Tag: Murder
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Court remands six suspects over murder of Ibadan army school commandant
A magistrate court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday ruled that the six suspects who allegedly robbed and murdered the Commandant of the Command Day Secondary School, Apata Ibadan, Colonel Ekok Anthony Okey be remanded in prison custody. Okey was murdered on December 11, 2016. The six persons who were arraigned before…
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I won’t blink an eye before signing death warrant of anyone convicted of murder – Bello
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has said he would not hesitate to sign the death warrant of anyone convicted of murder in the state. The governor said this following the incessant killings and cases of insecurity in the northern States, stressing that his administration would do everything within its power to secure lives and…
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Omisore, 24 others accused of Bola Ige’s murder innocent, says ex-Osun lawmaker
An ex-lawmaker Mr Lekan Oyediran, who was one of the 25 suspects arrested and tried in connection with the murder of Chief Bola Ige, but was later released, said on Tuesday that they were innocent of the accusation. Oyediran, who spoke at the 15th-year remembrance and memorial lecture of Odunayo Olagbaju, was a lawmaker on…
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Apapa Mob Action: LASG condemns brutal murder of LASTMA official
…Vows to prosecute perpetrators …Denies involvement of Agency in motor boy’s death The Lagos State Government on Friday condemned in strong terms the mob action that led to the death of an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Tajudeen Olatunji Bakare and vowed to bring the perpetrators to book. The Government…
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Kidnapped manager of Dangote Industries murdered, dumped in gutter
There was tension at the Dangote Industries Limited on Monday (today) as a Human Resources Manager of the company, Istifanus Bello Gurama, who was reportedly kidnapped three weeks ago, was murdered. Reliable sources say Gurama’s body was found in the gutter, adding that one of the kidnappers must have alerted a member of the public…