Juliana Francis Blog: July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Policemen stripped, flogged me –Driver

A company driver, Mr. Segun Aina, has revealed how policemen attached to Moroko Police Station, Lekki Phase 1,Lagos State, stripped and flogged him.

Policemen attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command, have been accused of collecting N2.5m bribe from a suspected child trafficker in order to set her free.

Madam chases 12-year-old maid out of home with knife

…for failing to find kerosene

A 12-year-old maid, Esther Mfon, has revealed the harrowing experience she went through in the hands of her madam, Mrs. Blessing.

Father: I was checking if they were virgins

Two teenage sisters have revealed in chilling details, how their biological father, repeatedly raped them without using condoms.

The Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is rapidly becoming a dreaded axis. This location has witnessed the kidnapping of many top Nigerians and foreign diplomats.

The Kogi State Command of the State Security Service (SSS) said on Wednesday that it had arrested 10 suspected kidnappers.

Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), and four other policemen at Igando Police Division, Lagos, have been reportedly hospitalised following gunshot wounds they received during an encounter with militants.

Suspected cult members yesterday murdered a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Daniel Akogwu, and his son, Oche, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

At least, three students of the Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia have been reportedly shot dead by anti-riot policemen.

Armed men on Wednesday night invaded the private residence of the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Prof Seddi Sebastian Maimako.

Hoodlums are catching in on the attack at White Sand community, Orile Iganmu area of Lagos, to loot property, cash and other valuables belonging to the residents.

Amore

New Police Commissioner for Kwara State, Mr Olusola Amore, on Friday ordered all Area Commanders (ACs) and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) under his command to display their telephone numbers conspicuously in their respective offices as he emphasised the importance of the community to successful modern policing system.

The case of little Chibuike Oramalu, the six-year-old boy, who recently regained his freedom after spending six weeks in police custody for alleged murder, has taken a turn for the worse as the police have officially charged him to court for murder.

Five of the 13 prisoners that escape from the Koton Karfe prison in Kogi State in the early hours of Saturday have now been caught, Kogi Police PRO stated Sunday. This has corroborated by the Ministry of Interior.

Man rapes seven-year-old in search of missing voucher

A trader at a market on 23 Road, FESTAC Town, Lagos, Ikechukwu Alu, has been arrested by the police for the alleged abduction and rape of a seven-year-old girl, Victoria.

For allegedly selling her one year and six months’ old baby, Okike Ezinne (18) is now in the custody of police in Enugu State with her collaborators.

Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has dismissed a female warder, Mary Ikenye, Prisons Assistant 1, for smuggling alcoholic drinks into the Kirikiri Prison yard in Lagos State.

Police yesterday arraigned a 21-year-old teacher, Matthew Sodake, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having oral sex with a 14-year-old student.

Three people were killed while two others were injured yesterday during a clash between Yoruba and Hausa at the White Sand area of Orile, Lagos State.

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, and Ogun State governor’s wife, Mrs Olufunso Amosun, have taken steps to give succour to a nine-year-old boy, Korede Taiwo, who was allegedly chained and tortured for weeks by his father.

The Kogi State Command of the State Security Service (SSS) said on Wednesday that it had arrested 10 suspected kidnappers.

Police in Bauchi State yesterday said they had arrested suspected kidnappers, rustlers, car snatchers, armed robbers and recovered arms and ammunition.

Unresolved murders: FG must appoint special investigators –Expert

A security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has advised the Federal Government to set up a high-powered Special Board of Inquiry (SBOI) to effectively investigate high profile murder and assassination cases in the country.

Residents of Ibeshe town in Ikorodu area of Lagos State yesterday took to the streets to protest incessant robbery attacks and raping of women in the area.

Forty-seven-year-old Zhen Zhen attempted to kill her lover, Leo Feng, 41, when she set Ernest Hotel in the Ikeja area of Lagos on fire.

Police arrest suspected killer of ex-envoy

The outgone Commissioner of Police (CP), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Mr. Alkali Usman, Wednesday announced the arrest of a suspected killer of former Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Mr. Sunday Yusuf.

Residents of Halleluyah Quaters in the Ibafo area of Ogun State have been thrown into mourning after some gunmen attacked the community and killed an 85-year-old Islamic cleric, Kareem Olaiya.

The Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, on July 25, 2016 paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the leave of a Kano High Court sitting Kano, to arraign the duo of Saminu Umar Ta’ambu and Ahmed Maiturare of the popular kantin kwari textile market, Kano for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence.

IGP Idris in a photograph with Hon. Dakuku Peterside, DG NIMASA, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, Hon Minister of Transport, His Excellency, Barr. Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State and DG, Department of State Service, Mr. Musa Daura, exchanging pleasantries.

In a concerted effort to guarantee a violent-free and credible Re-run Senatorial/House of Representative elections in Rivers State, a crucial meeting to chart the path to peace in Rivers State before, during and after the Re-run elections in the State was held today, 26^th July, 2016 between the Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim K.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, 27 July, 2016 arraigned five suspected oil thieves: Sokari Iminabo; Segun Olagunju; Uche Emmaneul, Obinna Ezinne and Tiny Patience before Justice I.J.Watilla of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a two count charge bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products.

Arase/Idris: Missing 24 cars found in auto repair shop

The 24 cars, which the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, accused the immediate past IGP, Solomon Arase, of taking away, while leaving office, have been located at auto repair shop.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Sunday said as of March 2015, it had realised N1,956,007,974 as interest on the loot recovered from convicted former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun; the late former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and other prominent Nigerians.

Certificate forgery: Nine Ekiti Assembly members to face trial

The Federal Government is planning to prosecute nine out of 26 members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly for alleged forgery of their academic results, The PUNCH has learnt.

Mr. Viho Segun, a victim of armed robbery, has told how he wrestled a suspected robber, after the suspect beat his wife to pulp.

The British High commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Paul Arkwright on July 22, 2016 paid a courtesy call on the Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, on July 21, 2016.

Two men, Mr. Mayegun Alani (60) and Mr. John Onose (54), have been arrested for allegedly defiling minors in Ogun and Delta states.

A five-man robbery gang yesterday afternoon invaded Biggess Hotel located at Akute area of Ogun State.

Armed militants cum kidnappers yesterday abducted a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) at Isawo, Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Pastor Francis Taiwo of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) has told the police that he chained, tortured and starved his nine-year- old boy, Korede, for two weeks because the boy was “possessed”.

Why 21 AIGs were sacked, reveals Idris

...We’re going to enforce policemen declaration of assets

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, is a senior police officer, whom many Nigerians have not heard about until his appointment by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration as the number one policeman in Nigeria. In this close up chat with JULIANA FRANCIS, Idris reveals some of the changes he was already making in the force. He also explains why the 21 sacked Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIG), had to go. Excerpts;

My cult group is deadlier than Aiye confraternity, suspect brags

Detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command were shocked to their bone marrows, when a 23-year-old man, who was arrested for armed robber, rather than be remorseful or pretend to be, started bragging of how deadly and feared his cult group is.

The immediate past Inspector-General-of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, yesterday, swiftly responded to his successor’s accusation, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, that he carted away 24 vehicles, belonging to the Nigeria Police Force, to his home, instead of four.

IGP COMMENDS POLICE OFFICERS IN KOGI AND IMO RE-RUN ELECTIONS

· Develops strategy for violence free elections.

The Inspector General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, has expressed his satisfaction with the impressive performance of Police Officers in the re-run elections in Kogi and Imo States on 23^rd July, 2016 and commended the officers for their unalloyed service to the nation.

'He always said he'd kill us': Classmates reveal computer-obsessed Munich loner who called himself 'Psycho' refused to mix with other pupils

Sonboly

Classmates have revealed how computer-obsessed Munich killer Ali David Sonboly called himself 'Psycho' and promised revenge on those who bullied him at school.

The federal government vowed that the killers of the Ekiti-State-born preacher with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Evangelist, Eunice Elisha Olawale, in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory will not go unpunished.

Three brothers yesterday told journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State that they killed two women and implicated their elder brother because he had a larger portion of the father’s inheritance.

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