CRIME
Nine Suspected Criminals Nabbed In Imo
The Imo State Police Command has arrested nine suspected criminals terrorising parts of the state. The arrest came barely two weeks after gunmen attacked and killed four policemen in a restaurant in the Ngor Okpala area of the state. In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday, the command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, said the command also recovered arms and...
Husband, Wife Who Kidnapped Themselves And Demanded N5m Ransom Arrested
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a couple (name withheld) over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the husband, a 53-year-old technician and wife, 48 years old body massager and bone setter, were arrested on Wednesday and...
Bandits Kill 2 Abducted Teenagers Who Attempted To Escape, Free 70 In Zamfara
Bandits have released 70 out of 85 victims abducted from Wanzamai village of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara state. The victims were kidnapped three weeks ago on farmlands. They are mostly residents of Wanzamai, a community that had suffered series of bandits’ incursions in the past. While the children went to the bush to fetch firewood, the other adults were...
Police Arrest Mother Of Oyo Teenager Who Killed His Father
The Oyo State Police Command has paraded an 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father. The suspect’s mother, Rashidat, was also arrested for concealing the crime. Parading the suspects alongside 23 others in Ibadan, on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said the incident occurred in Tede, Atisbo Local Government Area of the state. Osifeso said, “On...
Five Persons Appear In Court For Killing A Man They Branded ‘Yahoo Boy’ In Ondo
The Ondo Police Command has arraigned five suspected killers of the 25-year-old Uber driver, Temitope Olorunfemi, before an Akure Chief Magistrate Court, for murder and arson. The suspects are Victor Amos, 30; Ismalia, 32; Pelumi Farotimi, 42; Nurudeen Kumuyi, 22, and Samuel Olatunji, 23. The accused persons were charged on three counts of felony, unlawful murder and arson. Police prosecutor, Inspector Nelson...
Policeman Detained For Abandoning Duty Dies In Kogi Cell
A policeman serving under the Kwara State Police Command, Taiye Atobiloye, has died in a cell at the D Division of the Kogi State Police Command, following his detention for being absent from duty for two days at the Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, Kogi State. Atobiloye, with service number 232980, who was attached to the Oke Onigbin Division in Kwara...
How Gunmen Whisked Catholic Priest Away In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified Catholic priest has been reportedly abducted at the Nnobi roundabout in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. An eyewitness said the man who was driving a Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the gunmen waylaid him. “The assailants forcefully bundled the priest into their jeep...
How Kogi Monarch Died In Kidnappers’ Den
The traditional ruler of Aghara, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Chief David Obadofin, has reportedly died in the custody of his abductors, 12 days after he was kidnapped. A family source stated that the monarch died last Thursday as a result of torture from his abductors. Our correspondent gathered that the abductors of the monarch had agreed to collect...
Police Arrest Two Persons After Tracing Stolen Vehicle To Ogun Hotel
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old hotelier, Paul Niwa, and one other, Michael Odunayo, for allegedly stealing a bus belonging to A&G Logistics Transport Company, Sagamu. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi said one Kazeem Anifowose complained to the Ewu-Oliwo Divisional Police Headquarters, Sagamu of...
Army Neutralises 35 Terrorists, Destroys 12 Camps In Sambisa Forest
The Nigeria Army Troops of the 21-Armored Brigade, Bama, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) and 199 Special Forces Battalion in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. The troops headed by one Brig. Gen. Victor Unachukwu a.k.a Emperor, made the unprecedented incursions into the Boko Haram hideouts...
