Robbers Attack Skye Bank In Ondo, Kill 3 Policemen

Armed robbers have attacked the Sky Bank branch in Ifon at the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state, Sahara Reporters just learned.

The robbers numbering over twenty were said to have moved into some strategic locations when they entered the town.

It was gathered that the robbers killed at least two policemen who wore mufti and engaged them a gun duel.

The policemen were said to have been attached to the Sky Bank upon request from the Ondo State Police Command.

A yet to be identified man was also killed in the gun battle as the robbers forced their way out to the town in a way to escape.

An eyewitness told our correspondent in a phone conversation that the robbers stormed the bank premises at exactly 3 pm on Thursday afternoon.

The witness pleaded anonymity and also disclosed that the robbery operation had disrupted commercial activities in the community.

"The bank (Sky Bank Plc) was almost randing off their transactions when the hoodlums stormed the premises."

"Immediately they entered the premises, it was the sound of gunshots that rented the air."

"They blew the bulletproof doors with dynamites and held everyone hostage for close to one hour that the operation lasted."

"They ransacked all the rooms in the bank, and packed all the money with the ones inside the vault before escaping from the scene with gunshots everywhere".

It was reliably gathered that the robbers entered the town with three vehicles with unknown plate numbers.

Femi Joseph, the spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command confirmed the robbery incident on the telephone.

Mr. Joseph said the police officers in the bank engaged the robbers in a gun duel but were overpowered after few minutes.

He revealed that no fewer than two of their officers (policemen) were killed in the robbery operation that lasted an hour.

According to him, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Gbenga Adeyanju, has led top officers of the police brass to the scene of the robbery.

"We lost two of our men attached to the bank who engaged the armed robbers in a gun duel as they came with some very sophisticated weapons."

"The Police Commissioner has visited the scene of the robbery and I can tell you that we are currently on the trial of the robbers and shall arrest them soon.

Woman Hides Phone Inside Soup To Give Her Boyfriend In Ogun Prison

There was a mild drama at the Ibara Prisons, Abeokuta, on Wednesday, when a middle-aged woman, Fatima Balogun, was arrested by the operatives of the Nigerian Prisons for hiding a mobile phone wrapped in a cellophane inside a soup prepared for her boyfriend who was remanded in the Prison.

Tribune Online gathered that Balogun was arrested at the entrance into the Prison yard while attempting to smuggle the phone into the prison.

This development was described by the State Controller of Prisons, Mr Benson Abolade, as a threat to national security, saying the action was against Prison operations.

He mentioned sharp objects, drugs, weapons, handsets as some of the items prohibited in the Prisons.

The Prisons boss said the woman would be handed over to the Police for prosecution so as to serve as a deterrent to others.

“It is an offence to bring these articles to the yard without the permission of the Prisons officials.

“The Controller General frowns at such action because he knows that it impinges on the national security and that is why he gave a tall order that Special Intelligence Unit should be formed in all the Prisons formations nationwide,” Abolade said.

Balogun upon interrogation confessed to the crime that she indeed hid a phone inside a soup for her boyfriend identified as Ganiyu Ajibode who was remanded in the Prison for armed robbery.

The suspect said, “I hid the phone inside the stew because I know they will not allow me to take it to him in the Prison. I did not know it is bad. I wrapped it in a cellophane bag. We have been together for two years. I live with my father having been abandoned by my husband who left me with two children. I regretted my action and I plead for forgiveness.”

Yahoo Boys With Exotic Car And House Arrested By EFCC In Lagos

The EFCC Lagos Zonal office, have arrested four suspected Internet fraudsters. They are: Oluwaseun Michael, 28; Igbokwe Chijioke, 27; Felix Chukwudi, 22 and Babajide Goloba. The quartet were arrested in different parts of Lagos, following intelligence report received by the Commission.

They are alleged to have defrauded their victims, mostly American and European citizens, millions of Dollars. The suspects, school drop-outs, have confessed to have been involved in romance/marriage scam, Internet advertisement scam, spoofing of emails and interception of business mails.

They have also confessed to be working as couriers for movement of stolen funds by other cyber-criminals. They own companies with no fixed addresses, which they used to cover up the real sources of their money.

Items recovered from the suspects at the time of their arrest include laptops, handsets and phishing scripts, among others. They will soon be charged to court.

Metal fabricator Arrested by Police In Anambra State For Torturing A 16 Yrs Old Boy To Death

A metal fabricator in Anambra State, Ifeanyi Okpoko popularly known as Anagwanti has been arrested by the Ogidi Police on suspicion of ritual murder. Okpoko who hails from Umunnaama, Eziowelle town in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State was accused of abducting one 16 years old boy, Chidera Ezeanya from Late Chief Francis Ekwunife's compound in Eziowelle on Sunday, October1st ,2017. He allegedly tied and hung him on a hand-crane and by the time Chidera's dead body was discovered the next day by the youths in the village, some vital organs were missing from his body.

An eye witness, Chukwudi Okafor said the deceased, Chidera, was in his compound playing on that fateful afternoon with his age mates when Ifeanyi Okpoko called him, according to him, Chidera's play mates including himself, had thought that the man wanted to send him on an errand since all of them are from the same Umunnaama village. He said when they waited till night without seeing him, they went to their various houses. According to him, the next morning being Monday October 2, when they learnt that Chidera had not come back, they all went to Ifeanyi Okpoko's house in search of him, only to see find tied and hung on a hand-crane. He said;

"We shouted and ran out to call elderly people in the village but before we came back, Okpoko had untied the body, put it in his car and drove out of his compound..It was later that we heard that his body had been deposited at a mortuary in Ogidi.

An octogenarian, Pa Ezekiel Uzomah who expressed shock said that what Okpoko did was an abomination. According to him, the youths had wanted to burn the suspect's house but they were restrained from taking laws into their hands. However, he said the village has tied palm frond around Okpoko's house as a sign of ostracization. Pa Uzomah made us to understand that according to their rule, they don't bring police into issues in their village. But he said the gruesome murder of Chidera by his own kinsmen is beyond the village and prayed that justice should be serviced for the slain boy. 

Man Discovers Drugs Inside Tubers Of Yam Set To Be Delivered Abroad

This is really serious. A man was left shell-shocked after he discovered hard drugs inside tubers of yam he was given to deliver to someone abroad. In a video footage posted on Facebook, the man from Edo state, who revealed that the drugs were inserted in the tubers of yam and covered with sand - said that they were given to him to give someone who needed them badly abroad.

But he decided to clean the sand off the tubers before packaging them, not knowing what was inside.

According to him, as he was cleaning the first tuber, water started coming out from it. When he looked closely, he saw a needle inside and as he drew the needle , lo and behold, he saw hard drugs in the yam. 

He shared this in order to warn Nigerians to always check whatever they are given to deliver to someone while traveling abroad. 

Uber Drivers Arrested For Robbing Women At Night In Lagos

The Lagos State police command has arrested two Uber drivers who specialised in robbing women of their valuables at gunpoint.

The drivers, Fosta Rufus, 30, and Franklin Jogbodo, according to the Special Anti Robbery squad boss, Mohammed Sanusi, picked up their targets around Lekki, Ajah and Victoria Island areas of Lagos.

This is the second of such arrest of Uber drivers in Lagos. It was gathered that the suspects were accused of robbing their victims of valuables such as jewelry, expensive phones and cash, and their victims are mainly ladies who go out at night.

Lagos State police boss, Imohimi Edgal, who paraded the suspects at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, said the suspects sometimes would follow their victims to an ATM machine from where they would force them to withdraw cash at gunpoint.

He added that the suspects have admitted participating in three different robbery operations in the past. “On one occasion the suspects collected the sum of N86,000 from their victim using her Access Bank ATM. They have both confessed to the crime.”

He said that a KIA Rio with registration number BDG 376 EP used in perpetrating the crime and other valuables, which including Samsung Galaxy 7edge plus and iPhone 6 plus, allegedly collected from their victims identified as Nancy Nzuegbo and Eze Chinonso, were recovered from the suspects.

The Lagos police boss said he has directed all Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to maintain police visibility in major roads and neighbourhood across the metropolis.

“I have also directed them to carry out constant raids of back spots. We hope to sustain the current low crime rate in the state” he said.

In his confessional statement, Franklin denied robbing anybody, saying it was his friend, Fosta who dragged him into the problem. He said he was the one who introduced Fosta into the Uber cab business.

According to him: “I met Fosta while working with UBA as a driver. I met him again sometime this year. I helped him to register as an Uber driver. It was him who collected the phones that were found on us from some ladies.

Three Female Corpses With Missing Private Parts Discovered In Okpoko, Anambra

The residents of Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government area of Anambra State are now living in fear over the discovery of three female bodies dumped beside a canal in the area with their private parts missing.

The corpses were discovered in the morning when the residents were going to their respective places of work. P.M.EXPRESS gathered that what baffled the residents, was the similar manner their private parts were removed and their corpses dumped beside the Sakamori carnal in the area

Some of the parts removed were the breasts, tongues, vagina and others before the remaining bodies were dumped by the unknown persons perceived to be ritualists. The identity of the victims were not known as the residents claimed they were not known faces in the area.

According to the residents who spoke on the incident, it was one of the residents who saw one of the corpses and raised alarm which attracted other residents who went there to check if they would be able to identify the victims. The resident said that it was when they were still there that two other corpses were also discovered and the parts were removed like the first one they saw.

The incident triggered fear and panic because of the manner they were brutally murdered and dumped there. They had to contact the police who went to the scene and saw what happened. Their corpses were later removed and taken to the mortuary for autopsy report.

P.M. EXPRESS gathered that the incident has caused serious panic and tension within the Onitsha metropolis as the residents were now scared of moving around freely.

Some residents wondered what would have caused such wasting of human lives in that manner. The few residents who spoke to our correspondent attributed it to the Anambra governorship election coming up in November. They said that it was due to the election as some politicians may be performing some rituals with human parts to win election. But their claims cannot be verified.

When our correspondent visited Okpoko Police Division, the police confirmed the incident and said they have removed the corpses and taken to the mortuary for autopsy report. The police also said the identity of the victims were not yet known as nobody has come to report of their missing persons to ascertain if they were part of the victims.

Madonna University Student Shot Dead In IMSU Owerri

It's quite unfortunate that this young man lost his life

A physiology student of Madonna University Okija shot dead by 8:50pm this night after he refused to surrender his phone to some group of armed boys in between Steve Jane Hostel and Obama Hostel. 

Rushed the young man to FMC Owerri while he was still alive for over 45minutes, the consultants by names Dr. ONOYONA/DR. ANYANWU who were on duty were nowhere to be found and refused treating the innocent boy who went out to buy bread and milk for dinner,

The Doctors ordered the Nurses to stop us from purchasing the Hospital card...

His name is Ibezunma Kelechi .C. who came to visit his immediate younger brother who schools in IMO State University Owerri . 

We tried our best to save his life but its quite a pity the two doctors on duty are so heartless even with the approval of the police they refused to treat the young man .R.I.P bro.

Police Woman Breastfeeds Suspect's Hungry Baby As It’s Mom Attends Trial (Photos)

Hao Lina, a police officer in China, has melted the hearts of millions after breastfeeding the 4-month-old baby of a suspect.

The infant's mother was attending a trial and could not nurse her crying child. She had given permission to Ms Hao before letting her baby be fed.

The touching incident took place on September 23 at the Shanxi Jinzhong Intermediate People's Court in central China.

The baby's mother was charged with fraudulent fund-raising, illegally absorbing public deposit and crime concealment with 33 other people.

Ms Hao, a mother herself, said the baby had been left under her and her colleagues' care before its mother went for the trial.

'The baby wouldn't stop crying and we were all worried,' said Ms Hao. 'I am a new mother, I could feel how anxious the child's mother would have been. All I thought about was to try my best and comfort the tiny baby.'

The baby's gender has not been revealed. According to the court, the baby's mother, surnamed Li, was so touched by Ms Hao's behaviour she couldn't help but cry after leaving the court.

Commenting on the praises she had received from the public, a humble Ms Hao said: 'I believe every police officer would do the same. If I had been the mother, I would have hoped someone to help my baby too.'

Woman Bites Off Lady's Ear In Bayelsa As Her Ear Gets Chopped Off. Graphic PICS

A woman had her ear chopped off after allegedly biting off the ear of her boyfriend's lover over suspicion that the man named Ben was planning to get married to her (the lover). The lady identified as Glory was reported to have invaded the family residence of Bridget, in a surprise attack, pounced on her and bit off her ear.

According to Bodmas Kemepadei, the incident occurred at Akipelai community, Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state on Wednesday, September 27th 2017, at about 4pm.

After Glory attacked her boyfriend's lover identified as Bridget, members of Bridget's family who saw what happened quickly apprehended Glory, held her down and also used a knife to chop off her own ear, according to reports.

The incident is said to have sparked tension amongst the two families involved and is causing unrest in the community. Both victims are currently lying critically ill in the hospital.