Category: Crime

Three women have been arrested by policemen attached to the Ilemba Hausa Division of the Lagos State police command for allegedly running a baby factory in Lagos. The suspects identified as Regina Ibeto, 50, a midwife; Joy James, 33 and one Udoju Chukwuoju, were paraded yesterday at the command headquarters for selling a two weeks old baby boy. Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, while parading the suspects, expressed sadness over the incident. He said: “On May 23, information was received that one Regina Ibeto, 50 years of age, of…

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A soldier and two others have been arrested by the Special Anti Robbery Squad of the Oyo State Police Command for kidnapping, robbery and rape. While parading the suspects at the police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, said the gang was led by one Rasak Olaide. The CP disclosed the modus operandi of the suspects who were usually clad in a military camouflage to go about kidnapping people, robbing and sexually abusing their female victims. He said: “The suspect had been carrying out these criminal activities for…

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Michael Akpan Isaiah, a 41-year-old man, who defiled his four daughters has told a magistrate’s court sitting in Port Harcourt that he does not know what came over him. Isaiah, a school gardener, is accused of forcibly having carnal knowledge of his four daughters, who are between the ages of two and 17. He is said to have committed the crime within the premises of a private school around Borokiri Sand Field area of Port Harcourt, where he was given accommodation. When the three-count charge was read to him, he…

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No fewer than 100 students of Idogbo Secondary School, Benin, have been trafficked to Libya in the last four months. This was disclosed in Benin on Sunday during an advocacy programme by the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Godwin Obaseki on Human trafficking and illegal migration, Mr Solomon Okoduwa. Okoduwa said this fact was disclosed to him by some teachers in the school, concerned about how the institution has become the harvesting ground for traffickers. Okoduwa said government will not allow the evil to continue to thrive in the state.…

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The of 9 persons has been confirmed by the Police Command in Taraba on Wednesday in early morning attacks on Tutuwa community in Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP David Misal said that a yet-to-be identified armed militia must have carried out the deadly attack. Misal said that Alhaji Aliyu Tafida, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of the command, and heads of other security agencies in the state had already moved in to assess the situation. Mr Rimansikwe Karma, the Chairman…

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A 9-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a 65-year-old man, Lawal Angala, and his son, Isah, 19 in Katsina. Hajiya Fadile Dikko, who presided at a Katsina senior magistrates’ court where the accused persons were arraigned for the offence on Monday, directed that they be remanded in the prison custody till June 14, 2018 when their case would come up for mention. The police had told the court that the accused persons, who resided at Safana town in Kastina State, committed the offence on May 2. The victim’s mother, Shamsiya…

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Femi Solomon, a phone bandit arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State police command has confessed that he has stolen over 1,200 phones from commuters since he joined a pickpocket gang. The suspect from Ogun State, was arrested last Thursday by RRS operatives at Iyana Oworo, Lagos, after stealing a phone from a commuter in a bus stampede at the bus-stop. Solomon, an auto technician, noted that he joined a pickpocket gang in Obalende, where he was ushering people to buy used cloth popularly…

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Benue state was again under attack yesterday as suspected herdsmen stormed St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Ukpor-Mbalom Parish, Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, killing two Catholic priests and 17 parishioners. The latest attack came barely four days after the murder of 10 persons by herdsmen in neighbouring Guma Local Government Area and the destruction of 300 houses by men suspected to be military personnel in Naka, Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that several persons sustained bullet wounds, while the invaders also sacked part…

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Taiwo Oyelabi, a 50-year-old man, has been arrested for allegedly sleeping with his biological daughter. The suspect, who is currently being detained at the Gender Section of the Lagos State Police Command, was also accused of impregnating his 21-year-old daughter, Taiwo Nibilia Oyelabi. Confessing to newsmen, the suspect admitted having an affair with the young girl, saying he had canal knowledge of her only five times. “I only slept with my daughter five times and it took place in my house. She came to me the first time kissing me…

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A fake medical doctor, Abdulrahman Mohammed, who has allegedly practiced medicine for over four years in the Mushin area of Lagos state has been arrested. Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who paraded the suspect, noted that he was arrested by operatives from the Area ‘D’ lCommand Mushin. He said the 39-year-old suspect who hails from Ran village in Gambaru Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, was operating as a medical doctor at No. 3, Bemisniele Street, Idi-Araba, before he was arrested following a tip-off. He said the suspect claimed…

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