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Justice Adedayo Akintoye of an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans to engage a counsel by May 17.
Akintoye gave the order due to the absence of Evans’ counsel, Mr Chino Obiagwu, SAN, for the third time in a row which again stalled the continuation of hearing in the on-going trial of the alleged kidnap kingpin.
Justice Akintoye said: “If your lawyers don’t want to appear, we cannot force them.
“You have three options, you can get another lawyer to represent you or the court can appoint one for you or you can defend yourself.
“This is last day I will give you to get a lawyer”.
Akintoye adjourned the case until May 17 for continuation of trial.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans trial was on Jan. 30 and March 1, stalled due to the absence of the defence counsel, adding that on March 22 the court did not sit.
Evans is currently facing charges, bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder.
In the first charge, Evans is standing trial alongside Joseph Emeka, Ugochukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba.
In the second charge, he is standing trial alongside Joseph Emeka, Linus Okpara and Victor Aduba.
At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, Evans’ counsel did not make any appearance.
NAN reports that no member of Evans’ legal team was present, adding that there was no letter to the court to explain the reason for the absence.
However, Evans himself told the court: “The last time we spoke, he told me that he will appear on the next sitting”.
However, the Prosecutor, Mr Y. G. Oshoala, prayed the court to invoke Section 233 (3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) which empowers the court to appoint a counsel for the defendant.
He said: “Where the defendant fails to secure legal representation, the court has the discretion to order the legal aid counsel to provide a representation for the defendant.
“This is the third time this matter is called and the first (Evans) defendant is not represented”.
The court, however, advised Evans to ensure that he got a legal representative before the next adjourned date.
NAN reports that on Jan. 16, during a trial within trial, Evans denied the confessional statement he made to the police after his arrest in 2017, saying it was made under duress.
Evans told the court that he signed the statement under duress to save him from being tortured to death.
Evans gave details of how members of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team allegedly tortured and killed several others, who were paraded alongside him in his presence.
However, Evans was cross-examined by the Lagos State Counsel to prove that his statement was not taken under duress.
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The Niger State Police Command has said that it has apprehended two robbery suspects in police uniform, while operating in Ungwan Liman Madalla in the Suleja Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, Shuaibu Pawa, 27; and Masaudu Haruna, 25, were arrested by a team attached to the ‘C’ Division, Madalla, following a tip-off.

It was learnt that the suspects had earlier broken into the house of one Abdullahi Abubakar, a police officer, and made away with his service uniform and other valuables.

Northern City News gathered that on Tuesday that the suspects had been operating in the area for some time before their arrest.

One of the suspects, Haruna, explained their mode of operation thus, “We can initiate a robbery at any given time without minding what security agencies can do. We rob innocent people at will and make money to take care of ourselves.

“Sometimes, we plant spikes on the road to puncture vehicle tyres in order to rob the motorists and passengers.”

He confessed that they used toy guns and other dangerous weapons to attack their victims.

The Niger state Police Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, explained that the suspects had admitted to the crime.

Abubakar said the operatives recovered two toy guns, two knives and a pair of police uniform from the suspects, adding that they would be arraigned in court soon.
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A policeman on Wednesday morning lost his life when kidnappers numbering five attacked Mothercat office located in Mando area of Kaduna state.

The kidnappers, Daily Trust learnt, attempted to kidnap some expatriates in the company around 5:40am when they were attacked by a team of policemen drafted to the area.

A correspondent gathered that three kidnappers were killed in the process while two are still at large.

According to the police, the kidnappers left three AK47 riffles, locally made explosive devices, five petrol bomb, special eye glass used to cover the sight of their victims and a golf vehicle.
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Protesters, who were supporters of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party were dispersed on Friday with tear gas by a team of police operatives.

The police had stormed the Polo Club axis of Port Harcourt, where both supporters had surprisingly gathered.

It was gathered that the PDP supporters were angry that their counterparts in the APC disregarded the no-protest directive of the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and planned to move to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

One of the protesters, who identified himself as Oruwari, said there would have been a clash between the PDP supporters and their counterparts in the APC if the police had not dispersed the crowd.
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A 40-year-old man, Abubakar Hamisu, has died of gunshot wounds he sustained while he and his friends were testing the efficacy of a bulletproof charm.

The deceased’s friend, Rabe Salisu, 35, sustained gunshot injuries in the incident.

The deceased and Salisu are from old Kwari village in the Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, where the incident occurred.

The police said the incident occurred on March 16, 2019.

The man, who was alleged to have mistakenly pulled the gun’s trigger, Mani Mohammed, has been arrested by the police and charged to court.

Mohammed, 43, who resides in the same village with the deceased and Salisu, reported himself at the Jibia Police Station on the day that the incident occurred.

It was learnt that Mohammed mistakenly pulled the trigger while attempting to collect the gun from the others, who were testing the efficacy of the bulletproof charm.

The gun reportedly went off, while the pellets hit both the deceased and Salisu.

Hamisu and Salisu were rushed to the General Hospital, Jibia, where the former was certified dead, while the latter was treated and later discharged.

Mohammed was arraigned before a Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for causing grievous hurt and culpable homicide.

The police said the offences were contrary to sections 246 and 222 (7) of the Penal Code.

The police prosecutor, Sergeant Lawal Bello, told the court that investigation was still in progress on the case.

The presiding senior magistrate, Hajiya Fadila Dikko, adjourned the case to May 7, 2019, for mention and ruled that Mohammed be remanded in prison custody till then.
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The police in Lagos State have arrested a grandfather and his daughter over the death of a 10-year-old boy in Ikorodu area of the state.

A source at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, told News Agency of Nigeria that the grandfather and his daughter, mother of the deceased, were arrested for allegedly disposing of the child’s corpse without the knowledge of the father.

NAN gathered that the deceased, Abdullah Adisa, 10, the only child in the marriage, fell ill and later died while in the custody of the mother.

The deceased mother, estranged from her husband over alleged infidelity, was living in her father’s house in Ikorodu when the incident happened.

“While the child was sick, they did not inform the father of the child. When the child died, they did not inform him, rather, the grandfather told a scavenger to help dispose of the corpse of the child.

“When the father of the child demanded to see his son, he was told that the child had died. He requested for the corpse, they told him his corpse had been buried in cemetery already.

“The father of the child reported the case to the police. When the police asked the grandfather to take the operatives to the spot of burial at the cemetery, he could not do so.

“The grandfather and his daughter have case to answer. They will be charged to court for conspiracy and indecent behaviour to corpse,” the police source told NAN.

When contacted, the Spokesman for the police in Lagos, DSP Bala Elkana, said he was yet to be briefed about the matter from the SCID.
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Two sisters on Monday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Special Offences Court, how their father, Gabriel Ogbar, allegedly defiled and raped them at their residence at Oke-Ogbe, Atura area of Badagry, Lagos State.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two sisters (names withheld) made the revelation at the ongoing trial of Ogbar, a middle-aged driver, for defiling and raping his three daughters.

Sister A (23) told the court that she endured sexual abuse from her father for five-years from the age of 12 until she was 18-years-old.

She said in her testimony: “When I was 12-years-old, I was living with my mum and dad, my mum is not always around because she is a businesswoman and my father was a driver at the time.

“Whenever my mother is not around, he comes to me at night with a knife or screwdriver or something harmful to threaten me to open up to sleep with me, because I was scared at the time, I gave in to his requests to sleep with me.

“It continued for a very long time, I could not tell anyone about it because I was scared. When I got to the age of 18-years, there was a night he came to me but I ran to my mum’s pastor who is Mrs Ochiegbu and I reported the event to her.

“I hid in her church and my dad came and was saying that I should start coming home but unknown to him, I had explained everything to them at church, I waited at the church till my mother returned and I went home with her.

“The next day, the pastor called my mother and told her everything I told her, she was upset and did not know what to do.”

Sister A said that her father continued to ask her for sex and she had to run away from home for a year, she said she had thought the abuse at home had stopped until her older sister (Sister B) caught their father defiling their 13-year-old sister.

“I and my older sister (Sister B) went for a vigil, my father did not allow our younger sister to go for the vigil, my older sister said she had a funny feeling and needed to go home to check on our younger sister.

“When she got home everywhere was quiet and being suspicious, she went to the window to peep and she saw my dad trying to rape our younger sister, he had just finished fingering her.

“My older sister shouted and ran back to the church to report what happened, I and my older sister went back to the house to get our younger sister out of the house.

“He started attacking us and we started fighting him too, our younger sister ran out and we told her to go to the church until my mum came because she comes late.

“We reported to our mum and asked our younger sister how long it had been going on and she explained that it had been a very long time he had been doing it to her and that she told her uncle at school,” she said.

Sister A said that the abuse was reported to Andrew Ogbar, the defendant’s brother who threatened them that they should not testify against their father.

Sister B who is 25-years-old while giving her testimony, told the court that the sexual abuse from their father started when she was 10-years-old.

She said that nobody believed her when she reported the abuse to the police.

“When it started, he threatened that he will kill me if I told anyone, because he used to scare me, I used to run away from home to stay with my friends and my mum never knew about it.

“One day he was beating and threatening me, I could not take it anymore and I again ran away from home. He was pursuing me and I ran to the police station at Iba.

“The police asked me what happened and I told them what happened, the police thought I was lying because my father was pursuing me.

“The police caught him, he denied my allegations and said that it is because I ran away from home, that is why I made up the allegations, the police believed him,” Sister B said.

She said the family moved to Atura in Badagry and the sexual abuse continued. Sister B also gave insight into the night she caught her father defiling her 13-year-old sister.

“I looked through the window and saw my father sleeping with my little sister. I went into the house and caught my father coming out of the room he shares with my mum.

“I saw my little sister shaking and crying and my father ran out immediately he saw me asking me why I was back home from the vigil and I thought to myself that this man thinks I don’t know what is going on.

“I asked my younger sister what happened and she said that daddy just finished sleeping with her, I was angry and provoked, I shouted because I wanted the whole street to know what was going on,” Sister B said.

Sister B said that following the revelation that their father was also defiling the youngest sister, their father became aggressive, threatening the sisters and their mother.

“The threats were too much, my father hit my mother with a stick and wanted to burn her alive with fuel.

“We reported him to the Marogbo Police Station but he kept evading arrest until the police caught him.

“When the police saw the injuries on my mum’s hand from my father, they believed us and that is when we were taken from one court to another,” she said.

While being cross-examined by Mr Peter Odoeme, Sister B noted that she caught her father defiling their 13-year-old sister in July 2015.

NAN reports that on Feb. 25, the youngest sister (name withheld) had privately given evidence in court about the alleged defilement.

The press and members of the public were asked to leave the courtroom during the third sister’s testimony because she was a minor.

Following the testimony of the sisters, Justice Abiola Soladoye adjourned the case until May 23 for continuation of trial.

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IGP advises parents to pay close attention to the safety of children.

A five (5) year old girl, Aisha Ibrahim who was kidnapped on 16th March, 2019 at Ibudu 1 Area, Warri, Delta State by unknown persons was rescued unhurt by the Police at Bukan-Kwatu, Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Aisha Ibrahim was reunited with her father “Mr Ibrahim Abdulmalik” of Gibori Street, Ibudu Market, Warri, Delta State on 20th March, 2019 at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The obviously elated father was exclaiming “I thank God o! I thank Police o! I have even lost hope! I just received a call I should come to Force Headquarters to collect my pikin!” as he showered encomiums on the Nigeria Police Force for the intense follow-up which led to the quick rescue of his daughter who was kidnapped while returning from school on the said day.

On receipt of the information, Police detectives from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, acting on the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, swung into action which led to the arrest of the suspects and rescue of the victim. The two (2) suspects are Abdullahi Abubakar ‘m’ 30yrs and his mother, Mrs Jummai Salihu 62yrs old, both of Bukan-Kwatu, Lafia, Nasarawa State.

 Abdullahi Abubakar the principal suspect, who is well-known to the family of the victim, under the pretext of helping the victim to cross the road, abducted her and took her from Warri, Delta State to Lafia, Nasarawa State where he kept her with his mother (second suspect) while he contacted the parents of the victim for ransom.

 The suspects have made useful statements to the Police on the roles they played in the kidnap of young Aisha. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend other persons, particularly one Inusah Ibrahim ‘m’ 58yrs of No.7 UCC Road, Hausa Quarters, Warri, Delta State, connected to the crime.

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, has observed that parents and guardians should be aware that most criminal harms done to children, including child stealing, child trafficking, rape, defilement, abduction, kidnap etc, are usually carried out by persons they are familiar with. He therefore advised that Parents and Guardians should pay close attention to their children/wards especially on their movements to and fro school in order to prevent any untoward situation that might endanger or bring the children to harm’s way.
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Unknown gunmen on Saturday night shot Comfort Dooshima, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, collation officer for Gboko Local Government Area in Benue State.

It was gathered that, Dooshima a lecturer at the University of Agriculture, Benue, was attacked on her way to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) head office in Markurdi.

Confirming the incident, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Benue, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, said the commission’s convoy was attacked on Gboko-Makurdi road by unknown gunmen.

Yilwatda told Journalists in the early hours of Sunday at the INEC headquarters Makurdi, that the Returning Officer for the Governorship supplementary polls in Gboko, Prof. Comfort Tuleun was hit by a bullet during the attack.

”At about 8:30pm this evening an attack was launched on a convoy of INEC personnel returning to Makurdi Collation Centre from Gboko LGA after the close of the Governorship and State Assembly Supplementary polls by unknown gunmen.

”In the course of the attack on the convoy, including INEC permanent and ad hoc staff as well as security agencies at Tarka LGA, Prof. Comfort Tuleun, the Gboko LGA Collation Officer for the governorship election was hit by bullets and she is currently receiving treatment.

”The wounded collation officer is from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM).

”INEC regrets this unfortunate incident and calls on security agencies to work tirelessly to apprehend these miscreants and bring them to judgment.

”Meanwhile, as a result of this incident, the commission has no choice but to appoint Dr Joseph Mom of FUAM to replace the wounded official,” NAN quoted him as saying.
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Sergeant Damilola Adeoye attacked on Wednesday afternoon by hoodlums in Mile 12 Lagos had passed on, the police said Friday.

Adeoye was assaulted with cutlasses and broken bottles during a clash between officials of the Lagos State Taskforce and suspected cultists in Mile 12.

The victim who was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) where he was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) died Friday morning.

It was gathered that he had sustained deep brain and neck injuries from the attack allegedly triggered by the shooting of a commercial bus driver.

Meanwhile, another Sergeant, Mudi Emmanuel fingered in the death of an SS1 pupil Adijat Shakiru at Adamo in Ikorodu will be charged to court for murder.

A statement by the police said Emmanuel was found wanting for professional misconduct and was undergoing orderly room trial at the command’s Provost Marshal Unit.

Spokesman for the command Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who signed the statement said Emmanuel’s actions fell short of the Rules of Engagement for the Use of Firearms and Professional Standards for Police Officers.

“He will be charged to court for murder. The command is determined to continually uphold the rule of law and protect the fundamental rights of the people.”

On the death of Sergeant Adeoye, Elkana said that the seven suspects earlier arrested will have murder added to the charges earlier drafted against them.

He said: “The Police Sergeant injured by miscreants at Mile 12 while carrying out his legal duties alongside other members of Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special offenses, Sgt Damilola Adeoye has died Friday morning in the hospital.

“The seven suspects arrested in respect of the attack will in addition to initial charges drafted against them, be charged for murder.”
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A group of unidentified bandits attacked a mining site on Wednesday in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara, killing one of the six mobile policemen on guard and abducting the others.

Speaking to journalists on phone, one of the eye witnesses to the attack, Salisu Lawali, said the bandits invaded the site situated in Sunke village after sporadic gun shots, disarmed the policemen, killing one of them in the process.

He explained that the gunmen abducted the policemen to an unknown destination and released the following day without their guns. Lawali said: “I don’t think there was any negotiation, because the abducted policemen just returned to the site unhurt, the only thing missing were their guns which they said were in the custody of their abductors,” he said.

Confirming the incident, the Chairman of Anka local government area, Alhaji Mustapha Gado, said the policemen were deployed to man the site. He said that the abductees were released after some hours.

“The Divisional Police officer of the local government told me that the officers were released but their rifles were still in the custody of the bandits. “We have earlier ordered for the closure of all the goldmines, but the foreign expatriates can still be found because their machineries are stationed at the sites. “We consulted the relevant authorities on the need to close down the sites and we got approval, we served them with quit notice but those operating the sites sourced for security operatives to man the sites for them,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Police Command in the state could not be reached for comments on the matter.

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Secretary of the Uzo Uwani local council in Enugu state was on Wednesday allegedly shot dead by herdsmen around Olo town in Ezeagu local council of the state.

The late secretary identified as Nnamdi Ogueche was said to have gone for a peace talk between communities and the herdsmen that have been terrorising parts of Uzo-Uwani local government area in the recent past.

It was gathered the council secretary was in company of three others in a vehicle, who were returning from the peace meeting when the alleged herdsmen attacked their vehicle.

There was stampede and uneasy tension while the occupants of the vehicle jumped out in different directions for safety.

The assailants were however said to have pursued the council scribe, shooting him in the process.

The fate of the other three occupants of the vehicle was yet to be known as at the time of this report.

The immediate cause of the killing of the council scribe has not been established as confusion, fear and heightened tension engulfed the entire local government area.

Contacted for comment over the killing, the chairman Uzo-Uwani local government area Mr. Fidelis Ani confirmed the killing of the council scribe along Olo community road while returning from a peace meeting.

He said entry has been lodged at Ezzeagu police division at Aguobu Owa for investigations.

Enugu State commissioner of police Sulaiman Balarabe, who confirmed the incident during a media briefing on Thursday, said there was an ambush against the deceased.

He confirmed that three people have been arrested in connection with the murder.

The CP, however, declined to confirm the involvement of herdsmen until after investigations.
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Three persons, including two suspected robbers, were  killed on Tuesday when gunmen invaded a community in Ojo, Lagos.

The gunmen invaded Gafaru Street, Imude in Ojo on motorcycles and robbed residents. They shot those who resisted them.

Among those killed was  Obina Efenkandu, 32, of 124, Gafaru Street, Imude.

Two other residents- Collins Ichu, 26, and Abdullah Niger, 40 – were injured.

It was learnt that a distress call was made to the Ilemba-Hausa Police Division in Ojo, which called for reinforcement from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and Metro Patrol Teams.

In a statement yesterday, Lagos Command spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said two of the robbers were killed during a gun battle with the police, adding that two others were arrested.

He said: “On sighting the police, the robbers opened fire, but were subdued by the superior firepower of our gallant teams. Two suspects, Semiu Ibrahim, 24, and Francis Obi, 29, were arrested, while Chinozo Felix, 29, alias Power and Ifeanyi Uche died.

“Three Berreta pistols with three live ammunition and three expended ammunition were recovered. One unregistered Bajaj Motorcycle was recovered from the scene.

“The injured persons were taken to hospital.”
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Some people going for early morning prayers in a mosque around Halleluyah Estate, a community in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State on Wednesday were attacked by some security guards working in the area.

Sources in the area told our correspondent that the incident happened around 5:30 am.

A resident, simply identified as Taiwo Olawoore, who was also going to mosque at the time the incident happened, in a chat, said they heard several gunshots and people ran in different directions to escape being shot.

While contacted, spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, SP Folasade Odoro, said a suspect was in police custody in connection with the incident.

“We got a distress call from the area and we promptly responded. We made an arrest and the person arrested is being interrogated,” Odoro said.

She further explained that the man arrested was a security guard hired by the community to provide security at night.

Odoro added that the security guard was obviously drunk and reportedly shot into the air, and not at the worshippers going for prayers.

She said that the matter would be thoroughly investigated to prevent reoccurrence.
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A midnight clash among rival cult groups in Kabawa area of Lokoja has resulted in the death of three persons.

According to a source, while one of the cult group was holding its meeting at about 11:00 pm, another cult group was said to have stormed the meeting venue, opening fire at the members.

As at the time of this report, several houses have been set ablaze, with many residents now forced to flee the area.

The Commissioner of Police has, however, deployed a team of armed men following the renewed shooting by the cult groups in the early hours of this morning.

According to the PPRO who confirmed the clash, no casualty was recorded in the clash.

He added that the Divisional Police Officer with his men have brought the situation under control.
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INDEPENDENT gathered that the robbery suspects were killed on Monday by a crack team of policemen from Isiokolo Police Division following a gun duel between policemen and the suspected robbers.

Our source disclosed that the police have been on the trails of the suspects who were reportedly responsible for the attack on a corpers’ lodge and robbing of a bush bar in Isiokolo a few days ago.

Source disclosed that the police who were assisted by vigilante group personnel busted the robbers in Kokori town around 1:20 am after a major robbery operation in the area.

It was learnt that the police, following a tip-off, clamp down on the suspects who were from Warri at the wee hours of the day but in an ensuing confrontation, three vigilante men sustained gunshot injuries from the bullets of the robbers.

Four of the suspected robbers were killed instantly, others were said to have escaped while two locally made guns and ten cartridges were recovered from them.

The remains of the suspects have since been buried at Isiokolo, Headquarters of Ethiope East LGA burial ground owing to the directive from the Council Chairperson, Faith Majemite.

It would be recalled that suspected armed robbers on Friday night reportedly attacked a corpers’ lodge in Isiokolo, Ethiope East LGA of Delta State.

The gunmen had earlier attacked and burgled a bush bar hotel in the area before they stormed the corpers’ lodge shooting sporadically.

Sources disclosed that three corps members were badly injured by the robbers who shot them during the operation.

A source disclosed that the bandits numbering about five, after robbing their victims, shot three of them in their legs and hands.

It was further gathered that the corpers’ were having fun that night around 1:46 am during a “get together party” with their compound gate widely open whilst no security agents were around when the armed robbers struck.

It was learnt that the Corp members whose identities were not immediately known were later rushed to nearby St. Francis hospital, Okpara Inland but later referred to Ovu General Hospital where they are currently receiving treatment.

The hoodlums had an earlier same night around 2: am burgled one Queensland Bush Bar hotel at Isiokolo and robbed victims of their valuables including cash and handsets.

The incident has since been reported at the Osiokolo Police Station and police on trail of the hoodlums.

When contacted, Acting State Police Public Relation Officer, Chuks Oresewezie confirmed the story, saying efforts have been intensified to clamp down on the fleeing robbers.
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There was confusion in an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday, when a suspect, Abiodun Akinpelu, accused of defiling his five-year-old niece absconded before his arraignment.

The suspect, who is an architect, had arrived in the courtroom to take his plea on two counts of indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault by penetration.

When the case was announced in the courtroom, Akinpelu told the court that his defence counsel was on his way to the court premises.

The judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, then stood-down the case to enable the defence counsel get to court.

When the matter was announced for the second time, the prosecution counsel realized that Akinpelu had snicked out of the court premises.

Mrs Arinola Momoh-Ayokanbi, the lead state prosecutor told the court: “The defendant was in court earlier this morning, I noticed he stepped out of the courtroom immediately he left the dock.

“Now that he has absconded, I humbly request for a bench warrant, five witnesses are to testify in this matter and three of the witnesses are present in court.”

Justice Soladoye issued a bench warrant for Akinpelu’s arrest and adjourned the case until May 7 for arraignment.

According to the charge sheet made available to NAN, Akinpelu committed the offences between January 2016 and September 2017 at his home located at No. 29, Mayowa St., Orelope, Egbeda, Lagos.

According to the charge, the offences contravene Sections 135 and 262 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspects following a raid on cultists and ritualists’ hideout in Ikorodu.

The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

He also said that the raid, which took place on Monday almost led to a serious attack on Imota Police Station in Ikorodu, during which two policemen were injured.

“On March 18, at about 5:30 p.m., following a tip-off, a team of policemen on surveillance at Adama community, Ikorodu, raided a den of cultists, who specialised in ritual murder and kidnapping for ritual purposes.

“On sighting the police, they opened fire and equally used some of their hostages as human shields.

“During the operation that lasted for about one hour, two police officers were injured and three suspects were arrested namely, Ahmed Hassan, Daniel Enyin and Olaniran Alium.

“One Hadiyat Sikiru, an SS1 student was hit by a stray bullet. An attempt by other members of the deadly gang to attack our police station at Imota was met with stiff resistance by the gallant officers on duty.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni, has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Criminal Investigation, Panti, to take over the case for further investigation,” he said.
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Military authorities in Bauchi were on Monday thrown into mourning following the killing of the Garrison Commander, 33 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army in Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi, Col. Mohammed Barack by suspected gunmen.

The killing which has brought panic to the city, could however not be ascertained if it was a case of armed robbery attack or assassination, although unofficial and unconfirmed sources said it could be by armed robbers.

The incident which took place on Bauchi – Jos Road was said to have taken place on Sunday while the deceased was riding a power bike from Kaduna.

A source said, “The Garrison Commander of 33 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army (Shadawanka Barracks) Bauchi, Col. Mohammed Barack, has been shot dead. He was shot on Sunday along Jos Road, while on a power bike and was coming back from Kaduna. He is from Kano State.”

As of the time of this report, preparations are in top gear to convey his corpse to Kano for burial, according to Islamic tradition, after the necessary military rites.

When contacted, the spokesperson of 33 Artillery Brigade, Major Yahaya Nasir Kabara, confirmed the incident saying, “Yes, it’s true.”

When asked to give details of what happened, he said “Come to the Brigade because it is a matter that needs investigation; investigation is ongoing, I will get back to you when the finding is out. Let me communicate with my Commander, I will get back to you.”

But as of the time of this report, he had yet to get back.
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Forty people were killed and more than 20 seriously wounded in shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said was a terrorist attack.

The massacre by at least one gunman during Friday prayers in the city of Christchurch is the country’s worst ever mass shooting and was condemned throughout Asia.

“We believe that 40 people have lost their lives in this act of extreme violence,” Ardern said.

“It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack.”

Ardern said New Zealand had been placed on its highest security threat level. She said four people in police custody held extremist views, but had not been on any police watchlists.

Video footage widely circulated on social media, apparently taken by a gunman and posted online live as the attack unfolded, showed him driving to one mosque, entering it and shooting randomly at people inside.

Worshippers, possibly dead or wounded, lay huddled on the floor of the mosque, the video showed. Reuters was unable to confirm the authenticity of the footage.

One man who said he was at the Al Noor mosque told media the gunman was white, blond and wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest. The man burst into the mosque as worshippers were kneeling for prayers.

“He had a big gun … he came and started shooting everyone in the mosque, everywhere,” said the man, Ahmad Al-Mahmoud. He said he and others escaped by breaking through a glass door.

Radio New Zealand quoted a witness inside the mosque saying he heard shots fired and at least four people were lying on the ground and “there was blood everywhere”.

Ardern said 30 people were killed at the Al Noor mosque, the city’s main mosque, and another 10 at a mosque in the suburb of Linwood.

“This is one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” she said.

New Zealand’s Police Commissioner Mike Bush said four people – three men and a woman – had been taken into custody.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said one of the men in custody was Australian.

Police said IEDs, improvised explosive devices, were found with a vehicle they stopped.

The online video footage, which appeared to have been captured on a camera strapped to the gunman’s head, showed red petrol canisters in the back of his car, along with weapons.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said one of the men in custody was Australian.

Police said IEDs, improvised explosive devices, were found with a vehicle they stopped.

The online video footage, which appeared to have been captured on a camera strapped to the gunman’s head, showed red petrol canisters in the back of his car, along with weapons.

All mosques in New Zealand had been asked to shut their doors, police said.

The Bangladesh cricket team was arriving for Friday prayers when the shooting occurred but all members were safe, a team coach told Reuters.

Political and Islamic leaders across Asia expressed their disgust at the deadly shooting.

“Indonesia strongly condemns this shooting act, especially at a place of worship while a Friday prayer was ongoing,” Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said in a statement.##
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