Socialite declared wanted over murder, cyber stalking

Nigerian Police has declared Dorcas Adeyinka, a Lagos socialite and blogger, wanted for alleged cyberstalking, kidnapping, and murder, among other things.

Police advised the public to “arrest and give over the suspect to the nearest police station or the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.”

The police also characterized Adeyinka as a married female Yoruba blogger from Ekiti State and Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.

She is estimated to be 1.64m tall, with an oval face, tribal markings, a pointed nose, a wide mouth, full and white dentition, and a light complexion with black eyes.

The police further stated that she lives in the United Kingdom and frequently visits Ikeja, Ogudu, and Fagba in Lagos State, as well as Otta and Sango in Ogun State.

According to reports, a Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, summoned two social media users for allegedly defaming Adeyinka by publishing her nude photo online.

According to the court summons dated Thursday, May 9, 2024, obtained by our correspondent, Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the two defendants, Tolulope Adeoye, aka Abike Jagaban, and Tolulope Odegbami, aka Olowosibi, to appear in person before the court on June 4, 2024, to answer the charges leveled against them by the complainant.

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The summons stemmed from a criminal complaint filed by the complainant’s lawyers, led by Pelumi Olajengbesi of Law Corridor, an Abuja-based law company. The socialite accused the defendants of posting her naked photo on social media and mocking her.

The application partly read, “On March 5, 2022, Abike Jagaban shared the complainant’s nude pictures on YouTube, directing her followers to different online platforms where the complainant’s pictures were/are shared and ridiculed the complainant in the process.

“The video was captioned, ‘Abike Jagaban on Dorcas Adeyinka, aka TMS Blog.’ These actions have exposed the complainant to contempt, hatred, and detestation, as some people can be seen making disparaging remarks against the complainant in the comment section of the above-referenced post.

“Abike Jagaban has also bullied the complainant in another video titled, ‘How Abike Jagaban bullied Dorcas Adeyinka,” among others.”

The complainant informed the court that the defendants’ claimed activities constituted criminal defamation and violated Section 391 of the Penal Code.

Meanwhile, in suit number CR/93/2024 with motion number MN/140/2024, Magistrate Iyanna directed the complainant to serve the defendants with the criminal summons and all subsequent court processes through their social media handles or pages, @Tolulope Omolara Ghaba (Facebook) and @Princess Tolulope Ajike Olowosibi (Facebook).

The magistrate adjourned the case to June 4, 2024, and ordered that the two defendants appear in court on that date.

Socialite declared wanted over murder, cyber stalking

Woman jailed for forging late Abba Kyari’s signature

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has found Ramat Mba guilty of forging the signature of the late Abba Kyari, former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The conviction was confirmed in a statement released by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), which was shared X on Sunday.

Evidence presented during the trial revealed that Mba deceitfully replicated the letterhead paper of the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President, along with Kyari’s signature.

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Mba was brought before the court by the ICPC in June 2022, facing charges including cheating, fraud, and forgery, as outlined in Sections 13 and 320 (b), 366 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 200 and the Penal Code Cap 89 laws of Northern Nigeria.

Among the charges, Mba was accused of defrauding a job seeker, Ismail Oladipupo, of N700,000 under the pretense of securing employment for him at the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASDRA).

During the trial, the ICPC’s prosecutor, Mr. Hamza Sani, presented evidence detailing how Mba misled individuals by promising them employment opportunities at various government agencies, including the Federal Inland Revenue Service, NASDRA, and the ICPC itself.

In his verdict, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad convicted Mba on multiple counts related to cheating and forgery, while dismissing one count related to felony.

Sentencing for Mba has been postponed until Thursday, May 16, 2024, with the directive to remand her in Suleja Correctional Centre until then.

Woman jailed for forging late Abba Kyari’s signature

Police declare wanted Ogun landlady, husband who dumped tenant’s corpse in canal

In Ogun State, the dead body of a woman, simply identified as Iya Ibukun has been allegedly thrown into a canal by her landlady and her husband.

The landlady, Bola Abiodun, and her husband, identified simply as Sunday, reportedly committed the crime at about 12:05 pm on May 8, 2024.

The incident happened in Temidire community in the Ifo Local Government Area of the south west State.

The police have launched a manhunt for the duo who have since fled their home in the community.

According to Punch, the deceased had earlier been knocked down by a hit-and-run driver on May 5, 2024.