Police arrest cultists for invading Anambra hotel with charms

Eleven members of a suspected cult group who allegedly terrorised the inhabitants of the Ihembosi community in Anambra State’s Ekwusigo Local Government Area have been apprehended by Zone 13 Police Headquarters operatives in Ukpo.

The defendants were arrested for allegedly trespassing on Las Vegas Hotels Limited’s premises in Ubahu village.

About 12 more members of the group are believed to be on the run as authorities continue to pursue them.

According to a police source who declined to be named because he was not authorised to speak on behalf of the agency, the suspects were arrested on Monday in response to a strongly worded petition to Godwin Aghaulor, Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 13 Police Command. The Zone 13 Police Command oversees police forces in Anambra, Enugu, and parts of Ebonyi states.

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Aghaulor, who verified the suspects’ arrests at his office on Thursday, stated that the police will conduct discreet investigations into the case to determine the intentions behind the action, while a manhunt has been begun to apprehend the fleeing criminals.

Chief Omenife Onwuatu, the proprietor of Las Vegas Hotels Limited, petitioned the AIG for his intervention to curb the menace of the cultist group, which he claimed invaded his hotel on March 10, 2024, with about 12 motorcycles, charms, cudgels, cutlasses, axes, and other dangerous weapons and terrorised the hotel’s owners, management, and staff, threatening to kill anyone in sight.

Onwuatu, who is also the Chairman of Ubahu village, had previously warned the group to stop performing rituals in front of the nearby stream and to relocate their shrine to its base, but his warning did not go down well with the suspects, whom he simply identified as “idol worshippers, who earn their living through rituals.”

Police arrest cultists for invading Anambra hotel with charms

Third Mainland Bridge: Contractors set to return for resurfacing, solar power installation 

Motorists and commuters using the busy Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos need to gear up for another round of inconvenience as the Federal Government says the final phase of its rehabilitation is set to commence.

Already, the government has directed contractors handling the repair work on to return for the beautification project and installation of solar power on the bridge.

It said it would also involve resurfacing work from Adeniji inward Falomo, to restore the integrity and aesthetics of the bridge.

The Federal Controller of Works in the State, Mrs Olukorede Keisha, made this known at a news briefing on Thursday in Lagos.

The bridge was recently reopened fully after undergoing over three months of rehabilitation in the phase one of the project

Keisha said specifically that the work would involve laying new asphalt, repainting lane markings, adding missing lines, and installing solar lights.

According to her, the latest project is an extension of the original plan and the  contractor would just continue where it left off.

She said that the exact dates for the renewed construction would be announced soon.

She said, “President Bola Tinubu has graciously asked us to continue the resurfacing from where we stopped on the Third Mainland bridge. So we’re continuing any moment from now.

“So any moment from now we are going to see the contractor back in site extending beyond Adeniji inward Falomo. We’re going to do the same thing just like we did on the Third Mainland Bridge.

“We know that motorists are major stakeholders. So we do not want to do this without getting across to them, that’s why we’re doing this press conference so that it will not come as a surprise to us.”

Keisha said that the contractor had been told to mobilise immediately.

She said that the project aimed to improve not only the bridge’s structural integrity but also its overall appearance.

Keisha said that a traffic management plan was being developed to minimise disruption for motorists.

Police nab brothers over gang rape

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two brothers, Olamijuwon Noibi and Lukman Olatunbosun, for alleged gang rape at Oke Eri, Atan Ijebu Area, Ogun.

Chronicle NG learned on Thursday from a trustworthy police source that Noibi deceitfully lured the victim, Aminat Yakub, to his flat and then reportedly sexually attacked her while conniving with his younger sibling, Olatunbosun.

Noibi reportedly invited Yakub to visit his mother on Saturday, but when she arrived at his home, she did not meet his mother. He was accused of forcing her to consume an alcoholic cocktail, ‘Bullet’, and physically assaulting her before raping her.

Noibi was also accused of using a knife to persuade his younger brother, Olatunbosun, into joining him in the act and filming both of them while they were having sex, according to our correspondent.

When contacted, Omolola Odutola, spokesperson for the Ogun Police Command, verified the occurrence and stated that the suspects had been detained and were being sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a discreet investigation.

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“On the 24/4/2024, at about 13:00hrs, one Aminat Yakub ‘F’, aged 21 years, of Main Estate Oke Eri Area, came to the station and reported that on the 21/4/2024, at about 12:30hrs, she went to the house of one Olamijuwon Noibi ‘M’ at Oke Eri on invitation to come and greet his mother. When she got there, she discovered that his mother was not at home.

“Juwon forcefully pushed her into his room, then forced her to drink Black Bullet and forcefully had sex with her twice after a serious beating. He later invited his younger brother, Lukman, to come and have sex with her, but when his younger brother refused, he took a knife, threatening to kill both of them. In the end, his younger brother ended up having sex with her after a serious beating, and he also took a video of them.

“Upon the receipt of the complaint, the patrol team led by Asp. Ayoola Alidu went to the scene of the incident. The two alleged suspects were arrested: one Olamijuwon Noibi, ‘M’, age 27 years, and one Lukman Olatunbosun, ”age 20 years,” a police statement indicated.

The police PRO stated that both brothers admitted to the alleged crime and that the victim was taken to the General Hospital in Ijebu-Ode for examination. The suspects would soon be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for “discreet investigation, and further development will be communicated.”

Police nab brothers over gang rape