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  • Housewife accused of stabbing worker

    A 32-year-old housewife, Ruth Emehelu, was yesterday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing a 15-year-old domestic worker with a knife.

    The police charged Emehelu with assault.

    Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ezekiel Ayorinde said the defendant committed the offence in January at her home.

    He alleged that the defendant assaulted the girl, who was kept in her custody, with a knife, for returning home late from an errand.

    The prosecutor alleged that the defendant beat up the girl and injured her with a knife.

    Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi granted her N50, 000 bail with one surety in the like sum.

    She said the surety must be employed and show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    The case continues on April 1.

  • Driver jailed one year for stabbing LASTMA official

    A Lagos State Mobile Court sitting in Oshodi, has sentenced a commercial bus driver, Kenneth Anyanwu, to one year imprisonment for stabbing a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), official, Olanrewaju Yusuf.

    Magistrate F.O. Ikobayo convicted Anyanwu following his plea of guilty to a two-count charge of assault and breach of peace, contrary to sections 117(1)&(2) and 168(1)(d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    She sentenced him to one year imprisonment or a fine of N50,000. The magistrate also ordered the convict to pay N80,000 for Yusuf’s medical bills.

    Earlier, Anyanwu pleaded for mercy.

    His counsel, Olabode Ifeoluwa, urged the court to sentence Anyanwu to community service.

    Ifeoluwa said: “It has been difficult for Anyanwu to feed his family; his three children are currently out of school because there is no money to pay their fees. The court should consider the family. We plead with the court to temper justice and he will pay the full cost of the hospital bills.”

    But prosecution counsel, Miss A. Arigbabu, opposed him.

    She said: “He cannot injure an official and go free. It would be a scandal for him to be given community service for injuring an official. The court should not be sentimental when a person does something that is grievous and thinks he can get with it. Yusuf spent roughly N80,000 on the hospital bills, his uniform was torn and his phone was missing, his bleeding was excessive. The vehicle will be released after all the payments have been made.”

    According to the charge, Anyanwu conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace and also assaulted a law enforcement officer while in discharge of his lawful duty.

    The court heard that Anyanwu committed the offence on April 26, on Ikorodu Road near Palm Grove Bus Stop, inward Onipanu.

    Yusuf attempted to arrest Anyanwu for picking passengers at undesignated bus stops between Obanikoro and Palm Grove. But Anyanwu resisted. He picked a broken bottle and aimed for Yusuf’s neck, but Yusuf raised his hand to parry the blow and was slashed in the process.

  • Man sentenced to six months for stabbing

    A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja yesterday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Abba Yahaya, to six months’ imprisonment for stabbing Yahuza Safiyanu in the back.

    The judge, Mohammed Marafa, however, gave Yahaya an option of N20,000 fine and warned him to desist from committing crimes. He ordered him to pay N19,000 compensation to Safiyanu, failing which, he would serve additional three months in prison.

    Yahaya of Phase 3, Kubwa, Abuja, was convicted and sentenced for causing grievous hurt.

    Prosecutor Babajide Olanipekun told the court that Safiyanu of Kubwa, Abuja reported the matter at Kubwa Police Station on April 10.

    He said Yahaya acted in a violent manner and stabbed Safiyanu in the back without any provocation, causing him deep cuts.

    Olanipekun said Safiyanu was taken to Kubwa General Hospital and he spent N19,000 for treatment.

    He said the offence contravened Section 247 of the Penal Code.

    Yahaya pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency, saying it was a mistake.

     

  • Jealous wife charged with stabbing ex-PDP chair’s son to death

    Jealous wife charged with stabbing ex-PDP chair’s son to death

    TWO-count charge has been filed against a jealous wife, Maryam Sanda, barely five days after allegedly stabbing her husband to death.

    The affected wife had allegedly killed her husband, Bilyaminu Haliru Bello, who was a son of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) and ex-Minister Mohammed Haliru Bello.

    There had been issues on whether or not the suspect will face trial with some relatives of the deceased raising the alarm of a possible cover up.

    But the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the police alleged that the embattled wife stabbed her husband in the chest and neck with the intention to kill him.

    The command on November 20  filed two-count charge against the wife in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Division.

    The charges read: “That you, Maryam Sanda, female, adult of No.4 Pakali Close, Wuse 2 Abuja, on 19/11/2017 at about 0350hours at No.4 Pakali Close, Wuse 2 Abuja within the Abuja Judicial Division, did commit the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death in that you caused the death of one Bilyaminu Bello Haliru, male adult of No. 40 Pakali Close, Wuse 2 Abuja by stabbing him on the chest with a broken bottle which eventually led to his death and you did so with the knowledge that your act is likely to cause his death.

    “You thereby  committed an offence  punishable under Section 221  of the Penal Code Law.

    “That you, Maryam Sanda, female, adult of No.4 Pakali Close, Wuse 2 Abuja, on 19/11/2017 at about 0350hours at No.4 Pakali Close, Wuse 2 Abuja within the Abuja Judicial Division, did commit the offence of causing grievous hurt in that you stabbed one Bilyaminu Bello Haliru, male adult of No. 40 Pakali Close, Wuse 2 Abuja with a broken bottle on the neck thereby endangering his life.

    “You thereby  committed an offence contrary to Section 240 (g) and punishable under Section 247 of the Penal Code Law.”

    No date has been fixed for the arraignment of the suspect as at press time.

    But there were indications that there was pressure on the Bello family to “accept the death of Bilyaminu as accidental, the wish of Allah  and forgive Maryam.”

  • Woman arraigned for allegedly stabbing neighbour to death

    A woman, Stella David, has been arraigned before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly stabbing her neighbour Mrs Stella Ola to death.

    The incident happened at their 59, Ojora Street, Ajegunle, Lagos residence.

    David was arraigned before Justice Raliatu Adebiyi on a one count charge of murder by the prosecutor, Mr Bukola Akoni.

    The charge stated: “that you Stella David conspired to kill Mrs Stella Ola at your residence,  59 Ojora Street Ajegunle,  Lagos thereby committing murder contrary to section 203 Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

    The defendant pleaded not guilty to the one count charge preferred against her by the state.

    The prosecutor told the court that  the defendant  and the deceased were not on speaking terms before the incident.

    But the defendant, in her narration insisted that she did not kill her neighbour.

    Under examination by the prosecutor, the defendant said that the incident occurred on Saturday June 22, 2017.

    According to her narration, “I was boiling water to make eba for my mother who went to church and was to come back in the evening.

    “When the water boiled, I removed the kettle from the fire but unknown to me, the handle of the kettle was already damaged.

    “As I carried the kettle to pour the boiled water inside a bowl,  the handle of the kettle broke and the water spilled on my body and on my neighbour’s visitors that came looking for her.

    “The next thing I knew was that three of them, my neighbour, his wife Stella, and their female visitor,  came in and started quarreling with me.

    “They were trying to strangle me when I picked up something to scare them off me which I didn’t know immediately was a knife and I did not know what happened next.’’

    The defendant said she ran to the police station to make a complaint only to meet  the husband of the deceased there.

    She said that the husband of the deceased there and then pointed to her and told the police that she stabbed his wife at her chest and she died.

    Justice Adebiyi has  adjourned the matter to December 11 for continuation of hearing.

  • Man commits suicide after stabbing fiancee to death​

    Man commits suicide after stabbing fiancee to death​

    A man, Friday Njoku on Friday committed suicide after killing his 25 years old fiancee, Cynthia Nwafia.

    Njoku and Cynthia have been friends for some years The Nation gathered.

    Njoku it was further gathered have done preliminary traditional introduction to the parents and relatives of the girl to indicate his intension to marry her and was accepted by Cynthia’s family.

    Njoku and Cynthia’s relationship had advanced as they were already planning their formal marriage only for him to stabbed the girl to death .

    He had stormed his lover’s house at 5 Amachi street, Abakaliki when she was cooking and stabbed her.

    Cynthia was rushed to the hospital by her neighbours following alarm but she could not make it as she passed away few minutes after being taken to the hospital.

    Njoku after stabbing Cynthia, went to his house in another street in Abakaliki and committed suicide.

    His corpse was discovered inside his room with blood gushing out from his nose, eyes and ears at 9am the following .

    Sources told The Nation that Njoku had gone to Cynthia’s family a day before he killed the girl and complained that the deceased was unfaithful to him.

    Police spokesman in the State, Loveth Oda confirmed the incident to our reporter adding that investigation have since been launched into the matter.

  • Unemployed man arraigned for ‘stabbing’

    A 27-year-old unemployed man, Jide Owolabi, who allegedly assaulted Ibrahim Madu by stabbing him with a bottle, has been arraigned at a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State.

    The accused, whose address is unknown, is facing a count charge of assault.

    The prosecutor, Akpan Ikem, told the court the accused committed the offence on August 4, at Ajido bus-stop in Badagry.

    He said the accused stabbed the complainant in the stomach, after an argument ensued between them.

    “The accused and the complainant were at the bus-stop when they got into an argument, after the latter mistakenly stepped on the toes of the former.

    “The accused carried a bottle, broke it and stabbed the complainant in his stomach,” Ikem said.

    He said the offence contravened Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (revised).

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Jimoh Adefioye, granted the accused bail at N100,000 and a surety in like sum.

    The case was adjourned till September 13 for mention.

  • Teenager charged with stabbing BRT driver

    A 19-year-old man, Mathew Obong, who allegedly attacked and stabbed a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) driver with knife with others still at large at Oshodi, was yesterday brought before a magistrates’ court in Lagos.

    Obong, a resident of Ajanayo Street, Oniwaya, Lagos, is being tried for breach of peace, assault, grievous harm and conspiracy at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    According to the prosecuting Sergeant, Emmaunel Ajayi, the accused committed the offences on February 22 at Cappa Junction near Oshodi, Lagos.

    He said the accused with others still at large conspired and assaulted the BRT driver, Mr Stanley Kalu when he came out of his vehicle to urinate.

    “The accused stabbed the complainant with a knife all over his body,” he said.

    Ajayi said the complainant, who was driving from Oshodi towards Mushin, made a U-turn at Cappa Junction and came down from the vehicle to urinate.

    “After the complainant had off-load his passengers, he made a U-turn and parked to urinate.

    “The accused attacked him claiming that he beamed the headlight of the bus on them.

    “The accused removed a knife from his pocket and started stabbing him.

    “He and his accomplices ran away when blood was gushing out of the complainant’s body.

    “But when the police stormed the scene, only the accused was arrested,” he told the court.

    Ajayi said after beating and stabbing the complainant, the accused took his N13, 500 from his pocket.

    The offence contravened Sections 166, 171, 243 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Section 243 prescribes a maximum seven years jail term for offenders.

    The accused pleaded innocence of the offence and was granted N50,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    Magistrate F. A. Azeez adjourned the case till March 21.

     

  • Panic in Okpe as Ghana-based man goes berserk

    Panic in Okpe as Ghana-based man goes berserk

    …Murders uncle, stabs four others

     

    There was pandemonium in Orerokpe, headquarters of Okpe local government area of Delta state on Monday when a Ghana-based man went on rampage, stabbing no fewer than five persons.

    One of the victims, simply identified as Daniel died at the spot. He was the suspect’s uncle.

    Various sources told our reporters that the suspect, identified as Benjamin Dieseru, carried out the attacks barely eight hours after he returned from his search for greener pastures in Ghana, at about midnight on Sunday.

    “Earlier this morning he went somewhere to smoke and after smoking for several hours he brought out a dagger and began to unleash mayhem on residents and neighbours.

    “His uncle tried to stop him and in the process he was fatally stabbed by Benji (Benjamin) leading to his death,” a source said.

    At the time of this report, the remains of Daniel had been deposited at a morgue in the town while others who were also attacked with severe injuries were rushed to Oghara Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Ethiope West local government area of Delta state.

    The suspect was reportedly handed over to the police, who deployed men to protect his beleaguered father from vengeance of the community members.

    There were however indications that Benjamin Dieseru was deranged, ostensibly as a result of heavy hard drug usage.

    It was gathered that he had travelled to Ghana round August this year, from where he reported went insane barely months later.

    A source who spoke on the ground of anonymity said the father of the boy was called from Nigeria that his son, (Benjamin) was suspected to be insane, and that it was on that basis that the father travelled to Ghana to bring the son.

    It was further learnt that upon his return, Benjamin had threatened to take the lives of countless members of the community.

    Security agents and members of Vigilante are patrolling the compound of the father of the suspect to avoid reprisal from the family of late Mr Daniel who was murdered in a cold blood.

    All attempts to reach the Divisional Police Station, Orerokpe failed but a senior police officer who confirmed the incident said the situation is under control.

  • Court remands man for ‘stabbing in-law to death’

    An Evboriaria Magistrates’ Court in Benin City, the Edo State capital, yesterday remanded a 21-year-old man, Lucky Igbineyi, in prison for allegedly stabbing his in-law to death.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Caroline Oghuma, who ordered the remand, said the case file should be duplicated and sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.

    She remanded the accused at Oko Medium Security Prison, Benin City, pending the advice of the DPP, and adjourned the case till November 18.

    Prosecutor Oluwaseun Olatoye told the court that the accused committed the offence on September 3, at 40, Enoruwa Street, off Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City.

    He said the accused killed Blessing Obazee, his in-law, by using a knife to stab him in the stomach.

    Olatoye said the accused lived in the deceased’s room.

    He said on the fateful day, Obazee refused to give the accused the cigarette he was smoking, and later the accused went to buy his own.

    The prosecutor said the deceased prevented the accused from smoking in his room, and during a scuffle, Igbineyi stabbed Obazee to death.

    He said the offence contravened Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap. 48 Vol. 11 Laws of the defunct Bendel State.