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  • Teenager released from prison after two years rearrested

    A 17-year-old teenager has been arrested by the police in Lagos, for stealing, two days after he regained freedom from the prison.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the teenager had spent two years in prison.

     

    According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while sharing videos of the teenager explaining himself, stated that the lad had just completed two years sentence for his involvement in cult activities, and two days after he got freed, he broke into someone’s house to cart away valuables.

     

    The tweet reads:“This 17 year old was released from prison two days ago after doing two years for cultism. Yesterday, he broke into someone’s house to cart away valuables. ?‍♂️ What exactly are we getting wrong? NB: His lips…he had scuffles with neighbors who apprehended him, not the Police.”

     

    In another development, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 10 cartons of tramadol 225mg with an estimated street value of N200 million in Lagos.

     

    The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

     

    Babafemi said the consignment was packaged as “tramaking” containing 500,000 tablets with a total weight of 407kg.

     

    He said the illicit drugs were seized during a joint examination with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at the NCS warehouse.

     

    He added that the consignment had arrived Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) import shed since June 6 from India via Ethiopian Airline.

     

    He also added that it was eventually transferred to the NDLEA by Customs on June 15.

     

    “The previous day, June 14, a similar joint examination with Customs at the Customs enforcement terminal, Tincan seaport, Lagos led to the seizure of 33 parcels of cannabis indica (Colorado) weighing 16.5kgs.

     

    “The drug exhibit was recovered from a 40-foot container, TRHU 7874497 containing four vehicles.

     

    “The cannabis coming from Montreal, Canada was discovered in three out of the four vehicles in the container,” he said.

     

    Meanwhile, Babafemi said operatives of the NDLEA also foiled an attempt by drug traffickers to export parcels of methamphetamine, popularly called Mkpuru Mmiri.

     

    He said the drugs, which were locally concealed in cornflakes packs and body cream containers, were to be exported to Malaysia and Australia respectively.

     

    He said the drugs were seized at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, and a courier company in Lagos respectively.

     

    “As a result, two freight agents; Nneji Anoma and Etoh Barnabas, involved in the bid to export nine parcels of methamphetamine were arrested on June 15.

     

    “The drug, which weighed 1.45kg, was hidden in packs of cornflakes to Malaysia through the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) export shed of the MMIA.

     

    “Operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, (DOGI) at the agency attached to a courier company also intercepted a kilogram of methamphetamine concealed in body cream containers heading to Australia,” he said.

     

    Babafemi quoted the Chairman, NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa as commending the officers and men of the MMIA, DOGI and Tincan for the arrests and seizures.

  • Teenager to spend 2 years in jail for buying stolen phone

    Teenager to spend 2 years in jail for buying stolen phone

    An Abeokuta  Magistrates’ Court, on Friday sentenced one Okiki Ojelabi,19, to two years imprisonment for intentionally purchasing a stolen phone.

    Ojelabi, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of receiving stolen property.

    The Magistrate, Mr S. S. Shotayo, convicted Ojelabi after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

    Shotayo then sentenced the convict to two years imprisonment without an option of fine.

    Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 28, at Rounder area of Abeokuta.

    Rawlings said that the defendant unlawfully received one Tecno phone from one Waris Shoaga, knowing fully well that it was a stolen phone.

    The prosecutor said that the defendant purchased the Android phone for N6,000 from Shoaga.

    According to her, the offence contravene Section 427 of the Criminal Code of Ogun 2006.

  • Warri man, Fregene beats lover to pulp

    A Warri man, Patrick Fregene, has beaten his 19-year-old lover to pulp, in Delta State.

     

    The teenager is in critical condition after receiving the beating of her life by her boyfriend.

     

    The young lady is claimed to have met Fregene, via the internet.

     

    He reportedly invited her to Warri and has ever since turned her into a punching bag.

     

    “He has been locking her indoor and beating her continuously without his neighbors knowing.

     

    “Thank God for the intervention of his elder brother who heard her crying at night and broke down the door only to discover her like this.

     

    “She has been taken to the nearest hospital for treatment.” a source narrated.

     

    Human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who shared a video of the victim on Facebook, revealed the lady’s boyfriend is currently on the run.

     

    “A quick visit this morning to the 19 years old akwa-Ibom state lady, beaten to a pulp by her boyfriend in Ugboroke, Uvwie, Delta State. There is no justification for such action against anyone and the law would take its course even if the said suspect is on the run,” he wrote.

     

    In another development, a 10-year-old girl who was allegedly trafficked from Enugu to Abuja to work as house help for a couple has been rescued by a Nigerian lawyer.

     

    The lawyer, Mr. Archbong, who identified the minor as Onyebube, testified that she was subjected to physical abuse by her boss’s husband for bedwetting.

     

    According to Mr. Archbong, the incident happened at Range View Estate, News Engineering, in Abuja.

     

    Sharing a video showing the young girl with bruises on her back, the lawyer revealed that the man who subjected the little girl to such torture has been arrested.

  • Female teenager arraigned in court for beating octogenarian to death

    Female teenager arraigned in court for beating octogenarian to death

    In Adamawa a 15-year-old female teenager has been arrested and confessed to beating an 85-year-old woman to death.

    She has now been arraigned in the magistrate court in Yola.

    The teenager whose name is given as Happy David, allegedly armed herself with a stick, went to the house of the aged woman and beat her up until she gave up the ghost

    The girl had accused the octogenarian of being a witch

    The girl allegedly claimed that the old woman, Gama Jatau of Tambo community in Girei Local Government Area, bewitched her and caused her sickness on several occasions.

    The victim was rushed to hospital in Jabbi Lamba in the Girei LGA where she was pronounced dead.

    The girl said she decided to beat up the 85-yer -old to teach her a lesson.

    After confessing to the act, David has now been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Yola, and she has been ordered to remain in custody.

     

    She was arraigned on a charge of murder before Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Muhammed Digil, to whom she pleaded guilty.

    The matter has been adjourned till the 26th of May,2022.

     

  • 18-year-old boy nabbed for allegedly killing brother

    18-year-old boy nabbed for allegedly killing brother

    The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Abdurahman Sulaiman, for allegedly stabbing his elder brother to death.

    Sulaiman allegedly stabbed his brother in a fight, resulting from a heated argument at the games village area of Bauchi metropolis.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Umar Sanda who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday in Bauchi, said the argument was over a pair of short pants that allegedly belonged to the suspect’s elder brother.

    The commissioner said the suspect was currently in their custody.

    He said the suspect allegedly killed his own blood brother (fratricide) when the elder brother asked him to remove the pants the suspect wore, which the elder brother claimed belonged to him.

    Sanda said the suspect would be charged to court after investigation, adding that, the police would not relent in arresting perpetrators of such devilish acts.

    The CP also urged the general public to desist from taking laws into their hands.

    Mr Abdullahi Aminu, an eye witness, said it was a quarrel the elder brother was stabbed during the fight, ensuing from an argument over a pair of short pants.

    “The deceased who was 20 years old, allegedly asked his younger brother, Abdurahman, to remove the shorts he was wearing, which he claimed belonged to the elder brother.

    “The younger brother refused to remove it, then an argument erupted, leading to a fight.

    ”The younger brother used a broken glass to stab his elder brother in the stomach, which led to his death,” he said.

    Also giving another account of the incident, Malam Garba Kariya, an uncle to the deceased said: “It is an unfortunate incident between the siblings.”

  • Pastor allegedly defiles, impregnates 14-year-old church member

    Pastor allegedly defiles, impregnates 14-year-old church member

    An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded a pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old member.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs F.M. Kayode, who did not take Olatunji’s plea, ordered that Olatunji he should be remand at Ikoyi Correctional Centre.

    Kayode then adjourned the case to March 8 for mention.

    Olatunji, 45, is facing a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse and procuring an abortion.

    Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Kehinde Olatunde told the court that the defendant committed the offences in August 2021, at Royal World Embassy Church, Ipaja.

    Olatunde alleged that the defendant had sexual intercourse with the girl in the Church’s store, which resulted in the pregnancy.

    He said that when the defendant found out, he give the girl a drug to terminate the pregnancy.

    Olatunde said that the girl’s parents reported the case to the police and the defendant was arrested.

    He said the offences contravened Sections 137 and 145(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

  • Court remands 23-yr-old for allegedly killing his father

    Court remands 23-yr-old for allegedly killing his father

    An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of 23-year-old Waheed Olayinka in the Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti for allegedly killing his father.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olayinka, whose address was not provided, is being tried for murder.

    The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Jan. 27 in Ipoti-Ekiti.

    Apata alleged that the defendant, together with his friend, allegedly murdered his father, Mr Adebayo Olayinka.

    He said that the defendant claimed in his statement that he and his friend laid ambush for the deceased in his farm.

    The prosecutor further said that the defendant claimed that he and his friend hit his father with a big stick about four times on the forehead.

    The deceased was said have slumped and fell out from his motorcycle unconscious and they both covered him with cocoa leaves.

    He said the defendant further said he and his friend took cannabis sativa before they embarked on the mission.

    According to him, the offence contravenes Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

    The prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre, pending legal advice from the office of Director of Public Prosecution.

    The plea of the defendant was however not taken by the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Kehinde Awosika.

    Awosika rather ordered that he be remanded in the correctional centre, pending the issuance of a legal advice.

    She adjourned the case to March 3 for mention.

  • 3 teenagers in court for allegedly raping 15-year-old girl

    3 teenagers in court for allegedly raping 15-year-old girl

    Three teenage boys on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly gang raping a 15-year-old girl.

    The defendants, Pelumi Osho, 17; Oluwafemi Shobayo, 17, and Victor Elijah, 17, who all live in Akowonjo, Lagos State, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and rape to which they pleaded not guilty.

    The Prosecutor, ASP. Victor Eruada, told the court that the defendants committed the offences with some others still at large on Dec. 25, 2021 at Victoria Hotel, Akowonjo.

    Eruada said the defendants lured the victim to the hotel and gang raped her without her consent.

    “The case was reported to the police and the defendants were arrested,” the prosecutor said.

    According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene Sections 411 and 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Lateef Owolabi, granted all the defendants bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    Owolabi said the sureties should be gainfully employed with evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State government.

    He adjourned the case until Feb. 15, for mention.

  • Teenager arraigned for circulating nude video of retired Bayelsa Perm. Sec.

    Teenager arraigned for circulating nude video of retired Bayelsa Perm. Sec.

    The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arraigned a teenage girl before the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, for circulating the nude video of a retired Bayelsa permanent secretary on social media.

    In the one-count charge, prosecuting counsel, Mr Victor Uchendu, told the court that the accused engaged in cyber-stalking by circulating the retiree’s nude picture on a Whatspp group.

    He added that the teenager also circulated the nude pictures of the retired permanent secretary on other social media platforms after an unsuccessful attempt to extort N15 million from him.

    According to Uchendu, the accused made and circulated nude images of the retired permanent secretary on social media on Sept. 14 in contravention of the Cybercrimes Prohibition Act of 2015.

    The teenager pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    Her counsel, Andrew Arthur, applied for her bail from DSS custody where she had been kept for 13 days.

    Arguing the bail application, Arthur told the court that the defendant had earlier been arraigned for criminal defamation on the same offence and granted bail by a Bayelsa High Court.

    He said that the DSS regrettably declined to release her on bail and chose to approach the Federal High Court to institute a fresh charge.

    Opposing the bail application, Uchendu said that he was served the bail document in the courtroom and needed time to study it to respond to issues raised therein.

    The trial judge, Justice I. H. Ndahen, ordered the teenager to be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Yenagoa until Oct. 21 to hear the bail application.

  • Police dismiss officer who shot teenager to death in Lagos, court orders his remand

    Police dismiss officer who shot teenager to death in Lagos, court orders his remand

    A Chief Magistrate Court in the Yaba area of Lagos has ordered the 30-day remand of a dismissed police sergeant, Samuel Phillips, pending the legal advice of the State’s Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP)

    Sergeant Samuel Philips, who has been dismissed from the police force following the conclusion of his orderly room trial, was brought before Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo on Friday on a one-count charge for the alleged murder of an 18-year old lady, Monsurat Ojuade.

    Monsurat was said to have been hit by a stray bullet on September 11 while the police were on criminal raid investigations in the Ijeshatedo area of Lagos. She died on her way to the hospital.

    The one count charge said that Sergeant Samuel Philips at about 11.30 pm at 53, Mogaji Street Ijeshatedo, unlawfully released gunshots into the building which hit Monsurat on her two thighs and led to her death.

    At the brief proceedings, the magistrate granted the application made by the prosecutor for the remand of the defendant for thirty days, pending the advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution.

    This is because the magistrate court lacks the jurisdiction to hear a murder charge and the DPP is to recommend that the murder trial be conducted at the State High Court.

    Further hearings were adjourned to October 25.

    After the proceedings, Counsel to the Ojuade family, Israel Mbaebie, asked the police to change its “stray bullet” narrative as to how the deceased died.

    He said “the bullet that killed Monsurat Ojuade was not a stray bullet but a case of premeditated murder on the part of the killer police”.

    The lawyer also frowned at the failure of the police to make public the findings of its orderly room trial.

    “Our clients frown at this disrespectful and lackadaisical attitude of the police and also wonder how it has been easier for them to organise an orderly room trial of the so called killer police without making public their findings till date and now, arraignment without making public the full identity of the culprit as earlier demanded by our clients,” he said.