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  • Three police Officers dismiss for extorting LASU student of N153,000 at gunpoint in Ogun

    Three police Officers dismiss for extorting LASU student of N153,000 at gunpoint in Ogun

    Ogun Police Command has announced the dismissal of three police officers for allegedly extorting N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba, a student of Lagos State University (LASU).

    The three policemen, Inspector Sunday John, Jimoh Asimiya and Solomon Adedapo, allegedly extorted the young man while he was travelling from Abeokuta to Lagos.

    The Spokesman for the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, instructed newsmen that following the report of the extortion, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun ordered the arrest and detention of the officers involved in the act.

    Oyeyemi mentioned the officers were instantly arrested and subjected to orderly room trial on a three-count charge of corrupt practices, discreditable conduct and disobedience to a lawful order.
    According to him, the trio was discovered guilty of all the charges and subsequently dismissed from the power to function as a deterrent to others.

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    He added that the money was recovered from the dismissed officers and returned to the victim.

    Oyeyemi mentioned “Having heard about the incident on social media, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, ordered the instant arrest and detention of the officers concerned in the dastardly act. The three policemen were shortly recognized and apprehended.

    “The money was recovered from them and returned to the victim. They were subsequently organized for departmental orderly room trial on a 3-count charge of corrupt practices, discreditable conduct and disobedience to a lawful order.

    “They were found guilty of all the fees, and subsequently dismissed from the drive to function a deterrent to others.”

    Oyeyemi quoted the CP to have appealed to members of the general public to always “report any act of misconduct from any officer of the command to him personally, or by any of the principal officers of the command, as such will be handled with utmost urgency.”

  • BREAKING: Gunmen Attack Private University In Kaduna, Kidnap Pupils

    BREAKING: Gunmen Attack Private University In Kaduna, Kidnap Pupils

    BREAKING: Gunmen Attack Private University In Kaduna, Kidnap Pupils

    The academic establishment, Green Field University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuka Highway at Chikun Local Government Area, as well as the first private university in the nation, established three years back.

    The most recent incident is the first major assault that bandits will launch on communities across the Kaduna-Abuja Highway since 300 female soldiers have been set to the overall place in January this year.

    The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident to Channels Television.

    However, eyewitnesses, said the gunmen stormed the university last night and began shooting sporadically, prior to shooting some of the students away.

    The locals said that the university with about forty students population does not have enough security on the floor, despite being found in one of the epicentres of kidnapping, a scenario which they believe made it easier for its bandits to obtain easy entry to the establishment.

    Recently, Kaduna was confronting series of attacks by bandits including assaults on colleges.

    On March 11th, they assaulted the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state and kidnapped 39 pupils.

    While ten from this number have been released, the fate of the rest of the ones still hangs in the balance.

  • Olujimi condemns Ekiti cult killings as police arrest 34 more suspects

    Olujimi condemns Ekiti cult killings as police arrest 34 more suspects

    Senator representing Ekiti South, Mrs. Biodun Olujimi, has condemned the killings of six persons in a cult clash at Ikere-Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

    She spoke just as the Police Command stated 34 more suspects have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s bloody violence in the town.

    Olujimi mentioned hooliganism and cultism shouldn’t be a way of life and must be discouraged.

    In a statement she personally signed in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain described the incident as condemnable, unacceptable and alien to the behavioural pattern of peace-loving folks of Ekiti State.

    Olujimi mentioned the killings had been worrisome, calling on security agencies to fish out the masterminds of the killings and ensure they face the full wrath of the legislation.

    She urged security agencies to beef up security in the state, most particularly in flashpoints to stop the reoccurrence of such incidents, saying security is non-negotiable and should be assured.

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    Ekiti police spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, stated the mixed team of security agencies drafted to the town had been in a position to restore peace to the town, while street patrol continues.

    Abutu said 34 more suspects have been arrested making the total variety of individuals in police custody over the incident 45.

    He said serious efforts are still ongoing to arrest other accomplices, unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and bring perpetrators to face the iron hand of the legislation.

  • Police Arrest 21 Over Cultism, Kidnapping

    Police Arrest 21 Over Cultism, Kidnapping

    Osun State Police Command has arrested 21 youths for alleged involvement in cultism, kidnapping and different crimes.

    The Commissioner of Police within the state, CP Wale Olokode, paraded the suspects on the police headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital.

    The CP mentioned the suspects have been arrested in Osogbo, Ife and Ikire, explaining that some suspects had been launched when it was clear that they had been wrongly picked and that these arrested have been cultists and kidnappers.

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    However, among the suspects stated they weren’t cultists and that they have been raided at a joint the place they have been ingesting and having enjoyable.

    One of many suspects, Hammed Muhammed, who was arrested with a single barrel gun with three reside cartridges instructed Each day Belief that he got here to Osun from the North together with his gang to kidnap folks and get the ransom.

    Three among the many suspects confirmed that they joined the Buccaneer cult group to have the ability to win student union government elections of their college.

    One of many suspects, Akintunde Moses, advised Each day Belief that when he was contesting for the place of SUG President on the Lagos State College, he joined the cult group in order to win the election.

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    CP Olokode mentioned the suspects can be arraigned in court and warned that police would quickly start to arrest dad and mom of any youth that commits against the law. He stated dad and mom of suspects can be prosecuted together with their kids subsequently.

    “Dad and mom are by this directive warned to admonish their kids and wards to desist from felony acts; in any other case, they could be charged alongside for shielding the criminals,” Olokode stated.

  • 3 Kidnappers Killed In Gun Duel With Police In Niger

    3 Kidnappers Killed In Gun Duel With Police In Niger

    Niger state police command said its personnel attached to Lapai Division in a joint operation with vigilante operatives have killed three kidnappers in a gun shootout.

    The kidnappers were engaged in a gun battle following receipt of credible information by the police that the gunmen had kidnapped three persons at different locations to unknown destination.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun said the Police Operatives attached to Lapai Division with local vigilantes mobilized and trailed the hoodlums to a forest near Fapo village via Lapai local government where they were engaged in a fierce gun battle.

    He said, “As a result, three suspected kidnappers were gunned down, two AK47 rifles and one locally fabricated AK47 rifle were recovered, while other members of the syndicate escaped with gunshot injuries and the three victims were rescued unhurt.

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Niger State Command CP Adamu Usman has called on members of the public to remain calm, saying the command will continue the onslaught against the hoodlums in the State.

    He urged Nigerlites to report anyone with bullet wounds, or suspicious behavior to the nearest police division.

  • NDLEA will use Nigeria Immigration Service database to track drug barons

    NDLEA will use Nigeria Immigration Service database to track drug barons

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has stated it will use the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)’s database to trace drug barons and traffickers anywhere in the world.

    The Chairman/Chief Executive of the agency, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), stated this on Monday in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede.

    After a tour of the NIS database facility, Marwa commended Babandede for deploying modern technology and state of the art gear to maintain huge information for the usage of the nation’s intelligence and law enforcement community.

    “No doubt, the Nigeria Immigration Service database will be of immense use to us in NDLEA in our efforts to track drug barons and traffickers wherever they may be hiding across the world.

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    “We’ll take advantage of the new technology deployed by the NIS now that the NDLEA is on top of its game,” Marwa stated in a statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi.

    He recommended the NIS Comptroller General for introducing a drug integrity test to the service, including that the company will proceed to push for other government agencies and political office seekers among others to adopt the same.

    Responding, the NIS boss commended Marwa for his achievements as far as the helmsman of the NDLEA.

    “We have no doubt that you will excel like you have executed in previous national assignments and we’re ready to work with you.

    “On the drug integrity take a look at, we’ll just like the NDLEA positioned to conduct drug tests for the navy and other law enforcement agencies,” Babandede stated.

    He stated it isn’t sufficient to send those caught with drugs to jail, however that membership of any drug cartel must equally be regarded and treated with a similar measure.

  • Teen sentenced to three years in prison for stealing motorbike

    Teen sentenced to three years in prison for stealing motorbike

    A Customary Court in Kafanchan on Wednesday sentenced a teenager, Isaac John, to three years in a correctional facility for stealing a motorcycle.

    The presiding Judge, George Gwani, however, gave the convict an option of an N60,000 fine.

    The Police had charged John with theft, an offence contrary to the provisions of Section 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code.
    The prosecutor, Insp. Esther Bishen told the court that one Adamu Garba, a commercial motorcyclist, reported the matter at the Kafanchan Divisional Police Station on March 17.

    Bishen stated that Garba alleged that John boarded his motorbike from BCC to Sabo area of Kafanchan.

    The grievance. however, stated that on attending to a bush along the street, the defendant sprayed pepper on his face and went away with the motorbike.

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    According to her, the defendant was arrested with the bike two days later.

    When the charge was read to him, John pleaded guilty and prayed the court for leniency.

    The prosecutor, thereafter, prayed the court to try the defendant summarily in step with Part 125(8) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law.

  • Police declare 18 people Wanted in Ebonyi over communal clashes

    Police declare 18 people Wanted in Ebonyi over communal clashes

    Police have declared 18 people wished in the wake of communal clashes between Effium and Ezza in Ebonyi state.

    All 18 from Effium are accused of promoting an intra-communal clash that’s ravaged the area for the past three years.

    They are also wanted on charges that include murder, arson, illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, attempt to commit felony including cultism.

    This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah and was reported.

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    “The wanted persons are all indigenes of Effium\Ezza-Effium Community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State,” stated Odah.

    “Handsome reward awaits any person with useful information that may lead to arrest of the suspects”, the statement read.

    The state government mediated talks between the two clans to forge a peace pact.

    However, the crisis which erupted earlier in January 2021 was based on a management tussle on the favoured motor park within the area.

  • House Minority Caucus express shock over the Attack on Ortom

    House Minority Caucus express shock over the Attack on Ortom

    The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has expressed shock over the assassination attempt on the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, calling for a full scale investigation into the incident with a view to bringing the assailants and their masterminds, no matter how highly placed to justice .

    Last week, gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked the Governor’s convoy while on a visit to his farm.

    The lawmakers, in a statement by the Minority Leader, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, described the incident as another daring attempt by the legal elements to destabilize the state.

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    Elumelu stated the lawmakers had been distressed by the disposition of certain state actors, whose actions and body language appear to embolden acts of terrorism to the extent that criminal elements can summon the audacity to the trail and attempt to assassinate a state governor.

    He urged Governor Ortom not to be deterred by the attack and stay courageous in discharging his duties to his people.

    While commending the security personnel attached to Ortom for their gallantry in repelling the attackers, he additionally charged the Inspector General of Police, to beef up security around the Governor at this crucial time.

    Elumelu said, ”We are alarmed by this brazen try by outlaws to assassinate a democratically elected Governor in our nation. It’s indeed disturbing that outlaws, bandits and terrorists have been so indulged that they now have the temerity to fire shots at and attempt to assassinate a democratically elected Governor.

    ”Moreover, the assault on Governor Ortom has again brought to the fore, apprehensions of alleged lapses in our security structure, significantly given that the assault came on the heels of his continuous distress call to the Federal Government to take decisive steps to guarantee the security of life and property in his state.”

  • How commercial driver kills LASTMA officer in Lagos

    How commercial driver kills LASTMA officer in Lagos

    The management of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has confirmed the killing of their staff member by some mini-bus drivers at the Anthony bus stop area of the state.

    The LASTMA additionally stated one other staff sustained serious wounds during the assault, which it stated, was orchestrated by suspected cultists masquerading as drivers of commercial mini-buses.

    Obasi Segun was killed by a mob, in addition to Adeniyi Hakeem, whereas closing from work on Tuesday.

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    It was learnt that seven of the suspected killers were, however, arrested and handed over to the police.

    The general manager of the LASTMA, Mr Olajide Oduyoye, who confirmed the unlucky incident, additionally condemned it in strong terms.

    Oduyoye stated the deceased was allegedly attacked with machetes and other dangerous weapons by the driver of a commercial bus with registration number FKJ 452 YC, plying Bariga to Oshodi through Ikorodu road, in cohorts with another driver, after the stated vehicle was apprehended for contravening the traffic laws of the state.

    He warned that any traffic violation could be punished as authorised by the Lagos State House of Assembly.

  • Gunmen hacked Nasarawa, kill 30 in Zamfara Villages

    Gunmen hacked Nasarawa, kill 30 in Zamfara Villages

    Assailants yesterday hacked the village chief of Osewu community in Toto Local Government area of Nasarawa State, Abubakar Omazi and 16 others within the area to loss of life.

    A resident, who identified himself as Yahaya, stated the incident happened at 6 am.

    He stated the assailants invaded the community in their large number with sophisticated weapons and attacked some residents with cutlasses.

    He stated among the victims was the vice-chairman of vigilante in the community.

    He said some of the bodies were recovered from the bush and had been buried according to the Islamic rites.

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    The council chairman, Nuhu Dauda and some security operatives had been stated to have visited the community.

    When contacted, the spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, Ramhan Nansel, stated the command was but to obtain details about the incident.

    Additionally, bandits, yesterday killed no fewer than thirteen people in an attack on the Damage community in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

    Eyewitnesses said dozens of armed men arrived on motorcycles, firing at residents.

    “They arrived in the community around 1 pm and began shooting people. Students were taking lessons on the Day Secondary School in the community, however, on sighting the armed criminals, they abandoned the classrooms and scampered for safety.

    “As I’m speaking to you, the bodies of the victims are being recovered and we’ve concluded preparations for their burials,” a resident, who identified as Musa Damage, was reported.

    The spokesman of the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu, when contacted by our correspondent, said: “Give me some time. I’ll get back to you.”

  • Protesters burn court, LG secretariat, police station in Imo community

    Protesters burn court, LG secretariat, police station in Imo community

    Angry youths of Ihitte-Uboma LGA in Imo State have taken to the streets of the Isinweke community to protest the alleged killing of an indigene of the area by a suspected policeman.

    It was gathered that the protesting youths had set on fire, the LG council headquarters in Isinweke, the Ihitte-Uboma Divisional Police Headquarters and a court building in the community.

    The protesters, based on reports stormed the LG Secretariat on Tuesday in a number of vehicles and prompted a stampede.

    Our correspondent learnt that a businessman who owns a Bet9Nija centre within the area had invited the police to arrest his salesgirl, who allowed a customer to place an N100, 000 bets on credit.

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    A source stated the salesgirl who was asthmatic was detained by the police after being allowed to fetch her inhaler at residence.

    It continued, “within the course of, a group of angry youths attacked the police and one youth was killed.

    The youths regrouped themselves and burnt the police station and different locations.”

    The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, stated the Commissioner of Police, Narisu Muhammed, had ordered an investigation into the incidents.

  • Court orders Yahoo boy to forfeit car, laptop and cellphone to FG

    Court orders Yahoo boy to forfeit car, laptop and cellphone to FG

    A convicted internet fraudster, Akinrinmade Adeniyi, who was sentenced to three months imprisonment in Abeokuta, is to forfeit his car, a laptop and a cellphone to the Federal Government.

    The Economic and Monetary Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, stated it secured the conviction of Adeniyi on Tuesday for impersonation.

    He was discovered guilty of the charge preferred against him by Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

    The convict had earlier pleaded guilty to the one-rely charge of fraudulent impersonation introduced against him by the EFCC.

    However, the court pronounced him guilty of the offence and sent him to jail.

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    Apart from the jail time period, the Court additionally ordered him to refund the sum of USD 500 to his victim.

    He was additionally asked to forfeit his Toyota Lexus ES330, one Techno K7 cellphone, and one HP Laptop to the Federal Government of Nigeria through the EFCC.

    The items had been a part of the proceeds derived from his fraudulent act, the EFCC had stated.

  • NDLEA arrests drug trafficker with three parcels of cocaine at lagos Airport

    NDLEA arrests drug trafficker with three parcels of cocaine at lagos Airport

    A suspected drug trafficker, Hassan Bishi Taiwo, has been arrested by operatives of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) command of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with three parcels of cocaine hid in a false bottom created in his suitcase.

    Preliminary investigations revealed that Hassan, who was intercepted at the E-Arrival hall of the MMIA, upon arrival onboard Ethiopian airlines at 1:30 pm last Friday, had been plying the illicit trade by the Middle East routes.

    According to the commander, MMIA command of the agency, Ahmadu Garba, “The suspect came into Nigeria through Addis-Ababa, however, he actually travelled to Addis-Ababa from Abuja. Upon a radical search, we found one other ticket on him whereas our findings additionally show that he has been plying his legal trade through some Middle East countries.”

    In a related growth, operatives of the Anambra State Command of the agency have recovered fifty eight.5 grammes of cocaine and 13.9 grammes of heroin hidden in the palace of a prominent traditional ruler within the state.

    “Investigations are ongoing to unravel how the illicit drugs were hidden within the palace and palace guards are helping in tracing the vendor behind the consignment,” Muhammadu Misbahu Idris, the Anambra State commander of the NDLEA, said.

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    In the same vein, narcotic officers attached to a courier firm in Lagos have intercepted 500 grammes of unaccompanied cocaine going to the United Arab Emirates and hid contained in the partitions of packed cartons containing clothes. The operatives additionally intercepted in another courier firm one kilogramme of Cannabis concealed in cream bottles going to UAE, while 500 grammes of ketamine hidden in artefacts and going to the US was additionally recovered from the same firm in Lagos.

    Equally, 480 grammes of unaccompanied methamphetamine going to China had been recovered from the same courier company.
    Chairman/Chief Govt of the NDLEA, Mohamed Buba Marwa, has commended the commanders, males and officers concerned within the operations for his or her vigilance and charged them to proceed with the vigour.

  • Bandits abduct forty-nine individuals in Rafi, Wushishi LGAs of Nigeria

    Bandits abduct forty-nine individuals in Rafi, Wushishi LGAs of Nigeria

    Armed bandits have allegedly kidnapped forty-nine individuals in Rafi and Wushishi Local Governments Areas of Niger State.

    It was gathered that the bandits rode on bikes and parked distant from the village, whereas they walked to the village and unleashed assault whereas they had been quick asleep.

    It was gathered among the bandits have been left behind to look at over the bikes whereas others trekked into the village to hold out the dastardly act.

    Eyewitnesses mentioned upon arrival, the bandits moved from home to deal with, woke their victims up, stole their property and walked them out to the place they parked their bikes.

    Efforts to contact the Chairman of Rafi Local Government, Alhaji Ismaila Modibo Kagara for a response on the matter have been abortive.

    In an identical improvement, bandits kidnapped 19 natives of Kutunku in Jangaru Village in Wushishi Native Authorities Space of the state.

    The gunmen stormed the world within the early hours of Monday, capturing sporadically to scare away the folks.

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    Victims kidnapped have been made up of 11 male and 8 feminine.

    One of many residents of the realm advised that the gunmen beat up lots of people through the assault.

    The resident additionally said that among the many eight ladies kidnapped, two of them have been purported to be married off this weekend.

    It was additional learnt that the bandits haven’t contacted the households of the abductees.

    A senior Local Government official within the space who wouldn’t need his title talked about, confirmed the event.

    He mentioned, “We heard in regards to the invasion of the village by bandits and kidnapped some individuals. A report has been despatched to the Divisional Police Officer in Zungeru, however, we’re but to listen to from him. It’s fairly unlucky.”

    In the meantime, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, of the state police command, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, couldn’t be reached for remark on the time of submitting this report.

  • Notorious Bandit Leader, Rufa’i Maikaji And His Fighters Killed In Kaduna

    Notorious Bandit Leader, Rufa’i Maikaji And His Fighters Killed In Kaduna

    Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of one ‘Rufai Maikaji’, a deadly bandit terrorising the state, in an aerial interdiction conducted by the Nigerian troops.

    Maikaji’ and dozens of his fighters were neutralized around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna Central Senatorial District.

    The state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, stated the aerial missions in which the bandits were killed were conducted in late February.

    He stated when Maikaji and his gang sighted the ground troops, they escaped from Anaba village of Igabi LGA where they killed some citizens, burnt houses and kidnapped some locals.

    According to Aruwan, the immediate response by the air platforms ended the reign of terror maintained by ‘Rufai Maikaji’ and his bloodsucking accomplices.

    He stated ‘Rufai Maikaji’ and his group had been confirmed to be responsible for the killing, kidnapping and cattle rustling in many communities in Giwa, Igabi and Chikun LGAs.

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    Among the areas raided by the syndicate have been: Iyatawa, Garke, Kumfa, Bakali, Karau-karau and Galadimawa, Anaba, Kerawa, Hashimawa, Sabon Birni, Buruku general area and parts of Chikun LGA axis of Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road.

    “‘Rufai Maikaji’ is alleged to have begun his ignoble profession as an errand boy to some deadly bandits in and around Sabon Birni common space of Igabi LGA.

    “From this position, he grew to become a household title in banditry,” the commissioner said.

    Aruwan further assured residents of communities that suffered the brutality of ‘Rufai Maikaji’ that aggressive pursuit of other accomplices, who escaped the onslaught, is in full swing by the security agencies.

    He expressed optimism that they will be caught sooner rather than later.

    Governor Nasir El-Rufai commended the army for taking down the bandits’ leader and his accomplices, assuring them of agency support within the ongoing operations against bandits throughout the state.

  • NIS arrests fake CGI ‘promising Jigawa residents employment slots

    NIS arrests fake CGI ‘promising Jigawa residents employment slots

    Nigerian Immigration Service has arrested an imposter of the Comptroller General of the service, Mr. Mohammed Babandede.

    Jigawa State NIS Command Comptroller Mr. Ismail Abba Aliyu stated the suspect specialized in duping people.

    He stated the 25-year-old suspect identified as Muhammad Sulaiman Babaji of Bayi Quarters in Hedejia local Government was arrested parading himself as the junior brother of Comptroller General attempting to dupe the Birniwa council chairman.

    The state commandant, nevertheless, warned the general public to resist giving money to anybody to seek for  job.

    He stated the suspect might be handed over to the police for further investigation

    The suspect on his part confessed to having committed the crime.

    “I asked Birniwa local government council chairman that CG asked me to collect three curriculum vitae for job slots.

    “I additionally requested him to pay for flight as a result of the CV were needed urgently.

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    “I additionally duped a House of Representatives member and council chairman and other people promising them chieftaincy titles from Hadejia Emirates Council or employment to people.

    The alleged fraudster said defrauding people is his destiny in life as he has been within the habit for some time for a livelihood.

  • Offa bank robbery: We killed eleven persons hauling stones at us – Suspects

    Offa bank robbery: We killed eleven persons hauling stones at us – Suspects

    A shocking revelation emerged on April 5, 2018, in Offa bloody bank robbery on Wednesday, when suspects told a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, how they killed about eleven persons in the robbery operation.

    The suspects, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Azeez Salawu, and Niyi Ogundare, have been on trial since their arrest.

    Counsel to the prosecution, Rotimi Jacob, at the resumed hearing of the case on Wednesday, called the seventh witness, one John Nwoke, a police inspector attached to the Police Force Public Relations unit, Abuja.

    Nwoke presented a DVD video to the open court containing the confessional statements of the suspects.

    One of the suspects, Ayoade Akinnibosun, said: “They shot dead eleven persons who were hauling stones and other missiles at them.”

    Akinnibosun narrated how a dismissed police officer, Michael Adikwu, now deceased, sold the robbery idea to him, adding that he, in turn, conscripted his other four accomplices to the deal.

    Akinnibosun, who claimed to be the ring leader in the video, revealed that he owned the two vehicles used in the bloody robbery operation.

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    He said, “One of the vehicles, a Lexus sport utility vehicle, SUV, was given to me as empowerment by the then Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, as the leader of the political liberation movement in Kwara South.

    “I came into contact with the dismissed policeman, Adikwu through a revenue collection staff, after meeting with him, I relayed to Ibikunle Ogunleye, who also relayed the same to Adeola Abraham, otherwise known as ‘Adex’.

    “Azeez Salawu and Niyi Ogundare, are both mechanics; on the fateful day of April 5, 2018, we, the five of us moved from Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state to Ajasse-Ipo, where we parked the SUV under a tree and we all drove in the Mercedes Benz to Offa.

    “At Offa, we parked in front of the Total filling station, where late Adikwu was waiting for us in a black Audi car.

    “There was also a Nissan Primera car parked in front of us at the Total filling station where some other people that came with Adikwu were waiting.

    “Shortly, thereafter, Adikwu handed over a sack to me containing five AK-47 rifles and as the commander of my gang, I distributed the guns and directed every member to take his position.

    “I positioned myself at the roundabout leading to Igosun from Offa.

    “After the robbery, Adikwu (the deceased) did not give us a dime, he only promised to call me when it is time to share the loot.

    “Then we all hurriedly left the community, on getting to Ijagbo, Oyun LGA, our vehicle stretched to a halt awaiting Adikwu who came and collected the five AK-47 rifles from me.”

    Akinnibosun said he got the Lexus car because he used to mobilize people for election in the state and that the car had not gotten a number plate before his arrest, adding that “I was using the sticker of the then-Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki as the number plate.

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    “This is because he was the political leader of the state.”

    Ibikunle Ogunleye, on his part, while speaking as the second defendant, revealed that he was traditionally positioned at the First Bank premises in Offa metropolis before Adikwu dragged him to come along to the Offa police station.

    He confessed that he shot two people dead who were trying to escape at the gate of the police station.

    Ogunleye said Adikwu and his gang fired many shots at the police station, killing scores of policemen in the operation.

    Adikwu, on entering the station, announced that the police relieved him of his job, but, “I have come on a revenge mission, and handed over 10 AK-47 rifles taken from the armoury to me,” adding that “I took them into his Audi car.”

    Abraham and Salawu Ogundiran also confessed to have shot five and two persons dead, respectively, to prevent being stoned to death by public members.

    The trial judge, Haleemah Salman, adjourned the case till March 15, 2021, for the continuation of hearing.

  • Akeredolu reveals kidnappers in Ondo forest speak Fulfulde

    Akeredolu reveals kidnappers in Ondo forest speak Fulfulde

    Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has declared that most kidnappers in the State’s forest reserves speak Fulfulde.

    Akeredolu, who spoke during an interview on Politics Today on Monday, said the kidnappers were using Ondo forest reserves to perpetrate crimes.

    According to the governor, “What we had to address in Ondo State is essentially our discovery that some criminal elements were using our forest reserves to perpetrate crimes and we said, look, we’re not going to stay by and just watch this happen.

    “People are kidnapped, they are not kidnapped and taken into a house; most of those who were kidnapped have come back, and we have debriefed them, we’ve been briefed by all of them, and we know essentially the group of people involved and that they were taken into our forest reserves.

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    “How am I to know where they have come from? How did you allow them in, in the first instance. My duty is not to profile those who come into the country, but all I know very clearly is that those who are perpetrating this crime speak the same language, they have a common language like some people here in this country. That is where our problem lies.”

    He added, “Most of them [kidnappers] were speaking Fulfulde, and there is no need for us to run away from it. This’s a common language that is spoken across the length and breadth, particularly in West Africa and North Africa. So, if they come in, how did they come in?

    “Miyetti Allah doesn’t have to defend these people if they aren’t their members. There is no need to defend them; let us treat them as what they are –criminals and they (Miyetti Allah) themselves should support us in getting them out.”

  • Police arrest two suspects murder in connection of 18-year-old girl death in Delta

    Police arrest two suspects murder in connection of 18-year-old girl death in Delta

    The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Mohammed Ali, said the command has arrested two suspected murderers in connection with the death of an 18-year-old girl, Akpovwovwo Blessing.

    CP Ali in a statement signed and made available in news gave the names of the suspects to include, Dafe Desmond (28) and Joel Dafe Ruro.

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    The State’s Police boss said on 15/01/2021 at about 1830hrs one Akpovwovwo Ogheneovo from Ugono Village, a sub-clan in Abraka Kingdom reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Abraka that, “On 14/01/2021 at about 1304hrs, he received a phone call from one Chief Okponoko Umunade ‘m’ of same address that his daughter one Akpovwovwo Blessing ‘f’18yrs old died in her boyfriend’s house one Dafe Desmond ‘m’ 28yrs old of Okwijere Uruoka Abraka and the boyfriend abandoned her corpse at Government Hospital Abraka.”

    According to CP Ali, “Detectives visited the scene, corpse photographed and removed to Obiaruku General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.

    “Foul play suspected as the said Dafe Desmond ‘m’ and one Joel Dafe Ruro ‘m’ have been arrested. Case is under investigation.”