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EFCC Arraigns Travel Agency CEO Over N144m Hajj Fare Fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of MB Lugga Global Travels and Tours Limited, Mustapha Mohammed, on a three-count charge bordering on intent to defraud and obtaining by false pretences to the tune of N144 million.

Mohammed was arraigned before Justice T.G. Ringim of the Federal High Court, Gombe, on Monday for allegedly collecting N144 million from Hamza Maina and Ibrahim Arabia under the pretext of facilitating their 2024 Ramadan Lesser Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

According to the EFCC, Mohammed, alongside an accomplice, Nazifi Idris (now at large), fraudulently obtained N97,080,000 from Maina for flight tickets, visas, and accommodation for the religious exercise.

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The offence contravenes Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.

In a similar count, Mohammed was accused of fraudulently collecting N29,082,500 from Arabia for the same purpose, an act that violates Section 1(2)(a) of the same Act.

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During proceedings, the prosecution counsel, S.H. Sa’ad, urged the court to set a trial date and remand the defendant in the Gombe State Correctional Facility.

However, defence counsel, M.Z. Gambo, filed a bail application, which the prosecution opposed.

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Justice Ringim adjourned the case for a ruling on the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Gombe State Correctional Facility.

Opposing the bail application, Sa’ad argued, “My Lord, the defendant still has about eight other pending petitions filed by different complainants, alleging he defrauded them of an aggregate sum of N120,869,500. If granted bail, he may abscond from Nigeria and evade justice.”

The case was adjourned to a later date for further hearing.

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Auto-crash Claims 2 Lives On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, on Friday confirmed that two people died in a lone accident around Oremeji Bus Stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The Corps’ spokesperson, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi said the accident, involving a Mazda bus with registration number YNF 414 XN, occurred at about 1:30 a.m.

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He explained that the two occupants of the vehicle, the driver and conductor, both adult males, died on the spot, adding that no injury was recorded.

According to him, eyewitnesses said the bus lost control due to speeding, hit a road barrier, and somersaulted.

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Akinbiyi further said the vehicle, which was conveying live chicks, had been towed by the Ibafo Motor Traffic Division of the Police for further investigation.

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He added that the remains of the victims had been deposited at the Divine Touch Hospital morgue in Ibafo by operatives of TRACE, the police, and the Ogun State Emergency Services (OGSAES).

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He noted that traffic was briefly affected during the rescue operation but was later restored through the efforts of TRACE and the police.

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Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing Son

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The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abubakar Alhaji Sabo to death by hanging after finding him guilty of killing his newborn son.

The Kano State Government prosecuted Sabo before the court on charges of culpable homicide and causing grievous harm.

He was accused of force-feeding the infant with a local insecticide known as ‘fiya-fiya’, resulting in the child’s death.

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Sabo killed the baby after the mother, his girlfriend, refused to obey his instruction to kill the child to avoid the shame of fathering a child out of wedlock.

Following the incident, he was also found guilty of striking the girlfriend’s father on the head with a brick after he caught Sabo poisoning the baby.

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During the trial, the prosecution counsel, Barrister Safiya Yalwati Yahaya, presented three witnesses, while the defendant testified in his own defence.

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After reviewing the evidence presented by both parties, Justice Aisha Yau, who presided over the case, found him guilty of infanticide and sentenced him to death by hanging.

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The court also imposed an additional three-year prison sentence for causing grievous harm.

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Nine Kwara Victims: Kidnappers Insist On N300m Ransom

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No progress has been recorded on the bandits demand for N300m ransom for the release of nine victims abducted in Adanla community of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state on Boxing Day, December 26, 2025.

Coordinator of the Joint Security Watch for Kwara South Senatorial District, Zubair Olaitan, disclosed this on Wednesday.

According to DAILY POST, the bandits have so far made three contacts with the community leaders that “if the N300m is not paid, the victims will not be released.”

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The bandits seized the nine victims in an attempt to abduct the King of the community, and his wife on Boxing Day, but failed.

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The King, David Olarinoye, was away to Igbaja town for a programme when the armed bandits invaded his community.

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The bandits, however, later seized nine other victims in the community and marched them to the bush.

While seven victims were abducted at the palace of the King, two others were captured on their way to the bush.

Following the abduction, the bandits demanded a N300m for the release of the abducted victims, resisting any negotiations for reduction of the ransom.

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