Model Jailed For Murder Of Sugar Daddy After He Stopped Paying Rent

 Model Jailed For Murder Of Sugar Daddy After He Stopped Paying Rent

A former model, Kelsey Turner, 29, has been jailed for her role in the murder of a Californian psychiatrist, Dr. Thomas Burchard, 71, and stuffing his body in the trunk of a car after he stopped paying her rent.

Turner, who has posed for both Playboy and Maxim has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison, reports Daily Mail, UK.

According to reports, Turner had two months ago confessed to the murder of Burchard. Turner and then-boyfriend Jon Kennison arrested in 2019 for the crime were said to have bludgeoned Burchard to death with a bat on a deserted road in Nevada.

Investigators said that Turner and Burchard at some point before his death, Turner and Burchard began dating and entered an arrangement where the psychiatrist was paying her rent for at least a year.

When the payments suddenly stopped in November 2019, Burchard traveled from California to Vegas to tell Turner he could no longer foot the bill, which led to a physical altercation on a deserted road in rural Nevada.

Two Cousins Arrested For Robbery And Murder In Ogun state

 Ogun state Police Command, on February 9th, arrested two cousins, Damilola Famoriyo, 34, and Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun, 31, for allegedly robbing one Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka of his tricycle, killing him and dumping his corpse at a riverbank in Ijebu-ode.

A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects were arrested following information received by policemen attached to Obalende divisional headquarters, Ijebu Ode, on the 13th of December 2022, that a dead body which was later identified as that of a tricycle rider was found on the riverbank at Agoro area of Ijebu Ode.

Oyeyemi said upon the information, the DPO Obalende division, SP Murphy Salami led his detectives to the scene, where it was discovered that the deceased was macheted to death after which his tricycle was taken away. He said the DPO, there and then detailed his Crack team to embark on technical and Forensic Investigation of the incident to unravel those behind the devilish act.

Oyeyemi stated that the efforts of the police yielded positive results on the 9th of February 2023, when one of the suspects, Damilola Famoriyo, who resides at the New site, Awosan Fakale Ikorodu Lagos was arrested with the deceased's phone. His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice, who is also his cousin, Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun of Road 1, Block A, Maya Ikorodu Lagos State.

On interrogation, the two suspects confessed to the commission of the crime. In their statements, they admitted been a 2-man syndicate who specialized in snatching motorcycles and tricycles. They disclosed further that they always carry out their robbery operation in the Ijebu ode and its environs.

According to them, on the 13th of December 2022, they lured the victim Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka to carry their farm products from the Agoro area to the town and agreed on a price. But on getting to Agoro/Ikangba road, they stopped him and snatched the tricycle. It was when the deceased tried to struggle with them that they macheted him to death and dragged his corpse to the riverbank where they dumped him.

They informed the police further that they have snatched up to eight tricycles in the Ijebu ode area, and that their standby buyers are residing at Ikorodu in Lagos State, ‘’the police spokesperson said.

Oyeyemi said items recovered from them include two phones of the deceased as well as the cutlass they used to kill him. He added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.

Woman Sets Self, Rented Apartment On Fire Over Inability To Repay N70k Lapo’s money

 Tragedy struck in Abeokuta, on Saturday, as a middle-aged woman, known in her neighborhood as Mama Dada, set herself on fire in her rented apartment.

The woman’s remains were burnt beyond recognition and the entire building was razed.

The incident happened at Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta.

According to a witness, Rasheed Aina, who resides around the deceased’s residence, the woman killed herself for being unable to repay a loan she took from a microfinance bank popularly known as ‘LAPO’.

“Her neighbor told me that the loan was to the tune of N70,000,” Mr. Aina said.

LAPO was established as a Nigerian non-governmental organization in 1987 to help local Nigerians escape poverty.

The organization was expanded into a microfinance institute, MFI, in 1990, and was registered as a microfinance bank in 2007.

Lapo in Abeokuta is known for lending money to traders and other small-scale business owners with strict repayment plans.

A former member of the Lapo group, who identified herself simply as Mrs. Adeogun, said an ‘unprecedented embarrassment’ will befall anyone who refuses to pay back the borrowed money at the set date.

“If you refuse to pay them back at the set date, you will be treated like trash, you will be embarrassed in a big way, in a manner that your children will forever be ashamed of. I know what I am saying, I used to be a member.

“ One must be a member and a committed one before you will be given a reasonable amount of money. What they do is that you will join the group and start making thrift with them. It is the evidence of this thrift through your card that will qualify you for a loan that you must either pay back outrightly or in batches. But either in batches or outrightly, there is always a set a date for repayment that you must meet but if you default…! you will live to blame yourself.”

The house was set ablaze over Lapo debt in Ogun.
Secretary of the community development association in the area, Mr. Babawale, said: “She is owing the ‘Gbomu le lantern’ the sum of N70k. Because she was unable to meet up with the payment she then sent her last born to buy fuel and also used style to discharge the small boy she locked herself up inside the room and wet everywhere with petrol including herself and set the whole place on fire.”

The corpse has been deposited at the State General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta.

Kaduna Man Organizes Kidnap Of His Mother, Gets N1m As Share From N30m Ransom

 The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious six-man kidnap gang including a 30-year-old man, Thomas Yau, who masterminded the abduction of his biological mother.

The spokesperson of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, who made this known while addressing newsmen at the police headquarters in Gusau, the state capital, said that Yau was given N1m after the payment of N30 million as a ransom for the release of his mother and three other victims.

The PPRO gave names of the suspects as Thomas Yau, 30, of Makarfi LGA in Kaduna State, Abdulsamad Mohd, 45, Bello Abdullahi, 35, Abubakar Namadi,30, Suleiman Gabriel, 20, and Christopher Gabriel, 20, all of the same address.

The statement read;

"On 12th February 2023, Zamfara Police Command through its Community Policing engagement acted on intelligence information that led to the bursting of kidnapping syndicate and the arrest of 6 serial kidnappers who have been terrorizing different villages in Kaduna, Kano, and other neighboring states such as Zamfara, Sokoto and so on

"In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the suspects have carried out a series of kidnappings where unspecified number of people were abducted and millions of Naira collected as ransom.

"Each suspect further narrated the number of kidnappings he participated in as well as the role he played in each kidnapping. Surprisingly, one of the suspects Thomas Ya'u confessed that sometime last year he masterminded the kidnapping of his biological mother and three (3) others. As a result of the kidnapping, they collected the sum of thirty million Naira from the relations as ransom, and in turn, he was given one million as his share. The case is under discreet Investigation and will be charged to court for prosecution.”

Okada Ban: "Police Are Exploiting Us"

 Okada ban: Lagos residents allege ‘organized’ exploitation by policemen

Some Lagos residents have alleged exploitation by some policemen who pretend to be riders of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, which has been banned in some parts of the state.

The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday, said that the alleged perpetrators were usually in Okada uniform and deliberately drove their victims to a task force against Okada riding.

According to the residents, the ‘Okada riders carry their passengers to a waiting task force for arrest.

They alleged that after the arrest, the task force, made up of policemen, would allow the ‘Okada riders’ to drive off but threaten the passengers with the prosecution.

They said that the task force would take the passengers to their station and make them pay as much as N50,000 for bail.

The residents listed some of the areas where policemen allegedly perpetrate the act including Oshodi, Iyana-Ipaja, Sango, Ikotun, Ketu, and Mile 12.

A resident, who claimed to have fallen victim, Mr. Akinyemi Oni, alleged that it was a planned exploitation.

He said that both the ‘Okada riders’ and the task force were working together.

Mr. Linus Chukwuka, who also claimed to have fallen victim, said that the alleged perpetrators were taking advantage of the Okada ban in some parts of Lagos to extort the residents.

Chukwuka called on the state government to repair bad roads and speed up ongoing road constructions causing a traffic jams.

“Some of the victims of this exploitation were forced to use bikes to meet up with appointments, as using vehicles will waste their time in traffic,” he said.

NAN reports that Lagos State Government banned commercial motorcycle operations in 10 local government areas and five local council development areas.

The ban took effect on June 1, 2022, as part of measures to secure lives and property.

The affected council areas include Ikeja, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Surulere, and Apapa.

The others include Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Mushin, Ikosi-Isheri, Agboyi-Ketu, Isolo, Bariga, and Odi-Olowo.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had warned that, if arrested, both the Okada riders and their passengers would be liable to three years imprisonment and/or a fine of N50,000 each.

He added that the Okada would be confiscated.

“We will crush that bike and the public will see the crushing process. This is in line with the provisions of Section 46, Sub-Section 1, 2, and 3 of the Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018,” Sanwo-Olu said.

Contacted, the spokesman for the police command in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, described the alleged victims as lawbreakers who should be arrested.

Hundeyin said that the law banning commercial motorcycle operations in the affected areas had not been repealed.

He listed the alleged victims’ offenses as riding on Okada in prohibited areas and offering bribes to public officers.

He also said that bribe collection by a public officer remained an offense.

“The ‘victims’ should report the conduct of the officers, with their names, to their divisional police officers or the police public relations officer,” he added.

Police Rescue 15 NYSC Members Abducted By Unknown Gunmen In Anambra

 The Anambra state police command on Thursday, February 14, rescued fifteen members of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC abducted by unknown gunmen along Isseke, Ihiala road in the state.

A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, says the Corps members had just finished their three weeks of orientation programs today and were en route to Lagos when the vehicle they boarded was intercepted at total junction Ihiala, by yet unidentified armed men in unmarked white Toyota Hilux.

"Their vehicle was diverted to Isseke, Ihiala-Orlu expressway where the gunmen kept them hostage. The armed men who noticed they were being followed by Police Operatives, abandoned the Corpers and zoomed off with the Toyota Hiace bus with Reg Nos: EPE 353 YE conveying the Corpers'', Tochukwu said.

He said that the corps members were debriefed by the police and necessary arrangements have been perfected to convey them back to their destinations

Man Blames Devil After He Was Caught Raping His Underage Stepdaughter

 A man identified as David Gaius has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for alleged rap! ng his stepdaughter.

The man is now being probed by the police on the charge of rap! ng the stepdaughter on three occasions.

Gaius, who resides in Unguwan Prison in the Dirma village of Dumne, Song Local Government Area, admitted committing the offense, according to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje.

The man, narrating how he slept with the girl three times, blamed it on the devil. He said the devil deceived him into the act while he was drunk.

He also admitted to using a charm of attraction on the girl. He said he put the charm in the meat, which his victim and himself ate, to attract her.

He said he first r@ped the girl in 2020 when she was 14 years old while living in the same house with his wife and other children after the other members of the family had slept.

He added that when he did it the third time recently, his wife caught him red-handed, but that he lied to her that a native doctor asked him to r@pe a little girl.

He denied using a white handkerchief to clean his victim’s private part for ritual purposes as alleged by the girl, adding that he did not r@pe her for ritual purposes.

SA Police Shocked As Thieves Dig Up Grave & Steal Corpse

 Police in the Limpopo province of South Africa has a peculiar case on their hands after thieves stole a corpse from a grave in Makwakwaila, leaving it empty.

One of the family members discovered that the grave was tempered on Sunday when she cleaned the grave site ahead of a ceremony to unveil the tombstone.

Modike Philemon Masedi died on 15 January last year and was buried seven days later.

SA Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the motive for the incident is not yet known as the police hunt for suspects.

“Upon arriving at the scene, police were met by the unusual sight of the violated grave having a hole and an open coffin with no corpse inside.

“Preliminary probe conducted at the scene established that the suspects accessed the graveyard by cutting the side fence. They then dug a hole next to the grave, accessed the coffin, and stole the corpse. The motive for this incident is unknown at this stage,” Mojapelo said on Tuesday.

Investigators in Mokwakwaila opened a case of desecration of a grave and theft of a corpse.

Mojapelo said provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe “expressed shock” at the criminal act and ordered the perpetrators be hunted down and brought to book.

She warned community members to allow police to do their work.

“We call on community members in the area to respect the unfolding investigations conducted by the police and desist from pointing fingers, as these often play into instigators of vigilantism in which people take the law into their own hands,” she said.

Missing Chukwunonso John Chukwujekwu Found Dead In Bauchi Hotel Room

 The deceased hailed from Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State but was a resident of Boi Village in Bogoro LGA of Bauchi State where he was in the business of selling provisions.

According to reports, Chukwujekwu was found dead in a hotel room on Thursday, December 1, 2022, two days after he was declared missing.

The cause of his death remains mysterious as no one could give a clue as to what led to his disappearance in the first place before the death.

A member of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in the area, Comrade Joel Daniel said that the incident has left residents in total confusion considering the circumstances leading to it.

He confirmed that the deceased was found dead in a hotel room after he went missing, adding that the case was reported to the PCRC as well as the Police Division in Bogoro.

The deceased was said to have participated in the Igbo end-of-year party, which took place on Wednesday night in the area, being an active member of the Igbo community meeting in the area.

Until his death, he was the Onyewetehi of Nandi and turbaned as the Kaigaman Boi by the paramount ruler of Boi Mal Bala Likita. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Chukwunonso, and three children.

The spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the incident to the Newsmen.

"One Mrs. Grace Chukwuemeka, 27 years old, reported at the Bogoro Divisional headquarters on 30 November 2022 that her husband, Mr. Chukwunonso Chukwujekwu left home for his provision shop located at Boi and since then he did not return," the PPRO stated.

"Immediately she reported, the DPO, Bogoro led a team of Detectives to organize a search party in the area. Consequently, he was found dead in a hotel room situated at Tudun Wada area of Boi in Bogoro LGA lying on the floor with saliva and foams from his mouth," he said

"The DPO and his men evacuated the corpse to the General Hospital, Bogoro where he was certified dead by a medical doctor on duty,"

"Presently, the Commissioner of Police has ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of the death. The investigation is ongoing," he added.

Police Arrests Three Security Guards For Gang-raping Lady For Four Hours In Oyo

 The Oyo state police command has arrested three security guards for raping a lady in the Alakia region of Ibadan, the state capital.

The state police public relations officer, Adewale Osifeso, who paraded the security guards at the command headquarters in Eleyele on Monday, January 30, said that the incident took place when the victim paid a visit to her friend in Alakia, Ibadan.

According to Osifeso, the lady, after arriving in the community around 9 pm, was accosted at a desolate spot by the three security guards, The Punch reports.

The police spokesperson said that “In a rather twisted turn of events, the young lady, having been dispossessed of her mobile phone, was whisked to another desolate spot, where she was raped till about 1.25 am the next day.

“In furtherance of the above, the three guards took turns to have unlawful carnal knowledge of the young lady and as well forced her to transfer money into a bank account before she was abandoned to her fate at the scene.

“Upon interrogation, the culprits confessed to the crime. One Dane gun, which they used for the criminal activity, and the Infinix mobile phone belonging to the victim, were recovered from them as well,” he added.