By EMMANUEL Kuje, Abuja – The operatives of the FCT police command, on April 4, 2024, at about 2:00 PM, arrested one Chukwuemeka Oputa A.K.A. Pounds and Dollar ‘m’, 38 years old, of Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State, and the leader of an armed robbery gang responsible for series...
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A 22- year old man, Aliyu Muhamadu, who was accused of participating in hostage taking on Tuesday denied ever confessing to being a kidnapper in a Federal High Court Ibadan. Muhamadu, was testifying before Justice Ekerete Akpan at the resumed trial in a case of alleged hostage taking...
By HARUNA AHMED, Duste- Suspected robbers have killed three persons in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday in Dutse. “Yesterday (Tuesday); at about 8:00 p.m., information...
Police operatives have raided a criminals’ hideout at Centenary City, Enugu, on Friday and arrested three armed suspects. Other gang members fled the scene before they could be arrested, however. Police spokesman in Enugu State, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated on Saturday that police recovered eight pump action guns,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Ari Muhammed, has ordered the dismissal of two Police Inspectors arrested for armed robbery, corruption and illegal duty. The AIG, in a statement signed by the Zonal Public Relations...
Police in Rivers State have arrested two ex-convicts at Elelenwo community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state over alleged armed robbery. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Grace Iringe-Koko stated in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the suspects and their fleeing gang members had been terrorising...
The previous night I had a puzzling dream. My phone slipped out of my grasp and shattered to smithereens. I observed pieces of the phone that I had no idea existed strewn all around me, indicating that the damage was beyond repair. I awoke with a start; realising...
The Nigerian Army, on Monday, restated its resolve to flush out kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements from Ondo State. The Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade in Ondo State, Brig.-Gen.Muktar Adamu, said this during the flag-off of a Field Training Exercise codenamed Exercise Still Water III, 2023...
The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday in Abeokuta said it has apprehended one Akeem Owonikoko, a suspected armed robber, along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin Highway. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement said Owonikoko was arrested after an operation led by ACP Omosanyi...
The Police on Thursday said they have arrested four suspects over alleged armed robbery, conspiracy and kidnap of a Swiss national. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this at a media briefing in Abuja. He said the principal suspect lured the Swiss national to Nigeria, posing...
The police command in Ogun on Wednesday, paraded 24 suspected cultists, who were allegedly responsible for various cult clashes and armed robberies in different parts of the state. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), paraded the suspects at the Command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta. Oyeyemi...
Amotekun Corps, the southwest security outfit, foiled robbery attack on vehicles on the Akure-Ilesa Expressway on Friday and recovered a vehicle loaded with engine oil. Commander of the corps in Osun, retired Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, told newsmen in Osogbo on Saturday that the robbers attacked vehicles at Ileki/Osu axis...
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced for four men to death by hanging for robbing and kidnapping Mrs. Gloria Emole, the younger sister to Emzor Pharmaceutical Managing Director, Chief Ebuka Okafor. The convicts are Victor Chukwunonso, Ifeanyi Maduaka, Obinna Nwankwo, and Richard Nwabueze. The News Agency of Nigeria...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 1,465 suspects were arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command in connection with 724 cases of kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, armed robbery and many other crimes in 2022. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command says no fewer than 636 cases of various crimes were recorded within the year, out of which over 372 were prosecuted and 314 suspects convicted for various offences. The Commissioner of police in the state, CP Abdul Umar stated...
The police command in Niger says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly kidnapping, possession of firearm and false impersonation in different part of the state. Wasiu Abiodun, the spokesman of the command, said this in a statement in Minna on Mondday. Abiodun said that on Nov. 1, based...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old suspected fake Army Captain, Andy Edwards, in Lagos for alleged armed robbery. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. SP Hundeyin said the fake...
Police in Niger State say they have foiled a robbery on Morocco road in Suleja Local Government Area of the state. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Spokesperson announced this in Minna on Saturday. Abiodun said on Saturday, suspected armed robbers of about five in numbers attacked a GSM store along...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that two people were killed after hoodlums attacked a send forth ceremony in the Gudum Hausawa area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement that the send forth was organized by...
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Thursday sentenced two dismissed policemen to death for armed robbery. The convicts are James Ejeh and Simeon Abraham. They were arraigned on Oct. 20, 2017 by the FCT Commissioner of Police on two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. Delivering...