Category: Crime

Amudalat Taiwo, aged 21, has been arrested by the Ogun State police command, for dumping her 12-day-old baby inside a pit toilet. The incident occurred on June 20, at 28, Isheri Street Ilaro. Taiwo was said to have thrown the baby into the pit because she could not cater for the newborn. It was gathered that Taiwo was apprehended following reports from her landlord, Oshunshina Olawale, who went to urinate at the wee hours of the day only to hear cries of a baby inside the latrine. Olawale was said…

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  Three local governments have been placed under curfew in Plateau State over the killing of 86 persons in attacks on about 11 communities in the Gashish District by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The Police Command in Plateau State had earlier on Sunday confirmed the attacks, saying it had only recovered 11 corpses from some of the villages. But residents had insisted that about 200 people were killed by the marauding herdsmen. However, the police later issued a statement that indicated that the death toll in the attack on the communities…

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Kidnappers of John Iheanacho, a 53-year-old who was attacked by a gang of kidnappers who opened fire on him, after they accosted him at the entrance of his residence, at DPO Avenue, off Rehabilitation Center, Iriebe Port Harcourt have confessed on how the crime was carried out. While John was still bleeding profusely, his kidnappers bundled him into their operational vehicle and took him to an Island off Umuosi Community in Afam area of Oyingbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. He was held in captivity for nine days without…

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Agaezichi Ogbonna, a 22 year old man, has allegedly killed his mother over a love affair with her sister at Akpaa Mbato community, Obingwa council area of Abia State. Family revealed that Agaezichi aged 22, was having a love affair with his mother’s sister, but his mother, Blessing, warned against the relationship, describing it as a taboo in Igbo land. However, on Saturday, the deceased reportedly met the two ‘love birds’ at home and warned them to desist from the love affairs, but Agaezichi pounced on his mother and beat…

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Paul Chukwujekwu Ezengo and Emmanuel Adogah, were arrested and paraded by the Federal Capital Territory police command for allegedly killing Ezengo’s married lover in order to own her Acura SUV. The suspects after giving her excess alcohol, killed her, butchered her body and packed it into two sacks that were later dumped in a river. To cover their trail, the suspects also changed the number plate of the vehicle of the deceased from Abuja number to Ebonyi State number: SKA625AA. The deceased, a 44-year-old Charity Chidebere Aiyedogbon mysteriously disappeared in…

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10 people were confirmed dead by the Zamfara State Police Command following the attack in Dutsen-Wake and Oho villages in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Muhammad Shehu, who made the confirmation in Gusau, said the bandits attacked the two villages on Tuesday around 10p.m. He said: “We received distress call Tuesday that the bandits attacked the area around 10p.m. We quickly responded by mobilising policemen to the area, led by Area Commander Kaura-Namoda Police Area Command, and Divisional Police…

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Two tenants were charged to High Court sitting at Igbosere, for raping and impregnating their late Landlord’s 12-year-old daughter. The defendants, Shaibu Isiaka, 30 and John Obah, 34, are standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and unlawful sexual intercourse. The duo pleaded not guilty to the charges. When the case came up on Monday, prosecution witness, Sgt. Idowu Afeez, who testified before Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya, said that on Jan. 21, 2014, the victim in company of her mother came to the Police Divisional Headquarters at Oworoshoki and…

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The traditional ruler in Ogodor Kingdom, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Sunday Olisewokwu, has been abducted by suspected herdsmen. The monarch, who is in his 40s and is the Chairman of Aniocha North Local Government Traditional Rulers’ Committee, was kidnapped by herdsmen numbering about seven between Ezi and Onicha-Olona communities last Sunday evening. The abductors, who asked for N15 million ransom, have threatened to kill the monarch if the ransom was not paid at 6p.m. yesterday. Family sources confirmed the incident, disclosing that two guards…

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Abiodun Idowu, a 40-year-old driver in a pure water factory, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly strangling to death a female accountant in the same factory, Abimbola Hamzat while attempting to rape her. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State,Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement, said the incident occurred on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Oyeyemi said the Police got hint of the incident following a complaint by one Owolabi Moses at Onipanu divisional headquarters that the suspect had been disturbing the deceased for love…

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A 60-year old father, Mr. Cletus Aguluka has been arrested and detained for stabbing his 20-year-old daughter, Onyinye, to death in Osikwu-Awgbu, in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Aguluka, who is being detained by the police, allegedly killed the deceased around 1am on Saturday while she was fast asleep. After committing the offence,    Aguluka escaped through a window behind his house on sighting members of the community’s vigilante group who drove into the compound and removed the remains of the deceased amidst wailings from the villagers.…

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