The Suspects

Three Dubai-based males suspected to be web fraudsters have been apprehended alongside 14 others by operatives of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, Lagos Zonal workplace.

The company stated in an announcement that the suspects have been arrested on Tuesday, January 26, and Wednesday 27, 2021 at completely different places following sequence of intelligence detailing their alleged involvement in web fraud and different associated offences in Nigeria and overseas.

“The Dubai- primarily based suspects who have been arrested at Victory Nest Property, Jakande, Lekki, Lagos immediately January 27, 2021. are; Samuel Oluwasegun Olayinka, Afeez Fajumobi and Olamide Olamilekan Olaofe,whereas their confederate caught with them consists of Amao Oluwatobi, Amao Joshua, Adeyemo Olatunde, Solomon Emelike, Lawrence Nw,odu and Philip Olamilekan.”

“Others suspects who have been arrested at 41c, Muritala Eletu Osapa London, Lekki space of Lagos on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 embrace Ogbenusi Ibrahim, Kelechi Collins Ndubuka, Sadiq Adewale, John Okafor Eze, Adewale Lateef, Hassan Mohammed, Tunde Lawal and Hussaini Adebayo.”

Based on EFCC, the suspects will probably be arraigned in courtroom as quickly as investigations are concluded.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti

The Ekiti State police command has defended its resolution to dismiss an single policewoman, Olajide Omolola for getting pregnant out of wedlock lower than a yr she joined the pressure.

Omolola, a corporal serving on the Iye Divisional Police Headquarters in Ilejemeje native authorities space of the state was dismissed from the pressure final week for breaching the part 127 of the Police Act and Regulation which forbids a girl police from getting pregnant earlier than marriage within the Pressure.

Part 127 of the act reads,” An single girl police officer who turns into pregnant shall be discharged from the Pressure and shall not be re-enlisted besides with the approval of the Inspector-Common.”

Talking with our correspondent on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) within the state, ASP Sunday Abutu famous that each organisations have guidelines guiding their conduct, saying Omolola who was enlisted in April 2020 embarrassed the Pressure by flouting the police Act which she agreed to stick to when taking the job.

Abutu suggested residents and stakeholders to not be emotional together with her case however be part of the Pressure in imposing the laid down guidelines and laws guiding the conduct of officers.

Based on him, ” It is extremely a lot there within the police Act and anybody that’s coming in particularly a girl when she might get pregnant after some years however in her personal case she joined lower than a yr in the past and she or he acquired pregnant with out an husband. It’s towards the Police Act.

“Folks bringing feelings and private opinion to it shouldn’t be the case. In your individual institution, you may have your individual guidelines and laws and regardless of how small or huge the rule is, no one ought to go towards it or take it as a right.

” Everybody within the Pressure know that You will need to introduce somebody as your husband, that’s it. So getting pregnant with out doing this is a humiliation to the Pressure for a girl police to get pregnant and not using a husband. There may be nothing too harsh within the punishment.

” Don’t neglect she acquired enlisted into the Pressure less than a yr and there’s no report of conventional, church, police marriage.”

The PPRO, nonetheless revealed that she might nonetheless be recalled into the Pressure by the Inspector Common of Police, calling on individuals to train restraint within the matter.

Abutu defined that Nigerians ought to focus their strengths within the battle towards insecurity throughout the nation, including that she wouldn’t be the primary to be dismissed from the Pressure for related causes.

” As for the legislation when you have a look at it very properly, the individual can nonetheless be introduced again with the approval of the Inspector Common of Police however the Commissioner of Police has carried out the needful right here. You’ll not be glad as a corporation to make a legislation, regardless of how ineffective it’s and it is going to be flouted, in spite of everything, it was given out earlier than employment.

” Should you love your man, it won’t take you something to do a standard or church wedding ceremony to stamp the affairs.

” I would like our individuals to know that we’ve got critical points within the nation at the moment particularly insecurity and all our vitality needs to be targeted on how we will defeat the criminals moderately than elevating feelings in regards to the incident,” the police spokesman mentioned.

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Kelvin Odion, a 37-year-old suspected fraudster, has been arrested, SaharaReporters studies.

The person was nabbed by males of the Ogun State Police Command for unlawful possession of 17 ATM playing cards.

Odion, who claimed to be an indigene of Edo State, was arrested on January 21 whereas visiting his brother in Ijebu-Ode.

The suspect was paraded alongside 49 others for numerous crimes on the police headquarters, Eleweran, on Wednesday.

The state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, stated the Igbeba Divisional Police Officer acquired a misery name informing him of an ATM fraudster’s presence.

He stated Odion had efficiently swapped ATM playing cards and siphoned N40,000 and N55,000 from two victims, respectively, earlier than he was caught.

Chatting with journalists, Odion, who blamed his motion on the satan, stated he went into crime whereas in search of cash for his father’s burial, Punch studies.

He stated, “4 of the ATM playing cards are my very own; my spouse owns some too. I picked a number of the ATM playing cards on the bottom.

“I began final December once I misplaced my father. I used to be in search of cash to bury him. My father died on December 15 and I began on December 20. I wanted cash for mortuary payments. I used to be solely capable of elevate N95,000 out of N200,000.

“I’m a businessman; I promote sneakers in Lagos. I used to be caught once I came visiting my brother in Ijebu-Ode. I remorse what I’ve finished. It was the satan that pushed me.”

In the meantime, three herdsmen arrested in reference to the taking pictures of a lady, Morenikeji Salami, have denied duty for the assault.

Some herdsmen reportedly shot Salami on the Oru-Awa Street within the Ijebu-North Native Authorities Space of Ogun State final week.

The attackers, numbering about eight, reportedly emerged from the bush, eliminated one in every of her fingers and shattered her jaw with bullets.

Whereas Salami was recuperating, the police arrested three suspects: Abubakar Buba, Ahamadu Saliyu and Saidu Idris, for his or her alleged involvement within the assault.

The suspects, nonetheless, stated they knew nothing about it.


“I got here again from the place I used to be rearing my cows on Monday round 7pm once I was arrested in Idofe once I was requested to return and gather my cellphone battery I took for charging. I do not learn about it,” 20-year-old Buba stated.

Saliyu stated he was on a motorbike when vigilantes arrested him.