Category: Crime

The police have made some arrests following Wednesday’s invasion of the Lagos house of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola, where property worth millions of naira were stolen. It was learnt that the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had visited the family. Odumosu told our correspondent that […]

19-year-old suspect, accused of killing no fewer than six people in Akinyele Local Govermment Area, was rearrested in the home of his grandmother. The Police Command in Oyo State says it has rearrested Sunday Shodipe, the alleged serial killer who escaped from detention at an Ibadan police station. Oyo State Police Command spokesman, Mr Gbenga […]

A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly representing Baraza Dass constituency, Musa Mante, was killed by suspected gunmen on Thursday night at his residence in Dass. Confirming the incident, police public relations officer, Bauchi State Police Command, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil said: “Two of his wives and a son were kidnapped by the […]

A 32-year-old man, names withheld, paraded by the Niger State Police Command for allegedly raping a 60-year-old woman, has pleaded for forgiveness, saying he was attracted by her ‘shaking buttocks.’ The state Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, said on Friday that the suspect was apprehended by operatives attached to ‘B’ Division, Suleja, adding that he would be arraigned […]

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the wanted traditional ruler of Oguntade Village, Oba Lateefu Olarinde, and his son, Prince Yusuf, alleged to be responsible for violent attacks on people and properties in Satellite Town, Amuwo Odofin. Olarinde, a self acclaimed monarch, was arrested on Thursday at his hideout in Ile-Epo, several […]

The couple being moved to Nsukka Correctional Centre yesterday I want my daughter alive, says distraught mother It was a Mecca of sorts yesterday at the Magistrates’ Court, Enugu, as many residents stormed the court premises to catch a glimpse of the couple, Mr. Jude and Mrs. Ifeoma Ozougwu, who allegedly drilled a six-inch nail […]

Girl accused of murdering her father’s 51-year-old friend who tried to rape her A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday discharged and acquitted a 15-year-old girl accused of murdering her father’s 51-year-old friend, who tried to rape her. Magistrate Philip Adebowale Ojo struck out the murder charge filed by the police against the Senior […]

The Minister of State FCT, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has called for stiffer penalties against rapists to check the increasing cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence. Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, in a statement on Sunday, said Aliyu made the call while presenting palliative items to the FCT […]

Student raped, killed in Ibadan ‘Enforce laws against sexual violence’ Rapists seem to be getting bolder. Last week, 22-year-old Vera Omozuwa, a first-year student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) was gang-raped and killed in Benin, the Edo State capital. In Kaduna, before the Omosuwa case, a lady simply identified as Jennifer was reportedly raped […]

Ekiti State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of a 78-year-old grandmother and widow by persons suspected to be ritual killers in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, described it as “unfortunate and mysterious.” Abutu said the investigation had begun into […]