Crime

Friday, 27 May 2022 06:50

Exclusive Premium Times’ report narrates how Abba Kyari escaped being killed by fellow prison inmates. This is how it’s going with the ex-‘super cop’ behind bars

Prison officials are considering moving suspended police officer Abba Kyari to the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) from the Kuje prison after he nearly got murdered by aggrieved inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service. According to internal documents and officials accessed by PREMIUM TIMES, the attack happened on May 4, months after Kyari, who is on trial for drug-related offences, was remanded. His attackers were about 190, an official said, and they are mostly in prison for drug offences. Kyari, 47, a deputy commissioner of police, was a decorated…

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:39

‘Call for my rescue. Come and help me, my Lord, My God’, Okorocha cries out loud as EFCC storms Abuja home

Rochas Okorocha lay on the floor and begged for help during the invasion of his Abuja residence by security operatives on Tuesday. As widely reported in the media, officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) laid siege to the former governor’s residence on Tuesday afternoon. After a standoff that lasted for over five hours, armed security operatives broke into Okorocha’s apartment and whisked him away. Sounds of gunshots rent the air as the operatives forced their way into Okorocha’s expansive living room where he and his family members laid on the floor to apparently escape being hit by…

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:38

Terrorists kill 65 in Borno, Katsina attacks

At least 65 people, mostly farmers, were reportedly killed when terrorists struck at different times in Katsina and Borno states between Sunday and Tuesday. Our correspondents gathered that 50 people were killed and an unspecified number injured when Boko Haram fighters attacked Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State on Sunday. Kala Balge is the easternmost LGA and has its headquarters in the town of Rann, situated on the international border between Nigeria and Cameroon, 365 km from Maiduguri. Rann and adjoining villages have remained targets of attacks by terrorists, who killed and maimed people over the years. The…

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:37

Northern leaders condemn killing of Northerners in Southeast, demand decisive action

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have condemned the killing of Southeast based northerners by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). While NEF urged that government take decisive action to end killings, ACF called on the government to put attention on security. NEF Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, further demanded that Northerners and even South Easterners must be protected from the activities of IPOB. He called on government to take decisive steps to end the killings and the targeting of northerners. “The events in the Southeast particularly the events in recent days are tragic…

Monday, 23 May 2022 06:24

A new law provides for prosecution witnesses to be flown abroad for protection. This is how to qualify

In an effort to protect Nigerians who provide information to security agencies during an investigation and prosecution of offences, the Federal Government has made a provision that allows Nigerians to be kept in foreign countries under witness protection. Similarly, there is a provision that allows foreigners to be kept in Nigeria under witness protection. This is according to the Witness Protection Act 2022, which President Muhammadu Buhari had recently assented to and passed into law. Under Section 17 of the Act titled ‘Agreements with international bodies, institutions, organisations or foreign countries’, it stated that the relevant security agency would require…

Sunday, 22 May 2022 06:36

Gunmen behead Anambra Assembly member representing Soludo’s constituency

Gunmen have beheaded Okechuckwu Okoye, the lawmaker representing Governor Charles Soludo’s community in Anambra House of Assembly, Nigeria’s Southeast. Okoye, who represents Aguata 2 Constituency in Anambra State, was abducted alongside his aide, Cyril Chiegboka, last Sunday, along Aguluzigbo road, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. His head was said to have been dumped at Chisco park in Amichi, a community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, six days after he was abducted. Police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement Saturday night. He said the lawmaker’s headless body was…

Friday, 20 May 2022 06:40

Boko Haram, Ansaru terrorists relocating to Northwest from Northeast - El Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, expressed concern over the presence of the dreaded Boko Haram and the Ansaru terrorists in two local government areas of Birnin-Gwari and Giwa in the state. El-Rufai noted that the insecurity challenge in the Northeast has moved to the Northwest, adding that bandits are planning to relocate from Sambisa to Kaduna forest. The governor stated this while receiving the 2022 First Quarter Security Report at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna in the state capital. The report presented by the State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said 360…

Friday, 20 May 2022 06:39

Female students abducted in fresh Kaduna attack

Four students of Kaduna State College of Education (KSCOE), Gidan Waya in Jema’a Local Government Area of the state have been abducted. The victims were kidnapped at Mile 1 area of Gidan Waya axis on Monday evening. Commenting on the incident, spokesman, Kaduna State Student Union (KADSSU), KSCOE Chapter, Benjamin Fie, said their abductors have demanded a huge ransom. Fie said, “It’s with a bitter heart that the Kaduna state student union (KADSSU) of the prestigious Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya wishes to make known to the college community and the public that four of their students were…

Thursday, 19 May 2022 06:32

FG suspends AGF Ahmed Idris accused of stealing N80bn

Federal government has suspended the Account-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, following his arrest over money laundering and diversion of public funds allegations on Tuesday. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intercepted Idris in Kano on Tuesday and subsequently flew him to Abuja. Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, informed Idris of his suspension in a letter on Wednesday. His suspension is without pay, Ahmed stated in the letter dated May 18, 2022. “Following your recent arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of diversion of funds and money laundering, I write to convey your suspension from…

Thursday, 19 May 2022 06:31

Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application

A Federal High court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday denied a bail request for separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial on terrorism charges and for broadcasting falsehoods, one of his defence lawyers said. The trial, Binta Nyako, said Kanu has to account for his whereabout following previous bail and refusal to attend court hearing, the lawyer told Reuters. Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), disappeared from Nigeria after skipping bail in 2017. He was arrested after years on the run. IPOB, which Kanu founded in 2014, is pressing for the secession…

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Thursday, 19 May 2022 06:30

Rioters set fire to Abuja market; shops, vehicles destroyed

There was chaos at Dei-Dei, a suburb of Abuja, following an accident in the area which resulted in a riot. While there are varying versions of what led to the riot, some residents said there was an accident involving a motorcycle around the market in the area. The accident was said to have resulted in the chaos that followed. During the riot, several persons were seen with what appeared to be machetes, while shops were razed and vehicles as well as motorcycles destroyed. Several traders were seen trying to salvage some of their goods, while some youths were also seen…

Wednesday, 18 May 2022 06:26

Bandits return to Abuja-Kaduna highway, abduct scores of passengers

Bandits on Tuesday evening returned to the Abuja-Kaduna highway and abducted scores of passengers in an operation that lasted almost an hour. It was gathered that the bandits blocked the highway between Kurnmin Kare and Katari in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted passengers from commercial and private vehicles. The incident occurred just days after a youth corps member traveling on the highway was killed in a cross fire between bandits and security agents. Sources from Katari said the incident occurred around 4pm, adding that the bandits had in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Katari town…

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 06:36

EFCC arrests Accountant General of the Federation over allegations of N80bn fraud

Nigeria's economic crimes agency said on Monday night it had arrested the country's accountant general over charges of diverting public funds and money laundering to the tune of N80 billion. Africa's biggest economy and energy producer, Nigeria has struggled for decades with endemic corruption among senior public servants and the political elite, who many Nigerians blame for widespread poverty in the country. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement it had invited Ahmed Idris, the administrative head of the national treasury, on several occasions to answer questions on the charges but he had failed to present himself.…

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 06:32

Sokoto blasphemy murder: 34 lawyers appear in court to defend Deborah’s killers

A magistrate’s court sitting in Sokoto has remanded two suspects — Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci — arrested in connection with the murder of Deborah Emmanuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education. BACKGROUND On May 12, Deborah was attacked by a mob and set ablaze over comments purportedly considered to be an insult to Prophet Mohammed. A video of the student being stoned and beaten with sticks was shared on social media. The incident sparked outrage and condemnation across the country and the police command in Sokoto, subsequently, arrested two suspects in connection with the killing. On…

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