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Ogun lawmaker, 18 others arrested as police burst Sagamu cult groups

September 27, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Operatives of the Department of State Security Services have reportedly arrested a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly representing Sagamu Constituency I, Hon. Damilare Mohammed and six others suspected cultists within the lawmaker’s legislative quarters, Abeokuta, the state capital. Mohammed was alleged to have been providing shelter to the six fleeing suspected cultists who were allegedly fingered in the recent four days of clashes among rival cult groups in Sagamu, which has claimed eight lives. The development is a follow up the arrest of about 19 persons suspected…

MohBad: Police exhumes body preparatory for autopsy, arrests nurse

September 22, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the exhumation of the corpse of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad on Thursday. The police also arrested the nurse who reportedly injected the deceased singer prior to his demise on Tuesday, September 12, PUNCH Metro can confirm. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the developments to our correspondent in an exclusive telephone interview on Thursday. “Mohbad’s corpse has been exhumed today, and an autopsy will begin as soon as possible,” Hundeyin said. However,…

The ‘Ice’ I took caused it, says farm worker who beheaded Ondo farmer

September 15, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A farm worker based in Ofosu in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State, Sunday Clement has pleaded guilty to murdering a farmer in the town, Taye Alatoye, saying a particular hard drug called Ice, that he took that day prompted him to commit the crime. He said, “We were both going, and we greeted each other on the path. The spirit just came over me to cut off Taye’s head. I can’t actually say what led to it. I think it was the ‘Ice’ I took in the hot…

Abuja family pays N2.8m as ransom to free mother and daughters

September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Three members of an Abuja based family, Mistura Olasinde and her two daughters, Hauwa and Fatima, residents of Starwood Estate, Galadimawa, in the Federal Capital Territory, were abducted on Friday, September 8, 2023. Mistura’s husband, Surajudeen Olasinde, a staff member of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, revealed that the incident happened at Kabusa Garden Estate while his wife and children were driving home in their Toyota Highlander from Garki to Starwood Estate located in-between Galadimawa and Lokokogoma areas of Abuja, where they…

Police narrates gory details of how cultists murdered Rivers’ DPO, vows to revenge

September 13, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has said the late Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, played into the hands of his killers. Nwonyi revealed that the cultists had sold a dummy to the late Superintendent of Police that they were ready to turn in their arms if they would be granted amnesty in return. He disclosed this during a solidarity protest by a human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, at the headquarters of the state Police Command in Port Harcourt on Monday. Nwonyi expressed regret that the…

Army establishes special forces to tackle insecurity -COAS, Lagbaja says sit-at-home has ended in South-East

September 13, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the sit-at-home order enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra across the South-East states has ended. IPOB in August 2021 commenced the sit-at-home order to demand the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from prison. The order impacted the economy in the region and resulted in the loss of lives and properties of residents in the South-East. Speaking at the COAS combined second and third quarters conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Lagbaja said the menace ended as a result…

Oyo Govt. promises to rid Oke-Ogun of insecurity

September 13, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Oyo State Government has said it remained committed to winning the war against insecurity in Oke-Ogun Zone. The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Barr. Bayo Lawal said this on Thursday, during a Stakeholders meeting ahead of the 2024 fiscal year, held at Kisi for all the Local Government in Oke-Ogun Zone II. The Deputy Governor added that the present administration would stop at nothing to ensure citizens are safe in all zones in the State. He commended the efforts of security outfits at ensuring peace and stability in the…

NDLEA arrests Lagos drug baron, others

September 4, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a drug kingpin, Ngene Onyedikachi, who was responsible for recruiting fake couple smugglers arrested in Lagos on August 1, 2023, while hard drugs of various forms were seized across the country in different operations. The fake couple, Onyebuchi and Nonyelum were arrested by operatives of the NDLEA for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322kg with 100grams of the drug also concealed in the woman’s private part. Meanwhile, the agency, on Sunday said it arrested some other suspects, Peter Iwebema,…

Police arrests vandal for stealing IBEDC transformer parts

September 3, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Ogun State Police Command said its operatives at the Owode Egba division, on Friday, arrested a suspected vandal, Adewole Adekunle. The suspect, said to be based in Eleko, Ajah, Lagos State, was allegedly found with some vandalised transformer parts which belonged to the Showo Community, Kobape, along Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway and owned by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. These were disclosed in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutula. According to Odutola, the suspect was arrested following complaints by villagers who tipped the police around…

Cadet dies in academy, colleagues allege starvation

September 3, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A100-level course 9 police cadet, A.S. Jika, dropped dead at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, on Saturday, after being continuously starved and malnourished for over two weeks. Some of the cadets accused the Commandant, Assistant Inspector-General, Sadiq Abubakar, of high-handedness and financial mismanagement of feeding allowance meant for the students. Jika, who hailed from Adamawa State, and was in the Department of Computer Science, collapsed inside the toilet in the early hours of Saturday. A cadet, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid being victimized, said the…

DSS detains Obiora, CBN deputy governor

September 2, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Obiora, has been allegedly detained by personnel of the Department of State Services. According to Peoples Gazette, the CBN deputy governor has spent four nights in the custody of the DSS. The report said the DSS was grilling Obiora in connection with allegations of financial mismanagement under the leadership of the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on June 9 following an investigation into the affairs of the apex bank. “This is sequel to…

Why commission retired four DIGs

August 29, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Police Service Commission has ordered four senior Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, Dan-Mallam Mohammed, Moses Jitiboh, Hafiz Inuwa and Adeleke Bode to immediately proceed on compulsory retirement for failing to retire following the appointment of their colleague, Olukayode Egbetokun, as the acting Inspector-General of Police. The PSC, however, approved the appointment of four Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Ibrahim Ka’oje, Daniel Sokari-Pedro, Ayuba Ekpeji and Usman Nagogo to the rank of DIGs pending ratification by the board of the commission to replace the retired DIGs. The spokesperson for the commission, Ikechukwu…

NDLEA secures conviction for drug peddling widow and musician

August 23, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A widow, Adewunmi Taiwo, who tried to export 5.70 kg of Codeine to the United Kingdom, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Justice Akintayo Aluko sentenced her after she pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful exportation of Codeine preferred against her by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA prosecution counsel, Abu Ibrahim, told the court that she committed the offence on July 27, 2023. He said the incident took place at Skyway Handling Company export shed, a…

Diezani to appear in British court for bribery

August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

British police said on Tuesday they had charged Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, with bribery offences, saying they suspected she had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million-pounds oil and gas contracts, Reuters reported. Alison-Madueke, 63, was a key figure in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, serving as petroleum resources minister from 2010 to 2015. She also served as president of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. “We suspect Diezani Alison-Madueke abused her power in Nigeria and accepted financial rewards for awarding multi-million-pound contracts.…

What pushed me into attempting suicide -Farida Sobowale

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A Lagos socialite, Farida Abdulkabir, popularly known as Farida Sobowale, has seek forgiveness from her children over her attempt to plunge into the Lagos lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge. In a video clip that went viral on Thursday evening, the owner of Phreedah Body Care and Spa in Surulere, Lagos, was seen being pacified by several men with her black-coloured Sport Utility vehicle parked beside her. The rescuers in the footage could be seen holding the entrepreneur, persuading her not to take her life. City Round gathered that Abdulkabir…

EFCC arrest, detains NIRSAL boss, Masanawa, over links to Emefiele’s fraud case

August 19, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Abbas Masanawa, the chief executive officer of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, NIRSAL, has been sacked, THE WITNESS can exclusively report. It was gathered that the removal of Masanawa may not be unconnected with his alleged role in the ongoing corruption probe of suspended CBN chief, Godwin Emefiele. THE WITNESS reliably gathered that Masanawa is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) facing interrogations over his role in the Emefiele’s alleged loot. Insiders told our correspondent that Mr Masanawa was arrested four weeks…

NDLEA seizes N56.9m worth of illicit drugs in FCT, arrests 343 suspects

August 16, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, FCT Command, said it intercepted about 3,091.032 kilogrammes of suspected illicit drugs with a monetary value of over N56.9 million between January till date. Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, FCT Commandant of the agency disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said that the illicit drugs seized included suspected cannabis sativa, cocaine, Methamphetamine, Heroin, Tramadol, Rohypnol, Diazepam, Ecstasy, and Megadon. He also stated that 343 drug suspects were arrested within the period under review, adding that they…

Lagbaja to visit scene of ambush on troops in Niger state

August 15, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, is on his way to the Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger where bandits ambushed and killed troops. Many troops were said to have died during the attack which happened on Monday. Also, there were unconfirmed reports that the crashed Nigerian Air Force aircraft was the handiwork of the bandits. The Air Force has yet to debunk or confirm the reports. However, speaking in an interview with The PUNCH correspondent on Tuesday, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed…

NDLEA nabs FESTAC big girl with 2.75m pills of tramadol, intercepts, cocaine, loud in Ajah

August 14, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Men of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intensified their anti-drug operations last week and over the weekend with the clampdown on some drug kingpins in Lagos State, recovering multi-billion naira worth of drugs. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday. According to the statement, a female head of one of the syndicates, Ebele Nwankwo, was arrested last Wednesday at her residence, House 6, C Close, 3rd Avenue, in the Festac area of…

Elevator Accident: Sanwoolu suspends LASIAMA boss, sack facility managers

August 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Governor Babajide Sanwoolu of Lagos State has ordered the suspension the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency, sacked and blacklisted the facility managers over an elevator accident that led to the death of one Dr. Vwaere Diaso in a government owned General Hospital. The Lagos State Government disclosed this in a statement shared on its website on Sunday. The statement in part read, “The Lagos State Government, in recognition of the importance of providing functional and comfortable accommodation for health workers, outsourced the management of…

Ese Daniel, Lagos businesswoman wanted by Interpol over N750m fraud

August 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

International Police (Interpol) has declared a Nigerian businesswoman, Ese Cynthia Daniel, wanted over an alleged ₦750 million fraud. This is stated in an INTERPOL bulletin titled CR: 3000X/ICPO/ADM/LD/VCP/Vol. 4/93, which states that an arrest warrant has been issued by the Lagos State magistrate court. “The above-named person is hereby declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force,” the bulletin reads. Ese, a Delta State native, has been accused of conspiracy and fraudulently converting the sum of ₦750 million in Lagos between January 24 and 26, 2023. Interpol said the suspect obtained…

Tragic!!! Yayi’s aide shot dead in Lagos

August 5, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the senator representing Ogun West in the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has been shot dead. The spokesperson for the senator, Kayode Odunaro, in a statement in Abuja said the incident happened on Saturday morning. He said the lifeless body of Sanni was found with gunshot wounds dumped at Toyota bus stop in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. Odunaro said the deceased had earlier called his wife to request the details of his vehicle papers when he was stopped by security operatives at…

Ondo man kills friend testing bullet proof charm with dane gun

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Ondo State Police Command on Friday said it had begun the trial of a man, identified as Bode, for killing one Tunde Akinmoyewa with a dane gun at Laoso Village in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, the 27-year-old man, who was described as an ex-convict, was shot dead by his friend while testing a new locally-made gun last Tuesday. However, a source stated that the deceased was shot dead by his friend while testing a bulletproof charm at the village. The source…

Lawyer seeks Ogun SSG, Talabi’s probe for alleged money laundering

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been asked to to probe Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, for alleged money laundering. A lawyer, Femi Oniyide, alleged that the SSG engaged in money laundering through a company account known as SuperfluX International Ltd. The Human Right activist said the SSG has an Access Bank Plc account which has his BVN and has financial control over it. The Human Rights lawyer also alleged that Mr. Talabi…

NDLEA impounds N3.7bn tramadol at Lagos airport

July 26, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have thwarted plans to smuggle over five million pills of Tramadol said to be worth N3.7bn into the country. The agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists. Babafemi said the feat was achieved through the collaboration of men of the Nigeria Customs Service and others working at the airport’s DHL cargo warehouse. He, however, did not disclose when the pills were intercepted.

Expensive Detainee: DSS, NCS operatives fight over Emefiele’s custody

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) and the personnel of Department of State Services (DSS) were engaged in a physical tussle over the custody of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The disagreement occurred following a court ruling where Emefiele was granted bail in the amount of 20 million naira. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos also ordered that Emefiele be remanded at the correctional center until bail conditions were met. DSS operatives attempted to take Emefiele back to their detention center, which…

Nigeria Police opens online portal for academy, see details

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Nigeria Police Academy has opened an online portal for applications for its 10th regular course cadet degree programme from interested and qualified Nigerian candidates. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, added that the online registration process would run for a period of six weeks, starting from July 24 to September 3. Adejobi said that admission into the academy would afford both male and female Nigerians of good character the opportunity to serve the country. According to him,…

Soldiers intercept cross border drug couriers in Ogun state, seize lorry load of cannabis

July 20, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Troops of 192 Battalion Nigerian Army operating in 81 Division have busted a suspected international drug syndicate smuggling a truck load of substance suspected to be Cannabis sativa (Marijuana) en route Sango Ota in Ogun State. The troops, while responding to actionable intelligence on Tuesday, July 18, conducted stop-and-search operations along Ajilete Road in Yewa South Local Council of Ogun State, during which they intercepted and impounded the suspected truck without Registration number, loaded with 397 wraps of substance suspected to be Cannabis sativa Spokesperson for the army, Brig. General…

Simon Ekpa paid to destroy Ndigbo -Ohanaeze

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, accused the self-styled separatist campaigner, Simon Ekpa, of using the pro-Biafra struggle and detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to enrich himself at the expense of life, property and well-being of Ndigbo. It also accused the Finland-based Ekpa of playing the script of enemies of Igbo land, having allegedly collected huge sums of money to destabilise the region and undermine its progress. The National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Okwu Nnabuike, said the group wondered why Finland has continued to harbour…

Drama as court admits suspect who circulated lovers’ nude pictures to bail

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who was accused of circulating nude photos of his former lovers was on Wednesday arraigned at a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Ogba, Lagos. Kennedy was arraigned on six counts charge of provocation, unlawful conversion of funds and publication of nudes on social media without the consent of the persons. The charge read in part, “That you, Amarah Kennedy, sometime in September 2022, in a hotel, at Olodi Apapa, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, insulted, annoyed, disgraced and/or provoke one (names withheld) without her consent did…

Esuleke masquerade, Kamaudeen mosque accept truce as Osun CP brokers peace

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kehinde Longe, has brokered peace between the Chief Imam of the Kamaudeen Mosque, Osogbo, Alhaji Kasim Yunis, and the custodian of a masquerade, Chief Kayode Esuleke, as the annual Egungun masquerade holds in the town. A statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday, signed by the command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said the two men agreed to allow peace reign during the festival at a meeting held at the instance of the CP. Members of the Kamaudeen Mosque and the followers of Esuleke masquerade had…

Senate approves Pres. Tinubu’s service chiefs

July 15, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the appointment of the Service Chiefs nominated by the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The confirmation was a sequel to the consideration and approval of a motion brought by the Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti). The Service Chiefs are Maj. Gen, Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, Chief of Naval Staff; Air Vice Marshall Hassan Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff; and Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff. The President had on June 19 appointed the Service Chiefs and they have…

NDLEA boss, Marwa orders clampdown on illegal sale of of ‘laughing gas’

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa has ordered a nationwide clampdown on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide, otherwise know as ‘laughing gas’. The order is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Tuesday in Abuja. Marwa directed all NDLEA commands and formations to immediately clampdown on ‘laughing gas.’ He explained that the directive was sequel to the abuse of the substance by people who use it for recreational purposes. The News Agency of…

NDLEA bursts skuchies factory in Ogun state, arrests worker as producer escapes

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State have raided and dismantled a Skuchies factory and arrested a suspect, Adekunle Adekola, around Ajaka in the Sagamu local government area of Ogun State. The state commander of the NDLEA, Ibiba Odili, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The commander said the operatives busted the factory on Thursday and seized some gallons of Skuchies, cannabis Sativa and Codeine among others. Skuchies is a potent and addictive drug, which is a concoction with different types of drugs. The NDLEA commander…

How gunmen kidnapped Ekiti APC chairman

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Gunmen have abducted the All Progressives Congress Chairman in Ekiti State, Mr Paul Omotoso. Sources said he was whisked away on Saturday evening while driving along Agbado Ekiti-Imesi Ekiti Road. APC State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, said that the state party chairman was driving in his car along the Agbaso-Imesi Road when the incident happened. Dipe said, “The chairman was driving in a Venza car along the road. He said, “The gunmen shot at one of the tyres of the car. He was taken into a Toyota Hilux van and…

How Amara Kennedy, notorious man spreading ex-lovers’ nude pictures was arrested

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 44-year-old businessman, Amara Kennedy, for circulating nude photos of his former lovers. Kennedy was arrested on Friday in the Oshodi area of the state after one of his victims, Kester, agreed to meet him under the pretext of resolving their disagreement. Our correspondent had reported in a special feature on Sunday that two women, Kester and Temi, met Kennedy separately on different WhatsApp and Facebook chat groups for singles. Kester, who lost her husband about eight years ago in a car crash,…

‘He is an animal, acting under juju’, say family members as siblings disown ex-banker who spread ex-lovers’ nude pictures

July 7, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Lagos bizman’s family condemns nude posts, sister disowns suspect Ebere, the sibling of a Lagos-based businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who allegedly circulated the nude photos of two single mothers he dated, has condemned his action. The woman, who lives abroad, said Kennedy had disgraced their family and urged law enforcement agencies in the state to track down his location and arrest him. While denying having a hand in the ordeals of the victims, she said she publicly disowned him due to his alleged criminal actions. Our correspondent had been following the…

Lovers’ nude pictures circulator, Amarah Kennedy goes into hiding gives conditions to surrender

July 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Amarah Kennedy, a controversial Lagos-based businessman, who went into hiding after circulating the n*de photos of two single mothers whom he previously had relationships with, has given conditions that would lead to him surrendering to the police. Kennedy said he will meet the police after newspapers stop reporting the matter. The 44-year-old also noted that he was ready to make peace with his victims but needed assurance that the police would stay out of the case. Kennedy, who hails from the Umunze community in Anambra State, stated these in WhatsApp…

Court grants Abba Kyari conditional bail

July 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail at N50million to suspended DCP Abba Kyari in a charge in which he and two of his siblings are accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and his two siblings – Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari – in respect of which they were arraigned last month. In a ruling on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari at the…

Egbetokun disbands Edo Police team for running over civilian with operational car

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has disbanded the team of seven officers who ran over a civilian, Success Ehimare, with their car in Edo State. An eyewitness early this month captured a disturbing video of police officers running over Ehimare for about 15 seconds. Police spokesman CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, announced the disciplinary action by the IGP. “In a bold move to address the unprofessional conduct of some Police Officers attached to the Edo State Police Command who were responsible for running over a citizen…

INEC files six count charges against suspended Adamawa REC, Hudu Ari,

July 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari. The charge was filed by INEC at the Adamawa State High Court, Yola. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement, said the commission reached the decision to prosecute Ari after its weekly meeting held in Abuja on Thursday. Recall that INEC had suspended Ari for the role he played during the collation of the Adamawa state…

INEC to prosecute Hudu Ari, Adamawa REC, 215 others for electoral offences

July 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday accused some Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) who took part in this year’s general election of failing to properly manage the tasks lawfully assigned to them. The commission said following the completion of police investigation on the activities of the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Yunusa Hudu Ari, it would take legal actions against him in the coming days as well as 215 other electoral offenders. Addressing RECs from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood…

JAMB: We have discovered the App developer who manipulated Mmesoma’s result

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Fabian Benjamin, the spokesperson for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said the the examination body had discovered the developer of the app used for the manipulation of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. Benjamin also noted that the developer, who is a student would lose his admission status in the university he is currently studying at. He said, “Let me tell you something, we have discovered the developer of the app used for fake UTME result upgrade and the person is a student. He will lose his admission…

Lagos Police invite Amarah Kenedy over lovers nude photos, probe bribe-seeking cop

July 5, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Lagos State Police Command has invited a Lagos-based businessman, Amarah Kennedy, for questioning over the circulation of nude photos of his ex-lovers. The PUNCH reports that Kennedy has continued to circulate the nude photos of two single mothers whom he previously had relationships with. PUNCH Metro learnt that he sent the photos to the WhatsApp platform of the church of one of the women identified simply as Kester. He also sent the photos to her late husband’s family members and office. “By the time I am done, suicide will…

Fake Result: “I got JAMB SMS that I scored 249” -Mmesoma admits

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Mmesoma Ejikeme, the Anambra student who was accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday confirmed that she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that her score was 249. Mmesoma made this known during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television on Wednesday. JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, had earlier revealed that the candidate sent a series of messages to the board’s automated telecoms system, including the results showing an aggregate of 362. Responding, Mmesoma said the only SMS…

Fake Result: Mmesoma’s lawyer demands apology from JAMB

July 4, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A legal practitioner, Johnmary Maduakolam, has threatened to sue the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and the management of the Board should they fail to tender an apology to Anambra pupil, Mmesoma Ejikeme, who was accused by JAMB of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result. The lawyer in a letter addressed to Oloyede shared on Twitter, said that Mmesoma was incapable of forging her own results. He also accused JAMB of failing to protect the identity of the girl. He said, “I am…

Fake Results: We stopped using Mmesoma’s slip since 2021 using – JAMB

July 4, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Tuesday morning said that it stopped using the print-out currently being paraded by Anambra candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme as her authentic result in 2021. The board also reiterated its position that the UTME result paraded by “Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma is patently fake.” In a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday morning by the Board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB insisted that only Mmesoma paraded the“obsolete” notification slip out of all the candidates that sat the 2023 UTME. “Consequently, the Board would like…

UTME Alleged Fraud: Anambra candidate’s father insists daughter always come top of the class

July 3, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Mr. Romanus Ejikeme, the father to Mmesoma Ejikeme, has said that her daughter had always come out as the overall best student from her nursery school days to date. Ejikeme made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Onitsha. NAN reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board had accused Ejikeme of using software to manipulate her score to 362 as against 249. According to him, “My daughter has been taking the first position from her nursery school till now. Some of these results…

Gunmen storm RCCG during vigil, kill pastor, kidnap seven church members

July 2, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Some gunmen attacked the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday, killing the pastor and abducting seven worshippers. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around 12 am during the vigil. Confirming the incident, the State So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, said his officers rescued the seven church members and killed one of the kidnappers during the operation. Ganzallo, in a statement issued by the So-Safe Corps Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, said, “The special operation…

I am not collecting rent from slain Deborah’s family, says Rivers pastor who gave estates to parents of Sokoto mob victim

June 25, 2023June 25, 2023 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The founder of a faith-based organisation, Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, has denied demanding rent from late Deborah Emmanuel’s parents in the estate he gifted the family near Port Harcourt. Recall that in May 2022, Deborah Emmanuel (not Deborah Samuel), a 200-level student at Shehu Shahari College of Education in Soloto State, was brutally killed by her schoolmates, who accused her of blaspheming Prophet Muhammad (SAW). A few weeks after the incident, Apostle Chinyere, the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries Worldwide, headquartered in Aluu, on the outskirts of Port Harcourt, relocated…