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House Help Tries To Poison His Boss And His Family With Sniper (VIDEO)
Uche Soroibe from Ideato in Imo State has been arrested for attempting to poison his boss and his family members using the Sniper Insecticide.
The house help who was paraded while holding the Sniper he tried using to kill his boss claimed he wanted to use it to commit suicide.
Upon further interrogation, Uche confessed to trying to kill his boss’ family after losing N750k which belonged to the person who introduced him to fraudsters. Uche said the fraudsters he came across at the Oyingbo area of Lagos State promised to refund the money after using it for a business.
The house help said he only met the fraudsters once after he got the account number to pay the money into.
When he realized that he has lost the cash, he attempted killing his boss’ family with Sniper. Nothing happened at his first attempt while on the second attempt, his boss’s wife discovered and poured the soup away. He was however not lucky on his third attempt.
A man, 22, jumped into the lagoon from the third mainland bridge yesterday. The man identified as Daibo Toju Davies resides at 17, Sosanya street, Gbagada.
A report said that he had engaged the services of an Uber taxi from a hospital before the occurrence. He allegedly stopped the Uber on the bridge pretending to be having a running stomach before plunging into the lagoon.
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency public affairs officer, Nosa Okunbor said they are making efforts to rescue the man.
He said;
“He should be in his mid-twenties. He ordered a car-hailing service from Gbagada to the Island. He deceived the UBER driver that he had a running stomach after which he jumped into the lagoon.
“As I speak with you, the marine unit of the Lagos central zone has been searching for the victim since 11:30 am, but we have not found the body.”
Two luggage with his personal effects and affidavit were discovered on him.
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Police van has allegedly been used for commercial purposes in Lagos. This is due to the ban on commercial motorcycle and tricycle popularly known as Okada and Keke Napep in some parts of Lagos.
This is captured by a Twitter user @caren_diala who captured the moment Lagosian rushed to get a seating space in a police van.
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A video has surfaced online showing some policemen arrested by their colleagues for obtaining bribe.
Also, the officers are attached to the Nigeria Police Special Squad ‘Operation Puff Adder’. So, they stormed the spot in patrol their patrol van and arrested the officers collecting bribe at the Ijesha area of Lagos State.
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