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Edo: How Law Graduate, Others Lure Victims, Kill, Sell Their Vehicles To Chinese Companies

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A 39-year-old 2007 Law graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Williams Abiodun has narrated how his gang of four members disguise as site workers to lure drivers to a site, where they dispossessed them of their vehicles, kill and sell the vehicles to Chinese companies in Benin City, Edo State.

Abiodun, who said he hails from Owo, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, made the revelation while being paraded alongside ten other suspected criminals by the Edo State Police Commissioner, Muhammed Dankwara in Benin.

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INFO DAILY reports that the gang is made up of Williams Abiodun 39; Emmanuel Joseph 30; Akin Amadin , 29, and the fourth person who is now at large.

He said, “what we do is that we disguise as site workers going to site,then we call drivers to take us to the site, when we get to the site,we will collect their cars kill them with blocks, and sell their cars. We killed first one collected his car and I sold it to the Chinese company, the second one was a Keke,we also sold it ,but the last one was the one that the police arrested us. We are yet to sell the Seinna Car, before we were arrested.”

Collaborating the report, Akin Amadin said, he met Williams Abiodun in Auchi and he told him about the business.

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Abiodun told me that my job is to be watching to see who is coming. The first one we did, he gave me N35,000. The second one was N55,000 and the last one was the Seinna Car, but we could not sell it before the police caught us. We killed the three persons,” He said.

Williams Abiodun, the Law graduate suspect.

Speaking, Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Dankwara, while briefing the Press during the parade, said the police recovered N1.2m sophisticated arms and ammunition, while 135 suspects were arrested since his assumption of office in the state.

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He, however, warned criminal elements in the state to call it quits or move out of the state or else have themselves to blame.

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CP Dankwara stated that investigation shows that with the arrest of some of them, the crime rate in the state has gone down which implies that those in custody have always been key partakers in crime.

Among recovered items were AK-47 rifles, locally made guns, pistols, 10 vehicles, 130 gas cylinders,2 motorcycle N1,200,000.

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CBN, UBA, Others In Benin Given Ultimatum To Remove Their Buildings Or Be Demolished

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Central Bank Nigeria, United Bank for Africa and other banks and commercial buildings on the Akpakpava/Ring Road axis of the Benin-Asaba Expressway have been given a seven-day ultimatum to remove their buildings or faced demolition.

The undated eviction notice was seen pasted on perimeter fences, gates, and walls of properties including banks, shops, and churches located within the Federal Government’s designated right of way.

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The undated eviction notice was issued to property owners along the expressway by the Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited (BAECC).

The BAECC is the company handling the ongoing expansion of the dual carriageway.

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The notice reads in part: “Be informed that your property is on the Federal Right of Way and obstructing construction works on the Benin-Asaba Expressway. Kindly remove your property from the Right of Way within the next seven (7) days to avoid demolition. Your cooperation is urgently needed.”

The Akpakpava/Ring axis of the Benin-Asaba Expressway is a commercial area that plays host to numerious organisations.

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16 Escape Death In Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway Crash

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Sixteen people narrowly escaped death on Monday night in a crash involving a Camry car, a Suzuki bus, and a tricycle at Iron Market along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

Ota Divisional Commander of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr Salau Hammed, confirmed the incident to News Agency Nigeria on Tuesday, noting that the crash occurred around 8:20 p.m.

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He said the accident involved a Camry car, a tricycle, both with no registration, and a Suzuki bus marked KRD 246 YK.

READ ALSO: Ten Feared, Others Injured In Oyo Road Accident

He said that a total of 16 persons were involved in the accident; however, three persons, comprising two males and a female, sustained various degrees of injuries.

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Hammed explained that the Camry lost control due to speeding and rammed into two other vehicles.

Those who sustained injuries were immediately taken to Adetutu Hospital, Ilepa area for treatment,” he said.

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Hammed advised motorists against speeding to prevent avoidable crashes.

He said that the vehicles had been removed from the road to ease free flow of traffic.

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High-tension Wire Electrocutes PoS Operator In Anambra

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A Point of Sales male operator in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been electrocuted by a fallen high tension line.

It was gathered that the victim got electrocuted after a high-tension wire was cut and fell on him, while standing in front of his shop located under the high-tension wire.

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According to eyewitnesses near the scene, the incident happened over the weekend, but the lifeless body of the victim, which was still lying on the ground, with the high-tension wire still lying on his body as of Tuesday, was still oozing out smoke, creating panic in the area.

This was corroborated by a video from the scene of the incident, currently trending on social media, showing the victim lying lifeless on the ground, with the high-tension wire still lying on his body, still oozing out smoke and sparks.

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Although the full identity of the victim is yet to be ascertained, sources from the area said he recently got married.

The Managing Director/CEO of the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, Ossy Onuko, who reacted to the development on Tuesday, described the incident as unfortunate, noting that such misfortunes are part of the reasons the agency carries out sensitisation and enforcement against building or trading under the high-tension wire.

Onuko also noted that during the sensitisation, people often criticise them for their enforcement against trading under the high tension wire.

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He said, “This is something we have been campaigning against from time to time, that it is very dangerous to build or trade under the high-tension wire.

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It is part of the reasons why most times, on social media, we are vilified as being inhumane for trying to let people know that they cannot either build or trade under the tension.

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“It is something very pathetic. It’s a suicide mission to have your shop or your kiosk or your roadside activities under the tension. The avoidable loss of life is unfortunate. It is sadly one example of many negative outcomes and resultant effects of such an act of negligence to safety.

“That should serve as a deterrent to others who still indulge in such prohibited acts. This should also make the public understand that the sensitisation and enforcement being carried out by ACTDA against such things are not to witch-hunt them, but for their safety.

“Unfortunately, we have lost a soul. I pray for the peaceful repose of this soul. But also, it should serve as a deterrent to others, that they shouldn’t just fold their arms and wait for us, when we come, they run away and return when we leave.

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“People should see it as a personal responsibility to be safety conscious, and also enlighten others, not just themselves. No precious life is worth being lost to such a careless and avoidable death. A stitch in time saves nine.”
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