The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Directorate, has arraigned a man and his company before the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan over an alleged N7.8 million car deal fraud.

A statement by the EFCC said the defendants, Adeoye Gabriel Adewale and his company, De Lukas Global Concept Limited, were arraigned on Thursday, August 13, 2026, before Justice Olusola Adetujoye.

The agency alleged that Adewale presented himself to Abdulrasaq Awotedo as a car dealer and, using a fake car mart, convinced him to pay N7,819,000 for the purchase of two cars.

The commission further alleged that the money was paid into the First Bank account of De Lukas Global Concept Limited before it was allegedly converted by Adewale for his personal use.

Adewale and his company were arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on stealing by conversion involving the sum of N7,819,000, said to belong to Awotedo.

The charge reads, “That you, Adeoye Gabriel Adewale and De Lukas Global Concept Limited between 6th October, 2021 and 23rd March, 2022, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, converted to your own personal use, the sum of N7, 819, 000.00 (Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Nineteen Thousand Naira), property of one Abdulrasaq Awotedo and thereby committed an offence of stealing by conversion contrary to Section 390(9) Criminal Code Act, Cap C38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him in court.

Following his plea, EFCC counsel, Sanusi Galandachi, asked the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant in a Correctional Centre.

However, the defendant’s counsel, A. Towolawi, informed the court that he had filed a bail application on his client’s behalf.

Towolawi urged the court to admit his client to bail pending the hearing and determination of the charge against him.

Justice Adetujoye subsequently adjourned the case for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded in Agodi Correctional Centre.

A 27-year-old self-confessed murderer, Ali Haruna, has recounted how he had sex with his victim, beheaded her and drank her blood.

Haruna, whose permanent address is given as Kaleri in Maiduguri, Borno State, but who lives in Digno, a community in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State, had earlier told Adamawa State Police Command investigators that he killed his female companion in a hotel in Girei Local Government Area of the state.

Haruna was arrested last Friday, August 14, on suspicion of beheading the woman, identified simply as Aisha, at a hotel called No Vex in Girei.

During an interaction with journalists on Monday at the police headquarters in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, Haruna recalled that while at the hotel, he and Aisha smoked Indian hemp and had sex, even though it was the first time they had met.

Speaking on the matter, the Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, assured that Haruna would remain in police detention until the conclusion of the investigation, after which he would be charged in court.

Operatives of the Edo State Command of the National National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have destroyed two cannabis farms measuring 1.851591 hectares with an estimated yield of 4,628.9775 kilograms.

DAILY POST reports that the command also arrested 10 suspected drug traffickers in the state.

Dr Mitchell Ofoyeju, Commander of the NDLEA in Edo State, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Benin City.

Ofoyeju said the destruction was carried out in coordinated operations to rid Edo State of illicit drug activities.

According to him, acting on credible intelligence, officers of the command conducted targeted cannabis farm destruction operations at Ugboku, Igbanke Forest, in the Orhionmwon Local Government Area. He added that criminals were dislodged from Abuja quarters in Benin City.

He added that the operation is in line with the NDLEA Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed Buba Marwa’s operational order to dislodge illicit drug locations nationwide.

“In a renewed offensive tasking order, the command discovered and successfully destroyed two cannabis farms that measured 1.851591 hectares with an estimated yield of 4,628.9775 kilograms.

“One suspect, Agholor Elebojie, a 40-year-old male, was apprehended in connection with the first farm. The farm, measuring 0.699792 hectares, had an estimated yield of 1,749.26 kilograms.

“The second farm, measuring 1.151889 hectares, had an estimated yield of 2,879.7225 kilograms and was also destroyed.

“Additionally, two bags of processed cannabis sativa weighing 12.4 kilograms were recovered from the second farm,” the NDLEA commandant said.

He added, “At Oluku, Kingsley Anigala, a 28-year-old male from Aniocha South LGA, Delta State, was arrested with 25.857 kilograms of cannabis and 93 grams of methamphetamine. His arrest took place on 14th August, 2026.

“At the Abuja Quarters, nine suspects were arrested on 13th August, 2026.

“They include Usman Adamu, 20, from Nassarawa State, with 47 grams of Loud and 160 grams of cannabis sativa; Abdullahi Adamu, 25, from Nassarawa State, with 107 grams of Loud, 2.1 grams of Swinol, and 0.1 grams of Danabol; Nasiru Yahaya, 29, from Katsina State, with 226 grams of cannabis sativa; Yunusa Musa, 28; Musa Shehu, 25; Kabiru Salisu, 28; Adamu Zakaria, 26; Andulrasheed Sani, 35; and Peter Hycent, 35, from Nassarawa, Kano, and Benue states, respectively.

“They were arrested with a combined haul of 1.3 kilograms of Cannabis sativa, 3 kilograms of loud, 301 grams of 100 mg Tramadol, 19 grams of 225 mg Tramadol, 47 grams of Diazepam, 5 grams of Swinol, 8 grams of Danabol, and 3 grams of methamphetamine.”

The suspects have been taken into custody, and investigations are ongoing in preparation for prosecution.