Man jailed 6 yrs for selling baby for N60,000

AN Abia State Chief Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Mrs. E.K.O. Umah, has sentenced one Chigoziem Nwankwo to six years imprisonment for selling a four-year-old baby girl.

The court also sentenced him to another three months imprisonment for stealing mobile handsets valued at N14,000.

Chigoziem was alleged to have sold four-year-old Miss Rejoice Ibe, stolen from a couple.

He was said to have sold the baby for N60,000 to an accomplice , Bashiru, said to be at large.

Delivering judgment, Mrs. Umah said, “having considered the nature of the offences committed by the accused person and investigations conducted by the prosecuting officer as well as the accused person admitting to the truth of the matter, the jail terms of six years imprisonment becomes imperative.”

Chigoziem, said to be a wheel-barrow pusher at Gariki in Enugu, Enugu State, was alleged to have conspired with one Mr. Bashiru and stole a Nokia GSM handset valued at N8,000 and Samsung handset valued at N6, 000, property of Mr. and Mrs. Sunday Ibe.

During his arrest, Chigoziem was said to be violent and assaulted the couple allegedly with a kitchen knife and inflicted injuries on Mrs. Ibe.

However, the Magistrate said the prison terms are to run concurrently.

Meanwhile, one Mr. Ndubuisi Nnamachi, 65, was remanded at the Federal Prisons, Afara Umuahia, for allegedly killing one Mr. Nweke David by setting him on fire in conspiracy with Mr. Chisom Nkuche and Okechukwu David.

This incident was said to have happened on January 21, 2012, at Akirika Ukwu in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state.

After listening to the charges, Magistrate E.C.N. Kalu said the charge fell outside the jurisdiction of his court and ordered that the matter be transferred to a high court, while the accused persons were remanded in prisons custody.

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HOW YAHOO YAHOO BOY'S LOVE-SCAM BRITON WOMAN OF £40,000

What I find hard to understand is the reason why some people still view internet love as part of the real thing, why on earth will you believe the person on the other side of the world is who he/she says he/she is, why? Its so bad, it will take years for this woman to get this scam off her mind, its not all about the money, its all about the fact that she was deeply in love with the Nigerian yahoo yahoo boy.

A 59 year old Briton, Vicky Fowkes has been scammed by a Nigerian internet fraudster. Vicky met him on an online dating site where he was masquerading as a charming Briton named John Hawkins. She started sending him money in August, 2010 and by November that year, the man, who claimed he was an engineer with his own property business, had received nearly £40,000!

But Ms Fowkes’ hope of love was shattered when police visited her home in Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, and revealed the romance was scam concocted by an internet fraudster. The mother-of-two said: “I put my trust in this person and I was beginning to start a relationship with them, but now the whole affair has had a devastating effect on my life. I have been humiliated and have lost my self respect

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Man docked for stealing of Policeman’s N30,000

A 28-year-old man, Jamiu Surakat, who allegedly stole N30,000 belonging to a policeman, Sgt. Henry Okon, during the nationwide strike and protests against Federal Government removal of fuel subsidy, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos.

The accused and others at large were said to have stolen the N30,000 from Sgt. Okon when he, alongside other policemen, were removing illegal roadblocks mounted by Surakat and his accomplices on January 13, 2012 at Freeman and Igbosere Streets, Lagos Island, Lagos.

According to the charge, Surakat and his accomplices also damaged a police walkie-talkie held by Sgt. Okon and breached public peace by blocking the streets with tyres and woods, which created problem for people of the area.

The accused is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy to commit felony, stealing, malicious damage and breach of public peace, punishable under sections 409, 285, 348 and 44 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

Magistrate L. Balogun granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum, who is to furnish the court with verifiable residential and office addresses.

The case has been adjourned till February 3, 2012 for further hearing.

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Burned to death over a debt of $2,000

New York City police have arrested the man they believe burned a 73-year-old woman to death by dousing her in gasoline and setting her on fire in the elevator of her Brooklyn, New York, apartment. 

Jerome Isaac, 47, is reportedly a disgruntled handyman who was angry over a $2,000 unpaid bill. 

He was charged this afternoon with first-degree murder and arson, hours after he turned himself in to police reeking of gasoline. Police say Isaac waited for Ms Gillespie to return home from shopping. When the elevator door opened, he sprayed her in the face and across her body with gasoline and set her on fire with a Molotov cocktail.

The elderly woman cowered in the corner of the elevator and tried to shield herself, but neighbors say they heard her screams of agony as she burned to death after her alleged killer fled the scene. 

The brutal attack semmed to be all over Isaac's unpaid bill after he worked for Ms Gillespie as a handyman, the New York Post reported. The fatal bill: $2,000, according to police. Isaac had lived with Ms Gillespie while he worked for her doing odd jobs.

When Ms Gillespie found out Isaac was stealing, she fired him, Rickey Causey, the victim's 52-year-old nephew, told the Post. 'He was doing more stealing than cleaning,' he said. 

Isaac left a note on Ms Gillespie's door demanding payment for chores he had done, but the elderly woman didn't want to pay him after she caught him taking things from her, Mr Causey said. The horrifying attack lasted one minute and was caught on two surveillance cameras at the 203 Underhill Avenue apartment block.

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Medical Doctor Killed by Church Member Because of N5,000

A medical doctor with the Federal Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Dr. Chibueze Onunkwo, has been killed by his landlady’s daughter-in-law (names withheld) following a disagreement between his wife and the assailant over a pledge made by his wife.

The doctor’s wife had pledged N5,000 to the church where the assailant worshiped and later redeemed the pledge.

But the suspect was said to have continued to demand that she redeem her ‘N25,000 pledge’.

Sources said the cause of the quarrel between the two women was over the controversial balance of N20,000. The doctor’s wife had insisted that she pledged N5,000 but the suspect insisted she must redeem N25,000 and even attacked her during argument. The doctor then intervened; he confronted the suspect who was said to have hit him on the head with an object. Unfortunately, he slumped and died.

However, the suspect has denied committing the crime, claiming that the late doctor and his wife were the ones that attacked her for allegedly assisting the wife to protect her marriage. The incident took place at their residence located on No. 2, Oyo Efan Street, off Palm Street, Calabar.

Meanwhile, the Cross River State chapter of Nigeria Medical Association, has accused the police of trying to cover up the matter. The Calabar branch of the association, Dr. Ofem Enang said: “NMA strongly condemns the attitude of the police and we ask the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, through the state Commissioner of Police, to carry out a thorough investigation to ensure that justice is done.”

State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Hogan Bassey, confirmed the incident, but disclosed that investigation is still ongoing and that further details will be made available later.

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