Category: Crime

Marvelous Omobobola, an undergraduate of the Lagos State Polytechnic, who was abducted by a kidnap syndicate in the state, has been released after his family members paid N200,000 ransom. It was gathered that Omobobola went to school on Saturday to sign a SIWES form. After he was done, the undergraduate boarded a tricycle to his hostel in the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. The 28-year-old said the tricycle operator was conveying him and other passengers to their destinations in Odogunyan when he suddenly veered onto a street to avoid…

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Mr Richard Omosehin, a former Senior Special Assistant to the Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been abducted by six gunmen at his Igbekebo residence, in Ese Odo Council area of the state. Meanwhile, the state police command, which confirmed the abduction, said it had begun search for the victims while investigation into the matter had commenced. A family source said that the former governor’s aide was kidnapped on Friday. According to him “Richard, a strong leader of the APC was kidnapped by six gunmen who came to the community…

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Jimoh Jogbo, a 38-year-old herbalist, has allegedly killed his mother-in-law in a Celestial Church located at White House in Orofun community, in the Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State. Jogbo also allegedly killed his friend, Shakiru Jamiu, who saw him on the way to perpetrate the crime in the church. It was gathered that Jogbo and his wife relocated to Lagos and were living with his mother-in-law pending the time they would secure an apartment in the state. The herbalist was said to be at home with his…

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Commuters travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, on Tuesday were reportedly attacked by gunmen dressed in military uniforms. The gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, stormed the road from nearby bush before the Sagamu Interchange, en route Lagos, and started shooting sporadically at commuters in the 18-passenger inter-state bus. According to one of the victims, who craved anonymity: “We (passengers) were lucky to escape the gunmen but many of us have been injured by bullets and our bus badly damaged too.” Another video shows a man, who survived bullet wounds, recounting his…

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The principal suspect in the murder of Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, Chidinma Ojukwu, is said to have had a sexual relationship with her foster father, Onoh Ojukwu. A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Olusegu Bamidele, made this known at a Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square. Bamidele, who is serving with the homicide department of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti, Yaba, disclosed this while being cross-examined by Chidinma’s lawyer, Onwuka Egwu, during trial-within-trial. Chidinma, a 300-level Mass Communication undergraduate, of the University of…

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Convicted fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpupi has been sentenced to 11 years and three months’ imprisonment by the United States District Court sitting at the Central District of California on Monday, after he was found guilty of laundering proceeds of a school financing scam, business email compromise and other fraudulent cyber schemes. The United States Department of Justice, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Instagram celebrity was also ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.7m in restitution to two fraud victims. The judgment, which was delivered by Justice…

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A 54-year-old man has been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command, for allegedly setting ablaze his five step-children. The suspect, Mr. Joseph Ojo, allegedly committed the crime over the weekend at his residence in Fagun Crescent axis of Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Council. It was learnt that the man committed the crime on the ground that his wife, who is the mother to the children, offended him. According to sources, the man allegedly poured petrol into the room of the children while they were…

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A Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Ademola Kazeem has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect, Ademola Kazeem, was arrested over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering which has led to the blocking of his bank account with a cash balance of N217 million. He said the decision to declare Kazeem wanted followed his failure…

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