Crime & City Diary
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Osun NSCDC arrests 40-yr-old man for impersonation, fraud
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), Osun State command has arrested a 40-year old Awolumate Bola for impersonation and obtaining money under false pretense. Corps Commandant in the state, Sunday Agboola, in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Olabisi Atanda said the suspect was arrested on the 25th July, 2022 at Oke Abesu, Osogbo. According…
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Woman in court for beating brother’s wife in Lagos
A 29-year-old woman, Oluchi Mbadugha, has been arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court Lagos State, for allegedly beating up her brother’s wife, Christian Precious.The charge reads in part: “That you, Oluchi Mbadugha, on May 12, 2022, around 9.30am on Sunday Farm Estate, Dopemu, Agege, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully inflict wound on one Christian Precious by cutting her…
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Police Inspector, one kidnapper killed in gun battle in Osun
…four others arrested By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A police Inspector and a suspected kidnapper were killed in gun battle during a failed kidnapping attempt of two foreign miners in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday. The incident, which happened at Aruwa village via Ifewara community, also led to the arrest of four suspected kidnappers. The kidnappers…
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Officer killed as gunmen attack Ondo police station
Temitope Adedeji, Akure Gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked Okuta Elerinla Police Division in Akure, the Ondo State capital, leaving an officer dead. The state police command confirmed the attack in a statement by the image maker of the force, Funmilayo Odunlami. The dead officer’s name was given as Temenu Boluwaji, who was hit by bullets and died…
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Gunmen kill Lagos-based businessman in Kwara
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Gunmen have murdered a Lagos based businessman, Biola Osundiya said to be in his forties, who came to Ilorin, Kwara State to spend time with his family in a yet to be unraveled circumstance. The incident, it was gathered, occurred around past 6:00pm on Wednesday when he was trailed to one of the drinking spots besides…
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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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