Category: Crime

Sokoto State High Court has remanded a Sterling Bank Plc worker, Olanrewaju Yusuf, in prison custody for cheating to the tune of N36m and issuing of dud cheques. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Yusuf, who is the Chief Executive Officer, Viclibo Ventures, on five counts bordering on the issuance of dud cheque, criminal breach of trust and cheating. A complainant, Tunde Akinola, had alleged that sometime in January 2018, Yusuf, who worked with the Sokoto branch of the bank requested a N30m loan for the establishment of a…

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Seun Ayeni, a welder, who was arraigned for raping a 13-year-old girl, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure. Ayeni, a welder, was arrested by the personnel of the Ondo State Police Command for raping the victim, who is said to be his neighbour’s niece, at the Oke Aro area of the town in March 2017. The convict was said to have waylaid the victim on her way to the toilet and lured her into his room, where he forcefully had carnal…

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A young man in his late 20s has reportedly shot his girlfriend to death in Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State, for allegedly cheating on him. A source from the community, who reported the incident, said the suspect, Munabo Tonworio, claimed his girlfriend, Victoria Ekalamene, was cheating on him. The jealous lover was said to have pointed a gun at his victim while interrogating her on her relationship with a man she was sighted with when the gun went off in her face. The shot not only destroyed the…

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Clash between suspected rival cult group in Abraham Adesanya Estate area, Alasiya, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, has left five people dead. Eyewitnesses said the clash started around midnight, adding that two of the five corpses were beheaded. It was gathered that one victim was shot dead, another was slaughtered and the last one was butchered to death. It was learnt that the police were able to recover four corpses because the family of one of the victims refused to release his remains. A resident, Black…

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Some officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps allegedly chased a commercial Micra car until it crashed, at Moniya, Ibadan, Akinyele Local Government area of Oyo State, leaving one person dead and four others critically injured. Several Micra drivers who were wailing uncontrollably over the reported death of one of them identified as Akeem Ibrahim, had mobilised themselves against the FRSC officials. But the timely intervention of five Hilux police vans with scores of policemen checked the angry drivers. According to an eyewitness, the FRSC van marked 1139(3) gave the…

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A self-acclaimed reverend, Chizemdere Ezuma, who was arrested for sodomising and infecting a 16-year-old boy with HIV, has attempted to mollest his cell mate. Ezuma reportedly made overtures at a male suspect with whom he was kept in a cell at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja and attempted to molest him. It was learnt that the suspect, whom Ezuma wanted to sodomise last Saturday night, raised the alarm and threatened to beat him up. One of the policemen on duty was said to have relocated Ezuma to…

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Victor Igboanugo, a director in the Federal Ministry of Education, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for purchasing a property worth $140,000 in the United States of America and taking kickbacks worth millions of naira. During his arraignment before Justice V. B. Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, Igboanugo was accused of using his office and position to also commit fraud worth N162m. The ICPC told the court that the accused, while acting as the Deputy Director…

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Ismaila Wakili, a 19-year-old suspected leader of a kidnap gang, has been arrested by Ondo State Policemen with four other members of his gang after reportedly demanding N30 million from their victim. Those paraded by the state Police Commissioner, Undie Adie, in Akure, Ondo State capital include Abdullahi Sanni, Mohammed Abdullahi, Umoru Usman  and Sheu Usman . This came as the state police command said security measures had been scaled up around bank premises across the 18 local government areas of the state to prevent attack  by bandits. Addressing newsmen, Adie…

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Four more suspects, who allegedly took part in the robbery of a commercial bank in ldoani, Ose council area of Ondo state, where seven persons were killed on Monday, have been arrested by police. This is coming as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, gave a marching order to all security agencies in the state to go after the bandits and ensure their arrest. Also, all banks in lkare and neighbouring towns closed shop, yesterday, for fear of another attack, leaving their customers stranded. The seven persons killed include a police inspector…

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In a renewed attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ungwan Aku village, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, twenty persons were said to have been killed . Scores reportedly sustained gunshot injuries. A source from the community said the attackers in military fatigue invaded the village at about 7pm on Monday. According to the source, the attackers who were armed with weapons including AK47 guns and machetes shot sporadically at anything on sight in the village. “As they shot sporadically, some of us escaped into the bush. The attackers…

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