A Lagos State Special Offences Court, in Ikeja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, to 74 years imprisonment, for defrauding victims of $1.2m, through an EB-5 visa scam and an additional $368,698.24, in fraud.

Justice Mojisola Dada, who handed down the sentence, found Ramirez guilty on two separate consolidated charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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The court ruled that the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

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The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber and recovered two AK-47 rifles with 47 rounds of live ammunition. The sum of Four Million, Nine Hundred and Eight-Six Thousand Naira (N4,986,000.00) was also recovered.

2. On 05/08/2024 at about 02:00am, a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State reported that armed robbers stormed his residence, attacked him, and robbed him of Fifteen Million Naira (N15,000,000.00).

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3. Despite the management of the ongoing Nationwide Protest, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Dogo Garba, directed a team of detectives to conduct intelligence-led patrols to arrest the culprits and recover their operational weapons.

4. On the same date at about 06:00am, the team arrested the principal suspect, Hassan Iliya, 35 years old, of Alhazawa Village, Musawa LGA, Katsina State, while attempting to escape on a motorcycle.

5. A spot search revealed a sack containing two AK-47 Rifles with 47 rounds of live ammunition and cash, totaling four million, nine hundred, and eighty-six thousand naira (N4,986,000.00). Investigation is ongoing.

6. The Commissioner of Police urges the public to remain patriotic, avoid acts capable of instigating violence, and remain vigilant. Report suspicious movements and activities to the Kano State Police Command through:

08032419754, 08123821575, 09029292926

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In another news, the Zone 7 Police Command Headquarters which supervises the FCT and Niger State Police Command, in a bid to rid the Capital Territory of crimes, following intelligence gathered, arrested four (4) suspects; Solomon Nuhu ‘M’ 22yrs, Faruk Umar ‘M’ 17yrs who specialize in car snatching at gun point, Bolaji Yusuf ‘M’ 34yrs, and Lawal Yusuf ‘M’ 38yrs, for the crimes of Criminal Conspiracy, Armed Robbery, Murder, Being in Possession of Stolen Vehicles, Unlawful possession of prohibited FireArm.

The Police Detectives attached to the Special Investigation Squad of the Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja via actionable intelligence successfully apprehended one Haruna Akubo a.k.a Young Alhaji, where Five (5) suspected stolen vehicles were recovered from L.Y Nadabo Motors opposite One Man Village Shopping Center, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State. Two other suspects named Bolaji Yusuf ‘M’ 34years and Abubakar Umar were also arrested at Heart Plaza, Maraba, where two Vehicle Master keys were found in Bolaji’s possession with three stolen phones and a bunch of car keys.

Preliminary investigation led the detectives to recover thirty-two (32) phones of different makes and a 9mm beretta pistol live ammunition in the possession of Faruk Umar. In the course of investigation, the Beretta Pistol was recovered from one Solomon Nuhu who claimed he bought it from Faruk Umar at the rate of One Hundred and thirty thousand naira only (N130,000).

The team of detectives also traced some of the vehicles to Ankpa LGA of Kogi State, where Five (5) other cars were recovered, including a Lexus IS 250 whose owner was said to have been killed in the process of snatching the vehicle, the killer Ibrahim Umar a.k.a Godiya still at large.

A total of 10 vehicles of different brands were recovered from the syndicate, with all their Chassis Numbers altered. Other items recovered include; 1 Fabricated Beretta Pistol with 1 live ammunition, 3 Laptops of different makes, 1 LG Television set, 32 mobile phones of different makes, fabricated car master keys, 2 POS machines, 13 used sim cards, 14 packs of sim cards and other phone kits.

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja AIG Ogundele J. Ayodeji, psc(+), has ordered for a comprehensive investigation into the case, after which the suspects will be charged to court for prosecution.

He however, calls on law abiding citizens of the FCT to be vigilant as they go about their day to day activities, to report any suspicious activities to the police, and to know that the Nigeria Police Force is steadfast in carrying out its mandate of protecting lives and properties.

DSP M.B Abdulkadir

Police Public Relations Officer

For: The Assistant Inspector-General of Police,

Zone 7 Command Headquarters,

Abuja.

A yet-to-be-identified male student of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, in Oyo State, has allegedly been beaten to death inside a hostel known as Shepherd Inn on the school premises by a group of other students for allegedly stealing a mobile phone.

It was gathered that the deceased was also said to have had his hair forcefully shaved by his assailants after he was reportedly caught with the stolen mobile phone.

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“They said they caught him with a stolen phone. They started beating him from 6pm yesterday (Friday) until he died at about 10am today (Saturday).

“The incident happened at ‘Shepherd Inn’. It’s like a lodge or a hostel now. They also shaved the hair of the guy before beating him,” a witness said.