Crime
Adamawa border police apprehend two alleged narcotics dealers
The special security outfit recently re-invigorated by the Adamawa State Police Commissioner, CP Aliyu Alhaji, to check cross-border banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, and other violent crimes has busted the activities of two major Indian hemp and narcotics dealers.
DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the Public Relations Officer said CP Aliyu Alhaji relaunched the special security action plan to reinforce and also extend the ongoing fight against crime across the state to border communities.
He said the border operations aimed at re-dominating and reclaiming the public space from criminals bent on threatening security in the state had started yielding success with the arrest of two major dealers of Indian hemp.
The narcotics dealers were apprehended at Dalakiji Area of Toungo Local Government Area, through intelligence-led and community-led collaborative partnerships with vigilantes and hunter groups.
Information received led to the arrest of the criminal gang and recovery of a large quantity of Indian hemp and two motorcycles which they use for their operations across Adamawa and Taraba State which also shared a border with the Republic of Cameroun.
He said, “The Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Alhaji, reinvigorated the special security action plan to reinforce the ongoing fight against banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes across the border areas. The new special operation strategy, which will be intelligence-led and community-driven around the border areas, is aimed at re-dominating and reclaiming the public space from criminals that are bent on threatening security in the state and bringing the offenders to book.”
He said the DPO in Toungo, acting in line with the directive of the police commissioner, after he received intelligence on the activities of the duo, immediately swung into action that resulted in their arrest.
“In line with operations of the outfit, all Divisional Police officers, have been mandated to check crimes in their domain, the Divisional Police Officer, Toungo immediately swung into action and luckily apprehended both men. Ibrahim Audu, 31 years and Alkasim Musa, 32 both residents of Ganye. Both dealers who were smuggling large cache of cannabis into the state through Dakalaji, Taraba border, Kiri District on 16/8/2021, thereby denying them their target consumers that are mostly into violent crimes,” Nguroje said.
A Kaduna High Court on Tuesday ordered that two brothers be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged culpable homicide and armed robbery.
The police charged Hamza Jibrin, 27 and Yusuf Jibrin 24, with conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.
Justice Aisha Shagari ordered the remand of the defendants, after they pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against them.
Shagari adjourned the matter until Dec. 12 for hearing.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, James Edward, said that the defendants and two others at large, while armed with matchete and other dangerous weapons along Airport Road, Kaduna, on Nov. 7, robbed and caused the death of a 26-year-old man, Rabiu Sani.
He said the defendants stole the deceased’s HP laptop, two cell phones, his wallet which contained two ATM cards and cash sum of N30,000.
Edward said that the offence is punishable under the Robbery and Firearms ( Special Provision) Act LFN, 2004.
The Defence counsel, Habiba Usman, had pleaded with the court to grant her clients bail.
Usman while moving her bail application, urged the court to gtant her client bail on literal terms, adding , that the defendants would be of good behaviour and would not jump bail.
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old trader, Darwang Chung, to nine months in prison for attempted theft.
Chung, who resides at Gyel in Jos South, pleaded guilty to the one count charge of attempted theft.
The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Bokkos, in his judgement, gave the convict an option of N30,000 fine, or to risk six months in prison and a compensation of N15,000 or another 3 months in prison in default.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Labaran Ahmed, told the court that the case was reported on Oct. 6, at the”B” Division Police Station by one Yohanna Dalyop, the complainant.
Ahmed said the convict jumped over the fence into the house of the complainant and was caught.
He said that the offence contravened the Plateau State Penal Code Law.
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Police, on Tuesday arraigned a defendant before a Federal High Court in Lagos, over alleged unlawful interception of digital infrastructure.
The defendant, Ayodeji Oyenekan, was charged before Justice A. Aluko, on a three-count charge bordering on cybercrime.
He, however. pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Mr M. Y. Bello, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in February 2022.
He, alleged that the defendant intentionally and without authorisation, intercepted digital infrastructure server hosted by Amazon Web Services, property of Meplaylist Classic Entertainment.
According to the prosecution, the defendant caused the said Meplaylist Classic Entertainment Ltd. loss of property, by altering Amazon Web services, which restricted the rightful owner access to its server.
He alleged that the defendant inputted his email address ayodeji.oye@meplaylist.com, and allegedly built a mobility startup called Hellobikee, for purposes of conferring economic benefits to himself.
The defendant was also alleged to have fraudulently made use of the electronic unique identification feature of Meplaylist, through his email, for purposes of conferring economic benefits to himself.
The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 12(1), 16(1), and 22(2)(a) of the Cybercrime ( Prohibition, Prevention) Act, 2015.
The court granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10 million with one surety in like sum.
The court held that the defendant shall remain in the correctional facility, pending perfection of all conditions of bail as spelt out by the court.
He adjourned the case until Jan. 21, 2025, for trial.
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