crime

Gunman overtakes Abuja vehicle, kills driver, corps member escapes

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A young man, simply identified as Mohammed, has been shot dead while driving on a highway in the Federal Capital Territory.

The deceased was reportedly in a car with his friend, a National Youths Service Corps member who was in uniform, when they were shot at by a yet-to-be-identified person.

The suspect overtook them and then shot.

The bullet broke the windshield and hit the victim, killing him on the spot.

The incident occurred at the Jabi Airport Road area of the FCT on Monday.

An anonymous commercial driver claimed that Mohammed was also a corps member.

He said, “There were two corps members in the car; one of them was in uniform. They overtook a car; the car later overtook them and someone shot at them. We don’t know what happened, but we just heard a gunshot.

“The bullet penetrated through their windshield and hit his colleague, who was driving, in the forehead and he died immediately. The corps member in uniform was unhurt.”

However, another source quoted an eyewitness as saying that the shooter was in a car with tinted glass.

“The driver of the car was rough. He shot at their car and drove off,” he added.

The FCT police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh could not confirm the incident but promised to get back to newsmen when she gets details. said she did not have details of the incident,

T Director-General of the NYSC, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, however, said no corps member was killed.

He said, “The person driving the car was shot. But nothing happened to our corps member who was with him. The police led us to trace him; he is Okay. We suspect that the man that was killed was the driver.”

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EFCC re-arrests Mompha for alleged money laundering

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Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of  alleged proceeds of crime.

In a statement released by the Head of Media and Publicity of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren, it was revealed that Mompha was arrested on Monday.

“The suspect is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited on an amended twenty two-count charge bordering on cyber fraud and money laundering to the tune of N32.9bn brought against him by the EFCC,” the statement.

Mompha was earlier arrested on October 18, 2019 at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport while boarding an Emirates Airline Flight to Dubai by the staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service, following a watch list by the EFCC.

Mompha is accused of using his registered companies to receive illicit funds on behalf of “yahoo yahoo” boys from across the world in return for commission.

 The account of one of his companies, Ismalob Global Investment Limited Bank, a Bureau de Change Company, was allegedly used to launder funds gotten from unlawful activities.

Investigation has revealed a fraudulent transfer slip of $92, 412, 75 found in the suspect’s IPhone 8 device.

The Spokesman said the suspect would soon be charged to court. 

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Police Intercept Two Buses Conveying 32 Under aged Children From Benue To Osun State (Photos)

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Two commercial buses have been intercepted by men of the Benue State Police Command’s anti-crime squad code-named Operation Zenda. The buses were allegedly conveying 32 children to Ede in Osun state

They were intercepted at Ameladu in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue state on Saturday, January 8.

The conveyor of the children, Mrs. Linda Akaasema claimed to own an orphanage in Osun state and described the children of being mostly teenagers made up of 13 boys and 19 girls.

Mrs Akaasema explained that the children were inmates of Akaasema Child Care Foundation which was registered in Benue state but operational in Osun state and only came home for the Yuletide festivities.

Mrs Akaasema further explained that the children are from Ukum local government towns of Zakibiam, Jootar and other towns sharing Boundaries with Taraba state.


She was however unable to provide any documentary evidence to prove she owned orphanage as well as prove that the children were actually in school and only visited home.

She could also not provide any documents to identify herself as she claimed to have forgotten all when leaving Osun state.

Spokesperson of the command, SP Catherine Anene, who confirmed the development said investigation into the matter was ongoing.

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Policeman arrested for selling missing police pistols to cultist

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A 38-year-old Police Traffic Officer, Haruna Yusuf, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command this weekend, for allegedly picking a police service pistol from a mosque and selling it to  members of a cult group in Kwara State.

Reports have it that the former Station Officer in charge of Omu-Aran division , Ehigimetor Ileso, had booked for it but was dismissed when he could not return it to the armoury. He died a year after his dismissal.

Sergeant Yusuf, however, met his waterloo when some suspected cultists were arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team.

The suspected cultists: Tajudeen Olalekan Hammed ,Chukwudi Eze ,Alebo Elijah ,Alebo Isreal , Abimbola Olaonipekun and Olarinde Abiodun , who left   Kwara State to unleash mayhem on members of rival confraternity in Osun State .
Among the weapons recovered from them was a police pistol.

When investigated, one of the suspects, Eze, a Disk Jogger, disclosed that he purchased the weapons from the policeman.

According to 33-year-old Eze who hails from Enugu State, ”  Aside being a DJ, I also  sell phone accessories at Traffic Junction .I bought a police pistol and a locally made gin   from the police officer for self – defence because of the nature of my work .  Later ,I discovered that I could not use the  police pistol ,I sold the two guns  to  “Rector”  ,who is a student of Kwara State Polytechnic “.

On his part, the policeman, Haruna, said, ” I joined the police as a Constable in 2008  .I am from Benue State but I have been serving in Kwara State ,since I was enlisted .I was first posted to Omu Aran Division and later transferred to other divisions in Kwara bit I am now back in Omu Aran.”

 ” I didn’t steal the pistol. .I don’t know what came over  me .when I saw  it  at the mosque “

” I can only say that I am sorry .Out of the two arms that I sold to him ,one belonged to  the Omu Aran Divisional Police Station ,while the other one was locally-made .That  one that belonged to the division, was what I found outside  the mosque behind the police station.”

 ” I didn’t know that it belonged to the SO It was about three years ago . I sold it to the DJ for N47,000 while I sold the locally made to him for N25,000.

“When I picked the gun ,it didn’t occur to me to take it to the station .

” Before God and man,I have never been involved in any case of stealing  before  The SO is late .now .When  I heard that the division was looking for the gun .I was afraid to recover it from the DJ and hand it over to the armourer and I was not at the division when the Station Officer was being tried for the missing pistol”.

The Osun State Commissioner of Police,  ,Wale Olokode, who  confirmed the arrest of the police Sergeant and suspected cult members , revealed that exhibits recovered from the gang included” one  police Beretta  pistol ,one  locally made revolver pistol, two  locally fabricated pistol, one local cut- to -size short gun , 11 live cartridges ,five knives ,three battle axes and one  cutlass “.

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I won’t bury my son even if it takes 30 years to get justice – Sylvester’s dad

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Sylvester Oromoni, the father of the late 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has emphasised the family’s determination to get justice, as he would not bury his son even if it takes 30 years to get justice.

He also countered the report of the autopsy carried out at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, alleging that there was foul play.

Recall that Sylvester was alleged to have been killed by some senior students of his school, after his refusal to join a cult group, a claim which the school denied.

The state government ordered the indefinite closure of the school while awaiting the outcome of an investigation into the matter.

Five students and five employees who were arrested were cleared following a legal advice by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Adetutu Oshinusi.

The autopsy carried out by a consultant pathologist at the Central Hospital Warri, Clement Vhriterhire, showed that Sylvester died of “acute lung injury due to chemical intoxication in a background of blunt force trauma.”

But the interim and final autopsy report by LASUTH said he died of “Septicaemia, lobar pneumonia with acute pyelonephritis and pyomyositis of the right ankle.”

However, the outgoing Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, on Friday said the toxicology report of the first autopsy carried out in Warri was released on December 30, 2021, signed by Vhriterhire, attributing cause of death to “acute bacteria pneumonia due to severe sepsis.”

Sylvester Snr and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, had countered the DPP’s advice with the latter describing the report as “escapist and hasty.”

Falana had said, “The report has not laid to rest the allegations surrounding the gruesome murder of Sylvester Oromoni. The report is escapist and hasty as the authorities are aware of the fact that the Chief Coroner of Lagos State has ordered that an inquest be conducted into the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death of Sylvester Oromoni. The inquest, which commenced before the coroner on December 16, 2021, has been adjourned till January 15, 2022 for further hearing.”

The deceased’s father insisted that the case wasn’t anywhere near an end, as his son would not laid to rest until “justice is served” even if it took as long as 30 years.

He said, “The family does not have power. We only rely on God. If they insist that the school will reopen, there is no problem. If God keeps me for 20 or 30 years, I will follow up this case. Government will come, the government will go. I am not bothered. The soul of that boy is crying round. God is alive; He cannot be bribed.

“My son will never be buried. If it takes me 30 years to get justice, he would remain there (in the mortuary). He is my son; I won’t bury him. Nigerians should look beyond what they are saying.”

When asked if he had any doubt over the autopsy released by the state government, he retorted “Do they have any autopsy report? They don’t have any. The doctor that did the autopsy in Delta State was recommended by the Area Commander. He is not the family doctor. We don’t know him. Our lawyer applied to the Area Command to get a copy of the autopsy.”

But Odumosu, at a press briefing held at the police headquarters in Ikeja on Friday and tagged ‘Sylvester Oromoni Jnr: Update on Investigation,’ dismissed any foul play.

He explained that eight persons–five pupils and three house masters – were arrested following a petition to the police on the matter, adding that on December 9, 2021, he interviewed the late pupil’s family, the school management, and witnesses at the command’s headquarters.

He said, “During the open interview, it was unanimously agreed that another autopsy should be carried out where pathologists from all parties would be present. Investigation was extended to Delta State and Abuja. I will like to state here that investigation revealed that the same case was reported at the Area Command Warri, Delta State, on December 1, 2021.

“It has also been established that a post mortem examination was initially carried out on December 2, 2021 by a Consultant Pathologist, Dr. Clement Vhriterhire of the Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State. The result of the first autopsy dated December 10, 2021 attributed the cause of death to ‘acute lung injury due to chemical intoxication in a background of blunt force trauma.’

“However, toxicology screening was recommended and also carried out. While waiting for the result of the toxicology, another autopsy was ordered by the Coroner Magistrate in Lagos because of the status of jurisdiction. The corpse was, therefore, moved with armed police escorts from Delta State to Lagos State by TOS Funeral and the autopsy conducted at the expense of the Lagos State Government. The second autopsy was carried out at the Lagos state University Teaching Hospital on December 14, 2021 in the presence of representatives of all the parties involved in the case.”

The CP further said the second autopsy was carried out by the Consultant Pathologist and Chief Examiner, Department of Pathology and Forensic Sciences, LASUTH, Dr. S.S Soyemi, witnessed by representatives of all the parties, including Vhriterhire, as well as police officers, among other principal officials.

Odumosu said the final results of the post mortem and toxicology examination conducted at Delta and Lagos states showed that the deceased died a natural death.

He stated, “Before the expiration of the 21 days remand order, the families of the students applied for their bail at the Magistrates’ Court 1 Yaba. The application was approved hence the students who were earlier remanded at Boys Home, Oregun, we’re granted bail. The house masters were also granted bail after the expiration of the 21 days remand order.

“The result of the second autopsy carried out in Lagos was released on December 21, 2021. The result attributed the cause of death to ‘Septicaemia, lobar pneumonia with acute pyelonephritis and pyomyositis of the right ankle.’ On December 30, 2021, the toxicology screening results of the first autopsy carried out in Warri was released. The result issued and signed by Dr Clement Vhriterhire, the same doctor who carried out the initial autopsy, attributed the cause of death to ‘acute bacteria pneumonia due to severe sepsis.’

“At the end of diligent investigation carried out so far, there is no evidence to establish a case of torture, bullying and forceful application of poisonous substance against the suspects. All the suspects denied the allegations of torture, bullying and administering of poisonous substance to the deceased. Allegation that the deceased was being forced to join a cult group was also not established as other students interviewed denied this.”

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Man arrested for impersonation and sleeping with 10 women

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Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department have apprehended a suspected fraudster, Mr Imaobong Akpan, for allegedly impersonating the state Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno.

This was disclosed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko MacDon, while parading the suspect at the command headquarters, Ikot Akpan, on Tuesday. He explained that the suspect was arrested based on a petition.

Items recovered from the suspect include five SIM cards, two phones, seven dollars and five yuan.

MacDon explained that the suspect had impersonated the commissioner on Facebook and defrauded unsuspecting members of the public, especially women. Promising women fake jobs, he had got them to have sex with him.

He said, “The suspect, who is a notorious fraudster and sex maniac, confessed to have fraudulently created the Facebook account.

“He used the said account to lure innocent and unsuspecting ladies to hotels, have carnal knowledge of them with a promise to assist them secure jobs while defrauding others of various sums of money running into millions.

He succeeded in luring more than 10 ladies through the fraudulent Facebook account and had sexual intercourse with them at various hotels, while posing as the personal assistant to the honourable commissioner.”

The suspect admitted committing the crime but said he didn’t know what pushed him into the act.

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4 inmates dead after attempted jailbreak

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An attempted jail break at Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile Ife, Osun State was foiled on Tuesday January 4, leading to the death of about four inmates.

The attempted jailbreak was carried out by some of the inmates during the morning sanitation.

The inmates tried to get past the main exit from the prison during sanitation/devotional sessions in the morning, but were stopped by security operatives.

A source told Vanguard “While the inmates were conducting devotional service after a sanitation exercise, few of them began to move closer to the exit gate.

“They were warned by the security operatives but one of them ran towards the gate and was shot by the operatives. Three others also attempted to escape but were brought down by bullets from security operatives.

“The situation is presently under control and normalcy has returned to the facility”

Osun State Comptroller of Corrections, Lanre Amoran has reportedly visited the facility to assess the incident area.

Although Police Public Relations Officer of Osun command, Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident, she said she is yet to obtain the details.

Opalola said “Attempted jailbreak in Ife? It happened but the detais are not available yet. I will get back as soon as I get further briefings.”

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Sylvester Oromoni: Autopsy report shows he was not murdered

Sylvester Oromoni: Autopsy report shows he was not murdered
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The autopsy report which was conducted on the corpse of late Sylvester Oromoni,  alleged victim of bullying, at the Dowen College, Lagos,is out.

The report however, exonerated the school’s House Master and other students  alleged to have a hand in the murder.

Consequently, the suspects who have been in Police custody at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence  Department, Yaba, for over three weeks, were released on bail last week Thursday.

Recall that the deceased, who was a Junior Secondary School 2 student of the school and a boarder, was rushed to his parents home in Warri, Delta State two months ago, due to some injuries he sustained while playing football, according to the school. But his parents claimed that their son revealed that the injuries were inflicted on him by some senior students who wanted to make him join their cult group.

Late Sylvester, died few days before his 12th birthday. He died from internal injuries  which included kidney enlargement.

In the course of investigation into the alleged murder, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, revealed that the autopsy report released did not indicate that late Sylvester was murdered.

He however said that the case was still under investigation, which would included a toxicology test that needed to be conducted  on the corpse.

He said,

We have gone through the medical aspect  which is the post mortem.

Post mortem was carried out in Delta and Lagos states.  The first one done in Delta State was only witnessed by parents of the deceased.

“But after I held a meeting with the parties concerned, at the instance and directive of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu  and my Inspector- General of Police, IGP Alkali Usman Baba, the second post mortem was carried out in Lagos.

“The corpse was brought from Delta State to Lagos, where the Post mortem was carried out with all the parties involved , that is : parents of the deceased, parents of the students accused, the school authority  and government. These were the four parties that witnessed the post mortem. And the result is out.

“The report of the Post Mortem did not bring out the issue of murder on anybody.

“Besides the result of the autopsy, the court order that we got has elapsed  and we have released the house master and others on bail,  because there was nothing that indicted them of murder.

“It is only a murder case that is not bailable. Every other offences are bailable. They have been in custody for more than twenty days and that is infringing on their fundamental human rights. Since medical and legal reports have not indicted them so far, I think there is need to allow them have their freedom because bail is not the end of the case.

“Another forensic test known as toxicology , will be carried out on the corpse”Odumosu informed

The toxicology test would reveal the concoction that was allegedly forced into the deceased mouth which peeled his lips. The test would be conducted abroad.

He explained that “Toxicology test was being done in Nigeria before, precisely at the Lagos State medical facility in Lagos Island. But after the EndASRS crisis, it is conducted outside the country.

“Until that one is effectively done, we won’t know the final report. But with the interim report, nothing showed  murder”, AIG Odumosu stated.

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Police discover illegal security outfit where people are killed, buried in Lagos [PHOTOS]

Police discover illegal security outfit where people are killed, buried in Lagos [PHOTOS]
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The Lagos State Police Command has discovered an illegal security outfit where people are killed and buried in shallow graves in Ikorodu, Lagos.

Three suspects were arrested. They include: Israel  Okon,(42);  Joe Nwoke Charles(35)and Ishola Kazeem,64.

Some human skeletons were found in the outfit. Also found were 8 expended cartridges, eight dummy wooden guns, charms, a banner with the inscription of the name of the outfit  : ‘ Citizen For Peace and First Aid Mission of Nigeria’ and the outfit’s operational  Golf car with plate number USR 158 HP.

One of the human skulls was found with Kazeem , who confessed to be a herbalist.

According to the Commissioner of Police , Lagos State Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu,  who was recently promoted to an  Assistant Inspector General of Police , during the end of the year briefing ,yesterday, at the command headquarters Ikeja, ” Detectives attached to Sagamu busted the camp based on credible intelligence report.

Innocent citizens are arrested , detained and tortured in the illegal security outfit .

Investigation revealed that the illegal outfit was recruiting and training  young Nigerians who were kitted with uniforms and accoutrements similar to those of government agencies in Nigeria.

While clamping down on the camp of the illegal outfit at Sagamu road, at about 10am, on December 11,2021, a shallow grave was discovered where human skeletons including a skull of a victim who was allegedly arrested and tortured to death were found. During investigation, some suspects including a native doctor who is a member of a gang allegedly using the parts of their victims for ritual purposes were arrested”.

However, one of the suspects identified as Okon denied being part of the gang. He claimed to have been invited to work as a private guard in the outfit, only to discover more than what he bargained for.

According to him,” I was deployed to a hotel at Itaruwo,on   Shagamu road , to work as a guard. But I discovered later that they were involved in rituals.

I witnessed the death of only one person. The person was a robber who went to rob at the hotel I was working. Owner of the hotel told our Commander to take the robber to the police station but he took him to our base, where the man died. My Commander told me to dig a grave where the robber was buried. Thereafter, he detained me at the base because he didn’t want  me to expose him.

One week later, our Commander brought out the corpse and cut off its head. He took it to a herbalist”.

The 64-year-old herbalist, Kazeem, admitted to have collected the skull, which he intended to use for concoction for the treatment of migraine and headache that had defiled medical treatment.

AIG Odumosu said the suspects would be charged to court .

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