CRIME
Insecurity: Abia Lawmaker, Okoroafor Urges Police To Increase Efforts
Member representing Isuikwuato state constituency, Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Emeka Okoroafor has urged the state command of the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to increase efforts in tackling the menace of insecurity in his constituency and across the state. He accused the police of not demonstrating the much-needed commitment to curtail the growing cases of kidnapping,...
How Businessman Poured Apprentice Acid, Locked Him Up For 3 Months Without Treatment
An apprentice, identified simply as Ifeanyi, is in pain after his boss, identified simply as Anaayo, allegedly bathed him in acid and detained him for over three months without treatment at their place of residence in the Lekki area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Anaayo, who owns Ayocity Surgicals, was taking stock of his goods at his shop...
Dismissed Police Constable To Die By Hanging Over Extra-Judicial Killing
A Criminal High Court of Justice sitting in Benin City, has sentenced to death by hanging, a dismissed Police Constable, Joseph Omotosho, attached to the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Edo State Police command. This sentence is coming after five and a half years of waiting for justice by the family of Benson Obodeh, a car dealer, who was arrested...
For Getting Another Lady Impregnated, Woman Kills Lover, Self
Two lovers identified as Ufuoma and Mathilda Atidja were reportedly found dead at the Amukpe area of Sapele in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta state on Friday morning. Sources say the death of the duo was a case of death occasioned by jealousness. On Friday morning, the bodies of Ufuoma and Mathilda were found dead with reports alleging that the...
Robbery Gang Operating With Keke NAPEP Nabbed In Abia (Photos, Video)
A four-man robbery gang who operate in Ohafia LGA with a tricycle, popularly known as Keke NAPEP have been arrested by vigilante men in Ebem Ohafia, Ohafia Abia state, ABN TV reports. They met their waterloo on Saturday during the burial of Friday Arunsi, a native of the community who was last year extra-judicially killed by...
Lekki Toll Gate: You Ought To Secure Not Arrest Protesters, Atiku Tells Police
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the arrest of some protesters by the police in the Lekki area of Lagos State. In a statement on Saturday following the arrest of the youths at the Lekki tollgate, he decried that the police abandoned their responsibility of protecting the protesters. “The 1999 Nigerian Constitution, as amended (Section 40) guarantees the right of...
Insecurity: Isuikwuato Traditional Rulers Worried But Can’t Speak For Fear Of Being Sacked — Abia Lawmaker
Hon. Barr. Emeka Okoroafor, member representing Isuikwuato state constituency in Abia State House of Assembly has said traditional rulers are worried over the spate of insecurity on his constituency in particular and Abia in general. He also said they can't speak up for fear of being sacked from the throne, maintaining that that is how much the traditional institution has...
More Protesters Arrive At Lekki Tollgate, Arrested
About 15 new protesters have arrived at the Lekki tollgate to express their dissatisfaction with the ruling of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on the reopening of the toll gate. Soldiers had on October 20, 2020, fired live ammunition at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza, leaving many injured. ABN TV gathered that over 30 protesters have so far...
Despite Presence of Area Command, Military Base We Live In Fear, Abia Lawmaker Weeps
Hon. Barr. Emeka Okoroafor, member representing Isuikwuato state constituency has expressed sadness that the presence of military formation and police area command on his constituency, their security has not improved. He said his constituency had more sense of security when these federal agencies were not in place, wondering why insecurity has continued to take a more precarious dimension. Speaking with ABN...
56-Year-Old Man Arrested For Allegedly Raping And Impregnating 14-Year-Old Girl
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 56-year-old man, Remi Oladiti, who claims to be a lawyer, for allegedly drugging, raping and impregnating a 14-year old girl in Bodija area of Ibadan. The State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Thursday, said the victim was sent on an errand when Oladiti accosted her and gave...
