A Lagos state high court sitting in the Lekki area of the state sentenced a boat operator, Happiness Elebiju, to life imprisonment over the death of 13 passengers in a boat accident. Justice Josephine Oyefeso also sentenced Elebiju to six months in prison for operating a boat without a licence. The judge held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, according to reports. Elebiju was arraigned before Justice Oyefeso on 11 counts bordering on manslaughters and operating a boat without a licence. The Lagos state director of public prosecutions, Mrs. Olayinka Adeyemi, had told the court during Elebiju’s…
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An Ondo state high court sitting in Akure has sentenced a 50-year-old welder, Ojo Daniyan, to death by hanging for causing the death of his wife, Daniyan Dorcas. Damiyan committed the offence on September 14, 2019, at lrese Road in Shagari Village, Akure. He reportedly killed his wife by setting their residence ablaze while his wife was sleeping after accusing her of not telling him about a car and three plots of land she acquired. Damiyan was charged with arson, murder and disabling to commit felony. Among the witnesses who testified before the court was the younger brother of the deceased, Adeniyi Samuel. Adeniyi…
A couple, Fortune and Steve Nwankwo, were on Thursday, July 7, jailed for 16 years for the involuntary manslaughter of their 19-year-old maid, Joy Adole. Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos state high court, in the Ikeja region of Lagos state, found the couple guilty of conspiracy and manslaughter. While delivering judgment in suit no ID/13178C/20, Justice Ogala, held that the prosecution had proved the charge of manslaughter, conspiracy and attempt to pervert justice and misconduct as regards the death of their maid in their house at Bariga area. The court convicted Stephen of the charges of conspiracy, attempt to pervert…
Four persons were on Wednesday evening, July 6, abducted on Oke Ako-Irele road in Ikole local government area of Ekiti state, with the kidnappers later demanding N20 million ransom. According to reports, the incident which occurred at about 7:30 pm involved occupants of two vehicles, a commercial car and a mini-truck, waylaid at a bad portion of the road. A source at Oke Ako stated that that the driver, a native of the neighbouring Ipao-Ekiti, and a passenger were abducted in the commercial vehicle while the driver and his assistant were taken away in the mini-truck, which he said was…
Gunmen have abducted a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Peter Yakubu Amodu, in Benue state. The chancellor diocesan of Otukpo, Rev. Fr. Joseph Idoto, while confirming the attack, in a statement, said that Fr. Amodu was kidnapped around 5 pm on Wednesday, July 6, along Otukpo-Ugbokolo road, while on his way to celebrate Holy Mass at Okwungagga -Ugbokolo in Benue state. Fr. Amodu is the parish priest of the Holy Ghost parish in Ekeh – Olengbeche region of the state, according to The Nation. Fr. Idoto said, “We write to notify you of the kidnap of Rev. Fr. Peter Amodu, a priest…
A 41-year-old ritualist identified as Ibrahim Hamza has been apprehended by operatives of the Kwara state police command after a human skull was found on him. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Okesanmi Ajayi, in a statement, said the police received information that some ritualists whose stock in trade is buying, trading and trafficking human body parts couriered human skulls from Lagos state into Ilorin, and that the package was heading to Balogun Fulani motor park, Ilorin, the state capital. ”On the strength of the information, the team arrested one Ibrahim Hamza of Orisunbare area of Okolowo, Ilorin, who had…
The man who shot former Japan prime minister, Shinzo Abe, to death, Tetsuya Yamagami, has told the police that he killed the 67-year-old man because of his alleged links with an organization. Abe was shot dead while speaking at a political campaign event on Friday morning, July 8, in the southern city of Nara. Police investigating the assassination said the 41-year-old gunman, who killed the late prime minister, held a grudge against a “specific organisation,” which he believed Abe was part of, according to People’s Gazette. The police also noted that Yamagami admitted to shooting Abe with a homemade gun. As…
The heightened state of insecurity in the country reached a feverish peak when on July 5, terrorists from the Islamic State in West Africa Province, ISWAP, attacked the Kuje correctional facility for more than two hours unhindered and freeing over 600 inmates from the prison. While 300 of those inmates have since been recaptured, 64 of those inmates, all Boko Haram terrorists are currently at large. Prison authorities have since declared all 64 wanted with their names and photographs made public. So far, only one of the escaped terrorists has been recaptured. Hassan Hassan was recaptured by the eagle-eyed operatives of the state police…
At least two pupils have died while others passed out after they suffocated in their school bus in Aguda area of Lagos state on Friday, July 8. The driver of the school bus, Odunsa Mandala, was taking the pupils back to their homes after the close of the yet-to-be-identified school when the incident occurred. The pupils were said to have repeatedly complained to him about how uncomfortable they felt but he ignored their complaint until most of them on the bus had suffocated, and passed out. When he saw the state the pupils were in, he raised an alarm and the students…
No fewer than 18 people were killed on Sunday morning, July 10, after gunmen loyal to a notorious bandit kingpin, Damina, attacked Kango and Dangulbi villages in Maru local government area, Zamfara state. Several people who fled after the attack are yet to return, according to one of the residents of the affected communities. Shehu Ismaila, a resident of Maru town, said 13 people were killed in Dangulbi while five were killed in Kango. Ismaila said the bandits attacked Kango first before moving to Dangulbi where they killed some of the residents working on their farms. He said, “Six people…