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  • Plumber accused of stealing

    A 27-year-old plumber, Azeez Muhammed, yesterday appeared at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for allegedly breaking into a school to steal laptops and a speaker.

    He pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of damage and stealing.

    Prosecuting Inspector Aondohemba Koti said the defendant committed the offence on April 19 at Mushin, Lagos.

    He alleged that the defendant scaled the fence to gain entrance into Euba Secondary School.

    Koti added that Muhammed damaged the principal’s office to steal the items, the value of which was yet unknown.

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    “The defendant unlawfully damaged the principal office’s door to steal.

    “The value of the stolen items is yet to be ascertained,” he said.

    The prosecutor said the tricycle the defendant parked in front of the school to cart away the items was traced, and he was arrested.

    Magistrate M.O. Tanimola granted the defendant N 80,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    He said the sureties should be employed and show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    The case continues on May 13.

  • Plumber commits suicide over phone theft allegation

    A 36-year-old plumber, Nwabuisi Obasi, yesterday committed suicide after he was accused of stealing a phone.

    He was said to have lived at the boys’ quarters of his sister’s 6, Ajanaku Street, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos home.

    It was gathered that he did not get along with his sister and her husband.

    The Nation gathered that Obasi became depressed after he was banned from entering the main building following a disagreement with his brother-in-law.

    Issues became aggravated on Sunday when a phone got missing and he was accused of stealing it.

    Obasi was said to have left a note, stating his innocence before killing himself.

    According to a source, he said his spirit would hunt whoever stole the phone and caused him undue embarrassment. He also allegedly told his sister some of the unpleasant things they did to him.

    The deceased was said to have accused the couple of causing him public embarrassment because he was poor.

    Police spokesman, Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (CSP), said he was unaware of the suicide note.

    Oti said: “A case of suicide was reported at the division and policemen went to the scene. The body of the young man was recovered. Investigation is ongoing. I am not aware of any suicide note.”

  • Plumber held for ‘sexual assault’ of daughters

    A 42-year-old plumber, Idowu Lasisi, has been arrested for allegedly molesting his daughters.

    Lasisi was brought to the Police Command at Ikeja yesterday following his 15-year-old daughter’s claim that he sexually penetrated her three times.

    The suspect, it was gathered, started the molestation with his 19-year-old daughter who fled their Ketu, Lagos residence when she could no longer bear it.

    It was gathered that his wife, Labanke left him because of the alleged incestuous act.

    Lasisi was said to have turned to his 15-year-old daughter after his wife and eldest daughter left the house. He allegedly gave her N500 each time he slept with her.

    But the suspect denied the allegation, claiming the victim framed him up because he scolded her.

    A source said: “The victim was brought by her mother to the station and we have sent her for check-up. The mother said she left her husband two years ago, when she discovered that he was sleeping with their eldest daughter.

    “The woman is a trader and she left her three children behind. When the older daughter couldn’t stand the thing, she ran away from home and no one knows her whereabouts.

    “According to the younger girl, her father started coming to her one night last year and he gave her N500.  She said there were times she would fight him off but that he succeeded in having sex with her three times. Out of frustration, she stopped going to school.”

    Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni said the victim has been taken to the Mirable Centre for medical examination. Investigation, he said, was ongoing.

  • Plumber arrested for ‘killing’ Okada rider

    Plumber arrested for ‘killing’ Okada rider

    A plumber in Ikaramu-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government of Ondo State, Kayode Agboola, has been arrested for allegedly killing a commercial motorcyclist, Akinola Emmanuel.
    Agboola, who has been detained by the Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, was said to have hired the deceased to take him to a village in Ekiti State.
    It was gathered Agboola allegedly killed the cyclist in a bush and took the motorcycle away.
    The suspect was apprehended by NSCDC officials and reportedly confessed to the crime.
    Residents of Ajowa-Akoko are calling on the police and government to ensure that justice was done, alleging that some people were trying to cover up the matter.
    A man, simply Michael, said: ‘’He (suspect) must not be spared.
    “This man must be punished. The world is waiting for the police to ensure justice for the victim.
    “The world should hear about this nefarious, wicked, merciless and calculated cruelty. This young boy must not die in vain. His killer must be brought to book.”
    Police spokesman Femi Joseph said the case was yet to be transferred to the state command.
    He said: “The suspect and the victim have known each other for quite a while.
    “On December 4, the suspect hired the deceased to take him to his farm where he allegedly killed him and took his motorcycle to Ado-Ekiti, where he was arrested.
    “We are waiting for the NSCDC to release the suspect to us for proper investigation and prosecution.”
    The remains of the deceased had been evacuated and deposited at a morgue.

  • Land grabbers kill plumber

    Land grabbers kill plumber

    Suspected land grabbers on Saturday murdered a plumber, Wale Taiwo at Magboro, an Ogun State community, off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, it was learnt yesterday.

    The hoodlums were said to have stormed an uncompleted building near the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) prayer ground where the deceased was working and killed him.

    It was gathered that the bungalow building belonged to a Vice Principal at Kings College, who allegedly had a disagreement with the land grabbers.

    Although the woman was said to have built the house in 2013, the land grabbers were said to have stormed the property furious that work was ongoing while the owner was yet to ‘settle’ them.

    They allegedly hit the plumber with an iron on his head, killing him on the spot.

    According to the deceased’s brother, Muyiwa Taiwo, the hoodlums abandoned their victim in a pool of his blood and fled.

    He said the two labourers his brother contracted to work with him fled the scene.

    Taiwo said: “We believe the incident happened on Saturday because that was the last time he communicated with his wife. They spoke around 8am on Saturday when he wanted to confirm if there was environmental sanitation. It was the sanitation exercise that delayed him, otherwise, he would have left for Lagos that morning.

    “We heard that the Omoniles came to the site and they called the owner of the building. It seems the owner did not give them a good reply and they took it out on my brother who was just doing his job.

    “They hit him on the head, he fainted and died there. Even the labourers, two Abokis, who were working with him fled. We have gone there to remove his car and the car has been moved to the police station. The woman who owns the building did not come but her husband was with us.”

    A source said it was the victim’s family that discovered the body after his wife went to the owner’s college to get the address of the property.

    Said the success: “The deceased and the owner know themselves very well. The deceased used to be a teacher too before he got another job and left. So, it was the woman who contacted him for the plumbing job and while he was at it, the Omoniles killed him.

    “His wife came to the college and demanded for the address of the building. She was worried that she has not heard from her husband who was supposed to come back on Saturday. I do not really know if she went there herself or someone else did but that was how he was discovered dead and the police invited.”

    When contacted, the spokesman for the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in-charge of Zone II, Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the murder.

    He said: “I can confirm that a plumber was murdered there but I cannot day at the moment if it has to do with land grabbers. But be rest assured that the murderers won’t go unpunished.

    “The AIG, Abdulmajid Ali has vowed to deal with criminals in the zone and this is a capital offence. Investigation is on and the culprits will be fished out and death with.”