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  • #EndSARS: Edo Panel orders arrest of retired CSP over student’s killing

    #EndSARS: Edo Panel orders arrest of retired CSP over student’s killing

    The Edo State Judicial Panel of Enquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses has ordered the arrest of a retired Chief Superintended of Police (CSP) Carol Afegbai for failing to appear before it to explain her alleged complicity in the murder of a 500 Level student of University of Benin, Ibrahim Momodu in 2015.

    At the resumed sitting of the panel on Tuesday, a member of the panel, named A. B. Thomas said that Afegbai who was then Divisional Police Officer of Ogida police station when Momodu was killed has no right not to have appeared before the panel to explain her roles in the killing if she has nothing to hide from the public.

    Thomas argued that if the court had not tried her then when the case was first instituted, it was because she was not included in the suit but added that as it is now; she is a party to the case.

    According to him “That we ordered her arrest and that she should be brought to this court here. If she was not arrested in the high court, if she was not arrested in the court of Appeal, it is because she was not a party. It was state versus the man who pulled the trigger, but before us here, she is a member to the party and if we just go ahead to conclude my Lord, it will seem she is above the law.

    “Therefore, we summon the Commissioner of Police to produce Mrs. Carol Afegbai before this panel”, he said.

    In her ruling, Chairman of the panel, Justice Ada Ehigiamusoe (rtd) ordered the immediate arrest of Carol Afegbai.

    She said “Earlier, the panel had summoned the respondent to appear before this panel in today’s proceedings and it is on record that she has failed to do so.

    “It is of the view, therefore, of this panel that the respondent having failed to appear before the said panel, a warrant of arrest should be issued against her to appear before the said panel.

    “Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that a warrant of arrest be issued forthwith on the said respondent who is named Carol Afegbai who shall appear before this panel following the order of this panel on the 9th day of December 2020”, she said.

    The late Ibrahim Momodu was a 500 Level student of Faculty of Laboratory Science, University of Benin at the time he was killed, close to his family house at No 1, Igbobaewaye Street, off Siluko road by Textile Mill junction.

  • Again, Evans murder trial stalled

    Again, Evans murder trial stalled

    The trials of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chuckwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and others yesterday stalled at Special Offences section of Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja due to absence of his lawyer and a prosecution witness.

    The two trials running side by side before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, are for the alleged kidnap of a businessman, Mr Sylvanus Ahamonu, the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors and killing of his police orderly.

    During proceedings for the Ahamonu’s case, the prosecuting counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule informed the court that the next prosecution witness scheduled to testify was absent.

    “This matter is slated for continuation of trial. My lord, our witness is not in court, I will be praying the court to issue a Witness Summons in respect of the witness,” Sule said.

    Mr Emeka Anyanwu, who was representing Evans’ lead defence counsel, Mr Victor Okpara, also informed the court that Okpara was unavoidably absent as he had an urgent matter in Abuja.

  • Oyo NSCDC arrest man for murder in Ogbomoso

    Oyo NSCDC arrest man for murder in Ogbomoso

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) Oyo State Command Agro Rangers Squad Ogbomoso Zone has arrested a 27-year-old farmer, Abraham Alamu, for murder.

    The suspect, a native of Ogbomoso South was arrested after he had escaped from the scene of the offence at Oko Oba, Elega, Orire Local Government Area where he brutalized the victim Shuaib Adamu a Fulani man of Elega Village, Ikoyi Ogbomoso for grazing his cattles on his farm.

    The Commandant of Corp in Oyo State Iskilu Akinsanya disclosed that the suspect evaded arrest on 21st of August and ran to unknown destination before officers of Agro Rangers Squad stationed at Ogbomoso tracked him down in the town.

    Items recovered from the suspect at the time of the arrest include Carpenter working tools: Scissors, Hammer, Saw, Nail remover, Mosquito net, 3 ATM cards, Two apprentice identification card, cloth, Bible, toothbrush and Purse.

    Akinsanya commended residents of Oyo State for providing timely information to the Corps in other to nip crime in the bud while he warned against jungle justice.

    He assured the good people of Oyo state of adequate of adequate security in collaboration with sister agencies

    The suspect has been handed over to the Oyo State Police Command for further investigation and prosecution.

  • Man, 86, stabs wife, 77, to death in Imo

    Man, 86, stabs wife, 77, to death in Imo

    An 86 year-old former Director General of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Mr. T.C. Okere has allegedly stabbed his wife to death.

    The deceased, 77, was a retiree of the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo.

    It was gathered that the ugly incident occurred Monday morning, in Imerienwe community, in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State.

    Though details of the incident remained unclear as of the time of filing this report, but the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu confirmed the incident, but no detailed information.

    According to Ikeokwu, Police will soon commence investigations into the unfortunate incident.

    It was learnt that the man was suffering from ‘advanced dementia’.

    According to family sources, he did not know that he had killed his wife.

    One of the sources said, “He (Pa Okere) was having advanced dementia and everyone within the village knows his health condition. He didn’t know that he had killed his wife because when he was asked about her, he said she was sleeping.

    “We took him to the hospital; they said we should come after the pandemic. So we couldn’t take him to the hospital because of this Coronavirus. You know how hospitals react to cases like this”.

    Another source told newsmen that few weeks ago the man had gone to the village church, reporting that his vehicle had been stolen while the car was parked in the house.

  • Police Arrest Killers Of Chief Fasoranti’s Daughter, Funke Olakunrin

    Police Arrest Killers Of Chief Fasoranti’s Daughter, Funke Olakunrin

    The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Thursday confirmed the arrest of four men suspected to have murdered Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.

    According to a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, those arrested were Lawal Mazaje, 40 years from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50 years from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Shehu Usman, 26 years from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25 years from Shinkafi area of

    On Monday, April 6,, Afenifere, through its spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, had announced that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police had arrested some suspects over the murder of the woman.

    On July 12, 2019, Mrs Olakunrin was murdered between Kajola and Ore along the Ondo-Ore road in Ondo State and immediately after the incident was reported, the Inspector General deployed the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), CP Fimihan Adeoye, to coordinate the team of Police Special Forces and seasoned investigators from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Federal SARS, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) from the Force Headquarters, Abuja to carry out manhunt for the killers with the aim of arresting and bringing them to justice.

    The statement said after months of efforts to apprehend the suspected killers, the police team, on March 4 during a follow-up action on a case of an armed robbery and kidnap for ransom that occurred in Ogun State, arrested one Auwal Abubakar, an accessory after the fact of the crime along the Sagamu-Ore highway in Ondo State.

    The arrest of Auwal Abubakar led to the arrest of two other members of the gang, Mohammed Shehu Usman and Lawal Mazaje in Benin, Edo State, from whom cache of ammunition was recovered and one other Adamu Adamu in Akure, Ondo State.

    The statement said having established sufficient physical and forensic evidence linking the suspects to the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the investigators, determined toclear all doubts relating to their findings, and so on April 8, it conducted an identification parade at the Federal SARS Headquarters, Lagos which led to the identification of three suspects; Adamu Adamu, Lawal Mazaje and Mohammed Shehu Usman by a survivor of the earlier crime.

    The statement said: “The survivor gave a clear description of the roles each of the identified suspects played in the killing. At this point, the suspects capitulated andvoluntarily offered a no-holds-barred confession on how Mrs Funke Olakunrin was killed.

    “Investigations so far revealed that the operation that led to the killing was carried out by eight fully-armed kidnap/robbery suspects led by one Tambaya (other name unknown) who is currently at large.

    “While four of the suspects are in custody, effort is being intensified to arrest the fourin custody, effort is being intensified to arrest the four others still on the run. The eight-man gang has their operational base and membership spread in the southwestern part of the country and Edo State.

    “Investigations also revealed that they were responsible for series of high-profile armed robbery and kidnap operations in the region. They also attacked, vandalised and stole components of critical national infrastructure such as electrical and

    “Consequently, the Inspector General of Police has declared the principal suspect, Tambaya (other names unknown) wanted for his involvement in the death of Mrs Funke Olakunrin. Tambaya, a Nigerian, speaks Hausa, Fulfulde and pidgin English languages.

    He is fair in complexion and in his late 20s – between the age of 27 and 30. His last known address is Isanlu, Kogi State.

  • Teenage girl stabs boyfriend to death over N3000

    Teenage girl stabs boyfriend to death over N3000

    A teenager, Miss Idowu Abosede, has been arrested by the Police in Ogun State for stabbing her boyfriend, Aliyu Ibrahim, to death with a kitchen knife.

    It was learnt that following an argument between the two of them over N3000 the girl took from where her boyfriend kept it, Aliyu pulled a knife to compel her to return it but she was unyielding and as they struggled over the control of the knife, the girl wrested it from Aliyu and stabbed him on the chest.

    He was said to have dropped to the ground and died afterwards.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a release stated that one Seriki Huasa in Sagamu alerted the Police that the suspect and her deceased boyfriend were arguing over N3,000 which resulted in a fight that ended the life of the deceased.

    Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP), added that the Seriki reported that the two were dragging a knife with each other and eventually the girl used the knife to stab the boyfriend on his chest which resulted to his death.

    The Police Spokesman explained that the Divisional Police Officer Sagamu, Okiki Agunbiade, a Superintendent of Police, gave directives to detectives, who went to the scene and arrested the teenager.

    He noted that a blood stained knife used to stab the boyfriend to death was recovered while the remains of the boy have also been released to his relations on demand for burial in accordance with the Islamic rite.

    “The suspect claimed that she came to pass the night with the deceased and when she was about going in the morning, she took the sum of N3,000 from the deceased but he was not ready to give her the whole N3,000 and that was what led to an argument between them.

    “She stated that it was the deceased who brought out the knife and while dragging it with him, the knife stabbed him on his chest,” Abimbola stated.

    According to Abimbola, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has directed that the suspect should be transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department(SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.

  • Assassination: Police arrest escorts, staff of Oko Oloyun for interrogation

    Assassination: Police arrest escorts, staff of Oko Oloyun for interrogation

    The Oyo State Police Command, Friday morning, said that two Police escorts attached to a popular Yoruba herbal manufacturer, Alhaji Fatai Yusuff, killed by some unknown gunmen on Thursday, are being questioned at the homicide section of State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID Iyaganku, Ibadan.

    The Command in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, also revealed that some staff of the deceased, apart from the 2-man armed escorts of Policemen, were being questioned by a team of crack detectives from the homicide section of State Criminal Investigation Department.

    Recall that Fatai Yusuff, a trado-medical expert, was on Thursday killed by Unknown gunmen whose identity have not been revealed as of the time of filing this report.

    Yusuff, who is also known as Oko Oloyun, was shot while on his way from Abeokuta in Ogun state to Iseyin in Oyo state.

    Fadeyi in the statement in Ibadan, said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu “seizes the opportunity to appeal to any member of the public with credible information not to hesitate in passing same to the Oyo State Police Command to assist in the detection of the crime and apprehension of the offenders.”

    He maintained that the two escorts and the staff were being questioned with a view to finding and apprehending the fleeing suspects who wrecked the heinous act.

    While giving more insights to the killing, Fadeyi said that a report was received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Igbo-ora that around Akeroro Area on the Abeokuta/Igbo-ora/Iseyin road, the 2-car convoy of the deceased was ambushed shortly after passing through five different Police Stop and search teams along the route.

    He added that the 2-man armed escorts of Policemen protecting the deceased engaged the assailants, but that the assailants managed to escape back into the forest after a single shot had hit the deceased who died later of his bullet injuries.

    Fadeyi said, “The Commissioner of Police Oyo State Police Command, CP. Shina T. Olukolu wishes to put the record straight on the most unfortunate death of Alh. Fatai Yussuf a.k.a ‘Oko Oloyun’ on Thursday 23rd January, 2020.

    “A report was received by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO Igbo-ora that around Akeroro Area on the Abeokuta/Igbo-ora/Iseyin road, the 2-car convoy of the deceased was allegedly ambushed shortly after passing through five different Police Stop and Search teams along the route by yet to be identified assailants who fired at the moving vehicles on the road from the thick forest.

    “The 2-man armed escorts of Policemen protecting the deceased engaged the assailants, but they managed to escape back into the forest after a single shot had hit the deceased who died later of his bullet injuries.

    “However, an interesting twist to the story was that the deceased probably had earlier detected an alleged book keeping records fraud in his Lagos office which subsequently allegedly led to the burning/destruction of some financial/book keeping records.

    “In addition to other possible motives, a plausible nexus is therefore being suspected between the fire incident and the attack on the deceased.

    “Meanwhile, some of the staff and his two (2) Police escorts are being questioned by a team of crack detectives from the homicide section of State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID Iyaganku, Ibadan with a view of finding and apprehending the fleeing suspects who wrecked the heinous act.

    “The Commissioner of Police therefore seizes this opportunity to appeal to any member of the public with credible information not to hesitate in passing same to the Oyo State Police Command to assist in the detection of the crime and apprehension of the offenders, while at the same time, assuring members of the public that the Police is on top of the situation and working with other Police formations/units to ensure that the directive of the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A. Adamu, NPM,mni to crack this case as quickly as possible is complied with to the letter.

    “In addition, it is our resolve that no matter how long it takes, the Commissioner of Police promise to bring the culprits to justice within the shortest possible time”.

  • Policeman who shot man dead in Lagos Island arrested

    Policeman who shot man dead in Lagos Island arrested

    Tragedy struck in Lagos community when a 39-year-old man, Ramon Adeniyi was shot dead by a Police Sergeant on Friday, at Eko Atlantic, Victoria Island area of Lagos State.

    The killer cop, Lukmon Akanbi, attached to Victoria Island Division, has been arrested on the order of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu.

    According to report, the Sergeant with Force number 44840, said to be on patrol at the area, had a fracas with late Adeniyi, who was returning from an outing at about 4.20 am.

    In the process, he pulled the trigger of his service pistol on the defenceless man. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Elkana Bala, confirmed the incident to newsmen.

    Meanwhile, investigation is still ongoing.

  • SARS officer allegedly kills fruit seller in Abia

    SARS officer allegedly kills fruit seller in Abia

    The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr Eneh Okon, has confirmed the alleged killing of one Kasarachi Moses by SARS officers in Ubakala, Umuahia South Local Government Area.

    The victim was a middle-aged woman, who sells fruits by the roadside.

    Following the tragedy, the residents of Akpunmiri Ubakala, on Thursday, took to the streets to protest the death of their person.

    Sources disclosed that the deceased was hit by a stray bullet from the gun of one of the policemen, who were reportedly trailing suspected armed robbers, on Wednesday.

    Further disclosed that the victim died of the bullet injury sustained.

    The residents however, lamented that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives were in the habit of raiding the area to arrest commercial motorcyclists adding that it was during one of their usual raids that the deceased was hit by a stray bullet.

    The residents called for justice, charged the state police command to investigate the incident and bring the culprit to book.”

    However, Abia State Commissioner of Police , Eneh Okon on Friday told newmen said that he was in Abuja for an official assignment when he learnt of the incident.

    Okon said “We got a distress call that armed robbers were operating at Ubakala and the SARS operatives responded to the distress call.

    “But on sighting the SARS operatives, the armed robbers, who were five in number and operating in military uniform, started shooting at the policemen.

    “It was during the exchange of gunfire that a stray bullet hit the victim, who later died in hospital.

    “One of the suspects dropped his weapon and fled the scene, while the Sienna SUV used by the policemen for the operation had a lot of bullet holes.”

    Okon added that a panel of inquiry had been set up to investigate the incident.

    He urged members of the public to remain calm as efforts were ongoing to restore peace in the area.

    He assured residents of the state that the command was working round the clock to ensure that they enjoyed a peaceful Christmas and New Year celebrations.

  • South African Police Officer sentenced to 32 years in prison for killing Nigerian

    South African Police Officer sentenced to 32 years in prison for killing Nigerian

    The South African Police Constable, Austin Reynold, who robbed and killed a Nigerian, Emeka Okoli, was on Monday sentenced to 32 years in prison by a Durban High Court.

    WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the Nigerian, Okoli was killed in Durban, kwa Zulu Natal, in 2018, he was reportedly shot at close range during an unauthorised raid by Austin Reynold on the Community where he resides.

    Meanwhile, the court sentenced the policeman three days after he was found guilty of robbing and killing the late Okoli.

    The court sentenced Reynold to seven years for counts of robbery and 25 years for the count of murder.

    Reacting to the judgment by Justice Shyam Gyanda, the Nigerian community in South Africa welcomed the court Judgement on the South African police officer who shot at close range and killed Okoli.

    “The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) is vindicated with sentencing of Constable Austin Reynold.

    “We were at the scene of the murder on Jan. 19, 2018 to ensure that our people didn’t take the law in their own hands,’’ NUSA President, Adetola Olubajo said in a statement.

    “We later ensured that a murder case was registered at Durban Police Station and the case was charged to court immediately due to the cooperation of the investigating officer at Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPDI).

    “I led a delegation of the National Executive of Nigerian Union South Africa from Pretoria to Durban Magistrates’ Court on Jan. 21, 2018 where the bail application was heard.

    “And since then we have been following the case, attending the trial with the head of our Legal Desk.’’

    He said that the colleague of Reynold, Brinley Pallo, who was with him when he shot and killed Okoli later turned state witness.

    “We are delighted and welcomed the outcome of the trial because our labour did not go in vain and this case will serve as deterrent to rogue elements within the South African Police Service.

    “We give special thanks to Mr Omoreige Ogboro, the Legal Adviser of the union, who travelled from Pretoria to Durban on several occasions to watch the brief in court.

    “Also, to IPID for their cooperation. NUSA is also keenly following and attending the trial of eight police officers charged with murder of the late Badmus Olalekan Ibrahim.

    “The trial was postponed to April 13, 2020. We are very optimistic that justice will be served in the murder case of Ibrahim and we call on all Nigerians in South Africa to remain law abiding,’’ Olubajo said.