Ex NBA President Okey Wali released after 13 days in captivity
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Okey Wali, who was kidnapped on Oct 11th in Port Harcourt by unknown gunmen, (read here) has been released. According to a statement released today and signed by the current President of the NBA, Mr Augustine Aleghe, Mr Wali was released around 11pm last night after spending 13 days in captivity.
The statement did not state where Mr Wali was released and if any ransom was paid for his release.
Police recover severed head of slain youth
The police have recovered the severed head of a 28-year-old man, Ibikunle Tunde, who was killed during the cult clash in Mushin and Fadeyi areas of Lagos State last week. The head was recovered on Ojelade Street, Fadeyi, on Thursday by security operatives from the Alakara Police Station. The deceased, who had been linked to a murder last Monday, was killed in an apparent reprisal. A resident said, “In the morning of Monday last week, a lottery agent, Sheriff Alasia, was killed. Tunde, who is believed to have been among the killers, was attacked on the night of that very day. He was shot several times while his head was chopped off. “His body was recovered by the police but his head remained missing for almost four days. The killers were playing with the head in the neighbourhood and we reported to the police. On Thursday night, policemen came to Ojelade Street to recover the head.”
PUNCH Metro had reported that at least three people were killed during a clash involving two rival cult groups in the area. The groups, Toba’s boys and Toheeb’s gang, have been embroiled in a long time supremacy fight which has left scores dead from both sides in the recent past. Our correspondent reported that trouble started last week when some hoodlums belonging to the Toba group went on the rampage over the detention of their leader, Oloruntoba Joel. They were said to have torn posters belonging to the All Progressives Congress because the party did not intervene in what they felt was a persecution of their leader. Hoodlums belonging to Toheeb’s group were said to have led some policemen to the stronghold of Toba’s gang to make arrests for the rampage. In the process, gunshots were reportedly fired at some of the hoodlums, which made them reinforce to repel the attack. In the ensuing attacks and gun battle which lasted for about four days, three people lost their lives. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that Tunde’s head had been recovered. “I can confirm to you that our men have recovered the head,” he said.
A source told our correspondent that the severed head had been sewed to the rest of the body. Meanwhile, policemen attached to Okokomaiko Division have arrested two armed robbers that were operating at Doyin U-turn Okokomaiko. The police spokesperson, in a statement, said, “Items recovered from the hoodlums are one axe, one locally-made double-barrelled pistol, some wraps of weed and motorcycle with number plate, KRD 863 QC. Efforts are on to arrest the fleeing members of the gang. The case is under investigation at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation Yaba.”
Cameroon soldiers kill 107 Boko Haram fighters
Cameroon soldiers kill 107 Boko Haram fighters
Yaoundé – Cameroon said Friday its army killed 107 Boko Haram fighters in ferocious fighting this week in its north, in a claimed success agai
nst the Nigeria-based Islamist guerrilla group.
Yaoundé – Cameroon said Friday its army killed 107 Boko Haram fighters in ferocious fighting this week in its north, in a claimed success agai
nst the Nigeria-based Islamist guerrilla group.
Yaoundé
– Cameroon said Friday its army killed 107 Boko Haram fighters in
ferocious fighting this week in its north, in a claimed success against
the Nigeria-based Islamist guerrilla group.
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
Yaoundé
– Cameroon said Friday its army killed 107 Boko Haram fighters in
ferocious fighting this week in its north, in a claimed success against
the Nigeria-based Islamist guerrilla group.
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
Yaoundé
– Cameroon said Friday its army killed 107 Boko Haram fighters in
ferocious fighting this week in its north, in a claimed success against
the Nigeria-based Islamist guerrilla group.
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
Yaoundé
– Cameroon said Friday its army killed 107 Boko Haram fighters in
ferocious fighting this week in its north, in a claimed success against
the Nigeria-based Islamist guerrilla group.
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
The “fighting of rare violence” occurred in two areas in the north on Wednesday and Thursday and also resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement read on state radio.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/cameroon-soldiers-kill-107-boko-haram-fighters/#sthash.qiCEqVeQ.y3rvSmrB.dpuf
Photo: Friends/fans surround Peter Okoye's son for a selfie
Being Peter Okoye's son has its perks. The cute lil man was surrounded by friends/fans who wanted a selfie with him. Peter shared the photo on instagram and wrote "He is a star already! #CameronJ I see u!"
Photo: EFCC arrest Kingpin of fraudsters in Ondo state
Find the EFCC press statement below...
A deadly syndicate of fraudsters who virtually opened an office for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Akure, the Ondo State capital, from where they dispatch fake invitation letters to unsuspecting heads of government agencies purporting to be carrying out investigation activities against them, has been uncovered.
The kingpin of the syndicate, one Olubunmo Olalekan, who is currently in EFCC custody in Abuja, was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, and handed over to the Commission.
At the point of arrest, Olalekan who parades himself as a Principal Detective Superintendent of the EFCC, had in his possession fake letter head papers of the Commission, 30 GSM sim cards, assorted complimentary cards, a laptop computer and printer from where he churns out the fraudulent invitation letters.
His modus operandi is to send out the bulk invitation letters to as many agencies as possible, via courier, claiming to have pending petitions alleging corruption against their heads.
Investigations so far revealed that the suspect has written and distributed over sixty letters purportedly from the Commission to several top officials of ministries, department and agencies. Among them are the chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Ibadan; Managing Director, NPDC Limited, Sapele Road, Benin City; Professor Idowu Odeyemi, Provost Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos; Managing Director/Chief Executive Office, Jebba Hydro Electric Plc, Jebba, Niger State; Medical Director, National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State; Dr. Iyela Ajayi, Provost Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi State and a host of others.
He would leave a GSM number in the letters asking the agency heads to contact a PDS Adeniyi. Those who fall for the scam are asked to pay money for the purported case against them to be dropped.
The syndicate had gone to the extent of issuing clearance letters to those that met their terms.
But some heads of agencies that are sure they had done nothing untoward to warrant investigation by the EFCC have been bold to contact the Commission, which was how Olalekan was nabbed.
Dr. Asunyikanmu Pius, director of Technical Aids Corps, Abuja was one of the agency heads targeted by the scammer. But once he received the invitation letter with instruction to contact a PDS Adeniyi, Dr. Pius alerted the Commission. He was encouraged to play along and consequently paid the sum of N2 million into an Access Bank Account as demanded by the suspect to throw the case. A sting operation was planned, but Olalekan was arrested by men of the DSS before he could draw the money.
Investigation so far revealed that the suspect who operates from his home in Shagari Extension, Akure, Ondo State has obtained millions of naira from victims who were willing to pay his price to escape the ordeal of a phantom investigation. Unknown to them, they had enriched a fraudster.
Olalekan is not the lone player in this scheme of trickery. His two accomplices, a certain Ahaji Yero and one Mr Bako are currently at large even as the EFCC launches a massive manhunt to bring them to justice.
Olalekan’s arrest represents a major breakthrough in the effort of the EFCC to break the ring of fraudsters that specializes in impersonating officials of the agency to dupe unsuspecting members of the public.
The Commission has repeatedly warned members of the public to be wary of invitation letters purportedly emanating from the agency with instructions to contact any supposed official through a GSM line.
No authentic EFCC invitation letter will request anybody to contact an official by telephone. Rather, you are asked to report at an EFCC office to be interviewed by a designated officer.
Members of the public are encouraged to report any suspicious invitation to the Commission’s Department of Internal Affairs by email: DIA@EFCCNIGERIA.ORG or call this number: 09- 9044758 between 8am and 5pm weekdays only.
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