Category: Crime

A couple has been arrested by the Cross River Police Command for allegedly trafficking their two-year-old son to an agent in Port Harcourt in exchange for money. They were said to have given out the boy as collateral for N21,000 house rent, because the father could not afford it and he did so without his wife’s consent. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, while parading the suspects yesterday, at the Command Headquarters in Calabar, said they were arrested on July 23 in Calabar, after a report by the…

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A 50-year-old school headmaster, Idoko Nathaniel of Mkpamteulo village, Ezike community, has been arrested by the Police Command in Enugu State for allegedly defiling four pupils put under his care. The command’s Spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Monday that the incident happened at Migrant Farmers Children School located at Aguibeji community in Enugu Ezike, Igboeze North local Government Area. Amaraizu said that operatives of the Gender Unit of the state’s Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department investigated the suspect for weeks in relation to his alleged nefarious activities.…

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A man was stabbed to death by a police sergeant, last Sunday, for allegedly dating his estranged wife after efforts on him by the policeman to cease all contacts with her failed. The incident which happened last Sunday at Oteri community, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, also led to the arrest of the suspect simply identified as Ijeoma who is a sergeant attached to the Patani Police division. The victim, David Ogbodo, was said to have been rushed to the Ughelli Central Hospital for medical attention where…

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A 23-year-old mother, Miracle Johnson has been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly selling her six-week-old baby. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Johnson Kokumo, who confirmed the incident, described it as a serious offence. It was gathered that Miracle sold the baby, Greatness, to an orphanage in Onitsha, Anambra State, for N200,000. It was learnt that the nursing mother, who hails from Agenebode, in the Etsako East Local Government Area of the state, was paid in cash. She was said to have used part of…

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Police detectives in Oba-ile, Ondo state have arrested a 42-year-old man, ldowu Benson for reportedly cutting off two fingers of his wife Kemi for money ritual. A source hinted that the suspect on August 3 this year at about 7:30pm put on a mask and armed with cutlass pretended to be an hired assasin invaded his own house and attacked his wife. The attack was said to have taken place at Kardors College Street, off Akure/ Owo expressway, Oba-ile in Akure, the Ondo state capital. During the attack, the suspect…

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A 24-year-old man was said to have committed suicide after an overdose of marijuana. The spokesman for the Enugu state command, SP. Ebere Amaraizu, made the announcement in a statement on Saturday in Enugu. He said the incident happened on August 22 at Ameke village in Enu-Oduma community in the Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State. Amaraizu identified the dead man as Ebube Chukwu. He said that Chukwu was reported to have committed suicide after taking his usual and hourly wraps of marijuana, popularly called ‘hemp’. “It was gathered…

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Elo Ogidi, a missing four-year-old girl, has been found in an orphanage in Benin, Edo State. Elo was reportedly stolen from the Christ Embassy in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos State, during a church service she attended in company with her parents and their housemaid on Sunday, July 8, 2018. Elo’s father, Okpogene Ogidi, who confirmed the development on Friday, said some suspects were also arrested. The girl was with the maid during the church’s children thanksgiving service when she suddenly disappeared. It was reported that the maid had gone to get…

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A trigger-happy policeman, identified simply as Ola SARS, has shot his friend dead at a party organised on Thursday to mark Sallah celebrations at Transformer Bus Stop, Adiyan, in Ogun State. It was learnt that the victim, one 36-year-old Ayinde aka Aye, and the policeman were invited to the party by the youth leader of the community popularly known as Azeez Terror. The party was reportedly organised by Azeez Terror’s father, who is a land agent. It was further gathered that all was well at the gathering until around 7pm when…

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Two suspected killers of a Central Bank of Nigeria worker, Michael Iorkohol, 47, who was declared missing by his family before his remains were found in Piyako community in Abuja have been arrested by police. The suspects, Alfred Leonard and Samson Agbo, were found with the deceased’s wrist watch, belt, shreds of his shirt, palm sandals, ATM card and identity card. Parading the two suspects alongside 47 others on Monday, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, explained that investigation indicated that Iorkohol was last seen with Leonard. “Initially, the…

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