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Police to summon Lagos monarch over audio threatening voters.

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The Police Command in Lagos has communicated its intention to question a traditional ruler over a viral audio threatening and intimidating prospective voters resident in a community in Eti-Osa area of the state.

The Command spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday.

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Hundeyin said: “The traditional ruler, a Baale, is to be invited for questioning. Intimidating voters will not be allowed.

“Everyone should feel free to vote the candidate of his or her choice,” Hundeyin said.

A recorded audio of a meeting allegedly held on Monday at the instance of the traditional ruler had gone viral.

In the 11 minutes and 34 seconds listened to by Ripples Nigeria, the Speakers, alleged to be the traditional ruler and one other person requested the residents and those doing business in the area to vote for APC in the forthcoming elections.

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The alleged traditional ruler, wanted to know how many persons at the meeting had their PVCs and only about 20 answered in the affirmative, out of about 60 persons said to be in attendance.

“If we take the number of people here, we will not be less than 60, but only 20 have PVCs; what is happening to the rest?

“We are ready to fight; yes, I am not hiding it; I have narrated everything to you. In Nigeria, there is Lagos; in Lagos, there is Eti-Osa; within Eti-Osa, we have Igbara community and by the grace of God in Igbara today, we can take our decision.

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“The people that will be friends with us, that will do business with us are those with PVCs and are willing to vote for our party. Nothing short of that,” the said traditional ruler said in the audio.

“You want to vote for other political parties? Not here! Elections have been coming and going, we have never done this before”, he added.

Another voice in the audio strongly instructed people to take photos shots of their ballot papers confirming their votes for APC in the forthcoming elections

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Police arraign two for alleged rail tracks theft in Benue.

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Police in Benue on Friday arraigned two persons, Usman Aliyu and Monday Mbah, at the Makurdi Upper Area Court 2B for allegedly destroying and stealing railway tracks in the state.

The duo were arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, willful destruction of public property and theft.

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The Police prosecutor, Insp. Rachael Mchiave, told the court that the case was transferred from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Igumale, Ado local government area of the state to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) Makurdi, via a letter No. AR:3100 BNS AD/VOL.1/40 and dated January 24, 2023.

She said the police received reports that some youths in Utonkon area of the state were vandalising and stealing railway tracks in the area.

The prosecutor said: “A team of policemen led by Innocent Ekere rushed to the scene and arrested some suspects with 355 pieces of railway iron recovered from them.

”They were all later arraigned before the Upper Area Court II, Makurdi.

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“Aliyu and Mbah who were hitherto at large were later arrested while others were still at large.”

The offence, according to her, contravened the provisions of Sections 97 and 288 of the Panel Code Law, 2004 and Section 1(3) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, 2004.

The Magistrate, Mrs. Dooshima Ikpambese, ordered the defendants to be remanded in the Federal Maximum Correctional Centre, Makurdi.

She, thereafter, adjourned the case till February 17 for further mention

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Court bars Rivers Govt, Police, DSS from arresting members of Atiku Campaign.

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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an order restraining the Rivers State Government, led by Governor Nyesom Wike; the Department of State Services, DSS; and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF; from arresting and intimidating members of the Atiku Campaign Council in the State.

Justice A.T Ibrahim issued the order against the DSS and the police following a motion ex parte filed by leaders of the Rivers State Atiku/Okowa Campaign Council.

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The Council Spokesperson, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa, on Wednesday, noted that Atiku Abubakar’s supporters are now protected by the court order after some of them were arraigned on Tuesday before a Magistrate Court, Premium Times reported.

Over 20 of those arraigned were reportedly remanded in prison. And the case was adjourned to the 22nd of March for a hearing of bail application.

The applicants in the suit are former National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus; Chairman of the Council, Senator Lee Maeba; Former Transportation Minister and Director General of the Council, Dr. Abiye Sekibo; Senator Thompson George Sekibo, and Celestine Omehia (derecognised former Governor).

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Others are: Former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Austin Opara; Member House of Representatives, Chinyere Igwe; immediate past Commissioner for Water Resources, Tamuno Sisi Gogo Jaja; and Spokesman of the Council, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa; among others.

Justice Ibrahim ordered the government and other respondents to maintain the status quo until the determination of the suit.

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“We don’t have issues, court cases donating kidney in Nigeria” – Ekweremadu’s lawyer tells UK court.

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Ike Ekweremadu, a former vice-president of the Senate, has denied saying he would pay the potential kidney donor for helping his sick daughter, claiming that such activities are less unusual in his nation.

Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, their daughter Sonia, 25, and medical “middleman” Obinna Obeta, 50, are charged with arranging to set up or enable a young man’s visit to Britain with the intention of exploiting him, according to a report issued by the Daily Mail on Wednesday.Read more

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A better life in the UK and up to £7,000 were allegedly promised to the 21-year-old street vendor from Lagos in exchange for his kidney donation to Sonia Ekweremadu.

It is alleged he was falsely presented as Sonia’s cousin in a failed bid to persuade medics at the Royal Free Hospital in London to carry out the £80,000 private procedure.

In opening addresses at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, lawyers for the defendants insisted they believed the donor, who cannot be identified, was acting ‘altruistically’.

Martin Hicks KC, for Ike Ekweremadu, told jurors: “Be alive please to the possible cultural differences between this country and that of Nigeria, particularly to altruistic donation.

“We say the issue in this case is simple – did there exist an agreement to exploit (the donor) in the way the prosecution allege and if so who was a party to it?”

The politician’s case is that Dr Obeta had spoken to Ekweremadu’s medically trained brother Diwe in the autumn of 2021 and had offered to help find Sonia a prospective donor.

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Mr Hicks said: “In Nigerian society there is an expression ‘everyone is each other’s keeper’ and the altruistic donation of organs is not regarded there as such a rare event as it is in this country.

“He will also say he was told (the donor) had offered to altruistically donate a kidney to Sonia.

“He denies he put directly or indirectly any reward to (the donor) or offered to do so and throughout he believed (the donor) was content to do so without reward.”

According to Mr. Hicks, Ekweremadu relied on the “medical knowledge and standing” of the doctors involved and only communicated with them through his brother Diwe.

He asserted that he didn’t know about an internet application that stated the young guy was linked to Sonia and that he had lied in support of the donor’s request for a visa to enter the UK.

Mr. Hicks claimed that during visits to the Royal Free Hospital in February and March of last year, which led to the determination that the donor was inappropriate, Ekweremadu did not present.

He added: “In April 2022 and with the assistance of Diwe he continued the family search for a suitable donor for his daughter Sonia and that search continues.

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“We question whether (the donor) was exploited as suggested by the prosecution.”

Speaking on behalf of Sonia, John Femi-Ola KC said: “She suffers from a very severe kidney disease. She receives dialysis treatment three days per week. Each session is for four hours.

“The treatment is for the rest of her life unless there is a transplant in the future which now must be much in doubt given the publicity this case has attracted.

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“Her illness is life threatening, life limiting and potentially life ending. Of course her parents love her as do all her immediate family and friends.

“It may not surprise you to learn that everyone, in particular her parents, would wish to protect her against the emotional and psychological stress which you may think accompanies such a terrible illness.

“It is her case that she had no awareness of any reward or other material advantage offered to potential donors that came forward to help her.”

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Vision 4 TV owner and 27 others arrested for murder of journalist.

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The Cameroonian security agents have arrested the owner of Douala-based Vision 4 TV, Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, and 27 others including senior police officers in connection with the murder of a journalist, Martinez Zogo, in the Central African country.

Zogo was abducted and killed by unknown persons last month.

The mutilated body of the radio host was found on January 22 in Yaounde, five days after he was abducted near a police station in the country’s capital.

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The President of the Cameroon Journalists Trade Union, Marion Obam, told journalists at a press conference in Douala on Wednesday that Belinga was arrested at his home alongside one of his personal security detail.

He said: “On Monday, police arrested and detained seven more people, including media mogul, Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, who was arrested at his Yaounde home.

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“Since the killings of Zogo and Bebe, several other journalists in Cameroon say they have received death threats.

“Nobody would want to be killed. When journalists are moving, they feel that the worst can come to them.

“We even have some families who are already beginning to advise that their children should not engage in journalism because it could invite agony to their lives.

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“Many journalists are waiting to see the Cameroonian government bring to book those who have brought this kind of agony to the media in Cameroon.”

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EFCC rearraigns influencer Adeherself over alleged N7.9mn fraud. [Video]

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Social media influencer and comedienne, Adedamola Adewale alias Adeherself has been re-arraigned by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission for alleged N7.9 million internet fraud, today, Wednesday, February 8.

Adeherself and two others were charged with conspiring to gain money by false pretenses, attempting to get money under false pretenses, and retaining proceeds of criminal behavior. Watch Video Here

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They were accused of attempting to get $6, 000 from one Mr. Joseph Rumoro under the guise that the money was for the purchase of his passport, visa, and tax payment.

Adeherself was accused of keeping the N7.9 million in cybercrime earnings in her bank account. Watch Video Here

Mr. Samuel Daji, counsel for the EFCC, informed the court that the matter had been re-assigned after she pleaded not guilty to the allegations. He asked the court to remand the defendant awaiting the start of the trial.

He said;

“My lord, this case was heard before Justice Sherifat Solebo before she retired, and when it was transferred to this honorable court, I informed my learned friend that the case would be coming up on Jan. 25. Watch Video Here
He said he thought it was the day before.
This is a matter that is starting afresh before your lordship, and we do not know if the sureties, who stood for her earlier, are dead or not.
It is proper for the defense to apply afresh for bail before your lordship.”

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However, Mr. Kassim Molade, the counsel of the influencer, objected to the EFCC lawyer’s petition. He requested the court to keep the defendant’s bail granted by Solebo until the submission of a new bail application. Watch Video Here

Molade stated that the defendant has not been missing from the court and is ready to stand trial.

After hearing the argument, Justice Mojisola Dada reinstated Adeherself’s previous bail, pending the submission of a new bail application by the defense counsel. Watch Video Here

Dada further directed the defendant to provide a bank statement within three weeks. She said that failing to do so would result in the court ordering her remand

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FBI Indicts Nigerian Of Stealing US University’s $1.4M.

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A Nigerian national identified as Kolawole Erinle has been arraigned for allegedly defrauding Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in the United States to the tune of $1.4m.

An agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr Ayotunde Solademi, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how Kolawole Erinle allegedly defrauded Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences by spoofing, a form of cybercrime attack that targets businesses using forged sender addresses.

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Solademi, led in examination in chief by the EFCC counsel, Temitope Banjo, told the court that KCUMB underwent a major construction project with a construction company called J.E.Dunn in Kansas City sometime in 2019 and the university made a wired transfer of approximately $1.41m to an account that it believed belonged to J. E. Dunn.

He said, “On March 27, 2019, J.E. Dunn contacted KCUMB asking about the payment for the pending invoices and KCUMB replied that the payment has been made.

“On March 28, 2019, Dunn confirmed that they did not receive payment.

“It was later found out by both parties that somebody changed the wire transfer details for Dunn using a fake email domain jedunn.org whereas the real domain name for the construction company is jedunn.com.

“After this, the case was reported to the FBI and an investigation carried out showed that the email account of Dunn’s Chief Financial Officer was spoofed.”

He said the wire transfer of $1.41m made by KCUMB entered into a Bank of America account with an account number ending with 6843 on March 5 2019.

He added, “On that same day, somebody accessed that account and wired $850,000 to a Diamond Bank account (now Access Bank) ending with 4471.

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“The next day, which was March 6, 2019, somebody still accessed the same Bank of America account and wired $560,000 to the same Diamond Bank account in Nigeria.”

He added that after all the findings, the FBI sent a petition to the EFCC for further investigation.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The judge adjourned the case until Friday, Feb. 10, for continuation of the trial

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Anambra: UNIZIK lecturer killed by Gunmen.

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A lecturer with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, has been killed by unknown gunmen.

Prof. Anthony Eze of the Faculty of Education was shot dead in the early hours of Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

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A resident of the area said the deceased attempted to flee on sighting the assailants whoushed and shot him repeatedly in his chest.

”We were here this morning when the man was driving out of his house and suddenly a Toyota Corolla saloon car pulled towards the entrance of his house” the source said.

”When he tried to drive back they followed him and shot him, emptying about four bullets into his chest. As soon as they executed their plot, they fled to an unknown destination while we ran for our lives.”

He said the deceased was rushed to the General Hospital Amaku where he was confirmed dead by the doctor.

Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, UNIZIK, Chika Ene, who confirmed the incident said she was yet to receive full details

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Court remands Lagos lecturer for alleged incest.

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A lecturer at the Lagos State University of Technology (LASPOTECH) has been held in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter.

The lecturer (names withheld), who is suspected of having carnal knowledge of the child since 2018, was arraigned last Friday before Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi on a two-count allegation of defilement and sexual assault by penetration.

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According to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), the lecturer was detained after a report from a Mandated Reporter that he was having illicit sexual intercourse with his biological daughter.

The survivor’s mother also said that her husband stopped being intimate with her in 2018 and that any attempts to discuss it ended in his physically abusing her. It was also discovered that the most recent abuse occurred on December 30th, 2022.

Magistrate Osunsanmi did not hear his plea and instead ordered his remand in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
The case was adjourned until March 6, 2023

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Court jails 51-yo landlord five years For storing 372.6kg hemp.

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A shop owner, Saheed Ojomu, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos for allowing his tenant to use his shop to store Indian hemp.

The 51-year-old Ojomu, whose property housing shops are located on Osho Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State, was given the jail term by Justice Daniel Osiagor after he made a U-turn of his earlier not guilty plea in 2017.

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He was arrested with 372.6kg of the banned substance found in one of his shops on March 31, 2017, by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

During his arrest and arraignment, he claimed that the banned weed belonged to one of his tenants named Sakiru (now at large) and pleaded not guilty to the charges made against him by NDLEA.

The charge against him reads in part: “That you, Saheed Ojomu, male adult, 46 years old, on or about the 31st day of March, 2017, at No 1, Osho Street, Island, Lagos State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, being occupier and manager of a shop at No 1, Osho Street, Lagos Island, unlawfully permitted same to be used by one Sakiru (now at large) for the purpose of storing and dealing in 372.6kg of cannabis sativa, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, heroin and LSD and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 12 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”

In the course of his trial, the prosecution called two witnesses and tendered exhibits which were admitted by the court.

However, at the resumed trial of the suspect on Wednesday, his counsel, Mrs Vivienne Ekwegh, informed the court that her client had decided to change his plea and her position was confirmed by the prosecutor, Mrs N. J. Mamza.

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With the new development, Justice Osiagor asked that the plea be retaken and facts of the charge reviewed by the prosecutor.

Upon reviewing the facts of the charge, the prosecutor, Mrs Mamza, urged the court to convict and sentence the accused in accordance with the relevant laws that he was charged with.

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But counsel to the convict, Mrs Ekwegh, described her client as a victim of circumstance as he was unaware that his tenant warehoused the banned weed in his property.

She, therefore, urged the court to award an option of fine in lieu of custodial sentence.

Justice Osiagor sentenced the convict to five years imprisonment with an option to pay a fine of N300,000. In addition to the monetary fine, the judge ordered the convict to perform three weeks of non-custodial community service

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Man arraigned over AC theft.

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An electrician, Ibrahim Hamisu, was arraigned on Monday before a Kado area court in Abuja for allegedly stealing five units of air conditioner valued at N1.2 million.

The prosecution counsel, Mr Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that the defendant, along with one Danjuma Rody, currently at large, formed a common intention and unlawfully entered a house on December 26, 28 and 29, 2022, and stole three units of Samsung and two units of Royal split air conditioners.

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He said during police investigation, the defendant confessed to have sold the items to one Salisu Nasiru and every attempt to recover the items had proved abortive.

The Judge, Muhammed Wakili, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N800,000 and a surety in like sum and adjourned to March 15.

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Osun: Amotekun nabs three looters at construction sites.

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The Osun State Amotekun Corps Commander, Brig Gen Bashir Adewinmbi (Rtd), has said that three suspects who specialise in looting at construction sites have been arrested by his men.

Adewinmbi told journalists in Osogbo on Monday that the suspects were arrested in Iragbiji in Boripe LGA.

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He said, “Two of the suspects were caught and arrested on Friday afternoon while removing aluminium glass window frames at a construction site on Egbeda-Iragbiji Road in Iragbiji.

“The third person was later arrested in the early hours of Saturday at his house in Iragbiji based on the confession of his gang members.”

The Amotekun commander added that during interrogation, the suspects confessed to involvement in stealing building materials from construction sites for a long time.

He further said that, “They added that they have robbed many construction sites and houses in Iragbiji town and its environs.”

The commander said the three suspects had been transferred to the police

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EFCC arrests Abuja bank manager for hoarding new N29mn.

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The Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arrested a senior bank official in Abuja.

The staff is the Operations Manager of “a leading commercial bank” in the Central Area, according to EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren.

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The manager refused to load the Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, despite having N29million of the redesigned naira notes in the branch’s vaults.

Uwujaren said before he was whisked away for further questioning, the operatives ordered the loading of all the ATMs.

The EFCC also ensured payment across the counter to the delight of the customers who had spent hours on queues without getting the new notes.

The anti-corruption agency stated that the latest discovery indicates “a sabotage of the government’s monetary policy by some banks”.

Uwujaren disclosed that operatives covered more than five bank branches today in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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The operation was in continuation of the surveillance and visit to banks across the country to access their vaults and verify whether they are deliberately refusing to dispense cash.

The EFCC said it would continue the raid until normalcy is restored to the banking system, urging Nigerians finding it difficult to access funds at any bank and suspects foul play to contact the commission.

Earlier on Monday, financial institutions denied hoarding the new naira notes, saying they cannot be a clog in the wheel of efforts of the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN

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Fidelity bank MD and Secretary sentenced to Prison.

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Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank has been sentenced to six weeks in prison.

A chief magistrate’s court in Ogba, Lagos sentenced Onyeali-Ikpe on Monday for disobeying a court order.

According to FIJ, the court, presided over by Magistrate Lateef Owolabi, extended the same sentence to Ezinwa Unuigboje, the bank’s secretary, after finding both guilty of disobeying a garnishee order of court restraining the bank from allowing a judgment debtor access to his account.

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Owolabi had on December 6, 2022, issued the garnishee order for 17 banks to not grant Enabulele Ozaze, a judgement debtor, access to his bank accounts until he paid a judgement debt of N2.8 million.

Ozaze was on October 13, 2022, ordered to refund one Jibrin Ahmed the sum of N2.8 million. This sum was money Ahmed had earlier paid to Ozaze for the purchase of a Toyota Corolla car.

Two months after Ozaze failed to refund, Owolabi ordered 16 banks to not allow him transact on any account.

On January 25, 2023, Ahmed told the court, via an affidavit, that Fidelity Bank had flouted the garnishee order.

He showed the court how Ozaze had been withdrawing funds from his account. He claimed that Ozaze had N3,165,759.05k in his account with Fidelity Bank as of January 12, 2023, when the garnishee order was served.

Three days after the order was served, Ozaze withdrew N725,547.80k from the account. The following day, he transferred another N251,305.90 out of the bank.

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On January 17, Obianuju Nwosu, Zenith Bank’s legal officer, confirmed they received the garnishee order on December 22, 2022, and apologised to the court for the transactions on the account.

On January 18, the court ordered that the managing director and the bank’s secretary to appear before it to explain why they should not be sentenced to prison.

Both were absent on Monday. Owolabi ordered their immediate remand and instructed the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to effect their arrest

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EFCC boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa lands in Kuje prison again for contempt.

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Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been sent to prison.

Bawa was committed to prison for disobeying court order.

The court also directed the Inspector-General of Police to effect Bawa’s arrest and remand him in Kuje prison for the next 14 days until he purges himself of the contempt.

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Recall with 𝕹𝖔𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝕸𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖆 that an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama, had on November 8, ordered the arrest and remanding of the EFCC boss at Kuje prison over contempt.

Justice R.O. Ayoola of the Kogi State High Court, in his judgement on Monday, granted the application for committal to prison of the EFCC chairman for disobeying a court ruling delivered on November 30, 2022, wherein the EFCC chairman was directed to produce the applicant in the case, Ali Bello.

Ali Bello had dragged Bawa to court for arresting and detaining him illegally, with the court ruling in his favour, but the EFCC arraigned him for alleged money laundering three days after the ruling.

The EFCC’s applications for setting aside and stay of execution of the ruling were refused for want of merit.

The Court had, in Form 49, Order IX, Rule 13, marked: “HCL/697M/2022” and titled: “Notice to Show Cause Why Order of Committal Should not be Made,” asked the EFCC Chairman to appear before it on January 18, 2022, to explain why he should not be jailed for flouting the order given on December 12, 2022, in a case filed by Ali Bello against EFCC and Bawa, as the 1st and 2nd respondents, respectively.

The court ordered that the EFCC and Bawa be served the motion of notice together with Form 49 by substituted means.

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The court had declared the arrest and detention of the applicant in the face of a subsisting Court order made by a Court of competent jurisdiction and without a warrant of arrest “or being informed of the offence for which he was arrested” as unlawful, unconstitutional, and in contravention of the personal liberty and dignity of human person guaranteed under Chapter IV of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

The court had also ordered the respondents to tender an apology to the applicant in a national newspaper and awarded N10 million compensation for him.

The Form 49, issued on December 15, 2022, and addressed to Bawa read, “Take notice that the Applicant will on the 18th day of January 2023 at the hour of 9 o clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter, apply to this Court for an order for your committal to prison for having disobeyed the order of this Court made on 12th day of December 2022 that:

“That arrest and detention of the Applicant on the 29th November 2022 by the 1st and 2nd Respondents in the face of a subsisting Court Order made by a Court of competent jurisdiction and without a warrant of arrest or being informed of the offence for which he was arrested is unlawful, unconstitutional and contravenes the Applicant’s right to personal liberty and dignity of human person guaranteed under Chapter IV of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and Articles 5 and 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

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“Perpetual injunction restraining the Respondents, their agents, servants, privies, or however called from further arrest, detention, harassment and intimidation of the Applicant.

“An order directing the Respondents to tender an apology to the Applicant in any of the National Daily having nationwide coverage for the illegal detention and harassment of the Applicant.

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“An Award of the sum of Ten Million Naira as general damages jointly and severally against the Respondents for the unlawful detention and harassment of the Applicant.”

This followed an application by Counsel to Ali Bello, S. A. Abass

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Herdsmen kill 6 farmers and traders in Ondo.

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No fewer than six farmers and traders have been killed by Fulani herdsmen at Arimogija and Molege communities in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state.

Narrating the ordeal, a community leader, Mr. Owolafe Folorunsho said the recent attack was triggered by effort by farmers to repel the continued wanton destruction of their crops by the herdsmen.

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According to him, the herdsmen ambushed and attacked some traders who were returning to the town from Akure and killed all the occupants of the vehicle before setting the vehicle ablaze and taking their money and belongings.

Many houses, cars and motorcycles were burnt during the attack while the families of the victims killed some cows in retariation.

“The herders have continued to invade our farmlands at night, harvest our crops to feed their Cows & in many occasions, they will come during the day, forced us to uproot the Cassava by ourselves at gunpoint, command us to cut them into pieces to feed their cows,” he said.

“In order not to take laws into our hands, we reported this act of economic sabotage to the appropriate authority who took prompt action to chase them out of the farming areas only for the Fulanis to come back and attacked us with AK-47, Pump Action, Axes & Cutlasses and killed our people at night”.

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A first-class traditional ruler in the area, the Onimoru of Imoru, Oba Rotimi Obamuwagun, who confirmed the invasion and attack on the people of the communities lamented over the atrocities and criminal activities of the herdsmen in the area.

The monarch disclosed that over four hectares of cassava farmland belonging to one of his subjects were destroyed by the herdsmen, saying the farm was financed through bank loan from a commercial bank.

He stated that the herdsmen, who always armed themselves with sophisticated weapons are becoming more daring by visiting homes and dragging the farmers to the farm, ordering them to uproot cassava for their cows.

He noted that apart from their cows being fed with cassava, the armed herdsmen have also embarked on harvesting other farm products to feed themselves.

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Corroborating, Oba Obamuwagun, the Odibiado of Ijagba, Oba Andrew Ikioya Ilevare, said the bandits have now resulted in harvesting plantains and bringing them to market to sell.

The traditional rulers, however, called on the state government to draft more Amotekun officials to the area and queried the rationale behind herdsmen carrying sophisticated weapons.

Speaking on the development, the spokesperson of the state police command, Funmi Odunlami, said men of the command have been deployed to the area, assuring that the criminals would soon be arrested

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Sonia Ekweremadu loses bid to be excused from her parent’s trial.

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Sonia Ekweremadu, the 25-year-old daughter of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has lost her bid to be excused from her parent’s trials n in the UK.

Justice Johnson at the Old Bailey denied Sonia’s request to not stand trial with her father and mother on ‘conspiracy to harvest organs’ allegations.

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Sonia was docked with her mother, Beatrice. Ike Ekweremadu, on the other hand, watched the events through video conference.

He sat motionless as the court concluded that Sonia was not unfit to face a “criminal trial spanning seven weeks,” as her defense attorney, Femi Oni, had claimed.

Sonia’s counsel and the Crown prosecutor utilized expert witness testimony and report to back up their claims in court.

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After the application for a stay of proceedings was denied on the grounds that she is medically and psychologically unfit due to her ongoing thrice-weekly dialysis, both sides of the bench led their expert witnesses in testimony via video link, beginning with the Manchester-based professor that Oni had lined up.
The professor also relied on the report of a consultant psychiatrist.

Dr. Andrews served as Dr. Davies’ expert witness. Though he acknowledged having no direct consultation with Sonia, he indicated that if the court’s meeting times were altered to afternoons to suit her treatment days, she would be capable of standing trial. In his evidence, Andrew informed the court that “residual dialysis symptoms do not make it difficult to attend trial.

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After hearing from the barristers and their expert witnesses, including their reports, and acknowledging that the treatment is taxing her and that she has had to withdraw from her Masters degree program as a result of her diagnosis, the judge stated that it is not confirmed that her recovery or clinical care would suffer if she were to stand trial.

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Cattle rustling: Sani Bello to compensate six herdsmen.

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Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has disclosed plans to compensate herdsmen who lost livestock to cattle rustlers in the state.

The governor stated this at the festival organized by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association of Nigeria at the Aliyu Ndayoko Memorial Stadium, Bida, Bida Local Government Area of the state.

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Gov. Bello represented by Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, revealed that six pastoralists who were victims of cattle rustling will be identified and compensated.

He explained that the six beneficiaries, two from each of the three senatorial zones, would be given 10 cattle each as compensation from the government.

According to him: “The gesture [shows] the willingness of government in providing initiatives aimed at fostering peace as well as nurture harmonious relationship among the citizenry.”

The governor also revealed that his administration has reactivated the Bobi Grazing Reserve and other reserves in the state to reduce conflicts between farmers and herders.

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He noted: “The reserves, apart from being a pragmatic and sustainable solution to farmers-herders clashes, will also generate employment opportunities.”

Bello further expressed optimism that the festival would bring harmony and foster cordial relationships among people of different backgrounds.

The Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar in his remarks underscored the need for peaceful coexistence between herders and farmers while calling on them to always be law-abiding citizens.

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The royal father said: “The importance of peaceful coexistence among the citizenry to the development of the society could not be over-emphasized.”

Also, the National President of Miyetti Allah, Alh. Bello Bodejo who spoke through Alh. Gidado Idris called for peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders in the state, saying: “Unity of purpose would help to achieve the much-desired economic prosperity.”

The Director General, Nomadic Affairs and Conflict Resolution in the state, Ardo Abdullahi Adamu Babayo, in his speech said the Fulani cultural festival would be a turning point in the inter-ethnic relationship not only in Bida Emirate but the state at large

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Buhari mourns 41 vigilantes killed by terrorists.

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President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend condemned the attack on vigilantes at Yargoje forest in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina, where many lives were lost.

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The terrorists ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows leading to the killings.

Reacting, Buhari paid tribute to all those vigilantes and family members who have been martyred, saying that the sacrifices of the brave men who are working to stop and punish crime in their communities will not be forgotten.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, on Sunday.

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“Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families in this difficult period. May Allah repose the soul of the deceased,” the President said

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Police arrest suspects for alleged possession, trade of counterfeit N1000 notes.

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Police Operatives serving in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command, have arrested two suspects for allegedly possessing suspected counterfeit one hundred and eighty (180) pieces of the newly redesigned one thousand naira (N1,000) notes.

On Thursday, February 2, officers arrested one Joseph Chinenye aged 39, and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29, both male and respectively of Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South LGA and Onicha Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA for carrying counterfeit notes.

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According to a statement issued by the state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, preliminary investigation shows that the notes, which are in three separate batches, bear the same serial numbers of A/34:282656, A/46:578759, and 8/93:852942; while the suspects claimed to have obtained the counterfeited Naira notes from an unidentified woman in Benin, Edo State.

“They confessed to attempting to sell the notes to a POS operator, who rejected them, before the Operatives arrested them at a Filling Station in Ibagwa-Aka community of Igbo-Eze LGA, where they used the notes to purchase petrol. The duo will be arraigned in court upon consolidation and conclusion of an investigation into the case by the State CID Enugu,” Ndukwe said

He stated that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has reaffirmed the Police’s determination to apprehend and prosecute criminal elements intent on committing such acts of economic sabotage.

As a result, he advised everyone to join the Police in their pursuit, while remaining watchful and aware of who or how they get and conduct transactions using Naira notes, particularly fresh ones

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Women protest: ‘Honour killing’ of YouTuber stirs outrage in Iraq.

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The death of a young YouTube star at the hands of her father has sparked outrage in Iraq, where so-called “honour killings” continue to take place.

Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniya, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said on Twitter on Friday.

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Police had attempted to mediate between al-Ali – who lived in Turkey and was visiting Iraq – and her relatives to “resolve the family dispute in a definitive manner”, Maan said.

Unverified recordings of conversations between al-Ali and her father appeared to indicate that he was unhappy about her decision to live alone in Turkey.

Maan said that after the police’s initial encounter with the family “we were surprised the next day … with the news of her killing at the hands of her father, as he admitted in his initial confessions”.

He did not give further details on the nature of the dispute.

Al-Ali had gained a following on YouTube, where she posted videos of her daily life and in which her fiance often appeared.

A police source speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, meanwhile confirmed that the “family dispute” dated back to 2015.

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Al-Ali had travelled to Turkey with her family in 2017, but upon their return, she refused to join them, choosing instead to stay in Turkey where she has since lived, the police source said.

Translation: There is no ‘honour’ in so-called honour killings..whoever justifies the actions of the criminal that killed Tiba is a criminal himself … and whoever dishonours Tiba’s life is a person without honour.

To date, no law in Iraq criminalises domestic violence.

A draft domestic violence law was first introduced to parliament in 2014, but progress has stalled amid widespread political opposition from legislators who believe it would erode Iraq’s social fabric.

Al-Ali’s death has sparked uproar among Iraqis on social media, who have called for protests in the capital, Baghdad, on Sunday to demand justice in response to her death.

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“Women in our societies are hostage to backward customs due to the absence of legal deterrents and government measures – which currently are not commensurate with the size of domestic violence crimes,” wrote veteran politician Ala Talabani on Twitter.

Rights activist Hanaa Edwar told AFP that, according to voice recordings attributed to the young woman, “she left her family … because she was sexually assaulted by her brother”.

The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights also reported the allegation. AFP could not independently verify the authenticity of the voice recordings.

Amnesty International condemned the “horrific” killing, saying “the Iraqi penal code still treats leniently so called ‘honor crimes’ comprising violent acts such as assault and even murder”.

“Until the Iraqi authorities adopt robust legislation to protect women and girls … we will inevitably continue to witness horrific murders,” Amnesty’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, Aya Majzoub, said

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Video: 20-yo student reportedly stabbed to d#ath by her boyfriend.

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A third-year student of the Tshwane University of Technology identified as Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba has allegedly been stabbed to death by her boyfriend.

The 20-year-old was allegedly stabbed by Ngcebo Thusi on February 2, 2023, in her student residence in Ekhaya Junction, Pretoria.

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Ntokozo’s friends informed security at her halls of residence when they couldn’t reach her phone.

When security guards arrived at Ntokozo’s residence, they discovered her dead with many knife wounds on her upper body.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) was alerted, and a male suspect was detained on a murder charge after additional investigation.

The suspect is believed to be Ntokozo’s boyfriend as he was the last person she was seen with before she died.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Dimakatso Sello said the deceased was drinking with friends including her boyfriend on Wednesday, and the friends left the two together that night.

“The following morning, the victim was found dead with stab wounds on the neck. The ex-boyfriend has been taken in for questioning by the police. Investigations continue,” said Sello

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Man sets wife ablaze for washing his clothes instead of preparing his food.

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A 46-year-old man identified as Hassan Azeez has been arrested by the Ogun state Police Command, for allegedly setting his wife ablaze.

According to a statement issued by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson for the state police command, the suspect was apprehended after the victim’s father reported to Ibogun divisional headquarters that on October 22, 2022, his daughter, Olayinka Hassan, was set ablaze by her husband over a minor disagreement and that the victim, a mother of one, was rushed to a hospital in Ibadan.

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He said;

“Upon the report, the DPO Ibogun division, CSP Samuel Oladele quickly mobilized his men and moved to the scene. But before getting there, the suspect had escaped. Since then, the police operatives have been on his trail until 22nd of January when he was eventually apprehended.
On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have ran away to Benin Republic confessed to the commission of the crime but blamed it on the devil.
According to him, he asked the victim to prepare food for him but instead of the victim to prepare his food, she was busy washing clothes. He stated further that he got annoyed because he was hungry and the annoyance made him to pour petrol on her and set her on fire. When asked whose clothes the woman was washing, he confessed that it was his clothes.”

The suspect has been sent to the state Criminal Investigation Department’s Homicide Section for additional investigation and probable prosecution

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Gunmen attack police facility in Anambra, kill one, burn building.

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Gunmen at about 11 pm on Thursday attacked a police facility used by Anti-Cult operatives in Obosi community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

𝕹𝖔𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝕸𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖆 gathered that the men killed one police officer and burnt down a building in the formation, using petrol bomb.

The Anambra State Police Command confirmed the incident, saying that a huge deployment of operatives were sent to the area immediately the command got information about the attack.

The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, said: “Our men were moved there immediately, and they were able to combat the gunmen, and also recovered some improvised explosive devises (IED), which have not been used.

“Our men stood their ground and were able to ward off the attackers.

“The men came in their numbers, using three vehicles. One Toyota Highlander, one Toyota Sienna and a Corolla car.

“Because of the deployment, the attackers were not able to do harm to the level that they expected. They had to flee.

“Meanwhile, we lost one police operative in the attack. He was hit by a bullet from the attackers. Also, because of the petrol bomb used by the attackers, one of the buildings in the formation was affected by fire.

“As I speak to you, there is massive police operation going on in the area now, and we are calling on members of the public to trust us with information. People should come forth with information that can help us apprehend these culprits, and we promise that every information given to us will be treated with a high level of confidentiality.”

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Lady finds her lookalike on IG, kills her to fake own death.

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A German woman has been accused of seeking out her lookalike on Instagram and murdering her in an elaborate attempt to fake her own death.

In the bizarre case that has been dubbed ‘the doppelganger murder’, the 23-year-old suspect, Sharaban K., residing in Munich, had connived with her boyfriend, Sheqir K., to perpetrate the heinous crime.

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Sharaban had set up a fake Instagram account and contacted multiple women who resembled her. After checking multiple profiles, she found a beauty blogger, 23-year-old Khadidja O, from Algeria, who lived about 100 miles away.


Both women share similar features – long dark hair and similar complexion.

According to investigators, the suspect and her lover contacted Khadidja and offered her a set of beauty products, after which they went to pick her up.

On their way back, they stopped in a forest, lured the victim out of the car and stabbed her more than 50 times. The couple then left the corpse in the back seat of Sharaban’s Mercedes and fled.

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When Sharaban failed to return home, her parents launched seach for her in Ingolstadt and found her car near the Danube.

On the back seat of the car, the corpse of a dark-haired woman brutally murdered with her face mutilated beyond recognition was found, and they believed it was their daughter.

However, an autopsy and DNA tests revealed that the corpse was actually Khadidja’s. The culprits were then arrested.

Veronika Grieser, an Ingolstadt prosecutor, who confirmed the incident to Bild newspaper said,

“It has been confirmed that the accused had contacted several women via Instagram before the act who seemed to look similar to her.

“It can be assumed that the suspect wanted to go into hiding, due to internal disputes with her family, and fake her own death.”