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NSCDC Parades 8 Suspected Crude Oil Thieves, Pipeline Vandals In Delta

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2 years ago

September 18, 2022

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The Delta State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has paraded eight suspects in connection with crude oil theft and pipeline vandalisim.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Emeka Peters Okwechime, in a statement Sunday, noted that the arrest was as a result of the command’s recently-launched Special Tactical Team, code named “Operation Show No Mercy To Crude Oil Thieves, Pipeline Vandals Amongst Other Crimes and Criminalities” in the state.

He said that barely 24 hours into the team’s operations, they arrested some suspected crude oil thieves and vandals along the Warri Sapele Road and those illegally dealing in petroleum products suspected to be Dual Purpose Kerosine (DPK) and Automated Gasoline Oil (AGO).

DSC Emeka Okwechime gave the names of the arrested suspects as Mr Salisu Ibrahim 22 years (m), Idris Ilia 23 years (m) and Usman Adamu 32 years (m).

“The team also busted and sealed up an illegal dumpsite used in dealing and storing of illegally refined petroleum product suspected to be AGO close to the Niger Cat junction in Uvwie LGA of Delta State which led to the arrest of two other suspects who gave their names as Aminu Garuba 32 years (m) and Usman Tasiu 19 years (m).

“The team also swooped on black marketers at the Warri Sapele highway, who are illegally dealing in petroleum products suspected to be AGO where several drums of illegally refined products were destroyed and two suspects arrested.”

Also paraded, according to him, was a 40-year-old Mrs Blessing Ojewale, who engaged in illegal dealing of petroleum product suspected to be Dual Purpose Kerosine (DPK) concealed in about 30 polythene sacks estimated to be about 1000 litres of DPK loaded in a Toyota Sienna bus with the registration number LSR 832 CZ used in conveying the product.

“She was arrested on the 12th of September 2022 at about 1600hrs at Ebendo along Kwale road by the Commandant Special Tactical Team, while the driver jumped into the bush upon sighting the men of the NSCDC.”

Delta NSCDC spokesman further disclosed that one Idogor Sunday (m) was also arrested with about 27 25 litres Jerry cans of petroleum product suspected to be DPK loaded in a Mitsubishi Space Runner bus with registration number CL 374 ABC.

“He was arrested at Kwale Junction in Ogwash-Uku along the Asaba Kwale highway at about 1930hrs on the 12th of September 2022 by the Commandant Special Tactical Team.”

DSC Emeka Okwechime, however, said that the sting operations and raiding would continue until the state is sanitised of crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals.

All the arrested suspects, he said, would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation in order for them to face the full weight of the law and to serve as deterrent to would-be criminals.

Recall that recently, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited NNPCL had decried huge oil theft amounting to over $700 million dollars monthly, a trend they were determined to stop.

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19-year-old Convicted For Dating, Impregnating 14-year-old Sister

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May 2, 2024

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A 19-year-old man arraigned before Mutawatawa magistrate on charges of having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old sister in Uzumba, Zimbabwe, has been convicted.

It was gathered that in January 2023, the 19-year-old man decided to take things a notch up bizarrely as he chatted with his sister. He asked his sister to be his girlfriend. Strangely, the 14-year-old admitted to feeling the same way for her brother.

The two decided to hit it off and start dating. They decided to keep their relationship under wraps, knowing how much trouble it would attract if ever known.

During their relationship, the 19-year-old man convinced his sister to have sex with him. She agreed, and the two did the act on different occasions, both at home and in the garden. However, the girl later got pregnant and this was noticed by their grandmother.

Upon being questioned, she revealed her brother was responsible. The grandmother reported the case to the police, leading to the 19-year-old man’s arrest for incest. He appeared in a Mutawatawa Court, where the Magistrate sentenced him to 14 months in jail. Two months were struck off, and he will serve an effective 12 months.

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75-year Old Man Arrested For Defiling 8-year-old Girl In Anambra

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May 2, 2024

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A 75-year-old barber, Nwankwo Nweke has been arrested for defiling an 8-year-old girl in Awka, the Anambra State capital.

The suspect, who hails from Isi Agu in Awka South Local Government Area of the state, confessed to the crime, claiming that ‘temptation that made him have carnal knowledge of the girl.’

The suspect pleaded for mercy and promised to be of good behaviour if the state government pardoned him.

The parents of the victim, Mr John and Mrs Ogochukwu Ugwuanyi explained that they sent their child to get something at a nearby shop around 7pm. When she came back they noticed the items weren’t complete and asked her to return to the shop after which they started looking for her.

The parents stated that they quickly went to the shop to look for her but didn’t see her which prompted them to raise alarm over her sudden disappearance in the neighborhood.

Unknown to them, the suspect had already taken her to his house and told her not to answer her name.

They revealed that the suspect, who at the time was their neighbour, pushed the 8-year-old out of his room when he felt the search was over.

On how they knew what transpired between their daughter and the suspect, Mr and Mrs Ugwuanyi said that when their daughter finally came back that night, they questioned her to know what happened.

She told them that the suspect lured her to his house with a promise to give her mango.

They noted that it was at that point that they involved security operatives before taking their child to the hospital.

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Outrage As Masquerades Brutally Flog Nurse Until She Falls In Gutter In Enugu [PHOTOS]

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May 1, 2024

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A video of masquerades beating up a female nurse in Enugu has shocked viewers and sparked calls for justice.

The victim, identified as Blessing Ogbonna, was on her way to work at a private hospital in Nsukka when she was attacked on Sunday, April 28.

She was dressed in her nursing uniform and was riding on a motorcycle when the masquerades began flogging her until she fell from the bike and landed on the floor.

Even after she fell, they continued flogging her.

She stood and ran but the masquerades refused to let go and they went after her and continued beating her until she fell into a gutter.

Outrage as masquerades brutally flog female nurse until she falls in a gutter in Enugu (video)

Passersby, who had tried to intervene when she was getting flogged, stepped in and pulled her out of the drainage after the flogging.

The video has sparked calls for the offending masquerades in the video to be disciplined.

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