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  • Man rapes six-year-old girl

    The police in Ogun State have arrested a 44-year-old man who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter.

    Rafiu Moruf, the police said, was arrested on Monday after the victim’s mother knew about his alleged exploits on the minor.

    Moruf, said to be living with his wife behind Aferiku Secondary School, Idiroko allegedly penetrated the child sexually leaving injuries in her private part.

    In a statement by the spokesman for the command Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), the girl opened up to her mother after the latter noticed she was acting strangely.

    “Upon close examination, the woman discovered semen inside the girl’s private part. She questioned the girl and she revealed that the suspect took her into his room and had carnal knowledge of her.

    “The woman reported at the Idiroko Police station and detectives went to the suspect’s house where he was promptly arrested.

    “On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime. The victim has been taken to hospital for medical treatment and report.

    “The Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti Human trafficking and Child labour Unit of the State Criminal investigation and intelligence Department (SCIID) for proper investigation and prosecution,” Oyeyemi said.

  • Two arraigned over police officer’s death

    The Niger Police Command said it has charged two suspects at a Minna Magistrates’ Court with the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Aaron Sunday, serving with Kpakungu Division Minna, by suspected hoodlums.

    Mr Zubairu Muazu, Commissioner of Police, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna on Tuesday.

    He said that 14 others were also charged with causing civil disturbances during the incident that lead to death of the police officer.

    He explained that the command would ensure diligent prosecution of all those allegedly involved in the deadly act.

    He said that already,  the command had evolved aggressive intelligence gathering to strengthen security in the state .

    ” We have deployed armed  police operatives in and outside the metropolis for the arrest and prosecution of men of underworld .”

    He explained that the command had identified some criminal hideout across the state.

    ” We have set in motion security modalities that will end all forms of criminal conduct through our various security strategies,” he said.

    He solicited the support of residents to volunteer information that would assist the command to provide peaceful atmosphere in the state.

  • Police Sergeant, one other killed by hoodlums in Rivers

    Police Sergeant, one other killed by hoodlums in Rivers

    Unknown gunmen Thursday killed a Police Sergeant Sunday Adoga, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

    Also killed by the suspected criminals was a man whose identity was yet to be known. He was hit by stray bullet.

    The state Police command confirmed the deaths.

    The Police spokesman, Ahmad Mohammad, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the hoodlums laid ambush and opened fire on Adoga’s patrol Van, killing him on the spot.

    The incident reportedly happened between Garrison and waterlines junction between 9 and 10 am. The Police have vowed that the perpetrators of the dastardly act will never go scot-free, although they are yet to be apprehended.

    The statement by Mohammad said, “We are deeply saddened by the senseless killings of Sgt. Sunday Adoga, and the other innocent citizen, who were ambushed at different locations by the marauding gang Thursday, along Garrison and waterlines junctions.

    “Sadly, today’s event once again demonstrated the profound danger our men face and witness in daily bases. Police officers put their lives on the line every day to confront crime and violence in our communities and society at large.

    “As for the criminals, they can run but it’s just a matter of time, we will caught up with them and bring them to justice.”

    The incident Thursday led to commuters and motorists in the area of crime to scamper for safety as the gunmen shot sporadically, between the busy Garrison and waterlines area of Port Harcourt/Aba road. Both passengers and motorists reportedly abandoned their vehicles and ran for their lives.

    Some of the passengers who were close to the scene of crime jumped through bus windows some of them sustained injuries especially on their legs and arms. They thought the boys invaded the INEC office which is close to the waterline junction, where the Police officer was reportedly killed.

    One of the passengers who narrated his ordeal to the Nation said, “We boarded the coaster vehicle at Park, going to Eleme junction. When we got to close to Garrison junction we began to hear sound of gunshots, before we got there (Garrison), we noticed that vehicles ahead of us had all parked and none was coming from Waterline area. We also parked, after a while, the sound dowsed and movement continued.

    “When we got to waterlines we saw boys with guns alighted from a bus, and began to shoot, carelessly, everybody began to look for escape route, passengers, drivers; private car owners abandoned the vehicles and ran. I jumped through the coaster window other followed, i ran into a small hideout everybody came and fail on me, I am now in serious pain.

    “A policeman and another man were killed by the suspected hoodlums,” he said.

     

  • ‘Ritualists’ throw woman’s body from vehicle

    [dropcap]F[/dropcap]leeing “ritualists” at the weekend threw the remains of a 23-year-old woman off a moving vehicle onto a refuse dump at the  Olomo-Ore Junction in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, and sped off.

    The victim, who was  identified as Sitira at Lafenwa Divisional Police headquarters, Abeokuta, where her body was taken to after it was pulled out from the refuse dump, was said to be  a trainee-stylist.

    Females’ items such as pants, “leggings”, brassieres, camisole, make-up kits and a  pack of cotton wool littered where the suspected ritualists hurriedly threw Sitira’s remains.

    Esther Adewuyi, who identified herself as a relative of Sitira, told reporters that the late stylist lived with her mother in Iberekodo village in Abeokuta North Local Government Area.

    Esther said she was last seen in their house on Saturday evening planning her graduation from apprenticeship.

    Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi told The Nation that the girl was killed at the spot where she was dumped by the assailants, adding that besides the injury on her right hand, there was no suggestion she was killed for for rituals.

    Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), added that no one knew those who carried out the killing.

    The police, he said, have started investigation into the incident.