Crime Archives - Page 51 of 67

Sep

15

2022

Nigerian Army, EFCC agree to fight terrorism financing

Metro, News, PoliticsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Army have agreed to tackle terrorism financing. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, expressed the readiness of the body to partner with the Army on intelligence sharing and capacity building. Bawa made the pledge while addressing officers of the Nigerian Army School of Artillery in Kachia, Kaduna State. The anti-graft stressed that modern warfare has gone beyond kinetics and the exchange of gunfire. He said the military and other security agencies must “choke” the source of funding of terrorists and identify their sponsors. Bawa, who spoke through the Kaduna Zonal Commander Harry…

Sep

15

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Group tells DSS to arrest Sheikh Gumi for alleged romance with bandits, terrorists

Metro, PoliticsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, Politics, Security, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi

For alleged romance with bandits/terrorists, a civil society organisation, under the auspices of Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has advised the Department of State Services (DSS), to without hesitation, arrest a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi. COPIN opined that owing to Gumi’s persistent call on the federal government to grant the terror elements amnesty, he should ordinarily be a person of interest. Pharmacist Emeka Akwuobi and Hajiya Fatih Yakub, the National Coordinator and the Secretary of the group, respectively, in a joint statement issued on Wednesday, said that Sheikh Gumi had a lot of explanations to offer…

Sep

15

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Judge jails commercial motorcyclist for life for raping 9-year-old girl

NewsCourt, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, Rape

An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Ojo Adebayo, to life in prison for raping a nine-year-old girl. The defendant was indicted on a charge of desecration before Judge Olalekan Olatawura in March. In sentencing, Judge Olatawura held that the victim’s identification of the defendant as the person who raped her is not only convincing but credible, the same one that has not been discredited during cross-examination and, therefore, is not wrong. . “In all, I find established and proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution that the defendant and no other person tainted the…

Sep

12

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Many terrorists killed in Katsina as Vigilante thwart attacks

NewsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Members of a pro-government vigilante group, Special Hunters and Vigilante, on Sunday, thwarted an attack by a gang of armed men in the town of Batsari in Katsina State killing several of the raiders. Multiple local sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to concerns for their safety, said members of the vigilante group surrounded the gunmen after they entered the Batsari local government headquarters around 4:00 p.m.: 00 p.m. Batsari is one of the most terrorized cities in Katsina State. The city shares borders with Cuttlefish, Safana, parts of Zamfara state, and the dreaded Ruguforest, which is a known hiding…

Sep

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gunmen kill vigilante leader’s wife in Enugu

NewsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Enugu State, Gunmen, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen killed the wife of a local vigilante leader in Umuopu, Enugu-Ezike, a community in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State southeastern Nigeria. The incident occurred on Friday night. The victim, Ogochukwu Onuh, was shot to death after her husband, known simply as Akada, allegedly ran away from the gunmen. Sources said the gunmen were furious that the vigilante leader, who was their target, escaped, prompting them to kill the wife. The incident comes just three weeks after another community self-defense group leader, identified as Levi, was shot dead by armed men. It is not clear, for now,…