Pastor and his wife arrested for sexually assaulting a minor

Pastor and his wife arrested for sexually assaulting a minor

A pastor, 47 year old James S. Jackson and his wife , Valerie Jackson have been arrested and put in jail on sex-related charges after a teenager revealed to investigators with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office that she had had years of “sexual sessions” with the couple.

The teenager who is now 15 and whose name has not been revealed because of the sensitivity of the case and her age, told detectives with the Child Protection Team that James Jackson first started abusing her sexually when she was only 11 years old. She said he groomed her by showing her movies which turned sexual.

She said James Jackson then started to expose himself to her and that during one session, he made her perform oral sex on him while teaching her how to put on a condom. She also said Jackson performed oral sex on her when she was only 12 years old.

Authorities said the girl’s older sister also went through the same thing with Jackson which started when she was 17. She said she had Jackson’s daily “sessions” of baths and sexual intercourse until Nov. 2013 when she turned 22.

According to the probable cause affidavits filed against both suspects, both girls said Jackson’s wife, Valerie Jackson, knew of the sexual assaults and that on one occasion, she taught the girls how to get Jackson aroused.

According to police reports Jackson works at Positive Habitat for Aspiring Teens. An organization which helps teenagers transition to adults in a positive environment.

James Jackson, has been arrested and is facing sexual battery on a 12-year-old under 18, battery over 18 causing a person under 18 to have contact with body fluid, possession of photographs of the sexual performance of a child, and selling or distributing obscene material to a minor.

Hotel worker awarded €77k after cutting his hand while clearing receipts

© Provided by Irish Independent Adam Conway pictured leaving the Four Courts after he was awarded €77,000 damages Pic: Collins Courts

A hotel worker who cut his hand on a piece of glass while gathering up till receipts was awarded over €77,000 by the High Court.

Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon said Adam Conway, 23, suffered a fairly serious injury and has been left with a zig zag scar on his left ring finger.  He also now had a decreased grip on his left hand as a result of the accident, she said.

Mr Conway, Fairyhill, Bray, Co Wicklow, sued Mageiteagain Ltd (in liquidation), of  Marino Mart, Fairview, Dublin, who were the owners at the time of the Royal Hotel & Merrill Leisure Club, Main Street, Bray , Co Wickow.

The accident occurred  in the first half hour of the New Year's Day 2014 in the hotel's Ballroom Bar.
Mr Conway, who was an assistant duty manager at the time, was directed to tidy items from around the cash register at the bar.

Unfortunately, the judge said, a piece of glass was tucked between the receipts and Mr Conway suffered a deep cut to  the left ring finger.

He was taken to hospital and later had to have surgery.
Mr Conway claimed  there was a failure to have a safe system of work in  or about the disposal of broken glass and till receipts and  that a hazard or trap had been created at the cash register.
The case was undefended.

The court heard that Mr Conway will become one of the preferential creditors in the liquidation of the defendant company.

In evidence, Mr Conway said he missed his third level exams the following spring as he is left hand-dominant and he could not write.

He was three months off work and also has pain if he has to carry heavy items.
Ms Justice O'Hanlon awarded €75,000 in general damages and €2,491 in special damages.

Source : Independent 

See the Men Who Impersonated Top Government Officials & Have Made N20m Paraded

See the Men Who Impersonated Top Government Officials & Have Made N20m Paraded

Some suspected fraudsters, who specialised in cloning phone numbers of ministers, politicians and aides to President Muhammadu Buhari, have been apprehended by the police.

The suspects were identified as Chief Ovie Ogogo, 47; Abdulazeez Eragbe, 40; Babatunde Oshamoto, 49; and 25-year-old Samuel Idah.

Fourteen phones with SIM cards allegedly registered with names of top government officials were reportedly recovered from the suspects.

Among those impersonated by the syndicate, according to the police, are Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; the National Security Adviser, Babagana Moguno; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibeh Kachukwu; and the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun.

They were also accused of impersonating a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi; and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.

Punch Metro learnt that operatives of the Inspector-General of Police, led by ACP Abba Kyari, trailed the syndicate to a hotel in Kaduna State on Tuesday, after receiving complaints from some victims.

A police source disclosed to one of Punch's correspondents that the suspects impersonated Moguno to collect N13m from a Ghanaian, who wanted to get an oil block in Nigeria, and posed as Lawal to swindle one Nnamdi Udo of N4m under false pretences of helping him to get a federal appointment.

“They also posed as the Chief of Staff to the President and collected N2.5m from one Mr. Bishop, who was looking for a contract, and another N700,000 from one Shehu Dan Yahaya, who was seeking a federal appointment.

“Ogogo, a native of Omoku Rivers State, impersonated prominent citizens from the South-South and South-East; Eragbe impersonated prominent persons from the North; Oshamoto posed as prominent citizens from the South-West and North-Central; while Idah supplied them SIM cards registered with the names of the top government officials.

“They were arrested in a luxury hotel in Kaduna and had confessed to impersonating several prominent citizens,” the source added.

Another senior police officer disclosed to Punch Metro that the suspects confessed to have realised N20m in six months from their criminal activities.

He added that the mastermind of the gang was based in the United Kingdom.

He said, “Ogogo is their leader; but they mentioned one Prince Maurice, based in the UK, as their gang leader.  Fourteen different phones, several registered SIM cards, and a diary containing phone numbers of several top government officials, were recovered from the suspects.

“Ogogo further confessed that they had made over N20m from their criminal activities within the last six months.”

Parading the suspects on Thursday in Abuja, the police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said all the suspects confessed to the crime.

He said, “On March 23, 2017, the Intelligence Response Team arrested these notorious criminals who posed as top government functionaries.

 “The four-man syndicate, led by one ‘High Chief’ Ovie Ogogo, was arrested in a hotel in Kaduna State. All the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted to have impersonated several prominent citizens and made over N20m within the last six months.”

The police said other suspects would soon be arrested, while those in custody would be arraigned in court at the conclusion of investigation.

EFCC Arrests Herbalist For Fraud Running Into Millions

EFCC Arrests Herbalist For Fraud Running Into Millions

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, Oyo State, on Thursday said a herbalist had been arrested by its operatives for falsely obtaining N45m from a victim under the pretext of offering herbal and spiritual healing.

A statement from the EFCC Head of Public Affairs in the zone, Ayo Oyewole, said the suspect, Aminat Okiribiti, 34, committed the crime with two other accomplices at large, one of who is said to be her husband.

The statement said, “Aminat (Okiribiti) was arrested for an alleged case of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.  In a rehash of the old infamous advance fee fraud tactic of spiritual help and solution to all problems, a victim recounted her ordeal in the hands of a syndicate to our operatives, signalling a warning to the public.

“Aminat, alongside other three cohorts still at large, conspired, using the decoy of providing cure and spiritual solution to the health challenges of the victim’s children and fleeced her of the sum of N45m.

“Aminat, who is married to one Wande Okiribiti, 47, who is still at large, confessed that some of the money obtained from the victim was collected through her (Aminat’s) bank account domiciled in one of the new generation banks located in Ibadan.”

The statement said Aminat and the victim met sometime in October 2014, at Utako, Abuja, adding that the suspect would be charged to court at the end of investigation.

MFM Pastor Arrested For Allegedly Defrauding Widow Of N850,000 Through False Prophecy

The police have arrested a minister with the Mountain of Fire Ministry, Oshodi District, Lagos Pastor Franklin Chinedu for allegedly defrauding a widow, Charity Onje Isaac who was paid her late husband’s gratuity.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the victim, Charity was deceived through a false prophecy and lost the N850,000 she was paid by her late husband’s employer, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN.

The incident happened at Biliaminu Close, Oke-Afa area of Isolo where the victim allegedly surrendered the money as requested by Chinedu.

It was gathered from the victim that Chinedu prophesied to and asked her to give him the money as he was divinely directed by God.

The Benue State-born widow obediently gave him the money but later realised that she had been duped.

However, she went back to the pastor’s house only to discover that he had moved out from the apartment to another rented three bedroom flat.

Narrating how the whole scam happened, the widow told our correspondent that she met Chinedu who told her about the death of her husband and the gratuity.

He also told the woman that serious prayer is needed to be done so that FAAN can release her husband’s money.

She said when the money was eventually released, Chinedu invited her and told her that God said she should give him the money.

Charity said she did not know what came over her as she handed the money to him.

She said she realised what happened when she had no money to feed the family, and she started looking for the pastor and then reported to the church what happened.

The matter was reported to the police at Ejigbo division who arrested Chinedu and charged to court for fraud.

Chinedu who hails from Iseke in Ideato in Imo State said he prayed for the woman and the money was paid and he borrowed the money from her but was unable to raise money to pay her back.

When Chinedu was arraigned, he pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate, Mr Akeem Fashola granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail.

The matter was adjourned till 26 April 2017. -PMExpress

Nigerian Federal Lawmaker Nse Ekpenyong Accused Of Forging A National Ordinary Diploma Certificate Of The Abia State Polytechnic Sent To Prison

Nse Ekpenyong, a member of the House of Representatives, who was charged to court earlier Thursday in Uyo for alleged certificate forgery, has been remanded in Uyo Prisons for failing to fulfil the bail conditions.

Mr. Ekpenyong, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, represents Oron Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State.

The lawmaker was arraigned before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Uyo, by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on a nine-count charge for allegedly forging a national ordinary diploma certificate of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State.

He was granted bail in the sum of N10 million and a surety in like sum.

As part of the conditions bail, the court asked that the surety must deposit with the court the sum of N5 million which would be forfeited if Mr. Ekpenyong fails to appear in court twice in the course of the case.

The court also asked that the surety must provide a three-year tax clearance certificate from 2014 to 2016.

Ahmedu Arogha, the lawyer who appeared for the EFCC in the case, confirmed that the lawmaker was not able to meet up with the bail conditions and was sent to the Uyo Prisons by the time he (Mr. Arogha) left the court premises at about 1.30pm.

A senior Prisons officer also confirmed to this paper that the lawmaker had been remanded in the Uyo Prisons. -PT

Female Accountant Runs With Employer’s N747,000 In Lagos

Female Accountant Runs With Employer’s N747,000 In Lagos

An Accountant, Grace Wisdom, 35, who allegedly stole her employer’s N747,420, was on Thursday brought before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

Grace is facing a charge of stealing. She pleaded innocence of the offence, but the Prosecutor, Sgt. Christopher Okoliko, insisted that the accused committed the offence between May 23, 2016 and March 21, 2017 at No. 41, Onitana St., Surulere.

Okoliko said the accused stole Grandex Pharmaceutical Company Ltd’s N747,420 being proceeds of sales.

The offence contravened Section 287 (7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

The section provides that any clerk or servant who steals the property of his employer, is liable on conviction to seven years imprisonment.

Ruling on the woman’s bail application, the Chief Magistrate, Mr A.A. Paul, granted her bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He said one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the accused, while the other surety must be a community leader or cleric.‎

In addition, he said the sureties should provide evidence of tax payments to the government.

The case was adjourned until April 5 for trial.