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Iniobong Umoren’s murder: Sister to alleged killer narrates role

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2 years ago

May 19, 2022

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Bassey-awan Akpan, a witness in the rape and murder trial of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, has narrated how the alleged killer, Uduak Akpan, visited her after the incident.

Miss Umoren, a fresh graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, who was waiting for her deployment for the mandatory National Youth Service, was lured out of her home with a fake job offer on April 29, 2021, by Mr Akpan.

She was raped and killed on that day. Her body was later exhumed from a shallow grave in Mr Akpan’s family compound on the outskirts of Uyo.

Miss Bassey-awan, a sister to the alleged rapist and killer, Mr Akpan, was testifying in a State High Court, Uyo, at the murder trial.

Bassey-awan, a hairstylist, is charged for harbouring her brother, Mr Akpan, in her Calabar residence, Cross River State, for him to escape punishment for the alleged crime.

She admitted her brother visited her on April 30, 2021, but denied knowing that he killed Miss Umoren before the visit.

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She told the court that at the time her brother visited, she had read on Facebook that he abducted Miss Umoren who was said to be missing.

Miss Bassey-awan said the brother did not respond when she spoke to him about the Facebook post linking him to the missing woman.

She showed him pictures of Miss Umoren who was declared missing then, she said.

She then told the brother: “Go and clear your name about the Facebook post I saw.”

Four months later, she was picked up by the State Security Service and interrogated in Calabar and later transferred to Akwa Ibom State for prosecution.

Miss Bassey-awan admitted reporting her brother’s visit to her father, Frank Akpan, via phone call.

When asked if she reported to the police that her brother, who was accused of kidnapping Miss Umoren, was in her house, she said no.

The judge, Bassey Nkanang, after hearing the witness, adjourned the matter to June 21 for the adoption of final written addresses by counsels.

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The accused persons, including the father of the alleged killer, were taken back to the correctional facility in Uyo.

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Police arrest woman for trafficking 16-year-old secondary school girl to Libya

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19 hours ago

May 12, 2024

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Operatives of the Ogun state police command have arrested a middle-aged woman, Abike Olonade, for trafficking a 16-year-old student to Libya.

It was reliably gathered that the victim, whose name is yet to be disclosed, is a student of Adeoye Lambo Secondary School in Obada Oko, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Confirming the arrest, the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, in a statement in Abeokuta, on Saturday, said the suspect confessed to trafficking the victim to Libya.

She said, “One Abike Olonade has been arrested for trafficking 16 year old student of Ademoye Lambo Secondary School in Obada Oko, Ogun State.

“She confessed that the victim has been trafficked to Libya.”

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Ajayi Crowther varsity guards arrested for raping female student

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1 day ago

May 11, 2024

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The management of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State, on Saturday, announced the arrest of two members of its vigilante group for allegedly raping a female student of the institution.

The management, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Olufemi Atoyebi, said the university had set up its own internal panel of inquiry to investigate the allegation.

Atoyebi said the suspects have been handed over to the police with a vow to ensure heavy penalty on anyone found culpable after a thorough investigation.

He, therefore, assured all stakeholders that the institution would not tolerate any act of misconduct capable of tarnishing its enviable image.

The statement read in part, “Management of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo received with shock a report of alleged rape of one of our female students on Thursday, May 9, 2024, by two members of our vigilance group.

“The management promptly handed over to the police, the two people alleged to have committed the crime while the university has set up its own internal panel of inquiry to investigate the allegation.

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“The management wishes to assure all stakeholders that ACU will not tolerate any act of misconduct capable of tarnishing its enviable image.

“Raising Godly intellectuals is our primary goal in ACU and we will not allow any act of misconduct capable of diverting our attention from our goal. Heavy penalty awaits anyone who is found culpable after our thorough investigation.”

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JUST IN: XeJet Airlines plane skids off Lagos airport runway

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1 day ago

May 11, 2024

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A XeJet Airlines plane, On Saturday, veered off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) in Lagos.

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday.

The bureau said the aircraft, which departed Abuja, skidded off runway 18L on landing in Lagos — making a halt on “the grass verge.”

According to the agency, about 52 passengers were on board the ill-fated aircraft, with the call sign 5NBZZ.

“NSIB confirms that an aircraft belonging to Xejet airlines skidded off the runway at the domestic wing of Murtala Muhammed Airport this morning. A go team has been deployed to the site of the incident,” the statement reads.

“Fire and Rescue on ground to help in evacuation of the passengers.”

The bureau said the runway has been closed to traffic at the moment.