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  • Just In: Court remands two suspects in prison over Deborah’s death

    Just In: Court remands two suspects in prison over Deborah’s death

    A Magistrate Court sitting in Sokoto has remanded two suspects arrested over the murder of a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, for alleged blasphemy.

    The Police arraigned the two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunchi, who are also students of the college, on Monday.

    The Police First Information Report said both suspects were arraigned as a result of the mob action, which led to Deborah’s lynching.

    Both suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against them following their arraignment.

    Against this backdrop, the prosecutor, Inspector Khalil Musa, prayed the court for another date to enable the Police to complete its investigation.

    However, the defence counsels, led by Professor Mansur Ibrahim, who did not oppose the application, pleaded with the court to grant the defendants bail.

    Ibrahim cited sections 157, 161(a,f) and 164 of the administration of criminal justice law of Sokoto state, as well as 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

    The court, however, adjourned ruling on the application to a later date which would be communicated to the lawyers.

    It, therefore, directed the defendants to be remanded at the Sokoto Correctional Centre.

  • Dowen College: Suspect’s mother denies son’s involvement in Oromoni’s death

    Dowen College: Suspect’s mother denies son’s involvement in Oromoni’s death

    Mother of one of the suspects of Sylvester Oromoni murder, in Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, Edward Brown, has denied his involvement in the attack.

    Ms Oluchi Sunday, mother of Brown and a student of Dowen College, has taken to social media to deny her son’s involvement in the alleged attack on Sylvester Oromoni and seek for apologies.

    Sylvester, 11, died on Nov. 30, after he was allegedly attacked by some of his seniors in Dowen College, Lekki.

    Since his death made news, Edward Brown is one of the names he reportedly called before he passed away.

    Edward’s mum, Ms Sunday, has now released a statement denying her son’s involvement in the unfortunate incident.

    According to her, Edward is a day student and wasn’t on the school premises on the day Sylvester was attacked.

    “It has come to my attention that some individuals caused rumours to be peddled on social media platforms.

    “Suggesting that my son, Edward Brown, is one of the students allegedly involved in the beating of the late Oromoni Jr at a Dowen College hostel, which resulted in his untimely death.

    “To set the record straight, I wish to bring the following facts to the public notice, which demonstrate that such rumours are false, malicious and lack any basis whatsoever:

    “My son is a day student and has never been a boarder and he was not on the school premises at the time when the unfortunate incident occurred, precisely on the night of Nov. 21.

    “The said day was a weekend and so, my son could not have been in the hostel as alleged,’’ she said.

    In a social media post made on Nov. 1, on the deceased’s elder brother’s Instagram page, “greatoromonii”, five names, including Dowen College were mentioned before the conclusion.

    “Just know he called your names before he died”. My son’s name was not among those names.

    “As a result of these false and malicious rumours, my son and I have been under constant attack via social media, with insults and threats being hurled at us daily.

    “This has caused us much emotional distress and mental trauma.

    “Therefore, on behalf of myself and my son, Edward Brown, I hereby demand that managers of social media and other platforms where the false and libellous rumours are circulating immediately retract the offending posts and tender a public apology to us.

    “We commiserate with the Oromini family for the tragic loss of Sylvester Oromini Jr and pray for the repose of his soul,’’ she said.

  • Justice Odili: Malami speaks after suspect who staged raid confessed working for him

    Justice Odili: Malami speaks after suspect who staged raid confessed working for him

    The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has distanced himself from a suspect arrested over the siege of Justice Mary Odili’s home.

    The suspect, Lawrence Ajodo, was paraded by the police on Thursday alongside 13 others.

    He claimed to work as a consultant for the office of the AGF.

    However, the police said their investigations revealed that “there is no involvement at all” of the officials of the office of the AGF in the raid.

    Ojodu and the other suspects, the police said, “are loose cannons” who forged “different documents” and carried out their “crimes under false representations.”

    According to a statement signed by a spokesperson in the office of the AGF, Umar Gwandu, Mr Ajodu’s case is that “of a drowning man scavenging for a dying partner.”

    “The attention of the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been drawn to a confession of a suspect during interrogation in the investigation of the recent invasion of the residence of the highly respected Justice of the Supreme Court; Justice Mary Peter Odili,” the statement said.

    “With all the competent, high level professionals and capable human resources available at the disposal of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, it only takes the imagination of the evil minds to assume or think that the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice will descend so low to engaging a quack or fake police officer to serve as his consultant.

    “This is a case of a drowning man scavenging for a dying partner. We are happy to note that investigation has commenced to unravel the circumstances and personalities behind the invasion and sponsored campaign of calumny against the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

    “It is our desire and we hope that the investigation would also disclose those after the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, those dragging his personality, his name and his exalted office in the dirty politics of disrepute. This is an orchestrated attempt to stir unnecessary controversies and Public apprehension.

    “We asked the suspect to present documents of engagements where he worked as a consultant to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, whether in past or now.

    “Consultant for what? Which activity or assignment? When was he engaged? What were the terms of references for the alleged consultancy service? When was he engaged? Where was he engaged? Which worked has he executed for the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and the Ministry of Justice? For what duration? And for how much?

    “We boldly and unequivocally challenge the fake consultant/police officer to come out with answers or responses to these questions to the general public.

    “The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice superintends over and respects the rule of law who will not do anything to undermine the sanctity of his office and that that entire judiciary and Justice sector.”

  • Unilag lecturer says suspected killer of SuperTV boss is an absentee in school

    Unilag lecturer says suspected killer of SuperTV boss is an absentee in school

    The suspected killer of SuperTV boss, Chidimma Adaora Ojukwu, was last seen in the University of Lagos (UNILAG) before the Covid-19 lockdown, a lectuer in the varsity revealed.

    It was gathered Ojukwu, said to be a 300 level Mass Communications student, neither wrote examination nor set foot on UNILAG since the commencement of this current semester early last month.

    Ojukwu was on Thursday morning paraded by the Commissioner of Police (CP) Hakeem Odumosu at the Command headquarters Ikeja, nine days after Michael Usifo Ataga was murdered at a Short Service Apartment at 19, Adewale Oshin Street, Lekki, Phase 1, Lagos.

    Based on information disclosed by a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos (Unilag) Dr Bunmi Ajibade, last time the suspect came to school was before Covid-19 lockdown.

    Dr Ajibade confirmed the information in a chat with The Nation.

    He however said it was not an official statement on the matter but a personal observation via a WhatsApp broadcast after his findings.

    Ajibade said: ‘We parents should pray for and monitor our children. There is so much evil going on in tertiary institutions now. Drugs, alcohol and s*x have become the order of the day among adolescents.

    ‘As Coordinator of Part-Time programme, l have made some investigations about the lady.

    “The last time she came to school was before Covid-19 lockdown. She has never written 300 Level exam with her cohorts. She has never stepped her feet (sic) on the soil of UNILAG since the commencement of this semester early last month. Yet, she was arrested in her father’s house. ‘

    ‘Were the parents sensitive enough to discover her truancy in school?

    “Did they monitor her progress in school if they suspected something is amiss? How come they were apparently neglected that this calamity came upon them suddenly? Many questions are begging for answers.’”

  • Nigerian suspect linked to kidnap of German national arrested after 32 months

    Nigerian suspect linked to kidnap of German national arrested after 32 months

    The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an armourer of a syndicate alleged to have kidnapped a German national and killed one police officer in the state.

    This comes about three years after 59-year-old Kreser Krank Michael of Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company was abducted at a construction site along the Madobi Road in Kano.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Habu Sani, announced the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Wednesday.

    He identified the arrested suspect as one Abubakar Ismail of Wangara village in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of the state.

    Sani explained that the suspect was arrested by the police on December 19, 32 months after the incident.

    He also revealed that the suspect led a team of combined security operatives to an armoury in a village where one AK-47 rifle, a single-barrel gun, and a revolver gun were recovered.

    “The suspect confessed to the crime and confessed that the syndicate has been terrorising Rimin Gado, Gwarzo, Karaye, Kiru, Rano, Bebeji Tudun Wada, and other neighbouring states, including Kaduna and Katsina for over five years,” the statement said.

    The police commissioner added that the suspect also named other members of the syndicate who perpetrated the crime.

    According to him, a discrete investigation is in progress and the police are making efforts to arrest the other members of the syndicate.

  • Kubwa robbery update: Owner of abandoned car turns out to be gang leader [PHOTOS]

    Kubwa robbery update: Owner of abandoned car turns out to be gang leader [PHOTOS]

    There’s a new twist to the Kubwa robbery story as police allegedly escorted armed robbery suspect to reclaim abandoned car used for robbery operations, TheNewsGuru.com reports.

    TheNewsGuru [TNG], had earlier reported that the robbers ran and left behind their operational car, ash colour Honda with registration number AZ422-MKA filled with tools when the vigilante in the estate had summon courage to confront them.

    However, TNG contacted the FCT Police Command to confirm this report and the command PRO responded saying, “You will have to give me time because i have not gotten that report for me to do my check, then secondly the command have distress call numbers made available to the public”.

    While filing this report TheNewsGuru gathered that the police visited the area to ask questions and examine the abandoned car but they did not check any of the affected houses.

    One of the residents who spoke with TNG revealed that her neighbors went to the police station twice, but the police did not take their statement.

    After the police had visited the area, it was reported that the owner of the car came to claim his car with a policeman.

    Another resident explained that person who claimed to be the owner, said it is not a stolen car, that he came to drop some people in the estate at 11pm, parked the car and went home.

    An eyewitness disclosed that the residents refused to grant him access to the car, so he called a police friend to help him.

    He said: “The suspect was questioned, does he live in the estate, which people did he drop?”.

    “He came with the police friend, who the residents thought would investigate the case, but instead the police just wanted to help his friend get the car back.

    “He does not live in the estate, so he is a thief”

    The residents refused the request of the policeman since he didn’t want to investigate the robberies.

    “Even if the security is culpable, the police should come and do their work. Why have they refused to take the victim’s statement” he added.

    Confirming this report, a reader of the initial robbery story published by the TheNewsGuru commented “Very funny: This thing happened in my hood. One guy came to claim the motor but we did not let him take it away. He even bring police but we resisted them. It was later we even discovered that this man is part of the gang”

    According to reports, it was gathered that the owner of the car has been arrested and he’s currently detained at Phase 4 police station in Kubwa.

    After the arrest, he confessed to be the leader of the gang and he was released from jail 6 months ago.

    TheNewsGuru also confirmed that there was 10 litre jerrycan in the car which contained the acid they used to melt burglary proofs.

    He was qouted saying “They use usually spray the targeted houses with powder that will make the occupants fall asleep while they operate.”

    The abandoned vehicle has been impounded by the police.

     

  • Panic as coronavirus suspect reportedly dies in Lagos

    Residents of Omole Estate, Phase II, Lagos are now in perpetual fear following the death of a patient suspected to have died of Coronavirus.

    Report said the patient who presents with Coronavirus symptoms was rushed to the Primary Healthcare Centre in the area, and that there was no ambulance from the NCDC and the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) to evacuate her to the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba.

    She was said to have been returned to her residence in a tricycle where she eventually died.

    According to a report by Starconnect, her death spread panic in the estate after the chairman, Omole Phase II, Mr. Bamidele Lanisa reportedly issued a notice urging residents to stay indoor over the case.

    The chairman, in the notice wrote: “Dear Residents, this is to inform you that there is a confirmed case of coronavirus in our neighboring community (Olowoira).

    “The patient was taken to the Health Centre and when the NCDC/Lagos ambulance was unavailable to evacuate her, she was returned to her residence in a tricycle and eventually died.

    “As you can imagine, many people came in contact with the patient and the risk to transmission in the neighborhood is real.

    “We advise residents to please stay in their houses and refrain from unnecessarily going about. Please safe. We advise a total stay at home for now.”

  • Suspect escapes from police custody

    Suspect escapes from police custody

    A 20-year-old suspect, Hassan Sulaiman, yesterday escaped from police custody before he could be arraigned before a chief magistrate court in Lagos.

    The suspect, who was brought to the court from the Iponri police station, Surulere, bolted before he was arraigned, and police have since embarked on a manhunt to get him re-arrested.

    He reportedly bolted when the investigating police officer that brought him to court fell asleep.

    According to the police charge sheet, Hassan Sulaiman and others still at large, on January 16 at No. 96, Brickfield Street, Ebute-metta, in Lagos, stole one pumping machine valued N65, 000, one small generator valued N35, 000 and one charcoal stove valued N5, 000 from one Olaniyi Awoyale.

  • Confession: We demanded $30m ransom to Free Buhari’s district head – Suspected Kidnapper

    One of the suspects arrested over the abduction of the District Head of Daura, Alhaji Musa Umar Uba, an in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday spoke on how they demanded $30 million from the family of the traditional ruler before they could release him.
    The suspect, Yusuf Dahiru, who was paraded in Abuja along with 39 other suspected kidnappers, however, said they were yet to receive any ransom before their arrest in Kano.
    Thirteen of those paraded were involved in the abduction of Uba from his Daura home in Katsina State on May 1.
    Uba was, however, rescued at Gangan Ruwa quarters in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State on July 1 by a joint security operatives.
    During the parading of the suspects yesterday, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, called for stringent penalties to discourage kidnappings, which he said was thriving because of laxity in law.
    Another suspect, Sarkila Abdul, said two of the suspects received training in Libya on how to disarm armed personnel, especially security agents and conduct ambush attacks.
    Parading the suspects yesterday, Adamu called for tougher legislation against kidnapping.
    Adamu, represented by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, said tougher legislation against kidnapping was imperative now because of the “dispersal effect of crime”, kidnappers move to places where there are weak laws to operate.
    “When you don’t have a uniform law, they are advised by their legal handlers to move to places with weaker laws. It is important that there is a uniformity of laws to stem kidnapping.
    “I am calling for tougher legislation at the federal and state levels as a matter of urgency to review the laws and make them stronger as it relates to kidnapping,” he said.
    According to him, one of the suspects was arrested several times, jailed but somehow managed to find his way out to set up another kidnap gang.
    He pledged that the police would be more diligent henceforth in prosecuting the suspects.
    He said 13 of the suspects were directly linked to the kidnapping of Uba, who was kidnapped and held for 60 days, and gave the age bracket of the suspects as ranging between 20 and 46
    years.
    He stated that five of them were from Katsina, four from Daura and the rest from Kano, adding that the arrest of the suspects was made possible through the cooperation of the communities where the kidnapping took place.
    Adamu added that the special squads from the IG’s office also recovered nine AK 47 rifles, 383 live ammunition and six other weapons from the suspects.
    “We also recovered a cache of chemicals used to produce explosives, three hand grenades of military calibre. These are not smoke grenades and teargas capable of taking down an entire structure,” he added.

  • Police trace Otedola bridge fire suspect to Kano

    Lagos State Ministry of Justice said yesterday that the police had traced to Kano, the owner of a petrol tanker that exploded last June 27 on the Otedola bridge in Lagos, killing 12 people.

    Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Adeniji Kazeem (SAN) said there was, however, uncertainty as to whether the truck driver died in the fire.

    Kazeem, who spoke in Ikeja, Lagos, at a parley with reporters, said the government had yet to fulfil its promise to prosecute the perpetrators of the disaster because the police had not availed it of the report of its investigation.

    The Otedola bridge fire incident occurred at about 5pm on the Otedola bridge at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a tanker carrying 33,000 litres of petrol, fell, leaked and exploded, killing 12 people.

    The inferno that ensued destroyed over 50 vehicles and caused gridlock for hours.

    Kazeem said: “We said we were going to prosecute the persons that caused that disaster. One of the challenges then was how to identify the perpetrators of that crime. We had said the driver and the owner needed to be identified.

    “There were all kinds of stories out there, including whether the driver had died in the fire or not. The owners, as we understand, were traced by the police to Kano.

    “The whole idea was that at the end of the day, they would conclude their investigation and get us the file here in the ministry. Unfortunately, we can’t do the investigation ourselves, so that we can begin prosecution.

    “Unfortunately that process has not yet been concluded, or is not conclusive yet. Until we get that file, we cannot proceed with prosecution.”