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I joined Aiye Cult because I was hungry – Suspect

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A suspect, Salisu Imam, has blamed unemployment for his involvement in cult-related activities.

He stated that he was lured into cultism by one of  his unnamed friends, who, he said, told him that membership of a cult would guarantee him daily meals.

Speaking after being paraded by the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusola Amore, on Thursday in Ilorin, Imam said he fell for the bait because he had no job and was always hungry.

He said, “I was jobless and so hungry. One of my friends told me to join the Aiye cult group, that once I am a member, my daily meals are guaranteed. These friends have been taking care of me before they introduced me to cultism and I was left with no option but to play along with them.”

The CP said following the aftermath of cult killings that took place in Ilorin metropolis and the determination of the command to arrest the culprits, three suspects, Ibrahim Imam, Salisudeen Imam and Saheed Mubaraq were nabbed.

He stated that during interrogation, the suspects confessed to being members of Eiye and Aiye confraternities.

He added that they also confessed to have been involved in series of attacks that took place in Ilorin, adding that three live cartridges and charms were recovered from the suspects.

Amore also said the command apprehended Wasiu Sodiq for alleged criminal conspiracy, disturbance of public peace and being a member of a secret cult.

He said the police responded to a distress call that some hoodlums had invaded Laduba area of Ilorin and were shooting into the air.

He stated that the police arrested Sodiq while a search conducted on him led to the recovery of a locally-made pistol and expended cartridges.

Suspect Killed After Driving Into Crowd, Stabbing People At Ohio State University.

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An 18-year-old man of Somali descent rammed his car into a group of pedestrians and stabbed several people at Ohio State University in the United States on Monday morning.

 

After the suspect left his vehicle and began stabbing people with a butcher knife, a police officer shot him dead.

 

At least nine victims were hospitalized, with one in critical condition. According to a statement released by the university, “victim injuries include stab wounds, injury by motor vehicle and other injuries that are being evaluated.”

 

University officials had initially reported that an active shooter was present on campus and sent an emergency alert to all students and faculty advising them to “run, hide, fight.” However, it was later gathered that the attacker did not have a gun on his person.

 

Upon receiving the alert via text message, students and faculty barricaded themselves in rooms where they waited for the situation to be brought under control. When the suspect was killed and the campus secured, the advisory was lifted, allowing students and faculty to move freely about campus, though classes were cancelled for the remainder of the day.

 

Law enforcement officials have withheld the assailant’s identity but confirmed that he was an 18-year-old male of Somali descent. Investigators are trying to determine the motive of the attack.

 

When asked if the attack could be considered an act of terrorism, Columbus, Ohio Police Chief Kimberley Jacobs said, “We have to consider that it is that possibility.”

 

“We had an attack earlier this year with a man with a knife causing multiple injuries. So we’re always aware that that’s the potential. And we’re going to continue to look at that,” she added.

 

Federal law enforcement officials told ABC News that the suspect was a legal resident of the United States. He allegedly made a Facebook post lamenting recent attacks on Muslims.

 

Ohio State University’s Columbus campus is one of the largest universities in the country. Students had just returned to class on Monday after the Thanksgiving break.

We capitalise on victims’ greed to defraud them – Suspects

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Two suspected fraudsters, Donald Adodo and Dapo Adejumo, who were arrested by the police in Abuja, for defrauding some residents, claimed that they exploited only greedy victims.

 

Adodo, 46, said he traded in fairly used clothes, popularly known as okrika, but was defrauded by a customer. He said the incident ended his business venture.

 

The father of two, in an interview on Friday in Abuja, said he was no longer involved in fraudulent activities, noting that he was walking along the road when he was arrested by the police.

 

Adodo said, “Since the last time I was arrested by the police, I stopped engaging in 419 business. But the fact is that we only play on the greed of our victims. Nigerians should know that you cannot fall mugu (victim) if you are not greedy. So, the advice I have for Nigerians is, ‘Don’t be greedy and you won’t fall mugu.”

 

Adejumo, 27, who also admitted to have defrauded many FCT residents, identified Kubwa-Zuba Expressway as his area of operation.

He confessed that he used to pretend to be a taxi driver to defraud his passengers by talking about a dubious quick money business venture to lure unsuspecting victims.

 

The suspect said, “I have about three business partners; what we do is to paint the impression of a great business venture that could bring quick money and the moment a passenger indicated interest, we would ask him to contribute his share of the business capital, which we would run away with.

 

“If people are contented with what they have, they won’t fall victims; I am not involved in ‘one chance’ robbery and I don’t force people to give me money, what I do is petty 419 and only greedy mugus fall victims,” he said.

 

Adejumo stated that he had defrauded only three victims this year, adding that he got about N15,000 from the operations.

 

The police, he said, arrested him on account of a disagreement he had with his business partner, which he said had nothing to do with their criminal activities.

Police Burst Visa Racketeering Syndicate, Arrest Suspect

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The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command burst a visa racketeering syndicate and arrested the mastermind, one Emu-Larry Chidiebere, on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old suspect was arrested for being  involved in the United Arab Emirate’s visa racketeering scheme at the Ajah area of Lagos State.

The suspect, who hails from Ika North Local Government Area in Delta State, alongside his gang, was said to have swindled one Abraham Jude and four other persons of N2million, under the false pretence of helping them procure a Dubai Visa.

According to Jude, one of the victims, “When I was laid off where I was working in Abuja. I had intention of moving out of the country to start a new life.

“Then, I met his uncle (the suspect) Samuel Obed, who told me his nephew was working with one company at the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and that he could help me to secure the country’s visa.

“We started to communicate via telephone, and he assured me that he could secure Dubai Visa for me at a reasonable price. He requested for N400, 000, which I told him I can’t afford such huge amount of money at that particular point in time.

“Later, he called me again that his work place in Dubai was recruiting and he had already submitted my name for employment. Afterwards, he started to persuade me by telling me the benefits that are attached to the employment.

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German Officials Demand Answers After Suspect’s Suicide

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German authorities are under pressure to explain how a detained Syrian man suspected of planning an airport bombing attack was able to take his own life, with politicians demanding answers and calling the death in custody a “fiasco” and a “tragedy”.

Sebastian Gemkow, Saxony’s justice minister, said in a press conference in Dresden that Jaber al-Bakr, 22, strangled himself on Wednesday evening by tying his shirt to the bars of his jail cell.

“This should not have happened even though we did everything we could to prevent it,” Gemkow said on Thursday.

Earlier on Thursday, Bakr’s defence lawyer Alexander Huebner said that he had been informed his client was “under constant surveillance.

“How could this happen?” asked Huebner.

“I’m unbelievably shocked and absolutely speechless that something like this could have happened,” he said.

Rolf Jacob, the head of the prison where Bakr was held, told reporters that a trainee guard checked on the prisoner at 730pm on Wednesday, and that when he returned for another check 15 minutes later he found him dead.

Jacob said authorities who assessed him when he entered the prison had noted there was a suicide risk but did not consider it acute. He said the suspect was checked on every quarter of an hour and given pants without a belt as a precaution.

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Berlin Bomb Attack Plan Suspect Commits Suicide In Custody

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A Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack “with Islamist motives” on a Berlin airport has strangled himself to death with his shirt in detention, Saxony state justice officials said Thursday.

Investigators believe that 22-year-old Albakr, who arrived in Germany last year, was close to staging a terrorist attack. German police have said that Albakr’s “approach and behavior” suggest an ISIS link.

“On the evening of October the 12th, 2016, Jaber Albakr, the prime suspect in planning a serious attack against the state, took his life in the prison hospital of the Leipzig correctional facility,” the ministry said in a statement on its website, also confirming the news to CNN.
The Saxony Justice Minister Sebastian Gemkow told reporters that Albakr had strangled himself with his shirt but it was not immediately clear if he had hanged himself in his cell.
Gemkow said Albakr had been seen by a psychologist earlier in the day, but it was assessed that suicide was unlikely.
Authorities then decided to reduce its checks on him from every 30 minutes to every 15.
Albakr was on a hunger strike and refused to drink, Gemkow said, adding that authorities tried to resuscitate him for about half an hour after they found his body.
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Suspect Defecates In Court To Evade Trial In Edo

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There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the Magistrates’ Court complex in Benin, Edo State, when an 18-year-old man, Abudulahi Muhammed, defecated on his body and attempted to flee to evade trial.

It was learnt that Muhammed, who was brought to the court with other suspects, was about to have his case registered when some court workers observed that he had soiled himself with excreta.

He was brought to court to face trial for allegedly stealing four cartons of powdered milk.

An eyewitness said the 18-year-old suspect suddenly pulled off his trousers and took to his heels half-naked, causing confusion within the premises of the court complex.

He was, however, rearrested after the Investigative Police Officer, Aigbochie Iruonagbe, called for assistance.

Muhammed was later offered a bag of sachet water to wash himself before he was arraigned.

The police prosecutor, Thomas Ojo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Mission Road, on October 8, 2016.

Ojo stated that the accused stole the items from one Favour Nwachukwu, saying the act was punishable under Section 390 (4) (a) of the criminal code.

The accused person pleaded guilty to the one-count charge on stealing.

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Rape Suspect Attempts Suicide In Court

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There was mild drama at the Rivers State judiciary complex yesterday, after a 38-year-old man, Ibinabo Franklyn, who is being accused of raping his 17-year-old daughter, attempted to kill himself.

The Chief Magistrate, F.N. Amanze, Esq, had ordered that the accused person be remanded in the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Prison custody and referred the case file to the director of Public Prosecution, DPP, for advice, adjourning the matter to December 23, 2016 for mention.

Shortly after the Chief Magistrate rose and the accused was handcuffed and was being led out of the court, that  he got hold of one of the tiles which were brought to the court probably as exhibit, broke it and started stabbing himself in the throat.

Not satisfied, the accused went ahead and got hold of a bottle, continued stabbing and knocking himself on the wall. It took the intervention of some security operatives who went through the back door and got hold of him.

The accused was said to have had canal knowledge of his biological daughter, who is also a product of rape, on the 23rd of this month at Okujagu  community in Port Harcourt local government area of the state.

It was gathered that the accused had chained his daughter in the house and left a bucket where she could urinate, then locked her up and went to work after raping her, so that she would not escape.
According to one of the officers, it took the intervention of neighbours who broke into the house and rescued the girl.

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New York Bomb Suspect Charged By NYPD

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US federal prosecutors have charged an Afghan-American with detonating and planting bombs in New York and New Jersey that left at least 31 people wounded.

The prosecutors said on Tuesday that Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, carried out twin bombings on Saturday in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood and along the route of a US Marine Corps run in the New Jersey town of Seaside Park.

A criminal complaint was unsealed in Newark, New Jersey, shortly after a virtually identical filing was unsealed in New York.

The Afghanistan-born American restaurant worker, who lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was critically wounded in a police shootout on Monday.

Two officers were shot in the encounter, but suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Chris Bollwage, the mayor of Elizabeth, said Rahami had also sustained shots and had been taken away by  ambulance. Rahami underwent surgery on his wounds and remains in hospital.

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My Pastor Pushed Me To Sell Stolen Car– Suspect

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e Lagos State Police Command has arrested a robbery suspect, Olawale Olabinwonu, while attempting to sell a stolen vehicle.

Olabinwonu, an administrative officer of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad while trying to sell a Nissan Sentra, 2015 model.

The vehicle, whose number plate was changed, had been placed on an online shopping platform, where it was advertised for sale.

Police investigators had, on seeing the advert, called the contact on the website to indicate interest.

A man, who took custody of the car where it was parked in the Lekki area of the state, was said to have been arrested.

The suspect, however, denied ownership of the car and subsequently led detectives to Olabinwonu’s residence.

Olabinwonu was reported to have packed out of the house with his family after sensing danger.

He was, however, tracked to a church in the area where he was arrested.

It was gathered that the vehicle, which is owned by a bank, was stolen at gunpoint when some robbers attacked a hotel in the Iju-Ishaga area where the manager of the bank lodged.

The robbers were said to have made away with the car along with other valuables of the banker.

Olabinwonu, in his statement to the police, said the car was given to him by a friend he identified as Ahmed Abbey, who asked him to find a buyer for it.

He explained that he consulted his pastor twice, who assured him that nothing would go wrong and he could go ahead with the sale.

He said, “I met Abbey at Dammy Jay Hotel, Ikorodu. He came to my table, bought drinks for everyone and we became friends. While I was going home, he gave me N2,000.

“I saw Abbey later that week to ask if he could help me with some money because I had no job. He asked if I could help his sister, who was travelling overseas, to sell her car.

“I consulted my pastor and he told me to collect the car from him. I took the car from him, but after about three weeks and I couldn’t get a buyer, he took the car from me.

“Some weeks later, I saw him with the car and he challenged me that I didn’t want to sell the car.  After a while, we agreed that I should try again.

“I consulted my pastor again for him to pray about it. This time, my pastor introduced me to someone in Lekki, who had a car park at a very conspicuous place, where we could put the car for sale.  The car was there when I learnt that it was stolen at gunpoint.”

Olabinwonu said since his arrest, his friend had switched off his phone.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest, saying efforts were on to get Abbey.

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Boko Haram: Suspect Arrested At Presidential Villa

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A bodyguard, Corporal Hassan Aminu, who was arrested by security agents at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday evening, over suspected links with Boko Haram  is actually a serving soldier,  Nigerian Army sources confirmed to Daily Sun yesterday .
But, the sources, however, said the incident happened two months ago.
Daily Sun gathered that the soldier, Corporal Hassan Aminu, who is a twin, ran into troubled waters after security agents on “internal security operation” in Kogi State arrested his twin brother.
Other sources added the soldier’s twin brother made a confessional statement on the involvement of his brother with the Boko Haram sect during interrogation which led to the arrest of the serving soldier. His confessional statement was said to have led to a total overhaul of the Presidential Villa and verification of security and civilian personnel deployed there by the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA), which ended last week.
The high profile suspect is being  kept in custody in one of the detention facilities where intelligence personnel are still carrying out further investigation.
Corporal Aminu is said to be highly connected to Khalid Albarnawi, leader of the Ansaru Islamic sect and second in command to Abubakar Shekau in the hierarchy of the Boko Haram terrorists group.

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Army Smashes Kidnap Gang As Suspect Commits Suicide

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The Nigerian Army has smashed a suspected    notorious kidnappers gang that has been terrorising Abia State.One of the suspects allegedly committed suicide while another was arrested by the Nigerian Army.

The suspect believed to be the leader of the fourman gang that allegedly shot and abducted a victim at Ohafia, and took him to Nkporo town in Ohafia Local Government Area where they were demanding for ransom before residents made a distress call to the Army. At a press conference in Umuahia, the Army Public Relations Officer (APRO), Major Sydneyv Mbaneme said the suspect committed suicide while escaping arrest. “He was escaping from arrest and jumped from he window of the building he was hiding to another building’s roof which caved in and he hit his head on the floor and died on the spot.”

Mbaneme, said two Ak 47 rifles, nine Magazines loaded with 124 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, one pistol, two rounds of 9 mm ammunition, two cutlasses 6 GSM handsets, one chain, one ipad, a wrap of substance suspected to be Indian hemp, two motor number plates, one camouflage jungle hat, one ATM and the N5,490,000.

Mbaneme said that in a follow up search the next day being Saturday, April 9, 2016, the army recovered a Toyota Rav 4 with registration number MUS 428 RZ, used in kidnap- ping the rescued victim, bunch of keys, one Generator set and two empty travelling bags. He explained that the incident happened when troops deployed in Abiriba received a distress call from a community in Nkporo over movement of persons suspected to be kidnappers were noticed in their area. “The troops on receipt of the call, swiftly responded and on getting there, arrested one of the suspected kidnappers, Chidiebere Sunday, while two escaped into the bush, the fourth, trying to escape jumped on top of the roof of a neighbouring house, fell into the house through the ceiling, hit his head on the ground and died and in that process their victim was rescued.”He said that the victim, who was shot and kidnapped on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 is responding to treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

According to him, the body of the deceased kidnapper had been taken away by the police at Nkporo while the arrested kidnapper and the recovered items are in the custody of the 14 Brigade , Ohafia.Sunday, 39 denied knowledge of the kidnap business.

He said that he came home for the funeral ceremony of his father and after informing his friend, one Ifeanyi of the burial, he asked him to come and take some money.

He explained that it was in the process of going to collect the money from Ifeanyi that the army swooped on them and he was arrested while Ifeanyi escaped.

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Gunmen Blow Up Agip Gas Pipeline Over Suspect’s Arrest

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A group of armed men believed to be cultists have blown up a gas facility in Akala Olu village, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State for the arrest and continued detention of a suspect, Mr. Emmanuel Odum.
The attack on the gas facility, according to a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 2 Brigade in Port Harcourt, Captain Eli Lazarus, disrupted production activities of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company.
The suspected cultists believed to be members of Icelander cult group had demanded the release of Odum, who was said to be currently undergoing interrogation for his alleged involvement in pipeline vandalisation and cult-related activities.
The statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday indicated that the vandals and suspected cultists had also threatened to carry out further attacks on oil and gas installations unless their demands were met.
“In the early hours of Sunday February 7, 2016, pipeline vandals destroyed a gas facility in Akala Olu village in Oshie community, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, thereby disrupting the production activities of Nigeria Agip Oil Company.
“The vandals threatened to carry out further acts of vandalism unless their demands are met. The vandals are suspected members of Icelander cult group.
“The group demanded for the release of a detained suspect; one Mr. Emmanuel Odum currently undergoing interrogation in connection with pipeline vandalism and cult related activities,” the statement read.
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Katsina Mosque Bomb Blast Confirmed, Suspect Nabbed With Explosive Remnants

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Explosion rocked a mosque at Yartabki village near the headquarters of Funtua local government in Katsina State on Tuesday.

The state’s police public relations officer, Aminu Saqiq, confirmed the incident to the New Agency of Nigeria. But said no one was injured in the incident.

The police spokesman said a suspect had been arrested, disclosing that two mobile cell phones and remnants of the explosives were also recovered.

He added that the recovered items were being ascertained by experts.The worshippers, who were reportedly scared after spotting a black polythene bag inside the mosque, informed the police, but the explosives detonated before the arrival of the security team.

According to NAN, the paint on the wall and carpets of the mosque got burnt.

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Wanted Boko Haram Suspect Nabbed At Abuja Airport

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A suspected Boko Haram member on the list of wanted 100 terrorists whose photographs and names were recently released by the military was on Sunday arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) by AVSEC, the security arm of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

The suspect, Chindo Bello, was arrested while attempting to obtain his boarding pass for an Aero Contractor airline flight to Lagos. He is currently being interrogated by the military intelligence.

Sunday’s arrest is the second in recent times at the Abuja Airport, coming less than two months after a combined team of the military and FAAN officials nabbed a young man said to be monitoring movements at the airport for Boko Haram.

Confirming the arrest, the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, said: “The declaration of 100 suspected Boko Haram terrorists has started to pay the desired dividend as one of them was arrested as he attempted to flee.

“Today at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, a man suspected to be one of the declared wanted suspected Boko Haram terrorists, Chindo Bello, was apprehended by Aviation Security as he was boarding Aero Contractors’ Airline flight to Lagos. The suspect has since been handed over to the military intelligence for interrogation and prosecution.”

The army spokesman commended those he described as eagle-eyed, patriotic security agents and good citizens for the tip-off that led to the arrest of the suspect.

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Police Nabs Suspect Over Kidnap Of The Sun DMD’s Wife

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Police operatives have arrested one of the suspected members of the kidnap gang that abducted Toyin, wife of the Deputy Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Newspapers, Mr. Steve Nwosu, at his Okota residence in Lagos.

The suspect, Odo Sylvester, an Economics Student of the Kogi State University, is presently in the cell of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command.

Sylvester, who spoke with Daily Sun said: “Actually, I made a serious mistake by indulging in a stupid behaviour. I am a lover of The Sun Newspapers because I like the style of the paper. One of the writers that I admire is Steve Nwosu. When I looked at Nwosu’s column and I did not see his write up, so, I asked why he did not  write and someone told me that his wife, Toyin, was kidnapped.

“I now said wow, it would be an opportunity to make money. I picked his number from his column. I now called him and told him that he should send me N100,000 so that I could link him to his wife. He agreed. I was thinking about it that the money was too small to bear such a risk. I then changed my mind and told him to pay N2 million, pretending that I hid his wife in my custody.  He seemed to have agreed, but as he was negotiating on how to pay, the real kidnappers contacted him. When I called him again, he said I should not call him again. He said I should stop playing with him. I decided to keep my cool.

“I swear, I don’t know the kidnappers. I was only cashing in on the situation to extort money from Nwosu. If the police like, let them kill me, I don’t know the people that kidnapped Toyin. I am begging the government to look into the issue. I swear to God Almighty, I don’t know any thing about the abduction of Toyin.

“I was trailed through the phone number I used in communicating with Nwosu. I was picked in the school. I told you that I am an Economics Student of the Kogi State University. I am in 200 level. I am afraid that  my arrest may affect my education.”

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Nyanya Bombings Suspect Pleads Guilty

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One of the suspected bombers of Nyanya and Kuje, both satellite towns in Abuja, on October 2, 2015, Abdulwaheed Nasiru, told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday that he was guilty of being in possession of 12 Improvised Explosive Devices and other materials used for making bombs.

Nasiru, 23, was the youngest among the five persons arraigned before Justice Abdulkadir Abdul-Kafarati on five counts arising from the multiple bombings, which left scores dead and many others with varying degrees of injuries.

The fourth count which Nasiru pleaded guilty to had to do with being in possession of 12 IEDs and materials used for manufacturing them.

The rest of the accused persons – Abdulazeez Muhazab (26), Ishiaka Salihu (25), Mohammed Jimoh (33) and Abdullahi Nasiru (34), however, pleaded not guilty to all the five counts preferred against them

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French Beheading Suspect Denies Jihad Motivation

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The man being held in France under suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up a chemicals plant has told investigators there was no religious motivation behind the attack, a source close to the inquiry said on Monday.

The source said Yassin Salhi, 35, told investigators he was not a jihadist and repeated earlier statements that he committed the act outside the southeast city of Lyon on Friday after a row with his wife the day before and his boss a few days earlier.

Salhi, who was arrested on the scene of the crime on Friday, can be held for a maximum 96 hours under French law before being charged or released.

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Men Suspected To Have Killed 148 Kenyan Students in Terror Attack Denied Bail In Court

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Five suspects arrested in connection with a terror attack at a Kenyan university that killed 148 people were denied bail yesterday when they appeared before a court in Nairobi for the mention of their case.

Police had accused the suspects of supplying guns to the four gunmen who carried out the deadly attack in April.

The accused, Mohamed Ali Abdikar, Hassan Aden Hassan, Sahal Diriye and Osman Abdi who are thought to be Kenyan or Somali nationals, and Rashid Charles, a Tanzanian national, have denied the charges and were remanded in custody until later in the month when their trial is expected to commence.

While making the ruling, the chief magistrate said granting bail would compromise investigations as security officials were still compiling evidence.

The prosecution has said it intends to call more than 30 witnesses to testify in the case, and the trial is scheduled to begin in earnest on June 24.

After the attack, officials announced five arrests, including three alleged “coordinators” captured as they fled towards Somalia and two others seized at the university compound.

The two arrested on campus included a security guard and a Tanzanian found hiding in the ceiling holding grenades.

It will be recalled during the university attack, the extremists lined up non-Muslim students for execution while Muslim students were spared.

Lekki Bank Robbery Suspect Opens Up

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A suspected member of the armed robbery gang who invaded a bank in Lekki Lagos killing three policemen and a teenage hawker has been arrested.

The suspect, Ekelemo Kuete said he was given N50,000 for his involvement in the deadly operation.

According to the indigene of Ondo state, ” We were 15 in number that went for that operation and we used two speed boats. Five of us stayed back in the boat at Lekki while the other 10 went inside the bank. When they killed the policemen and two other civilians I queried them but they didn’t listen.”

“I am the speed boat driver that took the armed robbery gang to Lekki on Mach 12, 2015”. I didn’t want to go, they forced me, and after the operation, they gave me N50,000. I have not gone for robbery operation before now; I am into oil bunkering in Arepo along Lagos Ibadan expressway, a community in Ogun state. I know they were robbers when the contracted me to use my speed boat to convey them through the waterways to Lekki. I make money from oil bunkering between N50,000- N80,000 each time I go to work.

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