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Fake female police inspector swindles 10 job seekers of millions of naira

The Police intelligence operatives have arrested a 28-year old woman parading herself as a Police Inspector working in the office of Lagos State Commissioner of Police and using it to obtain millions of Naira under the false pretence of recruiting job seekers into the Nigeria Police Force.

The suspect,  Juliana Ashazi Friday, was arrested in Lagos after she defrauded over 10 victims of various sums of money under the false pretence of securing job for them into the Nigeria Police.

Some of the victims included Roseline Phillip, Muntari Garba, Yakubu Garba, Bibian Anthony, Adeyinka Mutiu, Faith Kwembe, Iliya Akwanga, Jummal Bako, Edith Abue, Emmcy Zelon among others.

The suspect was arrested following a petition to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, who directed the Special Squad to apprehend the suspect over several reports against her.

Thus, the Police arrested her and detained her at the Command Headquarters for interrogation over the alleged exortion of money under false pretence.

The suspect, had after obtaining the money in question, bolted away and did not secure any Police job as she had promised hence the report to the Police over her alleged criminal conduct.

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She was later arrested by Police intelligence operatives and having been found culpable after interrogation, she was charged before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence.

Some of the charges read:

“That you Juliana Ashazi Friday ‘f’ and others still at large, sometime between November, 2023 and February, 2024 at about 1100hrs, Bomet camp area of Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit: obtaining money by false preterice, impersonation and thereby committed an offence Contrary to and Punishable under Section 411 of the Crimina Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

COUNT II: That you Juliana Ashazi Friday ‘f’ and others still at large, on the sa date, time and place, in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did impersonate Nigeria Police Force by calling yourselves a Police Inspector attached to Lagos Police Commissioner’s office, using it as an advantage to obtain money from and thereby committed an offence Contrary to and Punishable under 77(a)(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

COUNT III: That you Juliana Ashazi Friday ‘f’ and others still at large, at same date, time and place, in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did obtained various sum money from victims omunder the pretence of helping them secure Police job and thereby committed an offence contravening Section 314(1) of the Criminal law of the State.”

She pleaded not guilty when she was arraigned.

The prosecutor, Inspector John Iberedem, then asked the Court to give a date for hearing since she pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that she actually committed the alleged offence.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. Ex. Kubenije, granted her bail with two sureties, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment while addresses will be verified by the Court.

The matter was adjourned for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.

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Hamdiyya Sidi makes U-turn, apologises to Sokoto gov over video on insecurity

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Hamdiyya Sidi makes U-turn, apologises to Sokoto gov over video on insecurity

In a significant development, a Sokoto-based rights activist, Hamdiyya Sidi, being prosecuted by Governor Ahmed Aliyu-led Sokoto government for allegedly making inciting statements, has made a U-turn and issued a public apology to the state government.

Sidi was reportedly arrested for “embarrassing” Governor Aliyu, on social media.

She was subsequently arraigned secretly without having access to a lawyer nor family members, a source had said.

The woman had in a video lamented the insecurity in the state and demanded an end to the incessant killings by bandits.

She had reportedly revealed how gunmen took over villages without any restraint and added that displaced women seeking refuge in the state capital were being sexually exploited due to abject poverty.

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But in a new video shared on social media, Sidi stated in Hausa, “My name is Hamdiyya Sidi Sheriff from Sokoto state, Wurno Local Government Area.

“I am the individual who recently created a video highlighting the pressing issues of insecurity and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sokoto State.

“I’m apologising as a woman and a Muslim from Sokoto because I used some words in the video when I made reference to the governor’s wife and his family.

“The words are too heavy considering my age. The words weren’t supposed to have come from me.

“And the other comment I made that the IDPs should move into government facilities and occupy them, I regret saying that too.

“Please for God’s sake, I’m sorry, nobody has the right to move into or occupy a government facility without due process and permission.

“For the government, governor and anyone that my comment has affected, I’m sorry, please forgive me.”

Sokoto is one of states in Northern Nigeria plagued by bandits who raid and loot villages, kill residents and burn houses to the ground.

 

Hamdiyya Sidi makes U-turn, apologises to Sokoto gov over video on insecurity

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A bystander was fat@lly struck by a stray bullet when some Nigerian Customs Service officers and smugglers clashed in the Obada Idi-Emi area of Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State on Monday, Nov. 25.

The violent confrontation began earlier in the day, with gunshots ringing out, throwing the community into panic.

As both sides exchanged gunfire, a resident identified as Kazeem was k!lled by a stray bullet.

The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Services, Hammed Oloyede, confirmed the incident to Punch. Oloyede said officers of the command had received intelligence about a smuggling activity of some foreign rice and they trailed the vehicle.

He added that when the driver of the vehicle observed that he had been trailed, he abandoned the smuggled item and the vehicle in a bid to evade arrest and fled the scene.

He said: “On Monday, November 25, 2024, at about 1109hrs, the operatives of Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area 1 Command received credible information on a Mazda 323 laden with bags of Imported rice. A surveillance team was deployed in a private vehicle to trail and give real-time updates on the Information.

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“Upon confirmation, The team with the official patrol vehicle swung into action along the bush paths of Owode-Obada and intercepted one MAZDA 323 loaded with foreign rice of 50kg each at the said Owode Obada axis. The driver abandoned the vehicle upon sighting the official patrol vehicle and managed to evade arrest.

“While conveying the intercepted vehicle with foreign rice to the Government Warehouse for documentation, the intercepted vehicle broke down at Obada town. Given the volatile nature of the area, the team leader directed that the intercepted rice be evacuated into the official patrol Hilux.”

He added that some suspected hoodlums attacked the officers while they were transloading the seized contraband which led to a free-for-all between the officers and the hoodlums.

The Ogun Customs PRO added that during the ensuing melee, the customs officers fled the scene to ensure their safety. One officer (pictured above) was injured.

Oloyede said that an investigation has commenced into the matter.

 

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