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6—Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018
By Davies Iheamnachor
PORT HARCOURT—THREE
women, including the mother
of a two-month-old baby boy, who
conspired among themselves to
sell the baby for N300,000
without the consent of his father,
have been arrested by the
Inspector General of Police
Monitoring Team, led by ACP
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3 women sell 2-month-old baby for N300,000
Woman dies
hours to her
wedding
By Paul Olayemi
SAPELE—A middleaged
mother of four,
simply called Maggie, was
said to have slumped and
died just hours before her
traditional marriage in the
Ugbeide area of Mosogar,
Delta State.
Maggie’s partner had
decided to pay the bride
price after years of being
together.
A source, who simply
identified herself as Ofua,
told Vanguard that the
marriage was slated for
February 15 and 16, and
that they had even
slaughtered a cow that will
be used for the ceremony,
when the bride suddenly
clutched her chest and
screamed.
Ofua said: “We were
rushing her to the hospital
when the car ran out of fuel
and before we could get
fuel, she gave up the
ghost.”
Those who knew the late
woman, described her as a
nice person, who was fond
of saying nice words to
everyone she met.
“She would greet you and
ask of everybody including
your husband and even
your dog; we will miss
her,“ said a woman who
refused to disclose her
name.
In a related issue, a 42-
year-old transporter, simply
called Monday, was killed
in Oghara, Ethiope West
Local Government Area of
Delta State.
Vanguard learned that
Mr. Monday and some
persons from Mosogar in
Ethiope West had gone to
attend a burial in Oghara.
According to a source,
Monday had decided to
head home at about 2a.m.
on Saturday morning,
when, just after the bridge
along Warri-Sapele highway,
a car intercepted the
bus he was travelling in.
Some men, after
identifying Monday,
dragged him out and
butchered him with an axe,
while the rest passengers
were allowed to go.
Bennet Igwe.
The team also arrested four
men suspected to be the killers
of Chairman of Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, in
Ogbogoro community, Obio/
Akpor Local Government Area
of the state, Mr. Heaven
Ihuigwe, who was murdered in
September 2017.
Deputy Commissioner of
By Evelyn Usman
THE Lagos State Police
Command has smashed a
notorious trans-border robbery
gang, whose members come from
the Benin Republic to snatch
exotic cars from Nigerian
motorists and take same to
Cotonou , where they are sold at
give away prices.
Arrested were four members of
the gang, including a herbalist
who confessed to be preparing
charms for the gang.
Three members of the gang—
Ajagba Hammaed, 30; Tobinju
Potel, 35, and Botan Remmy,
30— were arrested along the
Mile-2/Badagry Expressway
while on a mission to snatch
vehicles in Lagos State.
Recovered from them were one
AK-47 rifle with serial number
PE-2473; 43 AK-47 live
ammunition; one locally-made
cut-to-size double barrelled gun;
six live cartridges; one car number
plates (JD 697 KJA) and assorted
charms, which they used for
protection against gunshot.
Preliminary investigation
revealed that the gang members
had been operating in Lagos
State for close to two years. One
of its operations was carried out
at Ajose Adeogun, Victoria Island
area of Lagos, on January 20,
where they snatched a Prado
Jeep with number plates ABC
853 LK from one Olayinka
Oyebola.
Parading the suspects
alongside 10 others arrested in
one week, the command boss,
Imohimi Edgal, explained that
Oyebola had gone to withdraw
some money from an ATM
gallery, when he was accosted by
the gun-wielding robbers.
He said: “When he (Oyebola)
was through with the withdrawal,
he entered his car but before he
could drive off, the criminals who
had been stalking him,
intercepted him, pointing their
guns menacingly at him.
“They forced him out of the
driver’s seat and dragged him
to the rear of the car. He was
dispossessed of his phone,
laptop and N45,000.
"The gang also stripped him
naked and drove him to Ajah/
Epe Road, where he was thrown
out of the car.”
Same day, the trio of Ajagba
Hammaed, Tobinju Potel and
Botan Remmy, as gathered,
drove to Ikoyi area where they
parked the stolen jeep beside
another Prado jeep belonging to
Police, Administration, Cyril
Okoro, while briefing
journalists in Port Harcourt,
said: “Operatives of the IGP
team unit, acting on credible
intelligence, arrested Nkechi
Uzoemene, Roseline Okey and
Nwolu Rita, who conspired
amongst themselves and sold
a two-month-old baby boy
belonging to Nwolu Rita for
N300,000 without the consent
of her husband.
Baby factory discovered
Okoro added that the team
recovered the baby alongside
nine pregnant girls, when
they bust a baby-making
factory in Imo State ran by
one Mrs. Ngozi Egeonu.
His words: “The child was
sold to Ngozi Egeonu in
Owerri, Imo State. After
searching the house and
premises of Egeonu, the
operatives discovered nine
pregnant girls, whose
pregnancies have been
mortgaged.”
However, the suspects told
Vanguard that they were
innocent of the crime, adding
Police smash trans-border robbery gang, nab 4 Beninois
The suspects and their 'tools.'
one Engr. Fidel Onwodi, who
was with his wife.
The unsuspecting couple, who
were buying beef barbeque
popularly called suya, were
ordered at gunpoint to sit at the
rear as the gunmen drove off with
them.
However on the way, Engr.
Onwudi’s wife jumped out of the
moving car, while the robbers
continued the journey to the
Third Mainland Bridge, where
they dropped off her husband.
The CP stated that they went
away with Engr. Onwodi’s jeep,
but abandoned the first one at
Babatunde Cresent, Oniru area
of Victoria Island, where it was
recovered by operatives.
Our choice of cars
—Gang leader
Leader of the gang, Ajagba
Hammed, during investigation
said: “Our choice of cars are
Hilux, Toyoda Highlander and
Prado and our target areas are
Okota, Victoria Island and Ikoyi.
"These cars sell fast in Cotonou.
Had we listened to the herbalist,
perhaps we would not have been
By Bala Ajiya
D AMATURU—ON
Monday night, Boko
Haram launched an attack on
Government Girls College,
Dapchi, Yobe State, with the
intention to abduct students of
the school.
It was learned that the
arrested.
"We came into Nigeria that
fateful day. At Mile 2, I told the
herbalist to carry out a
divination on whether the
operation would be successful,
but when he did he warned us
not to do anything on that day
that the road would not be
smooth.
“We did not heed his advice
because we said he ought to
have warned us before we left
Cotonou. Barely had the
herbalist left for Cotonou than
we were arrested.”
I smuggle their weapons
into Lagos—Herbalist
On his part, the herbalist,
Rasheed Akiola, disclosed that
he usually helped the gang to
smuggle its weapons into
Lagos.
He said: “There are bush
paths through which you can
enter into Lagos from Benin
Republic.
“Whenever the gang was
going for operation, they would
give me their bag which
contain their weapons to take
Terrorists invade Yobe girls school
insurgents, on arrival, shot
sporadically and denoted
bombs to scare people away
from their path, which also
gave the students the
opportunity to escape.
A resident said he saw three
Hilux jeeps filled with the
terrorists, adding that some of
the girls sustained injuries
to Mile 2.
“I prepare some charms
anytime I am bringing the
weapons, to prevent any security
agent from looking my way.
“I would wait for them at Mile
2, hand the bag to them before
going back to Cotonou. I also
prepared charms to fortify them
against gun.
“Each of them has four
different charms. But on the day
they were arrested, I warned
them not to go. The total amount
I have received from them is
N71,000.”
Other gang members also
admitted to the crime. They
revealed that the value of one
of the Prado jeeps that was
snatched was N32 million, but
that it was sold for N3 million
in Benin Republic.
Investigation, according to
Edgal, was still ongoing. He
added that the suspects were
helping operatives with
information that will help in the
recovery of one of the stolen Prado
jeeps that is still in Cotonou, as
well as the arrest of other
members of the gang.
while fleeing the school and were
receiving treatment in an
undisclosed hospital in Damaturu.
A father, who did not want his
name in print, said two of his
children are missing.
A source said security agents
are after the terrorists, while the
school authorities are taking a
head count of students.