Category: Crime

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Oyo zone, has secured the convictions of two siblings, Adedeji Adeboye and Adedamola Adeboye, and 33 others for involvement in internet-related fraud at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan. This was disclosed in a statement and pictures shared on the X.com page of the anti-graft agency on Friday. According to the statement, the convicts were tried before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Bayo Taiwo, and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The statement reads, ” The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the…

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A 29-year-old man, Ogunnaike Philip, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command on suspicion of killing at least three young girls, including an 18-year-old, in separate incidents across the state. The command stated that the suspect’s method was to lure his victims into the forest, where he would tie them up, strangle them, and then abandon their bodies after stealing their phones. According to the command, investigations revealed that the suspect is a suspected serial killer who escaped from the Ibara Correctional Centre about two years ago while…

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Two female suspects have been arrested by the police in Delta State, South-south Nigeria, for allegedly buying a three-day-old baby for N2 million. The baby, a boy, has been recovered, the police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe said in a statement on Thursday. Mr Edafe, police superintendent, said the suspects, Tessi Ikechukwu and Lauretta Akomen, were arrested on Tuesday with the help of a tricycle rider. According to the police, four women boarded the tricycle, but two alighted around the Effurun roundabout. “One of the two women who alighted…

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Four “notorious” child traffickers who allegedly abducted and sold children for N1 million have been arrested by the police in Imo State. The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, said the suspects – two men and two women – were members of a syndicate involved in the abduction of children from unsuspecting parents. The police spokesperson said that the arrest of the suspects and the rescue of the victims occurred when the police detectives raided…

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One Khadija Aliyu has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police for allegedly stealing a seven-day-old baby girl during a naming ceremony in the Keffi area of the state. This is just as the command also arrested an ex-convict, Hussaini Mohammed, for allegedly stealing motorcycles in the same area. In a statement by the Nasarawa State Police command’s Public Relations Officer, Rahman Nansel, on Sunday, the suspect was arrested at about 6:30 pm on Saturday. Nansel said the suspect had pretended to be pregnant and, while the christening was ongoing,…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed 16-count charges against former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, Umar Shuaibu Oicha, and Abdulsalam Hudu at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The charges, filed on September 24, 2024, in Case No: CR/7781, include conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, and possession of unlawfully obtained property. The case is pending before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Key allegations include conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust involving N110.4 billion in 2016 and misuse of…

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