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Monday, August 22, 2011

POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, SAMUEL JINADU



Police begin investigations into mysterious hanging, electrocution

The Homicide Section of the Lagos State Police Command has begun investigations into the alleged deaths of a man who hanged himself and another who was electrocuted.

The command’s spokesman, Samuel Jinadu, a Superintendent of Police, said the corpses were currently deposited at the public mortuary.

He said in Lagos that autopsies on the corpses had begun.

Jinadu said that the man, who allegedly hanged himself, was 45-year-old, Sunday Oseni, who lived at Mowonla Village, Ikorodu, Lagos.

He was found dead in his one-room apartment. It was the neighbours of the deceased who reported the incidence at the police station nearest to their residence.

Jinadu said the other deceased person, identified simply as Joshua, allegedly got electrocuted in an attempted `illegal connection’ of electric wires.

He said no arrest had been made in connection with the deaths, adding that ``some people had been questioned.``

Jinadu urged anybody with useful information about the deaths to come forward so that the investigations could become more meaningful.

He also urged the public to always consult PHCN staff to address their electricity challenges, especially if it had to do with external connections involving PHCN poles.

5 Robbers Killed In Lagos.

The police in Lagos, have gunned down five armed robbers in Somolu where they were robbing people of their valuables including handsets and cash.

The robbers numbering seven had attacked customers and workers in a hotel at Fola Agoro area of Somolu.

Their next target was a motor company near the kiosk of a lotto agent. As they forced their victims to lie face down, the lotto operator knew one of them and as he raised his head, he was shot.

The lotto operator was seriously injured. He was later rushed to a hospital where he is still receiving treatment.

It was learnt the gunshots and the resultant alarm raised by neighbours attracted the attention of the police at Alade Division, Somolu who then laid an ambush for the robbers.

The anti-robbery squad at the Alade Police Division engaged the robbers in a fierce gun battle while they were about to escape.

Five of the robbers were killed while two managed to escape.

The corpse of the five were later taken in a police van to the Alade Division from where they were transferred to Isolo General Hospital mortuary.

The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations officer, DSP Samuel Jinandu said he was aware of the incident when contacted.

Jinandu said the police recovered an SUV which the robbers snatched from its owner at gun point.

he commended the gallantry of the anti-robbery squad of the Alade Police Division and the public whose distress call made it possible for the policemen to ambush the robbers.

Man Lures Teenager To Suck His Penis, Remanded In Prison.

A 23-year old man, Emmanuel Pine who lured a 15-year old girl (names withheld) into his room to suck his penis has been arraigned before a Cele Magistrates’ court in Lagos charged with indecent assault.

Pine lured the girl, who live in the building with the girl’s parents at Akanro Street, Ilasamaja, Lagos to his room while pretending that he wanted to send her on an errand.

But when the teenager entered his room, he undressed and allegedly asked the girl to play with his penis and to also suck it.

She later found her way out of the room and wept profusely. Her cry attracted neighbours who sought to know what her problems was.

The girl narrated what transpired inside Pine’s room.

It was learnt that when the girl’s parents returned from work, neighbours informed them about their daughter’s ordeal.

Her parents then reported the matter at Itire police station. Pine was arrested and taken to the police station for interrogation.

The police later arraigned Pine before the Cele Magistrates’ court. The prosecutor said the offence is contrary to and punishable under section 484 of the Criminal Code cap 17 Vol. II laws of Lagos State, 2004.

When the charge was read to him, Pine pleaded not guilty. The presiding magistrate Mrs. C.T. Adesola Ikpatt admitted him to bail in the sum of N35,000 with one surety in like sum.

The court ordered that Pine be remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos pending when he will perfect his bail conditions.

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