CRIME
Officer Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Station In Imo (VIDEO)
A police officer was killed on Friday night when gunmen attacked Oguta Police Division in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. ABN TV gathered that the gunmen were, however, repelled by some gallant policemen on duty in a gun duel. https://youtu.be/jPf2BdjHpf4 After killing the policeman, the gunmen reportedly escaped with gunshot injuries. READ ALSO: Unknown Gunmen Kill Two APC Members In...
Mass Shooting In California During Lunar New Year Festival Kills 9 (Video)
At least nine people are dead and multiple others are injured after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California late Saturday evening, Sgt. Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to the Associated Press Sunday morning. The shooting took place in an area where people were gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year. A heavy police presence responded...
NDLEA Arrests Blind Man, Leper With Drugs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a blind 67-year-old man, Aliyu Adebiyi, in whose house they found 234kg of Indian hemp at the Sokoto village, Owena Ijesa in Atakumosa East LGA of Osun State. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, explained that the suspect, in his statement, said...
Farmers Kidnapped In Osun, N5million Demanded
In Iwo, Osun State, the police have confirmed a new case of kidnapping. According to reports, three men—Hamzat Ibrahim, Deere Ibrahim, and a 38-year-old man—were taken from their farm in the Ologun neighborhood of the town on Friday night. The victims are ethnic Fulani people. The police said that they were collaborating with neighborhood hunters to find the victims and their abductors. The...
Armed Robber Kills Gang Member While Attempting To Rob Victim
It is believed that one of a four-man robbery gang's members was killed in Okpoko, a suburb of Onitsha, Anambra State. It was learned that the gang, which traveled in a tricycle, was attempting to rob a victim when one of the gang members unintentionally fired a gun, striking another gang member in the chest. In a news release confirming the...
After Defiling Eight Pupils, Court Slams Islamic Teacher With Life Imprisonment
One Adam Farouk, a cleric, has bagged lifetime in prison for molesting and sexually violating eight pupils. The cleric was convicted and sentenced by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday for defiling the pupils aged between six and 11 in his class. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the ingredients of the...
NDLEA Arrest 1,078 Suspects, Seizes N1.5bn Drugs In Kano
Chairman/chief executive officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen Mohammed Buba-Marwa (rtd), said nine tonnes of illicit drugs worth N1.5 billion were seized and 1,078 suspects arrested in Kano State in 2022 by the agency. He said NDLEA also discovered and destroyed six cannabis sativa farms in five local government areas of the state. Marwa dropped the hint...
Gunmen Ambushed, Kill Female Police Sergeant In Imo
The mother of four was killed on Wednesday when gunmen ambushed her and her colleagues at Ihitte junction on Owerri- Aba Road in Owerri. A female police sergeant, Chinyere Obilor, serving in Imo State has been killed by gunmen. The mother of four was killed on Wednesday when gunmen ambushed her and her colleagues at Ihitte junction on Owerri- Aba Road...
Kidnapper To Die For Using Victim’s Intestines To Cook Peppered Soup, Other Crimes
Bestman Lekia, also known as Biggie, a kidnapper, has been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering four people and using their intestines to prepare a peppered soup meal in Okwalie, Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State. The Rivers State High Court found Lekia guilty of murder, armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, and cultism in Port Harcourt. Bestman Lekia was found guilty...
Gunmen Attack Reps Spokesperson, Ben Kalu’s Constituency Office In Uzuakoli (Photos)
Undisclosed number of gunmen on Friday night attacked the constituency office of the member representing Bende federal constituency of Abia State, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, destroying office furniture, billboards and other valuables. An eye witness who spoke on the condition of anonymity told ABN TV that the incident happened in Uzuakoli when majority of the locals had already closed their...
