Crime
NDLEA, others collaborate to check drug abuse, human trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in collaboration with Attorney General Alliance, Africa (AGA-Africa) and the Roost Foundation has organised a two-day workshop for the training of critical stakeholders on tackling the menace of human trafficking, irregular migration, drug abuse, sexual and gender-based violence in the country.
According to AGA-Africa, human trafficking is a $150 billion per year industry, with $99 billion from sexual exploitation, hence, the need for a collective effort in fighting the scourge.
AGA-Africa country coordinator for Nigeria, Ebelechukwu Enedah, in a welcome address, lamented that attention was yet to be given to the fact that there is a strong interlink between human trafficking and drug trafficking.
She added that “the idea that human beings can be exploited and used over and over for profit is the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.”
Enedah, noted that apart from equipping stakeholders with the necessary knowledge and skills to combat the twin monster of human and drug trafficking/abuse, the workshop will shine the spotlight on the problem in Abuja, especially, the Mpape community to minimise the abuse of drugs amongst children, youths and adults.
Also speaking, Chairman, Board of Trustees, United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons (UNVTF), Dame Julie Okah-Donli, disclosed that apart from the victims who are already addicted to drug abuse, human traffickers use drugs as a ‘bait’ to lure people.
“They capitalise on substance abuse disorder to promise their victims free and constant supply of illegal drugs in exchange for sexual and labour exploitation,” she added.
Okah-Donli stressed that after passing through primary, secondary and sometimes tertiary school victimisation phases, victims of drug trafficking and abuse deserve a level of care and special treatment to support them in their recuperation process.
“At this stage, the survivors come in contact with caregivers and caregiving institutions. It is for this reason that training and retraining is quite imperative for relevant stakeholders,” she declared.
Crime
Teenage apprentice arrested for allegedly stealing N958,000 from master
A 15-year-old apprentice, Prince Okemgbo, has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing N958,000 from his master.
The incident occurred in Lagos and Okemgbo was arraigned at the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The police accused him of the crime.
DSP Kehinde Ajayi, the Prosecution Counsel, told the court that the defendant committed the crime on November 21 at Cele Close, Odo Osan, Egan Igando, Lagos.
She said that the defendant, an apprentice under one Mr Hycent Uche – the complainant – had abruptly fled the premises with the money.
“He broke the safe in the shop and made away with the sum of N958,000 being sales made for the week that his master was supposed to take to the bank the next day.
“He ran away to the village without allowing anyone to know of his movement,” Ajayi said.
She maintained that the offense violated Section 287 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the accusation.
It was gathered that Section 287 (7) of the Criminal Code provides seven years imprisonment for servants stealing from their masters.
Magistrate Mrs. E. Kubeinje granted the defendant N100,000 bail with two responsible sureties in the same amount.
One of the sureties, according to Kubeinje, must be a blood relative.
She adjourned the case until December 19 for further consideration.
Crime
21-year-old man faces charges for stealing N13,200 worth of palm oil in Kano
A 21-year-old man, Salim Kabiru was on Tuesday docked in a Sharia Court sitting in Kano for allegedly stealing six empty jerrycans of palm oil worth N13,200.
The defendant, who lives in Fanisau, Kano, is charged with theft.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Saifillahi Tukur who resides in Galadima road, reported the matter at Fagge Police Station, Kano, on Nov. 28.
Wada alleged that the defendant entered the complainant’s shop through the window and stole the empty yellow Jerrycans.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, admitted the defendant to bail for N15,000 and adjourned the case until Dec. 21 for mention
Crime
Teenage apprentice arraigned for allegedly stealing N958,000 from master
Prince Okemgbo, a teenage apprentice who reportedly stole his master’s N958,000, was arraigned at the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday.
Okemgbo, 15, of Igando, Lagos, was accused of theft by the police.
DSP Kehinde Ajayi, the Prosecution Counsel, told the court that the defendant committed the crime on November 21 at Cele Close, Odo Osan, Egan Igando, Lagos.
She said that the defendant, an apprentice under one Mr Hycent Uche – the complainant – had abruptly fled the premises with the money.
“He broke the safe in the shop and made away with the sum of N958,000 being sales made for the week that his master was supposed to take to the bank the next day.
“He ran away to the village without allowing anyone to know of his movement,” Ajayi said.
She maintained that the offense violated Section 287 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the accusation.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Section 287 (7) of the Criminal Code provides seven years imprisonment for servants stealing from their masters.
Magistrate Mrs. E. Kubeinje granted the defendant N100,000 bail with two responsible sureties in the same amount.
One of the sureties, according to Kubeinje, must be a blood relative.
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