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 […]
According to the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, the operation was carried out between June 9 and 13 respectively in multiple raids on black spots and criminal hideouts in parts of the state. In a statement issued by Hassan, he said the operation, ordered by the Commissioner of Police, CP Rabiu Muhammad, was […]
The court freed the defendants for failure of the prosecution to prove its case after it was unable to produce any of the nine people that the accused allegedly robbed. The defendants, Isa Yusuf, 22 years old, and Mohammed Bako, 30 years old, were arraigned on October 14, 2022, before the court presided over by […]
Spokesperson for the police command, Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the command’s activities for the month of May. He said the incident was reported on February 20, 2025, by one Alhaji Badamasi Bala of Madaci Yan Nono Quarters, Katsina, who informed the police that his two daughters, aged 14 and 4, had […]
The police also ensured that residents would respect the constitutional rights to peaceful assembly of citizens, urging those seeking to protest to ensure it was within the ambit of the law. The deployments which were done as early as 4am, saw the movement of troops and logistics to Agege; Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Abiola Gardens, […]
The attacks, which sparked widespread outrage, aside from claiming lives, also left several communities in ruins. The women in Benue state, therefore, took to the streets a couple of days ago, demanding immediate action from the government to end the attack, saying the attackers were turning them into widows. A timeline of these attacks clearly […]
The hoodlums also destroyed five operational vehicles of the outfit and the security post. The incident occurred at the security post of the Agunechemba outfit in Umunze, Orumba South local government area on Thursday evening. Sources made it known that when the hoodlums stormed the area, they overpowered the security outfit, who, according to them, […]
In a statement released by the spokesman for the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, it was stated that the suspects were arrested based on the confession of a detainee in custody. Ikenga said the police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu carried out the arrest at Agukwu-Nri, Anaocha Local Government Area of the […]