An India citizen, Tukur Shamsudden was among 13 individuals arraigned by the operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, for alleged conspiracy and diverting Automated Gasoline Oil, popularly called diesel value over N4 billion, belonging to Dangote Industries Limited.
Others arraigned alongside the Indian man, before the court presided over by Justice Deinde Dipeolu were: Ikechukwu Kingsley Obi: Chigozie Chrisogonus Osukwu; Ukaegbu Rex Chukwuma; Umeh Johnpaul Ugochukwu; Akamadu Emmanuella, a woman; Zango Mohammed Umar; Emmanuel Oku; Shaibu Michael; Lucky Otoide; Mmaduabuchi Okezuonu; Ephraim Kanakapudi and Omojowo Adeleke Emmanuel.
The defendants, who includes staff of Dangote Industries Limited, and some officials of transport companies contracted for transporting Diesel from Dangote Deport to Ibese and Obajana Plants, were arraigned of a 16 count-charge of conspiracy, unlawful diversion of petroleum product (AGO) and receiving proceed of fraudulent division.
Those listed as staff of Dangote Petroleum Industries Limited among the defendants are: Akamadu Emmanuella (f); Emmanuel Oku; Zango Mohammed Umar; Lucky Otoide Simon and Ephraim Kanakapudi. While others were said to be staff of Arigen Integrated Limited; Obat Limited; Amaiden Energy Limited; Regal Gate Limited; Alkham Limited; Prestige Limited and Opetrus Global Limited.
The prosecuting police officer, Barrister M. Y. Bello, informed the court that all the defendants committed the offences between January, 2022 and December 2023.
The prosecutor particularly informed the court that the India man, Tukur Shamsudden, while acting as representative of Regal Gate Ltd, Alkham Limited and Prestige Limited, the firms contracted by Dangote Industries Limited, allegedly diverted 1, 530, 893 billion liters of AGO valued N1, 530, 893 billion.
He also told the court that Omojowo Adeleke Emmanuel, on or before December 20, 2023, while acting as Managing Director and representative of Opetrus Global Ltd, a firm contracted by Dangote Industries Limited to trans-load Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO) from Depots to Dangote tank farm with intent to permanently deprive the owner, did fraudulently diverted 2, 455, 229 billion liters of AGO valued N2, 455, 229 billion.
He further told the court that the defendants’ act contravened sections 21(a), 18(2) (d) of Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 and punishable under Section 18 (3) of the same Act.
He also told the court that their acts contravened sections 383 (2)(a); 10 of the Criminal Code Act Cap. C38 and punishable under Section 390 and 516of the same Act.
All the defendants denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Meanwhile, some of the defendants have been admitted to bail on various terms, when they were earlier arraigned before the court.
But at the resuming hearing of the matter today, the prosecutor informed the court of another amended charge against the defendants.
He told the court that the amended charge was sequel to arrest of the Indian man and the duo of Ephraim Kanakapudi and Omojowo Adeleke Emmanuel. Hence, all the defendants were arraigned on the amended charge
However, the judge has fixed July 22 and 23, 2025, for the commencement of trial of all defendants.
Count one of the charge reads: that you Ikechukwu Kingsley Obi ‘M’, Chigozie Chrisogo Osukwu ‘M’, Ukaegbu Rex Chukwuma ‘M’, Umeh Johnp Ugochukwu ‘M’, Akamadu Emmanuella ‘F’, Zango Mohammed Umar ‘M’, Emmanuel Oku ‘M’, Shaibu Michael ‘M’, Lucky Otoide ‘M’, Mmaduabuchi Okezuonu, Ephraim Kanakapudi ‘M? Tukur Shamsudden ‘‘M’ Omojowo Adeleke Emmanuel ‘M’ and Others at Large sometimes in 2022, did conspire amongst yourself to commit felony to wit: Fraudulently receiving money from Dangote Transporters contracted to haul Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO) from Dangote Deport to Ibese and Obajana Plants, which you ought to know formed part of proceeds of crime thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 21(a) of Money Laundering ( Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022 and punishable under Section 18 (3) of the same Act.
Another count reads: “That you Tukur Shamsudden ‘M’ on or before 20th December 2023 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court while in employment or acting as representative of Regal Gate Ltd, Alkham Ltd and Prestige Ltd, Companies contracted by Dangote Industries Limited to trans-load Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO) from Depots to Dangote tank farms with intent to permanently deprive the owner, did Fraudulently diverted 1, 530, 893 liters of AGO valued N1, 530, 893, 000. 00 (One Billion Five Hundred and Thirty Million Eight Hundred and Ninety Three Thousand Naira) property of Dangote Industries Limited and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 383 (2)(a) of the Criminal Code Act Cap. C38 and punishable under Section 390 of the same Act.
Another count reads; “That you Omojowo Adeleke Emmanuel ‘M’ on or before 20th December 2023 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court while acting as Managing Director and representative of Opetrus Global Ltd, Company contracted by Dangote Industries Limited to trans-load Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO) from Depots to Dangote tank farm with intent to permanently deprive the owner, did Fraudulently diverted 2,455,229 liters of AGO valued N2, 455, 229, 000.00 (Two Billion Four Hundred and Fifty Five Million Two Hundred and Twenty Nine Thousand Naira) property of Dangote Industries Limited and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 383 (2)(a) of the Criminal Code Act Cap. C38 and punishable under Section 390 of the same Act.”
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Illicit drug consignment packaged as green tea intercepted at Lagos airport
By Ebinum Samuel
As NDLEA arrests 2 young ladies with over 108kg Skunk, Loud, Colorado, Meth in Edo
No fewer than sixty-six (66) parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos.
The seizure made on Thursday 5th June 2025 was based on credible intelligence received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport on 11th May. The NDLEA had watch-listed the shipment, and sustained surveillance around it for over three weeks before inviting other stakeholders for a joint examination last Thursday.
The Loud consignment weighing 62.20kg was concealed inside wraps of green tea that came from Thailand via UAE on an Emirate Airlines flight.
In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Monday 2nd June intercepted a consignment of 1,665kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, along Lekki-Ajah expressway. Two suspects: Gidado Abdulrasaq Ayinde and Obanla Oluwafemi were promptly arrested in connection with the seizure.
In Kaduna, operatives of the state command of NDLEA on patrol along Abuja – Kaduna expressway on Tuesday 3rd June arrested 29-year-old Goodluck Nnaemeka with 612 bottles of codeine-based syrup and 2,970 pills of flunitrazepam. In another operation same day, a 52-year-old wanted drug dealer Kabiru Musa (a.k.a KB) was arrested at Kurmin Mashi. A total of 25.7kg skunk was earlier recovered from his base.
While a total of 9kg Loud was recovered from the spare tyre compartment of an Audi station wagon car marked AAA 975 XU driven by Atari Israel, 45, along Auchi road, Edo state, two young ladies: Favour Joy and Joy Igwe were on Tuesday 3rd June nabbed at Ikpoba hill area of Benin city. Recovered from them include: 106.57kg skunk; 1kg Loud; 800grams Colorado and 302grams of methamphetamine.
The War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Sir Usman Nagogo College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Katsina; Fountain of Knowledge International Academy, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Prof. Eyo Ita Municipal Model Primary School, Calabar, Cross River; Millennium High School, Egbeda, Lagos; and Community Secondary School, Ichida Anaocha, Anambra; while Zone 13 Command of NDLEA paid a WADA advocacy visit to the Amayanabo of Nembe kingdom, Dr. Edmund Dakoru, Mingi Xii, in Nembe, Bayelsa state; among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, Lagos, Kaduna, and Edo Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) also praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
NDLEA busts syndicate sponsoring pilgrims with cocaine to hajj, arrests 3 kingpins in Kano.Nabs 2 Saudi-bound pilgrims, businessman going to Iran for ingesting 155 cocaine wraps; intercepts N9.3billion worth of opioids in Rivers
By Ebinum Samuel
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered and dismantled a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who also serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage. This followed the arrest of leaders of the cartel in Kano.
The arrest of the kingpins: Abubakar Muhammad, Abdulhakeem Muhammed Tijjani, and Muhammad Aji Shugaba on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May 2025 in Kano was a follow-up to the arrest of two pilgrims: Ibrahim Umar Mustapha and Muhammad Siraj Shifado at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Monday 26th May during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airline flight ET 940 to Jedda, Saudi Arabia. The interdiction of the intending pilgrims at the NDLEA final screening point at the Kano airport was based on credible intelligence. When they were taken for scanning, the result confirmed ingestion of illicit substances. They were subsequently placed on excretion observation during which they excreted 45 wraps of cocaine each, bringing the total for both to 90 pellets with a total weight of 1.04kg.
Investigation soon unraveled their sponsors as leaders of a notorious drug trafficking network, which specializes in trafficking illicit drugs to Saudi Arabia. A swift follow-up operation was carried out, and the trio of Abubakar Muhammad, Abdulhakeem Muhammed Tijjani, and Muhammad Aji Shugaba were arrested on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May 2025 in Kano.
In a related development, NDLEA operatives at the Kano airport on Wednesday 28th May intercepted a 60-year-old businessman Chinedu Leonard Okigbo during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR1432 to Iran. His body scan confirmed he ingested illicit substances as a result of which he was placed on excretion observation during which he excreted 65 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.41kg.
At the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state, no fewer than seven watch-listed containers were positioned for joint examination by NDLEA officers, men of Custom Service and other security agencies between Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th May, during which 825,200 bottles of codeine based syrup and trodol worth Five Billion Seven Hundred and Seventy Six Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira Only (N5,776,400,000) in street value were seized while a total of Five Million One Hundred Thousand (5,100,000) pills of opioids especially tapentadol 225mg worth Three Billion Five Hundred and Seventy Million Naira Only (N3,570,000,000) were recovered. This brings the combined street value of the opioids to Nine Billion Three Hundred and Forty-Six Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira Only (N9,346,400,000.00)
In another operation in Kano, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kano- Maiduguri road Friday 30th May intercepted the duo of Abubakar Hussein, 42, and Sahabi Adamu, 53, with Nine Hundred Thousand US dollars ($900,000) cash suspected to be counterfeit. The suspects and the exhibit will be transferred to the appropriate agency for further investigation.
While a total of 390 compressed blocks of skunk, a strain of cannabis weighing 275.300kg were recovered from a parked Toyota Sienna vehicle marked YLA-408GG along Ngurore – Yola road, Adamawa state on Tuesday 27th May, NDLEA operatives in Kwara on Saturday 31st May arrested a notorious female drug dealer, Alhaja Mutiat Abdul-Fatai at Oja Oba area of Ilorin where various quantities of opioids including tramadol, flunitrazepam and codeine-based syrup were seized from her.
The War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Government Day Senior Secondary School, Kwasarawa, Katsina; Corpus Christi College, Achi, Enugu; Epignosis Standard College, Onitsha, Anambra; Government Girls Secondary School, Utai, Wudil LGA, Kano; and Government Girls Secondary School, Calabar, Cross River, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MAKIA, PHPC, Kano, Kwara, and Adamawa Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) equally praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
Zone 2 Police Command Arrests Kidnappers Terrorizing Ogun
Intelligence at the disposal of the AIG has it that there is a syndicate of suspected armed robbers/AIYE cult members who specialize in robbing motorcycle riders and hijacking cement trucks along Onigbedu in Ewekoro L.G.A of Ogun State.
Sequel upon that, a team of Detectives from the Zonal Dragon Squad 2 were detailed to investigate and bring the suspects to book.
On Thursday May 8th, 2025 three suspects: Damilare Babatunde ‘m’ aged 30yrs (a.k.a. Drey), Fatai Ishola ‘m’ aged 25yrs, Segun Hammed ‘m’ aged 28yrs (a.k.a. Opa) were arrested at Sabo Hausa Market Eleweran, Abeokuta while planning a robbery operation.
The arrest of the three suspects led to the arrest of one Abiodun Olanrewaju ‘m’ aged 45yrs in his hideout at Onigbedu, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, the arrested suspects confessed to taking part in the hijack of cement laden trucks along Onigbedu Area of Ewekoro in Ogun State.
In the course of investigation, the suspects confessed to kidnapping two Chinese nationale on Thursday August 11th, 2024 (Liang Ding Jia ‘m’ and Chen Wen Guang ‘m’) and received a total sum of N30,000,000.00 as ransom for their release.
One of the suspects Segun Hammed ‘m’ known as “OPA” in the underworld confessed to taking part in a robbery operation at Obada Oko on Monday January 27th, 2025 where he forcefully had unlawful canal knowledge of a 62-year-old woman right in the presence of her children.
The victims identified him and narrated their ordeal in the hands of this gang.
During an interview with the 62-year-old woman, she stated that the suspect Segun Hammed wanted having unlawful canal knowledge of her daughter but she pleaded with him then he turned to her and forcefully had his way with her in the presence of her two children.
The following items were recovered from the suspects: One (1) locally made Pistol, Three (3) Life cartridges, Two (2) Unregistered Bajaj Motorcycles and One (1) Berreta Pistol with Thirteen (13) Live Ammunition. Meanwhile, Three Hundred Thousand Naira N300,000.00k cash, one iPhone 7+, one small Tecno Phone and Opay Digital Service & UBA ATM cards made away with in the robbery operation are said to be in possession of a suspect at large.
Investigation is ongoing and efforts intensified to arrest other suspects at large and recover all exhibits thereafter suspects will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.
N6.5billion opioids intercepted in Lagos, Rivers ports as NDLEA nabs 2 British men
Destroys 77,000kg skunk in Cross River, Edo forests; recovers 4,000kg in Nasarawa
By Ebinum Samuel
No fewer than six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup with a combined street value of Six Billion Five Hundred and Twenty-Four Million Naira (N6,524,000,000.00) have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers and the Apapa seaport, Lagos.
The seizures at the Apapa and Onne ports followed intelligence and tracking of new trafficking routes to ship illicit substances into Nigeria by drug cartels, which necessitated the watch-listing of the containers for 100 percent examination. The consignments at the Port Harcourt ports: six million pills of opioids and 162,000 bottles of codeine syrup were uncovered in two containers on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th May 2025 during a joint examination of the shipments by NDLEA officers with men of the Nigeria Customs and other security agencies. At the Apapa port in Lagos, a total of 170,000 bottles of codeine syrup were discovered in a watch-listed container by NDLEA operatives during a similar joint examination exercise on Thursday 22nd May.
Meanwhile, two British nationals: Mhizha Jordan Alexander Tatendra and Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon as well as two Nigerians: Shonowo Oluwaseun Imole and Ofuoma Omokaro Ayobami have been arrested by NDLEA operatives for attempting to smuggle into Nigeria 92 bags of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 51.10kg through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.
Alexander was intercepted with the consignment upon his arrival at the MMIA on a Qatar Airline flight from Doha based on processed intelligence on Thursday 15th May. He was allowed to pass through the security control unhindered and closely monitored by NDLEA operatives to the car park, where the owner of the cargo, Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, who is a Nigerian British, was waiting in an SUV along with his relation Shonowo Oluwaseun Imole and the driver of the vehicle, Ofuoma Omokaro Ayobami, to receive the courier.
The NDLEA operatives tracking them however swooped on them as they attempted to drive out of the airport car park, arresting them with the drug exhibits in the vehicle. In his statement, Alexander confessed he was recruited during his vacation weeks ago while he was promised 1,300 British Pounds after a successful delivery of the consignment in Lagos. The arrowhead of the syndicate, Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, confessed that he arrived in Nigeria a day earlier from South Africa through Ghana.
A follow-up operation at their apartment in Lekki led to more discoveries. At the point of his arrest, N93,000 and 17,200 South African Rand were recovered from him while a search of his Lekki apartment, led to the seizure of Three Million Eight Hundred and Ten Thousand Five Hundred Naira (N3,810,500) cash, an Apple laptop, an iPhone 14 Pro Max and four laughing gas (Nitro Oxide) canisters.
A total of 75,000 kilograms of skunk were destroyed on 30 hectares of cannabis farms
by NDLEA operatives at Esuk-Odot village in Odukpani LGA, Cross River state where 200kg of same substance was recovered on Wednesday 22nd May, while 1,957.5kg of the same psychoactive plant was destroyed at Ohosu forest, Ovia South West LGA and Okhuse community forest, Owan West LGA, Edo State on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th May.
In Nasarawa state, two suspects: Sunday Daniel, 51, and Abu Peter, 30, were arrested at Keffi by NDLEA operatives on Saturday 24th May when 4,000 kilograms of skunk were discovered concealed under unprocessed wood in their lorry, while another suspect, Godwin Obi, 39, was nabbed at Karu with 154.5kg of same substance on Wednesday 21st May.
In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna – Zaria expressway at Gwargwaje on Wednesday 21st May, intercepted 22-year-old Muhammad Hamza with 57,750 pills of tramadol and diazepam, while same day their counterparts in Bauchi arrested Usman Muhammad, 45, along Bauchi-Misau road with 80 blocks of skunk weighing 45kg.
Similarly, operatives on stop-and-search operations along Potiskum–Damaturu road, Yobe state intercepted 55 parcels of Colorado, weighing 2kg, which a suspect Adum Muhammed, 29, was attempting to smuggle into the Republic of Chad through Ngamboru Ngala border town in Borno State.
In Niger state, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Mokwa-Jebba road on Thursday 22nd May intercepted a Mercedes Benz car marked FST 938 FU loaded with 235 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 97kg and arrested a suspect, Adams Ayibakro.
This is even as operatives in Lagos raided the Osapa London area of Lekki where they arrested a suspect Jonathan Isa with different quantities of Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Molly, Rohypnol, Codeine, Cannabis and Nitrous Oxide while another raid at Idasun, Eleko, Ibeju Lekki on Saturday 24th May led to the arrest of Olamilekan Idowu and seizure of 48kg skunk.
The War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Adamu Babbale Government Secondary School, Dimirkol, Katsina; Mary Hanney Secondary School, Oron, Akwa Ibom; Nnodo Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Government Secondary School, Guyuk, Adamawa; and Government Girls Islamic Secondary School, Gwagwarwa, Kano while Lagos State command of NDLEA paid WADA advocacy visit to the Sarkin Fulani of Lagos, Alhaji Muhammadu Bambado, among others.
While commending the officers and men of PHPC, MMIA, Apapa, Nasarawa, Cross River, Edo, Lagos, Niger, Kaduna, Yobe and Bauchi Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
NDLEA, US-DEA to strengthen collaboration on drug war
US Drug Agency lists training, special joint operations as areas of further support to NDLEA
By Ebinum Samuel
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States (DEA) have stressed the need to strengthen current collaboration between the two agencies on the fight against the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
This was the highpoint of discussion during a meeting between the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) and the Country Attache of US-DEA, Ms. Daphne Morrison at the Agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja on Friday 23rd May 2025.
While thanking Marwa for the cordial working relationship and partnership between NDLEA and DEA, Ms. Morrison who was recently posted to Nigeria said “I wanted to make this one of my priorities to come meet with you so we can continue to collaborate and work together. And thank you so much for your support over the years, and we’re ready to keep things going. I know you’ve been working well with the last Country Attaché, so I’m ready to get back in and collaborate and do some really great things with you.”
She said efforts are ongoing to organise more trainings for officers and men of the Special Operations Units of the Agency while looking forward to a number of joint operations with NDLEA in already identified areas of interests.
In his response, the NDLEA boss acknowledged the excellent relationships with Morrison’s predecessors. “They’ve been very, very supportive, and I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that it will be the same, if not better, with you.” He noted the recent evolution of NDLEA in the size of its workforce, expansion of operational and administrative structures as well as remarkable successes recorded in its drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
While acknowledging the support received from DEA over the years especially in areas of equipment, training, and joint operations, Marwa expressed hope that more of such support will continue. “I think we would welcome much more support but because this being your first visit to introduce yourself, I’m not going to bring out a long list of demands or requests, but just to acknowledge that we appreciate all the support we’ve been receiving.”
ICPC uncovers foreign scam account targeting Nigerians with fake 6-week degree offers
In a disturbing revelation, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, has disclosed the discovery of a bank account operated by a foreign national to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians through fake six-week degree programs abroad.
Dr. Aliyu made the announcement in Abuja on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ advocacy event focused on asset tracing, recovery, and management. The event was organized by the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity (CeFTPI) with support from the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA).
According to the ICPC boss, the account was set up specifically to receive payments from Nigerian victims who believed they were enrolling in accelerated international degree programs.
Aliyu noted: “Within some weeks, we were able to discover that a foreigner opened an account in Nigeria while Nigerian students are paying money into the account in order to obtain that six-week degree. And we were able to track the account.
“We obtained a civil forfeiture order. We have been trying to put in much effort to ensure that the culprits are brought to book, most especially those that are beyond our shores.”
He stressed the need for all corruption agencies and other agencies in the country to work together in synergy to ensure that those who engage in corruption do not benefit from their own crime.
“We have been making efforts to see how we can come together in order to ensure that we recover assets beyond the African region. Because, as we know, Africa has been a victim of this issue of illicit financial loss.
“And also, if you could recall, we remember that since the time of slavery, Africa has been losing a lot of resources. We know where these properties are going, but they keep on telling us that you have a challenge of corruption.
“But the issue is the victim is being blamed. We are victims of corruption, but they keep on blaming us. That is why at the regional level, we are now trying to see how we can work together to ensure that we recover, trace, recover and repatriate the property back to our own continent.”
In his opening remarks, CeFTPI Executive Director, Umar Yakubu, disclosed that the event brought together key stakeholders from anti-corruption institutions, law enforcement, the judiciary, civil society, and international development partners to explore collaborative pathways in asset recovery, strengthen accountability, and launch innovative mechanisms that support transparency and citizen engagement.
Final-year student killed during police stop-and-search operation
A tragic incident in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has claimed the life of Ahenjir Emmanuella, a 400-level student of Kwararafa University, Wukari in Taraba State, who was reportedly struck by a stray bullet fired by a police officer.
The fatal shooting occurred around 8 a.m. on Friday at Wurukum roundabout, where officers from the Benue State Police Command were conducting a stop-and-search operation.
Eyewitnesses recounted that one of the officers opened fire on a commercial vehicle transporting several passengers. Emmanuella, who was among them and reportedly en route back to school, was hit by the bullet which penetrated the vehicle.
Reacting to the incident, a close friend of the deceased, Igbor Iorbo, voiced her grief and demanded accountability.
“In the early hours of today, officers from ‘E’ Division shot and killed my friend, Emmanuella. We are not asking for much, just justice.
“The officers involved must be identified and subjected to a transparent investigation. Lives must not continue to be lost at the hands of those meant to protect us. This must stop,” she said.
Echoing the call for justice, human rights and gender advocate Ukan Kurugh condemned the police silence on the matter and urged authorities not to ignore the killing.
He warned that failure to name the officer responsible by the weekend could lead to mass protest.
He said, “If the alleged perpetrator was not named by the weekend, there would be ‘a mother of all peaceful protest’ in Makurdi.”
Efforts to get a response from the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Catherine Anene, were unsuccessful as of press time.
(DAILY TRUST)
Police arrest woman for chopping off lover’s manhood in Rivers
Forty-three years old woman simply identified as Gift has been arrested by operatives of Nkpolu Police Division in Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, for chopping off the cap of her lover’s private part one Mr Sunday.
The incident occurred at Bishop Okoye Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Trouble started when victim requested for sex from her, but suspect (Gift) refused on the grounds that the Sunday allegedly takes sex enhancing drugs before making love with her which makes him last for a very long during intercourse.
An anonymous source disclosed that Sunday allegedly resorted to beating Gift for refusing him sexual intercourse and in the process, she grabbed his manhood and chopped off the cap with her teeth.
The source further revealed that neighbours were attracted to the scene by loud scream by Mr. Sunday.
It was also gathered that the timely arrival of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Nkpolu Police Division and his men, saved Gift from mob that wanted to lynch her.
The victim (Sunday) was later rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he is taking treatment.
State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident to journalists.
Iringe-Koko was quoted, saying: “Yes, I can confirm the incident.The woman (suspect) aged 43 years has been arrested. Investigation is ongoing.”
Lawyer, client gunned down after court appearance in Anambra
Panic spread through the Agulu and Nanka communities in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday after unknown gunmen gunned down a lawyer and his client shortly after a court session.
Eyewitnesses said the victims had just left the courtroom when they were trailed and attacked along the Amawbia-Agulu-Nanka-Ekwulobia-Uga-Akokwa road, a busy route that cuts through the area.
One local resident, speaking on condition of anonymity, noted the significance of the case the lawyer had been handling. “The case the lawyer was handling for the client was a very big case. The incident happened at a boundary between Nanka and Agulu, along the popular Amawbia-Agulu-Nanka-Ekwulobia-Uga-Akokwa road in the early hours of Thursday,” the source said.
Witnesses recounted that the lawyer was shot first, followed by his client who tried to flee the scene. The assailants quickly fled the area afterward.
Police have launched a probe into the killings. The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident and said investigations were ongoing.
He stated that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, had visited the crime scene with a team of senior officers and detectives. Initial findings indicate that the victims were targeted after their court appearance.
“The CP on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at about 11:30am, led a team of senior officers—including the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations and experienced detectives from the Command—on a visit to the crime scene at Egbebelu village, Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area, where two persons were gruesomely murdered by yet-to-be-identified armed men operating on a motorcycle,” Ikenga said.
He continued, “The visit follows a reported incident involving the murder of two individuals, one of whom has been identified as a legal practitioner who had earlier secured the bail of an accused person in a pending murder case at High Court II, Ekwulobia.
“Preliminary investigations suggest that the victims were attacked while returning from the court session, having been trailed and double-crossed by the assailants.
“One of the victims survived the attack and is currently receiving medical treatment at a hospital. The escapee has been debriefed by the Police and has provided crucial information that is aiding ongoing investigations and manhunt operations.
“The bodies of the deceased have been recovered and positively identified by their respective families. In the course of the preliminary investigations, a red Toyota Camry vehicle, believed to belong to one of the deceased, was recovered from the scene.”
Ikenga also said that tactical and intelligence teams have been deployed to hunt down the culprits. “Further updates will be provided in due course as the investigation progresses,” he added.
(PUNCH)