Policeman, Yahoo boy killed in Agege

THERE was palpable confusion in Agege area of Lagos State on Sunday afternoon when a police corporal attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command was shot death.
The death of the police officer was said to be reprisal by some hoodlums, who were protesting the shooting of two people, simply identified as Sulaimon and Segun by the deceased policeman.
The police in the state confirmed the death of the policeman but denied that he was killed in retaliation for killing two people.
The image maker in charge of the state police command, Joe Offor, insisted that the policeman did not commit suicide but shot in the head.
It was gathered that the deceased policeman had gone to the area to rescue an internet fraudster, popularly known as ‘yahoo boy,’ when he was shot.
The deceased officer, Sergeant James, was escaping with the ‘Yahoo boy’ when some hoodlums reportedly killed him and the internet fraudster.
A source at Amoo Street, where the incident happened, told the Nigerian Tribune that the internet fraudster was driving around the stadium when he was stopped by some street urchins.
The ‘Yahoo boy’, simply identified as Obey, had reportedly called the policeman to come and rescue him when he could not satisfy the request of the angry hoodlums.
The deceased policeman was said to have shot into the crowd, hitting two of them in the process, before escaping with Obey in a car.
Some hoodlums were said to have chased the policeman and Obey on a motorbike and killed both of them.
Offor, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune confirmed the death of the policeman but denied that he had earlier shot two people.
He also said that the police in the state had begun investigations into the incident.

25-year-old to die by hanging for stealing phones, wristwatches

A convicted armed robber, Rasak Ogedengbe, 25, has been sentenced to death by hanging.
Ogedengbe’s journey to the gallows began when he attacked the family of one Mr Chukwujekwu who just returned from church at Ejigbo and carted away some of their valuables, which included money, wrist watches and phones.
The victim had gone to report at Ejigbo police station when he saw Ogedenge in the police van after the suspect had already been arrested by the police.
The police searched the polythene bag with him and found some of the valuables stolen from the victim.
Ogedengbe did not produce any witness and also pleaded not guilty to the offence but the prosecution had called two witnesses to testify and all their evidence were taken by the court.
While delivering her judgment, the presiding judge, Hon.Justice Olabisi Akinlade said that Ogedengbe was accused of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery under Section 403 and 402 of the criminal code, law of Lagos State 2003.
She said that the prosecution has been able to prove the elements of armed robbery and conspiracy and therefore found Ogedengbe guilty of both offences.
He was therefore sentenced to death by hanging.