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  • Police recover gun, phones from two robbery suspects

    The police have arrested two suspected members of an armed robbery gang that  terrorises Lekki, Lagos.

    Maroko Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Isah Abdulmajid, Chief Superintendent (CSP),  and his men arrested Adebayo Ayomide and Isaac David  shortly after they allegedly robbed two women of their phones.

    In a statement yesterday, Lagos Command spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP),  said the suspects were apprehended on March 9 around 9pm.

    He said the DPO and his men were patrolling the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge when they ran into the two seemingly panicky young women, Gbemi and Hannah.

    “Upon questioning them, they told the team that they had just been dispossessed of their phones by the suspects at gunpoint. They pointed at the direction through which the hoodlums escaped on a motorcycle and the police gave them a hot chase.

    “The team tracked down the suspects and upon searching them, their operational single-barrel gun, a cutlass and the phones were found on them. The items were recovered and the criminals taken into custody.

    “In their statements, they owned up to belonging to a syndicate terrorising Lekki and its environs.

    “Commending the team for swiftly responding to the crime and arresting the suspects, Police Commissioner Zubairu Muazu directed that the case be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for further investigation.

  • Command nabs man for ‘raping’ mentally retarded girl

    The police in Ogun State have arrested Mr. Seyi Ajiboye, 25, for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl living with down syndrome – a form of mental retardation.

    He was nabbed after the victim reported the alleged offence at the Agbado Divisional headquarters.

    She was accompanied to the station by her parents on the eve of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections.

    Police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement yesterday that the victim complained that while she was returning from a church located at Oluwalogbon Street, Abule Ijoko, the suspect, who lives in the area, lured her into his room and raped her.

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    The spokesman said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Agbado Division, Olatunji Omonijo, arrested the suspect.

    He said the suspect has admitted committing the offence in his statement.

    Oyeyemi said the victim has been taken to hospital and the suspect moved to the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for investigation and prosecution.

  • Man ‘rapes’ hearing, speech impaired teenager

    Others held for incest, rape

     

    The police in Lagos have arrested 40-year-old Mukaila Aliu for alleged sexual assault on a teenager who could neither hear nor speak.

    Aliu, a resident of 17, Peluola Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi was apprehended on November 19, a year after committing the alleged offence.

    The suspect was said to have been on the run since November 10, last year when he allegedly lured the victim under the guise that he wanted to buy noodles for her.

    The 16-year-old victim was said to have followed Aliu to an abandoned shop along Oshodi Road where he raped her.

    Passers were said to have caught him in the act but the suspect fled and had remained in hiding until November 19, when he was seen demanding levy from a property developer claiming to be an ‘Omonile’.

    Unfortunate for him, a worker at the site recognized him and alerted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Makinde who arrested him and handed him over to the Gender Section of the command for further investigation.

    Confirming the incident, spokesman for the command Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said the suspect would be charged to family court on Friday.

    Aside Aliu, Oti said the command also arrested a 56-year-old guard identified as Bello who allegedly raped his daughter every night and then forced her to drink contraceptives.

    He said: “The guard  used to work at a school in Lagos. I will not give his name and that of the school for the sake of the survivor.

    “But the suspect was reported by the school authorities that he had been having sexual intercourse with his daughter who lived with him in a room security post apartment given to him by the management.

    “According to the survivor, her father sleeps with her every night. Thereafter he gives her contraceptives to prevent her from becoming pregnant.

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    “We also arrested one Chika Okafor, 39, a resident of  3/16 Oketa Street, Mende, Maryland who on October 17, raped a 15-year-old girl and shaved her pubic hair.

    “The teenager ran from home because her mum threatened to beat her for losing an important item. The suspect got her into his car and took her to a beer parlour where he convinced her to take some liquor.

    “Being her first time to indulge in such habit, the girl was completely knocked out after guzzling several bottles of alcoholic drinks. Seeing the state of the survivor, he took her to a hotel at Oshodi.

    “At this point, the little girl whom he had completely undressed told him to let her be because she was a virgin but he still went ahead and shaved her pubic hair, defiled her and went away with the shaved hair.

    “The following morning, the suspect took her to his friend’s place in Maryland and had his way with her the second time. He thereafter took the survivor in his car and dropped her at the nearest location to her parents’ house.

    “The girl narrated her ordeal to her mum and she immediately petitioned the Commissioner of Police Imohimi Edgal who ordered a manhunt against the perpetrator. He was arrested on November 24 by detectives attached to the Gender Unit of the Command. All the suspects will be charged to family Court on Friday.”

  • National Assembly DPO hands over to successor  

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at the National Assembly, CSP Abdul Sulu- Gambari, Monday handed over to his successor, Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Sambo.

    Sulu-Gambari was redeployed to Adamawa State by the police high command in a controversial manner.

    The Kwara State born police officer was deployed to Adamawa State.

    The outgoing National Assembly DPO conducted the handing over ceremony to the new DPO at the police designated office close to the lobby in the White House.

    Sulu-Gambari was dressed in mufti (white caftan) while the new DPO was in uniform with a routiny policemen surrounding him.

    The outgoing DPO declined press interview, he however thanked journalists who thronged the hand over venue for cooperating with him throughout his stay as National Assembly DPO .

    Sulu- Gambari’s redeployment to Adamawa State may not be unconnected with the submissions he made at the National Assembly ad- hoc committee investigating the invasion of the Senate chamber by unknown persons.

    Sulu- Gambari apprehended some people alleged to have carried out the invasion and snatched mace.

    Chairman of the investigative panel, Senator Bala Ibn Na’ Allah told the representative of the Inspector General of Police , CP Abu Sani appeared before the committee last week that the report of Sulu-Gambari showed that arrested persons who made confessional  statements were handed over to the Force Headquarters.

    But Abu told the committee that the arrested alleged invaders were in the custody of the FCT Police Command.

    He also claimed that the person who snatched mace was still at large.

    He said, “Our focus for now is to get to the root of the matter by getting the real snatcher of the mace and not just the other accomplice who have all denied the act in their statements.”

    Abu also said that investigation into the mace theft could last for 10 years.

  • Police rescue abducted driver on Ondo road

    Four days after he was abducted by suspected gunmen near Oba-Akoko along Owo-Ikare road in Ondo state, the abducted Lagos-bound commercial driver Tuesday regained his freedom from captivity.

    Sources said police men in Akoko axis led by the Area Commander, Razak Rauf reinforced to ensure the release of the Benue state commercial bus driver, Omale Idola

    He was kidnapped on Saturday between Ayegunle Oka and Oba- Akoko while he parked to urinate.

    The father of the victim, Francis who is a retired police officer Francis Idola from Okpoga, Benue state was full of praises to the police for their expertise in handling the incident which aided safe release of his son.

    On the payment of N5m ransom which the kidnappers demanded as precondition to free Omale, his father refused to disclose the amount but admitted that the gunmen took some money.

    Confirming the release of the Driver, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Oba-Akoko, Olakunle Fabolude, a Superintendent of Police (SP) said he was rescued safely.

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  • Court reserves judgement in trial of three Policemen

    Court reserves judgement in trial of three Policemen

    …Also five Boko Haram members over 2012 blast in Gombe state

     

    A Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved judgement in the trial of 3 policemen and alleged Five Boko Haram members held in connection with the 2012 bomb of Ashaka police station, Bajoga Local Government in Gombe State.

    According to the prosecution, the incident led the death of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Abubakar Sadia (a Superintendent of Police) and three others.

    Justice Adeniyi Ademola announced the reservation of judgment after parties re-adopted their final written submissions Monday.

    They had adopted their addresses earlier, but the court could not deliver judgment within the stipulated time, a development the informed the re adoption of addresses by parties.

    The eight defendants are: Abeimel Ibrahim, Isah Kano, Yambah Umaru, Danbga Wilfred, Cpl Jimmy Oba, PC Michael Manu, PC Iliya Mark and Sadeeq Ali Amatiga.

    Re-adopting her address, prosecution lawyer, Chigozie Umenzekwe argued that, from the evidence led and witnesses’ testimonies, the prosecution has proved the offences of conspiracy, murder, destruction of public property and membership of the Boko Haram, for which the defendants were tried.

    Umenzekwe noted that documentary evidence before the court showed that the defendants were responsible for the death of the DP0 in charge of Bodiga Police  station, attack on Zenith and Finbank banks branches that were burnt, and that the defendants were members of Boko Haram.

    The prosecution lawyer noted that the confessional statement of the 1st defendant, Abimael Ibrahim, which was admitted in evidence by the court, provided details of how the attack was planned and executed by the defendants.

    She urged the court to convict the defendants as charged.

    Lawyer to the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th defendants, Nanpong Wuyep urged the court disregard the argument by the prosecution.

    Wuyep, who argued that the prosecution failed to prove its case and link his clients with the offences alleged, prayed the court to discharge and acquit his clients,

    Lawyer to the 3rd defendant (Yambali Umaru), Khamagam Kemiel argued that the only evidence produced by the prosecution seeking to link the 3rd defendant and other defendants with the commission of the alleged serious crime “is a mere sheet of paper which is Exhibit 22A”.

    Exhibit 22A was the confessional statement made by the 1st defendant; Exhibit Gombe 3 was the 1st statement of the 1st defendant made before the Police in Gombe; while Exhibit 22 was another statement the 1st defendant made where he mentioned names of the other suspects.

    Kemiel further argued that the three statements were inconsistent and cannot stand in the face of law.

    The defence lawyer contended that he has shown to the court, in his written address, that there is no legally admitted evidence, which connect the 3rd defendant with the commission of the offence.

    He added: “Not only that, we have also demonstrated that even the so-called Exhibit 22A, when considered together with Exhibit 3 and 4, then it would be manifestly unreliable and unsafe for this court or any other tribunal to convict based on same.”

    Kemiel urged the court to hold that the prosecution has failed to prove its case against the 3rd defendant and other defendants beyond reasonable doubt as required.

    A count in the charge against the defendants reads: “That you Abeimel Ibrahim (m) of Unguwan Alheri, Ashaka Gombe state, (2) Isah Kano (m) of A14 Workers Village Ashaka Cement Gombe, (3) Yambah Umaru of Ashaka Town Bajoga Gombe, (4) Danbga Wilfred of Ashaka Town Bajoga Gombe, (5) Cpl Jimmy Oba’a of Nigeria Police Force Bajoga Division Gombe state, (6) PC Michael Manu of Nigeria Police Force Bajoga Division Gombe state, (7) PC Iliya Mark, Nigeria Police Force Bajoga Division Gombe, (8) Sadeeq Ali Amatiga (m) of Ashaka Town, Gunakaye LGA Gombe state and others at large on 7/3/2012 at 1900 hrs conspired and agreed among yourselves while armed with different types of ammunitions and dangerous weapons and explosives to kill innocent people and destruction of public properties under the name of Boko Haram in Ashaka in Bajoga LGA of Gombe state, an offence which is punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Act Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”

  • Police arrest Septuagenarian for defiling six years old girl

    Police arrest Septuagenarian for defiling six years old girl

     

    A 72 years old man, Isiaka Obadairo, has been arrested by the Police in Ogun State for defiling six years old girl.

    The Septuagenarian who lived in the same vicinity with the parents of the girl at Ijamodo Estate, Ota, was said to have lured the victim to his room and raped her.

    The arrest of Obadairo followed a complaint by the girl’s mother, Mrs Comfort Ajayi, who informed the Sango Divisional Police Headquarters about the incident.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement stated that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ogunwale Akinsola, dispatched a team of detective to the area as soon as they got the report and arrested the culprit.

    He noted that the victim has been taken to hospital for treatment while the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed the transfer of the suspect to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and possible prosecution.

  • Lagos investigates alleged murder by DPO

    Lagos investigates alleged murder by DPO

    The Lagos State Government Tuesday commenced investigation into the murder of a fashion designer, Jamiu Ayoade by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ijeshatedo, Mohammed Yakubu.

    Ayoade was allegedly shot in the head by Yakubu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) on Sunday night at 49, Wosilat  Daudu Street, Ijeshatedo.

    The deceased had gone to the venue with his lover to attend his friend’s birthday party when the incident occurred.

    Although the police claimed the DPO and his men went to the venue to arrest suspected cultists and that the deceased was on their wanted list, Ayoade’s brother, Taofeeq, denied the allegation, crying for justice.

    Consequently, Taofeeq visted the Public Advice Centre (PAC) in Alausa, where he made a formal complaint against the DPO and police.

    Assuring him of justice, PAC Director, Mrs. Tola Akinsanya said a formal letter would be written to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.

    She said the DPO and all the officers who went to the venue would be invited alongside witnesses, adding that the government would not cover up anyone responsible for the murder.

     

  • Ritualists kill couple, son at Ibeshe

    Suspected ritualists at the wee hours of Tuesday murdered a man, his wife and their only child.
    The man, identified as Mr. Lucky Ebhodaghe was killed alongside his wife and son by assailants, who entered their home situated at Ibeshetutu through the window.
    It was gathered that they removed the glass window and protector on one of the windows, after which they tore the net and sneaked into the house.
    Sources disclosed that the victims’ heads were smashed with big stones and their murderers fled after raping the woman.
    Confirming the incident, the spokesman for Lagos command, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said the Ibeshe Division received a phone call from one Funso Akintimeyin that three corpses werw found in the apartment.
    He confirmed that the bodies were found in their pool of blood, adding that they were deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary.

  • Kogi: Man dies in hotel swimming pool

    A young man identified as Mohammed Suberu has reportedly died in the swimming pool of a foremost Lokoja, Kogi State hotel.

    His body was said to have been found floating in the swimming pool of Idrinana Hotel, located in the Phase II area, in Lokongoma.

    Suberu was said to have gone to the hotel on Monday morning to swim, only for his lifeless body to later be found floating.

    The development was said to have caused pandemonium as the hotel security men and other members of the staff ran helter skelter.

    The body was later taken to the State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, where he was confirmed dead.

    The atmosphere became tensed when friends and colleagues of the deceased invaded the premises of the hotel to protest Suberu’s death.

    A similar event happened in Idrinana last year, when a middle aged man drowned in the hotel’s swimming pool, leading to attack of its workers and destruction of property by irate youth.

    When enquiries were made of the General Manager of the hotel, Audu Alhassan, he said he could not speak on the incident until he got clearance from the chairman, a former member of the Kogi state house of assembly.

    He however confirmed that the issue was being handled by the police.

    The Kogi Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kogi, William Anya, said investigation has commenced over the death of Suberu.

    He said that when the friends of the deceased mobilised to attack the hotel, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) led his men to the scene to put the situation under control.