Category: Crime

Three Motorcycle Robbers Arrested In Ogun

Men of Ogun state Police Command, on the 5th of December 2022 arrested three members of a robbery syndicate, who specialized in snatching motorcycle from the owners.

The suspects, Daniel Akapo,27 years, Idowu Ajao Sunday, 20 years and Dare Olusegun 24 years, were arrested following a distress call received by policemen attached to Ago Iwoye divisional headquarters, that a motorcyclist, one Shefiu Moshood was being attacked by two men who pretended as passengers and asked him to take them to Oke Erigba village on his motorcycle.

The two suspects suddenly stopped him along the road, and told him that they were not going again.
They pretended as if they wanted to give him money only to bring out powdered grinded pepper and robbed it on the eyes of the rider, with the view to snatch the motorcycle from him.

While he was struggling with them, a battle axe fell down from the suspects’ bag, which the victim picked to attack them back.
While the struggling was going on, the DPO Ago Iwoye division, SP Noah Adekanye, arrived at the scene with his men and some OPC men. On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels but they were hotly chased and the duo of Daniel Akapo and Idowu Sunday were apprehended.

On interrogation they confessed to the commission of the crime, and they informed the police that, it was one Dare Olusegun who asked them to go and snatched motorcycle with the promise that he would help them to sell it somewhere in Ibadan.

Thier confession led them to the arrest of the said Date Olusegun, who also corroborated the statements of the arrested suspects. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police, CP Lanre S. Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the state criminal investigation department for discreet investigation

The police in Lagos state have arrested a young lady identified as Esther Paul, pictured above, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Sadiq Owolabi Dahiru, to death at Oba Amusa Street Agungi, Lekki in the early hours of today November 20.

According to police sources, the stepfather of the deceased, Kazeem Obafunso, reported at the Ilasan police station that Esther stabbed his 21-year-old stepson. Police officers were drafted to the scene where they moved the deceased to the Evercare hospital in Lekki phase 1 where he was confirmed dead by the doctors.

Esther was immediately arrested while the knife she allegedly used to commit the crime, was recovered.

The body of the deceased has been deposited at the IDH Mortuary, Yaba for preservation and autopsy.

A video has surfaced showing an American, Shanquella Robinson, 25, who was on a trip to Mexico being beaten up by another lady, moments before she was declared dead.

Robinson, whose name has emerged as one of the top trends on the Internet on Thursday was seen being beaten while naked in a new video from the trip she took with friends. Her friends had claimed she died from alcohol poisoning, reports according to Daily Mail.

One of Robinson’s friends called her parents to tell them she was unwell and claimed that she was intoxicated with alcohol. A doctor eventually showed up at the villa and attempted to revive Robinson before declaring her dead at 3:00 p.m. local time

An autopsy report that was obtained by Robinson’s parents indicates her neck was broken. Robinson was buried over the weekend.

Dr Chukwu Emeka, the Controller of the Command, disclosed this during a news conference in Seme, Lagos State.

“Ghana’s Financial and Intelligence Agency accused them of cyber crime but from our preliminary investigation, we discovered that some of them were lured into these criminal activities due to the get-rich syndrome our youths are developing.

“Some of them are victims in the sense that they were deceived that they can make money if they leave Nigeria. Unfortunately, they don’t get the actual thing they bargained for in Ghana.

“Further investigation also showed that most of them left the country through illegal routes or through the sea to other West African countries.

“We also discovered that most of them travelled without genuine travel documents, so when they got to Ghana they became prey to the authorities.

One of the deportees, Richard Paska, a 24-year-old graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, said that he was lured to Ghana by the promise of a good job.

“My father had to look for money to let me go in February 2021, so that I could start a job. The job was a networking business, but when I arrived in Ghana, the story changed.

A 36 year-old Nigerian, John Lyon, has been nabbed after a N70 million ransom payment was allegedly traced to his bank account.
In a viral video, John Lyon allegedly confesses of being involved in only two kidnappings.

In the video, Lyon was stripped and left with a boxer short only. He was surrounded by men who appeared to be plain clothes police detectives.

He confessed to participating in only two kidnappings in the video while pleading for forgiveness. But another man countered him, claiming to have been his victim. He said he would testify against him in court.

Those who know John Lyon said he is a millionaire based in Abuja. That he was an ex – banker with one of the big banks in Nigeria. That he uses the name Lyon Interior as a cover up for illicit crime activities.

Another photo of Lyon during a church service also reveals that he is a deeply religious man. He could be observed in the still photograph engaging in a passionate prayer.

The police in Kwara state have arrested a 23-year-old man, Ibrahim Hassan, pictured above for allegedly k!llling his 90-year-old father, Sabi Ibrahim, in the Ajibesin area, along Okolowo Ilorin so as to have access to his bank account.

The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Okansanmi Ajayi, who confirmed this to newsmen, said on August 5, one Aishat Ibrahim visited the police and reported that her 90-year-old dad was missing.

He said an investigation into the matter led to the arrest of Ibrahim who is the biological son of the missing old man.

“During investigation, the suspect confessed to have administered paracetamol injection mixed with other substances on his father, who became weak and dizzy immediately after the injection, this he did after coming from the bank where he took his father to renew and collect his ATM card. took the father on a motorcycle he borrowed to convey his father to an isolated uncompleted building and strangulated his father to death, he dug a shallow grave where he buried his father after dispossessing him of the Bank ATM card they went to the bank to collect.”Ajayi said

The police spokesperson mentioned that the suspect escaped to Kaduna state and started withdrawing from his late father’s account.

He withdrew a total sum of N59,000. He stated further that the purpose of killing his father was to dispossess him of the ATM card since he already know the pin. He also sold the borrowed motorcycle and eloped to Kaduna state where he was eventually arrested.
The ATM card and the stolen motorcycle have been recovered.
Suspect would soon be charged to court.”Ajayi added

The Governor of Anambra State Prof Chukwuma Soludo has Suspended the newly appointed Transition Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area Hon Mbaulike Iloka for allegedly beaten his wife to death on Sunday.

It was alleged that Hon. Mbazulike’s wife caught him when he picked some young ladies she suspected to be his side chick at the event they attended on Saturday evening, which she tried to stop him but to no avail.

According to the family members and friends of late Mrs. Chidiebere Iloka, they disclosed that he beat his wife to death over an heated argument between the couples on Sunday morning because of what happened at the event they attended on Saturday evening.

Hon. Mbazulike, in his own account says she slumped and died , a report that is being disputed in some quarters by friends and family members of the late Mrs Chidibere who had earlier reported several cases of Domestic Violence and a repeat of same that Sunday morning that lead to her death.

Family sources hinted that when they arrived at the scene, they found Chidiebere’s corpse on the ground with marks of bruises and cuts on her body.

33-year-old suspected ritualist, Volt Blessing Gabriel, who was arrested by the police for allegedly beheading his one year and eight-month-old son, Godspower Gabriel, claims he had a dream where he was told that his action will make him wealthy.

It was reported that Gabriel took the boy from his wife, went to Etinabobo bush in Edo state and cut off the head of the little boy with an hand saw.

The Delta State Police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in statement said on Saturday, June 25 at about 10.30am, one Mrs Success Oduwa, 24, of Peanuts junction, Obeh in Edo State, discovered that she has not seen their child since the morning of June 24, and started troubling the husband as to the whereabouts of the child.

The husband told her that the child is with his sister in Warri. On getting to Warri, she stated that she discovered the husband was lying to her, hence her suspicion. She reported to the Commander, Quick Response Squad, that she is suspecting her husband named, Volt Blessing Gabriel (m) age 33yrs of same address, to have killed their child named Godspower Gabriel (m) aged one year and eight months for ritual purposes.

The Commander RRS detailed operatives who swung into action, arrested the husband and handed him over to the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri for further investigation.

Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to have murdered the said child at Ewabogun bush by catholic road, Benin city using hand saw to cut off the head and buried it by a palm tree in the bush and threw away the headless body of the child.”

When quizzed on why he carried out the dastard act, the suspect was quoted as saying that he killed the child because of a dream he had where he saw a man who told him that if he kills the child, and uses the child’s blood to rub his head, he will become rich.

As of the time of filling this report, the suspect is currently in police custody.

An Ondo State High Court has sentenced three out of four suspected killers of the 58-year-old daughter of the national leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Mrs Funke Olakunri, to death by hanging.

They include Muhammed Shehu Usman, Adamu Adamu,and Lawal Mazaje.