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How I killed tricycle operators, dumped their bodies in septic tank — Suspect
The Plateau State Police Command says it has arrested one Samson Eze, 31, for allegedly killing tricycle riders and dumping the bodies in a septic tank.
The suspect told the News Agency of Nigeria that he charters the tricycles to particular destinations only to kill the owners.
Eze, a father of two and a resident of Kampala in Jos North, claimed that hardship led him into committing the crime.
He said: “I started committing this crime sometime in December 2021.
“At about 7pm, I boarded a motorcycle at Agingi to take me to my brother’s house located in the area.
“When we got close to the house, I asked him to drop me off.
“Immediately I dropped, I used a stick I hid inside my jacket to hit him behind his head.
“When I made sure he was dead, I dragged him into my brother’s house and dumped him inside the soak away pit.
“I took the motorcycle home and used it briefly for commercial purposes, but it was not yielding any good money.
“I returned to the same area sometime in January and boarded a tricycle this time around.
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“When we got to the same spot, I dropped off and used a stick to hit him on the head until he died.
“I deposited his body in the same septic tank and took the tricycle home.
“I repeated it again after a week and dispossessed a man of his tricycle, but this time, the man fought me hard and left plenty blood marks on the floor.
“After hitting them, I use a polythene bag to wrap their heads to suffocate them and also to prevent blood from dropping on the ground.
“I thereafter pour a chemical inside the the soak away pit to prevent odour from emanating from it, which can attract attention.
“I built the house, but don’t not live in it.
“I rear pigs and dogs in the house.
“I filled the soak away with water and covered it.”
Eze told NAN that each time his wife asked where he got the tricycles, he lied that he either borrowed them or got them on hire purchase.
He said that whenever she tried to question the strange odour he always returned home with, he would beat her up and cause a scene.
At the time of his arrest on January 22, two tricycles, a motorcycle and two military uniforms were recovered from his house.
On the army uniforms found in his possession, the suspect told NAN that he bought a pair from a friend and he claimed he got the other when he tried enrolling in the Nigerian Defence Academy some years ago.
Eze denied using the uniforms to commit any crime.
He explained that he kept them for no reason.
He added that he owned a drug store some years ago, which collapsed, and later went into computer programming that failed as well.
He said this led him into a life of crime.
A resident of the Agingi community who does not want his name disclosed told NAN that the elder brother of the suspect found the bodies in the septic tank when he visited the house and raised an alarm.
He said the brother noticed blood trail to the septic tank , which led him to the discovery of the bodies.
He added that the brother also suspected Eze because he did not have a visible means of livelihood yet spends a lot.
The spokesman of the Plateau State Police Command, Ubah Ogaba, confirmed that the suspect was arrested for the crime and has been in custody.
Ogaba explained that the police recovered some exhibits from him and investigation was still ongoing.
He said the suspect would soon be arraigned in court.
The Eagle
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Kaduna ambush claims soldier’s life, stepmother abducted
Kaduna ambush claims soldier’s life, stepmother abducted
The community of Anguwan Rimi in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been shaken by tragedy as a soldier, Yahaya Ayuba (Zabuyia), was reportedly killed, and his stepmother abducted by gunmen.
Confirming the incident, a family member, Mr. Kantiok Solomon, revealed that the soldier had recently returned from Lagos and was engaged in a discussion with his family members at the palace when the assailants struck. Despite his resistance, the gunmen, noticing his uniform, fatally shot him.
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Angelo Tagwai, another resident, echoed Solomon’s sentiments, expressing the community’s shock and emphasizing the urgency for security forces to intervene and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice. This incident marks the third such violent occurrence in the area, heightening concerns among locals.
Efforts to obtain official comments from the Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, were unsuccessful as calls and messages went unanswered.
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Lagos Govt insists no attachment to shops, buildings
Lagos Govt insists no attachment to shops, buildings
Lagos State Government has maintained its zero-tolerance stance against illegal construction of extensions and attachments to shops and buildings in any part of the state.
General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, an architect, stated this.
He spoke at a multi-agency enforcement carried out to remove extensions and attachments affixed to shops and plazas within the Lagos Island Central Business.
The action, he said, would bring about safety and orderliness to the markets and streets in the area.
A statement by Olaoye Olusegun, Director of Public Affairs at LASBCA, quoted Oki as saying those extensions affixed to shops and buildings within the area were constituting nuisance and a hindrance to rescue operations during emergencies.
He cited the case of fire outbreak in Mandilas building where first responders such as the state fire and rescue services could not access the burning building due to blockage of the roads and streets by traders with their extensions and attachments.
He told all owners of shops and business premises with extensions/ attachments to remove them immediately.
Oki disclosed that the removal exercise would be continuous and extended to other parts of the state.
He stressed that Lagos State would no longer tolerate the level of lawlessness going on in the commercial areas, especially Lagos Island where every available space was being converted to shops extending to the roads.
Oki also frowned on the practice of mounting diesel and petrol generators on rooftops, penthouses and iron staircases of shops and plazas within commercial centres.
The multi-agency exercise comprising the Lagos State Building Control Agency, Lagos State Neighbourhood Watch, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Central Business Districts and Lagos State Environmental Services amongst others, witnessed the removal of attachments to shops around Nnamdi Azikiwe Street, Dosunmu, Ereko, Eyin Eyo, Martins, Balogun and its adjoining streets.
The removal is part of the recommendations of the Dosunmu Fire Incident Committee headed by the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Gbenga Oyerinde.
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BREAKING: Workers stranded as Labour pickets Jos DisCo, NERC
BREAKING: Workers stranded as Labour pickets Jos DisCo, NERC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have picket the headquarters of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) along Ahmadu way in the metropolis.
The sealing of office was carried out by Plateau chapter of NLC and TUC officials in compliance with the directive of the Organised Labour over the hike in Electricity Tariff.
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It was gathered that workers of the electricity company were locked out by an enforcement team as early as 6:30 a m.
According to The Nation, Jos Disco spokesman Dr. Friday Elijah said: ” The office of JED has been picketed. We were locked out, when we came to the office. It has been sealed, nobody is allowed to entered, even my self ( the spokesman) and the chief security officer also outside.
All of us came this morning for work, we were locked out. The office has been picketed and sealed.
The chairman of Plateau chapter of NLC, Comrade Eugene Manji, the place has been picket and sealed in compliance with the directive of our National headquarters.
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