Exploitation by Lastma official, Lagosian cries out

The victim wrote: "I was exploited by a Lastma official (Suenu Adejoke) by name yesterday and would like to know if/how I can be assisted or if someone can tell me what to do.
According to her I used one way ( there was no sign to indicate this) I saw other vehicles moving the same way also. Two vehicles before me and several others behind me. She claim they are military men.

So i told her to allow me turn back, next thing she jumped into the vehicle started dragging the steering with the driver. She later claim that she was assaulted by my driver (George) and she had a miscarriage in the course of this.
We were taken to Area F police station where she demanded N150k for assault. This woman collected N70k cash from my manager and I really feel bad about this because the police did not even help matters. Don't know if there is any official handle (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) where I can report  this."

Easter Tragedy: 2 teenagers drown in Benin swimming pool

Two teenagers have drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Benin, the Edo State capital.

It was gathered that Ikponmwosa Isibor, 17 and Emmanuel Abuzu, 16 paid to use the pool at Okhoro Play House, last Saturday and drowned at about 4:00p.m. Some staffs of the hotel have been picked up for interrogation over the matter. Crdt: Tribune

On his first day at work, driver diverts 600 bags of flour, sells off truck as scrap after dismantling it

Operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver, Garuba Lawal, 36, from Kwara State, who connived with 3 other persons in diverting his company 600 bags of flour before dismantling the truck for sale in pieces.
Garuba was recruited by the company (name withheld) in Apapa, Lagos, the same day, to move the 600 bags of flour to a bakery in Ibadan, Oyo State and was baited with N2m by his accomplices to do their bidding.

Garuba disclosed that after loading, a young man, Ismaila from Oyo State, approached him for a discussion. “He asked me how much I have made in since I have been driving truck. I replied him that I just joined the haulage company.
He asked again, have ever seen money in your life? I said no. He asked me again, if you see N2m, what would you do with it? I answered him that I would quit this truck driving job. Then, he told me that he would introduce me to a deal. That was how we started”.
Garuba, in company of the three accomplices, diverted the 600 bags of flour to Sagamu. The truck head was later removed and Garuba was given N50,000. He drove the truck head to Kwara State in company of two other member of the team to sell it off.
"I took the two guys to where I live with my wife. They promised to return with my share on N2m as soon as bank is opened. They collected N15,000 for hotel accommodation from the N50,000 they gave me.
When I didn’t see them that day and the following day, I agreed with a buyer to knock down the truck into pieces and sell the parts for N450,000. After, we had dismantled it, the RRS, Lagos arrested me."
The company disclosed that they were yet to see the motor boy that followed him on the said trip, fueling suspicion that the motor boy might have been killed to pave way for a seamless execution of their plans.
Investigation revealed that the gang has been involved in several diversions of other products. Arrested along with him were Jimoh Adeleye, Wasiu Azeez and Adeniran Jacob.

14-year-old girl sent on an errand, goes missing in Lagos

NAME: Chinwendu Ekemezie
Age: 14 years
Last seen: 3pm , April 07 2017
She was sent to the market to buy foodtuffs for dinner with sum of #500 on the said date.

Time lapsed and she didn't come back and upon further investigation, the security man guarding the compound said he saw her take another route different from the one that leads to the market.
ACTION TAKEN SO FAR: We have searched the neighbourhood, her school, the church to no avail. We have also made a report to the police station at Agboju/old ojo road, satellite town lagos on April 8th 2017.
Pls if seen/located, she should be sent to the nearest police station or alternatively a phone call can be placed to me on
0803 379 6751
0811 357 9150

Whistle blower helps EFCC recover another N250m in Lagos

A tip off from a whistle blower today led operatives of EFCC to intercept huge sums of money in various currencies at the popular Balogun market in Lagos.
The monies include €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500. The total haul is about N250m at the prevailing exchange rate at the parallel market.

The intercept followed information that about N250m cash was being moved somewhere in the market for conversion into foreign currencies by unnamed persons.
Operatives responded timely, met the money in Bureau de Change office, but a large chunk of it had been converted into Euro and Pounds sterling.
The BDC operators found in possession of the monies claimed they were acting on behalf of their boss who sent the money to them from one of the Northern states in Nigeria.
Two persons apprehended in the course of the raid are helping the Commission in its investigation.

Skeletal remains found in Boston identified as 22-yr-old Nigeria lady who went missing in 2016

The slim bracelet found with the remains of a young woman discovered in a patch of Dedham woods last week had an engraving that said “peace.”
When authorities seeking help released a photo of the bracelet Friday, someone came forward immediately with a crucial tip: Susan Anyanwu-Corbin, a Boston resident who went missing last year at 22, had a bracelet just like that.

Working over the weekend, forensic investigators were able to confirm that the remains matched dental records for Anyanwu-Corbin, a Nigerian immigrant who was last seen in February 2016.
Police are now looking for information about her disappearance. Anyanwu-Corbin, described as outgoing and caring, may have been missing for as long as three months before an uncle, George Corbin, reached out to the police.
Anyanwu-Corbin left Nigeria shortly before her 18th birthday, sponsored by another family member. She attended West Roxbury High School for a time before switching to an alternative diploma program for working adults, while working a series of retail jobs.
Her remains were discovered by a man walking through a low-lying pocket of woods just beyond busy High Street in Dedham, between the back of the town’s municipal “snow dump” and the edge of Brookdale Cemetery.
The information developed to this point does not establish that there was or was not foul play associated with her disappearance and death.

Man rapes 12-year-old boy to death in Niger State

A 12-year-old boy, identified only as Aminu, has lost his life after he was allegedly sexually abused by one Abubakar, a tea seller in Ngwayanma, in the Kontagora area of Niger State.

Abubakar, aka Maishai, had reportedly abducted Aminu from his parents’ house sometime in March, and held him hostage in his (Abubakar’s) apartment. He was alleged to have severally had anal sex with Aminu for two weeks, until the victim fell ill.
It was gathered that a neighbour, who got wind of Aminu’s abduction, raised the alarm and reported the case to the police at the Kontagora division. While Abubakar was arrested, the boy was admitted to a hospital, where he died.
A police source said that Abubakar was arraigned in a Kontagora Chief Magistrate’s Court before the boy died, on two counts of abduction and unnatural offences, to which the defendant pleaded guilty.
“The unfortunate thing is that he was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with a fine of N30,000, which is ridiculous. The punishment generated a lot of outcry. But it is not the police’s fault. What the police can do is to appeal the case or file a new charge, now that boy is dead,” he added.
The Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Elkana James, confirmed Aminu’s death, saying that the case had been transferred to the command headquarters in Minna.
He added that the suspect would be re-arraigned on a fresh charge of culpable homicide. He said, “He is still in prison, serving the one month’s imprisonment. Once the new charge is filed, he would be reproduced to take his plea.”

85-year-old woman abandoned by her children, dies

Mrs. Bolaji Isaac, the 85-year-old woman who lamented that her five children had abandoned her, is dead.
Isaac died on Wednesday at the Lagos Island General Hospital where she had been receiving treatment since she was taken to the Old People’s Home, Yaba, by the Lagos State Government.

It was initially reported that the octogenarian had been putting up with a friend, Mrs. Sadatu Ahmed, after her children allegedly refused to cater to her. She had expressed frustration with life, saying she wanted to die.
The Ikare, Ondo State indigene, had particularly accused one of her children, Samuel, a lawyer, of not picking her calls and refusing to allow her know his place of residence.
She added that another child chased her out of an apartment rented for her by a Pentecostal church, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries. “I don’t know what I did to deserve all these troubles. I want to die. This suffering is unbearable for me,” she had said.
In his reaction, Samuel had said his mother was troublesome, adding that she always fought with her children’s wives. The state government had, however, taken her to the Old People’s Home, from where she was taken to the general hospital for treatment.
She was receiving treatment at the hospital when she died on Wednesday around 11pm. Samuel, who also confirmed the development, said he was at peace because he was able to reconcile with his mother before she died.
He said, “We spoke on the phone and we reconciled our differences. She passed on around 11pm at the general hospital. I was there this morning (Thursday). The family is going to meet on how to organise the burial.” Crdt: Punchng

Man blames the devil after killing his uncle by tying him to a tree till he died of hunger

The Enugu State Police Command, on Wednesday, announced the arrest of a man, Daniel Ekemezie, for allegedly killing his uncle, Pa Patrick Odoh, 83, over land dispute.
The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu who disclosed this in a statement, added that the suspect blamed the devil for his action. Amaraizu said that the killing happened at Ukpata community in Uzo-Uwani LGA of the state.

The suspect said that he and his uncle had been locked in a protracted land dispute. According to him, on March 4, 2017 at 8 p.m. he, Ekemezie alias Bakassi and a father of two, left his house in Ukpata community and headed to his uncle’s place, Pa Odoh place.
“On getting to the place, I woke my uncle up and tied his mouth with cloth to avoid him shouting, while I whisked him quietly that evening to Iyimkpafu/Ofiakputu forest in our community.
I tied him on the tree with rope and left him till March 8, 2017. When I discovered after five days that he was dead, I buried him in a shallow grave,’’ Amaraizu quoted the suspect as confessing to the police investigation team.
The suspect led police operatives to the grave, where the decomposed corpse of late Pa Odoh was recovered on 4 April 2017.