Policeman who Tracked & Arrested Rich Kidnapper Evans has been Killed

The Intelligence Response Team (IRT) under the watch of Abba Kyari at the weekend, lost one of its gallant officers to the cold hands of death.

The gallant officer was one of the leading ‘field detectives’ who tracked and demystified Lagos based billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuadike aka Evans.

It was in the middle of a similar arrest that the suspect pumped bullets into Lanre’s stomach while his colleague got shot in the hand.

Unperturbed by the surprise attack, both the late Sergeant and others chased after the kidnappers and killed the man that fired the killer shots.

The bullets lodged in their bodies were later extracted with medical teams on ground confirming that the injured Policemen were responding to treatment.

But tragedy struck a few days later. It was discovered that Sergeant Lanre who had opened his eyes and exchanged pleasantries with his colleagues, later gave up the ghost.

“It is really sad and painful altogether. We have not been able to tell his wife and other family members yet. This is the risk of the job we are talking about; we put our lives on line for others, yet when it is time for promotion, one thing or the other will happen and the list will be kept in view.

“Look at this now, Sergeant Lanre was one of the men that put his life on the line to arrest Evans and now he is dead. We don’t even know how to break the news to his wife and family. It is painful,” one of his colleagues said at the weekend.

Another Kidnap Kingpin Arrested By Nigeria Police (Photos)

Nigerian police has paraded nine suspected criminals for series of crimes ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, car snatching and cocaine trafficking.

According to a statement by CSP Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, the suspects were arrested at Sabon Gayan village in Kaduna state.

The suspects includes Umaru Ibrahim Mujuma (Gang Leader), Jibrin Adamu, Samaila Haruna, Ibrahim Mohammed, Ibrahim Idris, Iliya Adamu, Ifeanyi Linus, Silas Kelvin (Receiver of robbed car and a confessed Cocaine Dealer and Kamilu Mohammed (A Cripple and Informant to the Kidnappers)

The statement read;
Consequent on the gruesome killing of a Youth Leader Haruna Maikudi Maikaji in his farm at Sabon Gayan Village in Kaduna State on Sunday, 12th November, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris commiserate with the family of the slain Youth Leader and the people of Sabon Gayan village and mandated Operation Absolute Sanity to fish-out the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

In the course of investigation into the killing and the operation embarked by personnel of Operation Absolute Sanity in Sabon Gayan Village and environ to root out and arrest the killers of the Youth Leader, the Special Tactical Squad team attached to Operation Absolute Sanity on trail of the killers, were ambushed and attacked by the gang responsible for the killing of the Youth Leader. The information to the Gang was traced to a Cripple, Kamilu Mohammed who phoned the Kidnappers to inform them that the Police are on their way to their hideout in the forest.

The Special Tactical Squad personnel attached to Operation Absolute Sanity repelled the attack and in the process, two (2) of the suspected kidnappers died as a result of the superior fire power of the Police personnel while a Police NCO sustained injury and currently receiving treatment in the hospital. The Cripple Kamilu Mohammed was later arrested and currently under investigation.

The above mentioned kidnap for ransom gang, car snatchers and cocaine dealer suspects were arrested from different locations and three (3) victims, names withheld, were rescued from their hideout without payment of any ransom. The suspects were identified by their victims and have equally confessed to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime. They will all be arraigned on completion of investigation into the cases against them.

The Inspector-General of Police has re-emphasized his directives to Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) in zones and commands across the country to beef up security in their Area of Responsibilities (AOR) and ensure massive deployment of Armed Police Personnel, Patrol Teams and undercover operatives to black spots, flash points and other vulnerable criminal spots to nip in the bud all forms of crimes and criminality nationwide throughout this period to the coming Christmas and New Year festival and beyond. They are also to make sure that detection of crimes is prompt to serve as effective deterrent to who-will-be criminal.

The ongoing raids on criminal hideouts, black spots will be sustained to reduce crime and criminality to the barest nationwide.

CSP JIMOH O. MOSHOOD
Force Public Relations Officer
Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Pope Francis Gets Personalized Lamborghini as gift, but doesn't accept it (photos)

 A Lamborghini sports car worth a whopping N76 million has been given to the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis as a gift.

Pope Francis on Wednesday got a Lamborghini sports car as a gift. The white-painted, special edition Lamborghini Huracan, which sells for around 180,000 euros (N76 million), perfectly matched the pope’s white cassock as he blessed it outside the Casa Santa Marta, the guesthouse within the Vatican where he lives.

Sadly, will not be seen cruising around in the car as he has pledged to auction with the proceeds to go to three of the pontiff’s favoured charities.
They include a fund to rebuild homes and churches for Christians chased out of Iraq by Islamic State terrorists. The rebuilding efforts will be focused on the Nineveh Plains, north-east of Mosul, where Christians were forced to flee years of fighting.

The aim is to allow Christians who were forced to leave the region “to finally return to their roots and recover their dignity,” the Holy See said.
Of the two other charities that will benefit from the sale, one helps migrant women who are trafficked and forced into prostitution and another provides medical aid in Africa.

The Pope’s blessing of the car is likely to ensure that it sells for far more than its original value. When he was given a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in 2013, it sold a year later at auction in Paris for $327,000, despite retailing for around $13,000.

The fact that the Pope had signed his name on the tank hugely increased its value. A leather Harley-Davidson motorcycle jacket, also signed by Francis, sold for $77,000.

Proceeds from the auction at Bonhams went to a hostel and soup kitchen for the homeless at Rome’s main train station. Harley-Davidson gave the motorbike to the Pope as a gift to mark its 110th anniversary

Pre-wedding photos of Nollywood actor, Daniel K. Daniel

Nollywood actor, Daniel K. Daniel who is set to wed his bae, Teena has released their pre-wedding photos on his Instagram page.The couple had their traditional marriage last month in Nnewi, Anambra, and are set for their white wedding this November.

Woman Hospitalised After Police, Students Clash

Two workers of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan, Oyo State, are receiving treatment at the University College, Ibadan, after they were hit by bullets during a clash between the police and students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan on Monday.

The college, the research institute and the Federal College of Animal Health and Technology share the same premises at the Moor plantation.

Crisis erupted on Monday when the students of FCA clashed with the police during a protest against their inability to receive lectures due to a disagreement between the school Provost, Dr Babajide Adelekan, and the lecturers.

The Punch correspondent, who visited the UCH on Tuesday, observed that one of the injured, Mrs. Helen Adekanmi, who works at the Crop Production Unit of the research institute, was admitted to the South-West 1 ward of the hospital after a surgery on Monday night.

The bullet pierced through her navel and ruptured part of her lower abdomen.

Although she could not speak when our correspondent visited her at the ward, the Public Relations Officer of the institute, Mr. Adeniyi Hamzat, said the police stray bullet hit her when they shot towards the offices of the institute.

Also, Miss Kobaju Busayo, who was observing her Industrial Training programme at the institute, was being attended to at the Emergency Care Unit of the UCH.

It was learnt that a bullet also pierced through her left thigh, causing severe damage to the leg.

Apart from the workers of the institute, two vehicles belonging to lecturers of FCA were vandalised, while the students claimed that eight of their colleagues were injured.

They also refuted police claim that eight police vans were damaged during the unrest.

One of the students, who identified himself only as Oladeji, said, “The protest was peaceful at first. It was to create awareness to what we have been facing for the past three months. The institution had been practically closed during the period. Around 9am, policemen from the Apata division came and we expressed our grievances to them.

“Thirty minutes later, they returned with guns and tear gas. They shot at us and we went back to the institution and closed our gates. Ten minutes later, they returned with Armoured Personnel Carriers, which they drove round the school. They attacked us with planks, axes and guns.

“They came with three vans and none was vandalised. No policeman was injured. We took some of our colleagues that were injured to a hospital on Oluyole Estate and they were rejected. The Commissioner of Police in the state knows about our problem and he had met us and the school management on the issue. We are law-abiding citizens. We do not have ammunition. They attacked us first and we have video evidence. We did not throw stones at the police. They entered the school and beat us up.”

The school’s Assistant Chief Technologist, Adisa Lawal, who claimed that his car was damaged in the protest, said the car was parked outside the premises when the students locked the gate.

“The gunshots lasted three hours. When it stopped, I went to take my car, but I met it vandalised; I don’t know who did it,” he said.

Another worker of the school, Lawal Adesola, said his car was parked outside the school gate and that when he returned to pick it, it was damaged.

When contacted for comment on a picture showing a policeman with an axe and seemingly attacking a student, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said it was one of the weapons recovered from the students.

“That (axe) was one of the weapons recovered from the students. Policemen don’t use axe. Whoever posted that picture online is being mischievous,” he added.

Ajisebutu said he was not aware that the police shot at anyone, while also directing our correspondent to the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, for further comments.

He denied the claim that police shot the victims, accusing students of being in possession of firearms.

He said, “The students had firearms in their possession. On Sunday, two students were arrested with sophisticated firearms in Ibadan. If anyone was shot at, ask the students. The picture of a policeman holding an axe was wrongly understood.”

Meanwhile, it was gathered that some students of the school on Tuesday went on the rampage and destroyed glass windows of the school buildings.

According to a source, the students took the action because five of their colleagues were arrested by the police in connection with the crisis.

He said the youths had issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the police after which they would burn down the administrative department of the school if their colleagues were not released.

Popular Auto Dealer, Lanre Shittu Loses Wife

Popular auto dealer, Chairman of Lanre Shittu Motors, Alhaji Rasak Olanrewaju Shittu has lost one of his wives, Alhaja Wura Shittu. Alhaja Wura died on monday at a UK hospital. According to sources, she has been sick for a while before giving up the ghost on monday, November 13, 2017.

Comedian Seyi Law throws daughter another Massive birthday party in London (photos)

After erecting a billboard with her photo in Lagos and celebrating with some friends in their Lagos home, Nigerian comedian, Oluwaseyitan Aletile, aka Seyilaw, has moved on to celebrate his daughter again in London.

He took to Instagram, shared bits of the London party his daughter had with other kids and captioned it as :
“London was lit as we celebrated Tiwaloluwa, @fameuxtiwa on the 4th November, 2017 at KIDZ ADVENTURE ZONE, WoodGreen, London to mark her first birthday that was on the 30th September.
Event Packaged by: @royal_event_wedding_decor
Music by: @djosajatt
Decorations by: @olayemmy
Coordinated by: @geeomotayo
Dresses chosen by: @hautestacy
Photography by: @olamintofficial
Financed by: Mummy And Daddy”
 

Man impersonates Mike Okiro, defrauds lawmakers’ relatives

The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 37-year-old man, Emmanuel Ebuzoma, for 'defrauding' relatives and friends of National Assembly members in a police recruitment scam.

The Delta state indigene was alleged to have obtained a pre-registered SIM with the name of a former Inspector-General of Police and Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr Mike Okiro.

Ebuzoma was reported to have obtained telephone numbers of senators, members of the House of Reps and governors, whom he sent bulk text messages to, requesting contacts of four people they wanted to help into the Nigeria Police Force.

Some of the government functionaries were said to have sent numbers of their relatives and friends to the suspect, who immediately contacted them, demanding various sums of money for registration into the Force.

The Zone 2 Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the suspect had five account numbers into which the applicants paid between N25,000 and N50,000.

She said, “The Chairman of the PSC, Dr Mike Okiro, got complaints from some members of the public that a syndicate was using his name to defraud people. He became worried and wrote a petition to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Adamu Ibrahim.

“The petition was forwarded to the Public Complaints Bureau and police operatives swung into action. Detectives tracked the suspect to Onitsha, Anambra State, where he was arrested despite his cleverness.

“In the course of investigation, we discovered that he had accomplices, who assisted him in getting account numbers of innocent residents, into which applicants paid various sums of money. He never used his own account number so as not to be caught.

“Again, when you dial the phone number he uses to call through True Caller, a telephone application, it will bring out the name of Dr Mike Okiro. We discovered he had help from some agents of a telecommunications company.

“Actually, he started the criminal act in October 2016 and from our checks on all the account numbers, he has realised about N4.5m. Most of his victims came from senators and House of Representatives members.”

The suspect, who confessed to the crime, said he had only made N400,000, adding that he got the money from those referred to him by some members of the House of Representatives.

He said, “I was at home one day when I decided to browse on my telephone. I saw the phone numbers of some senators, governors and House of Representatives members on the Internet. I decided to try if I could make money from them.

“I sent bulk text messages to them. I sent to six House of Representatives members, telling them that I was Mike Okiro and that they should send me four names of their candidates for police recruitment.

“When I sent the messages, four of them responded. They sent four names each with the telephone numbers of the applicants. I immediately sent text messages to those people, asking them to go to a bank and pay for their training kits and afterwards report at Abuja. I collected between N25,000 to N30,000 from each person.

“A girl supplied me account numbers into which payments were made. We had about four account numbers and we had withdrawn close to N400,000. There is a place in Onitsha where we buy pre-registered SIM cards. That was where I got the telephone number I used.”

His accomplice, Faith Oregbu, denied knowledge of the scam, saying she thought Ebuzoma was receiving payments from popular Ponzi scheme, MMM.

The 23-year-old said the suspect had only paid her N26,000 since they met.

She said, “A friend of mine, Chidiebere, had collected my account number, saying she was expecting someone to send money to her. When I got an alert of N70,000, she told me a man would come for it.

“He (Ebuzoma) called shortly afterwards and we met at a bank where I withdrew the money. He gave me N5,000 from the money and said I should take N4,000 and give Chidiebere N1,000.

“Later, he asked me for another bank account. He said my account had been blocked. I sent him three account numbers and told him to pick one from them. Since we met, I have withdrawn about N290,000 for him and he has paid me a total of N26,000.

“I was not confident enough to ask him where the money was coming from. But when I asked my friend, Chidiebere, she said it was from MMM. So, I thought the money was from MMM. Knowing the source of the money now makes me feel sad, embarrassed and ashamed.”

Badmos, while warning job seekers to beware of fraudsters demanding money for employment, said the suspects would be arraigned in court at the end of investigations.

Checkout Mikel Obi Babymama Celebrated LAst Night Victory Against Argentina

                           
Mikel Obi’s partner, Olga Allegra celebrated the Super Eagles’ victory over Argentina by posting a lovely family photo with a sweet message congratulating the father of her twin daughters and other Super Eagles players.
Olga shared a photo of the Super Eagles captain piggybacking their daughters with the caption: “And just like that we support our daddy… World Cup #SuperEagles ♥?Go Daddypooh we love you The Greatest #Nigeria #Krasnodar #worldcup2018″

Senator Ali Ndume Resumes Today As Legal Battle Continues

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously resolved to allow Senator Ali Ndume (Borno-South) to resume on Wednesday (today) from his six-month suspension by the chamber.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the plenary on Tuesday, made the announcement after an executive (closed-door) session held by the lawmakers.

Ekweremadu said the lawmakers resolved at the closed-door session that the former Majority Leader be allowed to resume “without prejudice to the case pending in court.”

Senate had on Monday appealed against a Federal High Court judgment on Friday, which nullified the suspension of the Borno-South senator.

The upper chamber, which stated through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that it would also apply for stay of execution at the Court of Appeal.

Senate had on March 29, suspended Ndume for six months for not “conducting due diligence” before filing a petition against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye.

The Federal High Court, however, voided the suspension of Ndume, saying it's reckless.