Three arrested after killing, burying kidnapped victim

 Juliana Francis

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Anambra State Police Command, have recovered the remains of a victim, who was abducted and then murdered.

Pastor cast a spell on me, says old man arrested for …defiling 12 years old

  Juliana Francis

A 67-year-old man, James Olajoyetan, arrested for defiling a 12-year-old girl, has told detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command that he committed the act after a pastor cast a spell on him.

I kidnapped to raise money for my baby’s diapers –Suspect

 By Juliana Francis

• Police used my pastor to arrest me –Gang member

IGP, Mohammed Adamu

“I was the person who pressurised others to kidnap her. I was only looking for money to buy diapers for my baby. Now I feel very sad that I got only N70, 000 out of N6.8 million. “I was using the motorcycle to carry gang members around town to look for victims to kidnap. I didn’t know her husband was a judge. I thought she was a contractor."

 Those were the confessional statements of a 25-year-old member of a kidnap gang, Luis Otubassy, who was among six suspects recently arrested for the abduction of the wife of Justice Ignatius Agube of the Court of Appeal.

COVID-19: TWO ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING GERMAN COMPANY OF 14.7 MILLION EUROS

 

The suspects

The Cybercrime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL, National Central Bureau, Abuja has arrested two (2) suspects for their complicity in a major multi-million Euro scam touching on procurement of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). 

EDO, ONDO GUBER ELECTIONS: IGP MEETS WITH MOBILE POLICE COMMANDERS

 

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has charged Commanders of the seventy-nine (79) Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadrons spread across the nation to exhibit high-level professionalism, neutrality and embrace a citizen-friendly approach in policing the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo on 19^th September and 10^th October, 2020 respectively. The IGP gave the charge during a conference with the commanders held at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on 7^th September, 2020.

Outrage as DCO asks rapist to marry 14-year-old victim

Juliana Francis

CP. Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu

Children advocates in Lagos State have expressed outrage after the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) of Shogunle Police Station allegedly backed the defilement of a 14-year-old girl.

COVID-19: When commuters’ pains become transporters’ joy

Fare charges pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19

 

The outbreak of coronavirus in Nigeria has brought about many sharp practices, especially in the transport sector. JULIANA FRANCIS examines these practices and the weak regulatory system that enables such fraud.