Woman accuses police of stealing her money

A 40-year old woman, Ugomma Kalu, who alleged that the Police team that came to arrest her, stole her money, after she attacked and battered a female lawyer, Barrister Helen Ibeji, in public, has finally landed in prison.

Our Correspondent reports that the incident happened at Ogunfowora Estate in Abaranje area of Ikotun, Lagos, where they reside.

Ugomma, was arrested by the Police at Ikotun Division led by the DPO, CSP Johnson Adagba and subsequently charged before the Ejigbo Magistrates Court for assault and spreading false rumour against Barr. Ibeji.

Apart from attacking Barr. Ibeji, she was said to have embarrassed the Police who went with the female lawyer to invite her to the Police Station over her conduct. 

She alleged that she could not find the money she kept in her house whereas the Police and Barr. Ibeji did not enter her house.

The suspect, Mrs. Ugomma Kalu, was said to have accosted Ibeji on the road and accused her of using her phone to record her conduct, which Ibeji denied.

She reportedly attacked her, removed her wing and eye glasses and smashed it on the floor before Barr. Ibeji was rescued by their neighbours.

The conduct landed her in trouble because she was charged before the Court and she pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, Inspector Simeon Njue, asked the Court to give a date for hearing to enable the Police to prove she actually committed the alleged offence since she pleaded not guilty.

 The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. A.S. Okubule, granted her bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum who must show evidence of tax payment.

She was remanded in custody pending when she will perfect her bail conditions while the matter was adjourned till 19th October, 2021, for mention.

 

180 murder suspects arrested in Lagos within eight months

Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested a total of one hundred and eighty-six murder suspects, recover two hundred and forty-three ammunitions between January and August this year.

In the same period, it arrested four hundred and ninety-three suspected armed robbers, including traffic robbers; and three hundred and ninety-seven suspected cultists were arrested.

Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, made this known during a security and business dialogue at the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in Victoria Island, Lagos.

He disclosed that, in a related development one hundred and sixty robbery incidents were foiled, while six residential robberies were successful, explaining that no life lost in the incidents recorded during the period.

“You are not unaware of the general security challenges that are noticeable in Lagos which include armed robbery, cultism, robbery-in-traffic, gangsterism, land grabbing, cyber-crimes, and lately traffic gridlock’, he said.

“These security challenges are however not insurmountable as the command has thrived hard in arresting perpetrators and curbing the challenges as required of us. In this regard, the command, with its anti-crime strategies and the help of the general public, has recorded an appreciable number of achievements from January, 2021 till date,” Odumosu said.

The commissioner said the command was able to recover 40 stolen vehicles, as well as recovery of 98 arms, 243 various calibers of ammunition and 11 dangerous weapons.

CP Odumosu in similar vein revealed that a total of 3,700 motorcycles were impounded between January and August, and crushed in line with the order of the court within the said period.

“The menaces being perpetrated by Okada operators to aid crimes and criminality in the state are worrisome. The Command has briefed the state government on this trend with a view to arresting the situation and making the state safe, he stated.

"The recalcitrant criminally minded riders are daily being dealt with according to the law by the Command. Their operations within central business districts, banks and other business environments are daily being curtailed’, he said.

Meanwhile, Odumosu said the command has examined the security challenges in the state and proffered possible solutions, including collaboration with neighbourhood security units and other statutory security agencies.

Furthermore, the police boss added that police officers in the state will not relent in their efforts in curbing crime and arresting criminal elements across the state.