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Lagos: Man kills in-law, stuffs chopped body in drum

Posted by 9jabook.com on March 6, 2011 at 8:52pm
Sunday, March 6, 2011 It was a gory and bizarre scene, just like in a fiction or acting in Okota, Isolo Lagos yesterday as a middle-aged man was caught by the police with the lifeless body of his friend in a drum. The body was chopped in small pieces to make it fit into the blue plastic drum that is like less than half of the height of an average adult. advertisement here Detectives from the Ago Police Station Okota, arrested a man, Israel Okafor Okereke who allegedly slaughtered his friend and dumped his body in the drum. Ogbonnaya Basil, the victim, was declared missing by his wife Mrs. Uzoma Ogbonnaya. It was a pitiable sight at the police station as sympathisers and the angry crowd gathered at the premises with their noses covered to behold the body of the deceased infested with flies and maggots in the drum. When Saturday Sun met the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Dan Iyamah for information on the incident, he said all facts finding on the incident should be handled by the State Police Public Relations Officer. However, a reliable source who would not disclose his identity revealed that the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Ogbonnaya who lives at Ago reported to the police station that she called her husband the previous day to know where he was as it was getting late, and he said he was at Israel’s house in the Omiyale area of Ejigbo. The following morning, she called and the line was not through. So she had to visit Israel’s house in the evening to know what the matter was. The deceased was said to be an in-law to the man that allegedly butchered him, and both are from Ebonyi State. during Mrs. Uzoma’s visit, Israel denied knowledge of Ogbonnaya’s whereabouts but Uzoma insisted that her husband told her the previous day he was at his place. Because Israel insisted he never knew where his friend and in-law could be found, Mrs. Ogbonnaya had to stay put there and eventually spent the night since it was already late to go back. The following morning, she reported the case at the police station and detectives were sent to arrest Israel to confirm or deny Basil’s whereabouts. He still insisted he never knew what became of his friend on police interrogation. Israel denied any knowledge of seeing Basil. But when the detectives visited his home, they spotted bloodstains all over the place - on handkerchiefs, pillow, and the floor. He could not give the police a reasonable answer for the bloodstains. After an initial refusal to answer more questions, he buckled after a lengthy interrogation. First, he said that some people in suit came to his place and shot Basil but later changed his story that he alone committed the heinous crime because the deceased owed him N1.5m. He said he used a machete on his victim and in-law. After his confession, he took the policemen to a place on Ejigbo road where he neatly packed the corpse inside a drum. The distance between the scene of crime to where the drum was found was up to 10 kilometres, said the source. The suspect who runs a big boutique on No. 131 Ago Palace Way Okota took the policemen there to conduct a search in case of any other hidden incriminating evidence. Incidentally, a sticker pasted at the back of the suspect’s red Mercedes Benz 190 reads: This year, money shall be my servant. It was also scooped that Basil helped in setting up the shop and assisted him to China to buy goods. The police were showered with praises for unravelling the murder, which usually takes eternity to crack in Nigeria. The PPRO, DSP Samuel Junaid, confirmed the incident and added that the suspect has been transferred to the State CID in Panti Street.
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Igbinedion's Son in-law drags Esama of Benin to court

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on February 14, 2011 at 8:08pm
Son in-law drags Igbinedion to court


BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE

BENIN - THE Esama of Benin Kingdom, Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion has been dragged before a Benin High Court by his son in-law, Prince Avan Akenzua 11 over an alleged illegal breaking and entry into his house and removed property worth millions of Naira.

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Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion and Son-in-Law
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Also sued along with Chief Igbinedion is one Collins Igbinudu.

The plaintiff in a 5-paragraph statement of claim is urging the court to order the defendants, their servants, and agents, privies to return his safe, jewelries of inestimable value (coral beads, diamond, gold of classical orient) and artifacts.

Prince Avan who is also the son to the Enogie of Uyiekpen Akenzua, junior bother to Omo N' Oba Erediauwa, also prayed the court to order the defendants to refund the sum of 200,000 pounds sterling, the sum of N9,672,000.00, WAEC certificate, University Degree Certificate, NYSC Certificate, original copies of Certificates of Occupancy of land as well as N500,000,000.00 as general damages, grave embarrassment, trauma and humiliation.

When the case up for mentioning weekend, Counsel to Chief Igbinedion, Mr. Dan Okoh informed the court that he had filed notice of extension of time as he was recently briefed on the case.

He also prayed the court to give him within seven days to file his statement of defence.

However, counsel to the plaintiff, Mr. Pedro Egharevba while not opposing his application, said that the defence counsel must conform to the time frame and demanded for cost.

The trial Judge, Justice Alero Eruaga while urging the defendants' counsel to file his statement of defence within seven days. Awarded a N1000.00 cost against the defendants.

In a related development, Prince Avan Akenzua 11, is also seeking the dissolution of the marriage contracted between himself and the daughter of Chief Gabriel Igbinedion,Omosede Gabriella Igbinedion- Akenzua on 13rd September, 2008 in Benin- City.

The plaintiff in a petition filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja by his counsel, Alexander Oketa Esq. of Festus Keyamo Chambers, is seeking the dissolution of the marriage on ground of cruelty on part of the respondent, Omosede Gabriella Igbinedion- Akenzua, that the marriage has broken down irretrievably, as the desertion for at least one year.

Plaintiff is also sought the court's order to take possession of the only single male chic of the marriage , Prince Avan Amafidon Akenzua 11 at the age of nine, so as to bring him up in a godly way even as he pleaded to take responsibility of the child before the said age.

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General brutalises IG’s in-law at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,

Posted by Jane Okinedo on January 9, 2010 at 7:34pm
Victim set to sue Arik AirlineA Nigerian resident in the United States, who was beaten by soldiers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Sunday has concluded arrangement to sue Jacob Olajide, a retired Brigadier General, who ordered his maltreatment.Advertisement ! http://www.9jabook.com advertise here call or email:info@systemini.nettwitter:systeminilinkedin:systeminitel +234-0806 495 0565,234-07083793511,234-0705888839444-7894214683,He also plans to sue Arik Airline for complicity.Uche Onyeanusi, brother in-law to the Inspector General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo, was beaten into coma by two soldiers on alighting from Arik flight W3161 which he boarded in Lagos.Onyeanusi told Daily Independent that disagreement broke out between him and Olajide where they queued along with other intending passengers to buy flight tickets at the Arik counter in Lagos.Onyeanusi said he came to Nigeria to spend the holidays with his relatives and attend to other issues.He narrated that he incurred the wrath of Olajide when he prevented him from jumping the queue, a challenge which led to an exchange of words between them, during which Olajide threatened to deal with him severely on their arrival in Abuja.Onyeanusi said Olajide’s aides descended on him and gave him the beating of his life immediately he disembarked from the plane. Other passengers looked on in awe as he was being pummelled.An eyewitness who was on the flight, Michael Ihemaguba, a medical practitioner also based in the U.S. (and an American citizen like Onyeanusi), said he was surprised that a policeman at the scene prevented him (Ihemaguba) and others from rescuing the victim.He recounted that Onyeanusi ran into the office of the State Security Service (SSS) when he was pursued by the soldiers, but the door of the office was forced open by the soldiers as the lone female SSS operative in the office attempted shutting the door against them.Ihemaguba said he and other passengers had to risk their lives to save him from being beaten to death, as they rushed and held the two soldiers when one of them took a bottle and was about to smash it on the head of Onyeanusi who lay on the ground bloodied and unconscious.The soldiers took Olajide’s luggage and left the airport without anybody arresting them after Olajide had identified himself as a Brigadier General to airport security personnel.The incident was caught on tape by the airport security, and was reported to the airport police.Onyeanusi was revived by Ihemaguba and the airport medical team.Arik employees who witnessed the incident made statements to the SSS before proceeding to the police station.However, efforts by the police to unravel the true identity of the soldiers for prosecution are being impeded by Arik and the airport security, both of which refused to co-operate with the police officer investigating the case.Arik reportedly told the officer that it is not bound by law to release its passenger manifest through which the name of Olajide could be ascertained.The airport security also allegedly refused to release the video tape of the incident.It was learnt that the military Commandant at the airport has been shown the tape and has identified the culprit but refused to disclose the true identity of Olajide.After watching the tape, he told Onyeanusi and the police that the name of the General was wrong, but confirmed that the man is no longer in service .Calls made to the commandant’s mobile telephone line were picked by his aide who said his boss was not available for comment.It was learnt that the policeman investigating the case made an official application to the airport security to release the tape, but the request was denied.Pressure is being mounted on Onyeanusi to drop the case as he was told to see some serving senior Army officers who are prepared to settle the matter amicably.But he has refused to bulge, and stated his readiness to pursue the matter to a logical conclusion by getting a lawyer to sue Arik for failing to release the passenger manifest to the police.He said he will also report the incident to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria.However, Arik Spokesman, Banji Ola, argued that the airline should not be blamed because it did not have control over what happened on the tarmac.He also said for security reasons, Arik cannot be compelled by individuals to release its passenger manifest.In line with international standards, only the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) or the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) can compel an airline to release its passenger manifest, Ola explained.
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