An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Friday, remanded a 42-year-old man, Adegbile Musibau, for alleged N1 million fraud.

The defendant, whose house address was not given, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing.

The Prosecutor, ASP Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in August 2022 at Ita-Olopo Street, Ile-Ife.

Abdullahi said that the defendant allegedly fraudulently obtained an FCMB ATM card and a phone belonging to one Bimbo Awoyera, with which he withdrew the sum of N1,030,000 from her bank account.

He said the offence contravened sections 390(9) and 419 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.

The defence Counsel, Mr K. A. Akintilo, applied for the bail for the defendant in the most liberal term, with a promise that his client would not jump bail.

Magistrate Kike Adebayo, however, ordered the defendant to be remanded at the Ile-Ife Correctional Centre, and asked the defence counsel to put in a formal bail before the court.

Adebayo adjourned the case to June 9, for hearing. (NAN)

An Abakaliki Chief Magistrates Court on Monday remanded one Chigozie Nwachukwu at a correctional centre in Ebonyi, allegedly for attempted murder and belonging to a cult group.

Nwachukwu, 27, a suspected member of Barger Confraternity, is facing a three-count charge which bordered on conspiracy, cultism and attempted murder.

The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Bassey Okon told the court that the accused committed the offences on Nov. 24, 2022, at Amachi-Unuhu, Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state.

Okon told the court that Nwachukwu and one other, now at large, attempted to murder one Nwachukwu Lawrence, by pushing him into a soak-away pit.

Okon said the offence was punishable under Section 516A (a) of the Criminal Code Cap 33 vol. 1, laws of Ebonyi, 2009.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Ojemba Isu-Oko, ordered that the accused be remanded at a correctional centre.

He adjourned the matter until June 23 for hearing.

Nwachukwu has yet to engage a counsel. (NAN)

A 29- year- old notorious Yahoo boy, identified as Amos Olalere, has confessed to killing his younger sister with the help of his mother for money ritual purposes.

The suspect was apprehended by detectives of the Lagos State Police Command during a stop-and-search operation carried out along Itamaga, Ikorodu Road, in Lagos State.

According to Daily Independent, during interrogations, the suspect said that his mother asked him to kill his younger sister after a herbalist told them that he has to sacrifice one life which has to be a sibling to him for ritual so he can succeed in his Yahoo business.

The young man said ” My mother took me to a herbalist who told me if I want to be successful in the Yahoo business, I will have to sacrifice one life and that person must be my sister which I love so much.

After hearing from the herbalist it took me months before I could carry out the act where my mother was also encouraging me to kill my sister so they can be rich.

My mother planned the entire incident, by going out to buy poison that she will put in my sister’s food.

The herbalist also instructed that I must sleep with my sister, suck her vagina after she was dead then threw her into the river for the ritual procedures to be completed.

They connived together and carried out the act but were arrested along Ikorodu road on their way to dispose of the deceased’ s dead body.