Police identify officer who shot man dead at fuel station

The Police Command in Lagos State has identified the officer who allegedly shot a man dead at a filling station in the Obalende area of the state.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a post he shared on his verified X handle@ben Hundeyin on Thursday.

He said that the officer had been identified.

“The person behind the shooting has been identified as a police officer serving at Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 17, Lion Building, Lagos.

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“Investigation is still ongoing and further findings will be made available, ” he said.

According to Hundeyin, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Adegoke Fayoade is working with the family of the deceased to ensure that there is no miscarriage of justice.

It could be recalled that the deceased, Toheeb Eniasa, was shot dead by a policemam on Wednesday while struggled to buy fuel.

It was learnt that two officers drove into the station to purchase fuel but motorists asked them to join the queue.

In the process, an argument ensured which resulited into a fight and one of the officers shot Eniasa and ran away.

Police identify officer who shot man dead at fuel station

N3bn fraud: Court adjourns trial of ex-Benue governor Suswam until May 8

The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until May 8, 2024, the N3.1 billion money laundering case against former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam.

This was contained in a circular issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

“Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has adjourned to 8th and 10th May 2024, for the continuation of the trial of the former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan, in the N3.1 billion money laundering case instituted against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,” the circular stated.

WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that it was alleged that Suswam attempted to influence the outcome of his trial by bribing the former judge handling the case, Justice Ahmed R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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According to sources, Suswam allegedly gave the judge the equivalent of N500 million (in foreign currency) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja in 2019.

The EFCC accused Suswam of selling shares belonging to the Benue State Investment and Property Company and diverting part of the proceeds (N3,111,008,018.51) to a company named Fanfash Resources, with a Zenith Bank account that belongs to Abubakar Umar, who operates a Bureau de Change in Abuja.

The sum was later withdrawn and converted into foreign currencies, allegedly handed over to the former governor at his residence.

N3bn fraud: Court adjourns trial of ex-Benue governor Suswam until May 8

Why I killed my one-year-old son – Delta woman

A Delta woman, Sophia Nkwor, has opened up on why she killed her one-year-old son in Delta State.

The 24-year-old woman was said to have ended the life of the baby by drowning him in a well late last month.

According to the police in the oil-rich southern State, the tragic incident happened in Araya community, Isoko South Local Government Area of the state.

Giving reasons for her actions, Sophia Nkwor disclosed that she decided to kill the child because she couldn’t fend for him.

She said the father of the child rejected him, adding that she was living with her grandmother in the community.

“l have no helper, it was only me that was taking care of the child

“I was the only one that was doing everything and l was tired of doing that.”

She was paraded alongside suspects of various other criminal acts by the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi, at the state command’s headquarters, Asaba, on Thursday.

Olufemi said, “On 28th of April 2024, a case of infanticide was reported at Oleh Division, that a suspect named Sofia Nkwor ‘f’ aged 24 years from Isoko South LGA, dumped her child of one year and one month old in a well along the road in Araya community Isoko South LGA.”

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