What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi.
Lagos court remands B’ Haram member over 2015 Bama attack (Punch)
The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court at Yaba has ordered the remand of a suspected Boko Haram terrorist,
Amodu Awama, in the Kirikiri custodial centre.The police said the suspect had been on their wanted list for 10 years over his alleged involvement in terror activities perpetrated in Borno State.
The prosecuting counsel for the police, Rita Momoh, told the court that the defendant was part of the terrorist group that conspired to attack Bama and Gaza in Borno State, which led to the death of over 50 persons in 2015.
Police begin probe as gunmen kill rating in Lagos (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command has said an investigation had commenced to track down the killers of a naval rating in the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the rating, who until his death was serving at the Lagos Logistics Depot of the Navy, was shot dead by gunmen in the community.
The rating was said to be alone when the suspects perpetrated the crime. Read more
4 employees defraud Lagos microfinance bank of N150m (Punch)
Four men were on Friday arraigned at the Yaba Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding their employer, Think Finance Microfinance Bank of N150m in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State.
The defendants include the company’s Head of Risk Management, Ojimi Ayodeji, the Loan Officer, Isaac Eddy, Joseph Setonji and Juwon Irinyemi, and were arraigned before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka on three counts of theft.
The prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen told the court that the defendants employed by the firm were put in charge of giving loans to people for business purposes, but they conspired and used fake names to borrow money from the firm to the tune of N150m which they shared among themselves without interest and never paid back.
NDLEA intercepts hard drugs in Lagos, arrests 2 Ghanaians (Punch)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have confirmed the interception of two imported consignments of a strain of cannabis weighing 5,344.1 kilogrammes.
The consignment was intercepted along the Epe-Lekki corridor and at Alpha Beach in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
In a statement signed and released by its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on the agency’s official Facebook page on Sunday, the NDLEA said the truck driver conveying the cannabis escaped arrest in a security Hilux van escorting the truck. Read more
Lagos teenager stabs 13-year-old boy to death (Punch)
An 18-year-old man, Abubakar Ahmed, was on Wednesday remanded to the Kirikiri Custodial Centre, Lagos State, for allegedly killing his 13-year-old friend, identified simply as Ekenedirichukwu, with a knife in the Ijora-Badia area of the state.
The defendant was arraigned on one count of murder before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court presided over by Magistrate Patrick Nwaka.
According to the prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen, the defendant committed the offence around 9am on May 28, 2023. Read more
Police arrest ex-convict, 6 others for traffic robbery in Lagos (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested seven suspected traffic robbers, including an ex-convict released three days ago from Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday.
Hundeyin said that the ex-convict was picked alongside others while allegedly carrying out the crime in the Ijora-Apapa axis on Saturday at about 9.30 p.m. Read more
Police arrest man recover pistol, cartridges in Lagos (Nation)
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 27-year-old man, Jamiu Ademefun, for alleged illegal possession of a pistol, its Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on his verified Twitter handle.
Hundeyin said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Agege area of Lagos, adding that the suspect and others now at large alighted from a tricycle when they sighted the police and fled.
“The three occupants of a tricycle, upon sighting police officers from Abattoir Division, jumped out and took to their heels, the police gave them a hot chase and arrested the suspect,” he said. Read more
Police arrest syndicate member defrauding fuel stations in Lagos (Nation)
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected member of a syndicate, which allegedly specialises in defrauding fuel stations across the state.
The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
Hundeyin said that the Isheri Police Division carried out the arrest after receiving a complaint from the manager of Enyo Filling Station, located along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at about 2.30 p.m on May 17, 2023.
NDLEA uncovers Meth Lab in Lagos residential community (Nation)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a secret laboratory producing a deadly illicit substance, Methamphetamine, in a residential community located in Ikeja Lagos State.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said the clandestine laboratory, a duplex, located at No. 4 Bode Oluwo Street, Mende, Maryland Ikeja was stormed by anti-narcotics officers of the agency on Tuesday 6th June after credible intelligence and surveillance confirmed the illicit substance was being produced there. Read more
Woman, 42, forex trader arraigned for N11.5m fraud (Vanguard)
A forex trader, Ifeoma Uzoezie, has been arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command, before a Yaba Magistrate Court, on a three-count charge of N11.5 million fraud.
The defendant was arraigned before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka on three counts of fraud, and stealing.
The prosecution alleged that the 42-year-old woman, collected money from the complainant, Messrs Western Base Nigeria Limited on the pretext of trading foreign exchange and transferring money to their client abroad, but she ended up using money from a fraudulent and criminal proceeding to carry out the transaction.