DPO Arrested over escape of man who Killed Girl for Rituals

A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Rivers State has been arrested on orders of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zaki Mohammed Ahmed, in connection with the escape of a suspected ritualist and r*pist, Ifeanyichukwu Maxwell Dike, from police detention.

Dike, a 200 level student of the University of Port Harcourt was arrested by Okporo Police Station in Port Harcourt while trying to dispose the dismembered body of his eight year-old female relative, Chikamso Victory, who he r*pe and later killed for ritual purposes

Also, a Police Inspector (names withheld) who led the team of policemen that brought the suspect to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Port Harcourt, where he was handed over to the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), former Sergeant Johnbosco Okoroeze, who has already been dismissed from the Police, was last Friday arraigned and remanded in prison custody by a Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly aiding the escape of Dike.

According to sources at SCID in Port Harcourt, the DPO and the Inspector were arrested following revelations that they were in the know of what happened before the escape of the suspect.

The source said, “The father of the victim was uncomfortable when the police team stopped on the road for the Inspector to answer a call. It was later found out that it was the DPO who called him to expect a call from an IPO, who will be in charge of the case.

“When the Inspector’s phone was checked, there was a call from one Johnbosco, who was the IPO and by the rules of the force, a DPO cannot assign an IPO to a matter that is no longer under him. So, the DPO and Inspector were invited and arrested.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has assured that he is committed to rearresting the suspected and getting every other person involved in the murder of the girl arrested.

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Big Shake-Up In NNPC… 55 Top Executives Affected

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has announced the reorganisation of its management staff in a major shake-up that affected 55 top executives.

The NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, said the new appointments would not only help to position the corporation for the challenges ahead but help fill the gaps created by statutory retirement of some officers.

Under the new arrangement, Roland Ewubare, formerly the managing director of the Integrated Data Services Limited, has been moved to the National Petroleum Investment Management Services as the new group general manager, while Diepriye Tariah, the former group general manager and senior technical assistant to the NNPC’s GMD takes over from Ewubare as the MD of the IDSL.

Executive Director, Operations, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, Malami Shehu, was appointed the managing director of Port Harcourt Refining Company, while Adewale Ladenegan, former MD of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, was moved to the KRPC as MD.

In the same vein, Muhammed Abah, until recently, the Executive Director, Operations of the WRPC, succeeds Ladenegan as the MD of the WRPC.

With the retirement of Farouk Ahmed as MD of the Nigerian Products Marketing Company, Umar Ajiya, the former GGM in charge of Corporate Planning and Strategy, was named the MD of the NPMC while Bala Wunti, formerly the general manager, Downstream at the GMD’s office had been asked to take charge as the GGM CP&S, a statement by the NNPC said.

The statement by the spokesman for the NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, also showed that Usman Yusuf was made the GGM/STA to the GMD; Adeyemi Adetunji was confirmed as the MD of the NNPC Retail, while Dr. Bola Afolabi was named as the GGM, Research and Development Division of the corporation.

Ahmadu Katagum was appointed the GGM, Shipping, in the Downstream Autonomous Business Unit, while Kallamu Abdullahi was made the GGM in charge of the Renewable Energy Division in the Downstream ABU.

Shaibu Musa was promoted to the position of the MD of the NNPC, Medical Services Limited, just as Ibrahim Birma was appointed the new GGM in charge of the corporation’s Audit Division, which was renamed Governance, Risk and Compliance Division.

More actions are ongoing with regards to re-organisation.

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Eucharia Receives Omotola, Bimbo Akintola, Omoni, Others On Condolence Visit

Nollywood actress turned Evangelist, Eucharia Anunobi, recently lost her son, Raymond, to sickle cell anaemia. He was 15. Some of her colleagues thought it wise to pay her a condolence visit.

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Nigerian Pastor Shot Dead By Robbers In Ondo

A cleric with the Nigerian Baptist Conference in Ondo State, Pastor Deji Joshua, has been killed in Okitipupa, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state by suspected armed robbers.

He was the pastor in charge of the Goodnews Baptist Church, Igbegunrin, Ilaje/Apoi Association of the Ondo State Baptist Conference.

According to a police source, the deceased was on his motorcycle when the suspected robbers killed him on Ode Aye Road.

The source, who said the incident occurred at about 11.30pm on Monday, added that the robbers stole the motorcycle.

Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Femi Joseph, said the command had commenced investigation into the incident.

He said, “When we heard about the attack on the pastor, our men moved to the scene and we saw bullet injuries on his body. Investigation is ongoing.”

The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Ondo State, Revd. John Oladapo, urged the police to fish out the killers of the pastor.

Oladapo, who is also a Baptist conference pastor, said, “We are imploring the police and other security agencies to fish out the killers and bring them to book.”

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Photos: Super Eagles Training… Mikel, Victor Moses present

Nigeria’s Super Eagles squad are pictured training ahead of the crucial game vs Cameroon on their way to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Table-toppers Nigeria are confident of overhauling Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions when both teams clash in perhaps the biggest match of Group B of the FIFA World Cup qualifying race on Friday.

Team captain Mikel John Obi is at the head of 22 players. More photos…

Nigeria, on six maximum points from their first two matches, will all but seal a place in Russia if they snap up the three points on offer on Friday evening.

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PHOTOS: Millionaire Kidnapper Evans Pleads Guilty

Notorious kidnap kingpin Chukwudubem Onwuamadike alias Evans appeared in court on Wednesday morning and pleaded guilty to the kidnapping charges preferred against him.

Evans and his five other accomplices were arraigned before a Lagos State High Court on two counts bordering on kidnap by the police. See more photos of them in court…

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Wuraola Confirms She’s No More The Wife Of Ooni of Ife

The former Olori to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Wuraola, has confirmed that her marriage to the respected monarch is indeed over.

She described him as a “silent King” and suggested that it was other people that planted stories that led to the collapse of their marriage. Read her statement…

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