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BREAKING: Police arrest two with human skulls in Adamawa

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Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have apprehended two suspects in possession of two human skulls and several bones.

The operatives also arrested a suspected buyer of the skulls, identified as Dauda Yakubu, a commercial motorcycle operator and a woman in connection to the alleged crime.

The two suspects nabbed with human skulls in Garware village, Fofure LGA include; Raji Silver and Nodji Kodji. While the buyer is identified as Dauda Yakubu of Farang in Fufore LGA.

Both suspects who hail from Cholli, a community in the Cameroon Republic were arrested on the 11th of October, 2022, at Garware village in Fufore.

Newsmen gathered that the commercial motorcycle operator was arrested while conveying the suspects in the village.

The suspects confessed that they dug the skulls and the bones from a grave in Cameroon in order to sell them to the Dauda, who once bought it at the sum of 5 million Cameroonian currency.

According to them, they brought it for him to buy, saying Dauda had told them that he is not interested and that they were arrested while searching for another buyer.

Parading the suspects, the Image Maker of the Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said that the suspects were arrested by the operatives while on routine patrol in the area.

SP Nguroje added that the suspects were arrested by the team led by CSP Usman Jauroyel, saying that it was another remarkable achievement recorded by the Command in its effort towards fighting crime and criminality.

He explained that the suspects had confessed to digging the skulls and the bones from a grave in a certain village in the Cameroon Republic and bringing them into Nigeria for sale.

He said that upon apprehending them, the Commissioner of Police, S.K Akande, ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for discreet investigation.

He revealed that an investigation led to the arrest of three suspects in connection to the crime, and called on the general public to be wary of people of such character.

SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, advised that adequate security be provided at the cemeteries to arrest suspicious persons moving around, saying they have to provide security not only to the living but the deaths.

BREAKING: Police arrest two with human skulls in Adamawa

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Court remands 2 brothers for alleged culpable homicide, armed robbery

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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.

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Trader bags 9 months jail term for attempted theft

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Trader bags 9 months jail term for attempted theft

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.

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Special Fraud Unit arraigns suspect for cybercrime

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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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