‘Welcome to hell fire’

Justine

On August 1, 2013, Chief Bonaventure Mokwe, an hotelier based in Anambra State, was accused of being a ritualist and murderer. He was arrested with his wife and staff.

He was later paraded by the police and detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Awkuzu, Anambra State. Minutes after his arrest, his Upper Class Hotel was levelled to the grounds.

The hotelier believed he was set up.

 

How a Nigerian student was murdered in Ghana

 The police in Ghana are working to unravel the identities of the killers of a 19-year old Nigerian student at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Mr. Godwin Chukwudi Ayogu who was brutally murdered penultimate week by persons believed to have links with his Ghanaian roommate, Mr. Abotsi Gweus, alias Enay. Ayogu, a 300-level Economics student was stabbed to death by his attackers who tied his hands and feet, disemboweled him and later dropped his corpse in front of his hostel in the seaside Ghanaian university.

Five biggest arrests by Lagos Command in 2013

Suspected robbers

The year 2013 was one filled with challenges for the Lagos State Police Command. In the midst of these challenges, were some big arrests. Below are excerpts of some notable achievements.

5: General overseer held for robbery

On March 23, 2013, Policemen attached to Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, arrested three members of a gang that attacked Murtala Mohammed International Airport on March 13, 2013. The gang stormed the airport, where a Bureau De-Change was robbed and two policemen killed.

Pastor Olarenwaju

The three suspects arrested were later identified as Saidi Adekunle, 30, a.k.a SP, Olarenwaju John, 37,  a.k.a pastor and Okunola Saidi. The gang had allegedly been terrorizing Lagos and Osun States. On March, 24, the suspects led detectives to their hide out in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, where other six members of the gang were arrested. Five AK47 rifles,  64 AK47 rifle magazines, 1, 920 7.62mm caliber live ammunition, four dynamites, two locally made pistols, two mask and charms concealed in an iron box, two Toyota Sienna buses were recovered.

There’s no perfect crime----Police Chief

The late Ijeoma

Pretty Ijeoma

On January 10, 2014, a man was walking through one of the narrow bush paths at Abule-Oshun area of Lagos State, when he suddenly noticed the body of a young girl. The body was lying on the grass, quite distinctive.

The girl looked like she was sleeping. She wore one of the mini-gowns in vogue. She also had bangles and a wristwatch adorning her two wrists. The brownish long weave-on, adorning her head, streamed down her back, away from her face. The morning sunlight danced on her face.

A closer look and nudge by the man revealed that she might be dead afterall. The man raced to the nearest police station, Onireke, to report his discovery.

Onireke Police Station was under Area E Police Command, Festac. The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), in charge of that axis is Mr. Dan Okoro.

Did Christian kill his lover Ijeoma?

Dan Okoro

Immediately he was alerted, he deployed his men to the scene and instructed them to take ample crime scene pictures from all angles.

TORTURE OF EJIGBO MARKET WOMEN: FACES OF WANTED SUSPECTS UNVEILED

Akeem Shitu

Tiri

As part of the continuing enquiry into the torture of Ejigbo Market women, the Nigeria Police Force has obtained the pictures and descriptions of the three suspects declared wanted during the last press update. 

The three suspects are: (1) Ranti Lukeman Akande, (2) Akeem Shitu and (3) Tiri.

Man with 25 Zenith bank accounts, different names arrested

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has arrested a man for opening about 25 savings accounts with Zenith Bank within three days.

The suspect, Okonkwo Nwachukwu, 39, was arrested when he went to another branch of Zenith Bank to open the 26^th account.

Detectives attached to the SFU, believed that the suspect, had defrauded many financial institutions and unsuspecting, but Nwachukwu had however denied doing anything fraudulent with the several accounts, stressing that he had to opened the accounts because of the cashless policy in Nigeria.

Couple hides in Benin Republic after stealing boss’s N8.6m

                                               The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) has finally tracked down and arrested an employee who took off to Benin Republic after stealing his boss’s 50,000 dollars, equivalent to N8.6 million in Nigeria currency.

The suspect, identified as Mr. Festus Chukwuemeka,32, an employer of a Bureau de Change, alerted his wife, Mrs. Blessing Chukwuemeka about his action and together with their four children, they all fled to Benin Republic.

The furtive couple was finally tracked down to Idiroko area of Benin Republic by detectives from the SFU, after a petition from the owner of the money.

Mr. Chukwuemeka was said to have changed all his phone numbers after absconding with the dollars, which he was supposed to take to Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) for his boss.

SFU spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agum, who confirmed the incident and arrest of the suspect, explained that a petition dated January,27, 2014, sent to the Commissioner of Police, in charge of SFU,  alleged that the suspect was sent to CBN in company of three other staff by the Complainant to collect the total sum of $50,000 USD each for foreign exchange business. 

But surprisingly, the suspect allegedly made away with the whole money and switched off all his contacts.