Foreign

Suspect Nabbed in Serbia Second Mass Shooting

By Web News 1285

A suspect has been arrested after eight people were killed and at least 14 injured in Serbia’s second mass shooting this week.

The gunman fired an automatic weapon from a moving vehicle near a village 37 miles, south of Belgrade.

According to the interior ministry said the suspect was arrested after “an extensive search”.

It comes after a boy killed nine people at a Belgrade school on Wednesday, Serbia’s worst shooting in years.

The interior ministry said, police announced the latest arrest around 08:40 local time, on Friday. The suspect – who has only been identified by his initials UB – was detained near the city of Kragujevac .

The arrest followed an extensive manhunt, which local media reported involved over 600 police officers. Early on Friday morning, Serbian media said that special police forces had arrived at the villages of Mladenovac and Dubona, where the latest shooting occurred.

Photos from the scene showed police officers stopping cars at checkpoints as they tried to find the gunman. A helicopter, drones and multiple police patrols were also used.

Reports on local media say the suspect – whom the interior ministry said was born in 2002 – started firing at people with an automatic weapon after having an argument with a police officer in a park in Dubona on Thursday evening.

Milan Prokić, a Dubona resident, told Radio Belgrade 1 he heard shots near his house: “It’s sad, regrettable, we locked ourselves in our home so [the shots] wouldn’t come to us.”

The man is then said to have proceeded to shoot people from a car, killing at least eight people and wounding many more.

All injured people admitted to hospital were born after the year 2000, Serbian broadcaster RTS has reported.

Two people aged 21 and 23 were operated on, but remain in critical condition.

The minister of health, Danica Grujičić, and the head of the Security Intelligence Agency, Aleksandar Vulin, reportedly travelled to the area in the early hours of Friday.

Earlier, a thirteen-year-old boy shot dead eight fellow pupils at his school in Belgrade, on Wednesday, as well as a security guard. It prompted the Serbian government to propose tighter restrictions of gun ownership.

NBA basketball player Luka Doncic said he would pay for the funerals of all nine people killed in Wednesday’s shooting, and for grief counselling for classmates and staff.

Mass shootings are extremely rare in Serbia, which has very strict gun laws, but gun ownership in the country is among the highest in Europe.

The western Balkans are awash with illegal weapons following wars and unrest in the 1990s. In 2019, it was estimated that there are 39.1 firearms per 100 people in Serbia – the third highest in the world, behind the US and Montenegro.

BBC/Taiwo Akinola

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Crime

Cross Over Night : Police Arrest Suspect Over Killing of Couple

By Web News 1350

Ogun state Police Command says, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the Couple killed in a mysterious fire at their resident in Government Reservation Area, Ibara,  Abeokuta  on their return from cross over New Year church service. 

According to the state command spokesperson, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi while speaking with Radio Nigeria on the incident said investigation has commenced to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Mr. Oyeyemi said one of the two children of the victims taken away by the suspected assailants has been recovered while search party has being working to rescue the second child.

The husband, Mr. Kehinde Fatinoye was reported to be a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, while the wife, Mrs. Bukola Fatinoye was a staff of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta before their gruesome murder.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Police Rescue One Year Old Child From Suspect In Ogun

By Web News 604

Ogun State Police command has rescued a one year old child from a 35 year old suspect, Sunday Alani at Atolashe village in Odeda local government area of Ogun state. 
The suspect was arrested after the policemen attached to Odeda divisional headquarters received a distress call from passersby that the suspect had stolen a little girl in the area.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi told journalists in Abeokuta that the suspect took advantage of the inattentive of her mother who was busy with gaari, took the little girl and started running. 
Mr Oyeyemi noted that the suspect confessed to the crime and told the policemen that he had previously stolen two children from Egbeda in Lagos and Akute area of Ogun state. 
The PPRO said the suspect also confessed that he would hand over the stolen child to the two women whom, he said would give him the sum of eighty thousand naira in return.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered a massive manhunt for the two women accomplices of the suspect with a view to bring them to justice. 
He also directed that the suspect be transferred to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

35 Year Old Man Arrested for Plotting Pregnant Wife Murder

By Web News 987

Ogun state police command has arrested a thirty-five years old, suspect, Eluyera Wasiu for planning with one Adeniyi Samuel to kill his pregnant wife. 

According to a statement by the Ogun State Police Command spokesman, Mr Oyeyemi Abimbola, the suspect and his accomplice, were arrested following information received by the police stating that it was during interrogation that the suspect opened up and informed the police that Eluyera Wasiu contracted him to kill his pregnant wife.

He stated that his husband promised to give him ten thousand naira for the job, out of which he had already given him five thousand naira and to pay the balance on completion of the job.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the investigation revealed that the main suspect was married to the pregnant wife but got separated due to irreconcilable differences and married to another woman.

The police spokesman said the suspect again met with his former wife resulting in pregnancy and in order not to upset his new wife the suspect engaged his accomplish to eliminate the former wife having disagreed to terminate the pregnancy. 

Mr Oyeyemi said it was an argument over non-refund of the money they gave away the lead on the crime.

The Ogun state commissioner of police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered a thorough investigation of the case with the view to arraign the suspect in court as soon.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Operation Burst Raids Hide-Outs, Recovers 23 Iphones From Suspect

By Web News 762

The Oyo State Joint- security task force, Operation Burst has recovered some stolen Apple phones from a suspect in Sabo area, a few days to the New Year celebration.

The security outfit said the recovery was made during its raids on black spots and hideouts for criminals in Ibadan.

Director-General of Oyo State Joint Security Task Force, Operation Burst, Colonel James Oladipo retired, confirmed that about twenty-three Apple phones were recovered from the suspect, who is now at large.

Oladipo said that this was part of Outfit’s efforts to protect lives and property in the state especially during the ‘Ember months.

“We have been on the trail of criminals who have been terrorising citizens and residents at strategic locations, especially in Sabo area of the state,” he said.

He said that a surveillance team of the Joint security task force, recently, raided some ‘Blackspots’ in Ibadan where the Apple phones were recovered.

Oladipo therefore called on victims who were recently robbed of their Apple-phones, otherwise known as I-Phones within Ibadan to come forward with proof of ownership, to reclaim them.

The Director-General, while assuring the public of the Task force’s immediate response to distress calls, urged them to give useful information that will aid Security Agencies in performing its duties.

Colonel Oladipo also added that the outfit is in synergy with other sisters Security Agencies.

Nafiu Busari/PR

Crime

Man Buys Two Human Heads for N25,000 Lands in Police Net

By Web News 875

The Commissioner of Police the state, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko has paraded the suspect with forty other suspects who were arrested for various offences ranging from armed robbery, burglary,  car snatching,  conspiracy to stealing. 

The suspect,  Moruf Ganiyu who was caught with the possession of human skull confessed to the crime and claimed the human head was exhumed from a cemetery on Akanran road, Ibadan.

Ganiyu said the human head was sold to him by one Abideen Raheem at the rate of twenty-five thousand naira for the purpose of money rituals.

Also, one Tope Ogundiran was apprehended for stealing a lady’s bag after the victim’s shoo was burgled in Ogbomoso. 

Ogundiran later denied the allegations levelled against him, claiming that the goods belonged to him.

Other suspects who were arrested for various offences confessed to the crime and pleaded for leniency as they claimed that the economic downturn of the nation pushed them to the act.

Parading the suspects,  Commissioner of Police in Oyo state,  Mrs Ngozi Onadeko explained that in a swift response to the evolving trends in the security sector, Orlando had embarked on driven intelligence and redefined operational architecture to combat the challenges. 

Mrs Onadeko stated further that the breakthroughs and accomplishments were achieved by the command through its courageous and valiant officers who were well committed to the job as well as the corporation of members of the public through intelligence sharing. 

“While re-affirming our commitment to justice and assurances of a sustained level of relative tranquillity throughout the yuletide and beyond, the Oyo State Police command anticipates improved cooperation from the citizenry especially in the areas of providing credible and timely information germane in birthing a crime-free Oyo state. 

“I would like to use this medium to appeal to the conscience of good people of the state against the unpleasant rising trend of jungle justice which the Command condemns strongly as inhumane,  a gross violation of the victim’s right to fair-hearing and utter disregard on the sanctity of human life”

The Commissioner of Police, therefore, promised to charge the suspects to court after proper investigations. 

Exhibits found with the suspects included one human head,  one Toyota Camry car, some locally made guns, cash, live cartridges and ammunitions and other stolen motorcycles and home appliances. 

Rasheedah Makinde