police Command, for allegedly conspiring with four others to steal a microscope belonging to the Malumfashi General Hospital, in the Malunfashi area of the state. Sani was said to have sold the stolen microscope valued at N1.7m for a paltry sum of N5,000. It was learnt that Sani’s arrest led to the apprehension of his cohorts, identified as Magaji Yusuf, 36; Saidu Shehu, 40; Kamala Aliyu, 33; and Emmanuel Ukelere, 48. The state’s Police Public Relations…

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Abuchi Onuorah, a 24-year-old man, has allegedly killed his 65-year-old father, Onyiauke Onuorah, in Nando, in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. The 24-year-old was also said to have burnt the corpse of the deceased. A family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Onyiauke was trailed to his room, where he was allegedly murdered by his son. “The deceased was killed by his son. He claimed that his father was responsible for the death of his 51-year-old mother, Okwundu Onuorah. “The deceased was alleged to…

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Nine Nigerians have been arrested by the United States security agents for defrauding $3.5m from people. Disclosing this in a statement, Mr. Geoffrey S. Berman, the attorney for the southern district of New York, and James C. Spero, special agent in charge of the Tampa, Florida, field office of U.S. immigration and customs enforcement’s Homeland security investigations (“HSI”), said they allegedly committed the fraud through business email compromises, a Russian oil scam, and a romance scam. The statement reads thus, “As alleged, these defendants deployed three different email schemes to…

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Patience Odowo, a woman in whose freezer a a six-year old boy, Treasure Akinsohun, was found dead, hours after he was declared missing, has been arrested by police. The freezer was normally used to sell water and soft drinks. The Lagos state police command’s spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana confirmed the arrest on Friday, saying that the corpse had been deposited at the mortuary, while investigation was ongoing. According to Elkana, on April 23, at about 8.30pm, one Eunice Akinsohun of Oyedele Street, Alapere ketu, reported her six-year old son, Treasure…

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Three people were feared killed and several others injured, in a fresh violence that rocked Kasuwan Mangani community in Kaduna State. The development forced the state government to impose a 24-hour curfew on Kajuru Local Government Area in order to forestall an escalation of crisis in the area. In its reaction to the latest security threat in the state, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, said the imposition of curfew on Kajuru was to avert any further breakdown of law and order and…

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Police in Benin city, Edo state, have arrested a 26-year-old bricklayer, Kenneth Ofoke, for allegedly selling his six-week-old twin babies for half a million naira. The suspect, who hails from Eboyi State, was said to have sold the infants in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Ofoke was among suspects paraded by the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed DanMallam, for alleged involvement in various crimes. The police said the suspect had sold four babies before he was arrested, adding that he sold the twin babies for N500,000, and the other two…

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Police in Calabar, Cross River State, have arrested a 30-year-old man, Essien Inyang, for attempting to sell his two children. An eyewitness, Clement Edet, who informed the police, said the suspect took his two children, a boy and a girl to Murray Street to look for a rich buyer. He said Inyang asked for a particular rich man living in that street to sell the children to him. Edet said they were surprised by what the man said and to stop him from taking the children elsewhere to sell they…

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Ismaila Raji, a car wash attendant, was on 20th April arrested by a mob as he confessed to killing seven persons, including pupils of Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan whose bodies he dried with chemicals. Raji was arrested at Olorunsogo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, while trying to dispose the body of his latest victim, Rasaki Musibau, who he allegedly strangled inside the deceased’s home. According to sources, Raji had been arrested twice for being in possession of human skeleton at Second Gate, University of Ibadan and Benjamin in Eleyele Road…

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A jilted lover, Deji Adenuga, a.k.a. Dakar, on Tuesday allegedly set eight family members of his estranged girlfriend ablaze on Adetuwo Street, Igbodigo town, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that five of the victims had given up the ghost, while three others were receiving treatment at the Trauma Centre, Ondo town, Ondo State. A source revealed that Adenuga was dating a girl in the family, identified only as Titi; but she later called off the relationship. In retaliation, the suspect was alleged to have…

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