Crime Facts

Seven killed in South Sudan plane crash

Four passengers and three crew were killed Saturday when a cargo plane belonging to a local operator crashed near South Sudan’s capital Juba, the transport minister said. The aircraft crashed shortly after its early morning takeoff in the Kameru neighbourhood around seven kilometres west of the city’s international airport. “There were eight people on board, three passengers and five crew. A single person from among the passengers survived and she is in good health,” Transport Minister Madut Biar Yol told AFP. “The four other passengers and the three crew members are dead.” According to the minister, the crew members were Russian while the passengers were all South Sudanese. The plane owned by local company South West Aviation had been carrying cash to the Wau region in the country’s northwest for Juba-based Opportunity Bank.

Container-laden Truck Falls On Bus, Kills Two In Lagos

Two yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives on Friday night when a container-laden truck fell on a commercial bus in Ijesha bus-stop area of Odo-Olowu in Lagos. It was gathered that the truck loaded with an empty 40-feet container suffered brake failure and rammed into the stationary bus. Due to the impact of the collision, the container reportedly fell on the bus and killed two passengers on the spot. Other passengers including the bus driver were injured. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke- Osanyintolu, said the injured victims were taken to hospital for treatment. He said the agency received a distress call that an empty 40-feet container had killed two persons in an accident. Oke-Osanyintolu said those, who died had been identified as a male and female. This incident comes barely a month after two workers of the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria were crushed to death in similar circumstances in Ojota, Lagos.

Two Men Arrested After Being Caught Engaging In Homosexual Act In Kenya

Two men have been arrested while engaging in a homosexual act in Angwete Village in Kakamega Town, Kenya on Friday morning,Crimefacts learnt . Nyumbi Kumi Initiative elder, Reuben Otiende disclosed that they had suspected that Wanyes alias Gili was a homosexual after he recently “committed the crime with a neighbour’s son”. Residents of the community broke down Wanyeso’s door after they saw a non-native male person identified as Caleb Andani, enter his house. The duo who were caught red- handed in the act, were beaten to a pulp before the police intervened. K2TV reported that Wanyeso is a divorcee who kicked his wife, Grace Khavetsa out of their matrimonial home last year. The former couple are blessed with three children. A neighbour said;“He (Wanyeso) broke up with his wife so that h could freely engage in homosexual acts”.

Virginity Test: Father Arrested For Allegedly Defiling His 15 Year Old Daughter Repeatedly

A 40-year-old father and widower, Gbenga Taiwo, has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old daughter under the pretense of testing her virgin According to reports, Taiwo who is a widower, lived in a rented apartment at Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos State with his daughter. He allegedly started molesting his daughter when she was 1 years old. The Coordinator of a child rights group, Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, Ebenezer Omejalile, who has been following up with the case, told City Round that the victim got tired of the abuse and reported to her landlord who cautioned her father but he refused to stop. “The girl said she had been constantly abused by her father since she was 13. He is about 40 years old and a retired electricity worker. Before the intervention of the girl’s maternal uncle, one Mr Alagba, the girl got tired of the wickedness of her father and informed their landlord who confronted the father to stop the evil act and he let him know the consequence of his action But the suspect turned a deaf ear to it and kept doing it to the extent that whenever he was on night duty, he went to the office with girl to keep having her to his satisfaction. The man claimed that he saw some pictures in his daughter’s phone and suspected that she was wayward. He said he did not have sex with her but only used his finger to check if she is a virgin or not.” Family members of the suspect claim he is mentally unstable and was checked into a private rehabilitation center in Ise Oluwa Hospital in Abeokuta, Ogun State in 2018. Confirming his arrest, the spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana, said a test would be carried out to determine the mental state of the suspect.

Explosion rocks Mali,Four soldiers killed

Four Malian soldiers were killed and one seriously injured on Saturday when an explosive device detonated as their vehicle drove by in the centre of the country, a military source told AFP . The explosion in the Koro region , near Mali ’s border with Burkina Faso , comes just days after a military putsch against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. In another development , West African envoys will meet ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Saturday, a member of the delegation said . The envoys are due to meet members of the junta at 1600 GMT and will then meet Keita , who was detained by the rebel soldiers in Tuesday’s putsch along with a number of other Malian government and army officials , the source from the West African bloc ECOWAS said on condition of anonymity.

Police Uncover Corpse Of Woman Locked Up By Husband In Kano

The Kano State Police Command on Thursday uncovered the corpse of a woman allegedly locked up in a room by her husband for three days. Crimefacts gathered that the incident occurred at Mariri Quarters in Kano Metropolis. The corpse, which had since begun to decompose, was discovered by neighbours, who alerted police to the situation. The development comes a day after the police in Kano rescued a 55-year-old man allegedly confined for 30 years in a solitary room by his relatives. On August 13, Ahmad Aliyu, a 32-year-old man, was also rescued by the police after being locked up in a room by his father and stepmother for seven years . Aliyu, a resident of Farawa Babban Layi in Mariri quarters of Kumbotso Local Government Area in Kano, was said to have been chained and caged after he was accused of drug abuse by his parents.

Jet Rams Into Fence At Lagos Airport After Brake Failure ,AIB probe accident

A brake failure has caused a jet to run into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal of the Lagos Airport on Friday. In the latest accident, the King Air Jet was reparking when the driver rammed into the fence, according to an eyewitness. The jet had no passenger on board with the pilot suffering no injury. It was gathered that officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority visited the scene of the incident to ascertain the cause of the accident The King Air 200 jet with registration number 5N-HIS is being operated by Mobil Oil Nigeria- Wings Aviation. Meanwhile the Accident Investigation Bureau has commenced an investigation into an accident that occurred at the General Aviation Terminal of the Lagos Airport on Friday. A spokesman for the Accident Investigation Bureau, Tunji Oketumbi said the bureau had sent its investigators to access the level of damage as of press time. “ We have been notified of an accident that occurred at the local airport and our investigators have gone there to commence investigations,” he added .

2 dead, several injured as SUV rams into building

Two persons have been confirmed dead while several others sustained different degrees of injuries following a brake failure accident involving an unregistered Land Rover SUV. The SUV reportedly veered off the road and rammed into a building at Panada, Isolo area of Lagos State. According to eyewitnesses, who spoke to Crimefacts ,the vehicle had hit several people along the roadside killing two persons, including an eight year old child. Confirming the incident, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Aswani Divisional Police Station, CSP Oyin Francess, said an investigation would be conducted to know the real owner of the vehicle since it is unregistered. She said the vehicle has been evacuated to the police station while the injured persons including the driver have been taken to the hospital for treatment. One eyewitness, Iya Fathia narrated: “I sell goods on that culvert. As the vehicle was approaching with reckless speed, I shouted at him to condemn his manner of driving in fact, he bashed the police patrol van stationed over there and what we saw next was that he was hitting people on the roadside before ramming into that building. It was then we moved closer to the place and realised that several people had been injured. On the spot, we saw a small girl lying lifeless on the floor as well as a man who was identified as Jelili on the floor. “Several people were injured. The girl’s sister was hit and sustained serious injuries. There were another four victims from a family. The accident was so serious that we don’t know the number of people that were injured because the casualties were too much. A woman was selling Dokunu over there, her leg was broken with her small girl also injured. The community has since been thrown into great grief.” It was learnt that the eight-year-old girl was the only child of her father – who was identified as ‘Akure’ and had followed her maternal stepsister out to get what she was going to eat when the unfortunate accident happened. The eight year old girl’s father was seen crying uncontrollably while he received sympathisers. He said, “if I am at home she wouldn’t have gone out. She knew everything about me. Whenever I and her mother got into a misunderstanding, she knew how to calm me down. She knew what I wanted and what I detest. Where is my Eniola!” A family friend, Pastor Mrs. Ezekiel Ojomo, explained that the little girl had followed her sister out to get food without the consent of their mother. She said the mother would not have allowed her to follow her sister.

Naval Officers Kill Man Trying To Settle Dispute Over N250 In Lagos

About five naval officers have killed a man identified as Collins Osagie over a dispute on N250. Osagie, 34, a mechanical engineer, was trying to settle a dispute between a naval officer, Awosanya Olufemi, and a spare parts seller when he was killed. The naval officer with tag number X8921 was angry that Osagie tried to settle the dispute and called his colleagues to brutalise him, eyewitnesses explained to Crimefacts. Osagie was severely assaulted and left for the dead by the officers before he was rushed to a hospital where he eventually died of complications and internal bleeding. Sunday, a relative of Osagie, who spoke with SaharaReporters, narrated the incident, saying Osagie was working in the area when he heard a noise and stepped in to intervene and settle the matter. “While he was working for one of his customers in the area, the naval officer and a spare part seller were arguing over a plug of N250. The naval officer came to return a plug he bought the previous day but the seller did not want to collect it. “Osagie went there to settle the fight, he brought out N250 from his pocket to settle the matter but the naval officer said he embarrassed him by trying to give him the money. “He then called four of his colleagues to come to the place. The seller got to know that he has called his colleagues and quickly ran away. “When the colleague arrived, the naval officer, Olufemi, pointed to Osagie, that is how they started beating him. “People told them that Osagie was not involved and he only came to settle the fight, so they rescued him,” Sunday explained. He added that not satisfied with the assault on Osagie, the soldiers waylaid him at night when he was going home and further brutalised him and left him for the dead. He said, “When he was going home at night, unknowingly to him, the soldiers hung around and waylaid him. “They descended on him again and beat him mercilessly, hitting him with sticks. “They left him there bleeding while some Hausas who sleep around rushed him to Kena Hospital, Isashi, but he did not survive as he bled so much and sustained internal injuries.” Sunday said the issue had been reported with the naval officer arrested and currently detained at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, for further interrogation. He, appealed to the government to ensure that the naval officer, Olufemi, produced his colleagues and they are all made to face the full weight of the law. He added that the family had lost fate in the Investigative Police Officer, who was simply identified as Lukmon, due to his unnecessary financial demands. “We reported the matter to the police and Olufemi has been arrested. “Since the arrest was made, the police had kept quiet, they did not say anything again and the Navy has not reached out to us about anything. “We want the government to intervene and ensure that we get justice. “The matter should be moved to court and he and his colleagues should face the law,” he said. Confirming the incident to Crimefacts,Bala Elkana, spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, said they were aware and investigation on the matter was currently ongoing. “We have commenced investigation into the case. Investigation is ongoing,” he said.

Covid19: Open our Varsities now, Trump urges

U.S. President Donald Trump has urged universities to keep reopening their campuses in spite of reports of COVID-19 cluster outbreaks among students across the countr “The virus is very dangerous for older people, “but for university students the likelihood of severe illness is less than or equal to the risk of a seasonal flu,” Trump was quoted by CNBC as saying. However, some universities are rethinking their plans to reopen for the fall semester after several outbreaks emerged shortly after students returned to campus. The universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and Michigan State University, have decided in succession to halt the majority of in-person classes for the fall. “Instead of saving lives, the decision to close universities could cost lives. “It is significantly safer for students to live with other young people than to go home and spread the virus to older Americans,” Trump said. Leading experts said that factors including high COVID-19 infections among adults, increasing gatherings among teenagers and returning to school during the pandemic, might be contributing to the high infection rate. (Xinhua/NAN)