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  • Man held for alleged plans to kill cousin over woman

    Man held for alleged plans to kill cousin over woman

    Operatives of State Intelligence Department (SID) in Bauchi Police Command have arrested  Mustapha Tahiti, 35, a medical recorder with a maternity clinic at Kofar Ran for allegedly plotting to kill his cousin and the wife.

    Police spokesman in Bauchi,  Ahmed Wakil, said this in a statement yesterday.

    Wakil said investigation showed the suspect had grudges with his cousin for marrying his late elder brother’s wife, who he loved and wanted to marry.

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    “Unfortunately, the widow did not want to marry him. The suspect, confessing, said he warned the victim not to marry the widow but he ignored.”

    Wakil added the suspect was arrested on  March 6, following intelligence at the disposal of the department.

    “The suspect confessed to the alleged crime. He said he filled a syringe with insecticide chemical to be administered to the victims,” said Wakil.

  • Man cuts cousin’s manhood in anger

    A 25-year-old man, Aliyu Mohammadu, has cut off his cousin’s manhood after accusing him of stealing his N3,500 in his New Bussa, Niger State residence.

    Mohammadu, who lives in Babana Borgu in New Bussa, claimed he caught his cousin, Ibrahim, take the money from his room and ran away.

    The suspect said he had no regret over the inciden. He  threatened more harm, if his money was not given to him.

    “What I need is my N3,500, otherwise I am going to do more harm in the family. I have two wives and two children to carter for, I need my money to look after them,” he said.

    It was learnt that Mohammadu and Ibrahim have not been in good terms and when he confronted the victim for his money,  he claimed he never touched his money.

    “And when I confronted him on his way to farm, he told me to go and look for where I kept my money, insisting that I should not disturb him again about the money.  I got annoyed and attacked him with my cutlass.

    “My cousin was rude to me after he made away with my N3,500, he fought me, that was why I cut off his genital organ leaving him in pool of blood,” he explained.

    Police spokesman Peter Sunday confirmed that the suspect was arrested for cutting off his cousin’s manhood.

    Sunday said Ibrahim was rushed to a specialist hospital in Ilorin, Kwara State, for treatment.

  • Alleged $40m contract scam: Court to resume Jonathan’s cousin’s trial July 7

    A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled July 7 for the resumption of proceedings in the trial of a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibaola.

    Azibaola, his wife, Stella and a firm linked with them – One Plus Holdings – are accused, among others, of diverting $40 million transferred from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to the domiciliary account of One Plus Holdings, purportedly for the supply of “tactical communication kits for special forces”.

    Proceedings were cut short on Friday, when, mid-way into trial, lead prosecuting lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir, sought the court’s permission to attend to another case in another court.

    At the start of proceedings, Tahir invited the prosecution’s 10th witness, David Nkpe, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who gave details of his investigation of the case.

    Nkpe said analysis of documents relating to One Plus Holdings Nigeria Ltd showed that the firm received $40 million from ONSA, following which investigation was extended to ONSA to ascertain why the payment was made.

    The witness said: “EFCC wrote to ONSA to avail them with documents regarding the payment mandate and the reply came. The payment for that particular mandate was for the ‘supply of tactical communication kits for special forces’.

    “We investigated the utilisation of the funds and discovered that the funds were transferred to other companies, including bureau de change and some of the funds transferred offshore to countries like London and United Arab Emirates.”

    On who the beneficiaries of the transferred funds were, the witness said: “There were several of them, but I remember that $6.6 mmillion was transferred to a company called Karahyna between October 2014 and April 2015, which was specifically done in eight tranches.

    “I also recall that the sum of $1.5 million was transferred to Reya Telecommunication’ which is a company under One Plus Holdings group.

    “Another sum of $1.493 million was transferred to Kakatar El Ltd, which is also a company under One Plus Holdings. A sum of $2 million was transferred to Capitafield Investment Ltd and another $330,000 transferred to a company called Teledom.

    “Most of the companies that received the money did not supply any goods,” Nkpe said.

    He said credit balance in the 3rd defendant’s account (One Plus Holdings’) before the $40 million was paid into it was $17,277.50.

    Nkpe said further analysis of the account on September 9, 2014, showed that the $40 million was the only major inflow into the account and from the time of receipt, and that all the transactions in the account were outflows, which is the distribution of the $40 million.

    Tahir later tendered documents, including petition from the ONSA to EFCC as exhibit ASO 16 (1&2); search warrant dated March 23, 2016; two power of attorney as exhibit ASO 18a &18b; deed of assignment as exhibit ASO 19a, 19b, 19c; transfer mandate from One Plus Holdings to Zenith Bank as ASO 20 (1-39); the two statement of the first defendant dated March 23 & 24, 2016 marked as exhibit ASO 21a & ASO 21b.

    The defence team, led by Chris Uche (SAN), objected to the admission of the documents, arguing among others, that they (the documents) were not listed in the proof of evidence and served on the defendants as required.

    Trial judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba later stood the case down for one hour to enable the prosecution furnish the defendants with copies of the documents it sought to tender.

    When proceedings later resumed, Tahir sought the court’s permission to attend to another case in another court.

    Tahir said: “My Lord, I am in a difficult situation again just as I was on Wednesday and I need your authorisation to leave this matter and attend to another one in another court.”

    Although Justice Dimgba later granted Tahir’s request, he (the judge) wondered why the prosecution did not come prepared to go on with the case after two adjournments in a week.

    He subsequently adjourned to July 7.

  • Re: ‘My cousin is married to a fraudster, but who will tell her?’

    (Text messages and e-mails have been edited for brevity, clarity and grammar)

     

    – Ella should not have married him in the first place- the courtship was too short, barely six months. That’s too short to know someone fully. Anyway, the deed has been done. My advice is to tell her about your findings. But do it in a sensitive manner because of her condition. Take her to her mother’s place or an older person in the family and tell her the truth about her husband. It’s better she finds out now than later. Who knows whether he has plans to steal her money and run away like he did with the other woman. So, tell her as soon as possible. Thanks and keep up the good work you are doing with your entertaining and thought provoking stories. Mike from Abuja via email.

     

    -On your story about a lady married to a fraudster, it will be in her best interest to let her know because when the hands of justice catches up with him, Ella and the rest of the family will be labelled as criminals. Besides, she might be the next victim. From Baruwa, (Mrs) (08115151***)

     

    -If you really love Ella, tell her now before the devil destroys her completely. She would surely get over the shock with time. A leopard can’t change it’s spots. Yinka- (08035049***)

     

    -The story is very interesting. We need the concluding part. Kudos to the writer. (07035357***)

     

    – Whatever happened between Jack and his first wife should be left to them to settle if and whenever they meet. Besides, we don’t know what actually transpired since we’ve not heard Jack’s side of the story and Eric should not have told his wife; even at that it should be kept as a secret. They should apply wisdom to advise Ella to prevent such happening to her rather than disclose it outright. As it is, the union will collapse if she finds out as there will be lose of trust. But are Eric and his wife sure that Ella is totally ignorant of Jack’s past? Festus Sese, PH. (08037522***)

     

    -It is better for you to tell her in a simple way but you must tell her. Blessing O, Lagos (07085987***)

     

    -Good evening. Please I advise both of you to tell her right away or Ella may never forgive you when she finds out eventually. Please tell her now! Thank you. From anonymous, Festac, Lagos. (08038046***)

     

    -No dog is sleeping here, they are all awake. Time is running out too. Not to tell Ella is not an option if they are true and honest cousins. BZ, Kaduna (08099300***)

     

    -You and your husband should tell Ella about her husband at once; unless you don’t care what happens to her because he will definitely hurt her and the hurt will be worse then than now. (08088069***)

     

    -As quickly as possible, give the duped woman Jack’s address and quietly watch the matter pan out or you will eventually be an accomplice to Ella’s misfortune. (07088740***)

     

    -Your husband got the information divinely, to deliver your cousin from future trauma. If you fail to tell her, be assured that the load the conman would have carried, would be on you. Steven. (08035093***)

     

    -You guys really have to tell her. If its possible, tell her the story and pretend it happened to a friend of yours and see her reaction; then you can tell her that it was her husband that is involved. Obiefuna A, from PH. (08039458***)

     

    -In respect to the article to yesterday’s edition of the Nation newspaper, if her cousin doesn’t tell her, she is still going to hear about it and it might be too late then; maybe after he has swindled her too. The white woman has vowed to get him and she meant it. If the hands of the law catches up with him, it might be too hard for Ella to bear, so its advisable they inform her very soon. Good day. Hussein via email.

     

    -Pretend to be reading this same newspaper before her. If she gets curious about what you are reading, narrate the story to her and seek her opinion. Her perception about the story will enable you know what her state of mind is and whether you can tell her its her husband. Via email.

  • ‘My cousin is married to a fraudster but who will tell her?’(2)

    ELLA had been married for about two years and I and the rest of the family were beginning to warm to him when his true colors were revealed. And it came about in a way no one expected. It happened this way. My husband, Eric, is a businessman and he does a lot of travelling in the course of his business.

    Sometime ago, he was on a business trip to a neighbouring country when by chance, he found out certain things about Jack’s past that shocked everyone of us who heard it. Eric was to have stayed about two weeks in the country but he cut the trip short to return home.

    “Honey, what happened? I wasn’t expecting you till next week!” I said as I hugged him before taking his bag.

    He sighed then sat down on the couch and said:

    “Something came up and my plans changed. Come and sit.” After I had sat down, he brought out a newspaper which he gave me. I looked at him askiance, before glancing at the paper. It was a foreign one, from the country he was returning from. It was opened to a page and a picture on it immediately drew my attention.

    “What’s this? What’s Jack’s picture doing in a foreign paper?” I asked my husband.

    “Why don’t you read the text?” he said. I did and what I read left me stupefied. It was a public notice declaring Jack wanted by the police for fraud, extortion and other offences. He was said to have made away with a large sum of money running into nearly half a million dollars said to belong to his wife.

    “What? Could this be true? Jack has another wife? How come?” I asked, the questions tumbling out. I just could not believe it. Though I had had some misgivings about my cousin’s husband right from the beginning, I never in my wildest dreams knew it could be this bad.

    I listened as Eric narrated what had transpired on his trip. “The hotel I stayed in distributes free copies of the paper to guests. So, one evening in my room, I was going through my copy when I chanced on the picture. Just like you, I was shocked; the name is different, probably a fake name, but it’s definitely Jack. Unless he has a twin we don’t know about. Anyway, the following day, I called one of the numbers listed there. It happened to be the said wife whom he had swindled.

    “I pretended I was a private detective and offered my services to her, stating I could help her trace her missing husband and recover her money. She seemed interested. We met up some time later and that was when she narrated the whole sordid story. She said she met aback at a nightclub in the city, got talking and later became friends. Jack, the woman stated claimed to be from Cameroun, the English speaking part and was in the country for business. One thing led to another and she fell in love. Before long, they got married and Jack moved into her house.

    Some months after the marriage, Jack, she stated suggested they should go into the importation business together. “He told me computers and mobile phones and accessories sold like hot cakes in his country and that if we imported them in large quantities from China, and took them to Cameroun, we would make double the amount we invested. It sounded like a good proposal and I decided to invest in the business. I gathered all the cash I had and even sold one of my buildings that I rent out, to raise the amount he said we needed for the business. He called me the first few days after he travelled then to my shock, the calls stopped abruptly. No calls, contact, nothing. I could not reach him on any of his phone lines? All this happened nearly three years ago.

    “Initially, I thought he was involved in an accident or some kind of trouble. But I found out later that he never travelled to China as he claimed. It was Dubai he went to and from there, he disappeared to God knows where. I later sent someone to Cameroun, to his house address where he claimed his parents lived. But we were told there was nobody like that living there. The address is a workshop where welders and other artisans work. The bastard duped me and made away with all my life’s savings. It will never be well with him wherever he is! I’m ready to spend whatever it takes to get him, so he can pay for what he did to me,” the woman had vowed.

     

    ***

    After Eric stopped talking, we sat down for a while in silence. It was a shocking story; the type you read about in the papers but never think it could happen to someone close to you. God, how could this happen to Ella, were my thoughts as I mulled over things.

    Later, we discussed the next line of action, especially how to break the news to Ella that the man she was married to was a big time con man, a ‘419’ (in local parlance), a man who could marry a woman on false pretences just to clean her out of her hard earned money.

    Was he planning to do the same to my cousin, Ella? Ella had a lot of money and investments so was that his plan in marrying her so quickly after they met? How would Ella take the news? She was already pregnant with their second child, so was in a delicate situation. How do you break that kind of news to someone in her condition, I thought glumly.

    “So, what are we going to do now? Should we tell her the truth about Jack?” I asked Eric.

    “Obviously, yes. We can’t keep this kind of information from her; it’s only fair that she be informed,” he replied.

    The issue now is, who is going to tell her? I was reluctant to do it because I know how much Ella loves her husband. Besides, she has invested so much in the marriage that such news would be devastating to her. Is it right that we should break her illusions, shatter her dreams of marital bliss? Should we tell her as my husband has suggested or let sleeping dogs lie, hoping that she will discover the truth by herself? What if he ends up duping her like he did to the other woman whom he married before? What should I do? I’m really confused and will appreciate if someone could suggest a way out of this dilemma. Thank you.

    The End

     

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    Names have been changed to protect Ella’s identity and other individuals in the story.

  • ‘I killed to avenge my cousin’s murder’

    ‘I killed to avenge my cousin’s murder’

    A detainee has told the police that he shot a fellow cultist dead to avenge the killing of his cousin.

    Matthew Ekomafe, 28, is being detained for allegedly killing a member of Eye cult, Shino Acheyi, over the death of his cousin, Dike Dik, a Political Science graduate of Delta State University in Abraka.

    Dike was killed in Lagos on his return from Abuja where he was doing his National Youth Service Corps.

    A source said the Eye cult members had been terrorising residents of Ijanikin in Lagos along the Badagry Expressway.

    Some of them, according to the source, were also on the police “wanted list” for murder, killing, maiming and looting.

    Following a tip-off, Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives swooped on the area and arrested Ekomafe in a hotel.

    The police discovered a gun in his bag, the source said.

    The police are on the trail of his gang members who he claimed, are cultists belonging to either Eye or Black Cat Fraternity.

    Ekomafe may be prosecuted for armed robbery and murder.

    The suspect said: “I am a member of Black Cat Fraternity. I had my Ordinary National Diploma in Marine Engineering in 2012. I am from Eku Village in Abraka Local Government Area of Delta State.

    “I don’t like Eye Fraternity because they rob and steal. One of them, Uche who happened to be my friend, robbed me of my phone and N3,000 cash on the road. This made me to join Black Cat through a friend called Charles.”

    Recalling how he was initiated, he said: “He (Charles) took me to a bush where they placed an axe on my head, cut my finger with razor blade and asked me to lick my blood. We were over 30 that were initiated that day.

    “We promised under oath that we would never rob, rape nor steal, but Eye members steal, rob and rape innocent women, claiming that having sex with a matured woman is not rape but merely having fun with them because they are not minors.”

    He added: “My trouble started when my cousin, Dike Dik, a Youth Corps member came to visit me and Eye people shot him dead. We were annoyed and we went and killed one of them in the Vespa area of Ijanikin. It was one of the guys from Igbesa Polytechnic, Ogun State, named Atigba, who gave me the locally made short gun which I used to kill the killer of my cousin. The Eye people later retaliated by killing two members of Black Cat at Church bus stop.

    “We later shot one of them, Godspower aka Power in retaliation. The casualties in Eye side now are two, while Black Cat has three casualties. The three Black Cat members they killed are Dike Dik, Tio and Destiny while the two the Black cats killed on the side of Eye are Shino and Seyi. They rushed the person I shot at the chest to hospital where he later died.

    On how he was arrested, he said: “I went to lodge in Ayala Hotel along Olorunshogo in the Ijanikin area. I was alone in my hotel room sleeping and somebody came and knocked. When I opened the door, policemen entered. When they searched my room, they found a gun under the bed. When I took them to the house of one of us named Orumo, he scaled the wall and escaped.”