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Man arrested for killing friend in Adamawa

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The Adamawa State Police Command on May 15, apprehended a 34-year-old man identified as Inuwa Yunusa, for allegedly stoning his close friend, Augustine Otti, to death and robbing him of the sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira (100,000).

A statement from SP Suleiman Nguroje, says the suspect who is a resident of Gyawana, Lamurde Local Government Area, subdued the deceased by hitting him with a strong object on the head and then threw him into a gutter.

‘’In addition to that, he stoned the deceased until he was sure he had died before taking away from him the sum of N100,000 Cash.

The suspect brutally killed the deceased on the 18/4/2023 at about 8:00pm while accompanying him to go and complete payment of rice he bought at Mbemum village.

‘’Nguroje said the suspect was apprehended following the recovery of material evidence at the scene of the crime which is linked to him.

He said interestingly, the suspect voluntarily made a confessional statement, adding that he was only interested in taking possession of the deceased money.

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INEC begins collation of governorship supplementary election results in Adamawa

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced collation of the governorship supplementary election results held on Saturday.

Speaking at the commencement of the exercise in Yola, Prof. Mohammed Mele, the state Collation Officer, said the results of Demsa and Yola-South Local Government Areas were ready.

Mr Mele urged the local government returning officers and the party agents to abide by the process for successful collation.

Dr Baba Bila, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba States, announced that each political party would be represented by only one agent.

Mr Bila explained that the collation process required that the local government returning officers must first register with the secretariat, and get results verified before presenting them to state collation officer loudly.

He called on them to also be patient with the process for a successful collation of the results.

The elections were held in 69 polling units across 20 local government areas in the state.

Results from Demsa, Yola South, Yola North and Lamurde Local Government Areas have been collated as at press time.

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Man stabs friend over N200 Indian hemp in Adamawa

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A 19-year-old man identified as Sadiq Safiyanu has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly stabbing his friend, Ibrahim Dole, with a machete while fighting over N200 Indian hemp.

Both men were dragged before the Jimeta Area Court II in Adamawa state by the police for offenses ranging from the disturbance of public peace, inciting disturbance and causing hurt contrary to sections 79, 80 and 217 of the penal code law.

The police say Sadiq, stabbed Ibrahim in the hand on the 10th December, 2022, while fighting over the Indian Hemp.

According to police investigations, Sadiq sent a boy to buy him the banned substance, however, on his way back, the little boy was stopped by Ibrahim who then collected the hemp from him and seized it.

When Sadiq got wind of the situation, he picked up a machete and went to confront Ibrahim. Ibrahim removed the Indian hemp from his pocket and showed it to Sadiq, stating that no man born of a woman will collect it from him.

A fight ensued between both men and in the process, Sadiq stabbed Ibrahim in his hand.Following their arraignment, both men pleaded guilty.

After the defendants’ plea, the Prosecutor urged the court to adjourn the matter to enable him call a witness for the purpose of corroboration.

Having heard their plea as well as the application filed by the prosecutor, the court presided by Abubakar Balarabe, adjourned the case to the 10th January, 2023, for corroboration and summary trial.

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Suspected herders attack nursing mother in Adamawa, kill her baby

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The Adamawa State Police Command has vowed to trail the attackers of a woman who also killed her daughter in Kodomti, Numan Local Government Area.

The woman and her baby girl were on their way to a burial when they were attacked by the suspected herdsmen.

The attackers inflicted a serious injury on her and then murdered her daughter.

The woman is currently receiving treatment at a general hospital in Numan due severe injuries inflicted on her.

In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, SP Yahaya Nguroje, the state Commissioner of Police, S. K. Akande, condemned the attack and ordered for the immediate arrest of the suspects.

Nguroje added that the state Commissioner of Police warned that attacks on innocent citizens would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise.

He added that the Command is doing everything legally possible to fish out the perpetrators.

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25-year-old man arrested for stoning his children to death in Adamawa

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The Adamawa State Police Command on Thursday, August 18, apprehended a 25-year-old man for allegedly killing two of his children, 3 and 5 years respectively in Himikidu community, Michika Local Government Area.

The suspect, Elisha Tari and resident of Himikidu, Michika Local Government Area, was said to have killed the victims with stones and sticks which he had used in hitting them on their heads severally.

The incident was reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Michika by the grandfather of the victims.

Preliminary investigation reveals that the victim’s mother got separated from the suspect two months ago after they had a misunderstanding.

The suspect was arrested while trying to escape to the Cameroon, and is currently in Police custody undergoing interrogation to ascertain the reason behind the murder of his children.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the state Commissioner of Police, CP SK Akande, expressed his sadness over the sad act and has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police CID to take over investigation and ensure prosecution of the suspect to serve as deterrent to others.

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58-year-old woman kills her husband’s side chic in Adamawa

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A 58-year-old housewife in Adamawa State, Hajaratu Sini, has been arrested by men of the Adamawa state police command for allegedly killing her husband’s mistress with a stick after she caught them pants down. The suspect who hails from Wumbirmi Tilli, in Michika Local Government Area, allegedly murdered her husband’s lover, Kwada Drambi, on July 31.

Hajaratu, mother of 2 who got married to her husband over 40 years ago, was among the 38 suspects paraded by the Adamawa state police command in Yola, on Tuesday.

Hajaratu’s husband and the deceased who is a widow have been secretly seeing each other. However, on July 31, Hajaratu caught them in an uncompromising position at about 9pm when she stormed the widow’s house.

Sini, who ran out of the room for safety was pursued by his angry wife and they continued their fight outside. However, in the heat of the rage, the deceased followed them outside and engaged the suspect in a fight in an attempt to defend her newfound man.

Hajaratu, who became wild, used a stick in her possession and hit the deceased on her head as a result of which she fell down and was later confirmed dead after she was rushed to hospital for treatment. While parading the suspect, the Commissioner of Police, S.K. Akande, said that she will be charged to court soon.

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Adamawa man kills friend for demanding N1,500 loan

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A middle-aged man, Aliyu Hammanseyo, of Mubi North Local Government Area, Adamawa State, has been remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing his friend to death over N1,500.

Hammanseyo, who was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Yola, was remanded over the alleged offence.

The police prosecutor, ASP Francis Audu, who read the charge sheet before Magistrate Muhammed Abubakar, said Hammanseyo stabbed the victim, Bilham Babangida, with a knife, which resulted in the death of the latter on June 7, 2022.

He also said the defendant admitted to stabbing Babangida in the chest during interrogation.

According to the charge sheet, the defendant owed Babangida N1,500.

The deceased was allegedly attacked when he attempted to recover the money from his friend.

The prosecutor pleaded with the court to remand Hammanseyo.

 The Chief Magistrate, Muhammed Abubakar, adjourned the case till July 14, 2022, and ordered that the defendant be remanded.

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APC suspends chairman in Adamawa for allegedly insulting Buhari in leaked audio clip

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamawa State has suspended the party’s chairman in Yola South local government area of the state, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, for allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari on social media.

Adamu was heard on a viral audio clip saying it would have been better if COVID-19 had killed Buhari.

He also described Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as a better President for Nigeria.

The APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Mohammed Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the party got the audio clip, called an emergency State Working Committee (SWC) meeting where it was replayed and discussed by party members.

He said the committee had set up a seven-man disciplinary committee to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the chairman.

Abdullahi said: “At the end, it was observed that some of the words in the audio clip were most unfortunate and required further investigation.

“Consequently, a seven-man disciplinary committee has been set up by the State Working Committee to investigate the issues in the audio clip and to make appropriate recommendations for action.”

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Gunmen attack Adamawa Speaker’s residence, kill vigilante, abduct two persons.

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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed the residence of the Speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Aminu Iya Abbas, killed a vigilante and abducted two persons.

The attack occurred on Thursday, November 5, at the Speaker’s residence located at Mbamba, an outskirts of Yola. It was gathered that the Speaker was not around during the attack.

Spokesperson of the Adawama State Police Command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident on Saturday November 7.

“A certain house was attacked by unknown gunmen who killed a vigilante and went away with two persons,” he said.

He added Police Commissioner Olugbenga Adeyanju had since ordered police operatives to get after the gunmen and ensure release of the abducted persons.

Meanwhile, the Speaker Abass said he would address the media on the incident. 

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Adamawa private establishments hit hard as thugs continue looting despite curfew

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Thugs who started breaking into government warehouses in Adamawa State on Sunday morning have extended their act to private establishments.

Looting has continued in private warehouses and stores around the state capital, Yola and some other communities around the state even as this report was filed Tuesday morning.

A rice miller, Alhaji Mohammed Shemad, told newsmen Tuesday that he lost over N188 million worth of goods after thugs entered the stores of his mill and took away a total of 10,615 bags of processed rice.

The Managing Director of Shemad Concept Nigeria Ltd, a rice milling firm located in Bakin Kogi, Yola North Local Government Area (LGA), said the thugs descended on his mill after looting the nearby Adamawa State central stores on Sunday afternoon.

“Altogether, we had 10,615 bags of rice comprising 5,210 bags of white rice and 5,440 bags of parboiled rice,” Alhaji Shamad said.

He explained that his company sells white rice at N17,500 per bag to wholesalers and N18,000 per bag of parboiled rice to wholesalers, bringing his total loss to N188,095,000.

Shemad who takes his paddy rice for processing from a warehouse of his company located elsewhere in Yola, said thugs were about to break into that warehouse too when he was called, and he had to mobilize equally armed thugs to guard the warehouse.

Many other private establishments have been broken into since the free-for-all looting started in Yola on Sunday morning.

Among major outlets looted have been the PZ warehouse at PZ Junction, Jimeta from where food and toilet items were looted; NECAS, an agricultural equipment firm in Kofare from where tractors were taken away, and so on.

The hoodlums have similarly not spared the Yola stores of state and federal agencies like Adamawa Agricultural Development Project (AADP), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among others.

All the looting went on despite assurance earlier by the state police command through its spokesman, Suleiman Nguroje that police and other security personnel would be enforcing a 24-hour curfew imposed on Sunday afternoon by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.

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