NSCDC Arrests Fake Member of House of Rep, and His Criminal Gang

By: Michael Mike

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Professor Ahmed Audi has ordered investigation into the case of a fake member of the House of Representatives.

A statement by the spokesman of NSCDC, Afolabi Babawale on Tuesday revealed that the Commandant General has ordered the Commandant, Special Intelligence Squad (SIS), to arrest and thoroughly investigate one Hon. Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam, Obeten John, Abubakar Mohammed, and Lucky Emenike on allegations bordering on criminal conspiracy, forgery, false personation, and attempt to deceive the public against the four suspects.

Babawale said preliminary investigation reports carried out by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) revealed that the said Hon. Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam has been posing as a House of Representatives member, representing Katsina Central Constituency, and has been issuing official correspondences and complimentary cards with the inscription “Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam, Member House of Representatives, Katsina Central Constituency, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.”

Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam and the three others were arrested after they requested to see the NSCDC Commandant General under the guise of being an Honourable Member, Federal House of Representatives, representing the Katsina Central Constituency.

He said during profiling and interviews, the suspect, Hon. Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam, confessed that he hired an SUV PRADO Jeep with registration number ABC 359 GN, a car for hire, with a driver named Lucky Emenike through one Ismaila, who is a car-for-hire driver as well.

He added that the prime suspect further confessed to requesting a security orderly, and one Inalegwu Ameh, who was alleged to be a Nigerian police officer on guard duty at the NICON Luxury Hotel, volunteered to join the team.

It was further gathered that the prime suspect and his team embarked on a series of illegal official and consultative visits to the Ministry of Art and Culture, Federal Secretariat Abuja, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Mataima Paracel Crescent, and Wuse Zone II, then to an automobile workshop at Jabi before making their way to Hassan Sanijikan’s house at No. 21 Bamako Street, Zone I, Abuja.

‎Babawale said still on the mischievous movement in his identity theft pursuit targeted at disparaging the public; Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam requested for security orderly again the next time through Lucky Emenike but Inalegwu Ameh the acclaimed Police personnel referred Lucky Emenike to Police Inspector Obeten John who dressed in Camouflage suspected to be Nigeria Police Uniform to serve as orderly and the three of them then proceeded from Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam’s apartment to Ministry of Art and Culture, Spain Embassy at No. 8 Bobo close Mataima where they allegedly met with the Spain ambassador among others and he submitted applications for visas for over ten applicants under the same guise of a Honourable House of Representatives member well as the Ministry of Works and Housing Mabushi, Abuja.

He noted that Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam and the other three suspects, however, met their Waterloo while extending their visit to the office of the NSCDC Commandant General under the guise of Honourable Member, Federal House of Representatives, Katsina Central Constituency, where they were arrested and taken into custody.

Babawale said some of the exhibits recovered from Hon. Hassan Sani Jikan Mallam include multiple copies of complimentary cards, which label him as Hon. Member, House of Representatives, Katsina Central Constituency, National Assembly FCT, Abuja. Multiple copies of letterhead papers labelled “National Assembly of Nigeria,” which have been used illegally in writing official letters to embassies and other top government agencies; Official dispatch envelopes labelled “National Assembly of Nigeria,” while further documents included signed copies of letters addressed to the Ambassadors of Spain, France, the Netherlands, China, and others, were addressed to the Federal Inland Revenue and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s Human Resources, respectively, with some pictures with acclaimed ambassadors of Spain and Romania.

The spokesman revealed that in an interview with the Commandant, Special Intelligence Squad (SIS), Commandant Apollo Dandaura, he hinted that though the incident is still under investigation, all the suspects had confessed to their various levels of involvement in the crime, and at the end, diligent prosecution would be made out at the court of competent jurisdiction to serve as a deterrent to other criminal-minded persons with such intentions.

He also advised the general public to be very vigilant in dealing with people so as not to fall victim in the hands of impostors and to report to relevant security agencies any suspicious individuals.

NSCDC Arrests Fake Member of House of Rep, and His Criminal Gang

Kogi: Two arrested over killing of herder in Aku community

By: Zagazola Makama

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the death of a herder in Aku area of Kogi State.

Zagazola report that the incident occurred on Oct. 19, 2025, when 25-year-old Sule Muhammadu, a Fulani herder, went to graze cattle in the nearby bush.

His body was later discovered along an old road to Aku village with a gunshot injury to the chest.

Sources said that the recovered an empty cartridge at the scene, and photographs were taken before the corpse was released to the family for burial according to Islamic rites.

The suspects, identified as Momoh Jimoh Abdul Malik and Dada Adeika, both residents of Aku community, have been taken into custody.

Kogi: Two arrested over killing of herder in Aku community

Hunter mistakenly kills woman he mistook for a monkey in Boki forest

By: Zagazola Makama

A hunter in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a woman he mistook for a monkey while hunting in a forest.

Zagazola Makama learnt that the incident occurred on Monday at Basam Osokom community, when the hunter, identified as Otu Goodness Kanang, reportedly fired at what he believed to be a monkey perched on a tree.

According to the sources, Kanang said he heard a human cry after taking the shot and later discovered that he had mistakenly hit a woman identified as Victoria, whose other names were yet to be ascertained.

Detectives visited the scene, and with the help of community youths, evacuated the body to the residence of a local chief in Bansam for further action.

The suspect has been taken into custody as investigation into the incident continues.

Police said normalcy has been restored to the area and the Command remains calm.Hunter mistakenly kills woman he mistook for a monkey in Boki forest

By: Zagazola Makama

A hunter in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a woman he mistook for a monkey while hunting in a forest.

Zagazola Makama learnt that the incident occurred on Monday at Basam Osokom community, when the hunter, identified as Otu Goodness Kanang, reportedly fired at what he believed to be a monkey perched on a tree.

According to the sources, Kanang said he heard a human cry after taking the shot and later discovered that he had mistakenly hit a woman identified as Victoria, whose other names were yet to be ascertained.

Detectives visited the scene, and with the help of community youths, evacuated the body to the residence of a local chief in Bansam for further action.

The suspect has been taken into custody as investigation into the incident continues.

Police said normalcy has been restored to the area and the Command remains calm.

Hunter mistakenly kills woman he mistook for a monkey in Boki forest