People feared dead in failed jail break in Ebonyi

People feared dead in failed jail break in Ebonyi

A failed jail break attempt may have resulted in the death of many prisoners at the Abakaliki prison in Ebonyi state this morning. According to reports, the inmates at about 9am started an intense riot in the prison over poor feeding and living condition.

During their protest, the inmates reportedly used dangerous objects on some of the prison officers.

Photos: Suspected Nigerian thief brutalized in Liberia

The brutalized man in the photos above is believed to be a Nigerian man accused of being part of a robbery gang that terrorized citizens in Monrovia, the Liberian capital. He was caught after an alleged botched robbery on Monday August 15th. A Liberian, Arrington Ballah, who put up the pics wrote;

Photos: Police release report on the death of Corps Member, Ngozi Onyekwere

26-year-old National Youth Corps member, Ngozi Onyekwere died in a road accident at Uyo on June 23. The Accounting graduate from the University of Port Harcourt, who was to pass out from the scheme in August, was returning from her workplace at the government house when the crash occurred. She's since been buried at her hometown in Ahiara, Imo State. However, the family insists she was burnt by a mob hence the investigation into her death. After the cut is a detailed report released yesterday, August 17, by Complaint Response Unit(CRU) of the Nigeria Police Force...

Lagos state govt to remove three roundabouts on Lekki-Epe Expressway

The Lagos state government has announced plans to remove the 4th Roundabout (Elegushi); 5th Roundabout (Jakande) and the 8th Roundabout (VGC) as part of measures to decongest traffic in that area of the state.

Photo: Man arrested for poisoning his neighbour’s pot of soup in Lagos

Gordon Daniel (pictured above) was yesterday arrested by the police in Ajegunle following a complaint from one of his Neighbors, Saidat Shakiru that he poisoned her pot of soup after they had a disagreement over unpaid electricity bill.

Photos: Lai Mohammed pays condolence visit to family of state house Dir. of Information, late Justin Abuah

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed paid a condolence visit to the family the former Director of Information, Justin Onuorah Abuah who died after a brief illness on Sunday August 14th. He was 57 years old. More photos after the cut...

Police defend sealing of the PDP convention venue In Port Harcourt

The PRO of the Nigerian Police Force, DCP Donald Amunah has defended the sealing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention venue in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, today. Speaking as a guest on Channels TV Sunrise Daily, he said; 

"The Police is an institution established by law and we obey the court orders and rule of law. In an event of conflicting court orders, what do you do? We are neutral. The IG has been served court orders in Abuja and so we have to obey the orders. If this court order has to be obeyed, what do we do about the venue? We take control of the venue to avoid two worrying parties conflicting, to protect lives and properties.”

He emphasized the force had to be proactive to ensure that lives and properties are secured and later the issues can be later sorted out by the court itself. "In the interim, the Police will ensue that everyone is protected. So that people do not go to the venue of the convention and start fighting."

When asked to identify which court of order the Force was following, in order to clarify on assumptions that they could be following one side, Mr. Amunah said;

"We are not following one side. If there is conflict, you stand in the middle and ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order. When two parties have court orders, they will both want to implement their own motives and decision. The Police will do the essential, that is, protect lives and properties. It's not about obeying court A or B."

#JusticeForUzoamaka: Police set to arraign suspects today, policemen dismissed from service

The Ebonyi State Police Command is set to arraign the suspects indicted for the abduction, stripping, torture and dehumanization of 15-year-old orphan, Uzoamaka 

According to Hon. Linus Abaa Okorie, who disclosed the development, reliable sources confirm that the arraignment of the suspects is scheduled to take place at the Obiozara magistrate court in Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi state. While the specific charges against the suspects are yet unclear, sources point at abduction and torture as being high on the list. 


The suspects expected to be arraigned include:
 1. Ogbonnaya Ene Odii (Coordinator, Ohaozara Development Centre)
 2. Enekwachi Ene Odii
 3. Martins 
 4. Cpl Paulinus Nwodom
 5. Cpl Monday Nweke
 6. Cpl Obinna Ironsi. 

The last three suspects are serving policemen who were yesterday dismissed from service following the decision of an in-house orderly room trial by the state police command. 

"With the arraignment of the suspects, all eyes will now be on the governor of the state, Engr. David Umahi Nweze, who a few days ago promised "to act" on whether or not to suspend the Coordinator from office only after the police may have concluded their investigations into the matter," Hon Okorie writes. 

"The pledge was in response to a widespread call on the governor to suspend or totally relieve the suspect of his appointment as Coordinator in his government. 
The arraignment of the suspects also marks a watershed in the struggle for justice for the 15 year old minor whose torture and dehumanization shocked all Nigerians and has become a talking point across the globe. Yet it is a call for greater vigilance by all men and women of good conscience to ensure that justice is not only done but seen to have been done at the end of the day. Let's keep faith with Uzoamaka until deserved justice is achieved." he added.

IG of Police receives Pakistan's Chief of Defence Staff (photos)

The Pakistanian Chief of Defence Staff, today paid a courtesy visit to the Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, in his office at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja. More photos after the cut.

 

Police release old woman caught with dead baby, the baby was her grandchild who needed medical attention

The old woman who was apprehended in Oshodi by a mob on Monday for carrying a dead baby on her back has been released by the Police. The old woman who has been identified as Kuburat Ayinde was interrogated by policemen after they rescued her from a mob who had accused her of kidnapping the dead baby.

The policemen gathered from Ayinde that the child she had strapped on her back was her Grandchild whom she was rushing to the hospital to get medical care. She said the baby belonged to her daughter who is mentally ill.

After she made this revelation, the police detained her to verify her claims. 

The command spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos said they were able to verify the woman's claims after the said daughter and other family members showed up at the station to confirm what Ayinde had told the police.

Nine Islamic asylum seekers arrested for drugging and raping a woman in Austria

Nine men, who are all seeking asylum in Austria travelled to Vienna for New Year’s Eve celebrations where they allegedly drugged a woman and dragged her to a nearby apartment block before brutally raping her. Police were called on January 1 when the woman woke up to discover she had been the victim of a vile sex attack. 

The attackers aged between 21 and 47 are alleged to have snatched the woman from Vienna’s central Schwedenplatz and assaulted her in an apartment where two of the suspects lived, between 2am and 6am.
But the arrests were made eight months later following a “protracted and difficult” investigation

The arrests were made in Austria after DNA evidence and CCTV footage was used to successfully build a case against the alleged rapists. This comes as Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party desperately attempts to overturn the result of June’s presidential election after a re-run was ordered by a judge when evidence showed “irregularities” in the count.

A police spokesperson said:

“There is no doubt about the gang rape according to the biological traces. “The investigations were difficult and protracted. On the trail of the suspects, investigators came by DNA material, interviews with witnesses and images from surveillance cameras.”

Police say the woman had been drinking but believes she may have been drugged as she does not remember getting to the apartment. The men have all denied the accusations.

Some Austrians have demanded that the men be “immediately deported” if they are convicted of the rape.


Source: Reuters

Robbers attack convoy of Central Bank Bullion vans, kill two policemen

Some armed robbers this morning killed two mobile police officers during an attack on the convoy of Central Bank bullion vans along the Jos – Abuja expressway.

The bullion vans and their retinue of police officers, had just left Jos, Plateau state and were heading to Abuja when they ran into a shoot-out between the robbers who were dressed in military uniforms and members of the Plateau State security outfit, “Operation Rainbow”, attached to Riyom local government. One police officer in the Patrol team was killed while the second officer killed was attached to the CBN Bullion van convoy.

2 arrested for stealing NITEL cables and offering police 500k bribe, suspects say police asked for the bribe

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Taofeek Babatunde and Ibrahim Sise for allegedly vandalising Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) underground cables in Ikeja. The suspects were paraded at the command headquarters in Ikeja. yesterday, they were also accused of offering a N500,000 bribe to the anti-crime patrol team of the Ikeja Police Division who apprehended them.
Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni said:

“They were caught vandalising, cutting, stealing and loading NITEL cables into a truck on Works Road junction beside the Lagos State High Court. When the suspects were accosted, they offered to the bribe the policemen to cover up their crime. They offered N500,000 and, of course, the policemen played along with them and collected the money.

“They arrested the suspects after collecting the money, which you can see right here. On counting the money, it was discovered that it amounted to N493,500 and the policemen, in furtherance to the call of responsible and effective policing by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), turned down the gratification. 

“Those policemen stood their ground, although they played along as if they were going to collect the money, which they handed over to their Divisional Police Officer (DPO). The N493,500 offered as bribe, the Volvo truck with which they were about to cart away the vandalised cables, the saw blades they used as tools for cutting those underground cables and, of course, the cables that have been loaded in to the truck, were recovered and would be used as exhibits. 

Efforts are on to arrest the third suspect, Wasiu Salami, who is on the run. The two suspects we have will be arraigned before the court on Tuesday."

Sise, however has denied doing anything wrong. He said he is a scrap dealer who patronizes some men for items in quantities. Adding that he didn't know his customers usually stole the items they sold to him. He also said that he didn't offer any bribe to the police, that they

Sise said:

“Some guys usually sold scraps to me but in little quantities, about N3,000 or N5,000. I don’t really know much about these guys, but I know they live at Apapa. They came to me on Sunday and said they wanted to bring a big business for me. But they requested for a huge amount of money, which I refused to give them. “I insisted on accompanying them to the place. 

So, on getting there, I already knew it wasn’t legal. I asked them how they planned to do it and they said they were doing it with a police patrol team. Even before we left, they made me speak with the policemen. 

“We went in the night. I saw the patrol team and the boys. I do not know how to cut; I only buy and sell. So, I just left there and went to a club at Ikeja under bridge. After two hours, I went back and saw that they had finished the job. 

“We were packing the cables into the truck when another patrol team came. The two patrol teams met there. I’m saying the truth. So, the patrol team that arrested me was discussing with the patrol team we were with already. 

“Our patrol team came to me and asked how much I could afford to give those people to settle them. I said they should negotiate with them and that any amount they agreed. We agreed that they would come and meet me and I would give them, if I had it with me.  

“Later, he came to me and said I should give him N300,000. At that time, I had only N250,000. I had to go back and get money to complete it. I came back and gave them the money. The boys who stole the cable and loaded the vehicle were still around when I brought the money. 

“The police told the driver to drive the vehicle to the station. We followed, even with the boys. When we got there, he (a policeman) said he would take N500,000 and I didn’t have any more money. I had to go back that night to knock on people’s doors to beg for money, just because I wanted to settle it. I came back, gave him the balance of N200,000, which is the money here. 

“After collecting the money, he said I should stay with the driver that in the morning, when the DPO comes, we would talk. I stayed till the DPO came, and that was it. The police didn’t arrest the boys. They went away scot-free. I have been doing this business for 13 years now. I have never been to a police station. I don’t know if this was a trap set for me.” 

The driver, Babatunde, said he was promised N30,000 to drive the truck, adding that he agreed because he was told some policemen were part of the arrangement.


Source: The Nation

FG sacks 23 prison officers and suspends 11 others due to recent prison break

In a statement released by spokesperson of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Francis Enobore, the federal government has sacked 23 prison officers and suspended 11 others after the recent ‎jailbreak at Koton Kafe prison in Kogi, Kuje prison in Abuja and Nsukka Prison in Enugu state.The statement reads in part...

"Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) considered the allegation of serious misconduct arising from your negligence of duty as leveled against you. 

The Board thereafter approved your immediate dismissal from the Nigerian Prisons Service.. in line with the provision of the Public Service Rule 030402 (O) being an action prejudicial to the security of the State. 

“Similarly the Controller-General of Prisons in his capacity has approved the dismissal of 7 junior staff serving in Kuje Medium Security prison and 10 other junior staff serving in Koton Karfe prison also implicated in the escape saga. The affected officers are to hand over all government properties in their possession to their immediate superior and proceed accordingly. “Meanwhile the officer in charge of Nsukka Prison DCP Okonkwo Lawrence and 10 others have been suspended over the recent prisoners’ escape from the prison. 

The suspension is to allow for detailed and uninterrupted investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident in order to facilitate appropriate action by the authority. 

“It would be recalled that in the wake of incessant escape of prisoners from some prisons in the country the CGP, Ja’afaru Ahmed on the 2nd of August, 2016 convened an emergency meeting of Command Officers and 241 officers in charge prisons across the country to reassess security measures for safe keeping of prisoners. Although a number of escapees have been recaptured, efforts are still being made to ensure that all the fugitives are apprehended and returned to prison custody. 

“The Controller General wishes to assure all officers and men of the Nigerian Prisons Service of his readiness to support and encourage hard work and dedication to duty but frowns at acts of negligence capable of embarrassing the Service and the nation at large. While appreciating the collaboration of security agencies, vigilante groups and members of the public for their support, the Controller General further assures that all necessary measures are being put in place to guarantee maximum security of persons in Prison custody.”

Jhene Aiko's estranged husband Dot Da Genius finally speaks up

Jhene Aiko's estranged husband Oladipo Omisore aka Dot Da Genius finally speaks up about Jhene Aiko's allegations of abuse in their relationship.