Some residents of the area had protested over a suspect who was earlier rescued by the police from an angry mob for knocking down two passengers on Monday 17th May, 2021 leaving them with serious injuries.
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The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Rufai on Friday evening at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint
The NDLEA Commander in the state, Josephine Obi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Ibadan.
This was contained in a statement by Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, Secretary to the State Government.
Concerned about the development, the Nigerian Army under the current leadership is devising new measures to tackle the activities of the criminals on its land and in neighbouring communities.
The Commander General of the board, Dr. Harun Ibn-sina, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen by the Board’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Lawan Ibrahim, on Tuesday in Kano.
The EFCC announced the arrest in a statement on Monday.
This was revealed in a statement by the anti-graft agency on Monday.
Sources stated that the former governor has been under interrogation for the past seven hours at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, over alleged diversion of N9 billion by his administration.
Babawale Afolabi, the spokesman for the command, said this in a statement in Ilorin on Monday.
This was disclosed by the Avocats Sans Frontières France (ASF France), an international non-governmental organisation which specialises in defending human rights and supporting justice.
According to a statement by the command’s spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the four suspects: Uche Eze, 24; Jamilu Bala, 21; Enest Bala, 24 and Sheidu Sanni, 23 were arrested on Saturday 15th May, 2021, in front of Onireke Division, along the Badagry Expressway, Lagos.
The team had stormed Obinze, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, and arrested Obinna who had since his escape from the prison formed another deadly kidnap gang and had been terrorising Owerri and its environs.
The police chief gave the directive as a proactive measure to protect communities and travelers in anticipation of increased traffic on the expressway following the disruption of other means of transportation owing to the industrial action embarked upon by workers in Kaduna State.
The Chairperson of the task force, Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, while presenting the donation also condoled with NAF and the families of the seven officers, who died on Feb. 21 in a plane crash.
The attack, according to available information, was carried out at about 2am.
Olu-Alade made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ota, Ogun State.
The State Commandant of the corps, George Edem who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Monday, said they were arrested on Sunday.
The matter, which was before a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu was fixed for Monday, May 17, for the EFCC to give a report on its effort at extraditing Alison-Madueke to the country to stand her trial.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that JUSUN on April 6 directed its members to shut down all courts across the country.