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  • Boy beheads 72 years old woman over land

    The Ogun State Police Command on Monday said it has arrested one Adeoye Ikugbayigbe for killing a 72year old woman, Funmilayo Shada, and severed her head.
    Adeoye was said to have attacked the woman last March 17 in the farm, took her severed head but abandoned it on the way when he sighted the victim’s son.
    The Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the arrest of Adeoye Ikugbayigbe followed a report by the son of the deceased Mr Ekundayo Shada who complained at Abigi Divisional Headquarters on 17th of March 2017 about the incident.
    Giving account of the arrest of Adeoye, Oyeyemi stated that while the deceased’s son was on “his way to the farm at about 10am of the same day to meet his mother who has earlier gone to the farm, he met Adeoye Ikugbayigbe on the road holding a polythene bag.
    “As soon as he sighted him, the suspect dropped the bag and ran into the bush. This aroused his suspicion and he quickly ran to check his mother but could not find her.
    “He later came back to check the bag dropped by the suspect only for him to discover his mother severed head and her wrist in the said bag. He quickly reported to the case to the Police at about 1445hrs and immediately the DPO Abigi Division, SP Komolafe Omoniyi led detectives to the scene, combed the surrounding bush and finally got the suspect arrested.
     “On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime claiming that he has beden having running battle with the deceased over a portion of land. The severed head and the remains body of the deceased has been deposited in the mortuary while the cutlass he used has also been recovered,” Oyeyemi said.
    According to the Police Image maker, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department (SCIID) for further investigation.
  • Suicide: Two women stopped from jumping into Lagos Lagoon

    Suicide: Two women stopped from jumping into Lagos Lagoon

    Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos state Police Command on Friday morning prevented yet another woman from committing suicide by leaping into the Lagoon.

    One Mrs. Abigael Ogunyinka had also been rescued earlier  by fishermen in Lagos Lagoon Friday morning,

    The second lady, Taiwo Momoh, 58, a textile dealer in Lagos Island, had reportedly put off her shoes and was wrapping her dress around her when men of RRS men prevented her from jumping.

    The lady, who lives in Lekki Lagos, disclosed to RSS officials that she was pushed to committing suicide in order to put an end to her constant sleeplessness and shame occasioned by her indebtedness to three Swiss textile dealers.

    She said her  problem started sometimes in 2015, when a Bureau De Change dealer carted away her N18.7 million she wanted to change to pay her foreign creditors.

    “As you are seeing me like this, well dressed, you would think am living fine. But in my heart is a heavy burden. A burden of huge debt, disappointment from trusting people and abandoned by a son I love and bought a car for. I am a moving corpse,” Momoh stated.

     

  • Policemen beat-up, detain woman, baby in Ekiti

    Policemen beat-up, detain woman, baby in Ekiti

    A woman, Mrs. Toyin Adeyeye, her two months old baby, Heritage, and her younger brother, Adeniyi Dada were allegedly beaten up and detained for refusing to give bribe at a checkpoint in Ado Ekiti.
    The woman was arrested with her baby and  brother at the checkpoint in front of Ekiti Pavilion where they were allegedly beaten by about five policemen who later took them to the New Iyin Police Station where the beating continued.
    The incident happened few meters away from the official residence of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdullahi Chafe.
    Mrs. Adeyeye returned from the United States of America ten days earlier where she had gone to deliver the baby. Apart from detaining the trio, the police also impounded the black Kia Picanto car with registration number LAGOS FKJ 221 EE with which they were coming from the market.
    The woman was breastfeeding her baby Saturday morning when our reporter visited the police station on a fact-finding mission.
    Speaking with reporters on Saturday, the woman’s husband, Mr. Akanni Adeyeye, decried the alleged brutality meted out to his wife with lacerations on her body and bruises on the face.
    Adeyeye who slept in the police station in solidarity with his wife explained that the policemen requested for vehicle particulars and driver’s licence of his brother-in-law who drove the car which are still valid.
    He said one of the policemen withheld the documents demanding that they be “settled,” a euphemism for bribe which Mrs. Adeyeye and her brother on account that the vehicles papers are valid.
    Adeyeye added: “My wife and her brother were returning from the market at about 3.00 pm on Friday and on arrival at the checkpoint in front of the Pavilion very close to their station, they asked for all vehicle papers and driver’s licence which were produced and they are valid.
    “After checking all the documents, the policemen were demanding for money to be given as ‘settlement’ which my wife and her brother refused. My wife drew their attention to the baby that was crying in the car.
    “Five of them were beating her at the point of arrest and on getting to the station, the beating continued. After thoroughly beating her, they obtained her statement around 10.00 pm. There are wounds on the back of my wife and face to show for it.
    “On getting to the station, they now cooked up a story that my wife slapped one of them and tore his uniform which is a lie. They are telling this lie to justify their action of their cruelty to my wife, my baby and my brother-in-law.
    “Neither my wife nor her brother slapped any policeman or tore any uniform. The question to be asked is  how would somebody who is not armed attacked an armed policeman? They have cooked up this falsehood to cover up their brutality.”
    Already, the state chapter of Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA), has launched an investigation into the matter as the state chairperson of the body, Mrs. Funke Anoma, visited the station in connection with the incident at about 12.30 pm.
     When contacted on phone, the state Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Chafe, said the detainees slapped a policeman on duty and tore is uniform adding that the matter was still under investigation.
    Chafe said: “Those people slapped my policeman on duty and tore their uniform. Uniform is an authority and what those people did was against the law and it is not good for a civilian to slap a policeman.
    “It is not good for somebody to prevent a law enforcement officer from carrying out his lawful duty. Somebody wearing the uniform? It is not about his age but the authority he carries. I don’t allow my men to do something contrary to the law.
    “I don’t want a woman to be detained with baby or with pregnancy. I don’t want an old woman of a minor to be detained. I have taken note of this and we will take the right action on the matter.”

  • Woman beats 10-yr-old girl to death

    Operatives of State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a 28- year- old woman, Alapa Linda, for allegedly beating one Joy Mbafan,10, to death.

    The incident happened on December 12, 2016, at about 8 a.m at Bamgboye Street, Deeper Life, First Gate, Ikorodu.

    Linda, an expectant mother, who also has a two- year- old girl, was said to have used a mopping stick to beat Mbafan to death.

    It was learnt that Linda, who hails from Imo State, was upset with the little girl for defecating on her body.

    She was said to have been re-arrested in Owerri, Imo State capital, by SCID operatives, after she jumped bail at a police station in Lagos.

    She was subsequently arraigned before an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court for alleged murder.

    The charge reads: “That you, Alapa Linda ‘f’ on the December 12, 2016 at Bamgboye Deeper Life ,First Gate, Ikorodu ,Lagos ,in the Lagos Magisterial District did kill one Joy Mbafan ‘f’, 10, by hitting her with a mopping stick and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 222 and punishable under Section 223 on the Criminal Law of Lagos state, 2015.”

    The Police prosecutor, Inspector Chinalu Uwadione told the court that ‘’autopsy was carried out at Ikorodu General Hospital  that revealed the girl was inflicted with several injuries on her waist ,back and arm.”

    He asked the court to remand the accused in prison pending a legal advice adding that the Investigative Police Officer (IPO) should duplicate the case file for a legal from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).

    The defence counsel, Mrs N.E Obianozie, argued that there is a inquest regarding the matter at Ikorodu High Court.

    She applied that the accused be granted bail in the most liberal term.

    The presiding magistrate, Mrs Oluyemisi Adelaja, ordered the accused to be remanded in Kirikiri Prison pending a legal advice from DPP office.

    The case was adjourned to April 19 for legal advice.

  • My husband canes me daily, woman tells court

    A 39-year-old petty trader, Yemisi Akinwunmi, on Friday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to end her 20-year-old loveless marriage to free her from pangs of daily corporal punishment meted to her by her husband.

    “My husband constantly beats me and whenever he wants to do so, he tells me to kneel down and stretch my hands like a pupil before caning me.

    “He often threatened to kill me,” she told the court.

    Testifying before Mr Phillips Williams, the court’s President, she said there was no love lost between them again.

    Yemisi described her husband of 20 years as an irresponsible man, who has refused to take proper care of her and the children.

    She said she had been solely responsible for the feeding and upkeep of the children since her husband lost his job.

    “I made effort to secure a loan for my husband from a cooperative bank to start a small business with a promise by him to pay back in installments.

    “But after a few months, he refused to pay and attempt to get him to refund the money was unsuccessful.

    “My husband started threatening to kill me and dispose of my corpse without anybody knowing.

    “I am fed up with the marriage; there is no love between us again. I can no longer bear the pains and humiliations,” she said.

    She, therefore, urged the court to dissolve the marriage and to compel the respondent to be responsible for the welfare and education of the children.

    The respondent, Wasiu, 49, however, denied the allegations and pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage.

    According to him, his wife started misbehaving and became promiscuous the moment he lost his job.

    Wasiu, who claimed to have caught her in the act of adultery, said:“My wife later told me that she was fed up with the union and she moved out of the house with the children sometime in 2015.

    “However, after much pleading, she returned home later in 2016 only to start engaging in adultery; I have caught her on several occasions.

    “My wife stopped cooking for me since July 2016 and finally moved out of the house.”

    The respondent said he made efforts and begged his wife to return, especially for the sake of the children, but she remained adamant.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president of the court invited the estranged couple to his chambers for a possible resolution of the crisis.

    He adjourned the case to April 11 for further hearing. (NAN)

  • NDLEA arrests woman with suspected narcotic substance

    NDLEA arrests woman with suspected narcotic substance

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said it had arrested a 57-year-old woman with substance suspected to be cocaine.

    A statement in Lagos by the agency’s spokesman, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the woman was apprehended at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

    It said that the suspect was Saudi Arabia-bound, and that the substance was concealed in her luggage.

    “The suspect, who claimed to be going on a pilgrimage to Jedda, Saudi Arabia, had all the paraphernalia of a pilgrim, save for the narcotic content of her luggage.

    “The two parcels of white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine were carefully concealed inside her luggage.

    “The suspect with a valid Egypt Air ticket from Lagos to Saudi Arabia was arrested with 1.595kg of cocaine.

    “The cocaine which was concealed in a false bottom of her bag was discovered during routine check on passengers at the departure hall.

    “We had to cut the bag open to recover the cocaine because of the way it was neatly concealed. She was immediately arrested and the case is currently under investigation,” the statement stated.

    The statement also quoted Chairman of NDLEA, Mr Muhammad Abdallah, as describing the suspect’s action as “condemnable”.

    “Smuggling cocaine to Saudi Arabia under any guise is condemnable.

    “It is good that she was arrested here because drug trafficking attracts capital punishment in Saudi.

    “Apart from saving her from execution in Saudi, the prompt arrest also protected our country from disrepute.

    “The agency will not relent in the fight against illicit drug production, trafficking and abuse” Abdallah said.  (NAN)

  • Man arrested for cutting woman’s hand

    A 24-year-old man, identified as Wasiu,  has cut off the hand of a housewife, Mrs. Kehinde Musa in Ekanile, Ikare-Akoko, Ondo State.

    It was learnt both of them are co-tenants in Mufutau Gurusu’s house.

    A community leader and eyewitness, Gani Imam, said Mrs. Musa’s N4000 was stolen in the house and the landlord promised to look into it.

    The accused, accompanied by his mother, called Mrs. Kehinde out of her room. He brought out a dagger and cut off her right hand.

    She was taken to the Federal Medical Officer (FMC), Owo.

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) could not be reached for comments but it was confirmed that Wasiu had been arrested.

    The case, according to police sources, will be referred to the State Command in Akure.

  • Woman relives fire ordeal

    Woman relives fire ordeal

    I am now a woman that has all my belongings in a Ghana Must Go bag”.
    With these words, Mrs Abosede Ogungbade relived what happened in the night of February 9 when her Ketu, Lagos home was razed by fire.
    “I lost everything”, she told The Nation yesterday. “I did not take a pin from the house as me and my daughter rushed out to save our lives”.
    Mrs Ogungbade, a cleaning contractor with The Nation, itemised her loss to include gold worth millions of naira, an international passport, insurance documents, land papers, two plasma television sets, DVD, GOTV, laptop, phones, camera and a driver’s license.
    Others are clothes, slippers, shoes, cheque book, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, chairs, rug, cylinder, cooking gas, air conditioners, fridge, curtain and generator.
    According to her, the fire was caused by high current.
    “When they brought light in the middle of the night on that day, the current was too high and there was a fire that led to the death of an occupant, Dr Toun Odeyemi. The wire through which light passed into the woman’s flat caught fire, the ceiling of the flat caught fire and that was how the whole building was razed. The house is about 20 years.
    “The high current also affected some neighbours in the estate. Some bulbs were burnt and some other things were also damaged.
    “I and my child were the last set of people to get out of the building, so I thank God for our lives. The woman that died was called twice to come down that the house was burning, she picked her call and said she can’t come out. We all wondered why she said so. It was unfortunate that she died in the fire.”
    Mrs Ogungbade said since the incident she has been trying to pick up the pieces of her life.
    “I had to go to Eko market to buy some things, including clothes, slippers and phones. I now live with my younger sister. I am now a woman that now has all my belongings in a Ghana must go bag.
    “Within these few weeks, many people have said, my neck and face is black: My bath soap and cream which I brought from America are all burnt. A Samsung phone which I just bought for about N65, 000 was burnt.
    “I have been to a lawyer to seek help, but I was told nothing can be done because the house was not insured by the landlord.
    “People tell me not to think, but how will I not. I have left it all in God’s hands but I need financial help. Some of my friends and family members have sent me some amount of money for my upkeep, but it is nothing to be compared to what I have lost,” she said.

  • Woman drowns as car plunges into Lagoon

    Woman drowns as car plunges into Lagoon

    A woman, Chinagorom Adibe Fustine, drowned on Saturday night when her car plunged into the Lagoon at Mekwen Bridge near Bonny Camp on the Marina.

    The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it received a distress call about the incident around 7.47 pm.

    Preliminary investigation by the agency’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) revealed that a silver colour Kia Rio car with registration number Lagos MUS 38 BL with two occupants plunged into the Lagoon. The driver who identified himself as Felix Aniele swam to safety.

    Emergency Responders assisted by local divers recovered the woman’s body and the car from the lagoon.

    LASEMA heavy duty equipment were used for the operation. The car has been towed to Bar Beach Police Station, and the body deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary.

    LASEMA General Manager Adesina Tiamiyu said the incident would be investigated. He advised motorists to observe utmost safety on the road.

  • Woman accidentally kills baby by giving him kerosine to drink

    Woman accidentally kills baby by giving him kerosine to drink

    Mrs. Ata Buhari yesterday accidentally killed her 18- month-old baby after she mistakenly gave him kerosene to drink instead of water.
    The tragic incident occurred at Iguma Street off Orewere Street, Medical Stores Road in Egor local government.
    Sources said Israel Buhari had cried to his kerosene-selling mother he wanted to drink water.
    The source said his mother gave him water stored in a beverage can, not realising it contained kerosene.
    It was learnt the boy spat out the content immediately he tasted it, making the mother to realise her mistake.
    Few minutes later, the child was said to have complained of stomach pain before he turned white in the eyes.
    Some neighbors were said to have come to the distraught mother’s aid and gave him palm oil before he was rushed to a hospital in the area where he died few hours later.
    Speaking to newsmen in tears, Mrs. Buhari, who hails from Kogi State, explained that one of her children filled an empty can of beverage with water which they took to store.
    She said she had a similar container of beverage with which she stored kerosene kept in her shop.
    She said she picked the one filled with kerosene when her child complained of thirst.
    36-year-old father of the child, Hassan Buhari, said he was called to the hospital where he met the corpse of his only son.