Crime & City Diary
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Police arrest 84 years old for raping 8-year old minor in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta An 84 years old man, Stephen Jack has been arrested by police operatives in Ogun State for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an eight-year old minor in Ijebu-Ode. This was disclosed on Saturday by Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Ogun State Police Command, Abeokuta, Abimbola Oyeyemi, The suspect who resides in Okun-Owa area of Ijebu Ode…
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Three police Inspectors abducted in Ogun regain freedom
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The three police Inspectors abducted by suspected kidnappers on Wednesday in Ogun State have regained their freedom. This was contained in a statement by Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun State Police Command. He explained that, the three victims were kidnapped at Wasinmi along Abeokuta – Lagos road in Ewekoro Local Government Area by…
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Three trapped, two rescued as 3-storey building collapses in Lagos
Three people were reportedly trapped as a 3-storey building collapsed at Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, Mushin, Lagos State on Friday. WesternPost gathered that two victims have been rescued, while three female occupants were still under the debris of the building as at time of filing this report. Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu,…
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Court remands district head, 2 sons for alleged kidnapping
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a district head, Ibrahim Ahmed, and his two sons over their alleged involvement in kidnapping. Ahmad, 55, who is the Magaji Alase of Ilorin and his sons, Ibrahim,18, and Mohammed,15, were arraigned before the court on two count-charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping…
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BREAKING: Gridlock as truck falls on Lagos road
A truck loaded with metal scrap on Thursday fell and spilled its contents at Pipeline Bus Stop at Isheri-Idimu area of Lagos. The incident which happened at about 9am in front of the Area M Command of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), resulted in gridlock along the axis to Egbeda area. Officials from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (…
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Drama as lawyer disowns client during court proceeding
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo There was mild drama at the Magistrate A.K Ajala’s court sitting in Osogbo on Tuesday when a lawyer, Taiwo Awokunle, disowned his client during proceeding. The defendant, Kazeem Oseni was arraigned on charges bothering on stealing, fraud and threat to life. When the first two-count charge of land fraud and stealing worth N1,071,000, was read to…
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My tweet not endorsing assaults of civilians by officers-FPPRO
Force Police Public Relations Officer (FPPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said the intention of his tweet was misquoted, saying that it was not in anyway endorsing assaults on civilians by policemen. Adejobi on Saturday, while reacting to a viral video where two men were seen wrestling with an armed officer had tweeted that “even if a policeman on uniform slaps…
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You can’t retaliate if policeman slaps you, says Adejobi
No Nigerian has the right to confront a policeman or retaliate even if slapped, according to the Police Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Speaking through his Twitter account, the Force PRO advised any such victim of Police brutality to rather file a complaint with the law enforcement agency. He was reacting to a viral video of a man…
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BREAKING: Evans gets 21-year jail term for kidnapping
Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, have been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court sentenced the duo to jail on Monday. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at…
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EFCC arrests siblings, 14 others for alleged internet fraud in Ilorin
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 16 persons over alleged cases of cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds in Ilorin. They were arrested on Thursday, September 15, 2022 following credible intelligence worked upon by the Commission. The suspects, including two siblings: Ahmed Ismail and Toheeb Ismail,…
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