Murder Case: Three in jail for attempted murder of a Prof. In UNILORIN

Three suspects have been sentenced to death by a High Court in Ilorin, for robbery and attempted murder of a professor with the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdullahi Onimisi.

One of the suspects, Opeyemi Esan was a former driver of Prof. Onimisi before he was dismissed.

The Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kamalden Ajibade, who led the prosecution, told the court that the professor disengaged the service of Esan due to his unruly behaviour.It was learnt that Esan was angry over his dismissal from work and had conspired with one Mr. Benjamin Musa and Mr. Oluwasegun Ajiboye, to kill the professor.

Ajibade said the offence was committed on September 10, 2016 at the Senior Staff Quarters, University of Ilorin.

“The accused, while armed with weapons, including guns and machetes, robbed Onimisi and his family of their property, including a car, handsets, jewellery, and other valuables.

“The prof and his son were inflicted with severe injuries from machete cuts,” Ajibade said.

According to him, the offence is punishable under Section 1 (2) Robbery and Firearms Act, Cap R 11, LFN 2004.

The suspects, however, pleaded guilty to the charges of robbery and murder preferred against them.

Esan confessed that he conspired with other suspects; Musa and Ajiboye to deal with his former boss because he was aggrieved over his dismissal.

Justice H. Saleeman in his ruling sentenced the accused persons to death by hanging.

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Candidates protest inability to register their 2017 JAMB

Prospective candidates for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination, on Thursday protested in Makurdi, Benue State over their inability to register.

They blocked some major roads in the city, as they marched to JAMB’s office located along Inner Ring Road. The candidates also took their complaints to the Governor’s Office at Benue People’s House.

The protesters threw stones at the JAMB office before mobile policemen dispersed them.

According to The Guardian, the candidates claimed they were unable to process their registration at the Computer Based Test centres (CBTs), due to insufficient facilities.

They urged the Federal Government to revert to the old system of registration.

The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, who addressed them at the Government House, also pleaded with the JAMB Registrar, to open more centres to enable them to register for the examination.

It is understood that it takes three to seven days for a candidate to be fully registered, depending on the efficiency of the Internet connection.

JAMB Director of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement insisted that the board “would continue all its examinations with the CBT mode, as it was already consolidating on the gains earlier 

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Suspects allegedly impersonating Tinubu, Saraki with fake sim cards arrested in Kaduna [Photos]

A four man syndicate who specializes in defrauding foreigners using the names of high profile politicians in the country has been arrested by operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team.

The suspects operated by registering sim cards with the names of high profile personalities such as chief of staff to the President, Chief Bola Tinubu, Senate President, Bukola Saraki in the country and used them to defraud people of millions of Naira.

Fourteen different phones, all with SIM cards registered with the names of top government officials and several extra registered sim cards were recovered from their possession upon arrest.

They confessed to have made over N20 million from the operation within the last six months.

A police source told journalists they were arrested following series of complaints filed against them.

“Following the series of complaints received by the IGP on the activities of some notorious criminals, who posed as Chief of Staff to President, NSA, Minister of Petroleum, minister of Finance, Chief Bola Tinubu, Senate President and others, the IGP, Ibrahim Idris, directed the Intelligence Response Team to trace and Arrest the Criminals.

“After three days of unrelenting follow up and technical intelligence support from TIU, the four-man syndicate led by one High Chief Ovie Ogogo, 47, who impersonates prominent citizens from the South South and SouthEast; Abdulazeez Eragbe, 40, who impersonates prominent citizens from the North; Babatunde Oshamoto, 49, who impersonates prominent persons from the South West and North Central and Samuel Idah, 25, who supplies them with sim cards registered with the names of the prominent citizens were all arrested in a luxury hotel in Kaduna State by IRT.”

The police added that all the suspects had confessed to the crime.

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Buhari set to return to UK for follow-up treatment

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to return to the United Kingdom for follow-up treatment.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu disclosed this to Daily Trust on Thursday.

Shehu was asked about reports claiming that Buhari had decided to bring in the doctors, rather than return to the UK.

He described the story as false and insisted his principal had not changed his plans.

It would be recalled that President Buhari returned from a 50-day medical vacation in London on March 10.
On his arrival at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja that time, he said he was “much better now. All I will need is to do further follow-ups within some weeks.”

A professor of medicine, Femi Williams, categorically stated that President Buhari is suffering from anaemia.

“We now have a pretty good idea of diagnosis, which is now comprehensive or good enough to say that the diagnosis of President Buhari’s illness is anaemia,” Williams said.Williams, who is a certified physician in Anatomic Pathology from London and Ireland, told The Nation in an interview, that it is the reason why The President got blood transfusion during his medical vacation in the UK.

“You cannot be transfused if you don’t have anaemia.”

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