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Court remands 4 brothers for allegedly killing man in police cell

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February 17, 2022

Four brothers in the Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue were on Thursday remanded in Makurdi for allegedly killing a 35-year-old man in a police cell.

The brothers – Aondoyima Asua, Terpav Asua, Terkula Asua and Luher Asua – were charged with conspiracy, trespass, mischief and murder.

They appeared before a Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Vincent Kor, did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction.

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He ordered that they should be kept at the Correctional Centre, Benue.

He added that the complainant said that when Aondoungwa raised alarm about losing his manhood, the defendants and some others at large, trespassed into a police outpost at Ikyobo and beat her brother, cut him with machetes and axed him to death.

The prosecutor told the court that the defendants were arrested during the police investigation.

According to Ato, the alleged offences contravene Sections 97, 349, 329 and 222 of the Penal Code Law of Benue, 2004.

(NAN)

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Woman jailed for forging late Abba Kyari’s signature

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May 13, 2024

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Ramat Mba and Abba Kyari

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

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

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May 13, 2024

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Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola

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.

She was said to have suffered varying degrees of injury from the accident, and subsequently resorted to self-medication because she couldn’t pay for medical bills.

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After turning to self-medication, she passed away in her apartment a few days later.

The corpse was allegedly taken from the room and disposed of in a nearby canal by the landlady and her husband.

The chairman of the Community Development Association, Mosuru Akindele, was reportedly called by the residents who had suspicions about the alleged occurrence, and the youth leader, Olabode Kazeem, was also contacted following the incident.

“There was an accident; a hit-and-run driver allegedly knocked the tenant down. She didn’t go to the hospital and started treating herself at home. She died a few days after the incident. The landlady and her husband conspired to dump the body in a canal,” Punch quoted a police as saying.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen and said the police were working to recover the body from the canal.

“Our men went to the house and discovered a two-year-old boy in a welfare facility. Meanwhile, our men combed the entire canal in search of the body, but we haven’t found anything,” she said.

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

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17 abducted passengers in Katsina regain freedom

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May 13, 2024

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17 abducted passengers in Katsina regain freedom

A coordinated effort by security forces has led to the successful rescue of 17 male passengers who were abducted in the Solar General Area of Batsari LGA, Katsina State.

According to a reliable military source, the operation was initiated in response to a distress call received on May 11, 2024, around 12:00 pm.

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Subsequently, troops from Nigerian Army Team 9, in conjunction with the Katsina Police Command, State Community Watch Corps, Special Hunters, and local hunters from Batsari, quickly mobilized and were dispatched to the location. Upon arrival, the joint security forces engaged the violent extremists in a firefight.

Overwhelmed by the superior firepower of the security forces, the extremists abandoned their abductees and fled into the nearby bush.