Technician stabs union leader to death

A 32-year-old refrigerator/air condition technician, Toheeb Akanji (aka T.cash) has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for stabbing to death a 42-year-old Damilare Oladipupo.

Oladipupo is a member of one of the transport unions in Ogun State.

The Police Public Relations Officer for Ogun State command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this to newsmen.

According to Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a distress call received at Agbado divisional headquarters at about 12:30 am from one Oluomo, that one Oladipupo Babatunde (aka No story) who came to Blue Roof Hotel in Adiyan Gasline to celebrate with the hotel owner has been stabbed to death by an unknown person. 

“Upon the distress call, the DPO, Agbado division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga, mobilised his men and moved to the scene. On getting there, it was discovered that the deceased was lured out of the hotel and stabbed severally in the chest, hand and face. 

“It was also discovered that he struggled with his assailant, which made him to seize the cardigan worn by the suspect as well as the knife he used to stab him. The deceased was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead by the doctor.”

The state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, who was immediately informed directed that the suspect must be hunted and brought to book within 24 hours. 

“Upon the CP’s directive, the DPO and his men embarked on intelligence based investigation, and at about 5p.m. of December 25, 2021, the suspect was arrested. On interrogation, the suspect confessed killing the deceased but blamed it on devil handwork. 

"He stated that he came to the hotel to find out who beat and injured one of his boys, but on getting there, the deceased accosted him and started fighting with him. It was then he brought out the knife he came with and used it to stab him.” 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

NDLEA seizes 8.3m Tramadol capsules, 56,782 bottles of codeine in Lagos

*Intercepts heroin at airport 

*Nabs lady attempting to smuggle cocaine concealed in cooked food for boyfriend in agency’s custody

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled the desperate bids by drug cartels to push out millions of illicit drugs across Lagos and other parts of the country for the Yuletide as they seized 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol as well as 56,782 bottles of codeine among others in major raids in Lagos State.

It will be recalled that ahead of Christmas, Chairman/Chief Executive, Brigadier-General Mohammed Marwa (retd) had ordered a sustained surveillance on some targets at Satellite Town and Alaba Rago areas of Lagos. 

The Satellite Town target was eventually raided  Thursday when the drug kingpin, Ezekiel Ibe, was arrested and over five tons of high milligrams Tramadol; 225mg and 100mg recovered from his warehouse.

A breakdown of the seized drug shows 7,991,600 Tramadol tablets and 390,000 capsules of same weighing 5,468.894 kilograms.

A statement by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA's Director, Madia and Advocacy said: “In another raid on Monday, December 20 following tasking surveillance in a notorious neighbourhood at Alaba Rago, Alaba area of Lagos, one Surajo Mohammed was arrested with 941.14kg cannabis while 56,782 bottles of codeine were seized from the store of another drug lord still at large.

Nabs lady attempting to smuggle cocaine

“Meanwhile, operatives of the agency have arrested a 22-year-old Amaka Ogonachukwu for attempting to smuggle wraps of cocaine concealed in cooked white rice for her boyfriend, Monday Imagbebenikaro, 40, in the custody of the Edo State Command of NDLEA. Monday was arrested earlier along Airport Road, Benin City, for dealing in crack cocaine, Cannabis Sativa and Danabel (Anabolic steroids).

“In a related development, an outbound passenger to Italy on Turkish Airline, Ovire Cyril, has been arrested with 114 wraps of heroin with a gross weight of 1.80kg during routine search at Gate “C’ Departure Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.

“The drugs were concealed inside the pockets of four jean trousers, packed in a black suitcase. The suspect who confessed that he was pushed into the crime by hardship after he lost his job, claimed he was promised 5,000 euro if he successfully delivers the consignment in Italy.

“Same day, during outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline passengers’ luggages at the same gate, a male passenger, Osakue Evbuomwan travelling to Milan, Italy was arrested with 1.55kg of Tramadol concealed in a ‘Ghana must go’ bag”.

Commending the commanders, officers and men of the Lagos, Edo and MMIA commands of the agency for not letting down their guard during the festive season, Marwa assured them and their counterparts in other commands that his leadership would always reward exemplary performance while charging them to remain focussed and always aspire to surpass previous feats.

Culled from Vanguard