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  • [Video]: NAPTIP arrest woman for beating maid to death

    [Video]: NAPTIP arrest woman for beating maid to death

    The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has arrested a woman for beating her maid to death, and dumping her body in the bush.

    In a video making the rounds, the woman was heard narrating in Igo, how the incidence happened.

    According to the woman, she said, “I beat her and she started convulsing so I took her to Kings (hospital). Getting there, she died, so I threw her body here.”

    it was reported that the incidence took place in Anambra state, and the victims body was already decomposing in the video shared online.

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  • Killer of fmr Gov Igbinedion’s mum to die by hanging

    Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Criminal court 1 sitting in Benin city, Edo state, has sentenced Dominion Okoro, the housemaid of late Madam Maria Igbinedion, mother of ex-governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion, to death by hanging for killing the 85-year-old woman at her residence in GRA Benin City on December 2, 2021, before running away with her jewelry.

    Okoro who had served as the housemaid for the deceased for years, killed her because she wanted to cart away her money and personal items. When she was arrested, Okoro said her late boss never offended her.

    ”I killed Mama (Madam Maria Igbinedion) to carry her money. She did not offend me. While she was sleeping on her bed, around 12:01 a.m. on December 2, 2021, I used a stool to hit her on the head and she was shouting for help, but only the gateman was around and he did not hear the shout. Mama later died.

    I waited till 4 a.m. on December 2, 2021, before leaving the house with Mama’s N100,000, wristwatch, and jewellery. I escaped to Cross River State, but I was later arrested by the police.”

    Following her confessional statement, Dominion and her sister were arrested. Her sister, Patience Okoro, was arraigned in court.

    Delivering judgment in the case on Monday, June 20, Justice Ipkonwonba convicted Dominion on all the three counts filed against her.

    The court sentenced Dominion to death by hanging for murder and robbery with violence while she bagged life imprisonment for count two which was for applying harmful substances to the late Madam Igbinedion,

    The convict’s sister who was charged for accessory after the facts for murder in count four was discharged and acquitted.

  • Sad! Hired men beat maid to death in Lagos

    A lady identified as Shade Moke, 41, has been detained by policemen in Bariga, Lagos for allegedly contracting three men to beat up her maid Halimot, 17.

    The teenager died from the beating, it was gathered.

    Also detained were the suspects John Okpara, Issac Gboyelade and one Akinseye alleged to have committed the offence on February 28.

    It was gathered that the woman accused the girl of stealing N2,000 she gave her for daily contribution (Ajoo) but the deceased was said to have claimed the money got missing.

    In annoyance, the woman allegedly beat up the girl and also allegedly hired the three men to torture her in order to get her to say where the money was.

    It was learnt that the three hired men “tortured the girl until she collapsed”.

    On being told on the phone by the contracted men that the maid had fainted, Moke hurried back from the market and rushed the girl from one health facility to another before she was confirmed dead at Gbagada General Hospital.

    She was buried on February 29.

    It was gathered that Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network (ACVPN), an NGO, filed a formal complaint at the police division leading to the arrest of the suspects.

    The woman denied the allegation, insisting that the girl’s parents were duly notified of her death and attended her burial at Atan cemetery.

    Police spokesman Bala Elkana confirmed the arrest of the suspects, saying that the male suspects “claimed that the girl went into convulsion after drinking water.

    Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu has ordered the transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Yaba for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution. The suspects will soon be charged to court,” said Elkana.

     

  • Judge opens account in maid’s name, saves N870m – ICPC

    A Nigerian judge, Margaret Igbeta, who retired as president of the Benue state Customary Court of Appeal, opened an account 11 years ago at Ecobank, in the name of her maid and saved N870million($2.4million) during the period.

    Her bulging bank account understandably drew the attention of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), which has rushed to the Federal High Court in Abuja for the interim forfeiture of N840 million left in the account.

    Igbeta is being accused by ICPC investigators of opening an account in the name of her housemaid, Theodora Atsu on the 5th of March, 2008, with an initial deposit of N8 million.

    Mrs. Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, spokesman of the commission said Monday night: “The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has requested a Federal High Court, Abuja, to order the interim forfeiture of N840 million traced to a retired President of the Benue State Customary Court of Appeal, Mrs. Margaret Igbeta.

    “The Commission, in an ex-parte motion filed at the court, said that the order would stop Mrs. Igbeta from accessing the money alleged to have been obtained through fraudulent activities in the course of her official duties.

    “ICPC noted that the request for the interim forfeiture is pursuant to Section 48 (1), (2) and (3) (a) and (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and Section 6 (6)(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.

    “The retired President of the Customary Court of Appeal was accused of operating a proxy fixed deposit account in the name of her maid, one Theodora Atsu, with Ecobank Plc, where she accumulated N870, 321, 492.15 between 2008 and 2019.

    “She was said to have opened the account with her passport and the name of Atsu on the 5th of March, 2008, with an initial deposit of N8 million.

    “She subsequently made several other huge deposits including N123, 745, 925.57 and N5 million, in the months of March and May, 2008.

    “It was also noted by the Commission that the money was far above her legitimate earnings both as a judge and President of the Customary Court of Appeal within the period that the account was operated and would have used to meet the infrastructural needs of the citizens and development of the nation.

    “ICPC therefore prayed the court to grant the order in the interest of the nation.”

  • Woman arrested for using hot pressing iron, hot water on maid

    The Lagos Police Command said it has arrested a 36-year-old woman for allegedly using hot pressing iron and hot water to inflict injuries on her maid, one Chioma Samuel.

    Spokesman of the command, Chike Oti, told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos that the woman sought to hide the crime by dressing-up the maid to cover the wounds .

    Oti described the incident as another case of man’s inhumanity to man, adding that the girl was assaulted last Wednesday at 47, Ogundana Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.

    He said the girl was mentally and physically abused by the suspect by using hot pressing iron to cause grievous injury on the victim’s hands and legs.

    According to the police spokesman, the suspect also poured hot water on the maid which scalded her skin.

    “On Thursday March 8, the woman’s crime against the girl was exposed when she brought her children to a private school located somewhere in Ikeja alongside the maid.

    “Unfortunately for her, the prying eyes of other mothers who came to the same school to drop off their kids, noticed the gaping wounds on the upper and lower limbs of the victim who accompanied the suspect to the school.

    “After questioning the girl, they waited for her Madam who had gone to drop her kids in their different classrooms. When she finished and was about to drive off, she was confronted by these women who nearly mobbed her.

    “They were calmed by some teachers who heard their piercing voices which rented the air. The women told the suspect to take the girl to a hospital or else they would petition the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State.

    “In spite of their warnings to report her to the authorities, the woman stubbornly came to the school on Friday March 9, accompanied by the child victim whose wounds were manifestly untreated.

    “On seeing that their warnings were taken for granted, the women made good their promise to call the attention of the Commissioner of Police, who immediately ordered the arrest of the woman,” he said.

    Oti said that investigation into the case was in progress, stressing that the woman would be charged to court on Monday.

  • Policeman shoots wife, maid, then kills self

    Policeman shoots wife, maid, then kills self

    The Nasarawa State Police Command said on Sunday that a police officer, Thomas Agada, in the early hours of Sunday, shot and killed himself at Masaka in Karu Local Government Area of the state.

    The command’s spokesperson, Kennedy Idirisu, told news men in Lafia that late Mr. Agada served at the Police command in the FCT, but resided at Masaka, where the incident occurred.

    Mr. Idirisu explained that before killing himself, the deceased had shot and injured his wife and maid at their shop around De Memories Hotel in Masaka.

    He said the wife and maid were currently receiving treatment at the Asokoro General Hospital in the FCT, adding that investigation had begun to ascertain the motive behind the shooting.

    “We cannot say for sure now what could have led to the dastardly act but we believe that the wife, currently being treated would, be of great help to our investigation, once she stabilises,” Mr. Idirisu said.

    Source: NAN