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How Delta-born Bus Driver Was Hacked To Death Over ‘N20,000 Debt’ In Edo

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11 months ago

June 18, 2023

A bus driver, simply identified as Voki has been reportedly hacked to death in Benin City, the Edo State capital, over N20,000.00 unpaid balance for his hired 10-seater Bus.

The father of three was reportedly abducted by some hoodlums on Sunday night of June 4, 2023 after a confrontation between him and a yet-to-be unidentified person over the unpaid balance.

Voki, an indigene of Delta but resides in Benin City, remains were recovered on Monday (June 5, 2023) beside the Benin Central Motor Park, Obakhavbaye, in Oredo Local government Area of the state by Oba Market Police personnel.

Speaking in condition of Anonymity, a devastated close friend, alleged that Voki was waylaid by some persons led by one of his fellow drivers around Iyaro area of the metropolis on Sunday June 4th night.

The source said: “They called me and said your Warri brother is dead, come and see him. When we got there, we saw a crowd of people around Voki on the ground dead.

“His body was found near a gutter by some driver at Obakhavbaye Motor Park where he worked.

“But the injury we saw on his body was not enough to kill him. This is because Voki was a very strong man, even three men cannot fight him inna fight.

“Meanwhile, we learnt that he was waylaid by some persons led by one of his fellow drivers around Iyaro area on Sunday June 4th night. They (attackers) collected all the cash with him.

“After we got there and discovered his body, we quickly contacted the Police.

“His only sibling is in Lagos.” Voki’s mother who died few months ago, is still in mortuary. Voki’s only sister died last year,” his close associate said.

He added: “Some residents told us they saw some unknown persons where Voki’s corpse was dumped on Sunday night. They told us that they were scared to speak hence it was late.

“They told us that they were surprised the following morning to discover his corpse.”

Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor was yet to respond to enquiry via the telephone as at the time of filing this report.

But, a source at the Command, confirmed the incident, stating that Police have commenced investigation into the incident.

The police officer who craved for anonymity explained that Voki’s body had been deposited at the Stella Obasanjo’s Women and Children’s Hospital morgue in Benin for preservation.

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JUST IN: Truck Rams Into BRT On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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3 hours ago

May 18, 2024

Editor

A truck has rammed into a Lagos State BRT bus at Ibafo bus-stop along the Lagos Ibadan Expressway.

The PUNCH correspondent who went to the scene gathered that the accident occurred around some minutes to 6am on Saturday.

Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Police on response call at the accident scene insisted that only their Public Relations Officers were authorised to speak.

However, unconfirmed reports from onlookers noted that several people on the BRT bus were injured.

Onlookers accounts noted that the BRT was parked loading its passengers at the bus stop before the truck loaded with cows heading to Lagos rammed into it, taking it off the road to destroy shops and kiosks by the roadside.

The cow truck had been towed a little away from the scene so as not to hinder traffic.

Details later

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Court Jails Social Media Influencer For Celebrity Scam

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13 hours ago

May 18, 2024

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A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, has sentenced Aluko Tunmise to one year in prison for his involvement in a celebrity scam.

Tunmise was prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a cybercrime-related charge.

This was disclosed in a post on X by EFCC on Friday, May 17.

The post reads: “Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, convicted and sentenced one Aluko Tunmise, a self-acclaimed social media influencer and model, to one year imprisonment for celebrity scam.

He was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrimes.”

“One of the counts reads: “That you, ALUKO TUNMISE JUWONLO (A.K.A. KEANU REEVES), sometime between January and March, 2024 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, directly made a false statement, wherein you held yourself out as a white man by name “KEANU REEVES” on your Telegram Account, knowing same to be false and with intent that the representation is relied upon for the purpose of procuring the issuance of financial instrument to yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 22(3) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015′.

He pleaded ‘guilty’ to the charge when it was read to him.

Following his guilty plea, prosecution counsel, C.C.Okezie, sought to present an operative of the EFCC, Vincent Sunday Kwambuge, to review the facts of the matter.

Kwanbuge told the court that the defendant was arrested sometime in March, 2024 at Lekki County Estate, Lagos, following credible intelligence received by the Commission on the activities of some internet fraudsters operating in the area.”

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Three Children Rescued As Fire Guts Storey Building In Delta

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14 hours ago

May 17, 2024

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Three children have been rescued as fire gutted a-storey building at the Obi Onuorah Crescent back of Okowe plaza in Asaba, the Delta State capital.

The PUNCH correspondent who visited the fire scene on Friday, observed that the roof and the two apartments were razed down as property worth millions of naira was damaged.

However, the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filling this report

Speaking, a widow and mother of four children, Mrs Gloria Sado who wept profusely appealed to Nigerians to come to her aid.

She said, “I came back Thursday night around 9 pm when I saw a fire burning in our house.

“My three children were in the house, one went with me to market, thank God, it was a lot of effort for my children to be rescued. I didn’t know the cause of the fire

“All the three fire services that came did not have water to quench the fire, our property was burnt to ashes”

Also, her neighbor, Simon Amalimen, and father of two said, “I was in my apartment when I heard fire, fire, I came out and noticed that the fire was coming out from my neighbor’s apartment.

“When learned that the three children were inside the apartment sleeping, we immediately moved into the fire to rescue the children, then, the fire had to gut my apartment.

“Before we could rescue them, the fire had entered my apartment and my two children and my wife were rescued. Only the boxers I wear are the clothes I came out with.”

He said before the third fire service could arrive, the two apartments and property had been burnt.

The victims were currently homeless as sympathizers were said to have gone to buy some clothes for them.

An official of the state fire service who did not want his name mentioned confirmed the incident.