Robbery is more lucrative than salary work. Suspect

Sikiru Oyebamiji and Afeez Salami, who were arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, for armed robbery, confessed that robbing people was more profitable than their legal job.

They were  Mushin area of Lagos  and were found with a locally-made pistol.

They were nabbed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Friday, July 31, around 12.30am when they were allegedly heading for an operation.

It was further gathered that the duo had taken a cab from Oshodi, and the vehicle had got to a checkpoint around Mushin where SARS operatives asked the occupants to alight.

The suspects were said to have ordered the driver to evade the policemen, threatening to shoot him if he refused.

But the operatives arrested the suspects and recovered the pistol from them.

After their arrest, the suspects confessed that they were nine in the gang. They also told the police that there were two other locally-made guns belonging to the gang.

The suspects said that they had taken to robbery because their respective jobs were not lucrative enough.

Twenty-four-year-old Oyebamiji who hails from Apomu Ikire, Osun State, said he was a cobbler and bus conductor before he joined the gang.

He said, “I was formerly a bus conductor, and a cobbler, before joining the gang. I sold Indian hemp too. I met the gang leader at a night club, and he advised me to be a part of them. We are actually nine in the gang. In most of the operations, we stole phones, gold, laptops, jewellery, and money. I did not like robbery, but I had no option because my work did not give me enough money.”

Oyebamiji, who lives on Lawanson Road, Itire, added that he had gone for about five operations with the gang, and made at least N20,000 from each.

He said, “I have gone out with the gang on about five occasions. We robbed in Sango, Ogun State; Egbeda, Ojuelegba and Pleasure Ile Epo areas in Lagos. We collected money and property in the process. I used the money from armed robbery to send my son to school. I realised about N20,000 from each operation.”

The second suspect, 21-year-old Salami also said he took to robbery because his work was not lucrative.

He said, “I was living in the Ojuelegba area, and I was a meat seller (butcher). But, meat selling was not bringing me much money. So, I joined the gang. We make use of three guns, but the two other guns are with the boss. I realised about N15,000 from each robbery operation. I am actually an orphan. Nobody was taking care of me.”

Two shoplifters Arrested in Onitsha, others on the run.

Two of a six-man syndicate who specialize in breaking peoples shops and looting their goods in Anambra and Ebonyi states have been arrested by a team of surveillance police attached to Fegge Police Station Onitsha, Alhambra state.

Vanguard reports that the two suspects whose names were withheld by the investigating police officers, IPOs, to avoid jeopardizing the arrest of other gang members who were not yet aware of the arrest of two of their accomplice, according to sources, were arrested on different dates, based on a tip-off.

According to the source, the surveillance team stumbled into 22 bags of 50 kilogrammes of foreign rice in a hideout at Onitsha and on enquiry, some of the neighbourhood informed them that they saw some men keeping the goods.

The police team, it was learnt, laid an ambush and as soon as one of the suspects sneaked into the hideout to carry some of the bags, probably for sale, they apprehended him and during interrogations, he disclosed the identities of the six-man gang, including their ring leader who was arrested the next day. It was further gathered that the police are still trailing four other members of the syndicate, even as they were not yet aware that two of their members are already in the police custody.

A reliable police source confirmed that the two suspects have made confessional statements as to how they had broken into and looted many shops, with the latest belonging to one Emmanuel Okonkwo at Obosi community near Onitsha which they allegedly broken into at about 3 a.m. and carted away the bags of rice through a dwarf fence.

The Divisional Police Officer at Fegge, Rabiu Garba who simply confirmed the arrest, said he had sent signal about the case to police headquarters, Awka, while investigations are on going.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Emeka Chukwuemeka, DSP, told newsmen on phone as a the time of filing this report that he was yet to receive such a signal to that effect, adding that he would make some contacts and get back to newsmen..

How Muyideen Salaam killed and drained the blood of Rilwan Amuda for money rituals

One Ibadan man, Muyideen Salaam, a 35 year-old apprentice at Aketegbo community in Seme, Badagry area of Lagos, has been arrested for killing a 13 year-old boy, Rilwan Amuda, for money rituals.
The suspect claimed he resorted to money ritual after his wife left with their two children when feeding became an uphill task for him.
The suspect in his confession according to vanguard explained that: “ I was alone in the video shop club owned by my master when one of my friends named Nuru came and said he knew someone who could make us rich . He told me all that was needed was just the blood of a boy of about 15 years of age.
He said all I needed to do was to get the person since he had already contacted a herbalist. In my desperation, I told him we would take Rilawan, mama elewa’s son since I had easy access to him because he usually ran errands for me and sometimes I gave him money and used closthes. We felt it was useless to go out and get someone else since Rilawan stayed in the same area with us. I made him understand that getting someone was not the problem but taking him to the herbalist’s shrine where he would be killed.
When we told baba our constraint, he gave Nuru a ring and instructed us to just touch whoever we wanted to bring with it , that the person would follow us without hesitation.
On that fateful day, I called Rilwan and touched him with the ring . To my surprise, he became dumb and followed us to the shrine. We kept him there until it was dark .
When it was midnight and there was no one in sight, we took him away from the shrine and laid him on the ground. While Nuru slashed his throat with a knife given to us by the herbalist, I held a bowl close to his neck for the blood to pour into it.
Rilwan did not put up any resistance as promised by baba because he was hypnotized. And his memory was gone.
After we collected the blood, we gave the bowl to baba and carried Rilawan’s body far away from the shrine to avoid suspicion and dumped it on the expressway so as to give an impression that he was hit by a vehicle. We thereafter, went to bath with the blood as instructed by baba.
He performed some rituals fore us and mixed the blood with a black native soap and gave us to bath with after which he said we would become rich.
But after bathing with the substance, by the third day, we did not see any money as promised by baba. We were as poor as we used to be . We were so angry and decided to go to baba’s place to fight with him.
But on our way, Rilwan’s mother held me and asked me to produce his son for him. She said she was informed that he was last seen with me. She vehemently refused to let go of my trouser even when I denied. This caused a scene and people gathered around me and started beating me. Nuru who was with me managed to escape. Policemen from Seme division came and took me away. It was at that moment I opened up.
But Nuru who lured me into it is nowhere to be found . I am left to bear the brunt alone . If I had known, I would have continued working for my master where I was paid N1,500 every month. The most painful aspect is that I do not have a mother, father, sister or brother. I am just all alone in the world. I do not want to die even though I partook in killing somebody “, he said in an emotional laden tone.
After his arrest, policemen reportedly took him to the herbalist shrine where the suspect showed them the bowl that was used to drain Rilwan’s blood. The herbalist identified as Soji Akodiya did not deny demanding for a human blood from Muyideen and his fleeing friend but he stated that the killing never took place in his shrine.
Out of curiosity , this reporter was forced to ask why he looked so haggard and tattered when he could make money to take care of himself. In response,he looked at the reporter , smiled sheepishly and said, “you will not understand”
Continuing he said : “ Yes, I told them what they needed for money ritual was human blood. Because money ritual is one of the greatest tasks in our line. I told them they could either use their own blood for it but I believe they never wanted to and brought that of the boy. I was not around when the boy was slaughtered . I did not even know when they brought him. He was not even killed in my shrine….”
But Muyideen interrupted saying “It is a lie. You knew when we brought him. It was even you that gave us knife and a bowl to put the blood. You even told us not to kill him in your shrine for security purpose and you were aware we were going to kill him that night”.
But the herbalist ignored the interjection and continued “ I am a herbalist who speacialise in attending to barren women. I also help people to get jobs and also give charms to traders to sell more than their fellow traders. I collect, N50 to N500 , depending on what the oracle demands. It is then left for my clients to appreciate me.  I got money ritual charm from a colleague ten years ago when all herbalists went for a meeting in Ijebu-ode . Usually, what we do at such meeting is to help ourselves. For instance, if I have the cure for any disease and others do not, I will give to them and vice visa.
That was how the baba gave all of us ogun owo (money ritual charm)and instructed us on how to administer  to our clients . I have never used it before, this is my first time. It was even when Nuru came to me that I realised I had the charm”.
Asked why it did work for the suspect and his fleeing partner in crime, the herbalist relied “ it did not work because they did not follow my instruction. The instruction was to bathe with the prepared concoction nine days after its preparation but they used it on the third day. Had they followed the instruction, they would have noticed a total turn around in whatever they set their hands to do . Their businesses would have been lucrative . And if they leave N1000 in the bag, they would wake up to meet triple of what was there”.

Lagos based child trafficker arrested for selling 2 months old baby

One Mrs. Victor, living at Sabo Ilaje are of Lagos state has been arrested by the Lagos State Police command  for allegedly selling a two-month-old baby for N30,000

Police sources at the State Criminal Investigation Department where the suspect is currently being detained, told newsmen they received a complaint that the suspect was engaged in child trafficking. When she was arrested, she confessed to have sold a two month-old baby for N30,000. She is yet to state the name of the buyer nor give us her contact. She still insists   she did not know the person. Investigation is still on-going Police sources said

How a 41 year old killed 86 years old dad over a parcel of land.

Yusuf Akinbiyi, 41, was reminded by Ebute‑Meta Chief magistrate’s court in Lagos, yesterday to lkoyi Prisons for allegedly killing his father, Agboola Akinbiyi, 86 years old.

The accused, who resides at Madon village, Ijede Ikorodu, Lagos, is facing a one‑count charge of murder.
The magistrate, Miss A.O. Komolafe, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.
The court did not take the plea of the accused.
The prosecutor, Inspector Frank Inah, said the crime was committed on May 21 at about 11.05 p.m. at the residence  of the  deceased.
Inah said the deceased and the accused lived together, adding that the deceased had provided for the accused as he was jobless.
He said: “The accused wanted to sell his father’s land to enable him travel out of the country, but his father held on to the documents.
“The accused and the deceased had an argument during which the accused beat the deceased with his hands and covered his mouth and nostrils with pillow.”
He said this made the accused to suffocate to death, adding that the accused was later arrested by the Police.
Inah said the body of the deceased had been deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Komolafe adjourned the case till August 11 for mention
Source: vanguard.

How Paul Obiefule Killed a 12 year old boy and hid The Body Underbed

Information reaching us indicates that one Paul Obiefule ‘m’ of No.22, Omitola Street, Agege Lagos and his wife beat a 12 year old boy,Onyedikachi Mbanozo, living with them to death for no reason.

The 6 Years Old Girl Raped By A 42 Year-old Paedophilia Develops VVF

Kano State Governor Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso

Dr.Binta Tijanni Jibril, Kano State Commissioner for Women Affairs, has said that a six-years-old girl who was allegedly raped by a 42-years-old man is now a Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF patient because of the critical condition the girl was passing through the state governor, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has approved free medical treatment for the girl, Jibril added.

How Bashir Shuaibu Beats His Eight Year Old House Maid Until She Passed Out

Bashir Shuaibu from Kogi State  has been fingered for child abuse for whipping an eight year old continuously and causing her grievous injuries on her buttocks and using her as house maid  took a while to rouse eight-year-old Sophia Shaidu, as she lay on her stomach on a bed in the children’s ward of the Aniyun Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos.

When The Poor Welcomes Elder Godsday Orubebe

This picture shows former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe who recently declared as a gubernatorial candidate in Delta State in the coming election. He's followed by his entourage.
Looking at this picture, one would say he is hardly aware of the situation that put these folks  perpetually on their knees, grovelling for a morsel of bread. They are probably widows, I maybe wrong. If I am, what  is this,  Respect or Poverty?

Graphic photos: Brothers kill Half brother over Inheritance

In  Satellite Town, Lagos, three brothers, Fatia, Sakiru and Tunji Osun, strangled their brother, Yusuf, to death over the property of their late father. According to witnesses, their father willed the house to Yusuf, who wasn't the eldest, but the eldest, Fatia decided to sell the house for N17m. His plan was to take N10m and give his brothers N5m to share. Yusuf did not agree.

Nonso Egbuzobi, A Member Of ATM Robbery Gang Arrested In Lagos

Nonso Egbuzobi, 28 -year-old member of a robbery gang, responsible for various robbery of ATM in Lagos metropolis has been arrested.

In one of the attacks, three policemen were killed while attempting to break into an Automated Teller

Machine, ATM, of a second generation bank in Ayobo area of the state in November.

Two members of the gang were also killed during an earlier encounter with operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, at Ilasamaja area of the state.

A Woman Stabs Nuhu To Death Over N100 Debt

 A woman that sells food at Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja, has allegedly stabbed one Nuhu in the stomach over a N100 debt.

The suspect had accosted Nuhu over the  N100 debt which resulted in a heated argument and the woman in rage grabbed a knife and stabbed the boy in the stomach

The victim's friends mobilized to attack the woman but she was rescued by a man. Disappointed, the boys destroyed the wooden bench and table the woman use in selling food and burnt the BMW car of the man that rescued the woman  

It took the efforts of the police to disperse the boys

Mariam, A Housewife, Clubbed Her Husband To Death Over N100. In Ilorin

A housewife simply called  Mariam has been arrested for the murder of her husband at Oloje area of Ilorin. It was gathered that argument over N100  led to the death of the man.

The deceased, before his death was bricklayer husband. 

Elewon: Supreme Court Quashed Chief Bode George's Conviction.

The conviction of Chief Olabode George, and five former directors of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) by a Lagos State High Court in 2009 has been set aside by the Supreme Court on Friday as lacking in merit. So, he is no longer an elewon.

Dr. James Ezuma And Wife Arraigned For Illegal Clinic, Ritual Killing And Stealing.

A 67- year-old Dr. James Ezuma and his wife, Chioma, have been Arraigned at Owerri Magistrates' Court for operating an illegal home for pregnant women, stealing and ritual killing.

Doctor, Ezuma, 67, is facing 18 count charges for keeping 16 pregnant girls in an illegal home with the intent to sell their babies after delivery to prospective buyers.

How Lagos Runs Babe Was Beheaded By 'Ritualist'

This gruesome killing was reported by PorscheClassy Media.

Viewer discretion advised.

How A woman Conspired With A Pastor Lover To Kill Her Husband In Edo State

A pastor and the wife of Victor Nsongbunyo, who was found burnt to death in his car at Sapele Road, some weeks ago, have been arrested by a team of detectives attached to Edo State Police Command, Benin City

Victor Nsongbunyo, before his death, was the Deputy Manager attached to Nigeria

Petroleum Development Company NPDC, Benin City.

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole Presents N159bn Edo 2014 Budget to House Of Assembly

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday presented a proposed budget  of N159.213bn for the year 2014, to the state House of Assembly for passage into law.

During the Presentation of the proposed 2014 fiscal plan, which the executive governor tagged ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’, Oshiomhole said it was targeted towards the completion of ongoing projects and expansion of infrastructure in the state.

Uchedu Chigbo, 23 Year-old Boy, Jail 7 Months For Having Sex With A 13 Year-old Girl

A 23 year-old man, Uchedu Chigbo has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment by Kubwa Upper Area Court in Abuja on Friday for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
When the charge was read, chigbo pleaded guilty to the charge and the Presiding Judge, Alhaji Lawal Munir, convicted him to prison for 7 months with an option of N5000 fine for gross indecency.

How Alice Ogana and 2 Others Used ''Scissors" To Rob Folake George of N6.8m

A gang of male and female robbers have been smashed and the suspects arraigned in court. One of the armed robbers is a 20-year-old woman, Alice Ogana, and two others-Sunday Lukpata and Friday Ulakon were ordered to be remanded in Ikoyi Prison by a magistrate of a Ebute Meta Magistrate Court, Lagos

The robbers are facing a four counts charge of armed robbery and assault.