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Man kills wife over alleged extramarital affair

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1 week ago

June 18, 2024

Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola

Man kills wife over alleged extramarital affair

Residents of Idekan Farm Settlement in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State were left shocked when a man named Matthew James killed his 55-year-old wife, Etim Mary, due to suspicions of her having an extramarital affair.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident took place around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Our correspondent learnt from several community and police sources that the suspect, now in police custody, committed the crime after suspecting that his late wife was having an extramarital affair with another man in the community.

An eyewitness, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the police operatives from the Ijebu-Igbo Division had taken the suspect into custody.

The eyewitness further told our correspondent that the suspect claimed he and the deceased woman had a “blood covenant” not to betray each other.

The source said, “They had a blood covenant that they would not leave each other. He suspected the wife was having an extramarital affair. The woman had been married before she met James. He married her when the woman was already ageing. She had grown up with children before James married her.

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“James is claiming they both had a blood covenant not to leave each other for any reason. He just returned one morning with a machete and hacked the woman to death. He didn’t run away after committing the crime. He just stood beside her after.”

The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, commenting on Monday’s shocking incident, stated that the wife was pronounced dead by the attending doctor after being rushed to the hospital by other residents.

She said, “She was found lying in the pool of her blood just in front of the house about 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. She had deep cuts on her forehead, shoulders, and other parts of her body. The husband was found with the blood-soaked machete he was believed to have used to commit the crime.

“The body was taken to a general hospital in Ijebu-Igbo, where she was certified dead by a doctor on duty. Her corpse has been deposited at the Alayangbe Private Mortuary in Oke-Agbo, Ijebu-Igbo, for the autopsy.

“We will move the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Abeokuta as soon as the preliminary investigation is concluded.”

PUNCH Metro reported a similar incident in April in Ekiti, where a suspect named Dare Onipede allegedly killed his wife, Arinola, during a dispute over accusations of her having an extramarital affair.

The suspect allegedly stabbed his wife, the mother of three, to death during the incident.

Man kills wife over alleged extramarital affair

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Fire outbreak at Dangote Refinery, firm says it’s contained (Video)

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1 hour ago

June 26, 2024

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Fire outbreak at Dangote Refinery

Fire outbreak at Dangote Refinery, firm says it’s contained (Video)

A fire outbreak has been reported in a section of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery located in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria.

A video clip which went viral on social media on Wednesday shows fire with thick smoke emanating from the refinery billowing the atmosphere.

Fortunately, the fire has been successfully contained.

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Fake senator who duped foreigner of €47,082 jailed two years

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1 hour ago

June 26, 2024

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Fake senator who duped foreigner of €47,082 jailed two years

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada has sentenced Tom Makwe, a man posing as a senator, to two years imprisonment for defrauding a Spanish citizen of €47,082.

The convict, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on two counts of internet fraud, pleaded guilty and requested leniency from the court.

Justice Aliyu Shafa delivered the judgment, granting the convict an option of a ₦5 million fine. The judge also ordered that the ₦30 million and $1,300 recovered from Makwe be returned to the victim, Maria Del Rosario San Jose Garces, through the Spanish embassy in Nigeria, with proof of the forfeiture to be filed within two weeks.

In addition, items recovered from the convict, including a black 2017 Camry car, a Samsung S23, an Apple iPhone 13, and an HP EliteBook, are to be forfeited to the government, with proceeds from their sale directed to the victim through the Spanish embassy.

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Makwe, expressing remorse, stated he had reformed and pleaded for mercy, vowing to avoid internet fraud in the future. His defense counsel, Adaji Abel, emphasized that Makwe was a first-time offender who cooperated with the EFCC and provided information leading to the arrest of other fraudsters.

Prosecution counsel Deborah Adamu-Eteh outlined that the convict, under various aliases including Fahad Tonny Makwe, Bryan, and Senator Tompolo, used a phone number and Bitcoin wallet to defraud Garces. The offence violated Section 321 of the Penal Code and was punishable under Section 324 of the same Act.

The EFCC had already recovered and presented the money and items from Makwe, and the court ordered their forfeiture to the government for the benefit of the victim.

Fake senator who duped foreigner of €47,082 jailed two years

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El-Rufai sues Kaduna Assembly over N432bn corruption indictment

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6 hours ago

June 26, 2024

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Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai

El-Rufai sues Kaduna Assembly over N432bn corruption indictment

The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has instituted a legal action against the State House of Assembly over the investigation of corruption and fund misappropriation in his government when he governed the State.

Recall that the State legislative body had launched a probe into how N432 billion was expended under El-Rufai.

But El-Rufai’s son, Bello, disclosed that his father has now filed a lawsuit against the assembly over investigation findings.

Bello, who made the disclosure on X, said his father filed the suit against the defamation of his character by the state assembly.

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Bello wrote: “Mallam Nasir El-Rufai filed a lawsuit against the Kaduna State House of Assembly today for Defamation of his Character, amongst other spurious, unfounded allegations levelled against his person.

“I advise they start compiling legal fees to defend their lies in court.”

Recall that El-Rufai’s administration was indicted in corrupt practices to the tune of N423 billion.

On March 30th, 2024, Governor Uba Sani revealed during a town hall meeting that the state faced a substantial debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities inherited from the previous administration.

Sani had said the debt burden led to over 70% of the state’s allocation being used to service the inherited debt.

Following this, the Kaduna State House of Assembly formed an ad-hoc committee to investigate the state’s financial transactions from May 29th, 2015 to May 29, 2023.