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  • Ex-CJN Mohammed loses wife, driver in auto crash

    THE immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has lost one of his wives and driver in an auto crash.

    The wife, identified as Mrs. Hadiza Mahmud Mohammed and the driver, Abdulrauf Salami, died on the spot in the accident that occurred while they were travelling on Abuja-Kaduna road on Tuesday.

    A source close to the family told The Nation that other occupants of the vehicle – a Toyota Land Cruiser – including the ex-CJN’s second wife and a family member sustained injuries, but are now being attended to in a medical facility in Kaduna.

    It was learnt that the late Salami had been Justice Muhammed’s driver for over 25 years now, since his appointment as a High Court judge.

    The cause of the accident, the family source said, is yet to be made public by relevant authorities, including the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).

    Some of the ex-CJN’s colleagues and other judicial officers, both serving and retired, are said to have visited his family house in Kaduna to commiserate with him and other members of his family.

    The Executive Secretary of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Ahmed Gambo Saleh, was said to have led some officials of the NJC, Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC), Supreme Court, among others, on a condolence visit to the ex-CJN on Wednesday.

     

     

     

  • Driver docked over theft of truck worth N4m

    A 57-year-old truck driver, Bayo Adeleke, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing an Iveco truck valued at N4 million.

    Adeleke, who resides at No. 2, Daniel Gaby St., Oluwo, Agbado, Lagos, is facing a five-count charge of stealing, false pretence, conspiracy, fraud and damage.

    The prosecutor, Sgt. Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 24 at No. 1, Jide Agbe Close, Alagbado, a suburb of Lagos.

    He said that the accused stole an Iveco truck with registration number FST 113 XT, belonging to Mr Jide Agbe.

    Odugbo said that the accused fraudulently collected the complainant’s truck on the pretext that he wanted to use it for commercial activities with an agreement to remit N750,000 from the proceeds.

    “Agbe gave Adeleke the truck, who absconded with it.

    “Later, he came back to the complainant saying the truck engine valued at N250,000 had been damaged.

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    “The case was reported at the Police station and he was apprehended,’’ the prosecutor said.

    The offences contravened Sections 287, 411, 339, 323 and 314 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

    Adeleke, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Magistrate, Mrs S.K. Matepo, granted the accused bail in the sum of N750, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    Matepo said the sureties should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government as part of the bail conditions.

    She said that the sureties must swear to an affidavit of means; reside within the court’s jurisdiction and their addresses should be verified.

    Matepo said that one of the sureties must present two recent passport photographs.

    She adjourned the case until June 18, for mention.

  • Driver ‘rapes’ neighbour’s daughter

    A 35-year-old driver, Daniel Mark, has been arraigned by the police at a Daura Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Kaduna, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter.

    The defendant, a resident of Nasarawa Ward, Kaduna, is standing trial on a two-count charge of indecency and assault.

    The prosecutor, Sunday Baba, told the court that the defendant’s neighbour, Maryam Umar, reported the matter at Kakuri Police Station, on February 28.

    He said the matter was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for investigation.

    Baba alleged that the defendant lured the complainant’s four-year-old daughter to his room on February 18 and had carnal knowledge of her.

    He alleged that the defendant threatened to kill the victim if she informed anyone of the incident.

    The prosecutor added that during investigation, the defendant confessed to the crime.

    The offence contravenes sections 260 and 240 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law of 2017.

    The defendant pleaded not guilty.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. Zainab Mohammed, granted the defendant bail at N500,000 with two sureties.

    She said the sureties must live within the jurisdiction of the court and submit two recent passport photographs.

    Mohammed ordered that the sureties must present evidence of tax payment to the Kaduna State government and adjourned hearing till April 14.

     

  • Driver on trial for ‘defiling 11-year-old girl in toilet’

    A Lagos High Court in Igbosere yesterday ordered a driver, Emmanuel Egejuru, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter in a toilet, to enter his defence.

    Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya dismissed Egejuru’s no case submission to a one-count charge of defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The judge held that the Lagos State prosecution team led by Mr Adebayo Haroun had made a prima facie case against Egejuru, which required some explanations from him.

    Justice Ogunsanya held: “The defendant has been sufficiently linked with the offence as to require an explanation from him.

    “His no-case submission is overruled. The defendant is hereby called upon to enter his defence.”

    Egejuru, 60, was accused of committing the offences “sometime in the month of November 2011 and February 2012.”

    He pleaded not guilty.

    In his no-case submission, Egejuru disputed the prosecution’s claim that Hayatu was a minor.

    His counsel, Christian Emewulu, who later withdrew from the case, said the age of the victim was not established and there was no birth certificate. He faulted the prosecution’s failure to tender a medical report to prove defilement.

    Emewulu said Egejuru did not rape Hayatu. He argued that Egejuru and Hayatu had consensual sex in the toilet.

    But the prosecution insisted that Hayatu was defiled.

    Haroun told the court that the crime was reported to the police by Hayatu’s elder brother Isiaka Mohammed with whom she lived in the tenement building in Iyana Ipaja.

    Mohammed told the police that when he returned from work, he became suspicious when he saw Hayatu “walking somehow.”

    The prosecution also told the court that another neighbour, Mrs Grace Ubong, corroborated Mohammed’s claim.

    Ubong reportedly saw Hayatu go into the toilet, followed soon after by Egejuru. The girl later came out crying and walking awkwardly, she said.

    Haroun also submitted that the girl was below 18, so, there was no need to produce a birth certificate.

    Following the ruling, however, Egejuru declined to enter a defence.

    His new counsel, Chief O. Etudo, said the defendant would not testify.

    Etudo added: “Therefore, we ask for a date to file our final written address.”

    Justice Ogunsanya adjourned till June 27 for adoption of the parties’ final written addresses.

     

  • Driver arraigned for robbing passengers

    A 49-year-old driver, Musiliu Tijani, who allegedly robbed passengers at gunpoint, has been remanded at Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. A.K. Dosunmu, refused the accused bail and ordered that he be remanded in prison pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    Tijani, who lives in Agbado, Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy, robbery and stealing.

    The prosecutor, Dada Wasiu, alleged that the accused committed the offences on February 22 at CMS, Lagos Island.

    He alleged that the accused and others at large, conspired to rob Messrs. Abdulsalam Basir and Ayoola Bello, of their valuables.

    “The accused robbed Basir, a businessman, of goods, valued at N966,000 and Bello, of N75, 000 property,” Wasiu alleged.

    He added that the complainants boarded the bus from Costain to CMS, but on their way, the accused brought out guns and robbed them.

    “The accused threatened to shoot the complainants if they refused to surrender their belongings.

    “Other passengers, who were also robbed, were dropped on the way.

    “But luck was against the accused, as the bus later developed fault and the complainants shouted, which attracted the police.

    “The accused was arrested, while others escaped with the stolen valuables,” the prosecutor alleged.

    The offences contravene sections 287, 297 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The case was adjourned till April 30 for mention.

  • Driver, 42, ‘sodomises’ boy, 12

    The police have arrested a 42-year-old driver, Seyi Olowookere, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old boy.

    It was gathered that Olowookere lured the victim from the football field where he was playing with his friends to his 1 Alhaji Masha Street, Surulere, Lagos Mainland apartment last Saturday.

    The victim said: “I was playing football with my friends when Mr Seyi asked me to freestyle for him because I am a rapper. I rapped a few songs for him and he asked me to come with him that he will help me.

    ‘’When we got to his apartment, he removed his clothes and asked me to do same. And then from behind he inserted his manhood into my anus. He begged me to suck his breast, I said no. When he was done he pleaded with me not to tell anyone but when I got home I couldn’t keep it to myself so I told my parents, who got the police involved.”

    Police sources quoted Olowookere as saying “I promised to help him when I saw him playing and singing with his friends. I asked him to follow me that I will help him. I locked the door and asked the little boy to take off his clothes and kneel down after which I fixed my penis inside his anus from behind and the little boy wasn’t shouting. I have been doing this for a long time. I have done it with seven people including adults. I am not a ritualist. I am a native of Uso in Ondo state. I want the police to help me in this case. I am a driver; I was married with a child, but I’m separated from my wife.”

    It was gathered that the victim was taken to Mirabel Centre for treatment where it was confirmed that there was penetration.

    The case was reported at Surulere Police Division.  It was transferred to the Gender Unit, a department which specialises in investigating sexual molestation, abuse, and domestic violence.

    Police spokesman Chike Oti, a Superintendent,  said the suspect would be charged to court after investigation.

  • Driver in court for ‘indecent assault’

    A commercial driver, Jude Ugwu, was yesterday arraigned at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly inserting an unidentified substance in the private parts of his neighbour’s daughter.

    Ugwu, 50, who lives at 20, Wilmer Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, is facing a charge of alleged indecent sexual assault and causing the breach of peace.

    The prosecutor, Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were allegedly committed on February 19 at the accused’s home.

    He alleged that the suspect called the five-year-old girl into his room when she was preparing for school.

    “The accused, thereafter, inserted a yellow substance that looks like a charm in the private parts of the girl and told her not to remove it.

    “The girl could not walk properly as a result of the substance and told her mother,” Ogu alleged.

    He said when the complainant, Mrs. Akume Iruviere, confronted the accused, he denied, so the case was reported at the police station.

    The offences, Ogu said, violated sections 187 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The suspect pleaded not guilty.

    The Chief Magistrate, Taiwo Akanni, granted the accused bail at N250,000 with two sureties.

    She adjourned the case till April 16 for mention.

  • Driver in court over alleged indecent assault of 5-year-old girl

    Driver in court over alleged indecent assault of 5-year-old girl

    A commercial driver, Jude Ugwu, 50, was on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly inserting an unidentified substance inside the private part of his neighbour’s daughter.

    Ugwu, who resides at 20, Wilmer St., Ilupeju, Lagos, is facing a charge of indecent sexual assault and causing the breach of peace.

    Prosecutor Clifford Ogu told the court that the offences were committed on Feb. 19 at the accused residence.
    Insp. Ogu explained that the accused called the five-year -old girl into his room when she was preparing for schooll in the morning.

    “The accused, thereafter, inserted a yellow substance that looks like a charm into the private part of the girl and told her not to remove it.

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    “The girl could not walk properly as a result of the substance and needed to tell her mother,” Ogu said.

    According to the prosecutor, when the complainant, Mrs Akume Iruviere, confronted the accused, he denied it and so the case was reported at the police station.

    The offences, he said, violated Sections 187 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    Chief Magistrate Taiwo Akanni granted the accused bail of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum.

    Mrs Akanni adjourned the case until April 16 for mention.

    NAN

  • Driver dies as he rams bus into truck on expressway

    Driver dies as he rams bus into truck on expressway

    An accident at Ibafo corridor of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway has left one person dead when a hummer bus rammed into a moving truck.

    The accident which involved a Mack Truck with registration number KRD 995 XG and a Toyota Hummer bus marked LSD 533 XL, occurred by noon at the Ibafo bus stop along the expressway.

    It was learnt that the bus driver was on high speed, and oblivious of his nearing the busy bus stop and ran into the truck when it lessen its speed at the area.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said the driver  of the  bus  smashed the truck and the impact left him dead.

    “The dead driver of the Hummer Bus was taken to the morgue of Divine Touch Hospital, while the accidented vehicles were taken to the Ibafo Divisional Police headquarters,” Babatunde said.

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  • Gunmen kill driver in Akwa Ibom

    Gunmen kill driver in Akwa Ibom

    •Passengers robbed 

    Suspected cultists yesterday killed a commercial bus driver at Edem Akai axis of Iwukem-Etim Ekpo-Abak highway in Akwa Ibom State.

    The hoodlums, said to be members of Iceland cult, set ablaze the vehicle, which belonged to Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC).

    They robbed passengers. Eight escaped with bullet wounds.

    It was learnt that the cultists, who blocked the road, rained bullets on the bus.

    An eyewitness said: “The hoodlums blocked the road and robbed people. The AKTC bus ran into them, but tried to escape. About six cultists shot at it.

    “The bullets ignited fire, which burnt down the bus. When I heard gunshots, I escaped into Edem Akai Primary School with my motorcycle and watched the incident from there.

    “After robbing the passengers, the cultists snatched a Toyota Camry car and escaped with it.

    “They took the untarred road through Udianga Enem to their hideout at Okoyo village. Others followed the stolen car on their motorcycles.

    The hoodlums robbed nearby shops. Policemen, who usually block Ikot Nya section of the highway, escaped in their van.”

    Command spokesman Odiko Macdon Ogbeche confirmed the incident.

    He said he was yet to be briefed by the Area Commander and Divisional Police Officer of Etim Ekpo.