According to some of them who claim to be leaders of the community, the razing of Igwe’s houses and others were a sort of reprisals for an alleged killing of the five members of the community. Three people in the community namely, Odua Ogum Obidinna, Damian Azuka and Fidelis Imegwu said at Ogwuikpele: “On the night of May 5, 2010, some strange faces believed to be thugs entered the community in a boat.

Crime Guard learnt that the fight degenerated to a stage where each of the parties used broken bottles to carve out huge chunks of flesh from their bodies while blood flowed freely from their deep wounds. At a stage, Bassey, the elderly one who was reportedly bleeding from a deep gush on his neck, went to a nearby bench to rest before continuing with the fight only for him to slump on the bench. He reportedly died in that sitting position.

I smoke Indian hemp and there is this joint there, a lot of smokers gather to smoke during evening hours. It was there I met one Onyekachi who spends lots of money. He buys drink for every body and he dashes lots of money to people. I became loyal to him and he was sending me on errand whenever he comes around. Truly I admire the way he spends money.

Early this year, Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aloysius Okorie took the bull by the horn by instructing all the banks in the state to bring their armoured bullion vans to the state Police headquarters, Owerri.

The gun in question does not belong to either of us. It was given to us by the landlord association that employed us and the association has risen to our defense. It had also on several occasions reported cases of the attacks at the Ibafo division .

WHAT would have resulted in a bloody clash between some policemen attached to the Lagos state police command and some army personnel was Tuesday night averted following alleged mounting of illegal check points along the Seme\Badagry road by some uniformed personnel in Badagry and OPS MESAH.

LIKE the biblical Rachel who wept uncontrollably and refused to be consoled over the massacre of her children, Mrs Marian Kalu has vowed not to sleep until she sets her eyes on her daughter, Chinedu, whom she took to a church for a spiritual cleansing but disappeared into thin air, hours later in the church.

The Police image maker stressed the need for members of the public to carry out thorough checks and investigations on people seeking job in their organization before offering such jobs to them. Narrating the case of the female Accountant and her boyfriend, Mba said that one Beatrice Effomah (24), who resides off Jaiyeola Street, Green Ville Estate, Badore, Ajah, Lagos and an indigene of Uzere Delta State, on the 10th of April, 2010, conspired with her boyfriend, one Solomon Jabless (30) and made away with over N2 million belonging to her employer, while she was taking the money to the bank. She was an accountant to a popular filling station located at Ajah area of the State.

I then saw Daniel running away with the money I kept inside my car. I promptly caledl for help as I saw him leaving in awaiting car. Other people around also called the police and about 15 minutes later, two police patrol vans came in with the two suspects and my money was recovered and returned to me.

Giving details of the incident, the Police boss said, “On the 30th March, 2010, the command woke up to grapple with the reality of the demise of a suspect in a case of theft at Agodi Divisional Police Headquarters. The command was told that the deceased took ill and was rushed to Adeoyo State Hospital where he was confirmed dead.

A 37- year-old man identified as Mr. Ayodeji Shokunbo is currently telling detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti street Yaba, Lagos how he killed his landlord; one Mr. Sodiq Ganiyu. Angrily

Crime Guard scooped that a night preceding the discovery, a deafening noise was heard coming from the building as if some people were pounding yam in a mortar. After a while, remarked some anonymous respondents, the noise calmed down and everybody went to sleep only for residents to wake up the following morning to behold a bag soaked in blood and carefully dumped in an uncompleted building on Olorungbebe street, Isuti-Egan in Igando.

HONOURABLE Justice Okon Efreti Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Tuesday, could not hide his emotions and disdain for violators of fundamental human rights when he tongue lashed the Police and condemned the alleged involvement of officials of the Lagos state government for the unlawful arrest, detention and subsequent arraignment at an Ikeja magistrate of Oba Gbolahan Akanbi Timson last year.

APART from the criminal implication, tell me, what could be more undignifying for a woman to ingest hard drug for whatever reason, knowing full well the health implication?” queried the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Alhaji Hamza Umar.

PROTEST, whether peaceful or violent is not new to residents of Ajegunle, an average size community in Ajeromi\Ifelodun LGA in Lagos state. Ironically dubbed the Jungle City,(perhaps because of the people’s lifestyle) Ajegunle has been adjudged one of the most peaceful communities in Lagos State with nearly every resident having at least, basic knowledge of the other.