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  • Boy held for ‘raping’ minor

    A 17-year-old boy identified as Rashidi has been arrested for alleged defilement of a seven-year-old girl.

    The incident occurred at 4, Obanta Road, Apapa.

    It was gathered that the victim’s mother learnt of the sexual assaults on her daughter on November 3, after her youngest child, who felt cheated on the Ice Cream bought for them, reported to their mother.

    According to a representative of Arms of Comfort Foundation, Adejumo Kazeem, the younger child told their mother that her sister had been sucking brother Rashidi’s ‘Toi Toi’ (private part).

    Kazeem said: “The woman was asked to narrate what happened and she said it was on November 3 that she knew. She said she bought Ice Cream for for two daughters to share. The older one (names withheld) gave the younger one little and she was not happy about it.

    “Then, she told her elder sister that she will tell mummy. Their mother heard it and asked the younger one to speak up. That was when the younger one told their mother that brother Rashidi has been making the seven-year-old suck his Toi Toi (private part).

    “The woman asked the victim if it was true. She initially refused to open up but later begged the mother not to tell her father. The woman agreed she won’t tell their father and the child said she has done it three times.

    “She said the child also said that the suspect one day put his penis in her vagina but it did not enter. When her father heard it, he was furious. They alleged the boy has done a similar thing to another neighbour’s son but it was not reported.”

    Continuing, Kazeem said the woman and the kid were referred to the Mirable Centre for examination where it was established that the child had been penetrated through her anus and private part.

    “They were offered counselling before they were referred to the Mirable Centre for check up. The results proved the child had been defiled. She was given drugs at Mirable Centre.

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    “We were asked if the matter has been reported to the police and we said no. We assured them we will do so once we got back. They said the test result can be given to us but the medical report is confidential and can only be given on request either to the police station or the court.

    “Immediately we left Mirabel Centre, the Executive Director, Arms of Comfort Foundation typed a letter notifying the Area B Police Station Apapa and copied the Medical Officer and Education Officer at the Local Government.

    “When we explained everything and presented the letter to the police on November 8, they rejected the letter because we did not notify them before referring the victim to the hospital for test and treatment. “Another thing they said that baffled me was that we will have to motivate them financially. The victim’s mother said her husband had told his relatives abroad and they were interested in the case.

    “When the police heard this, they told her to call the person that they will like to talk to the person which she did. It was later that day I called the woman and she the boy has been arrested. She said the boy confessed to the crime…’ said Kazeem.

    Police spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (CSP) confirmed the incident, adding that the case was currently at the gender sedition of the command.

    Oti said: “The suspect was arrested and transferred to gender. He is under age and was sick. So, he was given administrative bail and handed over to his parents so he could be treated. The suspect will be charged to court  as soon as he gets better.”

     

  • Father of two deceased kids found in freezer

    Mr Micheal Edeh, father to the two children and their dog found dead in a freezer at Igbogbo-Baiyeku area of Ikorodu have been transferred to the Central Investigation Department (CID) Panti, Yaba.

    The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, told our reporters on Wednesday that Edeh, who is now a suspect, was transferred to CID for further interrogation to ascertain the real cause of the children’s death.

    “I have confirmed the matter and the CP directed that the father of the deceased be brought to notice to know his ulterior motive or whether it is an act of negligence,” Oti said.

    The incident happened on Sunday, November 11.

    The residence of Mr and Mrs Edeh was found under lock and key and the flat was empty and deserted.

    One of the neighbours, who did not want his name mentioned, said: “it is only God that can determine the root causes of the death of the children.

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    “How can the children die in such a manner and their father was inside the house sleeping?

    “I think it is beyond human imagination, the only thing that could be done is autopsy to educate them on the real cause of the children’s death,’’ he said.

    Another neighbour, Mr Kamoru Adewale, told our reporters that “since the matter has been handed over to the police everything would be done to unravel the mystery behind the death of the children.’’

    All efforts to get a community leader to react to the incident proved abortive.

  • Police dismiss drunken Inspector

    The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Wednesday dismissed an Inspector for getting himself drunk at Akowonjo, in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos.

    Inspector Kadima Useni was seen drunk on Instablog9ja, a social media.

    His drunken display on video was widely circulated on Tuesday.

    The Nation learnt that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris’s attention was drawn to it and directed the Lagos Command Commissioner of Police (CP) Imohimi Edgal to investigate the matter.

    The inspector was said to have traced to Ikeja where he was apprehended and tried.

    Having confessed that he was the one in the video during the Orderly Room trial, he was dismissed.

    A statement by police spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (SCP) identified Inspector Useni’s appointment number as 176219

    CP Edgal, Oti said, noted that the dismissal will serve as deterrent to other officers.

    The statement reads in part: “The attention of IGP Ibrahim Idris was been drawn to a video of Lagos policeman who got drunk at Akowonjo, Dopemu area of Lagos. He directed CP Edgal to fish out the erring policeman for appropriate disciplinary action.

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    “The policeman who was stupefied after guzzling large quantity of alcoholic beverage was located and apprehended today at Police Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base, Ikeja, where he served by the Command Provost. He was identified as Inspector Kadima Useni with appointment number 176219.

    “During interrogation, the officer affirmed that he was the one in the video, he was therefore tried in orderly room and summarily dismissed to serve as a deterrent to others.”

    To prevent re-occurrence, Edgal has directed the officer in charge of the Command Provost Section to embark on tour of all police formations and barracks within the state with a view to identifying and shutting all beer parlour within the police community.

    “CP Edgal warns against offering policemen alcoholic drinks while on duty by members of the public. He added that henceforth any policeman found drunk on duty will be visited with similar punishment,” Oti said.

    It would be recalled that another Inspector, Emmanuel Egba, attached to Area ‘M’ Command, Idimu, Lagos, was arrested on September 13 for holding a bottle of beer on duty.

    Egba, according to Oti, said was questioned by senior officers, but denied the allegation, stating that he recovered the beer bottle with liquid content from a driver, who was drinking right inside his car in traffic.

    “He feared that the driver might get himself intoxicated thereby endangering his life and that of other road users,” he said.

    “The case is, however, being investigated at the Command Provost Section and if his claim is found to be false, appropriate disciplinary action would be meted out to him after an Orderly Room Trial,” he said.

  • Why we attacked Lagos lawyer – Suspects

    Two suspects arrested for attempted murder on a Lagos based lawyer Prof. McCarthy Mbadugha have told the police that they attacked him for not paying their salaries when due.

    This was contained in a statement by police spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (CSP) in reaction to reports on Mbadugha’s attack.
    According to Oti, the suspects identified as Kingsley Asuquo, 19, and Isaac Edet, 18, both guards attached to the lawyer from Strongcity Security Services Limited said they planned to kill him if it became necessary.

    It was gathered that the suspects were bitter that they were not being paid when due despite the money being made by the lawyer from his client including Innoson Motors.

    Denying that the victim was attacked by unknown assailants, Oti said both suspects were guards attached to him, adding that efforts were being made to apprehend their accomplices at large.

    He said: “The Lagos State Police Command is investigating two security guards, Kingsley Asuquo,19 and Isaac Edet, 18, assigned to guard a Lagos lawyer, Prof. McCarthy Mbadugha, from Strongcity Security Services but ended up attacking and robbing the same man that hired them for protective services.

    “On October 13, at about 5:30pm, the command received information from a credible source that armed bandits held one Barrister Joseph Mbadugha aka Prof McCarty Mbadugha, hostage in his office at JohnVic Igbanogo Street, Lekki Phase one. That the armed men were seen wearing Strongcity Security Services uniform.

    “Based on the information, operatives from Maroko Police Station and FSARS Ikeja, jointly mobilised to the scene. On sighting the operatives, the hoodlums ran in different directions to avoid being arrested but one of them, who gave his name as Isaac Edet, was nabbed at the scene.

    “During interrogation, he mentioned and led detectives to arrest his partner in crime, one Kingsley Asuquo. Interestingly, both suspects are staff of Strongcity Security Services attached to the victim.

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    “They claimed the victim does not pay their salary as at when due, hence they planned with others at large to rob and kill him if necessary.

    “They succeeded in dispossessing the victim of a bag containing laptop, N40,000, three cheque booklets, an iPhone-6. All these items were recovered from the thieves in the course of investigation.

    “The Commissioner of Police has directed the head of the command’s Intelligence Unit to fish out the suspects at large for prosecution. The command hopes that this press release halts rumour making the rounds on social media that the lawyer was attacked by unknown assailants.”

  • Togolese sleeps with underage girls for N50

    The police have arrested a Togolese, Dominic Samson, 31, for allegedly sleeping with underage girls.

    He was said to have given them N50 each after the exercise.

    Samson was arrested last Monday around 8:50am by Ejigbo Police Station Divisional Police Officer Olabisi Okufowobi, a Chief Superintendent (CSP) following a complaint by the father of one his victims, a 15-year-old girl.

    According to a statement issued on Monday by Police spokesman, Chike Oti, a CSP, Samson was caught sleeping with the 15-year-old girl by neighbours at their 28 Olusesan Street, Ejigbo home.

    The neighbours informed the girl’s father, who had gone out to his place of work.

    The man reported the matter to Ejigbo Police Station

    Oti said: “Based on his complaint, the DPO, a female officer, interrogated the victim and she confirmed the report. She confirmed that the suspect did not only defile her but sodomised her by having anal sexual intercourse with her. She further revealed that she was not the only victim of the suspect’s indecent sexual behaviour . She named five other victims who are within 13 to 15 years age bracket.

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    “All the victim’s except the sixth had been identified, interrogated and their statements recorded. The girls said the suspect sometimes bring all of them together in one room for an orgy and thereafter give them a cash reward of N50 each.”

    According to him, the victims had been taken to the Mirabel Centre where the doctor’s report confirmed that the victims were indeed defiled as alleged.

    The Commissioner of Police (CP) Imohimi Edgal, Oti said, urged parents to be mindful of their children as that is the only panacea to the rising cases of sexual exploitation and abuse of children.

  • 10 vehicles razed in Lagos fire

    At least 10 vehicles were on Tuesday morning burnt after spilled Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) ignited fire along Badagry Expressway, Lagos.

    The incident occurred around 5am at Barrack Bus Stop, Ojo.

    It was gathered that a tanker which collided with a white van around 10:30pm on Monday got punctured.

    The punctured tanker, said to have spilled its content on the road, was recovered by emergency workers the same night.

    But hours after the recovery, it was gathered that a fire broke out miles away from the accident point, gutting three buses, a saloon car and six trucks.

    Although initial reports alleged that persons were killed in the inferno, a source at the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said there was no casualty.

    “No life was lost in the fire. The tanker that spilled its content was not affected. The spillage happened on Monday night. It was stopped and the tanker drove away from the place. Fire service also blanket the affected area.

    “Then hours later, fire broke out and affected some vehicles. No one sustained injury and no house was burnt. The fire was ignited by unruly drivers who disobeyed safety instructions and that led to a spark,” said a source.

    Confirming the incident, General Manager LASEMA Adesina Tiamiyu said the agency received a distress call concerning a tanker accident around 9:48pm on Monday at Barrack inward Iyana Iba Bus Stop.

    “This prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s response team to the scene of the incident. Upon arrival at the scene, it was observed that the tanker with unknown registration number laden 33,000 litres of PMS collided with a white mini truck carrying electrical appliances.

    “The tanker’s rear compartment got punctured resulting to spilling of the PMS contents into the environs. Consequently, a combined team of Lasema Response Unit (LRU), Lagos State Fire Service, Police and other responders successfully curtailed and stopped further spillage of the PMS into the environs of the incident scene.

    “The articulated tanker and trucks were thereafter recovered from the incident scene. However, during the recovery process, the PMS which hitherto spilled into the distant environment ignited fire and went aflame.

    “The fire travelled back to the proximity of the scene resulting to three buses, a car and six trucks getting burnt. The circumstances resulting to this fatal secondary incident could have been attributed to unsafe practices by inhabitants in the distant environs where the PMS spilled into. It is pertinent to note that no person was injured neither was any dead recorded.

    “The Lagos State Fire Service, officials of the LASEMA Response Team, 81 Division Nigerian Army Fire Service, Nigeria Police and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) were the responders at the scene of incident.

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    “Motorists are advised to listen to instruction of emergency workers on incident scene to avoid such unfortunate incident in the future,” said Tiamiyu.

    Police spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (CSP) however said nine vehicles were affected and not 10.

    Oti said: “There was a fire incident today, October 2, at about 5am along Lagos-Badagry expressway, inward Iyana-Iba, opposite Ojo Military Barracks.

    “When the fire which began just before the break of the dawn was eventually put out by men of the Fire Service, nine vehicles, comprising four articulated vehicles, one truck and four mini buses were razed.

    “No life was lost and there was no report that anyone was injured during the incident. It is worthy of note that no fuel tanker was in sight nor burnt as a result.”

    Continuing, Oti said Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal had directed the disaster management unit of the command to investigate the cause of the inferno.

  • Edgal to policemen: Shun partisan conducts

    Assures of adequate security as APC Lagos holds primaries

     

    Lagos Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal has warned cops in the state to avoid being partisan and ensure adherence to due diligence throughout the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State.

    He warned that any policeman found meddling in politics would face severe sanctions, adding that he would meet with Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders again for the purpose of the primaries.

    Edgal also assured residents of security, adding that Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders have been put on notice to ensure regular patrols on Saturday.

    The governorship primaries would hold across all wards and Local Government/Council Development Areas of the state.

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    In a statement signed by the command’s spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police  (CSP), Edgal urged party faithfuls to be law-abiding, avoid actions that could the process and endanger peace.

    He advised aspirants to talk to their supporters on the need to shin violence, warning that the police would arrest and prosecute anyone caught in acts that could breach public peace.

    “The command, as usual, will refrain from any partisan practice and urges its men and officers not to compromise the credible conduct of the exercise. The CP stresses that severe punishment will be meted out to any policeman who meddles in the election.

    “The CP enjoins the public to promptly alert the police to any act that may threaten the credible and peaceful conduct of the exercise,” said Oti.

  • Bring my son’s killers to justice, widow begs Ambode, Police

    A widow, Mrs. Bridget Chiwokwu has appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal to apprehend those who killed her son and bring them to justice.

    Her son, Sylvester, a footballer, was shot by suspected cultists at Alapere who also used axes and cutlasses to murder him.

    According to the woman, her son was a victim of the murderous group, whose angst against him was that he dressed well and refused to join them.

    Narrating how he was killed, the widow said he had gone to visit his sister at Alapere, adding that he was on a motorcycle back to Ikorodu when he was shot.

    She said: “I was not there but I was told by a witness that when my son was on Okada, he was shot in the hand. He fell and as he was struggling to stand, one of the gunmen who were in a Toyota Camry car ordered him to stay on the ground or he would be killed.

    “As he was struggling in pains, he asked what his offence was and one of them, Femi, said he was always dressing well and has refused to associate with their group. Another one queried him for asking questions and commended the men to finish him up.

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    “He was stabbed several times. One of them used axe on him. He was shouting for help but no one came to his rescue.”

    Continuing, the widow said her son was based in Abuja and was preparing to travel abroad with the help of his elder brother who was making plans to link him up with a football club.

    “He just came in few months ago to help me in some projects. On that day, he had gone to see his sister who stayed in Alapere.  As he arrived her house, my daughter told him to go back to Ikorodu because cult groups were fighting and shooting guns.

    “He adhered and boarded Okada to leave the area. One of his friends called him on phone and told him to come over to his place from where he intended to leave for Ikorodu. It was on the way to his friend’s that he met his untimely death.

    “I am pained because his father died a long time ago. My children and I suffered to bring them up. We hawked together to raise money to train them in school. He has finished his studies and has taken to soccer. His brother has perfected plans to put him in a club.

    “My son used to complain that each time he went to see his elder sister, Femi and his group used to tell him that he was proud. That because he has been blessed he did not want to assist them. We used to stay at Alapere before my first son managed to build a house for me in Ikorodu.

    “I learnt that the police seized the vehicle they used in the operation and parked it at Thomas Police Station, off Owede Onirin. I learnt the owner of the vehicle has been coming to claim it.

    “I am calling on Governor Ambode and CP Edgal to wade into the matter and bring the killers to justice. I want to know those who killed my son and why they butchered him like a common criminal.

    “I want to know if he took something from them. My heart is burning like fire. I am finished because Sylvester was a loving child. He was a special person who kept people happy. There was never a dull moment with him. If I had the premonition, I would not have allowed come from Abuja.”

    A friend of the desist who refused to be named said he was not a cultist, adding that he was killed for not paying homage to the bad boys.

    He said the cult groups usually stayed at beer parlours looking for people to buy drinks and peppersoup for them and anyone who refused becomes their enemy.

    “They have relocated to Ikorodu but Sylvester used to come to Alapere to visit his sister who lives here with her husband.

    “The police killed two of the suspects. Through one of them, the police would be able to trace others. They have been killing people for long. This should  be the last killing. Let the police do their job and fish out the killers.”

    Confirming the incident, spokesman for the command Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said investigation was ongoing to ascertain the owner of the vehicle.

    He said: “We are aware of the killing. When our men received a distress that a man was shot, they gave the vehicle a hot chase and one of the suspects was shot dead while others escaped with bullet wounds.

    “We have recovered the operational vehicle which is at Thomas Police Station. The vehicle has no number plate. We are trying to know who owns the car and under the circumstances the car reached the hands of the hoodlums.

    “I want to assure that as usual, we will get the killers. We will do justice to the matter. We are investigating and we will do it to a logical conclusion.”

  • Train crushes policeman, another in Lagos

    A police Inspector, Philip Kolo and a commercial motorcyclist were on Wednesday morning crushed to death by locomotive train.

    Kolo, said to be attached to the defunct Inspector-General of Police (IG) Special Tactical Squad (STS)  and his motorcyclist friend were killed on the spot while crossing the rail line at Public Works Department (PWD) bus stop along Oshodi Ikeja Expressway.

    The Inspector, it was gathered, was in Lagos for investigation activities and was heading to the State Police Command from Agege for a meeting with parties to a case.

    It was learnt that the debris of the motorcycle was seen at Shogunle, where the train dropped it.

    According to a witness, the motorcycle wheel was close to the train’s magnet and dragged the victims towards the train, adding that they were shredded.

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    Another witness said the train hooted from a distance and people around warned the motorcyclist to wait at a distance for it to pass before crossing, which he objected.

    Even his bag he came with from Abuja was seen at the command.

    Command’s spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) confirmed the incident, adding that the Police Railway Command had commenced investigation.

    Oti said the Inspector was currently serving with the IGP Monitoring Unit Striking Team.

     

  • Woman pours hot water on maid for ‘stealing’ eggs

    A woman identified as Mrs. Darasimi Martins has been arrested by the police in Lagos for alleged physical assault on her 16-year-old maid.

    Martins was apprehended by operatives attached to Olosan Division in Mushin, after the Child Protection Network (CPN) reported the case there.

    It was gathered that the incident which occurred on Monday at 16, Olomowewe Street, was one of several assaults the young girl had suffered from the woman.

    The suspect, it was gathered, sent the teenager to buy six eggs but the victim hid two on her return.

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    Angered by her submitting four out of the six eggs she was asked to buy, the woman was said to have descended on the victim and poured hot water on her face, body.

    The development, it was gathered, angered neighbours who contacted the CPN.

    Confirming the incident, police spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (CSP) said the case had been moved to the Gender Unit for further action.