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Abuja female Corps member bathed with acid, killed over boyfriend — CP
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has paraded three suspects in connection with the murder of a female member of the National Youths Service Corps, Stephanie Terungwa.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Sunday Babaji, confirmed the development when he spoke with newsmen on Monday.
Babaji said the Maitama Division of the Command had on April 15, 2022 received information about the body of a middle-aged lady lying on the road.
Babaji said that Crime Scene Investigators were swiftly drafted upon the receipt of the information and removed the body to the hospital, where she was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty.
He said the initial effort to facially profile the victim proved abortive due to her deformed face suspected to have resulted from exposure to a corrosive substance.
The CP said that discrete investigation revealed that the deceased was Terungwa, a 26-year-old Corps member who resides in City Homes Estate, Lokogoma with one Edward Achadu.
He said it was discovered that she left home with her one-year and five-months-old son on April 14 and never returned home.
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Babaji said: “A day later, the son was recovered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church upon a call placed through to one of the paternal relatives.
“Discrete and painstaking Investigations by Tactical and Intelligence assets of the Command attached to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigations Department led to the arrest of three suspects.”
He said that the suspects included a 26-year-old female, a 36-year-old male and another male of about 35 years old, all residents of Oguta Lake, Maitama area of the FCT.
Babaji said the suspects criminally conspired and murdered the victim to separate her from Edward Achadu to pave way for the female suspect and estranged lover of Edward, Jenifer Temba, to have him to herself.
According to him, investigation has been intensified to reveal groundbreaking facts that could lead to the arrest of fleeing participant(s) in this criminal act.
He said the suspects would be charged to court upon the conclusion the investigation.
The female suspect told newsmen that the deceased only came to her house to collect phone the day she was found dead and denied any involvement in the act.
She said the male suspects were the ones that told her that they wanted to kidnap the deceased to demand for ransom.
However, another suspect, who said he was a colleague of the female suspect, told newsmen that she invited him to help her scare the deceased from her man.
He said the only role he played was to open the gate for the late Corps member when she came to Temba’s house.
He claimed that he met two other men who tied the deceased before he departed from the premises, adding that he later heard of the murder of the deceased.
Another male suspect said he was contracted by the female suspect to help her scare the deceased alongside his friend currently at large.
He said he did not kill the deceased, adding that he held and tied her as instructed by the female suspect before leaving the house.
He said that the female suspect called him up later in the night to come to her house, adding that be met the deceased in a terrible state bathed with acid.
According to him, the female suspect was crying and saying she didn’t know why she killed the decreased.
He said: “She held my leg and was begging me to help her dispose off the body after which she called someone who brought a car for her.
“The person left the car, which we later used to carry the body to where we dumped it at about 3am.”
He said that the female suspect paid him the sum of N100,000.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the command also paraded two suspected kidnappers/bandits arrested during a raid on their hideouts in part of FCT.
The CP said the command’s’ anti-kidnapping unit in a concerted effort with local hunters had on April 14, 2022 stormed a kidnappers camp in Zago Forest in Niger State bordering FCT via Adagba Village, Abuja.
Babaji said the team overpowered the criminals and arrested two suspected bandits aged 18 and 20, while many escaped the camp with bullet wounds.
According to him, the team dislodged the camp, rescued one Usman Isah, a 23-year-old male of Lapai village, Niger State, who had been in captivity for 20 days.
He said: “They recovered three AK 47 riffles with breeches No. 5662, 088425-89 and NK 6172 with Seven (7) Magazines containing eighteen (18) rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, and One GPMG with 101 MG rounds.
“Effort is ongoing to apprehend fleeing suspects and upon the conclusion of the investigation, suspects will be charged to court.”
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Ayade sacks two monarchs in Cross River over communal land crisis
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has ordered the dethronement of the Obol lopon of Nko, Etim Ayomobi, in Yakurr and the Clan Head of Oyadama, Ovarr Vincent Erena, in Obubra local government areas.
The directive was announced after the governor’s security meeting on the crisis that erupted over a land dispute between the two communities.
This was made known on Tuesday in a press release signed by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Mr Linus Obogo.
According to release, the dethronement and de-certification of the two monarchs and all other traditional rulers in the two warring communities were the result of the intractable communal clashes.
Nko and Oyadama communities have been at war over a piece of land which its ownership has now been revoked and taken over by Cross River state government for overriding public interest.
“The ownership of the disputed land has been revoked and taken over by the state government for overriding public interest.
“Additionally, government has ordered the sustenance of army operation in Nko community until those behind the shooting of the six military personnel are produced or fished out,” the statement said.
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‘Yahoo boys’ landlords risk 15-year jail term, says EFCC tells
The Economic Financial Commission Commission has warned that landlords may risk 15 years in jail for renting houses out to “Yahoo boys.”
The commission made this known ahead of its next edition of its public conversation series tagged, “ #EFCCConnect,” which has been slated to be held by 6pm on Twitter Space on Wednesday, June 29th 2022.
The commission’s Deputy Director, Legal and Prosecution, Sylvanus Tahir and Assistant Director, Legal and Prosecution, Cosmos Ugwu will be speaking on the topic, “Give your house to Yahoo boys, spend 15 years in jail” at the forum.
The EFCC had repeatedly warned house owners and commercial real estate agents against making properties available to cyber criminals and fraudsters.
The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, earlier met with hotel owners in Ilorin, the Kwara capital,l to sensitize the hospitality business community to how to work with the commission to tame the tide of cyber crimes.
The EFCC Zonal Commander, Michael Nzekwe, expressed concern about what he described as the “cold complicity by hospitality entrepreneurs.”
He accused some of the hotel owners of working with suspected fraudsters by housing them over a long period and making internet facilities available.
The official stated that the act negates Section 3 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act, 2006.
He said, “The section provides for a prison term of between five and 15 years without option of fine for any person who permits his premises to be used for any offense under the Act.”
Nzekwe stated that the law doesn’t recognise the position that hoteliers are business people and cannot determine who a fraudster.
The EFCC had warned hoteliers to always ask their customers for means of identification and to include their occupation during the check-in procedure.
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