Crime

A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo on Tuesday sentenced three nursing Mothers and two men to six months imprisonment for stealing fowls worth N3.2 million. The names of the five convicts according to the charge sheet obtained by our Correspondent are ; Regina Philip (40), Cecilia Ochili (25), Ankara Elisabeth (30) …

The Police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 45-year-old driver, Blessing Ihende, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly causing the death of a 39-year-old man, Alloh Alloysius. Ihende, who resides at No. 9, Efalaye St., Shasha in Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of reckless driving and manslaughter. The …

A Court in Yola has sentenced five villagers to death by hanging for killing a fulani herdsman. Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri of the High Court found the five men guilty and sentenced them to death for culpable homicide and for killing a Fulani herdsman. The convicts, Alex Amos, Alheri Phanuel, Holy Boniface, …

A driver, Emmanuel Okorie, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 15-year-old sister, has denied the allegation levelled against him by Lagos State Government. The defendant, who is standing trial on a count charge before a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday, told the court that he did not defile the …

An Osun State High Court, sitting in Ede, has remanded Alfred Aderibigbe, the Nurse who treated Senator Isiaka Adeleke before his death, in prison custody. The Nurse was indicted by the coroner inquest led by Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, for allegedly administering overdose drugs on the late Senator. He was arraigned …

An Osun state High Court sitting in Ile-Ife, has sentenced a 38- year-old man, Jeremiah Idowu to death for armed robbery. The court presided over by Justice AbdulRasaq Abdulkaeem convicted Idowu, an herbalist, on the one-count charge of armed robbery he committed on May 23, 2005, at Toro Farm Area, …

By Niyi Olutunde, Akure  Ondo State Police command on Thursday paraded five suspected cult members terrorizing Akungba-Akoko community and its environs. Among those arrested were ‘Aye confraternity’ group involving two Secondary School students of Oroke High School, Akungba, Sadiq Jimoh and Raji Wasiu. Other suspected cult members were, Peter Yoyiho, …

By Niyi Olutunde, Akure Ondo State Police Command has arraigned a middle aged man, Afeez Smith before an Ondo Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ondo town over alleged obtaining money under false pretense. The accused person who was arrested by the police was charged with five-count charge of fraud, stealing …

By Grace Isaac A 45-year-oldman, Wasiu Akanmu, was on Monday convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for theft of a mobile phone (Tecno W3). The Magistrate, Mrs Aishat Oloyade, had ordered the convict be kept in custody at Ilesa prison with hard work …

A 60-year old man, Mr Cletus Aguluka, has allegedly killed his daughter, Miss OnyinyeAguluka, in her sleep. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the incident occurred at about 2 a.m on Friday in Osikwu Village Awgbu, Orumba North Council Area of Anambra. According to Mrs Georgina Aguluka, wife …

Three kidnap suspects in military camouflage were on Saturday paraded in Osogbo, by the Osun state police command along ten others arrested for various criminal acts. The trio, Henry Omenihu (24), Paul Chituru (24) and Henry Bright (18) were nabbed over their involvement in the kidnap of Mr. Kayode Agbeganji, …

The dismissed Corporal, who led the armed robbery gang that attacked commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State, Michael Adiku has told detectives why he killed many people that day. Adiku told operatives of the Inspector-General of Police (IG) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) that he personally killed over 20 people, mostly …

By Grace Isaac A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo on Monday sentenced a 50-year-old man , Mustapha Nasiru, to 12 months imprisonment for defrauding a prophet of celestial church of God to the tune of N650,000. Nasiru, the Baale Owode of Osogbo” Ataoja in Council” was arraigned on April 20, …

A suspected robber was killed while three of his accomplices were arrested after they engaged policemen attached to Taraba State Police Command in a gun battle. Other members of the gang escaped with gunshot injuries. The police said the suspects were part of armed robbers and kidnappers who had been …

The most deadliest and notorious cultist in the history of cultism in Ogun State ,23-year old Gbenga Ogunsanya, a.k.a Spartacus who confessed to killing over nine persons in the last one year has been nabbed and paraded by the Ogun state Police Commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu. He was paraded alongside 40 …