SHOCK OVER CAR BURIED WITH BODIES

Nasarawa still in shock over killing of bankers, driver
Residents of Nasarawa State were still in shock over the discovery of the bodies of two bankers and their driver.

They were allegedly ambushed by suspected Ombatse boys, who took them to the bush, killed them, set them ablaze with their car and buried them with the car by the riverside.
The incident happened at Tudun Adabu in Obi Local Government.

The Police Command has arrested 14 suspects in connection with the murder.
The deceased bankers are Alhaji Hassan Gidado, who was the managing director of the Police Microfinance Bank, and Mr. Tunde Banwo.
 
The police, at a news conference last Monday, said after tthe bodies were exhumed, they were deposited at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia.
It was gathered that the two top bankers, who lived in Abuja, were in Lafia for the wedding of a child of the police commissioner-in-charge of Cooperative.
 
Police Commissioner Umar Shehu said the suspected killers would soon be taken to court. He assured residents that measures had been taken to curb the activities of the outlawed Ombatse group.

I WANT TO USE HUMAN HEAD FOR BULLET PROOF CHARM – MAN CONFESSES IN IBADAN

The authorities of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State heaved a sigh of relief on Friday, September 20 when the mystery behind the headless corpses they usually picked in communities under the local government was resolved with the arrest of Seyi Akinrinola when he when to pick a human head he hung on a tree in the bush at Igbo-Oloyin area, Ibadan, Oyo State. Also arrested was Ajitoni Ogundeji whom Akinrinola claimed prompted his search for a head.

On that day, policemen did a lot of work to contain the large crowd which besieged Ojoo division of Oyo State Police Command to catch a glimpse of the human head and the suspects in possession of it. Despite the odour from the decomposed head, the crowd stayed put, as many more rushed to join as soon the news spread to them.
 
The head was obviously that of a female. The flesh around had eaten off, except for a little which was at the back, and to which the few strands of hair that remained were attached.
Akinrinola thought he was smart. To avoid being detected, after securing a head, the suspect decided to keep it on the tree until it would be dry. But the fart he thought he released silently was loud enough for others to hear.
 
At about 10: 00a.m. same day, the divisional Police Officer in charge of Ojoo division, Musiliu Doga, received an information that a human head was sighted on a tree. He promptly went out with his men to survey the place. After he confirmed the information he received to be true, the DPO reportedly put some of his men on ground to lay ambush for the person that would come to pick the head.
The plan worked out. According to the Police Public Relation Officer of the command, Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, “About an hour, after the policemen laid an ambush, they saw a man who approached the site where the head was hung on a motorcycle. He got down from the bike and, holding a polythene bag, went to where the head was hung and put it the bag. As he made to go, the policemen emerged from hiding and apprehended him.”
 
Upon arrest, Akinrinola reportedly pleaded to be handled gently as he had an accomplice. He disclosed to the policemen that it was a native doctor he consulted for help who requested for the human head in order to help him prepare a charm that would serve as bullet proof.
In an interview, 30-year-old Akinrinola, who said he was residing at Demilokun area of Igbo Oloyin, disclosed that he was once a butcher but left the job to become a farmer. He denied killing the owner of the head, saying that it belonged to a mad woman whose corpse he saw along Igbo Oloyin road.
“I am a member of Oodua People’s Congress and also a farmer. When we used to go to Saki side to buy cows, armed robbers used to trouble us so much on the way. I left the butcher job about five years ago but I intend to return to it.
 
“Ogundeji was like a brother in my area, so I told him that I needed a charm that would prevent bullet from entering my body in case I am shot at. He told me that he would do it for me if I could bring a human head.
“I found the woman’s body along Igbo Oloyin road where she died. We did not cut the head; we just pulled it off the neck.”
When questioned on how he knew the corpse was that of a mad woman, Akinrinola replied: “She was a mad woman, even the villagers confirmed it. I was the one who removed the head at about 7.30p.m. about three weeks ago. After cutting it, I travelled, but I learnt that local government officials came to remove the headless body. Ogundeji is a hunter; that was why I believed he would know what to do to prepare bullet proof charm. Two days before my arrest, Ogundeji came to ask whether I got a head and I told him I have found one. I hung the head on a tree beside the house I was living because it was smelling.”
On whether he was an armed robber who needed to protect himself against an onslaught by law enforcement agents, the suspect said: “Never. I have never robbed in my life. My lineage had never been involved in robbery. My arrest is a great shame because I don’t even understand myself. I have never done such a thing in my life. I am an orphan because my parents are dead.
How was he caught? Akinrinola gave an answer: “I believe people from my community who saw the head informed the police.”
However, Ogundeji vehemently denied complicity, saying that the first suspect was just trying to implicate him. The 40-year-old man, who claimed to be a farmer, said he was surprised that Akinrinola mentioned his name because he was also part of the crowd which gathered to behold the spectacle on display when the suspect was arrested.
“I never told him that I would prepare a charm for him because I am not a native doctor. I am a farmer and I also hunt for meat that I would eat,” he said.
Ogundeji revealed that Akinrinola had attempted to get a human head twice before he was caught the third time, but could not explain why it had to be him that the first suspect mentioned among other people living in the community.
 
“It has been up to a month since I saw Akinrinola last. I have no relationship with him except that we live in the same community. I knew him since he was young before I left the community to learn vulcanizing at Idi-Iroko community. I have a wife and two children but she lives within Ibadan city with them because she said she could not live in a rural community. It was because things were not going well that made me decide to become a farmer and hunter.
 
“I never knew Akinrinola as an evil person. He learnt butchering in Lagos before he came back to the village about six years ago. He started working as a farmer and also used to uproot trees from parcels of land if the owners want to build on them.
If he was giving a job to do, he used to call me but I was not relating closely with him, we are both temperamental. There is no link between us.
 
However, sources alleged that Ogundeji was known with fraudulent activities and used to sell a parcel of land to several people, among other things he was known for.
The PPRO told the Saturday Tribune that the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, for further investigations. She also warned members of the public to always move about with caution and avoid sending their children out late in the night because of criminally-minded people lurking around.

OKADA RIDER DIVES IN FRONT OF TRAILER, SUV OVER N3,000 REGISTRATION FEE

THE Iyana Adeoyo end of Ring Road, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was thrown into confusion on Thursday, at about 2:30 p.m when an unidentified man in his thirties, attempted to kill himself by throwing himself at oncoming articulated vehicles.

Nigerian Tribune investigations revealed that the man, an Okada rider, had been apprehended by officers of the Oyo State commercial vehicle registration unit who had, upon checking his papers, alleged that they were fake.

The seizure of the Okada man’s motorcycle had shocked him.
He pleaded vehemently that he was not aware that the papers were not genuine.
However, his pleas were said to have fallen on deaf ears, a situation which turned ugly, when the man attempted suicide as he flung himself under an articulated vehicle, and then, a SUV.
 
His attempt, however, was futile as onlookers rescued him each time he did so.
He later went into shock and started foaming from the mouth, after which some policemen arrived and carried him to the Adeoyo State Hospital

Man Takes Revenge By Tying Mouse After It Ate His 170 Dollars

A Palestinian man tied a mouse up by its four limbs and posted a photograph of it on Facebook after the rodent ate some of his cash, Gulf News reported....

The Gaza man, whose name wasn’t reported, said he had hidden his weekly salary in his closet but found that a mouse had eaten three of the banknotes worth a total of $170.

He then caught the mouse, strung it by each of its four limbs and posted a photograph of the rodent, Gulf News said.

The post received several comments from other Internet users, including one who joked that the matter should be brought before the U.N. General Assembly and the Security Council, which should act to release the mouse.

Armed Robbers Who Specializes In Snatching Exotic Cars Arrested

Men of Special Anti-robbery Squad of the Oyo State Police Command has arrested two robbery suspects, who specialized in snatching exotic cars in Ibadan.

One of the men, 32-year-old Iyanda Dauda was arrested at a relaxation centre in the Oje area of Ibadan after snatching a Toyota Picnic car with plate number, Lagos KTU 494 AE, on September 3.
Olabisi Ilobanafo, the state command’s Police Public Relations Officer said the owner of the vehicle, who works with the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, reported to the police that he was robbed at gun point around the Ile Titun area of Ologun-eru in the city.
She said, “A report was received on the day of the robbery incident that a car was snatched at gun point from the owner.

“Operatives from SARS swung into action and after a thorough investigation, Dauda was arrested at a relaxation centre where he was drinking.”
Dauda’s arrest also led to the arrest the other gang member, Idris Tirimisiyu.
Tirimisiyu, who is a caterpillar operator, said he was also a part-time musician and diesel oil dealer. He said he met one Alhaji Ibrahim, who promotes musicians, at an event in Ibadan. Their brief relationship led to his being co-opted into the robbery gang.

He said, “I approached him to help me as a musician and he introduced me to Ike Adam. But our relationship did not last because of the gang’s fetish activities.
“I was later contacted to look for a buyer for a Toyota Camry car and I got one chief who bought the car for N300,000. I was given N70,000 from the proceed.”
Tirimisiyu claimed that he was lured into another sale of a car which led to his arrest.
“I was called by Dauda to get someone to purchase a Toyota Picnic car but when I could not reach the buyer, Dauda told to come and meet him along the expressway where I walked into an ambush,” he said.

Dauda who confessed to the theft said he was among the robbers that snatched the car from the owner and that he was waiting for a buyer at the relaxation centre where he was arrested.
Dauda said, “When the police arrested me, I called Tirimisiyu to meet me at a location. That was how he was also arrested.
“I was an auto mechanic but one man called Uche approached me one day and told me to keep a gun for him.

“He told me that I could make quick money if I joined his group. That was how I became a robber. I have wife and a child but I have disappointed them with my action.”