Category: Crime

David Eyo, a 31-year-old head-teacher, who allegedly defiled his 10-year-old pupil and infected her with a disease was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri Prison on the orders of an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, who gave the ruling, directed that the case file should be duplicated and a copy sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. The accused, a resident of Aguda in Surulere area of Lagos, is on trial for defilement. “He defiled his 10-year-old pupil (name withheld) several times in…

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A man and his wife were arrested in Imo State by the Monitoring Unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Imo State Police Command after three weeks of investigation. They were arrested for allegedly selling their daughter, Chinecherem, for N400,000, a few hours after delivery. The couple – Ifeanyi, 35, and Emmaculata Elijah, 30 – are indigenes of Amakpu- Umuba, in the Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State. But they are residents of Irete, in the Owerri West LGA of Imo State. Other suspects…

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There was chaos in Rumukoro, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday evening after a policeman allegedly killed a taxi driver, identified only as Bright. A police team which arrived shortly after the incident, cordoned off the scene. The cops shot continuously into the air to disperse a mob protesting against the killing. It was gathered that the policeman who fired the shot that killed the taxi driver was escorting a vehicle conveying frozen chicken and fish to an unknown destination. An eyewitness who gave his…

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Emmanuel Ajasa, a septuagenarian, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for the murder of his nephew, whom he allegedly stabbed to death. Ajasa, 73, is to remain behind bars, pending receipt of legal advice from the office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, the Magistrate, Mrs. O.O.A. Fowowe-Erusiafe, ruled. The plea of the accused was not taken. Earlier, the prosecutor, Sergeant Courage Ekhueorohan, said the accused had committed the offence on February 11 at 10:40p.m. at No. 9, Kalejaiye St., Lowa in…

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Indian hemp valued at N80million was discovered by police in Mushin, Lagos during a raid on the hideouts of suspected criminals in Akala area. The Indian hemp was concealed in Bibles, fruits and bags. During the raid carried out by a combined team of the Divisional Police Officers of Mushin Area Command, several shanties allegedly used as hideouts by criminals were destroyed. The Area Commander, Area D, Mushin, ACP Akinbayo Olasoji, led the DPOs under his jurisdiction for the operation. Share on: WhatsApp

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Adeola Williams aka Ade Lawyer, who confessed to several assassinations has been arrested by Lagos State Police Command. He says he has killed four people allegedly on the orders of a former Chairman of National Union Road of Transport Workers, Lagos State branch, Alhaji Akani Olorunwa. Ade Lawyer, 39 and 51-year-old Olorunwa were paraded on Friday at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja. It was learnt that the ex-NURTW boss was picked up on Thursday while Ade Lawyer was arrested a day earlier in Akure, Ondo State, by…

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Authorities in Peru have recaptured a prisoner more than a year after he escaped from jail by leaving his twin brother in his place. Alexander Delgado had been serving a 16-year sentence for child sexual abuse and robbery in a prison north of Lima. When his twin, Giancarlo, visited him last January, Alexander drugged him, changed into his clothes and walked out of jail. The suspected swap was confirmed after Giancarlo’s fingerprints were taken. After 13 months on the run Alexander Delgado was arrested on Monday in the port city…

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Five policemen have been arrested for allegedly pushing a commercial driver to his death on Tuesday. This was confirmed by the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokumo. The death of the driver identified as John caused protests in some parts of Benin City. Three persons were killed and five police Hilux vans were burnt during the fracas. Kokumo said he has set-up a panel of inquiry to look into the policemen’s involvement in the accident that killed the driver. He said policemen attached to a patrol vehicle were alleged…

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Miracle Ita, a 27-year-old mother of two has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State for the trafficking of a 16-year-old girl to work as a commercial sex worker in the Ajah area of the state. The court said the convict should also pay a fine of N250,000. It was learnt that Ita was arraigned by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons after she was arrested at a brothel in the Ajah area of Lagos, where the victim…

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