Crime
Fake investigator sentenced to seven years for duping former Nasarawa Gov’s wife
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Tuesday sentenced a fake investigator, Mohammed Momoh, to seven years imprisonment for duping Mrs Mario Al-Makura, wife of the former governor of Nasarawa State.
Kekemeke sentenced Momoh based on the charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, bordering on false pretences.
Momoh after his counsel, Godwin Omagbogu, pleaded on his behalf.
Omagbogu had pleaded for leniency on behalf of his client, saying he was a first-time offender and father to three little children and a young wife.
The prosecution counsel, Diana Nkwap, however, urged the court to use its discretion in sentencing the convict.
The judge held that the punishment under which the defendant is charged attracts 20 years imprisonment maximum and seven years minimum.
Justice Kekemeke thereafter sentenced Momoh to seven years imprisonment.
The judge had earlier on February 27, 2024, convicted Momoh when he held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Momoh was arrested in December 2017 by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for attempting to defraud Mairo Al makura.
The EFCC alleged that the suspect, while posing as a private investigator from the “Villa,” approached the wife of the Nasarawa governor with a proposal to help stop a purported investigation of two accounts belonging to her husband.
The anti-graft agency said Momoh claimed that he came across information regarding the two accounts in 2011.
The EFCC said the defendant requested for N8 million but was offered N6 million. Not clear about the proposal, the governor’s family contacted the EFCC and were asked to play along with the defendant.
The defendant was arrested during a sting operation after he collected marked N2 million from Al Makura.
According to the EFCC, the offence is contrary to Section 1(1)(a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.
Crime
JUST IN: Bandits kill three, kidnap 120 villagers in Zamfara community
No fewer than three persons have been reportedly killed and over 120 others abducted as notorious bandits attacked Goran Namaye community in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
According to a resident in the area, who gave his name as Abubakar Muhammad, the terrorists invaded the town at about 1:17 am on Thursday, operating from house to house.
He further stated that the kidnapped persons were mainly women and men, adding that the terrorists also killed three people during their operation.
“The whereabouts of many members of the community could not be traced, and it is very clear that we lost three of our men to the tragic operation,” he added.
Speaking further, Muhammad pointed out that the bandits came in large numbers, on motorcycles with sophisticated weapons, and surrounded the community as the people were running helter-skelter to save their lives.
“They took us unaware as the whole people were running helter-skelter without direction, and they started house-to-house operations and chased our people, mainly women, into the forest.”
As of the time of filing this report, the security agencies in the state have not made any official statement regarding the incident.
Crime
Man, 37, arrested for tampering with corpse in Ibadan
Man, 37, arrested for tampering with corpse in Ibada. The Police in Ibadan on Wednesday arraigned one Sulaiman Ikudaisi, 37, who allegedly tampered with a corpse.
Ikudaisi, whose address was not provided, is charged with tampering with corpse but he pleaded not guilty before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court.
The prosecutor, Insp Toyin Ibrahim, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 11 at 3.00 p.m. at Muslim Cemetery, Ibadan.
Ibrahim alleged that the defendant removed some bones from the corpse, in contravention of Section 242(1)(b) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
The Magistrate, Mrs Kausarat Ayofe, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case until July 16 for hearing.
Crime
Spare parts dealer reveals threats to life
The Leader Igbo Association of Spare Part Dealer Association at Ladipo Market, Jiakpo Solomon Akachukwu, has said his life and that of his family has been under constant threat for a reason yet to be known to him.
He explained that he has received several calls and messages of which he has been warned to leave Lagos State and relocate to the village. He added that some of his properties including his car windscreen and other household items were damaged by those threatening his life.
According to him, my wife and little baby who is under 2years cannot go out without security. So I took this step to inform the authorities concerned that I was told to leave the market and the state if I love my life.
Jiakpo however appealed to the security agency, to please come to his aid, as his life and that of his family are no longer safe.
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