The matter, which was reported to members of the Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network (ACVPN), was received with shock and outrage.
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Fausat said she had run to the station to lodge a complaint of battering and attempted murder against her husband, Goke Ogunji, but was shocked when the police asked for money before they could attend to her.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Adigbe divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim.
The Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Rabiu Hussaini, confirmed the incident in a press statement on Monday.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Muhammad Bello.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement he issued on Monday on the development.
The police spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Katsina.
The paramount ruler of Atyap chiefdom, Dominic Yahaya, disclosed this on Monday when he spoke with newsmen.
Assistant Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Philip Levi, confirmed the incident on Monday in Abakaliki.
The fleeing bandits are said to have been moving to settlements and villages in Katsina and Sokoto in droves.
PRNigeria gathered that the joint security operatives laid an ambush for the bandits, who were fleeing the ongoing military operations
This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relation Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, on Monday in Ilorin.
Police spokesman in the state, ASP Sunday Abutu, told the News Agency of Nigeria that three persons had been arrested in connection with the abduction.
The Governor pledged the State Government would not waive its mandate to provide logistics support to all security agencies for continuous operations across the State, but urged the personnel to justify the confidence with improvement in security.
Odufuwa, whose address was not provided, is charged with assault with occasional harm.
Haruna, who resides in Tipper Garage, Nyanya, Abuja, pleaded guilty to public nuisance and begged for leniency.
The police charged Abubakar of no fixed address with constituting a public nuisance and for impersonation.
The police charged Mohammed, 31, of no fixed address with Joint Act, Criminal trespass, Shop Breaking, Theft, Mischief and Belonging to gang of thieves.
Aliyu Adamu, Commissioner of Police in the state, at a news conference on Monday in Yola, confirmed arrest of the suspects
The suspected bandit, Abdullah Saidu, in the viral video called himself a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps