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  • AIG Mani vows to reposition force CID Alagbon for effectiveness

    The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, Murtala Mani promised, on Friday, to restore the glory of the unit.

    Mani told reporters that the necessary machinery has been set in motion to achieve this objective.

    The AIG said that he had returned about 40 files of cases sent from different state police commands to Alagbon for action.

     He said the parties involved are satisfied that justice had been done in their cases.

     He said if a party to a case has no confidence in a State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), he is not sure whether the person will also have confidence or trust in the FCID Alagbon.

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     He said: “We are the same police.”

     Mani also said that effort was being made to deploy as many professionals as possible to the  fingerprint section to elevate it to global standard.

     He recalled how the annex made significant breakthroughs in otherwise complicated criminal cases including the arrest of the suspected brains behind the recent killing of Igwe Stephen Nneji Obuneme Nwatu Ibe I of Ogbozine Akpugo, Enugu State.

     Sections at the annex include: General investigation, Inter Police, Central Criminal Registry namely Finger Print Unit and Latent Unit. Other departments inlude: Forensic Analysis, Police Special Fraud Unit, Homicide, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Special Enquiry Bureau, Anti-Human Trafficking, Legal for Prosecution of cases and Special Squad.

  • 41 gangsters to face trial for homicide, terrorism in Kaduna

    41 gangsters to face trial for homicide, terrorism in Kaduna

    Kaduna State Security Council has announced the arrest of gangsters suspected of attacking innocent citizens with dangerous weapons, leading to culpable homicide.

    The Council also named four persons who will be charged and prosecuted for acts related to terrorism and possession of dangerous weapons.

    This was contained in a statement issued by Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan.

    According to the statement, the suspects were arrested in different locations in Zaria and Kaduna town by security operatives.

    “The gangsters who are popularly known as ‘Yan Sara-Suka’ or ‘Yan Shara’ are to be prosecuted for causing deaths and injuries.

    “The Security Council also directed that the suspects be charged for illegal possession of weapons, disturbance of public peace, homicide and unlawful assembly”.

    It gave the breakdown of the suspects arrested in Tudun Wada, Zaria areas to include, Salisu Abubakar, Kabiru Auwal, Isyaku Ibrahim, Salisu Musa, Shamsudeen Ahmed, Mohammed Ibrahim, and Ali Tukur.

    Others arrested in Kabala Doki and Kawo areas of Kaduna include, Aliyu Auwal, Abba Yusuf, Sadiq Balarabe, Sharif Abdullahi, Mustapha Aliyu, Bashir Ibrahim, Najib Yusuf, Daddy Yusuf.

    They also include Ahmed Abdurasak, Ibrahim Hassan, Abdulsalam Mohammed, Umurana Shuaibu, Mohammed Ibrahim, Hamisu Umar, Sadiq Ismail, Gadafi Yusuf, Hassan Shuaibu,  Zailani Magaji, Jibril Idris.

    Others are Mansur Sani, Ismail Dahiru, Mukailu Yusuf, Sani Nasiru, Aminu Sanusi,

    Rabiu Musa, Umar Tanimu, Ibrahim Idris, Mohammed Abdurahaman, Mohammed Abdullahi and Shabale Adamu.

    The Security Council also named three persons who will be charged and prosecuted for acts related to terrorism and possession of dangerous weapons.

    It gave thier names as Haruna Usma, Badiya Garba, Saleem Shuaibu, and Ashiru Abdullahi.

     

  • Homicide: Court remands farmer in prison

    Homicide: Court remands farmer in prison

    A Minna Magistrate’s court on Thursday ordered the remand in prison custody of a farmer, Hassan Usman, over alleged culpable homicide.

    The accused was arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide, contrary to sections 97 and 221 of the Penal Code.

    The prosecutor, Mr Emmanuel Danladi, told the court that one Isyaku Hussaini of Garatu village in Bosso Local Government of Niger reported the matter to the police on April 4.

    Danladi quoted the complainant as alleging that he received information that the accused conspired with some persons to attack and machete his son to death in the bush.

    When the charges were read to the accused person, he pleaded not guilty.

    The prosecutor thereafter prayed the court for an adjournment to enable police to complete its investigation into the case.

    The magistrate, Aisha Bawa, however, declined to take the plea of the accused person, saying that she lacked the jurisdiction to hear the matter.

    Bawa said that the offence could only be tried by a high court and ordered the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.

    She ordered the accused person to be remanded in prison and adjourned the matter to May 10 for further mention.

  • Man remanded over culpable homicide

    An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded Salisu Bello, 37, for allegedly killing one Babuga Musa.
    The accused was alleged to have conspired with seven others now at large to inflict machete cuts on   the deceased.
    The incident was said to have occurred on Sept. 13 at Mugudu Village in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara.
    The prosecutor, Cpl. Sanni Abdullahi, told the court that the accused claimed the deceased was among some armed robbers who attacked his father while returning from the Kara market.
    Abdullahi said that the accused was arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide contrary to sections 97 and 221 of the Penal Code Law.
    The plea of the accused was not taken by the court.
    The prosecutor, however, objected to the bail of the accused on the ground that the alleged offences were not bailable.
    Magistrate Mariam Mogaji ordered the remand of the accused at the Okekura Prison Yard, Ilorin.
    She adjourned the case to Nov. 24 for mention.