How our friend & colleague disappeared after making ATM withdrawals (Must Read)

I just received this mail and just had to share… and it is really important to spread the word..
On the night of Friday, the 7th of March 2014, our friend and colleague disappeared.
He was with a friend in his rented apartment in Port Harcourt on that night when he received a call. After answering the call at about 8pm, he told his guest he had to dash out to meet some colleague and that he would be back shortly. That was the last time anyone saw him alive, he met with the persons but never returned.
He had planned to travel to home to his family in Warri on Saturday but sadly, their expectation to see him alive and well was cut short. He never came home.
By Monday his family was fully panicked.  They checked and confirmed that there were no accidents on the PHC-WAR road and that his name was not on any manifest of the more popular transport companies.
Further enquiries revealed that there had been several withdrawals from his account via his ATM card along the Eleme/Onne axis of Port Harcourt.
It was then assumed that he had been kidnapped, though there was never any call or demand for ransom.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION


Fast forward three weeks to Friday 28th of March, when a
guy flew in to Port Harcourt from Lagos. Apparently, he came to close a business deal.
On arrival, he checked into a hotel and got in contact with a driver/mechanic whom he was familiar with and arranged for the guy to take him somewhere for a business meeting with some persons. Upon arriving at the location, they were attacked, but luckily the mechanic/driver escaped. He returned to the location a while later with police men and met the corpse of his client (the man from Lagos). Per protocol, the police searched the area and discovered the now de-composing corpse of our colleague.
OUR THOUGHTS
It appears there is a syndicate or gang of criminals who are using a ‘honey trap’ to lure unsuspecting people to an untimely and gruesome death. We believe based on the little facts we have that they are parading an item for sale for an unbelievable bargain price. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS OR HOW THE INITIAL CONTACT IS MADE (MOST LIKELY ONLINE), it could be anything from a high end vehicle or heavy duty equipment to real estate property, though it’s more likely to be a car/vehicle because it is unlikely our colleague would go out at night to inspect a piece of land and the fact that their last victim contacted a mechanic/driver indicates that he was likely looking for his input/opinion on the state of item he wanted to buy. AGAIN, WE DON’T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE ‘DEAL’ BECAUSE NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED THE DEAL SURVIVED TO TELL THE TALE.
Whatever it is, we believe that they are offering it at a
substantial below market price, hence the interest from would be victims.
After price negotiations (presumably on phone), they would arrange to meet up with their customer for inspection only to accost the person, beat and torture him/her until the person divulges the pin code to his/her ATM card(s) which they would have already taken. They proceed to confirm the code they have forced the victim to divulge is correct by using it in any nearby ATM machine (also definitely check the balance), after which they kill the person and set-up another deal for the next weekend while they continue withdrawing from their victims account(s).
It seems logical because in the build up to the deal, it’s logical that the person would have started accumulating money in his/her account towards the purchase.
This scenario fits our colleague’s case.
They called him on Friday night of 7th March, 2014 to meet-up with them, he went, they beat him and tortured him till he gave them his pin, they confirmed it and killed him.
The same scenario played out again three weeks later only this time, one of the two people escaped to raise an alarm.
Please we all need to be careful not to fall for this or any other ‘honey trap’ be it via online or any other media.
SPREAD THE WORD – THEIR NEXT WOULD BE VICTIM COULD BE SAVED BY YOUR ACTIONS!!
The shell staff was a young man (under 40 yrs).
He was at work on Fri and promised to see his family on Saturday.
Sadly, that did not happen.
Stories abound of kidnap cases and ATM theft
Some of the learning(s) from this incident.
1.       Stop receiving bank alerts on your phone (Kidnappers check phones for account balances and make withdrawals from accounts after obtaining the PIN from the kidnapped individual)
2.       If possible, maintain a separate account for ATM use (separate your salary or main account from the account that has an ATM card. Someone says she has an account she transfers funds too for weekend use. Never a lot of money in that account so the loss of the card / account would not be
an issue)
3.       Have only one ATM card on you at any point in time (especially for ladies, do not put all your “cards” in one “bag”
4.       ALWAYS let people know what you are up to (or where you are going to)
5.       Be very wary of “deals” that seem too good to be true
Please  let’s all be careful especially those who are always interested in buying parcels of land, following strange agents to unknown places to check out apartments or cars for sale. This is a great eye opener !!! Always ensure you transact business through a known and registered office, it’s safer. God help us all.
Greg Ighodaro

Photo: UNIBEN Student Drowns In Lagos Hotel Pool

                                              The deceased, Chukwudi Nwaobi
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A 20-year-old student of Sociology in the University of Benin identified as Chukwudi Nwaobi has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in the Ipaja area of Lagos State.

On that ill-fated day, Chukwudi had gone to relax at Infinity Hotel, Abesan Estate

Recounting the ordeal, the elder brother to the deceased said Chukwudi had called their mother to say he wanted to get to Iyana Ipaja to do some shopping as he was due to return to school a few days later. After sometime, their mother called his phone but he did not pick. The elder brother also tried and still he didn't pick.

The elder brother said, "Just before we were about to report the matter to the police, someone finally picked up to say my brother had been arrested and we should come to Ipaja Police Division. On getting to the station, the police were acting funny. Later, we were allowed into the DPO’s office where we met the manager of the hotel. They then explained to us that my brother was dead and his corpse had been deposited at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba."

The family is blaming the hotel for the incident saying, the information relayed to the family implied that the hotel was negligent.

The elder brother to the deceased said that if the life guard had been on duty at the time of the incident, his brother would not have died, adding that his brother was a good swimmer and wondered how he could have drowned.

He said the hotel should have also informed the family immediately the incident occurred as further investigations revealed that Chukwudi did not die in the hotel, but at Rauf Aregbesola Clinic, Egbeda, where he was referred to from Adefemi Hospital, Opeki, where he was rushed to after he was brought out of the water.

"We were told by the hospital that he still had a pulse when he was brought there but because of the severity of the case, he was referred to Rauf Aregbesola Clinic, Egbeda where he was declared dead," he said.

The mother of the deceased, Ngozi Nwaobi, is however calling on the police and the Lagos State Government to do their best in ensuring that an autopsy was done quickly so the corpse could be released for burial.

The hotel manager and another employee were arrested by the police but were later released.

According to the lawyer for the hotel, Mr. Boye Leyimu who described the incident as unfortunate, they will do everything they can to help the family in this trying time.
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Pandemonium in Bayelsa As Gunmen Kill 18-Year-Old Boy In Front Of APC Chieftain's House

There was pandemonium on Monday in OMPADEC area in the Amarata suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, following the killing of an 18-year- old by gunmen suspected to be cultist.

The incident occurred in front of the house of a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC.

Some residents expressed the believes that the murder might be politically motivated while others claimed that the killing of the youth was as a result of violence between two notorious cult groups in the state.

A witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the deceased was pursued by his assailants, who caught up with him in front of the residence of the APC chieftain.
He said the gunmen, who were four in number inflicted several machete cuts on him before he was shot dead.

According to him, the victim's name is yet to be ascertained because he was not a resident, but was only pursued to the area.

The incident left residents and shop owners scampering for safety.

The APC chieftain was not at home when the incident occurred, but he was swiftly informed about it.
 
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They Gang-Raped Girl And Justice: How Nigeria Police Forced Victim To Free Rapists

                                                  Hawawu's house where she was dumped
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Hawawu (full name withheld), the 16 year-old daughter of a struggling bricklayer, was gang-raped by four boys in Agbado-Oja community in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
According to report, on that fateful day, the evening of March 30, Hawawu, an apprentice tailor had received a call from her male friend, Adeleke whom she had a soft spot for. He reportedly invited her for a meeting in his house. On getting there, she was said to be reluctant in going into the house but she later succumbed. Shortly after, Adeleke and three of his friends dragged her into his room after which four of them allegedly took turns raping her.
Later that night, they were said to have dragged the now half-conscious girl writhing in pains all the way down the staircases in the storey building then dumped her in front of her ramshackle house on 4, Isanmi Street in the Adubo-Agopani area of Agbado-Oja.
 The next morning, her traumatized father, Mr. Olarenwaju headed for the palace of the Baale (local chief), Sunday Oyeogun, to report the matter. Th Baale then summoned the parents of the accused boys but rather than apologise for their action and extend care to the victim, they allegedly ‘gathered’ N200, 000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) and brought to the Baale to ‘kill’ the case which according to him, he refused and directed that the girl be treated as a matter of urgency before any other discussion. He also advised the victim’s father to report the case at the Divisional Police Headquarters in the area



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                                                                                 Hawawu's father, Mr. Olarenwaju
One Alaba, a police officer attached to the Juvenile, Women and Children’s Unit, was assigned the case as the Investigating Police Officer (IPO).
A source who pleaded anonymity for fear of being harassed by the police said, "Alaba ensured that the girl was taken to the Sarabis Medical Centre in the Odo-Oba area of the community, and also got the boys arrested. But shortly after, he called Mr. Olarenwaju and asked him to withdraw the case. When Mr. Olarenwaju protested the idea of what seemed a miscarriage of justice, Alaba slapped him and handcuffed him, ‘rough-handling’ him at the police station. The poor man thereafter kept mute and offered no more resistance."
As if that was not enough, Hawawu was intimidated by the police to sign an undertaking that she had withdrawn the case and would forever keep sealed lips over it and by Nigerian and international laws, anyone under the age of 18 is considered not qualified to sign undertakings or agreements. The culprits were thereafter freed unconditionally.
The hospital where she was treated also raises a number of questions as sources in the community claim Mr. Amodu is a psychiatrist and not a general practitioner and that it is common knowledge that the police always insists on referring rape and other related cases in the community to Sarabis because the two — the hospital and the police– allegedly shares the N20, 000 fee for ‘medical report’ on a 50/50 ratio.
Dr. Amodu would not confirm or deny anything, instead, directing the reporter to the police.
At the Divisional Headquarters, neither the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) nor the IPO, Alaba was available for comments.
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