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37-year-old Man Flee Delta Community After Raping 10-year-old Girl

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2 years ago

June 1, 2023

A 37-year-old man popularly known as “2 minutes” is on the run, breaking through burglary proofs after allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) in her grandfather’s Compound, at Ovwor-Olomu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The suspect, an indigene of the Oteri Community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State who hibernates in Ovwor has fled the town after being apprehended by local Vigilantees.

According to the victim’s father, the ugly incident occurred on Sunday.

It was learnt that the suspect who is now at large escaped from the Community’s town hall where he was taken in on Sunday night of May 28.

In a telephone chat with Our Correspondent, the father of the victim, Chief Joseph Aphia, President General of Urhobo Orators confirmed the report.

Aphia said, his wife noticed that the girl was having difficulty walking and asked what the problem was.

That there were sperm stains on the daughter’s pants when she went to the bathroom.

According to him, by the time his wife demanded to know why sperm stained her pant, his daughter opened up and claimed that the suspect, ‘2 Minutes’ allegedly raped her in one of the rooms in his own father’s compound.

“By this time, I wasn’t around. My wife called me on the phone and informed me of the incident but I asked them to keep calm so that the victim does not run away.

“By the time I returned, I called the vigilante and arrested him (suspect) to the residence of the Spokesman (Otota) of the Community that Sunday evening.

“The Otota interrogated my daughter and the suspect who confessed that he committed the offence. He said it’s the handwork of the devil and that he doesn’t know what came over him.

“The Otota ordered that he be flogged and taken to the town hall until his people come to take him but if they don’t come, he should be handed over to the police.

“At the break of day which is Monday, May 29, the suspect had broken the burglary proof in the Community’s town hall and had escaped. So, I quickly reported the matter at the Police Station in Otu-Jeremi Division.”

Aphia narrated that the incident has brought so much pain to his family as the daughter has been admitted and several tests conducted on the daughter.

In an emotionally saddened voice, the victim’s father said, “I will fight this case to any length because this man has come to destroy my daughter.”

The victim was said to be in stable condition at press time.

Contacted, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe said there’s no rapist arrested at the station to his knowledge but acknowledge that the matter has been reported and investigation is on.

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Police Detain 3 Nsukka Masqueraders For Allegedly Assaulting Residents

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5 hours ago

June 24, 2025

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The police command in Enugu State has detained three masqueraders in the Nsukka area of the state for allegedly assaulting law-abiding citizens.

The command’s spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday that police operatives, with the assistance of members of the community, led to the arrest of the suspects on June 23 at 3:30 p.m.

He said that the arrest of the suspects was in connection with the alleged physical assault of citizens by the ‘Oriokpa’ Masquerade group on June 22 as seen in a viral video.

“The suspects, along with others still at large, took advantage of the ‘Oriokpa’ Masquerade celebration to assault several innocent members of the public, inflicting bodily injuries on them.

“One of the victims was hospitalised for treatment due to injuries sustained during the attack.

“The masqueraders initially resisted police arrest and fled the scene.

“However, with the assistance of law-abiding community members, the three suspects were later identified and apprehended,” he said.

The spokesman said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Giwa, had ordered a thorough investigation into the case to ensure that justice was served.

Ndukwe quoted the commissioner as saying that masquerade celebration was a sacred and symbolic aspect of the nation’s culture.

He said that the state police chief, however, decried the actions of those who exploited the occasion to commit criminal acts.

Ndukwe said that the commissioner warned against the use of cultural festivities as a cover for fomenting trouble and committing crimes against fellow citizens, as perpetrated by the ‘Oriokpa’ masqueraders.

“The command is assuring the public that all those involved in the assault of law-abiding citizens will be brought to justice,” he added.

(NAN)

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Edo Police Arrest Four Suspected Cultists

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9 hours ago

June 24, 2025

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Edo Police Command said it has arrested four suspected cultists allegedly responsible for cult violence in Auchi and its environs of the state.

In a statement, the command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Moses Yamu said, the suspects, who were arrested during a joint operation, belong to different cultist groups.

The statement reads partly, “On 22/06/2025, operatives of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Unit in a joint operation with Jattu and Auchi Divisions embarked on a house-to-house arrest of cultists.

“These four (4) suspects were arrested in various locations in Auchi; Musa Murphy 25yrs of No 35 Ogeneni area Jattu, Auchi a member of Arobaga Confraternity, Gabriel Moses 25yrs of ECocota-Community, Auchi a member of Aye Confraternity, Michael Ayo 23yrs of No1 Emeke Uzuire, Auchi member of Eiye Confraternity and Philip Sunday 24yrs of Ebira camp, Auchi a member of Vikings Confraternity.”

Yamu expressed the state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika’s assurance to the “general public of the Command’s resolve to rid the State of cultism while the suspects would be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.”

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Chaos In Court As Ex-convict Attempts To Escape

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12 hours ago

June 24, 2025

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A dramatic scene unfolded on Tuesday in an Ilorin Area Court as an ex-convict, Segun Samuel, attempted to escape from the court premises, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Samuel Mayowa, who witnessed the incident, told NAN that the ex-convict cunningly removed the chains from his leg with a broomstick, walked towards the restroom and scaled the court fence.

“He has four different criminal cases in this court. One of the cases was heard on Monday, and he was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment.

“In the second criminal case, he was sentenced to six months of community service, and the third case was supposed to be heard today, before he pulled that stunt,” he said.

Luckily, he said, the police officers in the court premises and the prison warder swung into action and pursued him.

He said that after a thorough search, and with the help of the community, the ex-convict was found in a dilapidated building at Oke-Suna Area, Ilorin.

The Correctional Service officer, he said, was called, and the ex-convict was captured and returned to custody