Security & Crime
Shocking: Police Allegedly Demands For Mobility Money To Investigate Uwa’s Murder
In a new shocking development following the death of Uwa Omozuwa who was raped and murdered, last week, sister to the deceased has in a new interview with newsmen revealed the shocking demand the police requested from her family before they can bring justice for Uwa’s death.
Uwa’s sister who was in tears while revealing her family’s ordeal with the police debunked some claims the police made.
She said the policemen said Uwa’s father refused to visit the police station when actually, her father consistently visited them so they can investigate the death of his daughter.
She expressed her disappointment with the Nigerian police after debunking claims that her sisters incident took place on May 17.
Furthermore, she revealed that the police had asked for “mobility money” to carry out the investigation of Uwa’s death.
As is evident from the video currently making the rounds, she said all these in the presence of other police officers.
Another voice in the background also chipped in that the police had asked Uwa’s father ‘if his daughter is the first rape victim ever’.
Her statements have fuelled the anger of Nigerians who have been protesting the death online.
Apparently, Nigerians are displeased with the Nigerian police and have been dragging them online.
Security & Crime
NDLEA Uncovers Illicit Drugs At Shrine, Underground Storage In Lagos
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend uncovered illicit substances at Igbo-Igunuko shrine located at Alfa Beach in the Ajah, as well as an underground storage in Lekki areas of Lagos.
The illicit substance suspected to be Ghanaian Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,760kg were recovered on Friday and two suspects, Gbenga Abiodun and Sunday Abiodun arrested, said the NDLEA in a statement yesterday.
Spokesman for the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement said that total of 11,786 pills of tramadol, molly, rohypnol and diazepam, as well as 64 bottles of codeine syrup were recovered from an underground storage that one Muhammad Warnos Abdullahi dug in his bedroom at Marwa Coastal Road, Lekki Phase 1 Lagos.
He said the underground storage was uncovered during a raid of the suspect’s residence on Friday, saying the storage was dug in his bedroom, covered it with padlocked iron slate and rug before putting his mattress on top to avoid detection.
Babafemi said another suspect, Ademola Oyelakin was arrested the same Friday with 770kg of suspected cannabis along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
According to Babafemi, consignments of opioids concealed in soles of shoes and hair attachments heading to the United States, United Kingdom and Cyprus were intercepted by the agency’s operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos and three courier companies in the state.
He said a total of 2,118 pills of tramadol concealed in soles of 13 pairs of shoes going to Cyprus were seized at the export shed of the Lagos airport on October 12, and additional 380 tablets recovered from the home of the sender, Okenwa Kelvin Uchenna during a follow up operation in Enugu on Thursday, October 24, adding that N968,880 cash and a Toyota Avalon car marked UWN389AS, were also recovered from the suspect at the time of his arrest.
Security & Crime
Police Nab Medical Doctor Over Alleged Child Trafficking, Forgery
Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Ugwumba, 52, of Ezimo-Agu community in Udenu Local Government Area over alleged child trafficking and forgery.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu.
Ndukwe said that the Command’s operatives serving in the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad apprehended the suspect on September 28, 2024.
According to the PPRO, the suspect’s arrest followed the interception of a public notice on an abandoned child he made and endorsed in the name of the Enugu State Ministry of Gender and Social Development as the director of OTZ, and published on a national daily.
The police spokesman said upon his arrest, he was found to be involved in child trafficking, with one pregnant woman, the four-year-old child, and another two-year-old child, both female.
“Investigation revealed that the suspect, who claimed to be a graduate of medicine and surgery from the University of Jos, owns and manages Chima Hospital and Maternity located at Ugbaike Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area.
“It was further discovered that between 2017 and 2024, he conspired with an acclaimed staff of the Ministry and others at large to conduct ante-natal care and delivery of seven yet-to-be-traced children from different mothers in the hospital,” he said.
According to him, the suspect was also found to be in unauthorised possession of different documents from the Ministry of Gender Affairs and unverified pest/vector certificates from the Enugu State Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources.
Security & Crime
19-Year-Old Woman Stabs Neighbour’s Son To Death In Lagos
A 19-year-old woman, Fatimo Agboke, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her neighbour’s son to death in the Ijegun area of Lagos State.
The incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. on September 9, 2024, during a confrontation between the suspect and the deceased, Farouk Azeez.
The spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident to Punch on Wednesday, September 11, stated that the suspect reportedly got into a fight with the 20-year-old victim, during which she allegedly grabbed a broken bottle and stabbed the victim in the neck.
“On September 9, 2024, a complaint was received from the Ijegun area of the state, reported at Isheri-Oshun Division by a man that a neighbour had an argument with his son,” the PPRO said.
“The victim was stabbed with a broken bottle on his neck by Agboke, which caused him grievous bodily harm. He gave up the ghost during an attempt to rush him to a hospital for medical attention.
“The division raced to the scene where the lifeless body of the deceased was seen on the ground, facing up in a pool of blood with a deep cut on his neck. The corpse has been removed and deposited at Mainland General Hospital in Yaba for autopsy.”
Hundeyin stated that the suspect had been arrested, adding that an investigation was underway to uncover the incident’s circumstances.
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