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Man steals 1 Million Naira to bury him Dad

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There was a mild drama at Apapa magistrate’s court when a car washer said in the court that the N1million the police said he stole was actually stolen by him to bury his late father. He confessed at the police station that he was the person that stole the money and also pleaded guilty before the presiding magistrate, Mrs A. K. Shonubi. The offence the police said he committed was contrary to section 390 of the criminal code cap 17 vol 2 laws of La gos State, Southwest Nigeria. The 28-year old Cosmas Ogbuji was charged to court for stealing N1 million from the car of his customer, Alhaji Abdulraheem Oluwayomi. He openly admitted that he stole the money as police claimed and used it to bury his late father so that he will rest in peace. He claimed that when his father died last year he had no money to bury him. Cosmas said he was able to get the money through Alhaji who engaged his services to wash his car. He said immediately he saw the money inside the car, he did not waste time...

How a notorious female robber was nabbed

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  Kemi confessed: “We used  to break shops around 11pm and where the security is tight, we will wait till early in the morning, around 5am when the security guards would have relaxed. To open shops, I have master keys and whenever I do not succeed with master key, I use iron rod to break the shops. I have operated in Osun and Oyo States.” She explained further that they were coming to Ibadan from Ifon, Osun to sell the stuffs they stole and that when they got to Ogbomosho, a vehicle which had brake failure caused a traffic snarl which the police were trying to control. “As we were about to break away from the traffic jam, the police, stopped us and began questioning us. That was how they arrested us,” she narrated. Kemi noted further that during her trial in 2009, she gave both the police and the court a fake name. She jumped bail by lying to her lawyer that she wanted to go and treat herself of her illness, but never returned. Ganiyu Adewale, a commercial b...

Armed Robbers raid Sacred Heart Catholic Church in IMO

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Umuapu, Ohaji/Egbema local council area of Imo State, has joined the list of parishes attacked by dare devil armed robbers in the state. The invading armed robbers physically assaulted the Curate, Rev. Fr. Frank Ogbonna, carted away cash and personal effects of the resident priests before beating a retreat into the safety of their private homes with their loot. Vanguard gathered that the robbers, numbering over six, used a wooden ladder to gain entry into the premises, attacked and bound the security man on duty hands and feet. The hoodlums then descended on the parish rectory, cut the burglary proof mounted at the sit out and headed to the room of the Curate, Fr. Ogbonna. The rampaging criminals slapped Fr. Ogbonna several times for telling them that the money raised the previous day for church renovation was not in the parish house. Fr. Ogbonna confirmed that the robbers tied his hands and feet, removed his laptop, mobile phones, clothe...