Navy parades 11 suspected oil thieves in Rivers

29th January 2024

The Nigerian Navy Ship, Pathfinder, stationed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, reported the arrest of 11 suspected oil thieves in Krakrama Creeks, Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The suspects were apprehended aboard a wooden boat loaded with equipment intended for the construction of an illegal refining site.

Commander of NNS Pathfinder, Commodore Desmond Igbo, revealed the details while presenting the suspects and seized items to the media in Port Harcourt on Monday. The suspects, along with the confiscated items, were subsequently handed over to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.

Commodore Igbo, represented by NNS Base Operations Officer, Commander Sa’id Kabir, highlighted that the seized items, which included 20 gas cylinders, were carefully concealed in the boat to avoid detection by security operatives.

He stated, “In line with the Chief of Naval Staff’s strategic mandate on zero tolerance for crude oil and other petroleum products theft, the Base has been resolute in conducting operations to deny the oil thieves freedom of action in its Area of Operations."

The interception occurred during a routine patrol around Krakrama Creeks on January 23, 2024. The suspects, who were transporting materials for an illegal refinery site in the Bille general area (Degema Local Government), claimed to have been contracted by an individual named Mr. John. The base is actively pursuing the arrest of Mr. John and other individuals involved in the illegal activity.

Emphasizing the commitment to combating criminal activities in the region, Commodore Igbo cautioned oil thieves and criminal elements within Bile and other parts of Rivers State, affirming that the Base would spare no effort in ensuring their apprehension and prosecution.

Deputy Superintendent Monday Lawal from the Intelligence and Investigation Department of the NSCDC, upon receiving the suspects and seized items, asserted that a thorough investigation would be conducted. If found guilty, the suspects would face prosecution.

Lawal stated, “As we are going out of this place (base) to the command, we will subject all of them to proper investigation, and anybody found culpable of the allegations based on what has been handed over to us would be prosecuted.”

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Railway Vandals and Illegal Miners Apprehended by NSCDC, FCT Command

 Railway Vandals and Illegal Miners Apprehended by NSCDC, FCT Command

In a recent development, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command, successfully apprehended two suspected railway vandals and eleven individuals engaged in illegal mining activities. The Critical National Assets and Infrastructure unit of the command played a crucial role in capturing the railway vandals, who were found guilty of willfully vandalizing rail tracks and traffic lights in the Wuye Area of the territory.

The NSCDC, in collaboration with the Nigerian Army, executed a coordinated operation resulting in the arrest of 11 suspects involved in illegal mining at Izom, a community situated at the FCT and Niger State boundary. Comfort Okomanyi, the spokesperson of the NSCDC in FCT, confirmed the incident in a statement released on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

FCT Commandant Olusola Odumosu, who led the suspects to the command, emphasized the proactive measures taken to deter criminals within the territory. He underscored the commitment to combat various forms of criminality, including vandalism of critical national assets, illegal mining activities, and more.

"There is no plan to retreat on this mission as they must all be brought to book. Active efforts are underway to apprehend their masterminds who are still at large," declared Odumosu, emphasizing the relentless pursuit of those responsible for economic sabotage through illegal mineral resource exploitation.

Warning against criminal activities, the Commandant affirmed a zero-tolerance approach to vandalism of critical national assets, one-chance syndicates, scavengers, and kidnappers within the FCT jurisdiction. He assured citizens that the NSCDC remains dedicated to identifying and apprehending individuals or groups engaged in activities undermining safety and prosperity.

As the apprehended suspects undergo investigation, the NSCDC affirms its commitment to charging them to court, leveraging the obtained information to determine their culpability or potential affiliation with other notorious criminal syndicates involved in illegal mining operations within the FCT.

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Court remands 2 to correctional centre over missing manhood

The Chief Magistrate’s Court II sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday remanded John Shadrack, 22, and William Isaiah, 33, to a Correctional Centre for assaulting Mr Felix Tuoyo, 70, over an alleged missing manhood.

The defendants were remanded on two-count charges of conspiracy and assault.

The prosecuting officer, Insp. M. Ebirie, had told the court that on Oct. 24, at SPAR Shopping Mall in Port Harcourt, the defendants assaulted Tuoyo and his wife, Susan, over a suspicion that the old man stole Shadrack’s manhood.

 

Ebirie explained that the defendants, and others currently at large, conspired and committed a felony, an offence punishable under section 516(A) of the Criminal Code, cap 37, Vol.ll, law of Rivers state of Nigeria.

He said that the defendants and others at large on the same date and place, unlawfully assaulted the duo by giving them fist blows on their body which caused bodily harm and a fracture on the wife’s left leg.

 

According to him, this is an offence punishable under section 355 of the Criminal Code, laws of the Federation as applicable in Rivers State.

 

After listening to the prosecutor, the Chief Magistrate, R. N. Ibanibo, ordered that the defendants be remanded in the correctional centre and adjourned the case until Nov. 27 for a hearing.

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Father Defiles 12-Year-Old Daughter in Lagos

Father Defiles 12-Year-Old Daughter in Lagos

 

A police Prosecution Witness Inspector, Glory Eyo, on Monday, narrated to the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos how a father, Abdullah Abiodun, allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter.

Eyo who was led in evidence by the state prosecuting counsel, Olushola Sholeye, told the court that the minor was defiled by her father in the Badagry area of the state.

The witness also told Justice Abiola Soladoye that it was the defendant’s son, Usman (a younger brother to the victim), who caught his father in the act and raised the alarm.

She said, “Abiodun was at home with his daughter (the victim), his younger brother, and a visitor who came to visit.”

“After the visitor left, Usman was chased out by his father, and the defendant told him to leave the house. When he left, Abiodun removed his daughter’s pants, held her neck, and tried to insert his penis in her private parts.

It was in the process of doing it that the daughter screamed. Her brother heard the noise and entered the house where he saw his father on top of his sister.

“The defendant tried to chase Usman away and then the victim ran out and reported to their neighbor that her father was trying to have sexual intercourse with her.

“The neighbor then reported the case to the Baale, before it was reported to the Lagos State Police Badagry Division,” she said.
Consequently, Justice Abiola Soladoye adjourned the case till December 16, 2023, for continuation of trial.

The defendant was arraigned on June 3, 2021, on a count of unlawful defilement of a child preferred against him by the state.

He was alleged to have committed the offence at their residence in the Badagry area of the state.

According to the prosecutor, the offence committed contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The defendant however pleaded not guilty to the charge against him.

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Naira Marley, Sam Larry Sue Magistrate, Police, Demand N40m As Compensation

The controversial singer, Abdulazeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Samson Eletu, alias Sam Larry, have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their continued detention over the death of 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad.

Joined as defendants in the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos were the police and the Lagos magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun, who ordered their remand in police custody for 21 days.

Naira Marley and Sam Larry are each demanding N20m damages from the defendants.

In the suit filed through their lawyer, Mr Olalekan Ojo (SAN), they are urging the court to declare that the continued detention “at the Homicide Section of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State since October 4, 2023,” constituted a violation of their rights.

They are seeking “an order of the court releasing the applicants forthwith.”

In the affidavits attached to their suits, deponents said, “Their travails started between October 3 and 4, 2023 when they were arrested by the police on the alleged connection of the applicants with the death of one Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.

“On the 4th day of October 2023, the Commissioner of Police sought an order in the Magistrates’ Court, held at Yaba to remand them for 30 days.

“Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun granted the police application to remand them for only 21 days in the custody of the police.

“The 21-day remand order granted by Chief Magistrate Olatunbosun has since lapsed on October 26, 2023, and the order has not been renewed.”

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