The Borno State Police Command has arrested five persons suspected of selling meat from d£ad cattle to members of the public in Maiduguri.

The suspects were arrested on July 29, 2026, by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, also known as the Crack Squad, following intelligence reports on the alleged activity at the Old Maiduguri Cattle Market.

Police identified the suspects as Modu Umar, 43, Abba Mohammed, 24, Adam Abubakar, 21, Faruq Gambo, 19, and Mada Usman, 24.

According to the Command, preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects allegedly obtained cattle that had di£d, cut up the carcasses and supplied the meat to roadside vendors for resale to unsuspecting consumers.

The police said the suspects were apprehended while allegedly transporting the carcass of a d£ad cow to the Morumti area of Maiduguri, where it was reportedly intended for further processing and distribution.

In a statement issued on Monday, August 3, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, said investigations were ongoing to determine the scale of the operation.

“The suspects are currently in police custody while discreet investigation is ongoing to determine the full extent of the activity, trace the intended distribution network, identify and apprehend other persons who may be connected with the alleged practice,” the statement said.

The Commissioner of Police, Naziru Abdulmajid, condemned the alleged sale of meat from dead animals, warning that such practices pose serious risks to public health.

He said the Command would continue to work with relevant government agencies and stakeholders to curb the sale of unwholesome meat and protect consumers across the state.

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The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of the Alora Confraternity over an alleged attempted m8rder following a violent clash at a hotel in Ikere-Ekiti.

The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after the incident, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, August 1, 2026 at Inspiration Hotel, where members of the suspected cult group had reportedly gathered for a meeting.

Police said the meeting turned violent when members engaged one another in a fight, leaving one of them, identified only as “Sucrose,” with severe injuries.

The spokesperson for the command, SP Sunday Abutu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday said that the RRS, working with surveillance operatives from the Ilupeju Division, swiftly moved to the scene and arrested six suspects identified as Owolabi Oluwapelumi, 28; David Adeleke, 28; Oluwatoba Alo, 30; Junior Olamilekan, 27; Segun Bidemi, 29 and Emmanuel Oladele, 27.

According to the statement, the suspects reportedly confessed during preliminary interrogation to being members of the alleged Alora Secret Cult Confraternity.

Items recovered from them included a Toyota Camry car, two face caps bearing the Alora logo, three plastic cups with the Alora logo, a blood-stained shirt, a pair of scissors, a yellow-coloured hand band and a key holder bearing the group’s insignia.

The police said efforts were ongoing to apprehend other suspects who fled the scene, adding that the management of Inspiration Hotel was also under investigation for allegedly allowing its premises to be used for suspected cult activities.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Michael Falade, directed that the investigation be intensified and reaffirmed the command’s commitment to combating cultism and other violent crimes.

He urged residents to continue providing credible and timely information to assist the police in tracking down fleeing suspects and other criminal elements, assuring that the command would sustain proactive measures to safeguard lives and property across the state.

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Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of the Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, has convicted and sentenced one Bethel Onyedikachi Ukachukwu to two years imprisonment for car auction fraud.

The convict was arraigned by the Ekiti Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on three -count amended charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence

Specifically, he collected the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000.00) by false pretence from Mr. Kayode Aina Samuel under the pretext that he will get a bid for an auctioned car for him with Nigeria Customs Service NigerianCurrent Affairs

Count One reads: “That you, Bethel Onyekachi Ukachukwu, sometimes in 15th April 2026 at Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court with intent to defraud and obtain the total sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only (N500,000.00) from one Kayode Aina Samuel under the pretext that you will use the same money to bid for an auction car for him with Nigeria Customs Service which pretext you knew to be false which goes contrary to Section (1) (b) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006.

Count two reads: “That Bethel Onyekachi Ukachukwu on or about the 15th day of April 2026 at Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court, did dishonestly convert to your own use the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only (N500,000.00) being the property of Mr. Kayode Aina Samuel which was entrusted to you for the specific purpose of purchasing a motor vehicle on his behalf and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 295 (2)(f) and punishable under section 302 (1) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021”

Following the defendant’s guilty plea, prosecution counsel, Saidu Yusuf, called Prosecution Witness 1, PW1, Emmanuel Onuminya and tendered all the exhibits and evidence against the defendant.

The court admitted the exhibits as evidence. Thereafter, the prosecution counsel prayed the court to convict the defendant accordingly.

In the same vein, counsel to the defendant, T.A. Salami, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.

He informed the court that the convict was remorseful for his actions and had made restitution to the petitioner.

Thereafter, Justice Ogunmoye on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, convicted and sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment with an option of fine in the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150,000.00).

The convict’s journey to the Correctional facility began when he falsely presented himself as a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army and fraudulently obtained the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000.00) from the petitioner under a false pretence of securing a vehicle for him. NigerianCurrent Affairs

However, he neither delivered the vehicle nor refunded the money.

He has since been remanded at the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre.

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