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BY PETER DURU
MAKURDI – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has uncovered over N23billion pension funds ‘lost’ in 40 bank accounts in the country.

Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta who made the disclosure yesterday, at the maiden town hall meeting of the ICPC in Makurdi, the Benue capital, said the Commission consolidated the accounts into four and was also able to recovered N496million in accrued interests on one of the accounts.

Represented by Member of the ICPC, Alhaji Isa Salami, he said “the Commission discovered that the National Pension Commission, PENCOM, was not remitting deductions from employees’ salaries to their respective Retirement Savings Accounts, RSAs, owing to inaccurate information.
“With the intervention of ICPC the sum of N34.5 billion has been remitted to 97, 842 employees’ RSAs’’.

Nta further revealed that while conducting systems review of personnel cost expenditure profile across Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, over a period of four years, ICPC compelled the return of over N6 billion unspent balances into government treasury.

The ICPC Chairman urged Nigerians to “support the renewed onslaught against the monster called corruption because it is by so doing that we can drive down the menace and eventually eliminate it from our country.”

In his speech, Govenor Samuel Ortom who was represented by his Deputy, Mr. Benson Abounu, urged all political office holders in the country to strive to ensure that they never became guests of the ICPC after office.
Ortom regretted that the state was facing the most difficult times due to corruption and the squander of the state resources by the past government.

In their separate speeches, the Tor Tiv, Chief Alfred Torkuka and Ochi Idoma, Elias Obekpa pledged the support of the traditional rulers in the state in the fight against corruption in the country. uncovers over N23billion pension funds ‘lost’ in 40 bank accounts


Peter Duru
4:04 PM (19 hours ago)
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BY PETER DURU
MAKURDI………….The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has uncovered over N23billion pension funds ‘lost’ in 40 bank accounts in the country.

Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta who made the disclosure yesterday, at the maiden town hall meeting of the ICPC in Makurdi, the Benue capital, said the Commission consolidated the accounts into four and was also able to recovered N496million in accrued interests on one of the accounts.

Represented by Member of the ICPC, Alhaji Isa Salami, he said “the Commission discovered that the National Pension Commission, PENCOM, was not remitting deductions from employees’ salaries to their respective Retirement Savings Accounts, RSAs, owing to inaccurate information.
“With the intervention of ICPC the sum of N34.5 billion has been remitted to 97, 842 employees’ RSAs’’.

Nta further revealed that while conducting systems review of personnel cost expenditure profile across Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, over a period of four years, ICPC compelled the return of over N6 billion unspent balances into government treasury.

The ICPC Chairman urged Nigerians to “support the renewed onslaught against the monster called corruption because it is by so doing that we can drive down the menace and eventually eliminate it from our country.”

In his speech, Govenor Samuel Ortom who was represented by his Deputy, Mr. Benson Abounu, urged all political office holders in the country to strive to ensure that they never became guests of the ICPC after office.

Ortom regretted that the state was facing the most difficult times due to corruption and the squander of the state resources by the past government.

In their separate speeches, the Tor Tiv, Chief Alfred Torkuka and Ochi Idoma, Elias Obekpa pledged the support of the traditional rulers in the state in the fight against corruption in the country.

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Soldiers, who had been stationed at 7th Avenue Festac, Lagos State, fighting pipeline vandals since Monday, yesterday, shot dead two civilians and injured two policemen. One of the soldiers was also injured in the shooting.

The shooting spree happened moment after the soldiers received message to be at alert that robbers had attempted to rob Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), on 23th Avenue and that another set had attacked banks at Agbara, Ogun State.

Following the clash with vandals on Monday, the soldiers had placed a barrier on the road; the barrier was to show that the area was a high security risk area and drivers were expected to slow down. The victims of yesterday shooting, however, refused to slow down at the barrier even after the soldiers repeatedly ordered them to stop.

Thinking they were criminals, the soldiers started shooting at them. When the smoke from the guns cleared, two civilians had been killed, two policemen and a soldier wounded. The incident occurred around 10:30pm. The civilian driver died instantly and a stray bullet killed another civilian who was eating noodles not far from the scene.

Two policemen were seriously injured. One was shot in the buttock and another on the knee. The soldiers so sprayed bullets that expended hundreds of ammunition littered the ground. Two police vehicles were shattered and perforated with bullets. One of the bullets bounced off a police van and hit one of the soldiers on the chest. The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital, but rejected.

They were referred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. A police source said: “Surveillance men were on patrol. They sighted a Honda car. They thought the driver was a ‘yahooyahoo’ guy. The policemen were in a commercial bus as against the instruction of the Inspector General of Police (IG).

“The policemen flagged the Honda driver down, but he refused to heed. The policemen started chasing him, up to 7th Avenue where the joint team of soldiers and policemen were stationed.

There was a barrier on the road to slow down vehicles. The Honda driver and the policemen in commercial bus refused to stop.” It was further gathered that the Honda driver apparently drove towards the soldiers, thinking they would protect him from people in the commercial bus that were chasing him. When the Honda driver and commercial bus refused to stop, the soldiers opened fire.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Joe Offor, confirmed the incident, which he described as an act of omission rather than commission.

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He said: “Luck ran out on the two brothers after robbing a lady on November 13, on their way from Lagos Island. The lady was able to get the registration number of the vehicle. “She reported the incident to the Bar Beach Police Station.

A middle-aged man, Tope Adegbehingbe, has explained why he killed his 86-year-old neighbour, Mrs Janet Oyeniyi, at Ajebambo village near Oniparaga in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Adegbehingbe, who was arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday, said he murdered the octogenarian because he saw her in his dream trying to kill him.

Although Adegbehingbe’s plea was not taken as the court has no jurisdiction to entertain murder trial, the accused, however, said he took the measure because the woman was a witch. The accused said he attacked the woman with machete in early hours of that fateful day.

In his confessional statement made available to reporters at Oke-Eda Magistrates’ Court in Akure, yesterday, Adegbehingbe confessed that he was guilty of the murder charge brought against him.

According to the prosecution counsel, the accused was alleged to have on 23rd of October, 2015 at Ajebambo camp via Oniparaga, Araromi Obu in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, killed one Mrs Janet Oyeniyi with machete.

The police also told the court that Adegbehingbe murdered the 86-year-old woman with machete until she gave up the ghost.

The offence, the prosecution counsel said, was contrary to and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria.

Adegbehingbe said he personally killed the woman because he saw the deceased in his dream trying to kill him. He said:
“The woman happened to be my neighbour.

I killed her because I saw her in my dream trying to kill me. So immediately I woke up the following morning, I went straight to her house to kill her because I thought that was the best thing to do before she would kill me.”

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A security guard has allegedly conspired with two others to murder a 25-year-old final year student of Civil Engineering at the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, Mr Innocent Ndukwe. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, said after slaughtering their victim, the suspects made away with his Pathfinder Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration number KRD 109 AD, two Plasma television sets, one ‘Home Theatre’ and assorted personal effects.

Lakanu, who disclosed this while parading the suspects at the police command headquarters, Owerri, said the police control room, following a report of the gory incident, quickly alerted
operatives of the command, who immediately spread their dragnet across the entire state.

He said: “As a result, the assailants, who tried to escape the eagle-eyed operatives, were subsequently apprehended on West-End old Nekede Road, Owerri.”
The commissioner said that the late Innocent Ndukwe was found in a pool of his own blood in a toilet at his residence at No. 18, Enuwa Street, Egbu in Owerri North Local Government Area of the state.

The police chief gave the names of the suspects, who he said had confessed to the crime, as: David Kwaguru (30) from Sirwo in Lantan North Local Government Area of Plateau State, Friday Ayuba (28), a native of Keyelda in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State and Francis Amos (23), a native of Pingali in Lantan South North Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that Kwaguru was employed as security guard to the deceased.

Kwaguru conspired with two of his kinsmen from Plateau State. While the late Onwukwe was in his bathroom, the three men broke into the bathroom, attacked the deceased with daggers and hacked him to death.

Lakanu disclosed that his directive to Area Commanders, DPOs, HODs and other high ranking officers to give their phone numbers to members of the public for effective communication and intelligence gathering had continued to yield fruits and had assisted the police in arresting the suspects.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to always be vigilant and circumspect in choosing the people they employ as security guards.

http://newtelegraphonline.com/guard-others-kill-student-steal-his-car/

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A 20-year-old robbery suspect, Yusuf Lawal, who was recently arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, says he started robbing at the age of seven.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Lawal, aka Eletu, and another member of his gang, Taju Alabi, aka Kolo, were arrested in the Ebute Meta area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that officers of the Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, were patrolling Kadiri and Kano streets around 4am when they heard a cry for help.

A group of robbers, numbering 19, were said to be operating in the community at the time.

The police, while responding to the call for help, arrested 20-year-old Lawal.

He was said to be dispossessing a victim of money, phones, and other valuables.

His accomplice, however, stabbed the victim and fled the scene.

Lawal, who is the only child of his parents, was taken to the SDCI for interrogation, during which he led the police to make other arrests.

The Lagos State indigene said he started with petty robbery and refused to stop even after his father had told him to.

The father of one said he turned out badly due to peer pressure.

He said, “I am the only child of my parents. I grew up not knowing my mother, who died when I was still a child. I don’t know what my father does for a living.

“My father could not correct me because I always overpowered him whenever he attempted to do so. I later ran away from home and started living with a friend in Idi-Oro, Mushin.

“I started robbing when I was seven after I quit primary school. My friend, Sule, introduced me to robbery and we always went out to rob residents. We stole phones, money, and other valuables.

“Also, we usually rob very early in the morning. I will turn a new leaf if the police can release me.”

There was a mild drama when the second suspect, Alabi, denied knowing Lawal and said he had never participated in any of the robberies.

Lawal, while confronting him with his sin, said, “On two different occasions, I stole phones and gave them to you to sell, which you did and we later shared the money.

“You saw me living large and you asked me for the secret, and I told you. We have been doing this together so tell the truth. When we were robbing people, you should have known this will be the end.”

However, Alabi, who is 18-years-old, subsequently owned up, adding that he had only gone for three operations.

“Yes, he’s my friend and we have been friends since childhood. We met at Mushin. I work at a carwash and I am also a bus conductor. I have only stolen three phones. It is true that we rob people,” he added.

A police source said the suspects had been cooperating with the police and giving useful information.

“They were 19 in number that participated in the robbery that morning. We were on a patrol that morning when we received a distress call. We quickly deployed our men and Lawal was caught red-handed. We are on the trail of the other suspects, and soon, they will be arrested,” he added.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Joe Offor, when contacted for comment, promised to call back but had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.

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Ibhaze was allegedly stabbed several times by Simon who allegedly accused him of waging spiritual war against his family through witchcraft which he claimed hindered his progress in life

ZuzuMan:
.......Before you reset his brain! I go first of all do Factory Reset on his Balls

CIMA129:
illarious

The police spokesman added that the suspect had also deceived her husband into believing that she was pregnant.

reminiscing:
All this Ini local Government people need serious prayers o.konji is their motto.I have 3 of these people that stays in my room in school and they so delight in Sleeping with men and always talking about men's Joystick.The most annoying thing is DAT,one of them is getting married in like 2months time yet she toasted" a guy and then the next day she had sex with d guy.she later became pregnant,as usual she went and aborted it.......

A resident said that the father of two, Usman Muhammed, 30, would have been alive if but for his attempt to stab one of the robbers. One of the bandits shot him. The bullet which killed Muhammed hit a lady in the compound.

JigsawKillah:
they stopped being my friend they day they arrested my father while he was eating, sitting in his verandah.


Very silly people

The Rivers state police command has busted mischievous means through which criminals move arms within the state.
The command revealed that criminals now conceal short guns, magazine and bullets in a large loaf of bread which aid them to beat Police and security check-points in the state.
While assuring the people of Rivers state that there will be drastic reduction of crime during the ’ember’ months, the Police said they will not relent in their effort to fight crime.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ahmad Mohammad gave the assurance while parading a five man gang, three Male and two females involved in technical criminal activities, otherwise known as One chance.
The Five man gang are among the thirty-nine persons paraded by the state police command for different criminal activities at the commands headquarters, Moscow, Port harcourt.

The gang who were alleged to have been involved in one chance met their waterloo while carrying out their operation at Elelenwo area of Obio Akpor Local government in Rivers state.
Parading the suspected criminals, Mohammad reiterated the command’s commitment to secure lives and property in the state.

“At Arazona off Peter Odili Road, Port Harcourt, a team of Policemen acting on a distress call that on Mr. Emmanuel Akujobi who has kidnapped by armed men operating in a Volkswagen Golf 3 saloon car. The team chased the suspected kidnappers thereby forcing them to abandon the victim, their operational vehicle and the victim’s Lexus Jeep registration No. ABJ 724 BC.
“One of the suspected kidnappers also got fatally wounded during shot out with policemen. This effort has no doubt confirmed that our response time to distress calls has greatly improved.

“Policemen on routine patrol along Ada George road, Port Harcourt, sighted a suspicious black Honda Civic with registration No. AHD 145 RX with three young male occupants and on approaching the vehicle the occupants opened fire on the policemen. Three of them got fatally wounded after a gun duel with the policemen while one AK 47 rifle, two magazines, 50 rounds of 7.62 live ammunition, a complete set of police uniform and a police bullet proof vest were recovered.

“In a similar vein, the Command smashed a gang of armed robbers who specialized in trailing unsuspecting bank customers and rob them off their hard earned money soon after money withdrawal either through Automated Teller Machine (ATM) or from the banking hall.

“No. of suspected armed robbers arrested – 30,
No. of suspected armed robbers fatally wounded – 3,
No. of suspected kidnappers arrested – 12
No. of suspected kidnappers fatally wounded – 7 ,
No. of kidnaped victims rescued – 11,
No of suspected cultists arrested – 21,
No. of firearms recovered; AK 47 rifles – 2, Locally made pistols – 8, Double barrel gun – 1, Single barrel guns – 1, English made pistol – 1, Berretta pistol – 1, Locally made guns – 4
viii. Magazines – 4,
No. of assorted ammunition recovered – 84, No. of cartridges recovered – 17,
No. of vehicles recovered – 15

“These achievements are largely predicated to the tremendous support the Command is enjoying from the security conscious and patriotic citizens by way of volunteering timely, credible and actionable information.
“Finally, the Command equally reiterates its determination to sustain the onslaught to the identified similar criminals’ hideouts. Such operation would be sustained with all vigour until the nefarious activities of the undesirable elements are brought to halt.”

“I went downstairs and met Nsikak on the ground. I called out to him and he just managed to say: na Mopol shoot me, I nor know wetin I do am ooooo. “Things actually went awry as Nsikak laid in a pool of his blood, writhing in agony, while the police officers shot indiscriminately into the air to scare people and prevent them from coming out to ascertain what was amiss.”

gary400:
e fit be over night things bro....but of no be ova night sha...d guy fit be correct customer or boi frnd wey don dey pay and no dey do sometimes...my first hotel job was in a brothel...if u need to know before u talk say I dey patronise them....

Police alleged the driver of the bus now at large stole the bus belonging to his employer, Christine Itegbe, a resident of Abioro Street, Ikate, Elegushi, Lekki, Lagos when he was sent on an errand.
The driver, it was learnt, conspired with the arrested suspects and drove the bus with registration No MUS 304 BS to the Redeemed Church camp to look for a buyer but before they could find a buyer for the bus, confusion set in among them

Three ex-convicts yesterday again ran into trouble following their arrest for alleged traffic robbery at oshodi, Lagos.

Mustapha Adekunle, 21, Olumide Popoola, 20 and Femi Amusa, 20, were arrested by Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives following a tip-off by their victim, Olasunkanmi Oyelakin.

The victim said his blackberry phone was stolen by the suspects during early morning traffic rush around Bolade, Oshodi.

He said: “I was on my way to Ajah at 6:30am, I saw Adekunle passed by the bus I boarded. Unknown to me, he was monitoring me. A few minutes later, I noticed a missed call on my phone, and as I brought out the phone, he took the phone from me through the window and ran away. Because there was traffic, I made no attempt to struggle with him, but got down from the nearest bus-stop and I began to monitor him. I noticed that he had regrouped with his friends and one of them was telling him to hand over the phone he stole from me.

“I knew I couldn’t handle the three of them all alone, so I informed the RRS operatives who followed me to the place where he was arrested.”

Adekunle said he was driven by frustration to steal the handset.

“I am a bus conductor in Oshodi. I am from Ibadan and a secondary school dropout. I sleep in Ojuwoye, Mushin. I am an ex–convict. I don’t want to go to prison again. Government should please have mercy on me. I was frustrated into traffic robbery. I won’t do it again,” he pleaded.

Popoola and Amusa denied being in-traffic robbers.

“We were in Lagos to make money to buy working tools having completed our apprenticeship,” Popoola said.

The RRS has also recovered a locally-made gun with a cartridge in Surulere, Lagos Mainland.

The gun was recovered around 2am during the RRS patrol of Iganmu Bridge by the Nigerian Breweries Complex.

The patrol team had spotted three on the bridge. On sighting the police, the men fled.

During a search of where they were standing, a locally-made short gun was found with an unspent cartridge.

Police spokesman Joe Offor, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said the suspects had been charged to court.

ceeceeuwa:
Are you talking from experience?