Category: Crime

Seun Abdullahi, a 26-year-old man has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday for spending fake naira notes. Justice Muslim Hassan jailed the father of two for one year after he owned up to the offence and pleaded for mercy. The convict was arraigned by the police on one count. In the charge, the prosecution said the convict was caught with fake naira notes totalling N40,000. The prosecuting counsel for the police, Joseph Eboseremen, said the convict on March 15, 2018, had…

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Jariri Chede, 25, and Janya Shehu, 20 have been arrested by the police in Niger State. The two suspected robbers specializes in attacking vehicles conveying goods from the market in Kokongi through Wawa village in the Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were arrested by police detectives attached to New Bussa Division after robbing one Sunday Ishaya of Kokongi village of his money and other valuables. It was learnt that the victim was driving to Kokongi en route Wawa village when the robbers dispossessed him of N70,000…

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Mrs Folasade Olawale has been arrested by the police in Osun State for alleged conspiracy, arson and murder of her three-year-old stepdaughter, Ikimoh Akeem. The suspect, who is the wife of the Alabudo of Abudo, a community in the Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State, was said to have set a building on fire while the victim was sleeping inside. The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, on Thursday said the suspect and two others conspired to set the building on fire, killing the girl in…

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A London-based nurse has been jailed for trafficking Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after subjecting them to “voodoo” rituals. Josephine Iyamu forced the five women to swear oaths to hand over money to her during “juju” ceremonies. Iyamu, 51, formerly of Bermondsey, was convicted of arranging or facilitating travel for sexual exploitation and perverting the course of justice. She was jailed for 14 years at Birminghamcrown Court. Iyamu became the first British national prosecuted for Modern Slavery Act offences after trafficking victims outside the UK. She was…

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A 26-year-old native doctor, Chinaka Adoezuwe, from Umuozu Ugiri, in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State has lost his life while testing the potency of his bulletproof charm. It was gathered on Tuesday that the native doctor was shot dead by one of his customers, Chukwudi Ijezie, who he had prepared a bullet-proof charm for. A villager, Kingsley Ugochukwu said that Ijezie had gone to the man to prepare charms that would prevent bullets from penetrating his body. After preparing the charms, the native doctor was said…

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According to the special military task force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), twenty-one suspects have been arrested over the Plateau State killings. Among them are those found with arms and suspected hoodlums who hijacked the protests sparked by the killings. The special task force comprises police, Air Force, Army and paramilitary security agencies. The suspects were paraded yesterday at the OPSH Headquarters in Jos by the media officer of the task force, Major Adam Umar and Police Public Relations Officer Tyopev Terna. Major Umar said: “Out of the 21 suspects we…

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Adelaja Olaide, a 48-year-old man, has been sentenced to 60 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Lagos, for defiling a seven-year-old primary two pupil. Justice Sybil Nwaka, who convicted the paedophile, described him as an ‘animal.’ The convict, Olaide, a driver who resides at 17, Itun Oluwo Street, Ketu, Ejirin, Lagos, was convicted of a charge of defilement, which according to prosecution was committed on June 27, 2015. Reviewing the case, the court stated that “this defendant is 48 years old and the court has…

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Chief Michael Obi, father to Super Eagles skipper, Mikel Obi has been rescued from kidnappers by the Enugu State police command. Chief Obi who was abducted on June 29 along Enugu- Makurdi road was rescued inside a forest in Udi local government area of the state on Monday afternoon. The state police spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu said the police through its operatives of the 9th Mile Division on Monday at about 2.30pm rescued Chief Obi and his driver, Ishaya John, unhurt in Egede-Udi forest, along old Egede Affa road in Enugu…

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Otaru Olusegun, a Pastor with the Voice of Canaan Church, Cherubim and Seraphim, Azuri-Okene, in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been arrested for allegedly killing one commercial sex worker for ritual. He confessed that poverty led him into committing the crime. He confessed to have killed Mercy Moses, a sex worker at Hollywood Hotel in Azuri community with the hope of raising N2.5 million from the ritual before he was arrested. The pastor who was paraded with two of his accomplices, Yakubu Abdulmuminu and Samuel Olusegun at…

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A two-year and 11-month old pupil of Chrisland School was confirmed to have been raped. A medical expert on Friday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that her findings revealed that the child was raped. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluwatoyin Olayioye was testifying before Justice Sybil Nwaka at the resumed trial of Adegboyega Adenekan, the school supervisor who allegedly raped the child. The witness, who has been practising medicine for eight years, holds a Bachelors of Medicine, Bachelors of Surgery, a Masters degree…

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