Category: Crime

Ameh Cyril Idakwoji, who was a Minister with the Redeemed Church of God (RCCG) has been arrested for defrauding N11 million from his parish in Port Harcourt through forged letterheads and signature of the church’s accountant. The suspect, who is currently under the custody of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), defrauded his church by diverting cheques and cash meant for the church. Meanwhile, the commission has recovered the said fund and returned same to the church. Speaking while handing over the cheque to the RCCG provincial pastor in the South…

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Tragedy struck in Ibokun, Obokun Local Government area of Osun State yesterday when two persons died and four others were hospitalized after eating yam flour also known as amala with stew. It was gathered that one of those that died, Mrs Kehinde Fasanya, was a staff of Obokun Local Government Council. However, the identity of the second person could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report. Their bodies have been deposited at the Osun State General Hospital morgue at Asubiaro in Osogbo, for autopsy to determine the…

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Mercy Olamide Afolaranmi, a student of Microbiology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has committed suicide. According to the school’s Chief Security Officer, Babatunde Oyatokun, Miss Afolaranmi, poisoned herself. Students and a neighbour close to the deceased also said she killed herself due to poor grade. “We got a call that one of our students took poison,” Mr. Oyatokun said. “We got to hospital to realise that she mixed rat poison. She gave us the contact of her parents but before they arrived, she already gave up due to the…

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Two self-acclaimed prophets, Darasimi Rotimi, and his accomplice, Ibikunle Sunday, who allegedly killed one Sara Olowokere and dissected her body for rituals were among 29 other suspects paraded at the Ogun state police command headquarters in Elewaran. The duo were said to have killed Olowokere in Sango area and “dissected her body, removed the head, wrist, heart, breast and private part.” Prophet Sunday, an okada rider, admitted that he killed Olowokere by hitting a plank on her head, revealing that the victim was the girlfriend of the third suspect, who…

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Chaplain to the Bishop of the African Church, Ondo Central Diocese, Revd. David Ayeola has been killed by suspected kidnappers during a rescue operation. The gunmen shot Ayeola dead in a botched rescue operation after the church declined to pay the N100m ransom the kidnappers demanded. The African Church had offered N500,000 instead. The remains of the victim had been deposited in a morgue. It was gathered that Ayeola, the bishop, Samuel Ojo; and the bishop’s wife were travelling to Abeokuta, Ogun State, from Imojo Ekiti, Ekiti State, when they…

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Abdullahi Sani, a 50-year-old resident of Funtua, Katsina State, also a father of seven children has been arraigned before a Katsina Senior Magistrate’s Court, over allegations of raping a three-year-old girl to death. The victim is the daughter of his neighbour. The suspect allegedly committed the crime on October 12, 2017. He was charged with culpable homicide under sections 283 and 221 of the Penal Code. The police prosecutor, Inspector Sani Ado, told the court that Sani lured the victim and led her to an uncompleted building, where he gagged…

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A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Niger State, Aliyu Amos, his orderly and four others who were kidnapped earlier this week in the state have been rescued by the police. Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said Amos, a Superintendent of Police (SP) and DPO of Sarki Pawa, was rescued along with four others by Police special forces about 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), however, did not reveal the identities of the four others rescued by the police special forces from the kidnappers. He…

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has declared that he would no longer tolerate the indiscriminate kidnapping of policemen across the country. Speaking, during a meeting with top police officers, from the rank of commissioners, the IGP said a situation where policemen allowed themselves to be kidnapped like fowls was unacceptable. He said the spate of kidnapping of police officers across the country was not only worrisome but also becoming an embarrassment to the police, who are supposed to be providing security for the country. Idris said state commissions of…

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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man, who allegedly abducted five children, just four days after he moved into apartment at the Isheri Olofin. The suspect, identified simply as Adebayo, was said to have moved into the community four days earlier and started squatting with a friend. He was already at the bus stop, about to pick a car, along with the children, when a woman recognized one of the children and stopped him. . After Adebayo was arrested, his friend, whom he had been squatting with, disappeared…

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Four missionaries were reportedly kidnapped by suspected militants in Delta State. The Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, who addressed journalists yesterday in Asaba, said an anti-kidnapping team was already on the trail of the suspects. He explained that intelligence revealed that the kidnappers, a five-man armed gang stormed Enukorowa creek community in Burutu Local Government Area and kidnapped four foreign missionaries. They are Dr. David Donavan, Chilly Donavan, Alana (surname unknown), and Tyan (surname unknown) who were engaged in preaching, and giving free medical treatment in the area in the…

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