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THURSDAY AUGUST 25, 2016 • T H I S D AY
CRIME&PUNISHMENT Man Kills Mother, Brother’s Wife in Kwara Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Kwara State Police Command yesterday paraded a 25-year-old man of the Mamba Fulani camp in Patigi Local Government Area of the state, Abdullahi Adamu, for allegedly killing his mother, Khadijat Usman, 65, and elder brother’s wife, Ramatu Shagari. Also paraded for the case of conspiracy and culpable homicide, were two suspects-Yahaya Umar and Abubakar Saletu of Kosubosuwho allegedly lured their friend into the bush and behead him. This was just as the command said it had arrested a prime suspect who perpetrated the latest killings of five people in Share area of Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was said to have
committed the act to avenge the killing of his family and destruction of their houses during the December 2015 communal clash that broke out between Share and Tsaragi communities over age long dispute. Parading the suspects before journalists in Ilorin, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Olusola Amore, said the command is not in a position to determine the mental state of the Fulani man but stressed that investigation was still ongoing, and that the suspect would be charged to court. On the case of the two friends who connived to behead their friend, he said the suspects were found with human heads after a buyer which they approached to buy raised the alarm which led to their arrest.
According to him, the police command recently got information from Kosubosu Division that revealed that one Yahaya Umar and Abubakar Saletu both of Wobe Fulani Camp via Okuta were found in possession of a bag, and on interrogation, the bag was found to contain a human head among other items, interrogation further revealed that the suspects took the head to one Alhaji Kuranga of Muhat company to buy, but Kuranga refused and raised the alarm. A search in the bush led to the recovery of the headless body who had been declared missing earlier and which the suspects confessed to have killed. “The cutlass used in the killing and human head, already recovered. The case is still under investigation,”
he said. The commissioner advised members of the public to always inform their family members about their whereabouts mostly with friends. Answering question on the prime suspect in the recent killing in Share, Amore said the suspect is neither a farmer nor a Fulani man as earlier speculated but a resident of Share who acted to avenge the killing of his brother and destruction of family compound. The police boss said the weapon used to perpetrate the killing had been recovered and that the suspect has been charged to court. The police also paraded one suspected kidnapper/armed robber, Issa Babatunde Nurudeen, and one Lekan Bello in an attempt to rob the owner of WALEX Pharmacy.
In Brief Wounded Robbery Suspect Dies in Police Custody A suspect who reportedly belonged to a gang of armed robbers in Okaka, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has died while in the custody of the police in the state. The police authorities in the state disclosed that the deceased, one Innocent Kokorifa, and his group exchanged gunfire with the cops who were on their trail, leading to his severe injuries. Though he was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa, the police said that Kokorifa died while he was receiving treatment at the hospital. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, in a statement yesterday, said members of the gang opened fire on the security operatives deployed to trail the suspected criminals before the police retaliated. “On August 17, 2016, at about 1100hours, acting on a tip-off, policemen from the Anti-vice/ Anti-kidnapping Unit, went to an uncompleted building along Airforce Road, Okaka, Yenagoa, to arrest a three man notorious armed robbery gang. “On sighting the police and in a frantic bid to escape, the robbers fired at the police, the Police returned fire, one of the suspects sustained a bullet injury while the others escaped, abandoning one locally made Single Barrel pistol, one live cartridge, one expended cartridge and wraps of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. “The wounded suspect was arrested and taken to the Federal Medical Centre, for treatment, but died few hours later. “The deceased suspect was later identified as one Innocent Kokorifa ‘m’. Efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects. Investigation is ongoing,” he said.
Man Docked for Allegedly Stealing Goats and Sheep
A 32-year-old man, Wale Adeyemi, is now confronted with impending imprisonment, following the charges filed against him before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing 25 she-goats and nine sheep. Shortly after he allegedly committed the offence, Adeyemi was arrested by the police and detained in the police custody to give room for police investigation. Upon arraignment yesterday, the police prosecutor, Inspector Caleb Leranmo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 24, 2016 at Atikankan area of Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the accused, on the said date, unlawfully stole 25 goats and nine sheep, valued at several thousandsofnaira.Accordingtohim,theoffencecontravenedSection390of the Criminal Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State 2012. However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the offence while his counsel, Chris Omokhafe, prayed the court to grant bail to his clients in liberal terms, promising that he would not jump bail. Chief Magistrate Aderopo Adegboye consequently granted bail to the accused in the sum of N50,000 and two sureties in like sum. He adjourned the case to September 5 for further hearing.
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Police Arrest Most Wanted Cultist in Lagos Chiemelie Ezeobi
area in the last six months. He said: “Detectives have been The Lagos State Police Command working assiduously since the has arrested notorious cultist, gang razed down Mashanfani Balogun Oriyomi (aka Jpron), who house, where some ladies were has been on the police wanted list also raped. This led to the arrest for decades, just as it arrested 19 of Jpron who happens to be the other suspects for robbery and leader of the gang. “Jpron is a star suspect because various crimes. Oriyomi was arrested by the we have been looking for him combined effort of policemen from and he has killed many people. Alade Division and a crack team of “He has been giving residents of Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Shomolu sleepless nights. He is an ex-convict and has been in and out yesterday morning. Oriyomi, was paraded by the of various prisons for rape cases, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State robbery, cultism and thuggery. He Police Command, Fatai Owoseni, has jumped bail severally. “He was arrested again on yesterday, after he was captured after many months of trailing and August 24, 2016. He confessed to searching for the suspect, whose have been involved in multiple cases gang has been terrorising residents of murder. We hope that through of Shomolu, Pedro, Gbagada and him, other members of his gang would be arrested. His gang is Bariga axis. According to Owoseni, the responsible for turning Shomolu suspect was declared wanted not and Pedro into theatre of war.” Speaking with journalists, the just for cultism but for killing many innocent persons and rendering suspect admitted to the killing of many homeless, adding that the about three persons within Shomolu suspect has also been involved in and its environs. He said: “I belong to Eiye serial ‘hired killings’ and has been contracted by several gangs to settle confraternity and we are always fighting with Aiye over who private and business scores. He also said the suspect and his controls the area. We also fight gang were responsible for setting when they snatch our members’ ablaze a popular house in Shomolu girlfriend. It was in the course of called ‘Mashafani House,’ and the fighting that I killed two persons. killing of several persons in the Other members of my gang did
the other killings. “I know why they are blaming me is that I am the leader of the gang. I know I would be held responsible for anything
my members do, but I am not responsible for all the killings. I don’t regret anything because I know that every day is for the thief and one day is for the owner.”
Two Arrested for Allegedly Defrauding Teachers Sylvester Idowu in Warri Crack police detectives have arrested the Supervisory Councillor for Finance and Education, Sapele Local Government, Mr. Eric Ojuromu and the Special Adviser to the Sapele Local Government Chairman, Joseph Okpereogho, for allegedly defrauding some primary school teachers from the council area through fake screening exercise. Ojuromu and Okpereogho, it was gathered, were allegedly caught in the act and arrested on Tuesday morning at the council premises by men of the state police command and immediately taken to Asaba where they are currently being detained. Security sources disclosed that they were alleged to be counting to confirm the sum of N500,000 brought by one of the primary school teachers (name withheld) from Okotie-Eboh Primary School, Sapele, when the Police swooped
on them. It was gathered that Ojuromu allegedly embarked on the fraudulent screening exercise by telling some of the primary school teachers, who are being owed months salary arrears, that they have fake certificates and allegedly demanded for varied amounts of money to cover for them without verification by the issuing authorities. It was learnt that most of the victims of Ojuromu, though have genuine certificates but were afraid to confront him. THISDAY gathered that luck however ran out on him and Okpereogho, when the teacher from Okotie-Eboh Primary School, Sapele, who was confident of her certificates, summoned courage to petition the police on the matter, after she appeared before the Ojuromu screening panel and was told she possessed fake certificates.
About 183 persons were arrested by the authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, for an alleged impersonation during the examination screening exercise in the institution. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, disclosed the arrest in an interview with journalists at the 32nd inaugural lecture of the institution, with the theme:A ‘ natomy of Fraud and Corruption in Nigeria: A search for the Pandora Box and Panacea’ by Prof. Emma Okoye, Describing the act as the height of corruption in the institution. Ahaneku however expressed disappointment with the way the matter was handled by the security operatives who released the suspects soon after they were handed over to them for further interrogation and prosecution. The vice-chancellor accused parents of abating corruption by influencing their wards admission, warning that no amount of intimidation will deter his administration from fighting examination malpractices, cultism and other forms of vices in the institution. “We are fighting corruption head on and part of the measures we have taken is instituting an anti-corruption and transparency unit to tackle the menace at all levels. “We have also empowered the students and teachers in assisting us to courageously provide information towards exposing corruption in the institution,” he said.
Terror Syndicate Targeting Doctors in Lagos Arrested
Two women, who are members of the terror syndicate specialising in threatening and extorting money from mainly medical doctors in Lagos State, have been arrested by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the state Police Command. The operatives led by RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu, had tracked down the syndicate and were able to arrest two of them, even as they have contacted the International Police (Interpol) to help repatriate the other gang members who fled to Togo. One of the affected medical doctors (name withheld), operating at Idimu area of the state had contactedTHISDAYlast month in fear, pleading for police protection. When THISDAYcontactedtheRRScommander,headmittedthatthey had already received several complaints from medical doctors and that they were working on cracking the case. Those arrested, Rita Ojobo and Mrs. Emmanuella Ossai, both sisters, along with other gang members, were fond of contacting Nigerian doctors on telephone demanding that they remit certain amount of money into account numbers or risk being kidnapped or murdered. It was gathered that Ojobo, 30, was arrested at Diamond Bank in Onitsha after she went to withdraw some money paid in by one of the victims. But the two sisters denied knowledge of the crime, insisting that their older brother, Kenechi Ojobo, a resident in Togo, who sent their account to the creditors to pay in money, is to blame. They claimed that their brother, a motorcycle parts merchant in Togo, told them that he usually gave relatives of the creditors the CFA (Francs) equivalent of the money paid in.