She said she borrowed the money she used in buying the drugs, which made her pregnant
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“Upon receiving information about the attack by the hoodlums, who were on motorcycles, a combined team of police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and vigilantes was organised the following morning
Mbu said that 16 cases of kidnap were reported to the command, adding that nine victims out of the 16 cases were rescued, while two were killed by their abductors
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdu Jinjiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Dutse, the state capital, that investigation was ongoing to determine the level of involvement of the accused in the allegation
The deceased, otherwise known as Ogbon around Fadipe Street in Shomolu area, where he was shot dead, was alleged to be a member of a rival cult group
It was gathered that the policemen were actually no longer members of the Nigerian Police Force when they committed the offence
The fresh application, filed before a vacation judge, Justice Ganiyu Safari, is the fourth since the trial began in 2003
The Chief Magistrate, Abiodun Idowu, ordered that the accused should remain in prison custody pending the advice of the State Director of Public Prosecutions on the case
Undisclosed amount of cash and cartridges, hidden in some of the vehicles’ safes, were equally removed
The attack of last year and the present foiled robbery were said to have been orchestrated by security guards attached to the company, who were supposed to guard against enemies, but instead became the enemies
Forty-six of the attached properties, situated mostly in Lagos and Abuja, belong to Attang while Kigo, whose properties had earlier been attached, had another of his plot of land at Gudu district attached
NAN reports that many Nigerian girls, who are regularly trafficked into the country, take to prostitution as a means of survival
He said that one of the suspects made a confessional statement that led to the arrest of the vice chairman
The JTF impounded the two vessels in Kasabobo Creek, during an anti-oil theft patrol in the creeks and water ways of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
“The girl’s relations later saw the pictures and urged her parents to report the matter at Adeniji Adele Police Division
Ideba said during investigation, intelligence officers of the NSCDC asked the mother (suspect) to call one of the buyers to come for the second baby at a reduced price, to enable the command to arrest her
The Acting Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Austin Evbakhavbakun, made the announcement in Lokoja, the state capital, when he paraded the suspects before newsmen.
The suspects are Samuel Ogbebor, Daniel Njaiji, Agwai Peter and Jackson Umosen
Those arrested included Samuel Chukwunonso, a student of Oko Polytechnic, in Anambra State, who lives at 1, Umuonaje Quarters, Asaba; Williams Ezewonu, a student of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku; Lucky Akomubuike, also a student of Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic; and Moses Osaroukhoe, a student of Auchi Polytechnic, who lives at 1A, 3rd Umueru-Lane, off Sakponba Road, Benin-City, Edo state
One of the charges reads: “That you Prince Okoro Usuanlele on or about the 9th day of March, 2012 at Benin, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of N7,000,000 (Seven Million Naira) only from Asolyn Nigeria Limited, which said sum was paid into your Diamond bank account number 000149331, with cheque number 3373747, being payment to you as the purported owner of a parcel of land, lying and situated at No. 238 Upper Sakpoba Road, Ugbekun Quarters, Benin City; a pretext which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of same Act
The assassins tried to kill the transporter but were given a tough battle by policemen attached to him