Suspect revealed how Gulder Ultimate Search winner, Hector was killed

The suspected killer, 49-year-old Ismaila Adeyemi, one of the suspects arrested for the murder of a former winner of Gulder Ultimate Search, Hector Jobarteh, has revealed how the dirty deal was planned.

Recall that gunmen had, on September 3, 2017, trailed 38-year-old Jobarteh to his house on Olufowora Close, New Oko-Oba, Agege, from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, and shot him dead.

The man, who was paraded on Monday at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, told newsmen that one Nonso, KK and him stormed Jobarteh’s house on a robbery mission that day.
He said, “I knew KK through Nonso, whom I worked with in a filling station in Apapa some years back. I met Nonso about five months ago and I gave him the address of where I live in Sango, Ogun State. KK just came back from abroad that time.

“I did not know who the man was before the operation. On that day, we parked at a filling station around his house and a lady came to meet KK. After a while, he received a call from the lady and we saw the man (Jobarteh) drove into the close.

“We followed him, but did not know where he entered. KK approached a woman and lied to her that the man’s car hit his and he sped off. He begged her to direct us to where the man entered and she did. When we got into the building, we saw the car and met another lady on the premises.

“KK asked the lady to lead us to the man’s apartment, but she declined. It was when he pointed a gun at the woman that she complied and took KK upstairs. He called us to come upstairs, but by the time we got to a living room upstairs, he had shot the man’s father in the hand.”
Adeyemi, a native of Osogbo, Osun State said the gunshot prompted Jobarteh to come out from a room to the living room, where KK immediately gunned him down.

“I did not shoot at all, although I was holding a gun too. I quarrelled with KK for shooting them, because our plan was just to rob. He threatened to shoot me and I kept quiet. It was a pair of shoes and flowers that were in the bag we collected from him. We didn’t find money there.

“I took away only his white handset while KK went with the bag. I gave the phone to my brother, Usman, to help me sell it. He said he sold it for N7,000. I collected N5,000 and gave him N2,000,” he added.

Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Edgar Imohimi, who paraded Adeyemi, said he shot the GUS winner.

Imohimi said, “I am glad to announce to you that after weeks of extensive manhunt, the principal suspect, Ismail Adeyemi, who pulled the trigger that killed the victim, has been arrested and he confessed to the crime.
“He also admitted to other various criminal activities within the state. The suspect led operatives to Sango Gasline, Ijoko, where his operational revolver pistol with nine rounds of live ammunition was recovered.”

Abuja stadium cannot thrive, every brick is stained with corruption - Odegbami

Olusegun Odegbami, retired Nigerian footballer, says the Abuja National Stadium is desolate because every brick of the structure is stained with corruption.

Odegbami made this statement while speaking on Monday at The Platform, a program organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Iganmu, Lagos.
He said while the stadium was one of the costliest to build in the world, “nobody goes there”.
“There’s another world aside from football, it is powered by football but it is not football. It is very interesting that not many people have discovered that world,” Odegbami said while speaking on the topic,’With Sports, we can change Nigeria’.

“That was where we were heading when we did KOJA, when Nigeria did the Abuja National Stadium, one of the most beautiful stadium edifices in the world, state of the art, a masterpiece of architecture.
“When you enter Abuja, it is sitting majestically and it is the thing that welcomes you. Unfortunately, unlike the Amsterdam arena, nobody goes there.

“I worked there for two years and I don’t think I had more than 10 or so visitors. It is desolate, it is desolate because it is a reflection of who we are.
“The tears, sweat, blood of ordinary Nigerians whose resources were used to build that stadium the way that stadium was built; one of the costliest stadium in the world to build, every brick, every block is stained with corruption.

“We organised the most reckless, blatantly and brazenly we saw Nigerians from top to bottom looting our treasury and calling it KOJA. You see it is not cursed but it is the commonwealth of all of us and people went there and performed their squandermania.

“How can such a thing thrive? It cannot thrive that’s why it’s desolate. That Abuja stadium is a constant reminder of who we.”
The stadium, which has a capacity of 60,491 spectators, was constructed when Abuja was selected to host the All Africa Games in 2000. - Cable Nigeria

Man jailed for stealing church property

A 27-year-old driver, Ishaq Bala, who broke into a church and stole drums and iron rods, was on Tuesday sent to jail for  two years.

A Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court in Nasarawa said Bala, who resides at Mararaba, was found guilty of all the three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, housebreaking and theft brought against hyim.
The Judge, Mr Albert Maga, held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and that the defendant was guilty of the offence.

“He is hereby sentenced to two years imprisonment for the three-count charge,” he said.

Maga, however, gave Bala an option of N10,000 fine, warning him to desist from committing crime.
The accused was first arraigned on Aug. 18 on the three-count charge to which he pleaded not guilty.

Earlier, the Police Prosecutor Agabi Auta told the court that Pastor Habila Dasat of Cocin Church, Base 4, Aku Village, Mararaba, had lodged a complaint against the accused  on Aug. 15 at`A’ Divisional Police Station.

Auta said the accused and three others, now at large, broke into the church through the fence and stole a set of drums and some iron rods.
“The security guard was able to get hold of the accused, while others ran away but the stolen items were recovered from him.”
The offences contravened Sections 97, 288 and 347 of the Penal Code.

OMG !!! 22-year-old man stabs mother to death, mangles her intestine over refusal to give him money

Caleb Obasogie, a resident of Benin has allegedly killed his 55-year old mother identified as Josephine Igbineweka over her refusal to give him money.

The terrible incident reportedly occurred around 8:00 a.m on Friday at their residence in Benin City, Edo State.

A local, who asked not to be named, told journalists that Caleb locked himself and his mother in one of the rooms and used broken bottle to stab her repeatedly until her intestines were ripped out.

According to source, he reportedly mangled her mother’s intestines before neighbours could rush in to rescue her.
He said that the deceased passed the night at a neighbour’s house because her son locked her out last night for not giving him the money he demanded.

Edo State Police Command PRO, DSP Moses Nkombe, confirmed the incident, saying the son has been arrested by the police.

The man is a final year student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) while his late mother was a beer parlour operator in Benin City.

Man gets 12 strokes of cane for stealing motorcycle in Oyo State

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital has ordered one Mr. Agbola Ibrahim (23) to be given 12 strokes of cane at open court for allegedly attempting to steal brand new unregistered Bajaj motorcycle according to Daily post reports.

The Chief Magistrate, A.A. Adebisi gave this order in his judgement when Ibrahim was arraigned in the court on Friday.

The man was arrested by police and arraigned at the Magistrate Court 2, Iyanganku Ibadan.
He was nabbed when he was trying to steal the unregistered motorcycle.
Ibrahim who pleaded guilty was arraigned on one count charge of stealing, with charge No: MI/1555/2017.

The Police prosecutor, Mr. Shalewa Hammed told the court that the accused on the 23rd of August 2017 at about 2pm at Mokola Area of Ibadan magisterial district did have in his possession one unregistered Bajaj motorcycle valued two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000)

The offence contravened section 430 of the criminal Code ,Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000 according to the prosecutor.

10 notorious Lagos robbers arrested by police

Lagos State police command has arrested ten notorious armed robbers that have been terrorizing residents of Ayobo – Ipaja in Lagos.

Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Imohimi Edgal disclosed this to newsmen on Monday that the suspects broke into their victim’s houses at night and carted away their belongings.


The police boss while parading the suspects noted that his command was out to combat crime in Lagos State.

The suspects who were arrested by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) include Abomi James (34), Omokaro Efe (48), Samuel Shokunbi (34), Ahmed Waheed (37), Augustine Uchenna (47) Joseph Uzuazomaro (31), Chukwudi Onyemara (27), Melvin Umeh (33), Nisma Uttah (33), and Udoh Benedict (39).


The commissioner said that the suspects would be charge to court as soon as investigations were concluded.
One of the robbers and the gang leader, Nisma Uttah said that they meet and resides in Ajegunle but operate in Ayobo and Ipaja.
Uttah said that for every operation, he usually carried out reconnaissance survey of the area, mapped out buildings they intend to attack before visiting the residents at night.

He further explained that the gang ususally gained entrance into the building by scaling the fence or break part of the wall.
Uttah said they have someone who take the vehincles to the buyer in Onitsha the following day after they might have changed the registration number.

The boss also issued out warnings to robbers stealing cars at gun point, saying that those who steal parked cars would no longer find it easy as the police is ready to track and locate such vehicles stolen and return them to their owners.
He also revealed that six vehicles were recovered from some buyers in Anambra State.

The vehicles include: Totoya Camry (FKJ 715 ES), Toyota Camry (FGG 636 MC), Toyota Matrix (EPE 429 DJ), Mercedes Benz 4matic (KRD 68 ES), Acura MDX (EKY 534 BS) and Toyota Camry (LSR 742 EW).

Native doctor arrested for allegedly selling 5-year-old for N60,000

The police command in Lagos state have arrested a 57-year-old native doctor, Tunde Ajibolorunsoro, aka professor, for allegedly abducting a five-year-old girl in the Meiran area of the state.

The man is said to have sold the victim, Aishat Muyideen, to his neighbour, Tajudeen Makanjuola, who is also a herbalist, for N60,000.
It was gathered that Aishat went missing on Wednesday, September 25, 2017.

Lagos Commissioner of Police, Edgar Imohimi, disclosed that the professor led police operatives to arrest Makanjuola.
He said, ‘’they had engaged in a number of child kidnapping before luck ran out on them.
“The suspects specialize in kidnapping and selling children.”
But, the suspects denied the allegation, saying he was tortured by the police to confess to the crime, a claim the police command has dismissed.

The native doctor said, ‘’they tortured me to the extent that I didn’t know when I confessed that I stole the child and sold her to Oluwo.”

The 65-year-old neighbor identified as Olowo, who allegedly bought the girl said he had no hand in the disappearance of the girl, noting that he was arrested after the professor “was forced to confess.”

Olowo disclosed that; “This man (professor) had said he was tortured to confess and that was why he mentioned me. If I know anything about this matter, I should die mysteriously. I am an herbalist in Meiran. I only know professor as a neighbour.”