CRIME
Delta Teenager Who Faked Own Kidnap, Demanded N2m Ransom From Parents Arrested
A teenager, who faked his own kidnap with his friends and demanded the sum of N2m from his parents as ransom has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Friday. He said, “The suspect, Ade Segun, planned his own kidnapped alongside two of his...
She’s My Girlfriend, Says Doctor Arrested For Sedating, Raping Patient
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, on Friday, paraded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly sedating and raping a nurse. The suspect was reportedly performing an operation on the nurse in his hospital in Ilorin, Kwara State, when the incident happened. Joseph, the Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Sawmill, Ilorin, was among 13 suspects paraded before...
NYSC Member In Police Net For Rape After Tricking Victim With Promise Of Birthday Gift
A Youth Corp member, Adebola Sodiq, was on Friday, arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for raping a 20-year-old girl (name withheld). The Ogun State command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta. According to Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba divisional headquarters by the victim, who reported that the Corp...
Four Bankers Land In Police Net For Killing Debtor’s Wife
Four staff members of a Microfinance Bank are presently in the Police net for the alleged murder of a debtor’s wife in Ogun state. The staff members of ZEFA Microfinance Bank, Abule Ijoko Lemode of Ifo Local Government Area of the state, were arrested on May 10 over the death of 50 years old Vivian Omo, wife to one of...
Woman Killed In Abuja While Separating Fight Between Two Sons
A woman identified as Zainab Ibrahim has died while separating a fight that ensued between her two sons, Inusa and Usman. Although the cause of the fight could not be ascertained, Inusa, it was gathered was said to have mistakenly macheted her mother on her left hand. The incident happened on Saturday at the Kpaduma II area of Asokoro in the...
Assault On Policeman: Seun Kuti Turns Self In To Police
Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, submitted himself to the Lagos State Police Command on Monday morning over investigation into his alleged assault on a policeman. He reported to the police in the company of his lawyer and a family member, spokesman for the police command, Benjamin Hundeyin said on Monday. Hundeyin said Seun is now at the State Criminal Investigation Department...
Amotekun Operatives Torture Ogun Teenager To Death Over N500
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps have allegedly tortured a 14-year-old boy identified as Ayomide Adeghalu to death. The incident happened at Ondo town in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. ABN TV gathered that Ayomide, who was living with his stepmother in the Ogbonkowo area of Odojomu in Ondo town,...
Man Electrocuted While Reconnecting Electricity In Abia (Photos, Video)
Chinwendu Samuel Mark, a 26-year-old man, has died of electrocution while reportedly trying to illegally reconnect electricity disconnected by operatives of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) Plc in Umuahia, Abia State, ABN TV reports. Chinwendu Mark, popularly known as Oku Na Wire Mark died on Saturday at Warri Street in Umuahia while performing the task. ABN TV gathered that the...
Police Break Silence On Why Seun Kuti Was Handcuffed
Son of music legend, late Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti, who turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Headquarters, Ikeja, yesterday, has been detained at the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, SCIID, Yaba, Lagos, former Panti. Seun arrived the Police State Command about 8a.m. He was taken into custody and hand-cuffed. He spent about two hours at the command...
Court Sentences Three To Death For Stealing Powerbank, Charger, and Sandals In Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The defendants, Omotayo Deji (23), Chidiebere Ifeanyin (25) and Bolaji Usman (28), were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on January 21, 2020, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. The charge reads that the defendants on “May...
