Seven suspected members of the gang were arrested during an operation at Ejigbo area of Lagos, just as detectives recovered a 45,000 litre tanker Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, hijacked around Alaka in Surulere by the gang. The suspects were identified as a businessman, Izuchukwu Nwanoruo, a tricyclist Kayode Falodun, a mechanic Ojo Ayodele, a graphic […]
The CP made the presentation during the Command’s monthly meeting at the CP’s Conference Hall of the Command Headquarters. He said the package was under the Group Life Assurance and Inspector-General of Police Family Welfare Schemes. Those honoured include an Inspector who was mistakenly fatally shot by a friendly Force at a Police Observation Point […]
The incident sent panic to residents in the area and shop owners along the road as the shootings happened “suddenly and in a chaotic manner”. The deceased, said to be an inspector, was part of a patrol team conducting routine checks along the road when they intercepted a Toyota Sienna vehicle said to be driving […]
The incident involved a Suzuki pick-up truck that ran over an improvised explosive device. Borno State Police Command’s spokesperson, Nahum Daso, said the injured victims had been rushed to the state Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri for treatment. “I confirm that the incident happened. Four persons died and 10 sustained various degrees of injuries.“They have been […]
Dozens of people were killed, and several others were injured and displaced in the course of the attacks. Egbetokun addressed the newsmen at the Force Headquarters, and said 26 suspects were arrested for the attack in Yelewata, 22 others in connection with the Plateau incident, and five others in Benue State. The IGP added that […]
Report gathered that the incident occurred when a distress call was received from a commercial motorcyclist alerting the police to intense gunfire in the area. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, stated that the Divisional Police Officer of Apo Division, Uchenna Igwebuike, deployed his Ambush and Surveillance Teams to the location. […]
An eyewitnesses spoke to newsmen and stated that, the incident occurred at about 7p.m, when the bus, coming from Abeokuta, was waylaid by unknown gunmen, and robbed the occupants of their valuables before whisking them away into the nearby bush. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Benue Command, Edet Udeme revealed that the incident involved a […]
Recall that more than 200 residents of Guma LGA in the state were killed in the past few days by suspected herdsmen, causing outrage among citizens. However, Musa stated that investigations were ongoing with the Department of State Services, DSS, and all stakeholders were working together. He stated that, “Because we are law-abiding individuals, so […]
The police revealed that the suspects were members of the dreaded Iceland cult and lieutenants of their slain leader, Gift Okpara, popularly known as 2-Baba, responsible for the murder of the former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada East LGA, Bako Angbashim, in 2023. Spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a […]
During the raid, the police arrested six suspects and also recovered one pump-action gun, two live cartridges, two cutlasses, one Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle, among others. The Spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, stated in a press release that the operatives acting on intelligence-driven information, carried out the exercise on June […]