The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers, Ntosi Godfrey, and Nnamdi Raymond, en route to Owerri with a Green Toyota Golf, Reg No AA775BD Lagos, allegedly snatched from a victim in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, made this known in a statement on Friday. He said the arrest was made through the efforts of the operatives of the command tactical unit while on intelligence-led stop-and-search along Owerri-Aba road. The statement read, “The suspects opened fire on sighting police operatives but were given stiff resistance by the ever-gallant…
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A herbalist based in Oba-Oke, Osun State, Ganiyu Kehinde, arrested by the police for killing his friend, Emmanuel Collins, has said he committed the act in a bid to get human parts that would be used for money rituals. Kehinde was among the suspects arrested across the state for various crimes paraded by the police at Osun Command’s headquarters in Osogbo on Friday. Giving the facts of the case, Osun Police Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said it was reported at Oke-Odo Division in Osogbo that a Ghanaian, Collins, aged 35, was killed by a yet-to-be-identified individual. “Police detectives swung into…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Friday, said that intelligence at the disposal of the Force has revealed that foreign mercenaries are involved in the proposed nationwide protest. Addressing journalists in Abuja, Egbetokun urged all Nigerians to exercise caution and think twice before joining any protest group. Egbetokun said, “We have been monitoring development surrounding protest threats. While some groups call for violent protests, emulating Kenya’s recent events, others advocate for peaceful demonstrations. However, some individuals promote peaceful protests with violent undertones, raising concerns about their sincerity. We have our history of violent protests in Nigeria, and I…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Lagos Border Patrol Command at Seme in Badagry, has intercepted a six-month-old baby and three others suspected to be victims of human trafficking. Comptroller Peter Adache, the controller of the command, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Badagry on Friday, said the victims were intercepted with their traffickers, a couple. Mr Adache said the victims were intercepted by operatives on Monday around 1:30 p.m., along Kankon Owode Road in Badagry. According to the controller, they were travelling to Burkina Faso through the Republic of Benin without any relevant documents. Mr Adache said that…
On Friday, the police arraigned a 34-year-old man, Yusuf Azeez, before a chief magistrates’ court in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly stealing a power steering box. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of stealing. The police prosecutor, Olasunkanmi Bamikole, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 18 at about 7:00 a.m. in Ado-Ekiti. He said the defendant stole the power steering box, valued at N200,000, belonging to one Lateef Kamoru. Mr Bamikole said the offence contravened section 302(1) (a) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021. He urged the court to…
A former Director, Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, has said the protest staged to kick against attempts by former President Goodluck Jonathan-led government to remove petrol subsidy in 2012 didn’t turn violent partly because of ‘the body language’ of the former President. Ejiofor, who is the President of the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Security Studies, also said that the protesters also didn’t go irate because the situation in the country was not as bad as it is presently. The former DSS boss gave the explanation while speaking on the planned #EndBadGovernance August 1 – 10 protests,…
The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has sanctioned six court registrars for various misconduct, including forgery and extortion. A statement on Friday by the commission’s spokesman, Baba Jibo, said the decision was taken at the commission’s 74th meeting held on July 22, 2024. According to Jibo, the Judiciary Public Complaint Committee investigated a petition brought against two court registrars, Mustapha Makama and Yusuf Yakasai, who reportedly conspired and extorted N130,000 from the petitioner under the pretence of releasing a suspect on bail which turned out to be false. “The committee found that their actions amounted to extortion and conspiracy involving…
Ado-Ekiti—The Ekiti Council of Elders, ECE, yesterday, lamented the abduction of one of its members and a former deputy vice-chancellor of Ekiti State University, EKSU, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, 78, who has been in captivity for over two weeks. The council president, Prof. Joseph Oluwasanmi expressed the concern of members while addressing journalists at its emergency meeting with heads of security agencies at the Elder’s house in Ado-Ekiti. Olaofe was kidnapped two weeks ago at his residence in Ado-Ekiti by daredevil gun-wielding bandits, who placed ransoms of N50 million on him Oluwasanmi appealed to the state governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji to…
The police on Friday arraigned a 19-year-old man, Karim Sodiq, before an Ona-Ara Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing a cell phone inside a mosque. Sodiq, whose address was not provided, was charged with stealing and house breaking, to which he, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Adeshina Folaranmi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on May 21, at about 7.50 p.m. at Oju-Aba Mosque, Moniya area of Ibadan. Folaranmi said that the defendant constructively broke into the mosque and stole an Infinix smart 6 phone, worth N100,000, belonging to one Akorede Suliyat. He said that…
The police command in Katsina says it has succeeded in arresting two suspects for aiding and abetting banditry and recovered suspected rustled animals from them. The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the success was recorded in Jibia LGA in collaboration with the Community Watch Corps (KSCWC) and hunters. “On July 25, 2024, a team of police operatives attached to Jibia Divisional Police Headquarters while on routine patrol in collaboration with the KSCWC and hunters, successfully arrested two suspects, all from Zandam village, in Jibia LGA. “The suspects were arrested along Magama…