Crime

Ekiti Amotekun Nabs 7 Including Women for Criminal Offences

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Ekiti State Amotekun Security Corps has arrested seven persons including two women for various criminal offences such as burglary and armed robbery.

Speaking with newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the Commandant of Amotekun in Ekiti State, Mr Joe Komolafe explained that the suspects were arrested in Ara, Aisegba, and Ado Ekiti.

Mr Komolafe said the suspects were arrested following a tip-off by members of the communities.

The Ekiti Amotekun boss explained that two of them specialized in robbing motorists along Iluomoba- Aisegba road, while the remaining four specialised in snatching motorcycles.

The commandant, who said the suspects would be handed over to security agents for prosecution, 

He highlighted the Items recovered from them as four motorcycles, 16 phones, masks, knives, water pumping machine, among others

Olaniyi Aderibigbe

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Crime

21-Year-Old Nabbed For Armed Robbery In Ogun

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Police in Ogun State have arrested a 21-year-old armed robbery suspect, Nnamdi Omeka during a robbery operation in Ile Pupa, Iloye area of Sango Ota.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspect in statement in Abeokuta.

Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect was apprehended after the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Sango Divisional headquarters receiving a distress call that one Rasaq Hamed was being dispossessed of his car by a two-man armed robbery gang.

He listed items recovered from the suspect to include four live cartridges and one expended cartridge.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ajogun has ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing member of the gang.

He also directed the one arrested be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCID, or discreet investigation.

Olusegun Folarin

Culture

Crime: Police Parade Fifty Six Suspects in Ibadan

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The long arm of the law has caught up with fifty six suspects who have been terrorizing the residents of Ibadan and its environs.

The suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from trans-border armed robbery, kidnapping, human parts sales, car theft, burglary and arson.

Some of the paraded suspects, who confessed to the crime levelled against them, said if the government could pardon them, they would never go back to crime.

Parading the suspects, Commissioner of Police in Oyo state,  Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, said the Command launched war against the criminally minded people upon the receipt of complaints from the public over the rising cases of criminal activities in the state.

She stated further that with the relentless efforts of gallant officers through aggressive operations, the issue of insecurity would be a thing of the past, so the residents could sleep with their eyes closed. 

Mrs Onadeko therefore called on the criminally minded to turn a new leaf or leave Oyo State as the Command was ready to make the state unbearable for them.

The Commissioner of Police added that the suspects would soon be charged to court after thorough investigations. 

Exhibits found with the suspected criminals included motorcycles, two vehicles,  items suspected to be charms, dangerous weapons, ammunition, some cash, and some mobile phones.

Rasheeda Makinde

Crime

Police Nab Armed Robbery Suspect in Ogun

By Web News 835

Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command, has arrested an armed robbery suspect, Ibrahim Fatai for terrorizing Obada-Oko and allegedly dispossessing people of their belongings.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in Abeokuta that the suspects had violently dispossessed one Tijani Sodiq of one hundred and twenty thousand naira and two bags of rice along Araromi Street.

Mr Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested after the victim alerted the police in Obada-Oko area of Ogun State.

He said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

Mr Oyeyemi pointed out that the commissioner of police also directed that efforts should be intensified to apprehend the remaining members of the gang towards putting an end to their nefarious activities in the area.

Olajumoke Oduniyi

Crime

Court Sentences Two To Death By Hanging In Ekiti

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An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced two men, Oke Iyiola and Olanribiwonnu Kazeem to death by hanging.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye said, death was the penalty for the offences committed and established against the accused persons.

According to the charge against the accused, on July 20, 2016, Iyiola, 39 and Kazeem, 27 conspired and robbed one Mr. Olaoti Abiodun of his two phones and money at No. 2 Amen close 4, Federal Housing Estate Okeila, Ado Ekiti.

They were charged on a three-count charge bordering on Conspiracy and Armed Robbery which contravened section 516 and 402(2) (a) of the Criminal Law Code, cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State 2012.

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Judiciary

Court Sentences Man to Death in Osun

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An Osun State High Court sitting in Ede presided by Justice Kudirat Akano has sentenced a 44 years old man, Rafiu Saheed, to death for armed Robbery.

The Convict was arraigned in the Court on 30th November, 2017 on two counts charge of attempted murder and armed robbery contrary to sections 6(b) and 1(2) (a) of the Robbery and Firearms section 320 Criminal Code Law, Cap 34, Laws of Osun State, 2002 and Section 1(2) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. 

Convict pleaded not guilty, to the two counts charge preferred against him.

Prosecution Counsel from the Ministry of Justice Mr Bankole Awoyemi earlier told the court that Rafiu Saheed (convict) sometimes on 30th July, 2012, contracted Mr. Olaniyi Olayinka a motorcycle operator to take him to his brother’s house at Ipetumodu from Ile-Ife. 

On getting to Ipetumodu, they did not meet the convict’s brother, the Convict then informed the motorcyclist to take him back to Ile-Ife.

While returning, the convict took out a knife and slit the throat of the motorcyclist and took away the motorcycle belonging to Olaniyi Olayinka thinking he was dead. 

Motorcyclist Olaniyi Olayinka later stood up and went to report the incident to the nearest police station. 

Mr Okeniyi Segun, a police officer attached to Ipetumodu Police Division testified on how the accused was arrested at Moore police Station and was transferred to the Ipetumodu Police Division. 

Counsel to the convict Mr Julie Olorunfemi of legal aid Council pleaded to the court to temper Justice with mercy.

In her judgment, Justice Kudirat Akano said that Prosecution Counsel had proved his case beyond the doubt and hereby found him guilty of the two counts preferred against him.

She sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment on count one attempted murder and sentenced him to death for armed Robbery.

Akinola Adenitan

Crime

Five Armed Robbery Suspects Arrested in Ogun

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Police in Ogun State have arrested five armed robbery suspects while robbing a motorcyclist of his belonging in Sango area of the state.

The suspects:Yusuf Ogundimu, Moses Anthony, Moruf Olafimihan, Toheeb Shola and Adeyemi Afeez  were arrested following an information received by the police at Sango division that the syndicate who specialized in snatching motorcycle within Ijoko, Sango, ifo and Agbado area were operating at Odo Alamo area of Ijoko Ota. 

The spokesman of the state command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi told journalist in a statement in Abeokuta that five out of the eight suspects were arrested while trying to escape when they sighted the anti-robbery squad of Nigeria Police Force.

Mr Oyeyemi listed items recovered from the suspect to include one locally made cut to size gun, ten live cartridges and one motorcycle with registration number EDO 23 QL. 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr  Edward  Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to special anti-robbery squads, SARS, for discreet investigation. 

Mr Ajogun also ordered that the remaining members of the gang be hunted for and brought to Justice.

He appealed to members of the public to always cooperate with the police to rid the state of criminal elements.

Olusegun Folarin

Security

NSCDC Parades Armed Robbery Suspects in Ibadan

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Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State command has paraded eight suspects who specialized in motorcycles snatching in Ibadan metropolis.

Parading the suspects at NSCDC headquarters, Agodi Ibadan, Commandant Iskilu Akinsanya said they were arrested at Apata area of Ibadan through a tip- off from the public.

Alhaji Akinsanya said the command would not relent on its oars of wagging war against criminal elements that posed threat to the state’s security.

The Civil Defence boss added that the command would charge the suspects to court after investigations.

The suspects who confessed to all the crimes levelled against them pleaded for leniency.

The suspects were arrested with a local gun, 6 handsets, and 3 stolen motorcycles.

Rasheedah Makinde

Crime

Court Acquits Man of Armed Robbery after Five Years in Jail

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An Osogbo High Court has discharged and acquitted Gideon Aycent of the offences of Conspiracy and Armed Robbery after about five years in detention.

Mr Aycent’s freedom followed the intervention of an Osogbo based lawyer, Mr Odunayo Henry who took over the brief free of charge.

For the first three years of his trial, Mr Aycent did not have any legal representation for his defence.

In her judgement, Justice Kudirat Akano agreed with the defence counsel, that the prosecution’s evidence was worthless and insufficient to secure the accused’s conviction in that circumstance.

Justice Akano further agreed with the defence that the prosecution’s case against the accused was predicated on mere suspicion that he, as a ‘tree felling machine’ operator must have cut the log of wood which the armed robbers allegedly used to block the Iwo-Ikire road during the robbery of 28th December, 2015.

The prosecution counsel from the Osun State Ministry of Justice had earlier argued that Gideon Aycent conspired with others in the said robbery incident.

Adenitan Akinola

Crime

Court Sentences Two to Death by Hanging

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An Osun State High Court sitting in Ila-Orangun has sentenced two men to death by hanging for Armed Robbery.

This was the decision of the presiding Judge, Justice Jide Falola, who agreed with the prosecution that the convicts were guilty as charged.

Justice Falola, who maintained that the cases of Armed Robbery and conspiracy had been well established against the accused persons, sentenced them to death on Count One, while they were to remain imprisoned for life for the offence of Conspiracy.

At exactly a year ago, on May 24th, 2019, the convicts, Ayodeji Adeleke and Abiodun Oyedunmola were arraigned on Two Counts Charge of Armed Robbery and Conspiracy contrary to Section 1(1) and 2 (a) and 6(b) and punishable under Section 1(1)(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act.

The prosecution counsel from the State Ministry of Justice, Mr Muyiwa Ogunleye had submitted that the accused were serial armed robbers who attacked one Owonifari Muiydeen of oke-ila in his house on the 14th of April 2016.

He further argued that earlier on the 28th of March 2016, the same gang robbed one Pastor Afolabi Clement in Ila Orangun, while on 3rd of April 2016, they also attacked Mr. Bayepade Olubunmi.

Counsel to the convicts Mr Sulaimon Bello pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy on them. 

In order to avoid a congested court room because of the need to maintain social distancing as one of COVID-19 pandemic protocols, the court had moved its Session to the Ilesha Correctional Centre where the accused persons had been remanded.

Adenitan Akinola