CRIME
After Court Ordered Final Forfeiture Of His Property, Okorocha Speaks
Former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has reacted to the final forfeiture of his properties said to be acquired through “illegal means” by an Owerri High court. In a statement sent to ABN TV, signed by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha attacked the presiding Judge, Justice Fred Njemanze, accusing him of ‘Bias’. The statement read; “SUBJECT: JUSTICE FRED NJEMANZE OF...
Suspected Killer Of Super TV CEO, Chidinma Remanded In Prison
Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300 level Mass Communication Department student of the University of Lagos accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has been remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services. A Lagos State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Yaba area gave the order on Monday when she and one Adedapo Quadri were...
Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Properties ‘Illegally Acquired’ By Okorocha
An Owerri High Court has ordered the final forfeiture of properties said to be acquired through “illegal means” by the former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha. The forfeited properties are listed in the Imo state Government white paper report on the recovery of lands and other related matters. In February, the court had ordered the interim forfeiture of all the properties...
Niger State Commissioner For Information Abducted
Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mallam Idris Mohammed has been abducted by gunmen and taken to an unknown destination. The Commissioner was abducted by heavily armed men suspected to be bandits from his residence at Baban Tunga, Tafa local government area of the state on Sunday night. The gunmen said to be numbering about 20, stormed the residence of...
Nemesis: Suspected Ritualist K*lled By Juju Man He Met For Help, Body Parts Used For Ritual
Two herbalists have narrated how a customer who came to do a money ritual was k*lled in Osun. A herbalist, Faseun Afolabi, 40, said one 35-year-old Ayo approached him for a money ritual. But according to him, he had not done it before. He said he approached another herbalist friend, Fadare Afolabi, 38, who told him to use Ayo for their...
We Raped Delta Pepper Dealer, Cut Off And Sold Body Parts For N100,000 — Suspect
Following the raid of criminal elements arraigned from different axis of Delta State, Commissioner of Police, Ali Muhammed Ari has urged the public to work with security agencies to curb insecurity. During the parade of criminals involved in different illicit activities, a murder suspect, Onoriode Simon, confessed how, in connivance with a fleeing suspect, Akpoghene, who is a shoemaker, raped...
Robbers Asked Customers To Go Out Before Attacking Osun Bank — Eyewitness
Eyewitnesses on Friday told City Round that armed robbers that attacked two commercial banks in Iree, Osun State, walked customers out of the premises before they attacked the banks. Three of those who were on the premises of the United Bank for Africa and Access Bank located side by side on Iree/Ikirun road, also told City Round that the robbers...
Hard Times For Cultists As Police Inaugurate Anti-Cultism Squad In Bayelsa, Arrest 30
Following what it called esurgence of cult related activities and clashes in the State, most especially in Yenagoa and its environs, the Bayelsa State Police Command has announced the inauguration of a Special Squad to confront cultists and violent criminals in the State. PPRO of the command, SP Asinim Butswat in a release obtained by ABN TV says this is...
IPOB Sit-At-Home Order: We’ll Deal With Hoodlums Attempting To Disrupt Peace In Abia — CP Warns
Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Janet Agbede has assured the people of the State that her office in collaboration with other security agencies are working to ensure that they go about their normal businesses without fear of harassment or intimidation. The CP in a statement she personally endorsed and made available to ABN TV vowed that the security...
Gunmen Kill One, Set DPO Office, Admin Block Ablaze In Ebonyi Police Station Attack
Another policeman has been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen in Ebonyi State. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday as the gunmen invaded Obiozara police station in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state. The gunmen who invaded the station at about 3 am, set ablaze the office of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and...
