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Man Arraigned For Burning Wife, Brother-in-law To Death

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A prosecution witness, Mrs Uche Uwalaka, on Monday told a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, that a murder suspect, Benjamin Ogudoro, who allegedly burnt his wife and brother-in-law to death, has caused her family a lot of pain.

Uwalaka, sister to Chinyere Ogundoro and Ifeanyi Edeziem who were burnt to death by her husband, Benjamin said her mother is late and currently in the mortuary as a result of pain, and shock arising from the incident of the loss of her two children on the same day.

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The witness, who was led in evidence in chief by the Director of Public Prosecution, Dr Babajide Martins, stated that the action of the defendant has led her only brother’s wife to become a widow and her late sister’s four children stranded.

I am pleading for justice because of the pain of losing my siblings to the action of the defendant,” she said.

The defendant is standing trial for alleged murder before Justice Sherifat Sonaike.

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Ogundoro, 50, was arraigned on December 7, 2022, on a four-count charge of murder preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.

He was alleged to have killed his wife, Chinyere, who had just returned from Scotland, and her brother, Ifeanyi, by setting them ablaze.

The prosecution said the incident happened on April 1, 2022, at about 3.30am, at House 5, Zone 7, Oteyi Garden Estate Abule Ado, in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos state.

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The state alleged that the defendant poured petrol on the bodies of his wife and his brother-in-law, Ifeanyi, and the mattress and set them ablaze while asleep, which led to their death.

According to the prosecution, the offences committed contravened Sections 223 and 341, of the criminal law of Lagos State 2015.

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However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge against him and the trial commenced immediately.

At the resumed hearing of the case on Monday, the deceased’s sister concluded her testimony and was cross-examined.

She explained that her late brother told her what transpired before he died while she was with him at the hospital.

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The second prosecution witness Stanley Ulasi, a former tenant of the defendant also narrated to the court how the two siblings were burnt to death.

The case was adjourned till February 16, for the continuation of trial.

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Residents Flee As Gunmen Attack Benue Community

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Panic has gripped Tor-Donga, a community in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, following a deadly attack by suspected gunmen in the early hours of Friday.

Witnesses said the heavily armed attackers invaded the area, shooting sporadically and forcing residents to flee their homes in search of safety.

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The assault reportedly left several people injured, while many others remain missing as families scatter in the chaos.

Local sources said the gunmen stormed the community on motorcycles and began firing indiscriminately, causing mass panic.

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People were running in all directions. We abandoned our homes and properties; everyone just wanted to stay alive,” a resident who escaped the attack recounted.

As of the time of filing this report, security operatives had yet to fully take control of the area.

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How We Killed Nurse, Child In Abuja School After Collecting Ransom – Suspect

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A man identified as David Moses has confessed to the gruesome killing of a school nurse and a 14-month-old child at a school in the Dawaki area of Abuja, blaming his actions on pressure from an alleged accomplice named Sunday, who is currently at large.

Moses, a security guard deployed to the school, made the confession while being interrogated by journalists at the Federal Capital Territory police command on Friday.

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He said he and Sunday had planned to kidnap the victims for ransom, initially demanding ₦250 million before settling for ₦3 million.

What brought me here is that I killed a child with a nurse in Clear Hope School on July 23. Me and my friend, we demanded for ₦250 ransom. Later on, we later settled for ₦3 million. Which we collected,” he said.

According to him, the incident took a violent turn when a dispute over the ransom money broke out between him and Sunday.

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He added that he later sought help and eventually confessed to the police after receiving treatment in a hospital.

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When we collected the money and were sharing it, that was when we had an issue. My friend stabbed me with a knife, took the money, and ran away. I struggled and took myself to someone’s house and told the person what was going on. But I didn’t tell the full truth at that time because I was afraid the community might have killed me immediately.

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“I insisted on seeing the police so they could take me to the hospital and I could explain the whole story properly. The man told me to wait while he called the police. When the police came, they took me to the hospital. After I received treatment, they began to ask me what happened, and I started narrating the whole story from the beginning.”

Detailing how the school nurse was killed, Moses said she was lured into a trap under the guise of checking something in a toilet, where Sunday allegedly strangled her with a rope.

Moses said, “I went to call her from her class, while Sunday was hiding in the toilet. When I called her, I told her I wanted to show her something near the front toilet where Sunday was hiding. As we were going, he came out from behind and held the woman. He put a rope around her neck and started strangling her she struggled but eventually became weak.”

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The child, he said, was later also taken and killed at Sunday’s insistence.

Moses said, “Then he told me to run and go bring the baby so we could also kill the baby. I said no, that the woman alone was enough. He insisted, saying that if we didn’t bring the baby, the ransom we demanded wouldn’t be enough. So, I went and brought the baby.”

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When asked how many people he had killed or kidnapped before, he said, “I have never done such a thing. This was the first time someone pushed me into any evil act.”

Probed further on his relationship with the woman and the baby, he said she gave him ₦300 to buy food the day she was killed.

Moses said, “There’s no relationship. The woman was nice to me. In fact, that very day, she gave me ₦300 to buy food. She had been giving me money to eat even before then.”

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Zachariah Fiyinfoluwa, a representative of the security company that employed Moses distanced himself from the crime, saying he was only informed of the disappearance of the nurse and child after the school principal raised an alarm.

I don’t know anybody called Sunday. The person we posted to the school is David,” he said.

However, under questioning, Fiyinfoluwa admitted that the company failed to properly document Moses’ employment, including failing to keep his guarantor’s information.

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For us not to keep the record, I accept that it’s our fault,” he said.

When pressed further on the company’s responsibility, especially for the safety of persons within the premises, Fiyinfoluwa admitted that supervisors were supposed to routinely visit deployment sites but did not confirm if such oversight occurred at Claire Hope School.

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In an interview with the Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale said the victims were reported missing on July 23, 2025, from the school the same day, a ransom demand of ₦250 million was made via the caregiver’s phone.

The CP said following an investigation, police operatives arrested Moses, who later confessed to conspiring with his friend, Sunday Irimiya currently at large to carry out the crime.

He said, “On July 23, 2025, the FCT Police Command received a distress report concerning the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Chinyere Anaene, a 55-year-old school nurse and caregiver at Clear Hope Foundation Academy, Dawaki, Abuja, and a toddler identified as Nanenter Asher Yese, aged one year and two months.

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On the same day, the husband of the caregiver received a call on the caregiver’s mobile phone wherein unidentified individuals demanded a ransom of ₦250 million for their release.”

“Despite having killed the victims, they still demanded ₦3 million from the family under the pretence that the victims were alive,” Adewale said.

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He said the police have also arrested the school principal, two other security guards, and the Chief Security Officer of the private security company that deployed Moses to the school.

In the course of our investigation, the police also arrested the school principal, two additional security guards who were meant to be on duty with David Moses, and the Chief Security Officer of the private security company responsible for deploying the guards to the school, ” he said.
(PUNCH)

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Law School Student Freed, Five Colleagues Still In Kidnappers’ Custody

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One of the six Nigerian Law School students abducted in Benue State has regained freedom, it was learnt.

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The students were kidnapped on Saturday while travelling from Onitsha, Anambra State, to the Yola campus of the Nigerian Law School in Adamawa State.

They were en route to resume academic activities after their court externship break, with lectures scheduled to recommence on Monday.

Earlier, the abductors had allegedly threatened to kill the victims if their ransom demand was not met.

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Although it remains unclear whether any ransom was paid for the release, a source familiar with the situation confirmed the development. t

“One of them has been released. There are still five in the kidnappers’ custody,” the source revealed to PUNCH Metro in a telephone interview.

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When contacted on Wednesday, the Students’ Affairs Director, NLS, Yola Campus, Johnson Ogunboyo, confirmed the number of victims still in captivity.

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“They are five (now). We are putting all our efforts into ensuring they are safely released. They demanded ransom yesterday, according to the students.

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“We are doing everything to see what we can do. If it is official, my director general will be in the best position to speak on it. I am not in the position to give you details,” he said during a phone call with The PUNCH.

On whether there was any coordination between the Law School management and security agencies, he stated, “We have seen the security people in Yola and even in Abuja, so we are on it.”

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The Adamawa State Police Command’s spokesperson, Yahaya Suleiman, had also affirmed the collaboration during an earlier interview with The PUNCH.

This latest abduction adds to a growing list of kidnappings targeting Nigerian Law School students.

In 2022, two students from the Nigerian Law School, Agbani Campus, in Enugu State, were abducted while shopping at the Eke Agbani market.

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