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AND RECOVERY OF FIREARMS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE ATTACK AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, AT THE FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA BY CSP JIMOH MOSHOOD, FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA ON 29TH OF APRIL, 2017 Gentlemen of the Press, you are welcome to today’s press briefing. Consequent on the attack by unknown gun men on Senator Dino Melaye at his residence at Iyala, Ijumu LGA in Kogi State on 15th April, 2017, at about 0030hrs, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni, swiftly deployed Police Special Tactical Squad (STS) team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the attack and bring the perpetrators to justice. SUSPECTS: i.             Taofiq Isah  ‘M’  54 years principal suspect (Hon. Chairman Ijumu LGA Kogi State) ii.           Ade Obage        ‘M’ 29 years iii.         Abdullah...

List of recovered ammunition/items... ■ 1 G3 rifle ■ 2 FN rifles ■ 1 PKM Gun ■ Shilka fill tray ■ Mortar Tubes ■ 3 AK-47 rifles ■ A 12 volt battery ■ 36 Hand Grenade ■  5 mortar charges ■ 12 rifle magazines ■ Various GSM handsets ■ 5 pieces of 60mm mortar Bombs ■ 106 rounds of 32mm ammunition ■ 2 General Purpose Machine Gun ■ 3 Automatic Grenade Launcher bombs ■ 750 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition ■ 1 vehicle bound Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) ■ 1 Buffalo Gun truck mounted with Long Barrel Shilka Gun Special thanks to our Gallant Troops of the 21 Brigade for this unprecedented knockout punch against the BOKO SCUM BAGS as they attempted incursion into their location in Sambisa Forest, Borno State early morning today, Thursday, 27th April 2017. #PMBSecurity

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, April 28, 2017 arraigned a deputy chief registrar of the Ibadan Judicial Divison of Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio, before Justice S. Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on a 2-count charge of fraud to the tune of N9.2million. Adio allegedly collected the said sum as payment for a property located at Plot 10, Block XXIV, Bashorun Estate, Ibadan, sold to one Yekini Olonade, but failed to surrender the title documents of the property to him. Efforts of the victim to either recover the money or have possession of the property yielded no result. The offence is contrary to Section 1 (2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act. One of the counts reads: “That you, Ms Mutiat Omobola Adio on or about the 19th of  December, 2016, at Ibadan within the Ibadan judicial Division of  this Honourable  court with int...

Two people have died as a two-storey building under construction in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria partially collapsed. PM News gathered that the workers were mixing concrete on the site when part of the building collapsed, with people trapped under the debris. The building is located at NICON Town Estate off Admirality Way, Lekki. Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and other rescue responders are on site trying to rescue those trapped in the debris. Two people were said to have died in the collapse, according to sources in LASEMA.

A trailer has crushed an okada rider to death at Isolo area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The tragedy occurred at about 9:19 a.m on Thursday at Daleko Bridge, inward Isolo, Lagos emergency agency has said. General Manager, Lagos Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu said the agency received a distress call at about 9.19 am concerning an accident at Daleko Bridge inward Isolo, which prompted the immediate activation of the Agency’s Emergency Response Team, ERT to the scene of the accident accordingly. Investigation conducted by the Agency’s ERT on getting to the scene of the incident revealed that a bike man was crushed under a trailer while trying to make a u-turn. The driver of the trailer absconded immediately the accident occurred but was later apprehended by Police officers and was taken to Olosan Police Station, Mushin for further interrogation. Unfortunately, the driver of the bike identified as Biliaminu Olayiwola lost his life due to the incident and ...

Justice Mohammed B. Idris of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, today April 27, 2017 ordered the final forfeiture of the proceed of bribe given by former Petroleum Minister, Deziani Alison Maduekwe to some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the build up to the 2015 General elections. Alison Maduekwe   The properties belonging to Christian Nwosu, the convict, are a landed property measuring 100ft by 80, lying and another situated at Okotomi layout, Obodogwugwu Quarters, Okpanam, Oshimili North LG and 100ft by 50, lying in the same local government area of Delta State. Christian Nwosu  Also to be forfeited by Nwosu to the federal government is the sum of N5m (Five Million Naira) recovered from the convict. Nwosu and two others were earlier arraigned on April 5, 2017 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before Honourable Justice Idris on a 7-count charge bordering on receiving gratification to the tune ...

A serving  member of the House of Representatives, representing Oron Federal Constituency of Akwa- Ibom State in the National Assembly who allegedly forged his academic certificate commenced today, April 26, 2017 at the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The accused is facing a nine-count charge bordering on Forgery, Uttering of documents beforeJustice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa ibom. At today’s court sitting, the EFCC presented the first prosecution witness, Eng. Garba A. Umar, National Secretary of the Buhari Youth Organisation, BYO. Umar who was led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Ahmedu I. Arogha, told the court that the national body of BYO organization sometime in 2016 received complaint from the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of BYO stating that they have discovered a case of certificate forgery against the defendant, which prompted the organization to file and submit a petition against the defendant. He further told the court t...

•       Search Warrant Executed in Senator Danjuma Goje House has Nothing to do with 2017 Budget The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to reports in the media credited to Senator Danjuma Abdullahi Goje captioned “Blame the Police if 2017 Budget is not Ready Senator Goje” “REPS gives Police 24 hours to return budget documents allegedly carted from Goje’s residence” 2.       The report in its entirety is false, misleading and capable of misinforming Nigerians about the statutory roles and duties of the Nigeria Police Force as provided under Sections 4 & 28 of Police Act and Regulations, which includes prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of offenders, the preservation of law and order, the protection of life and property and the due enforcement of all laws and regulations, and authority to enter any house or premises to execute search warrant. 3.      It is pertinent to set the record straight and in...

Justice Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, today, April 26, 2017, granted an ex-parte application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC ordering the interim forfeiture of the sum of $5.8Million belonging to former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. Rotimi Oyedepo, counsel to the EFCC in his application, asked the court for an order forfeiting the sum of $5, 842, 316. 66 (Five Million Eight Hundred and Forty Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Sixteen United State Dollars, Sixty Six cent) to the Federal Government, domiciled with Skye bank in the name of Dame Patience Jonathan. Also, the court granted the application seeking for the forfeiture of the sum of N2, 421, 953, 522. 78 (Two Billion, Four Hundred and Twenty One Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty Two Naira, Seventy Eight Kobo) domiciled with Ecobank Plc belonging to La Wari Furniture and Baths Ltd, which sum is reasonably suspected to be proceed...

According to a report shared on Adovate group, Due Process' Facebook page by Prince Abubakar Aphyz, a violent  husband battered his wife, Mrs Ntienseobot Anietimfon Ekere with hammer and threw her out in the middle of the night. The couple is said to have been married for 20 years and have 5 children. He allegedly bribed the police and got his wife arrested. The Facebook user wrote; ''This is Mrs Ntienseobot Anietimfon Ekere of 1, Udo Umoh close, Off Udo ikpe street, Off Nwaniba road, Uyo. Akwa Ibom state. She was battered by her hubby(domestic violence).    ''Her husband hit her head with hammer, and threw her out at an ungodly hour of the night. The worst part is, they've been married for 20yrs, with 5children. This man arrested the wife because he had bribed the police after treating her like a dog. We want justice for this woman. What can this group to fight for her?''

Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has decried and described as endemic the rate of corruption, tax evasion, money laundering and illicit financial flows within the African sub-region. EFCC Boss, Ibrahim Magu   He expressed this concern on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 while making a remark at the opening ceremony of a three-day international tax conference and capacity building workshop on the use of beneficial ownership information and recovery of assets in Africa holding at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The conference with the topic, “Nigeria leads the fight against money laundering, bribery, corruption and tax evasion” was jointly organized by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Bank Group (WG). It is a multi-stakeholders initiative on Tax and Good Governance ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, arraigned the duo of Auwalu Ila-Sokoto and Nasiru Manjo before Justice Goodluck of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Maitama, Abuja on a 2-count charge of criminal conversion of property and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N12.8million. Ila-Sokoto, who is the alter ego of Lalle Global Ventures, allegedly issued a dud cheque sometime in April 2016, to one Fahad Shazad Bhutta, the complainant, after a failed agreement on the purchase of two Toyota cars - 2015 and 2016 model. Under the agreement, Bhutta delivered the two cars and was issued two United Bank for Africa (UBA) cheques dated 27th April, 2016 and 4th May, 2016 by Ila-Sokoto in the sum of N5million and N7.8million respectively with instructions to the bank to transfer the specified sums from his company’s account to Bhutta’s account. However, the cheques were returned unpaid by the bank and complainant was asked to cont...

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the suspected ring leader and architect of several bank frauds in Lagos State. The suspected fraudster, Ajisafe Olugbenga, 47, from Osun State, was allegedly the mastermind who had been fingered in several bank frauds. Ajisafe, who is popularly known as ‘Harrison’ among his gang, was arrested on Tuesday after he was mentioned as the initiator of sims swap deal at a network provider’s outlet in Surulere, Lagos and Abeokuta, Ogun State. Ajisafe had before his arrest on Tuesday been on the run over his involvement in a N2 million fraud in one of the old generation banks in Lagos State sometime in April, 2016. The suspect, who is regarded as the chief distributor of roles in all the bank frauds, was alleged to have a vast network with insiders in banks. Ajisafe was also alleged to have exploited his vast network with insiders in banks to procure bank details of high net worth custo...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says that it has begun full enforcement and arrest of unlatched containers on the roads. Shehu Zaki, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer for Ogun and Lagos, told newsmen during routine patrol of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. Zaki said that the patrol was targeted at trucks carrying unlatched containers. According to him, the penalty for trucks carrying unlatched containers was N250. “This exercise, as you have seen, is designed to target trucks that are carrying containers that are not latched to the vehicles. “On Wednesday April 5 alone, we recorded more than five crash sites arising from fallen containers, killing people and causing obstructions. “Our major concern is to prevent the trailers and flat belt containers from falling unnecessarily. “Enforcement is supposed to be a deterrent, so, if you don’t want to be penalised, do not disobey the traffic rules and regulations,’’said the FRSC boss. Zaki said that the enfor...

The Police in Osun on Tuesday arrested four members of a suspected five-man kidnapping gang after engaging them in a gunfire in Erin-Osun in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. Presenting one of the suspects to newsmen in Osogbo, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Folasade Odoro, said the suspects were arrested while on their way for a kidnapping operation on Tuesday. Odoro said the police had been on the trail of the gang for a while before luck ran out of the hoodlums, as four out of the five members of the group were arrested by the police, while one of them escaped with gunshot wounds. She said the kidnappers had been terrorising the people of the state. Odoro said the suspects had perpetrated series of kidnapping across the state before they were apprehended, adding that the gang had in its last operation kidnapped a seven-year-old girl and collected a ransom of N250,000 from her parents. “A seven-year-old girl was kidnapped at Dada Estate, Osogbo, wh...

Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez  on Thursday , April 20, announced  that a 25-year-old Nigerian man who lived in Houston, Texas, has pleaded guilty to perpetuating a wire fraud scheme involving various Internet scams. Wiseman Oputa pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Beginning Jan. 1, 2016, until Jan. 25, 2017. Oputa used counterfeit passports to open bank accounts in the greater Houston area. The passports contained photographs of Oputa but had different names and identification information. He then worked with others to lure victims into sending money into these bank accounts. These funds were obtained through a variety of internet scams, including business email compromise, romance schemes and unauthorized intrusions into company email accounts. Checks or wire transfers were then sent from the company’s accounts payable to accounts Oputa or others controlled. Oputa would then use the counterfeit passports to retrieve the fraudulently obta...

All road leading to Cele, Mile 2 dead end. This is the updated story, apperently a trailer loaded with Grand-nut Oil collided with a tipper and a commercial bus, two dead bodies on the floor(I could'nt take pictures because not everyone will take it. Please always be careful and prayerfull, have a blessed Sunday service.