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Court convicts A’Ibom poly lecturer, accomplice in multi-million naira extortion

The High Court of Akwa Ibom State, Ikot Ekpene Judicial Division, has sentenced a cultist, Innocent Nicholas Ntokon and a lecturer at Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Abel Udo Jacob to various prison terms for their roles in a relentless four-year campaign of terrorism, cultism and financial extortion.

In a landmark judgment delivered on 4 March 2026, the trial judge, Hon. Justice Augustine Odokwo, found Ntokon and Jacob guilty of subjecting a local businessman, Edikan Jacob Jackson, to a “merciless extortion scheme” that resulted in the loss of over ₦50,000,000 and the near-collapse of his legacy family business.

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Cleric, wife arrested over 13-year-old’s ordeal

Operatives of the Ekeki Division of the Nigeria Police Force in Yenagoa have arrested a pastor and his wife over their alleged involvement in the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl.

The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, Mr Iyamah Edebor, confirmed the arrest on Monday. He disclosed that the case has been transferred to the Gender Unit at the State Police Headquarters for thorough investigation and possible prosecution.

The arrest reportedly took place during a Sunday church service, causing confusion among worshippers. Witnesses said the pastor initially fled through a back entrance but later presented himself at the police station after his wife had been taken into custody.

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Four-year-old’s alleged abuse: Police detain Cameroonian fisherman

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man over an alleged sexual abuse of a four-year-old child in Mkpanak Village, Mbo Local Government Area.

The incident was reported on 24 February 2026 at about 2:00 pm, when a woman identified as Gift noticed a suspicious discharge from her daughter’s private part while bathing her. After careful questioning, the child alleged that she had been sexually abused by an adult male and stated that she would be able to identify him if seen.

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EFCC arraigns man over alleged N157m fraud

According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly converted an aggregate sum of about ₦157,000,000, part of which was paid into his First City Monument Bank account by Nathaniel Russell Okpenyi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ursyfin Integrated Services Ltd. The funds were purportedly for the award of contracts.

The charge states that the alleged offences contravene Section 18(1) and (2)(b) and (d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and are punishable under Section 18(3) of the same Act.

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Police arrest armed suspects, recover illegal firearms in A’Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has intensified its crackdown on illegal arms proliferation and violent crime, recording a major operational breakthrough with the arrest of armed suspects and the recovery of several firearms in Oruk Anam Local Government Area.

In a coordinated, intelligence-led operation carried out at about 5:55 am on 25 February 2026, operatives of the command, acting on credible information and continuing investigations into a reported case of theft, stormed the residence of a principal suspect at Nung Oku Ibiet 1 Village in Oruk Anam.

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Alleged N76bn fraud: Lagos court accepts key exhibits against Ahmed Kuru, others

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, 25 February 2026, admitted additional documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the alleged N76bn and $31.5m fraud trial involving a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, and others.

Kuru, alongside Kamilu Alaba Omokide, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc and Super Bravo Limited, is being prosecuted on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and abuse of office.

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Navy hands over nine suspected oil thieves to EFCC in A’Ibom

The Nigerian Navy has handed over nine suspected oil thieves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following their arrest for alleged involvement in illegal bunkering activities in Akwa Ibom State.

The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Mohammed Manga, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Ibaka while formally transferring the suspects and recovered exhibits to the Commission for further investigation and prosecution.

Commodore Manga stated that on 23 February, personnel of NNS Jubilee, in collaboration with sister units including Nigerian Navy Ship BONNY and Nigerian Navy Ship SHIRORO, apprehended a wooden boat at an oil platform located offshore in the Asabo oil field, Akwa Ibom.

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A’Ibom High Court hands death sentence to Police Corporal, accomplice

The Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced a police corporal, Mbazigwe Chinedu Friday, and a bus conductor, Isaac Eddy Ndeesor, to death by hanging for the kidnapping of Elder Akara Johnson Mendie, Vice Principal of Community Secondary School, Nkek, in Ukanafun Local Government Area.

Delivering judgment in Uyo, Nsemeke Daniel found the two men guilty of conspiracy, kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms.

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Police arrest suspected Black Axe cultist, recover pistol

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded another operational breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on cultism, illegal arms possession and related criminal activities across the state.

On 24 February 2026, at about 3:00 pm, operatives on routine patrol in Nsit Atai Local Government Area intercepted a motorcycle carrying two passengers for a stop-and-search operation.

DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer, on Wednesday, 25 February 2026, said upon being directed to stop, one of the passengers, who had a black handbag strapped around his neck, suddenly alighted and fled in an attempt to evade arrest.

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