He said that the accused were apprehended by the police on the same day, at Arepo, Ogun, at about 8am, with several gallons of petrol, allegedly obtained from a vandalised pipeline
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He said: “I am using this medium to appeal to our royal fathers and community leaders to enlighten and sensitise their wards on the attendant danger of smuggling.
He told the court: “Danjuma said she came in and saw her grand daughter in a pool of her own blood, the girl was in tears while trying to narrate her ordeal.
The victim’s mother was said to have travelled to the village and left her child in the custody of her grandmother, simply identified as Iya Wura
While being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, the prosecution witness who is an operative of the EFCC, Sanusi Ahmed told the court that the accused person only registered $10,000 in the Nigerian Customs Declaration Form only for a search to reveal that he had $50,000 on him
It was gathered that Nwoauzuru left his house at 53/55, Adetola Street, Aguda, Surulere earlier on Sunday March 24, 2013 at about 4pm to attend a prayer meeting at Agboju, around Festac area, Lagos State
Armed with knives and other dangerous weapons, the unionists, stormed the Ijoko-Iddo mass transit train at 7.00am. They were said to have forced some commuters at the roof top of the train to come down and subsequently attacked them
Detectives investigating his involvement in the robbery alleged that he is the armourer to the gang and had taken part in a lot of robberies with the gang.
Among the suspects presently in police custody is one Pastor Ibikunle Olanrewaju John, the General Overseer of The Way of Joy’ church.
A statement on Thursday by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria was, however, silent on the dead policemen and the numerous persons injured
The clash left a man dead, while several others were injured.
Speaking on the clash, Braide revealed that at least five persons had been arrested in connection with the fight, but added that the police had yet to ascertain the identity of the victim, who was stabbed several times before he eventually died
The accused who were re-arraigned before Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos High Court were Downstream Energy Sources Limited, Alhaji Adamu Aliyu Maula, Rocky Energy Limited, George Ogbonna and Emmanuel Morah.
Similarly, a 36-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Akpata Martin Chukwudi, who was given $800 for ingesting 20 wraps of cocaine, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of his sponsors
The sentence is effective from December 2, 2009 when she was first arrested.
The accident occurred early on Wednesday at about 2am
‘When we got to LUTH that day, we heard that four people, who were shot that same day, were rushed to LUTH. We heard that some guys were shot at Ibindu, Marble and even at Ojuelegba. They said the shooters were also on tricycles’
The 26-year-old is alleged to have shot his 30-year-old model girlfriend from Port Elizabeth in the head and upper body
A third soldier was said to have received bullet wound on his leg during the incident, which took place about 11pm
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye, led the prosecution team, which arraigned the accused on a four count charge of conspiracy to commit felony, murder, stealing and putting Rohypnol Flunitrazepan tablets, a killer drug, in Osukogu’s drink
It was gathered that the boy overheard the conversation between the armed men and his mother and decided to confront the robbers, pleading with them not to take all the cash from his mother as his parents are yet to pay his school fees but the robbers shot him when he persisted