I Paid N60,000 To Escape From Police Cell - Serial Robbery Suspect

His arrest, escape from police cell and re-arrest is generating controversy. Wasiu Saka, 30, was a notorious car robber in Ondo State and his mode of operation was to apply as a driver to unsuspecting employers and, after securing employment, abscond with their cars.

After stealing cars from his employers in Lagos State, Saka will drive to Akungba-Akoko,   his home town in Ondo State, to show off that he had ‘arrived’ and live big after which he would sell the car at a ridiculous price and return to Lagos for another car theft operation.

He was arrested by detectives from the Ondo State Police Command last month with a Toyota  Hiace bus marked, Lagos JJJ 94XD.

After interrogation, he reportedly confessed to have stolen the bus from a Good Samaritan who,    after listening to his story that he has a family in Ondo State and had been jobless for months and desperately in need of a job to feed his family members, employed him as a driver.

Police sources hinted that Saka had stolen no fewer than four vehicles, including a vehicle belonging to a notable company in Lagos.

Police Arrest Armed Robber During Church Service

A member of a 3-man robbery gang arrested at Okrikpere, Orerokpe in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State was among 18 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists paraded on Thursday at the Ughelli Area Command headquarter.

Briefing newsmen while parading the suspects, Delta State commissioner of police, Mr Alkali Usman explained that the suspect, identified as Daniel Nonso, was apprehended at Covenant Peace Ministry when the pastor on suspecting their motive, alerted the police of their mission leading to the arrest of the suspect while his gang members escaped.

Alkali told newsmen that among the 18 suspects, 14 are armed robbery and kidnap suspects while 4 are suspected cultists adding that 2 kidnap victims were also rescued at various parts of the Ughelli Area Command.

Items recovered according to the police boss include; 60 rounds of ammunition, 23 cartridges, 24 locally made guns and 10 different brands of vehicles.

Police Foil Kidnap Of Indian In Lagos, Nab Suspect

The Police said in Lagos on Saturday that they have foiled an attempt to kidnap an Indian national in Ikorodu.

They also said a suspect had been arrested in connection with the crime.

The state command’s spokesperson, DSP Patricia Amadin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a staff member of De-Star Metal Company, Odonla in Ikorodu, with others still at large were in involved in the nefarious activity.

She said the Divisional Police Officer at Sagamu Road Station in Ikorodu got a tip-off of the kidnap and swung into action.

Teacher Jailed For Life Over Student Sex Abuse

A Chinese court has sentenced a kindergarten teacher to life in jail for sexually abusing 12 of his students, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

A court in the northern region of Ningxia sentenced Huang Zhenxin, a teacher at a rural school, for “raping or molesting” his female students, the report said.

Police said he offered to tutor them on their homework before assaulting them.

In May, China executed a former primary school teacher for raping and sexually abusing 26 children at his school, state media previously reported.

Aregbesola Breaks Silence On Ooni

Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola weekend for the first time spoke on the death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade in public since the reported death of the monarch in a London hospital.

The governor disclosed that the last text message he received from Oba Sijuwade was touching and promised to share the content of the message with the people of the state at the right time.

Speaking at a Special sitting at the Osun State House of Assembly to mark the 50th birthday of the Speaker of Osun Assembly, Hon. Najeem Salaam, the governor explained that he discussed the message with the Ife Royal Traditional Council during his meeting with them in Osogbo.

Aregbesola maintained that a traditional ruler does not die in Yorubaland and prayed for long life for all the traditional rulers present at the Assembly to felicitate with the Speaker on his golden jubilee birthday Anniversary.

Lagos Pastor In Divorce Mess : He Steals Church Funds Says Wife

The pastor in-charge, Pentecostal Power and Authority Ministry Worldwide, Mr Kayode Oladoyinbo, and his wife, Christian, are locked in a bitter divorce battle after 11 years of marriage.  The union is blessed with three children, aged 11, 9 and 6, respectively.

Asking an Ojo, Lagos Customary Court to dissolve the marriage, Christian accused her husband of frequent beatings, cruelty, illegal summoning and arrests, lack of care and stealing of the church funds as reasons she wants a divorce.

Accepting the divorce claim instituted by his wife, Kayode said he was fed up with the marriage, accusing the wife of wickedness. According to the pastor, the wife, sometime in 2009 poured kerosene on him with the aim of setting him ablaze, before he managed to escape. He said, at another occasion, the petitioner attempted to kill him with a knife, saying he took the weapon and fled to safety. On another occasion, Kayode claimed the wife threatened to burn down the church and kill him in the process.  He alleged that this prompted his reporting the matter to the Morogbo Police Division, saying she was subsequently arrested.  He revealed that under interrogation by the police, the wife confessed  that she actually threatened to attack the church, but that she was not serious about it.