The Niger State Police Command has arrested additional 32 suspects in connection with thuggery and armed robbery in parts of the Minna metropolis and its environs. DAILY POST recalls that the police on March 14, paraded 44 suspects nabbed during a house-to-house raid in the state capital. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun … Read more
The police in Ogun State, on Monday, arrested three members of a robbery syndicate allegedly terrorizing Ewekoro and its environs. The suspects were identified as Ahmed Isiaka, Sunday Ajibola and Jimoh Wahab. The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the arrest of the suspects followed a distress call received at Ewekoro division that a … Read more
The Niger State Police Command has paraded no fewer than 44 suspects allegedly involved in various crimes including conspiracy, armed robbery, thuggery, and possession of dangerous weapons. The suspects were nabbed during a house-to-house raid in the Minna metropolis which was conducted from March 10 to 12 in various areas that include Limawa, Angwan-Daji, Paida, … Read more
Scores of residents of the Olomo community in Apete, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, are currently in panic over the invasion by some armed robbers. Apete is one of the communities in the Ido Local Government Area in Oyo State. DAILY POST gathered on Saturday that some armed robbers invaded the Eleshin area in the Olomo … Read more
A 65-year-old herbalist and 21 other suspects have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for armed robbery, cultism and unlawful assembly in the state. The command spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, in a statement on Tuesday, said the herbalist and one other suspect were arrested on 31 January by the command’s surveillance team. ”They were … Read more
Akwa United survived an armed robbery attack along Ogoni road, Rivers State on their way from Ibadan after engaging Kwara United in a Nigeria Premier Football League matchday five encounter. The Promise Keepers lost the game 2-1, their second defeat of the campaign. The team bus, according to information made available to DAILY POST, ran … Read more
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a 33-year-old man, Ajani Jamiu, at Agodi Correctional facility, for alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and armed robbery. The police arraigned Ajani on a two-count charge of armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Emmanuel Idowu, who … Read more
The Zamfara Anti-thuggery Committee said it arrested two suspects for allegedly committing sodomy and six others for alleged phone snatching and armed robbery. The committee’s chairman, Bello Bakyasuwa, disclosed this at a news briefing on Monday in Gusau. Bakyasuwa said one of the sodomy suspects was apprehended in Tudun Wada area in Gusau, the state … Read more
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Echeng Echeng has met with the management and leadership of the Students Union Government, SUG, of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The meeting was over the recent surge in cultism-related killings and activities of armed robbers within the Ifite community, where students of the institution mostly reside. The Anambra … Read more
Operatives of the Anti-kidnapping unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect impersonating a military officer. A statement issued to DAILY POST, on Thursday, through the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, said “The suspect Kaizer Freeman was arrested following a complaint by a victim … Read more
A suspect in the celebrated Offa robbery case, in Kwara State, Ayoade Akinrinbosun, on Wednesday revealed that former Commander, IRT Squad, DCP Abba Kyari, offered him N10m to implicate former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki in the robbery case. The suspect, who appeared before the trial judge, Justice Alimat Salman, of the Kwara state High … Read more