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KINGSLEY MADUKWE, A RESIDENT OF ATAN-OTA, OGUN STATE, WHO HAILED FROM IHIALA LGA OF ANAMBRA STATE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY OFFICERS OF THE OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND FOR BEATING HIS NURSING WIFE, GLORY, TO DEATH. During questioning, Madukwe told the men of the Ogun State Police Command that he had had a misunderstanding with his deceased wife, Glory Madukwe, over their one month old baby she was nursing. He had accused her of neglecting the baby who was crying for food. He said his wife's response to his accusation had upset him, so he'd annoyingly slapped her, unfortunately, sending her to her death. Glory's corpse has been deposited at the mortuary of the State Hospital, Ota. According to the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect has been ordered by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama, to be transferred to the Homicide Section of the Command for further investigation. Reviewed/written by Dewale Samuel.

THE EDO STATE POLICE HAD IN OCTOBER 2018 ARRESTED AND PARADED A NINETEEN YEARS OLD BOY FOR ALLEGEDLY STRANGLING HIS MOTHER TO DEATH IN HER SLEEP AT AROUND 5AM, IN THE ROOM THEY BOTH SHARE IN OLOGBO AREA, NEAR BENIN IN EDO STATE. The young alleged criminal had confessed to the Police Investigators that he'd done it for ritual purpose. He also divulged that he had been consulting a spiritualist who had instructed him to kill his mother and then have constant sexual intercourse with her corpse in spite of rigor mortis for him to attain the riches he wished for. The suspect had pandered to the instructions of the spiritualist until luck ran out on him, when his suspicious grandmother found out and raised the alarm. He was apprehended by his neighbours before he could take to his heels, and then he was handed over to the police. Reviewed/Written by Dewale Samuel.

A 30 YEARS OLD MAN, LAMINU ALLI, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED TO THE MAGISTRATE COURT BY THE LAGOS STATE POLICE for attempting to rape a mad pregnant woman, known as Christiana, in an uncompleted building in the area of Isheri-Olofin, along Igando-LASU expressway to Iyana Iba, Lagos state. The residents who had caught him with the mentally sick victim, pants down and with a knife, alleged that the suspect specialized in engaging mad ladies on the streets in the area in sex for ritual purposes, and impregnating them. Allegedly, he was once also caught in the same act with another mad woman but he got away. After apprehending him, the residents hauled him away to the Police station, where he was detained and then a swift investigation had begun. Investigation revealed that he was culpable, and he was later charged to court for attempting to rape the mad pregnant woman. He pleaded 'not guilty'. However, the prosecutor Supol Kenneth Asibor begged the court to give a new date