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  • Police arraign 24-year-old for alleged possession of pistol

    Police arraign 24-year-old for alleged possession of pistol

    The police on Tuesday arraigned a 24-year-old, Abdulateef Giwa, for alleged possession of a locally made pistol.

    Giwa, whose address was not provided, was charged with possession of locally made pistol to which he pleaded not guilty.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 13, at about 4.0 p.m., at Orita-Aperin area, Ibadan.

    Adegbite alleged that Giwa unlawfully possessed a locally made cut-to-size single barrel pistol, which he could not give satisfactory account of.

    He said the an offence was contrary to Section 417(d) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

    The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two reliable sureties in like sum.

    Osho, thereafter, adjourned the case until May 22 for hearing.

  • Police arrest suspected cultist with pistol in Fadeyi

    Police arrest suspected cultist with pistol in Fadeyi

    The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a suspected cult leader, whose gang attempted to forcefully take over a tricycle (Keke Maruwa) park in Fadeyi area.

    SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest to NAN on Thursday in Lagos.

    Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday by operatives attached to Onipanu Police Division,

    He said that the police received information that six suspected cult members were harrassing commercial tricycle operators  at the Keke Maruwa park at Fayedi area.

    ”The suspects armed with dangerous weapons, including guns, cutlasses, axe, disrupted the activities of the park and also tried to attack the chairman of the said park.

    ”On receipt of the information, a team of anti-crime operatives immediately went to the scene, and one Seun Olatunbosu, 29 years old, was arrested with one locally made pistol and two live cartridges while others escaped”.

    The command’s spokesperson said that during investigation, the suspect confessed to being a member of the Black Axe confraternity.

    ”Efforts are on to arrest other members of the gang,” Hundeyin said.

  • Lagos Police commence fresh probe of police who lost pistol after sex with lover

    Lagos Police commence fresh probe of police who lost pistol after sex with lover

    THE Lagos State Police Command said it was investigating one of its personnel, Adegoke Atilade, who lost his pistol after having sex with one of his old girlfriends.

    Atilade, a divisional Police officer in charge of Denton Police station in the Ebute Metta area of the state, had invited one Jenifer Madueke to his office on Friday from where they spent a night together.

    Trouble started when he discovered that his service pistol was missing after the lady had left.

    Madueke, who had denied stealing the pistol, was reportedly arrested on Saturday by the embattled DPO. According to reports, she is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Yaba.

    But in a statement on Sunday evening, the Command Spokesperson Adekunle Ajisebutu said the State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu had ordered the redeployment of the DPO.

    Ajisebutu noted that the redeployment was to pave the way for a fair investigation into the allegation of sex and the missing pistol.

    He assured that the command would take appropriate action against anyone found culpable.

    “In the interest of fairness and justice, the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered an independent, thorough and unbiased investigation into the case,” he said.
    “Members of the public are hereby assured that appropriate actions will be taken against anyone found culpable at the conclusion of the ongoing investigation such that at the end, justice would have been served.

    “Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has directed immediate redeployment of the officer in the eye of the storm so as to pave the way for diligent and unbiased investigation.”

  • Teenage girl caught with locally made pistol in school makes shocking revelations

    Teenage girl caught with locally made pistol in school makes shocking revelations

    The teenage female student of Community Secondary School, Ikot Ewa in Akpabuyo LGA, who was arrested for unlawful possession of a locally made pistol has confessed to the police in Cross River State.

    The schoolgirl made the confession on Friday at the Police Command Headquarters, Diamond Hill Calabar when she was paraded alongside her boyfriend who owns the locally made pistol and 11 others for various crimes.

    The teenage girl confessed that she belongs to a cult group known as “Sky Queens Confraternity” and that she has been sleeping with her “man-friend” since August last year and that the man has been helping her out with other things apart from paying her school fees.

    However, while briefing newsmen in Calabar, Cross River Commissioner of police, Sikiru Akande disclosed that they discovered from their Investigation that the girl was taking the locally made double barrel pistol to a blacksmith.

    Akande also said that investigation was ongoing to unravel the mystery that surrounds the ownership of the gun, adding that a suspect, Okon Effiong has been arrested and more details would be made known soon.

    The Police boss, however, called on parents and guardians to cultivate the habit of getting closer to their children and wards to know what they do and who they mingle with.

    He revealed that within the period under review 13 persons were arrested for sundry crime including, Kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawful possession of Indian hemp, vandals amongst others.

    Also, the boyfriend to the schoolgirl, Okon Effiong told Vanguard that he has been intimate with her since August last year and have been supporting her family too in so many ways.

    “I am a married man with six children, I did not give her the gun, she took it herself where I kept it under the bed.

    “I started sleeping with her in August last year, her mother knows me, I have been doing small something on her head, they know she is my wife,” he said.

    On her part, the schoolgirl also claimed to be taking the pistol to the blacksmith before it was confiscated by her school principal.

    “I am a member of Sky Queen Confraternity, I am just an ordinary member, I don’t hold any position in the group, I have known the owner of the gun who is my man-friend since last year, he sleeps with me and supports me with little things, but he is not the one paying my school fees.

    “My mother knows about him because he visits me at our house and sometimes he sleeps over at my place because I have my own room then in the morning he goes back to his own house,” the girl said.

    When contacted, the Special Adviser to the Governor Ben Ayade on Education, Castro Ezama said it was important for parents and guardian to take the welfare of their children more serious.

    His words:” It is not just about paying school fees and buying of uniforms, you must take care of your children and know them deeply including who they hang out with.

    “We know the security agents are doing their investigation, but after that, we will definitely pick her up for proper rehabilitation.

    “There are many of her kind, who need to be rescued immediately, we have already contacted Humanitarian Aid and Social Welfare, and we also have qualified counsellor’s that will sit with her.

    “Our interest is to save her from herself and make sure she is safe. Even though it is a failure from the homes, our teachers must understand the psychological needs of their students.

    “We give kudos to the principal of the school, Mr Inyang Inyang who was able to spot that the child needed help, it could have been worse than what we are saying now.

    “Inasmuch as we have zero tolerance for indiscipline and we teach two things; knowledge and character, we will not allow her to become what vices want her to be, she will be properly rehabilitated.

    “Parents must do more because she is coming from a home, they spend more time at home than school, so parents must live up to expectations and take good care of their children,” he said.

  • Hoodlums attack Uzodinma’s convoy with pistol, machetes

    Hoodlums attack Uzodinma’s convoy with pistol, machetes

    The Police in Imo State have arrested 15 people who allegedly attacked the convoy of Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday.

    He was on his way to the 34 Attilary Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government when the incident occurred.

    The hoodlums, armed with guns and machetes, claimed to be staff members of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) protesting non-payment of salaries.

    The government said its position that most of the protests in the state were sponsored by the opposition had been vindicated.

    Commissioner of Police Isaac Akinmoyede said the suspects claimed they were ISOPADEC employees who were “owed three months’ salary”.

    He said they were arrested with one locally-made pistol, two machetes, a mask, a chain and a padlock.

    Akinmoyede said: “They attacked the vehicles in the convoy with a locally made pistol and machetes.”

    He said the incident, which occurred around Concord area of New Owerri, did not claim any life.

    “But in the process, windscreens of some of the vehicles in the convoy were smashed and the vehicles damaged,” he said.

    The Police chief said the suspects have been handed over to state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.

    Commissioner of Information and Strategy Declan Emelumba said the fact that people claiming to be the staff of ISOPADEC could arm themselves with guns and matchets validated the state’s position that most of the protests were politically-motivated.

    The commissioner said the opposition, rattled by the public ovation that greeted the governor’s successful commissioning of new roads in Owerri last Friday, must have hired the thugs.

    “The opposition is smarting from the irredeemable shame the government’s successes is rubbing on their face.

    “They quickly thought of another protest to take the shine out off the increasingly unbeatable trajectory of Governor Uzodimma’s success stories. But, luck ran out of luck this time,” Emelumba said.

    He urged the police to unravel the real motive behind the action of the hoodlums and their sponsors.

  • Anambra billionaire, Pius Nweke arrested with Beretta pistol

    Anambra billionaire, Pius Nweke arrested with Beretta pistol

    Anambra billionaire and Chief Executive Officer of Best Aluminium Manufacturing Company, Onitsha, Chief Pius Nweke, has been arrested by the police.

    His arrest was effected by the Inspector General of Police Special Tactical Squad on Friday for allegedly being in possession of a pistol.

    The Commissioner, Anambra State Police Command, John Abang, confirmed Nweke’s arrest.

    Abang said the STS, which carried out a stop and search around Awada, near Onitsha, found a pistol in the billionaire’s car.

    He said: “Today between late morning and afternoon, men of IGP-STS based in Onitsha while on routine patrol on stop and search around Awada general area stopped an on coming Lexus Jeep with covered number plate.

    “So they conducted a search on the vehicle and the occupant and in the process found a Beretta pistol in possession of one Pius Nweke, who claims that he is from Anambra State.

    “He has been taken into custody by the STS team for further investigation and necessary action.

    “Definitely they will take him to Abuja because STS operating in Awka is just a section and their boss is in Abuja, so the man will be transferred to Abuja.”