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Teenage Artistes Stab Lagos RCCG Pastor To Death During Robbery

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Two teenagers, who claimed to be up-and-coming artistes, have been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing a Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor, Babatunde Dada, to death in the Festac area of Lagos state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who paraded the suspects, Farouk, 15, and Jamiu, 17, on Friday said the minors attempted to dispossess the pastor of his valuables when they attacked him on the church premises in the Festac area of the state.

The minors were said to have attempted to dispossess the pastor of his valuables when they attacked him on the church premises in the Festac area of the state.

Odumosu said the suspects, after allegedly perpetrating the crime, fled to an unknown destination, adding that they were arrested in their hideouts in Ilorin, Kwara State, and Festac area.

He said, “The duo of Farouk, 15 and Jamiu, stabbed and killed one Babatunde Dada, 46, inside a church where he worshipped. The deceased/victim, until his death, was a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Festac.

“The suspects, after committing the murderous act, absconded to unknown places. However, following intensive and discreet investigation, the two culprits were arrested in their hideouts. The suspects during interrogation confessed to have killed the victim with a bottle and a stick. The exhibits used in perpetuating the dastardly act were recovered.”

Also, Odumosu confirmed the arrest of a suspected ritualist, Kolawole Sikiru, 41, who reportedly broke into the Sabo Cemetery along the Igbogbo Road, Ikorodu. After gaining entry, Sikiru was said to have dug a grave and removed the body parts of a corpse.

The CP said Sikiru confessed to the crime during interrogation, adding that the body parts, a knife and a stick were recovered from him.

He added, “On December 7, 2021, around 11.30am, a suspected ritualist, Kolawole Sikiru, 41, was arrested with fresh human parts which he severed from a dead body at a cemetery. He further confessed that it was a yet-to-be-identified alfa who asked him to bring the body parts00 – wrists, heart and flesh – for ritual purposes. The body parts, a knife and a stick were recovered from the suspect.”

The CP also paraded two members of an Illegal security outfit, Citizens for Peace and First Aid Mission of Nigeria, for allegedly torturing a suspected armed robber to death in the Ikorodu area of the state.

The suspects, Israel Okon, 42, and Joe Charles, 35, including other fleeing accomplices, after allegedly killing the victim, reportedly dismembered his corpse and buried his skull in a shallow grave.

But Okon said the person whose skull was recovered was a suspected armed robber he arrested while working as a security guard at a company in Ikorodu.

He said, “I arrested the man whose head was chopped off. The man was an armed robber that robbed the hotel where I worked as a security guard. I arrested him around 1pm and the owner of the hotel called my commander who took him to our office but I don’t know how he died.

“After he died, I could not leave because the commander locked me inside and said we should bury the corpse. After we buried the corpse, they came back a week later, chopped off the head of the corpse and took it to a native doctor.”

 

 

 

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Video: Mob Action Leaves Two Suspected Car Thieves In Coma

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The Rivers State Police Command has refuted claims of the death of two suspected car snatchers who were severely beaten by a mob in Port Harcourt.

It was gathered that the suspects had, in the early hours of Monday, March 25, 2025, attempted to snatch a Toyota Corolla car from an E-hailing cab driver after stabbing him along Stadium Road, Elekahia but the victim raised an alarm which attracted a mob before the police arrived.

Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident said the suspects are currently in coma and receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Port Harcourt.

The PPRO explained that operatives of the Elekahia Police Division led by the DPO, responded to a distress call and rescued the victim who was stabbed by the suspected car thieves.

They rescued the victim, who had been stabbed by the suspected robbers, and transported the suspects to the hospital.

The suspects were already in a coma due to the severe beating inflicted by the enraged mob.

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Police In Manhunt For Fleeing Nurse Over Failed Abortion

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A yet-to-be-identified nurse in Oke-Owa in the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State is currently on the run after allegedly carrying out an abortion on one Deborah Sokoya.

According to the information made available to PUNCH Metro by a police source, the said abortion failed, leading to serious bleeding and the subsequent hospitalisation of the victim.

Our correspondent further gathered that Sokoya had earlier informed her partner, identified as Peter Balogun, that she would be paying a visit to her elder sister, known as Mutiat Sokoya.

After reaching Mutiat’s house located in the Iperin area of Ijebu-Ode, PUNCH Metro learnt from the source that Deborah was lured by her elder sister to the location where the alleged abortion was carried out.

This, according to the police, led to uncontrolled bleeding, and the victim was subsequently taken to a hospital for medical treatment.

Meanwhile, when contacted about the incident on Saturday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, said a preliminary investigation showed that the boyfriend who reported the matter had also financed a separate abortion on the same girlfriend as far back as 2023.

She added that both Mutiat and the boyfriend of the victim, Balogun, had been detained for interrogation.

Odutola said, “At about 6pm on March 20, 2024, one Peter Balogun approached the Igbeba Police Division over the termination of his unborn child. He said his girlfriend visited her elder sister in Oke-Owa in Ijebu-Ode, where a nurse was said to have performed an abortion on her without Deborah or his consent.

“The abortion reportedly failed, and this led to serious bleeding and subsequent hospitalisation. Our officers visited the victim in the hospital, where she is responding to treatment. We have arrested the sister who took her for the abortion.

“Our preliminary investigations further showed that the complainant had also financed another abortion on the same girlfriend in September 2023. He is being interrogated as well.

“However, efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing nurse and others who participated in the abortion.”

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Police Confirm Teenager Who Stabbed Aunt To Death Mentally Sick

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Following the killing of a 54-year-old civil servant, Mrs Funmilayo Adelayi, by her 17-year-old niece, Wunmi Aduloju, in Akure, Ondo State capital, the Ondo Police Command has disclosed that the suspect had mental issues.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, stated that the medical records from the psychiatric hospital where the suspect had been receiving treatment confirmed her health status.

Wunmi stabbed the deceased in her three-bedroom bungalow along Superjet Road, Premier Estate, off Oda Road, Akure South Local Council Area of the state, with the decomposing body discovered a few days later.

The PPRO stated that the suspect, who had since been arrested, had been taken to police medical facility for safekeeping to avoid injury to herself and others.

She said: “The police took the remains to the mortuary, and during clean-up, a mark of violence (stabbing) was observed, while a knife was also found at the scene of the crime.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased lived with her niece, Omowunmi Aduloju, aged 17 years, who suddenly disappeared and locked the door.

“The stench oozing out of the house attracted the residents, who notified the deceased sister. The sister, on arrival, peered through the window and saw the body on the floor; hence, the police were informed. The corpse, in a decomposing state, was removed for preservation.”

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