Crime

By Johnson Nwankwo The mother of the three-year-old-girl who was defiled by her father in Onitsha has called on the federal and Anambra state governments to assist her in ensuring that she gets justice for the baby. The 58-year-old mother, Eucharia Okpalannadi, also raised alarm over threat to her life by her husband for exposing his alleged defilement of their three-year-old daughter in Onitsha. People&Politics gathered that the suspected father of the child is still at large. He hails from Amesi inAguata Local Government Area of the state. His wife said she had dismissed her daughter’s initial complaint of sexual…

By Johnson Nwankwo The Enugu State Police Command, Friday, stated that the report alleging that eleven people were kidnapped at the Amechi-Idodo area of the Enugu/Abakaliki highway is false. The command said those behind the report were bent on creating panic and misleading unsuspecting members of the public. The clarification was contained in a statement by the command's public relations officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe. Ndukwe said, "This stance is giving the total contradiction and distortion of facts surrounding the incident of an attempted abduction along the said road, on July 16, 2024, around 6 p.m. "Contrary to the misleading report,…

By Johnson Nwankwo The Enugu State Police Command, Friday, stated that the report alleging that eleven people were kidnapped at the Amechi-Idodo area of the Enugu/Abakaliki highway is false. The command said those behind the report were bent on creating panic and misleading unsuspecting members of the public. The clarification was contained in a statement by the command's public relations officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe. Ndukwe said, "This stance is giving the total contradiction and distortion of facts surrounding the incident of an attempted abduction along the said road, on July 16, 2024, around 6 p.m. "Contrary to the misleading report,…

By Hadiza Suleman The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Christopher Musa, and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, have debunked insinuations that their personnel provide security for illegal miners in the country. The duo made the denial at a public hearing convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Mineral Resources. The hearing was conducted on Thursday in Abuja, and coordinated by Rep. Jonathan Gaza, chairman of the committee. The security chiefs were responding to a query by the committee that the members of the armed forces and the police were providing security for illegal miners. According…

By Johnson Nwankwo Two male suspects arrested in Enugu for vandalizing a transformer and solar-powered streetlights, respectively, have been arraigned in court, with one jailed and the other remanded. They were arrested by the Enugu State Police Command's operatives serving in the New Haven Division. DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the state command's public relations officer, stated this on Thursday. According to him, "The vandalized transformer components and streetlights were recovered from them. The suspects have been separately arraigned in court, with one of them being convicted, and the other remanded." It was gathered that on July 16, 2024, around 8.50pm, while…

By Our Reporter Eight female bodies have been recovered from a Nairobi slum according to Kenyan police. It was gathered that the first six bodies were found on Friday, with an additional three discovered on Saturday. "They were severely dismembered in different states of decomposition and left in sacks. "I would like to assure the public that we are committed to conducting transparent, thorough and swift investigations," Kenya’s acting police chief, Douglas Kanja, said on Sunday during a press briefing. The proximity of the dumpsite to a police station, mere meters away, has raised questions about potential police involvement. The…

By Johnson Nwankwo Vehicles of suspected kidnap victims have been recovered in Anambra State. The state police public relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a release, quoted the state Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, saying efforts were ongoing to arrest the assailants and rescue the victims of the abduction. Our correspondent learnt that the abduction occurred on 13/7/2024 along Ifite - Amansea road, Awka. CP Itam charged the command's tactical teams deployed to complement the Joint Security team to redouble their efforts "to deprive the hoodlums of the space they desire so much to perpetrate their evil acts".…

By Johnson Nwankwo About 200 criminal suspects were arrested and four convictions recorded in Anambra State within sixty day, police said on Friday. Also, within the period under review, four kidnap victims were rescued unhurt while over thirty-three different brands of arms, including AK47, pump action guns, and locally made pistols were recovered. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, stated this in Awka while briefing newsmen on efforts to combat crimes in the state. He said investigations were ongoing in matters partaining to over 1,644 ammunition of various types, twenty-seven stolen and different brands of motorcycles, and…

By Our Reporter An alleged drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. This followed the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin Chikaodi Mbonu, and his associate in his mansion situated in his Umuomi village, Uzogba-Ezenomi autonomous community, Ikeduru local government area of Imo State. A statement from the spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, says the cartel with operational bases in Imo and Rivers state became a target of the Agency following intelligence indicating…

By people & politics The video narrative that the two ladies rescued in a hotel room in Enugu are meant for organ harvest is misleading. Our correspondent reports that the viral video showed the two ladies tied up in an attempt to harvest their organs by two young men. The Enugu State Police Command, in a release issued by its spokesman , DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated that preliminary investigation revealed a case of 'demanding money with menaces and fraud, and not murder or human organs or parts harvesting as being peddled'. Ndukwe said, "Further investigations revealed that the ladies, operating…