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  • Man, woman found dead inside car

    A man and a woman have been found dead inside a vehicle, but the cause of their death remains a mystery.

    The police yesterday said investigation had begun to unravel how they died.

    The deceased, who were said to be well dressed, were found inside a vehicle at Maryland, Lagos, on Saturday morning.

    It is believed that they might have been chatting because of the position they were found.

    The Nation learnt that they might have died of carbon monoxide inhalation.

    Detectives, it was learnt,   found alcoholic beverages and substances suspected to be herbal concoctions in the vehicle.

    The bodies have been deposited in a mortuary.

    Command spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), told The Nation that Commissioner Zubairu Muazu has given the forensic unit one week to submit its findings.

    He said: “The police were called to the scene around 8:30am. The bodies were already stiff when the detectives arrived. The identity card of the driver and other items were found inside the vehicle. They have been handed over to forensic experts for analysis. The name on the ID card is Emmanuel Chetan I., Creative Director, Image World Visuals.

    “Commissioner Muazu has directed the Forensic Unit, Homicide Section, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos to carry out detailed investigation into the matter and submit its report within one week.”

    Oti added that the family of the woman, whose name is Annie Bose Akhadelor, has been contacted.

  • Kidnapped poly lecturer found dead

    A lecturer with the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Ondo State, Taiwo Akinyemi, who was among those abducted by suspected kidnappers last Tuesday, has been reportedly killed by the gunmen.

    The development reportedly paralysed academic activities in the institution yesterday.

    The students, lecturers and other workers mourned the teacher, a father of three.

    There was a long procession round the school in honour of the deceased.

    The late Akinyemi was kidnapped near Amurin, on Akure/Owo Road last Tuesday after close of work with four others.

    The other victims regained freedom, but the lecturer was not so lucky, as his abductors killed him for his failure to pay ransom.

    The remains of the 52-year-old lecturer were reportedly discovered in a bush on Sunday evening after six days in the kidnappers’ den.

    The Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnic (SSANIP), RUGIPO chapter, Mr. Chris Olowolade, described the incident as sad.

    He said the union had entered into negotiation with the kidnappers in order to secure his release, adding: “It is, however, sad that we lost him to the kidnappers. We received his body yesterday.

    “The kidnappers placed a ransom of N100million on him, which nobody can afford. They reduced it to N7million after two days and later grudgingly asked us to come with N.5million.

    “The money was taken to them and the person who took the money was directed by the kidnappers where he should drop the money.   They asked him to stop, reverse and move just to confirm if he was the actual person bringing the money.”

    Olowolade said after some hours, they called the man who brought the money to come back because they didn’t see the money.

    He said they, however, called the Rector yesterday to go and identify a body.

    Olowolade said: “We rushed to the bush and discovered Akinyemi’s body.”

    He said the body was recovered by the police and deposited at the morgue.

    The SSANIP chairman said the deceased was shot in the back by the hoodlums and attacked with a machete before he was killed.

    Addressing workers and students, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu explained that the government and security operatives tried to rescue the deceased.

    He said: “It is unfortunate that the man couldn’t return home alive. The incident happened some five minutes after I passed the place and I had to deploy security men in my convoy to rescue the victims.”

    The governor assured citizens that the government would be committed to the security of lives and property, saying he had directed security operatives to increase road patrol to curb the activities of criminals.

    He said “These kidnappers are becoming daring and desperate; this is because we are approaching the festive period. But the police command has assured us that it will not limit its operation to stop and search only, but will also increase road patrol.”

    Read also: Kidnapped poly lecturer found dead

    Akeredolu urged the people to inform the police about any strange movement or people in their community.

    Said he: “Community policing and investigation can be done by the people because the police cannot be everywhere.

    “I assure you on behalf of this administration that the government will do its best to ensure this will be last case of kidnap to be recorded in this state. The perpetrators will be brought to book.”

    Police spokesman Femi Joseph, who confirmed the killing,

    described the death of the lecturer as unfortunate, especially when other victims had regained freedom.

    He said men of the police command were on the trail of the kidnappers.

    Joseph said the police had resolved to increase patrol on the roads, to reduce the activities of criminals.

    He advised the people to be security conscious and report strange faces or movement to the police.

     

  • Policeman found dead in pit in Delta

    A 51-year-old officer, Inspector Samuel Onwueriegho, has been found dead in a pit, on Ekwuoma road, near Owerri-Olubor, Ika North East Local Government.

    The Nation learnt the deceased, whose body was found Monday night, was attached to 22 Police Mobile Force (PMF), Lagos.

    It was not clear how the policeman ended up in a pit after he left his Dominion Estate home, Iyana-Iyesi, Ogun State, on September  13.

    A source told The Nation that his wife, Joy, reportedly told the family that her husband left without informing her.

    It was learnt a relative, Joel Obuseh, lodged a complaint that the deceased dropped by his home en route Ubulu-Uku on September 14, about 1 am.

    The wife organised a search party on September 20 after receiving information that her husband was seen in Delta.

    A police source confirmed that the remains was discovered “without external injuries on the body”.

    The body has been deposited at a mortuary for autopsy. Investigation is on, the source added.

  • Niger pilgrim found dead in hotel lift in Saudi Arabia

    A pilgrim from Niger state has been found dead in the lift of his hotel in Ibrahim Khalil Street Makka City in Saudi Arabia.

    The deceased who is from Chachanga local government area, whose name remain unknown as at the time of this report, was said to have suffocated inside the lift of the ten story building while he was going to the ground floor from  the seventh floor of the building on Wednesday morning.

    Investigation shows that pilgrims in the hotel have been complaining severely to the hotel’s staff on the malfunctioning nature of the three lifts in the hotel without any positive response.

    The pilgrims at the hotel said all the lifts in the hotel are faulty and all complainants have remained unattended to, “All the lifts in this hotel are faulty, we have been complaining to the management but nothing has been done, about three people were also trapped in one of the lifts this morning”, a pilgrim said.

    Officials of the Saudi Arabian Civil Defence team and the Niger state pilgrim officials in collaboration with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria who rushed to the scene of the incident are still making efforts to ascertain the circumstances of the accident.

    Meanwhile, the leader of the Niger State team for this year’s Hajj operations, Alhaji Abubakar Magaji who pleaded to the Niger state pilgrims to be calm said they are awaiting the response of the Saudi authority investigation on the matter before taking further action.

  • Ondo ex-deputy governor’s daughter found dead

    Khadijat, the daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo, has been reportedly found dead in the house of her boyfriend, Adeyemi Alao, in Akure, the state capital.

    Her decomposing remains were reportedly found under Alao’s bed after six days of search for the 20-year-girl.

    Khadijat was declared missing at her school, Adekunle Ajasin University (AAU), Akungba Akoko.

    She was found under the bed of her boyfriend in what was suspected to be a strange circumstance.

    Sources said she left her school seven days ago to see Alao, who allegedly used her for money ritual.

    It was learnt that Alao is based in Abuja.

    Khadijat is said to have been dating him since their secondary school days. The tow lover reportedly met recently and rekindled their love affairs.

    Alao allegedly kept her body under his bed for six days to follow the instruction of a native doctor.

    Nemesis was said to have caught up with Alao on the sixth day when the remains of Khadijat was discovered by his younger brother.

    A family source said Khadijat was allegedly used for money ritual, adding that the herbalist who allegedly prepared the ritual for Alao had fled.

    He said the herbalist instructed Alao to keep the body for seven days, but luck ran out on him when his younger brother met the decomposing body of Oluboyo’s daughter in a mysterious manner and reported the incident to the police in Akure.

    Police spokesman Femi Joseph, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said the command had launched investigation into the matter.

    Joseph said the command’s officers discovered the body of the undergraduate at a house in Oke-Aro area of Akure, following a tip-off.

    The spokesman added that some arrest had been made in connection with the death.

    He said Police Commissioner Gbenga Adeyanju would brief the media on the incident after the completion of investigation.

     

  • Missing policeman found dead in Benue

    Missing policeman found dead in Benue

    •Herdsmen kill two NSCDC men

    One of the two policemen declared missing after an encounter with Fulani herdsmen in Benue State on Saturday has been found dead.

    Four policemen were initially declared missing after they were ambushed by herdsmen in Tse Akpan in Logo Local Government but two returned unhurt.

    The policeman’s body was found in the bush in Azege, Tombo Ward yesterday by a police search team. It was dismembered.

    Benue Police spokesman  Moses Yamu said the body had been deposited in the mortuary.

    He did not disclose the name and rank of the policeman but said the police would remain undaunted in their efforts to tackle insecurity.

    There is no trace yet of the remaining policeman, he said.

    Also yesterday, bodies of two officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were found in Awanger village in Guma Local Government. They were also believed to have been killed by herdsmen.

    No official of the NSCDC was available to comment yesterday.

    Also yesterday, the Catholic Church prayed for the repose of the souls of the victims of the attacks.

    The mass was organised by the four Catholic Dioceses of  Makurdi, Gboko, Otukpo and Katsina-Ala.

    The Chairman of   Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, urged Benue people to unite in the face of the security challenges.

    Rev. Kaigama, who spoke at the memorial mass for the 73 victims of herdsmen attacks, said the people needed to unite and form a common front devoid of political, religious and traditional sentiments to tackle the security challenges in the state.

    The cleric promised to make  a case on the plight of  the people to the CBCN for consideration.

    Bishop William Avenya of  Gboko Diocese said the site where the 73  victims  were buried would be turned into a pilgrimage centre and a monument of prayer.

    Avenya said the deceased would be immortalised so that they would be remembered for centuries to come.

    The cleric also urged the people not to lose hope, stressing that God would never forsake them.

    He called on security agencies to hunt down and prosecute the killers, adding that justice must be given to Benue people.

    The bishop, however, warned the  people against posting provocative statements on the social media to heighten tension.

    Governor Samuel Ortom expressed appreciation to the Catholic Church for organising the memorial mass. He praised the church for standing for justice and the oppressed, promising that his administration would continue to listen and act on its advice.

    Ortom vowed that he would not relent in carrying out the wishes  of the electorate.

    Tor Tiv, others reject Operation Cat Race

    Benue paramount traditional ruler – the Tor Tiv – along with some stakeholders yesterday rejected the military exercise Operation Cat Race due for launch this weekend in Benue and other states where the herdsmen killings are prevalent.

    The operation has a Tiv language code name Ayem Akpatuma.

    The military said last week that its intention is to flush out the killer-herdsmen within the six-week operation.

    But the Tor Tiv and the others made their views known to the sub-committee of the Panel led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The panel was raised by the Federal Government to find a permanent solution to the killings..

    Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi led the team to Benue.

    The Tor Tiv  Prof. James Ayatse in his submission, expressed concern about the committee, considering the comments credited to some top government officials including Inspector general of police Ibrahim Idris and Minister of Defence Manir Dan Ali.

    Prof. Ayatse noted that if the IG described the killings in Benue as communal and the Minister of Defence said the blockade of grazing reserves and routes led to the killings, people could imagine the  kind of report that would come out from such a committee.

    Pastor Dave Ogbole said they had no confidence in the planned joint military operation because the date of their arrival had been  announced  ahead of time.

    “The motive of operation Ayem Akpatuma is nothing but to harasses our youths as they already had a notion that Governor Ortom armed the youths.

    Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of  Justice Mike Aondoakaa  told the committee that ECOWAS Protocol provided that any one bringing cattle into the country must be registered and show his passport .

    Aondoakaa added that it was wrong to just allow cattle into the country because some might be infected with dangerous diseases likely to cause an epidemic.

     

  • Ondo APC chieftain found dead after kidnap

    Ondo APC chieftain found dead after kidnap

    A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Olumide Odimayo, who was abducted last Thursday, was found dead yesterday in Ese-Odo Local Government Area.

    The late Odimayo was abducted by gunmen while returning from a trip.

    It was learnt that his body  was found near Ogolo River, between Sabomi and Igbotu communities.

    APC  State Publicity Secretary, Prince Abayomi Adesanya, who confirmed Odimayo’s death, said the incident had been reported to the police.

    Adesanya said the body of the late politician was found by vigilantes, adding that the death had thrown the party into mourning.

    The secretary said the late Odimayo contributed to the success of APC in the last governorship election.

    He said: “He supported the party with all he had when he returned from the United Kingdom (UK). We will surely miss this great man.”

    It was gathered that the late Odimayo returned from London shortly before he was abducted.

    Police spokesman Femi Joseph, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the command had arrested eight suspects.

    The spokesman said the police arrested the suspected kidnappers of the slain politician before his death.

    He said efforts by the police and some youths led to the arrest of the suspects.

    Joseph said: “The leader of the kidnap gang confessed to the police that Odimayo was in their custody. We discovered that the other kidnappers decided to throw him into the river when they knew that they were no longer safe.

    “We felt so bad with the unfortunate incident and we are worried by the death of the politician after a successful operation. I can assure you that the suspects will face the full wrath of the law. Others in the abduction and subsequent killing of Odimayo will not go unpunished.”

     

     

     

     

     

  • Girl, 16, found dead in well in Delta

    The body of a 16-year-old girl, Blessing Alex, has been recovered in a well at Isselle Azagba in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.

    Vigilantes had searched for the teenager for 10 days before finding her body in the well.

    Blessing is said to be an indigene of Ikoto in Ini Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State.

    She was an apprentice at a sewing institute in the community.

    It was gathered that the victim was last seen in company of a friend until her remains were found in the well at Abuedo Quarters in the community.

    There were speculations that the victim might have committed suicide after her parents allegedly compelled her to have an abortion and end her relationship with a boy in the community.

    A source, who spoke in confidence, said: “Not too long ago, the victim, who was living with her father and stepmother, aborted her pregnancy because the family did not allow her to continue her relationship with the boy who impregnated her. Since then, she had not been herself until she was found dead in that questionable circumstance.”

    The community’s monarch, HRH Obi Francis Jidouwu Ijei 11 of Isselle Azagba, confirmed the incident.

    He said: “We were holding a meeting of Izu-Ani in my palace when a report came from the vigilantes that the missing girl had been found dead. We directed that the matter be reported to the police.”

    The victim’s stepmother and her friend have been detained.

  • Two found dead in Ibadan

    Two bodies have been discovered at  a bungalow, 13, Cele Close, Agbowo, Ibadan.

    The bodies of Amarachi Ukoha (16) and Munachi Madagu ( three) were found inside one of the eight rooms in the house.

    Their mother, Chinoye Ukoha, said her son, Monachi and her sister, Amarachi, lived with her and complained of stomach ache on Tuesday night.

    She said she gave them some drugs and only discovered their   bodies yesterday morning.

    The case has been reported at Kajorepo Police Station and the bodies taken to Adeoyo mortuary.

  • Guard found dead in bank’s premises

    A 32-year-old security guard with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos branch of an old-generation bank, Ovate Erim, was found dead in the premises of the bank at the weekend.

    Although the cause of his death is yet to be ascertained, a source at LUTH said his lifeless body was found at about 5.10am

    “It was one of his colleagues that raised the alarm that attracted others. He was rushed to the emergency unit of the hospital, but was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital. Since none of the management staff of the bank was around as at the time his body was found, other security men on ground requested that the body be deposited at the morgue pending the conclusion of investigations into the actual cause of his death,” the source said.

    Police spokesperson Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), confirmed the incident, saying it was reported at Itire Police Station last Friday, adding that investigation was ongoing.