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He stressed the need for proactive measures against the predicted 2024 flood disaster.
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Police arrest suspected kidnappers while collecting ransom
The police command in Ogun has arrested three members of a kidnap syndicate while collecting a ransom.
The spokesman for the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the disclosure in a statement in Abeokuta on Thursday.
He said that the suspects were arrested on Tuesday.
According to him, the suspects are aged
Oyeyemi said that they were arrested following a report lodged at the Ilupeju Divisional Police Headquarters about kidnap of two men, who went to work at Abule Oba, Alamala on Ayetoro Road.
He said that the divisional police officer consequently mobilised police team which worked with support from the Nigerian Army and So Safe Corps, and embarked on bush combing in search of the victims and the suspects.
“While the exercise was going on, the operatives received information that the suspects had contacted the families of the victims and asked them to bring ransom somewhere in the area.
“The operatives swiftly moved to the area and laid ambush. The hoodlums appeared to collect the ransom and the operatives engaged them in gun duel.
“Having realised that they were about to be overpowered, they took to their heels but were chased and three among them were apprehended.
“Other members of the gang escaped with gunshot injuries which made them to eventually abandon their victims, who were rescued unhurt and reunited with their families,” he said.
Oyeyemi said that the state Commissioner of Police Lanre Bankole expressed satisfaction with the performance of the team.
He said that Bankole had ordered immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for thorough investigation.
He added that the commissioner of police had directed that the escaped members of the gang should be searched for and brought to justice.
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Father of 12 found dead in Bayelsa brothel after sexual escapade
Father of 12 found dead in Bayelsa brothel after sexual escapade
In Bayelsa State, a middle-aged man has died in a brothel after allegedly lodging with a commercial worker.
The lifeless body of the yet-to-identified man was found on Tuesday in a room at the brothel located in the State Capital, Yenagoa.
According to reports, the deceased, who is said to be a father of 12 children visited the brothel to meet his regular customer at Tombia-Amassoma Road axis of Yenagoa.
The deceased, aged 40, from Delta State, was said to be battling stroke before the unfortunate incident, residents of the area disclosed.
He was said to have left home around 8 am on Tuesday to meet a prostitute as he was of the customers to the commercial sex workers at the brothel, but he was later found dead in the quarters.
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All the commercial sex workers fled on noticing that the man had died.
As at the time of visiting the scene, people living around the area were trying to get the identity of the deceased in order to contact the relative to evacuate the corpse for burial.
It was gathered that security operatives have previously raided the brothel and earmarked it as a red-light zone.
The commander of Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, in Bayelsa State, Mr Tolumobofa Akpoebibo Jonathan, confirmed the incident.
According to him, the deceased is a 40-year-old father of 12 from Delta State.
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Man bags life imprisonment for raping 8-year-old girl in C’River
Man bags life imprisonment for raping 8-year-old girl in C’River
One Aniedi Mfon has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year-old girl in Cross River State.
25-year-old Mfon was convicted and sentenced by the Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar on Tuesday, 7th May 2024.
Justice Blessing Egwu, who delivered the judgement, bemoaned the prevalence of child defilement in the society.
Justice Egwu said the convict has no conscience and she awarded a fine of N1 million be paid to the survivor, who was not named.
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Sources confirmed that Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Gyogon Grimah; the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Hon. Ededem Ani; Principal Counsel of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), Barr. James Ibor; and the Prosecutor, Patience Emmanuel Akpama facilitated the prosecution.
Reacting, Barr. James Ibor said the father of the survivor was intimidated and offered bribes to withdraw the case but he resisted.
“I thank the Commissioner of Police and his team, Attorney General Ededem Ani and his team, the staff of the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, the survivor and her father who resisted intimidation and bribes to back out.”
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