The erroneous notion that the Sokoto axis may offer a haven to internet fraudsters may have been futile as Operatives from the Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 13 individuals, suspected of doing yahoo yahoo in the State.

Dele Oyewale, EFCC Spokesperson, in a statement in Abuja, said the arrests were made on Saturday in the Gidan Yaro and Dandima areas of Sokoto, following actionable intelligence suggesting the suspects’ involvement in internet-related offences.

“All 13 suspects claim to be students at Usmanu Danfodio University in Sokoto. Once investigations are concluded, they will face charges in court.

“This recent crackdown is part of the EFCC’s ongoing efforts to combat internet fraud across Nigeria,” Oyewale stated.

…As Court remands man, 44, for allegedly defiling 9-year-old girl

A Magistrate’s Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, docked a computer instructor, Samson Abayomi for allegedly attempting to kill his father with an axe and knife.

The police charged Abayomi, who resides on Jeremiah Oseni Road, Gwagwalada, Abuja with criminal intimidation and mischief.

The Prosecution Counsel, Dabo Yakubu told the court that on Aug. 2 the defendant allegedly entered his father’s apartment, Mr Bello Samson with an axe and a kitchen knife to kill him.

Yakubu said that Samson was rescued by a neighbour and in the process, the defendant allegedly destroyed his father’s vehicle windshield valued at N50,000.

He said that during the police investigation, the defendant allegedly confessed to having used a stick to commit the act.

He claimed that the axe and knife used act was recovered from the defendant.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provision of Sections 397 and 327 Penal Code.

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

The Magistrate, Olatunji Oladunmoye admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two reasonable sureties in like sum.

He ordered that the sureties must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and adjourned the case until Sept. 18 for hearing.

In another development, a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday remanded a 44-year-old man, Sunday Lukas, in custody, for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, ordered that Lukas be remanded at the Awarjigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry after he pleaded not guilty to a count charge of assault.

He ordered that the case file be duplicated and sent to the office of the Director for Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.

Adekomaiya, however, adjourned the case until Oct. 28 for a ruling on the bail application filed by Lukas and for DPP’s legal advice.

Earlier, the police prosecutor, Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 28,  at 12.20 p.m., at No. 4, Aribena Site, Ijanikin area of Lagos.

He said that Lukas indecently assaulted the nine-year-old girl by inserting his fingers in her private part.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 135 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Police in Edo have detained a teenager, a native doctor after his boast an Anti-Bullet proof charm failed, and his client sustained wounds which resulted in his death

The police detained the 19-year-old native doctor, Timothy Dauda, for allegedly shooting his client, Alex Ezekiel, to death during the “anti-bullet” charm trial.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident to the newsmen on Monday, saying that the incident happened on August 20 in Onumu Community, near Igara, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state.

He said the suspect was arrested by operatives from the Igarra Divisional Police Station in Akoko-Edo.

It was learnt that the suspect allegedly claimed to specialise in preparing charms against gunshots and machete cuts.

A source further highlighted that the deceased had visited the native doctor’s home to obtain the charm.

It said that “in a shocking turn of events”, Dauda attempted to test the efficacy of the charm by shooting the client with a gun.

The charm was said to have failed as he sustained fatal injuries.

“When he was rushed to a hospital in Igarra, he was pronounced dead by a medical doctor,” the source further said.

Meanwhile, the police spokesman said the suspect would face prosecution as soon as investigations were concluded.