Crime & City Diary
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How suspended accountant-general received N15bn bribe from oil producing states
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris received a bribe of N15 billion from the nine oil producing states to facilitate the release of the 13 per cent oil derivation. This was one of the offences on the charge sheet as the EFCC arraigned Idris and three others –…
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OP MESA operatives shot dead SS2 student in Abeokuta
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Tragedy struck in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Thursday as security operatives attached to the state’s special security outfit, OP MESA shot dead, an SS2 student of Unity High School, Ago Ika. The student, simply identified as Sadiat was hit by the bullet of one of the OP MESA operatives, whose direct shot missed target.…
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Police bust fake CAC registration centre in Lagos
Men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Lagos State. Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement, said the fake centre located at Jobi Fele Way, Alausa Business District, Alausa, Ikeja was busted after “a tip-off, painstaking background check and verification”. Five suspects manning the center were…
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House of Assembly tasks police on improved security in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, has challenged the State Police Command to confront the rising cases of insecurity in the state. Oluomo specifically tasked the state Police Commissioner to improve its security architecture through operational surveillance to address the prevailing security situations, especially the incessant cases of armed robbery…
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Four men gang-raped Lagos schoolgirl for five days
A 15-year-old teenager who went missing last Friday, has been found five days after she was allegedly abducted, drugged and raped by four men in the Igando area of Lagos State.The victim’s father, Tony said his daughter had just finished sitting her West African Senior Secondary School Examination and was on her way to church when she was abducted.Tony revealed…
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Cairo based man dies after being set on fire by jealous fiancée in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A Cairo-based businessman, Bolu Bamidele has died after he was set ablaze by his jealous fiancée, Ifeoluwa Akanji over alleged extra marital affair. Bolu, who was rushed to the hospital immediately after the incident, reportedly gave up the ghost at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan after hours of excruciating pain. It was gathered that Bolu…
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Police apprehend woman in Ogun at naming ceremony of day old baby stolen in Ondo
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure The Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday arrested one Funmilayo Mogbojuri at Sagamu in Ogun State for allegedly stealing a day old baby from Sabo area of Okitipupa. The suspect, who spoke in Yoruba language confessed to the offence and pleaded for forgiveness. She said she could not ascertain the spirit that entered her to have…
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Siblings arraign for impersonating police officers
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Osun State Police Command has dragged two brothers to an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ court for allegedly impersonating men of the Nigeria Police Force and extorting members of the public. The siblings, Akilou Siddo, aged 44, and Habib Siddo, 30, were charged on three count-charge bordering on impersonation, fraud and unlawful possession of police uniform. Police prosecutor,…
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Court convicts man for $69,000 scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) has secured the conviction of one Kelvin Tobe Igboamaeze before Justice M. Zubairu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kurudu, Abuja on a four count charge bordering on cheating by impersonation.This was made known in a statement on the Commission’s website on Tuesday. Count one of the charge reads: “That you,…
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EFCC extradites FBI wanted $3.5m internet fraud suspect to US
A wire fraud suspect, Fatade Idowu Olamilekan on wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was on Thursday July 14, 2022, extradited to the United States for allegedly stealing over $3.5million worth of equipment in various cities across the US. His extradition was coordinated by the EFCC following a notice from FBI New York, through the US Legal…
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