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  • Man nabbed for allegedly killing wife, children, others

    The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a man, Simon Ugbala, who on Monday allegedly killed his wife, two children and four others with a machete.

    He injured several people.

    The suspect, who was believed to be mentally-deranged, was alleged to have gone berserk, killing and injuring people. He later ran away into the bush.

    Later about 200 youths searched for the man in conjunction with the police.

    The suspect was said to have appeared in the community the next day and attacked more people, killing one other person, which necessitated the involvement of the military.

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    The news of his re-appearance forced parents to withdraw their children from schools.

    The Nation learnt that the combined efforts paid off, as Ugbala was arrested yesterday and handed over to the police.

    Spokesperson Loveth Odah confirmed the incident.

    She said the suspect was arrested by a combined team of the Police, Army and youths.

    Odah said the suspect had been taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA), for psychiatric examination and evaluation. She advised residents to take people suspected to be mentally-deranged to hospital, to prevent calamity.

  • 25-year-old arrested for allegedly killing wife

    Niger State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Bello Muche, for allegedly killing his wife.

    Bello, from Gautan Fadama in Bagudo Local Government of Kebbi State, said he warned his wife,  Husse Ali, to stop sleeping around with men, but she refused.

    He said her disobedience angered him and he used matchete to kill her.

    “I used machete to kill her for refusing to obey my instruction. I told her to desist from sleeping around with men, but she disobeyed me and I killed her.

    “My wife was stubborn. I sat her down and told her the implications of what she was doing. She ignored me and she had to pay the price dearly. “

    Muche was nabbed by the police operatives while trying to escape.

    Spokesman Muhammad Abubakar said the suspect was arrested based on a tip-off, adding that the matter would be taken to court.

     

  • ‘Danish accused of killing wife, daughter not yet charged’

    A Danish citizen, Mr. Peter Nielsen, who was accused of killing his wife and daughter, has not been charged with any offence, his legal representatives, Primera Africa Legal (PAL), said yesterday.

    The Police are investigating Nielson over the death of his Nigerian wife, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, an artiste popularly known as Alizee, and her four-year-old daughter, Petra.

    It was alleged that they were murdered in the family’s Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos Island residence in the early hours of April 5.

    PAL’s Senior Partner, F. Boma Ayomide Alabi, said in a statement that Nielsen “is fully cooperating” with the investigators at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID).

    She sought transparent investigation and for access to him by his lawyers, adding that the suspect has not been charged and that the cause of death was unknown.

    Alabi said there had been “largely inaccurate and speculative public and media narrative” against her client.

    “He has not been charged with any crime yet. The cause of death is still unknown. It is in the interest of justice that an opportunity is availed Mr. Nielsen to defend himself and that the investigation is transparent, factual and unbiased.

    “The Nigeria Police must allow Mr Nielsen access to his lawyers. In the eyes of the law, he is presumed innocent till proven guilty after an adversarial trial process.

    “We, therefore, plead that no one rushes to judgment and that we allow the law take its course,” the statement reads.

    Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman Chike Oti had said Nielsen was detained at the SCID.

    “The suspect is from Denmark. He has been arrested and transferred to the State CID, Panti, for thorough investigation by the Homicide Department.

    “The command has also written the embassy on the suspect that the police are investigating one of their nationals,” he said.

  • Court sentences man to death for killing wife

    Court sentences man to death for killing wife

    An Ikeja High Court yesterday sentenced Katungi Phillips to death for stabbing his wife, Justina James, to death for allegedly infecting him with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

    “The prosecution was able to prove by cogent circumstantial evidence that the defendant intended to kill the deceased. I hereby find the defendant guilty of the murder of Justina James. In view of the mandatory sentence for murder in Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, the defendant, Katungi Phillips is hereby sentenced to death, may the Lord have mercy on his soul,” Justice Raliat Adebiyi said.

    The  judge rejected Phillips defence of provocation.

    She said the multiple stab wounds inflicted on Justina by Phillips were excessive in comparison to the single stab wound the convict sustained.

    Justice Adebiyi said that based on the evidence before her, the defence of provocation was not plausible, adding  that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt

    According to the prosecution led by Mrs O. R Ahmed-Muili, the convict committed the offence at 3.21 a.m. on July 26, 2014 at his residence at Pako House, Oniru, Lagos.

    Ahmed-Muili said the convict, who had been married to Justina for two years, stabbed  her with a kitchen knife after discovering that she had allegedly infected him with HIV.

    “After discovering that she had allegedly infected him with the virus, the deceased threatened to leave him for another man.

    “He stabbed his wife with a kitchen knife during the ensuing argument and he also attempted to kill himself by stabbing himself in the abdomen with the knife,” she said.

    The police arraigned Phillips on February 8, 2016.

    The prosecution called four witnesses, three police officers and the sister of the deceased to testify during the trial.

    Inspector Alexander Onoja, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) during his testimony at the trial said that the defendant confessed to the police to have stabbed his wife.

    “He confessed that he murdered his wife because he discovered they were both HIV positive and he was infected through her.

    “He alleged that she informed him that she was leaving him for another man,” he said.

    The IPO said that when the police visited the crime scene Justina was already dead.

    He said police found Phillips lying beside her corpse with a knife wound to his abdomen.

    Philips, however, in his submission during the trial, using the defence of provocation, said his wife was stabbed while they were arguing over his missing mobile phone.

    “We were arguing over my missing phone, she stabbed me with the kitchen knife, I grabbed the knife from her hands and stabbed her once,” Phillips told the court.

  • Police nab church elder for allegedly killing wife

    Police nab church elder for allegedly killing wife

    Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested Mr. Sunday Uko Akpan for allegedly killing his wife, Mrs. Martha Sunday Uko, aged 35.

    Akpan, said to be an elder at the Light of the World Mission Church, Oron Road, Uyo, was alleged to have murdered his wife on October 11 after a disagreement.

    A statement by police spokesman Bala Elkana said the suspect allegedly killed his wife, a mother of three, after a minor quarrel, which snowballed into a fight.

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    “Later, the suspect at midnight cut her remains into pieces, packed them in two sacks, put them in a wheelbarrow and poured them into a waste bin near NDLEA’s office, off Nwaniba Road, Uyo.

    “The suspect killed his wife in the presence of their children, who thereafter reported to the police, for fear of being murdered by their father.

    “During interrogation, he confessed to the crime.

    Investigation is on. The suspect will be arraigned for

    murder,” the statement added.

     

  • Man found dead after killing wife in Enugu

    A man, Okonkwo Uzo, and his wife, Ozoemena, have died in Enugu State after a brawl.

    The Uzos were said to be residents of Nchatancha at Emene in the outskirts of Enugu.

    They reportedly had an argument on Wednesday and the man attacked his wife with a machete.

    Police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said the couple was living in peace until the fateful day.

    Francis was said to have killed Ozoemena in the afternoon.

    Amaraizu said: “It was gathered that on that fateful day at 12 p.m, the husband allegedly pounced on her over a yet-to-be-established issues. In the process, he inflicted several injuries on his wife’s body, including her shoulder. These brought about serious bleeding all over her body. She was taken to a hospital where she was confirmed dead.

    “However, Francis was already in coma and could not talk before the arrival of the security operatives. He was rushed to Annunciation Hospital at Emene for treatment. He too was confirmed dead.

    The couple’s bodies were deposited at Annunciation Hospital’s morgue.

    “Also, a full scale investigation has begun into the incident by the operatives of the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCID) of the Enugu State Police Command.”

  • Man flees after allegedly beating wife to death

    Man flees after allegedly beating wife to death

    A man, Lekan Shonde, has fled his Lagos residence after he allegedly beat his wife to death.

    The incident occurred at Tiemo Crescent, off Awori Street in Egbeda in the early hours of Friday.

    It was gathered that the suspect locked their 6-year-old and 4-year-old children in their apartment with his wife’s corpse on the ground.

    The Nation gathered that the deceased, Ronke Shonde, has been a victim of domestic violence for several years.

    It was learnt that the couple had an altercation that morning, which resulted to a fight only for their nanny to resume work at about 7am and discovered the woman’s corpse on the ground.

    The nanny, it was learnt, had tried to call the woman on phone but strangely her mobile was switched off.

    According to a neighbour, the nanny, who could not enter the house because it was locked, peeped through the window and saw the kids crying, trying to wake their mother.

    The neighbour said they heard noise from the building but never thought it was something as serious as death until the nanny raised the alarm.

    Neighbours soon surrounded the place and forced the door open at which point the woman’s lifeless body was found with blood stains from her head.

    When contacted, the police command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent (SP), said the case has been transferred to the Homicide Unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID, Panti.

    She added that the children have been handed over to the deceased’s family members.

    “Yes I confirm the case was reported at about 8am on Friday. One Mrs Tiemo E.B. of 5, Tiemo Street, Ile Epo Alhaji, Egbeda reported at Idimu division that at about 7am she heard the screaming of Mrs Shonde Ronke’s children who is one of her tenants.

    “The scene was visited by the police operatives and corpse moved to Isolo General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.

    ”However, the husband couldn’t be traced since the incident occurred.

    “His phones are switched off but effort is on to get him.”