Crime
Gunmen Kidnap Ondo Monarch
The Oloso of Oso, Oba Clement Jimoh Olukotun, in Ajowa-Akoko in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been abducted by gun-wielding kidnappers.
According to sources in the community, the kidnappers stormed the monarch’s home on Thursday at about 10:15 pm and took him to an unidentified location.
The kidnappers were said to have shot randomly and broken the monarch’s palace main entrance to gain entry to his residential complex.
One of the sources claimed that when the kidnappers arrived at the home, they knocked on the door and, upon seeing that the residents were not prepared to voluntarily submit, they shot at the main door completely destroying it.
The pellets, he said, pierced the living room’s door and wall, but none of the people within the palace were wounded.
The source claimed that no one in the town could leave their homes because of how loud the gunshots were.
“They destroyed the main door and entered. They terrorised Kabiyesi and his family members before dragging him out and taking him away. None of the family members have been contacted, but we know they are kidnappers”.
Confirming the incident, the police spokesperson in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, said, “it is true, but the details of the incident are still not clear.
“Police from the Divisional Police headquarters at Oke-Agbe, headquarters of Akoko Northwest Local Government have been deployed in the town to launch investigation into the incident.”
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to the malicious and unsubstantiated statement made by the embattled Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha) alleging corruption by operatives of the Commission.
This was revealed a post on the verified official handle of the anti-graft agency under the signature of its Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
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Oyewale maintained that the claim, coming from an accused in a criminal trial for conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity, retention of proceeds of criminal activities, failure to disclose assets and property, ought to be ignored as the rantings of a sinking defendant. But his claims strike at the heart of the Commission’s most prized value – integrity and must be challenged.
The Commission is alarmed that the accused will abandon the platform offered by the court to launch a media war against it through spurious claims.
Oyewale cautioned that if he believes that raising phantom accusations against the Commission will scare it from diligently prosecuting his case, he is mistaken as no amount of scaremongering will deter the Commission from pursuing the case to logical conclusion
While Mompha may just be a drowning man clutching at any straw owing to the overwhelming evidence of his involvement in the money laundering case, his unsubstantiated claims against the EFCC is an issue the Commission is taking seriously.
To this end, the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has directed that Mompha be invited to bring clasping evidence of any issue of corruption against any staff of the Commission. Besides, the socialite should also justify his labelling of the EFCC as a “useless agency” with evidential proofs.
He also averred that, “As a responsible law enforcement agency, the EFCC would not sit back and allow libellous effusions against its reputation go unchallenged. Mompha, to all intents and purposes, cannot be expected to paint the EFCC in bright colours owing to the professional ways officers of the Commission are handling his matter. The EFCC would not be distracted in plying its job by antics of traducers like Mompha.”
Oyewale added that “The general public is, therefore, advised to ignore his ranting. Mompha should rather face his prosecution before a court of competent jurisdiction.”
In a shocking incident on Saturday night, bandits stormed the Dahjonu community in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area, abducting two journalists and their families.
The victims include Abdulgafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspaper and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint newspaper.
Alabelewe, who also serves as the chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Kaduna State, was taken along with his wife and two children.
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Aodu and his ailing wife were also kidnapped, while their sick daughter was left behind.
The attack occurred around 10:30 PM, according to Taofeeq Olayemi, a relative of one of the victims.
The bandits reportedly fired shots indiscriminately before carrying out the abductions.
He said, “Initially, they picked Abdulgafar, his wife, and three of his children and a girl staying with them before asking the girl to return with one of the children and left with Abdulgafar, his wife, and two children.
“They shattered their doors and windows and removed their burglary after scaling the fence.”
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly torturing his five-year-old son in the Gwalangan Mayaka suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
According to CSP Ahmed Wakil, the command’s spokesperson, a good Samaritan reported the incident to the Police after finding the boy unconscious and shackled.
A team of detectives led by CSP Mubarak S. Baba rescued the boy, who identified himself as Hussaini Abubakar and revealed that his father had treated him inhumanely and confined him without food for three days.
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The father was arrested for alleged child abuse and claimed he was trying to prevent the boy from stealing from their neighbour.
Wakil said, “During an interview, the victim Identified himself as Hussaini Abubakar. He revealed that he was treated inhumanely by his biological father.
“The boy further stated that he was incarcerated with the exception of all humane treatment by the father for many days which he cannot specify and also spent three days without eating.
“That his father was advised to do so by his friend. The police criminal investigation department would investigate discreetly to get to the crux of the matter and other motives surrounding the dastardly act.”
The police spokesperson expressed gratitude to the public for their cooperation and vigilance in helping to identify and bring to justice individuals engaging in harmful behavior.
In addition to the arrest of the 50-year-old man for child abuse, the command has also apprehended two suspects for alleged rape in the Bauchi metropolis.
The suspects, aged 28 and 67, allegedly committed sexual assaults on minors, including a 9-year-old girl and two teenage girls aged 17 and 16.
The suspects, according to CSP Ahmed Wakil, have confessed to the crime during interrogation, corroborating the victim’s statement.
He added that the investigation is ongoing, and upon completion, the suspects will be charged in court.
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