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  • Man cuts off friend’s wrist over girlfriend battle

    Man cuts off friend’s wrist over girlfriend battle

    A 21-year-old man, Usman Danladi, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command, for cutting off his friend’s wrist with a machete while fighting over a girl.

    In a statement on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the incident occurred at Auta Balefi community, in Karu Local Government Area of the state.

    According to the statement, “On September 16th, 2022, at about 4pm, information was received that one Jibrin Abdullahi, a 25-year-old man who hails from Kaduna State, but a resident of Karu LGA, Nasarawa State was attacked and his wrist, chopped off.

    “Upon receipt of the information, Police operatives attached to Goshen City Division, led by CSP Eunice Ogbadu, swiftly raced to the scene and rushed the victim to the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, for treatment.

    “Consequently, intensive manhunt for the perpetrator of the dastardly act was instituted. The effort of the investigators paid off on September 17, 2022, when the prime suspect, one Usman Danladi, a 21-year-old man, also known as ‘Murderer,’ was arrested.

    “Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime but claimed that the victim earlier assaulted his girlfriend, Aisha, and when he confronted him, a fight ensued and in the process, he attacked the victim with a machete.”

    Nansel said the Commissioner of Police, Adesina Soyemi, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, for further investigation, after which the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.

  • Police arrest fake policeman in Akwa Ibom

    Police arrest fake policeman in Akwa Ibom

    The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Vicent Enuneku for impersonating an Assistant Superintendent of Police and being in possession of a substance suspected to be Indian hemp.

    This was contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, on Tuesday, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

    He said the suspect, who hailed from Ndokwa Local Government Area of Delta State, was arrested by the operatives of the Anti-Cultism squad of the command on the 28th of June, 2022.

    It was gathered that the suspect specialised in extorting money from the unsuspecting public and using his fake ID card to secure easy passage at checkpoints while transporting Indian hemp into the state.

    Maxdon said that luck ran out on him while trying to use the fake ID card to prevent the arrest of a wanted criminal.

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    The statement read in part, “The CP has warned impersonators of Police and other Agencies to desist forthwith or have the Police to contend with. The CP gave the warning after personnel of the Anti-cultism Squad of the Command arrested one Vincent Sampson Enuneku, 43 years old from Ndokwa Local Government Area of Delta State, for impersonation and being in possession of large substance, suspected to be Indian hemp.

    “The suspect was arrested on the 28th of June, 2022, in Uyo while attempting to use his fake Assistant Superintendent of Police ID card to prevent the arrest of a wanted criminal

    “Investigation revealed that the suspect uses the ID card to pass through checkpoints freely while transporting Indian hemp and other prohibited items to Akwa Ibom State.

    “He is also good at using the ID card to extort and harass innocent members of the public, thereby bringing the image of the Force to disrepute. Exhibits recovered from the suspect include fake Police ID Card and a large quantity of Indian hemp.”

    Meanwhile, the statement added that the Commissioner of police, Olatoye Durosinmi, had decorated 37 SPs and charged them to always “discharge their duties professionally in consonance with extant laws.”

  • Okada riders, police clash in Lagos leaves one dead

    Okada riders, police clash in Lagos leaves one dead

    The Police in Lagos have confirmed that one person died in a clash with motorcycle riders in the Oko-Oba area of the state.

    Speaking about the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Benjamin, who confirmed the incident said the riders violently attacked the police officers on the Abule-Egba bridge after an accident involving a car and a motorcycle happened in the area.

    The Police in Lagos have confirmed that one person died in a clash with motorcycle riders in the Oko-Oba area of the state.

    Speaking about the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Benjamin, who confirmed the incident said the riders violently attacked the police officers on the Abule-Egba bridge after an accident involving a car and a motorcycle happened in the area.

    “After a minor accident involving a car and a motorcycle occurred on the Abule-Egba Bridge at about 4 pm Tuesday, motorcycle riders in their numbers started fomenting trouble. Police arrived on the scene to quell the unrest. The riders violently attacked the Police. This resulted in the death of one of the riders.”

    Hundeyin, however, assured the residents of the area to carry on their daily activities saying that officers of the law are on standby to prevent any breakdown of law and order.

    He, however, noted that peace had been restored to the area and that officers were in the area to forestall any breakdown of law and order.

    “Normalcy has been restored to the area. The DPO Oko-Oba and his men are on the ground to forestall any breakdown of law and order,” Hundeyin said.

  • Police Command denies walking out magistrate from detention facility

    Police Command denies walking out magistrate from detention facility

    The Police Command in Lagos State says that no Area Commander walked out any magistrate from inspecting detention facilities at any police station in the state.

    This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin.

    Hundeyin said that the command’s attention was drawn to a news item making the rounds that the Police Area Commander in Ikorodu walked out Magistrate Ganiyat Anifowose from the premises of the Area Command.

    He said that the clarification became necessary in view of the embarrassement the said story had brought to the command.

    According to him, on July 27, 2022, the magistrate came to the Area Command with about 10 lawyers, which is totally against the procedure for monthly-cell visits by magistrates.

    Hundeyin saud that the lawyers who came in company with the magistrate were taking pictures and making video recordings, a practice the Area Commander staunchly refused, because, it was against laid down procedure.

    “Furthermore, magistrate-cell visit is totally different from Police Duty Solicitor Scheme (PDSS) visit, which is targeted at providing legal services to suspects who are indigent.

    “This, the Police have been doing well in collaboration with the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria. It was, therefore, inappropriate for the magistrate to have visited the detention facility accomoanied with a PDSS team.

    “In the instant case, the visit by the magistrate was conducted contrary to the Provisions of the ACJL 2021, which the Police have been trained on and are abiding by.

    “The Area Commander having observed all the lapses, had no choice but to insist on the right procedure,” he explained.

    The spokesman said that contrary to the reports in the social media, the Area Commander never walked any magistrate out of the Police Command, rather, he asked the lawyers to wait outside the station, since they were not part of the monthly visit by law.

    The image maker noted that at no point did armed men harass the magistrate, stressing that armed men were routinely within the premises of police formations.

    “Having set the record straight, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, reiterated that the Police Command would continue to co-operate and work with the judiciary and all other stakeholders in the administration of justice.

    “This is to ensure a smooth dispensation of criminal justice within the state,” he said.

  • Police Sergeant arrested for culpable homicide

    Benue State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one of its sergeants, Sgt. James Aondona, in connection with culpable homicide, in Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of the state.

     

    It was gathered that on June 26, the police officer was briefed on his schedule of duty and posted to an observation point at Ngibo, Kastina-Ala Local Government Area.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) learned that the police officer engaged in an altercation with one Mr. Aondohumba Terkula, whom he allegedly shot and killed.

     

    In another development, an Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced four men, Babangida Amodu, 25, Oluwafemi Ibrahim, 20, Ojo Ayodele, 25, and Okunato Dada, 20, convicted of armed robbery and murder, to die by hanging.

     

    The four men, who were arraigned on October 4, 2018, on charges of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder, had pleaded not guilty, and the court ordered their remand.

     

    Delivering judgment, Justice John Adeyeye said, ”It is obvious that the defendants acted in concert as they all agreed to rob Ibrahim Isiaka and Mohammed Sanusi, who died as a result of the injury inflicted on him during the robbery.

     

    “Each of the defendants is cautioned and discharged on count one (conspiracy), and sentenced to death by hanging until they be dead on count two (armed robbery) and count three (murder).

     

    “May the Lord have mercy on your souls,” the Judge pronounced.

     

    According to the charge, the four convicts on June 7, 2018, at Ijoka Area of Ado Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of the court, conspired and robbed one Ibrahim Isiaka of his phone and N1,500 while armed with guns and knives.

     

    The charge sheet further said that on the same day, date and aforementioned place, the convicts murder one Muhammed Sanusi.

     

    The offences, Mr Felix Awoniyi, the prosecuting counsel said, contravened sections 516, 402 (2) and 316 of the Criminal Code Cap C16 Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012.

     

    Awoniyi during the trial called five witnesses and tendered statements of the four convicts and medical report as exhibits.

     

    Ibrahim Isiaka, a prosecution witness, who was led in evidence by Awoniyi, recalled that he and the deceased were going to buy food and charge their phones near the mosque at Ijoka, at 7:45pm, when the defendants attacked them.

     

    “We were approaching the charging centre, some hoodlums just appeared and stopped us, they demanded for our phones and money.

     

    “We declined their requests and they dragged me and collected my Techno phone valued N7,500 and cash sum of N1,500.”

     

    “When they started beating Sanusi, I ran away to call our people, but before we got there, they had left.

     

    “We met the deceased in a pool of blood; having been stabbed on the neck.”

  • Burna boy risks jail, if ….

    The Lagos State police command has said popular musician, Domini Ogulu, known as Burna Boy, would be invited for questioning over the shooting incident at Cubana Nightclub in Victoria Island.

     

    Burna boy would be invited following his involvement in the incident that led to the shooting at the Nightclub.

     

    Policemen attached to the singer on Wednesday opened fire in the club following a disagreement with other clubbers.

     

    It was alleged that an argument ensued between Burna Boy and a man whose wife he allegedly made indecent advances to.

     

    All five policemen have been arrested and detained on the instruction of the Inspector-General Alkali Usman.

     

    Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmne that Burna boy’s name featured prominently in the shooting incident.

     

    He said IGP Usman had directed Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, to investigate and apprehend anyone linked to the incident.

     

    According to him, the police would also investigate why the singer had five operatives with him at the time.

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    Adejobi, who issued a statement confirming the arrest of the policemen, said: “The police personnel identified in the shooting incident at Club Cubana in Victoria Island, Lagos on Wednesday, June 8, have been taken into custody and are being investigated for their involvement in the incident.

     

    “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, described the circumstances surrounding the incident as unbelievable and unfortunate.

     

    “The IGP has directed the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Abiodun Alabi, to carry out a thorough investigation into the matter and forward his report as urgently as possible for further action.”

     

    A Twitter user @Theflowolf confirmed the altercation, saying, “My guys came to Nigeria from England and USA for a wedding. I invited them out to Club Cubana. A petty altercation with Burna Boy’s people arose because of a woman.

     

    “The next thing bullets started flying. One got scraped in the head by a bullet and the other one got shot in the leg.

     

    “When we rushed him to the Naval Medical Center they said they had no blood and he needed three pints of blood.

     

    “Two soldiers offered to give a pint of blood each which was then used to stabilise him.”

  • ONDO: Police debunk rumour of another 6 killed

    Ondo State Police Command has debunked rumour of six persons being shot dead at the Sabo Area of Ondo town of the state on Wednesday night by gunmen.

     

    The Command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, made this clarification in a statement signed and tagged: “Attack on Hausa Community; An Unhealthy Rumour To Stir Still Water.”

     

    The PPRO said the attention of Ondo State Police Command had been drawn to fake news being peddled by mischief makers to cause panic, tension and strife in the state.

     

    Odunlami said the Command wished to state clearly that there was no reprisal attack on the Hausa Community at Sabo area in Ondo town or any part of the state.

     

    “On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, there was an attempted robbery on a J5 vehicle marked MKA – 469 YJ carrying Onions and Potatoes coming from Zaria enroute Ore, had a stopover at Ondo town and was attacked by men of the underworld around 0110hrs.

     

    “In the cause of this attempt, the robbers shot the driver, while the motor boy escaped with bullet injury, a motorcyclist alongside the pillion and a passerby were also hit by stray bullets.

     

    “It is however disheartening that these peddlers who are out to achieve no good, did not confirm the story before spreading this falsehood as the victims involved in this failed robbery are from Yoruba, Igbo and Northern extraction,” she said.

     

    Odunlami said that an investigation had since commenced and effort was ongoing to arrest the assailants.

     

    “On this note, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Oyeyemi Adesoye Oyediran, urges the people of the state to remain calm and disregard the fake news, as the rumour mongers are out to stir unnecessary chaos and disrupt the peace of the State.

     

    “This is also to warn the peddlers of this fake news to desist as the command will not fold its arms and let them shatter the peace being enjoyed in the state,” PPRO added.

  • Insecurity: Gunmen abduct Catholic priest in Kogi state

    A Catholic priest Rev. Fr Christopher Onotu has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Kogi state, the state police command has confirmed.

    The priest was kidnapped on Saturday evening by unknown gunmen from his Church in Obangede, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State.

    Kogi state commissioner of police Edward Egbuka has deployed a high power intelligent team to rescue the Priest unhurt.

    It was gathered that the gunmen reportedly made their way into the Church’s vicarage at about 9pm, burgled the window through which they entered the priest’s room and whisked him away to an unknown destination.

    Many members of the church got wind of the information on Sunday morning when they came for sunday service.

    One member of the church who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the abductors also made away with the priest’s car

    In his words “They dropped his two phones but went with the Sim cards.”

    The abduction of Onutu  is one of the many Christian’s clerics happenings  in recent times in the country.

  • Dei Dei Riot: Police set to investigate root cause of crisis

    Dei Dei Riot: Police set to investigate root cause of crisis

    The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has begun investigation to untangle the mystery behind the unrest that happened at Dei Dei market in Abuja on Wednesday

    Recall that a material market along Kubwa-Zuba expressway, was attacked by hoodlums who were reportedly protesting the killing of a woman who was crushed to death after falling from a commercial motorcycle

     

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed during the incident as shop owners were forced to close their businesses to avoid being attacked.

    The Abuja police command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, said through a statement made available to pressmen that the Commissioner of Police, CP Babaji Sunday had deployed tactical and intelligence assets of the command to the area.

    She mentioned that the move was to forestall the destruction of private and government infrastructures, loss of lives and properties and to restore normalcy to the affected market and its environs.

    “Consequent upon the above, the Police in a concerted effort with other State apparatus upon arrival at the scene, managed the uproar preventing further disintegration of law and Order.

    “In addition to the above, Police monitoring and surveillance to ascertain the cause of the outbreak of violence, sustain the relative peace restored, and affirm the resultant level of damage is ongoing. Findings will be communicated in due time.

    “Furthermore, members of the public are urged to shun participating in the promulgation of unverified news about the incident capable of reigniting the extinguished flame of violence”, the statement added.

  • Foodseller arraigned for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend over N500

    Foodseller arraigned for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend over N500

    A food seller, Seun Sola, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ondo town, by The State’s Police Command, for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend, Lomi Akinbinu, during an argument over N500.

     

    Sola was accused to have stabbed the victim in his stomach with a knife during a fight between them in the Iyalaje Market area of the town.

     

    The prosecution said the defendant committed the offence on May 4, 2022, around 9:30pm at Iyalaje Market in Ondo.

     

    The offence was said to be contrary to and punishable under Section 338(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

     

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

     

    The police prosecutor, Mr Bernard Olagbayi, told the court that he would be calling three witnesses to testify and also applied for a date to enable him to study the case file.

     

    Counsel for the defendant, P. O. Afolayan, applied for her bail in liberal terms.

     

    In her ruling, the magistrate, Mrs Charity Adeyanju, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with one surety in like sum, stating that the surety must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the magistrate adjourned the case till May 30, 2022, for hearing.