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Police Arrest Three For Allegedly Raping Housewife, Robbing Her Of Three Bags Of Pepper

By Babatunde Solanke

Operatives of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested three hoodlums over the alleged robbing of three bags of pepper and raping a housewife in Ringim Local Government Area of the state.

The State Police Public relation Officer,DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday, 17 April, 2024.

According to Adam, the incident occurred on Sunday at about 0200hrs in Chori Village Ringim LGA when three unknown persons armed with cutlasses, trespassed into a house, attacked and robbed the husband of five bags of pepper, later one of the robbers raped his wife.

He said upon receipt of the report, detectives attached to Ringim Division swung, into action where one Abubakar Isah, 25years; Umar Ibrahim, 25yrs; and Umar Nasara, 30yrs, all of Chori village, Ringim LGA were arrested in connection with the crime.

The  state police image-maker said on interrogation, the suspects confessed to the commission of the crime and were immediately transferred to SCID Dutse for discreet investigation.

He said the suspects will be arraigned before the court after investigation.

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I Obeyed Voice That Tells Me I Should Kill Her- Man Who kills His 70-Year-Old Mother Confesses To Police

By Babatunde Solanke

one Inyangake James Peter  is currently being detained by the Akwa- Ibom State Police Command for  allegedly killing his 70-year-old mother, Mma-Offiong James Peter, in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the arrest of Peter trough a statement issued on Monday.

According to the statement, the suspect, who was arrested by the police on April 4, 2024, at about 9:00 am, said he acted based on a voice which kept prompting him to kill her.

“The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Inyangake James Peter, 40 years old for gruesomely murdering his biological mother, one Mma-Offiong James Peter, about 70 years old on 4/4/2024 at about 9:00 am at Ikpe Annang Village in Etim Ekpo LGA.

“The suspect, who confessed to the crime has been transferred to the state CID for discrete investigation.

“The suspect on interrogation alleged that he had a voice saying ‘kill her’, ‘kill her’, and he decided to oblige,” the statement read.

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Two In Ogun Police Net Over Failed N200m Ritual Killings Of 35 –Yr-Old Woman

By Alfred Ifemosu

Two suspects, Adebayo Olamide Azeez (35) and Mariam Awuraji (38) were on Thursday paraded  by the Ogun State Police Command, over an alleged failed N200 million ritual killing of a 35-year-old woman, Sulaimon Adijat.

Recall that on February 15, the police arrested and paraded two priests of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Prophet Peter Oluwalolese and Prophet Jamiu Yusuf, for allegedly killing Adijat for money ritual.

Two herbalists, Moses Abidemi and Oluwo Samuel Monday, as well as Akinwunmi Ifatosin, Sheriff Agbai and Osojieahen Alioneitouria, were also paraded in connection with the crime.

The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, on Thursday, gave an update on the investigation and paraded the two as principal suspects.

Alamutu said the suspects had confessed to having been responsible for about 10 missing persons in the state.

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Ondo Court Sentences Pastor, Five Others To Death By Hanging For Robbery

By Alfred Ifemosu

Ondo State High Court in Akure, Ondo State capital, has sentenced a pastor and five others to death by hanging over their involvement in bank robberies which took place in Akure and Idanre in 2011.

The convicts include a pastor, Adewale Adelu, and five others – Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho.

The court presided by Justice  Yemi Fasanmi on Wednesday found them guilty of robbing two commercial banks in Akure and Idanre on November 19 and December 8, 2011 in Akure and Idanre respectively.

They were arrested by the men of the state police command and were charged to court.

When the trial began, the convicts were arraigned before the court on four-count charge bothering on conspiracy, armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms and were later remanded in Olokuta Correctional Centre.

The prosecuting counsel, F.K Salami, told the court that the convicts and others were “armed with AK 47 guns, dynamite, and other weapons at Oyemekun Road, Akure, conspired to attack and robbed a branch of Diamond Bank Plc, after which they went away with a sum of N30million and different brand of phones, including other valuable property.

“The convicts on December 8, 2011, at 2 pm, were also alleged to have robbed First Bank Plc at Yaba Road, Idanre, where they carted away another sum of N4million.”

According to the police prosecutor , “the offences contravene Sections 6b, 1 2a, and b of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Vol. 14 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”

There were arguments from both the prosecuting and defence counsel at various court proceedings on the matter while witnesses were also invited to the court to testify.

Justice Fasanmi held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, just as he also said the defendants were unanimous in their confessions and the role each of them played in the robberies.

Based on this, Justice Fasanmi “sentenced all the defendants to death by hanging in each of the counts.”

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Why We Sacked Three LG Chairmen -Benue Assembly

By Akeem Oduyoye

Benue State House of Assembly on Tuesday, 20 February, 2024 disclosed reasons it relieved from office three local government caretaker committee chairmen, just as it also approved replacements for the trio.

According to House, the three council bosses were sacked over alleged over alleged financial misconduct and alleged criminal activities.

The lawmakers’ action followed a correspondence from Gov Hyacinth Alia read by the Speaker, Hyacinth Dajoh during plenary on Tuesday.

The affected chairmen are Tavershima Agber, Gboko, Gideon Haanongon, Ukum, and Francis Zazan of Katsina-Ala

According to the correspondence, the caretaker chairmen were recommended for removal after the government appraised complaints of non-retirement of revenues accruing to their respective councils.

The local government chairmen were also accused of criminal activities.

The correspondence urged the House to replace the sacked trio with Verlumun Avar, Gboko, Victor Iorza, Ukum and Justin Shaku for Katsina-Ala.

The House, while endorsing the Governor’s request, asked the affected chairmen to handover to their vice chairmen pending the swearing in of the newly appointed replacements.

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Burna Boy Steals My Song Song- Brymo Alleges, Says His Action Crime, Should Serve Jail Term

By Murphy Akanji

Famous Nigerian singer, Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ, popularly known as Brymo, has  alleged that Grammy-winning musician, Burna Boy, stole his song.

According  to Brymo ,  Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’ and ‘I Told Them’ sampled the album title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre.’

The ‘Ara’ exponent added that what Burna Boy did was a “crime” and should serve a jail term.

On his Instagram handle, Brymo wrote; “By end of this year y’all will recollect that ‘Macabre’ wasn’t released when in the public, and as privately as it gets .: ‘city boy’.. and ‘I Told You’ were fed to Burna Boy..

“Former of the track titles I mentioned above is there to point me to the fact that the latter, and his album title is the hook I sing on my album title track ‘Macabre’.. burna na really boy.. and that’s a crime.!! An actual crime…To do time for… and if una like make una resurrect legends to come complain about stolen songs… una go regret this shit to numerous degrees… shey una no dey hear word !!.”

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Man In Police Net For Allegedly Cutting Off 25 Year-Old Man’s Hand, Stabs In The Head

By Babatunde Solanke

A suspect is now cooling off his feet in the Bauchi State Police Command cell for allegedly removing the hand of a 25-year-old man and stabbing him in the head.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement issued on Friday,28 July, 2023.

Wakil explained that the suspect had for the past two years been on the command’s wanted list over thuggery and causing grievous harm to his victims.

Wakil, who said the suspect committed the crime with two others still at large, added that luck ran out of the suspect when a police patrol team raided a black spot in a suburb of the Bauchi metropolis and arrested him.

“On Saturday, July 22, 2023, at about 6.30pm, police operatives attached to ‘C’ Divisional Headquarters, while on a visibility policing patrol, identified and raided a black spot located at Sabon Layi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis which led to the arrest of one Muhammad Abdullahi, aka Luwawu, male, of the same address.”

Wakil said in the statement that the suspect has been on the police watch list since 2021 for alleged criminal conspiracy, thuggery, causing grievous hurt and attempting to commit an offence to wit, culpable homicide.

The statement added further that sometime in 2021, the suspect criminally conspired with Sani Danfada, Manu Maidawa and two others, now at large, all of the same address while armed with machetes and other deadly weapons attacked and stabbed one Mubarak Abdullahi, (25) of Unguwan Sarakuna area on his head and cut off his left hand from the Articulatio radiocarpalis.

According to Wakil, an investigation revealed that the suspects committed the alleged offence, adding that Abdullahi confessed to committing the offence during interrogation.

The state police spokesperson added that the police were making everything possible to track down the remaining suspects, after which they would be charged to court.

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Man, 54 Beats Lover To Death, Lands In Police Detention

By Babatunde Solanke

A 54-year-old man is now currently cooling-off in police cell of the Cross River State Police Command for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death in Calabar South Local Government Area.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday,19 July, 2023,

She said that the suspect attacked the victim, simply identified as Ndereke, after a minor disagreement that occurred at Abasi Obori Street on Tuesday, 18 July, 2023.

Ugbo said the personnel of Uwanse Divisional Police Headquarters carried out the arrest following a distress call received on the incident.

“The police rushed the victim to University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH. Unfortunately, she didn’t make it, as she was certified dead on arrival by the doctor on duty.

“Following established protocols, her remains were deposited in the morgue for autopsy to shed more light on the exact cause of her death.

“The suspect (name withheld) is already in our custody, and we will ensure that he faces the full weight of justice for his alleged action,” the police spokesperson said.

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Man Arraigns Over Alleged Theft Of bed, Mattress Worth N210,000

By Oladejo Sunday

A 28-year-old man identified as Olatunde Opeyemi, has being arraigned by Ekiti State Police Command  before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court on Friday, 7 July, 2023 over the alleged theft of household items worth N210,000.

Police prosecutor Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi told the court that the defendant committed the offences on July 2 in the Okesa area of Ado-Ekiti.

Adeniyi alleged that the defendant and one other person still at large broke into the house of Iyabode Musa at 2 am.

According to him, the two-man gang allegedly carted away a refrigerator valued at N150,000, one mattress valued at N40,000, and an iron bed valued at N20,000, all valued at N210,000.

The offences, the prosecutor said, contravened sections 322 (a) (b) (c), 323 (1) and (2), as well as Section 302 of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State 2021.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of housebreaking and stealing preferred against him.

The counsel for the defendant, Mr Olawumi Olowolafe, had subsequently urged the court to grant his client bail.

The magistrate, Dolapo Olorunlogbon, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum before she adjourned the case until July 12.

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