Crime Archives - Page 34 of 67

Mar

19

2023

Kidnapped APC campaign director shot dead in Rivers State

Metro, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Crime, INEC, Metro, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Mr. Chisom Lennard, the Campaign Director of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers State who was abducted by gunmen on Saturday has been killed. The deceased was reportedly abducted by the unknown gunmen who were dressed in police uniform while he was casting his vote at Ibagwa polling unit 2, Ward 10 in Ahoada West LGA. Lennard was exercising his franchise during the governorship and state assembly elections when the incident happened. According to reports, the APC chieftain was making efforts to stop the gunmen from snatching election materials when he was whisked away…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Three thugs were gunned down in Benue State for disrupting the election, snatching BVAS

Metro, News, Politics2023, Benue State, Crime, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

At least three persons suspected to be political thugs have been killed in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. The thugs invaded the polling units 026 and 004, Gboko South while electoral processes were ongoing and attempted to snatch ballot boxes and the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS. An eye-witness, Moses Agure-Dam who confirmed the development, said the thugs were gunned down by military officers. He said, “The thugs invaded the polling units and disrupted the election. They were three in number, one snatched the BVAS while others snatched ballot boxes but they didn’t succeed. “They were all shot…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

EFCC busts Canadian VISA fraudster in Abuja

Business, Lifestyle, Metro, PoliticsAbuja, Crime, DSS/EFCC, Metro, Nigeria

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday arrested a suspected visa fraudster, Enock Ogungbamigbe. City Round gathered that the suspect specialized in defrauding Nigerians desperate to migrate to Canada either to work or continue their education through fake visas and job offers. The 32-year-old, who owns a garden in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, was picked up at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, by operatives of the anti-graft agency when he responded to an appointment to procure a visa for an applicant intending to migrate to Canada. Unknown to him, that it was bait. The EFCC’s Director of Media and…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Fake DSS officer remanded for defrauding prophet, others

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, DSS/EFCC, Metro, Nigeria, Security

An Ondo Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 46-year-old man, Ebenezer Adefehinti, for allegedly defrauding three people under the pretext of securing jobs for their children. The defendant was said to have claimed to be an official of the Department of State Services. He was arrested in June 2022 at Ayegun Oka Akoko in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state. He was arraigned on five counts. Èdè Wa Ni: Ẹ Pàdé Àròjinlẹ̀ Tó Ń Dá Àwọn Ènìyàn Lẹ́kọ̀ọ́ Nípa Ẹranko Lédè Yoruba The police prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Omhenemhen, told the court that Adefehinti, with the intent to defraud members of…

Mar

09

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

A Vote For APC Amounts To Dancing On Graves Of Benue indigenes Killed By Fulani Terrorists.

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Crime, Herdsmen, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

COALITION OF SOUTHERN AND MIDDLE BELT YOUTH LEADERS ASSEMBLY (COSMBYLA). PRESS RELEASE The Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly, COSMBYLA, the umbrella body of all the youth group in South East, South South, South West and Middle Belt region call on Benue indigenes to vote wisely by voting the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship candidate Mr. Titus Uba and PDP State House of Assembly candidates in the forthcoming governorship and State House of Assembly elections on 18th of May 2023. Benue State became the number one state targeted for extermination when the All Progressive Congress, APC, came…