CRIME
Alleged Corruption: Court Refuses To Grant Extradition Order Against Alison-Madueke
The Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down the application to extradite the former Minister of Petroleum, Deizani Alison-Madueke from the United Kingdom. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu refused the application on the grounds that the evidence in support to prove that the earlier court summon granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had failed in the extradition of...
Escaped Edo Prison Inmate Kills Neighbour Who Testified Against Him In Court
One of the 1,993 inmates who escaped during the jailbreaks at Oko and Benin prisons in Edo state has been arrested for murder. ABN TV had reported how the inmates fled the prisons during the crisis that trailed the #EndSARS crisis. While parading 126 suspected criminals on Wednesday, Babatunde Kokumo, Edo commissioner of police, said 10 of the suspects were the...
“DCP Abba Kyari Extorted Over N41m From Me” — Businessman Petitions Judicial Panel
Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police (DCP), has been accused of extorting over N41 million from Afeez Mojeed, a Lagos-based businessman. The extortion, Mojeed claimed, was done in 2014 when Kyari was officer in charge of the now-disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Lagos. In a series of petitions between 2016 and 2018, Mojeed sought justice through the Independent Corrupt...
Fulani Herdsman Not Planning Attack On Abians, Says CP Agbede
The Abia state Commissioner of Police CP Janet Agbede dispelled rumours that Fulani are grouping to launch an attack on Abians. Addressing a press conference in Umuahia, the state capital on Wednesday the CP described the rumour as false. She said “This rumor is not only false but the Handwork of those intending to cause more tension and confusion across the...
Fulani Herdsman Not Planning Attack On Abians, Says CP Agbede
The Abia state Commissioner of Police CP Janet Agbede dispelled rumours that Fulani are grouping to launch an attack on Abians. Addressing a press conference in Umuahia, the state capital on Wednesday the CP described the rumour as false. She said “This rumor is not only false but the Handwork of those intending to cause more tension and confusion across the...
#EndSARS Protesters Killed 2 Policemen, Looted 5 Banks, Burnt 102 Vehicles— Abia CP Alleges (Photos)
The Commissioner of Police in Abia state, CP Janet Agbede has alleged that the #EndSARS protesters in the state killed two policemen, out of which one was burnt to ashes and the other beheaded. The Abia CP also said the incident which took place in the state on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, had the policemen robbed of their arms. ABN TV...
#EndSARS Protesters Killed 2 Policemen, Looted 5 Banks, Burnt 102 Vehicles — Abia CP Alleges (Photos, Video)
The Commissioner of Police in Abia state, CP Janet Agbede has alleged that the #EndSARS protesters in the state killed two policemen, out of which one was burnt to ashes and the other beheaded. The Abia CP also said the incident which took place in the state on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, had the policemen robbed of their arms. ABN TV...
SARS Detained Me For 47 Days, Extracted My Teeth – Victim Tells Lagos Judicial Panel
A middle-aged man, Okoli Aguwu, says he spent about one and a half months in the detention of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). He disclosed this on Tuesday at the opening session of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the...
Police Arrest Mastermind Behind Looting Of International Conference Centre, Recover Looted Items (Photos)
The Nigeria Police Force in Cross River State has confirmed the arrest of 80 hoodlums including the mastermind of Calabar International Conference Centre, CICC looting. According to the Commissioner of Police, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh, over 1000 items, including customised chairs, chillers, customised designer carpets have been recovered from the search and retrieve hunting so far. Jimoh who disclosed this on Monday,...
Papers Filed Against Tinubu, Alpha Beta Got Burnt During Mob Attack On Lagos Court
Tade Ipadeola, counsel to Dapo Apara, a former managing director of Alpha Beta Consulting, a tax firm, says the originating summons filed at Igbosere high court, Lagos, against Bola Tinubu, former governor of the state, and the company, have been burnt. ABN TV had reported how the court was overrun by hoodlums who carted away files and equipment after vandalising...
