Crime

Family Petitions Zone 5, Alleges Foul Play, Wants Justice For Deceased 20-year-old Man

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3 years ago

July 1, 2021

A distraught family of a 20-year-old Ekene Umejiego, has demanded from the Nigeria Police authority to interrogate the mysterious and suspicion death of their son.

The family, while raising the alarm over the 20-year-old death, alleged that he died under controversial circumstances.

According to the family, the deceased’s guardian, Jeffery Agbroko Oghenemine in Warri, Delta State, knew more about the circumstances under which Umejiego died and wanted the police to investigate circumstances surrounding hus death.

In two separate petitions addressed to Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 5 in Benin City from the chambers of Olayiwola Afolabi and K.O. Obamogie, both in Benin City on behalf of Chika Solomon an uncle to the deceased, the family asked the zone to take over the investigation from the Delta State Police Command so that justice would be served in the matter and the suspected killer of their son would be exposed.

The petition alleged that the guardian of Ekene visited his mother in Benin City on the 16th of June in company of an armed soldier and his lawyer to inform her of the death of her son, saying that the deceased was found in front of their estate gate claiming to have been shot by unknown gunmen and that he died before he was rushed to the hospital.

It was further claimed that rather than talking about finding the killers, the guardian only told Ekene’s mother that he would take care of her.

“This made our client and his sister, Ekene’s mother to travel to Warri that same day and visited the mortuary where Ekene’s body was deposited. When they got to the mortuary, upon examination of the deceased body, our client discovered that the body has no gunshot wound, but was rather full of bruises, a broken arm and clothes tied around his neck to support the broken arm”, the petition stated.

The petition further alleged that the statement Ekene’s guardian and his worker wrote at Ekpan police station in Delta state were conflicting, adding that the deceased mother and his uncle had been receiving calls that they should stop searching for the killer of their ward because they would never find the person.

The AIG Zone 5 acknowledged that it had received the petitions and would be assigned to the appropriate department for investigation.

Crime

Police Declare Man Wanted Over Homos*xual Act

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10 months ago

June 22, 2023

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A 50-years old man, Edo Omusi, has been declared wanted by the police in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, for disappearing after being ‘caught’ in a same s*x act in Ogiso community.

A source close to the police in the state, told our correspondent that the suspect, and one of his male friends, whose name was not given, were sighted at an undisclosed location by some youths as they were comitting the act.

Under Nigerian Laws, any person caught in the gay act is liable to 14 years in prison and if found by the community could be killed.

The duo were said to have been deeply engrossed in the act when they were found but before the person who saw them in the , “sinful and abominable act”, went for back up, they had escaped the location.

The incident which occurred on 25/4/23 at Ogiso area of the town almost threw the community into a turmoil as irate youths welding sticks and cudgels rampaged the community in search of the duo to lynch them.

It was also learnt that worried by the trend the youths in the community had to set up a surveillance team to monitor his movements. It was on one of the surveillance trips that he was reportedly caught on the fateful day, with the unidentified male partner.

It was gathered since the community reported the incident to the police, the whereabouts of the suspect, Edo Omusi has since remained unknown by all and sundry.

Speaking on the development, a top Police official confirmed the matter and explained that the Crime Investigation Department of the command is working round the clock to arrest the suspect, having declared him a wanted person.

Crime

Man, 41, Sent To Prison For Groping Woman’s Breast

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1 year ago

April 14, 2023

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A Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday, ordered the remand of a 41-year-old man, Ibrahim Lemo, for groping the breast of a woman.

The court heard that Lemo beat up his victim, Zainab Babalola, when she demanded he stopped the unlawful act

Chief Magistrate Fadahunsi Adefioye remanded Lemo after he pleaded guilty to a two count bordering on assault.

Adefioye ordered that the defendant should be remanded in Awhajigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry.

He adjourned the case until April 14 for facts and sentencing.

Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP. Clément Okuoimose, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on April 6 at 2.30 p.m. at Badagry Roundabout shopping complex, Badagry, Lagos.

Okuoimose said Lemo without lawful excuse pressed the breast of the complainant, Zainab Babalola.

He said the defendant also hit the complainant on her left eye and caused her harm after she asked him not to touch her again.

The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 134 and 170 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

(NAN)

Crime

Hushpuppi’s Associate, Woodberry, Pleads Guilty, Forfeits $8m, Assets

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1 year ago

April 13, 2023

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Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as Mr Woodberry, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

He also agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds of wire fraud as well as luxury cars and watches to the foreign government.

Woodberry, a known associate of the now-imprisoned internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, recently in a plea declaration submitted at the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division on April 6, pleaded guilty to count one of the indictments, the Peoples Gazette reports.

According to his plea agreement, he is required to pay back the sum of $8 million he fraudulently received from the seven companies that he scammed.

“Defendant understands that by pleading guilty, he will subject to forfeiture to the United States all right, title, and interest that he has in any property constituting or derived from proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of the offence,” stated the document containing Mr Ponle’s signed plea declaration.

Woodberry was also asked to waive his rights to the luxury cars, and designer watches he had stashed in Dubai.

The high-end automobiles include Rolls Royce Cullinan with vehicle no J9153, Lamborghini Urus (N4973) and Mercedes-Benz G-class (G68816).

Other items seized are four Rolex watches, one Patek Philippe watch, three Audemars Piguet watches, three gold and diamond-studded earrings, and six gold neck chains.

Last year, he forfeited 151.8 Bitcoin to the American government.

On June 10, 2020, Woodberry was arrested in Dubai alongside Ramon Hushpuppi Abbas, who is currently serving an 11-year sentence for a similar fraud charge.

Prior to his arrest, Woodberry was known for rocking and flaunting expensive designer wear and showing off his illicit wealth to his massive Instagram followers, the majority of whom had no idea his luxury lifestyle was funded by cybercrime.