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Bank security staff arrested over alleged plot to kidnap his boss in Edo

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  Edo State Police Command has arrested one Felix Alika, a security staff attached to Zenith Bank, Ekpoma in Esan West Local Government Area for allegedly conspiring to kidnap his manager, Raphael Ibodeme.   Alika was arrested alongside an accomplice, Basiru Suleiman, following a tip-off by the third member of the gang who had a change of mind and revealed the plan to the police authorities in Ekpoma.   Alika confessed to a plan to kidnap Ibodeme as payback for the alleged battles he had been having with the bank manager.   Upon arrest, he claimed that the bank manager had been responsible for the series of bank robberies in the locality, an allegation the police believed to be a scheme to rope in the manager and create an escape route for himself.   According to Nigerian Tribune, Alika held the grudge against Ibodeme, who he believed was responsible for his inability to rise within the bank structures, accusing the bank manager of not giving him favourable appraisals that could have l

Woman arrested after allegedly locking up five-year-old nephew for 6 months in Lagos

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  A woman has been arrested for allegedly locking up and assaulting her nephew, 5, for 6 months.   Sharon Williams, 43, had 5-year-old Micheal Ibiyome living with her in Gberigbe, Ikorodu, Lagos, and allegedly subjected him to abuse a number of times.   She also allegedly denied him an education, food, and, love, and freedom to move around.   In the latest development, the suspect allegedly used a cutlass to inflict injuries on the back of Ibiyome’s head and a neighbour reported the matter to the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs, which transferred the case to the state Ministry of Youths, Sports and Social Development,  Punch  reports.   The suspect was arrested at her residence around 8pm on Wednesday, July 14.     The Lagos State Deputy Coordinator for Child Protection, Lateef Akinborode, said it took about five hours for the suspect to surrender herself for arrest after security agencies tried to gain access into her apartment.   When Sharon Williams eventually opened the door,