Before the smashing of the gang by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT), headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mr Abba Kyari, the gang had carried out six kidnappings, including kidnapping of lecturers and professors.
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Terkimbi Shom, one of the locals, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that nobody knew where the attackers came from.
According to a statement by the university management and signed by the PRO, Bakene N,O., the university official was said to be waylaid by yet to be identified gunmen on Thursday while she was driving home.
The command also recovered three firearms, one live cartridge, two vehicles, two daggers, one mobile phone and other incriminating items.
A Police Officer, Sergeant Agenoise Elijah, allegedly stormed the school with his colleagues on Friday to protest the audacity of the authorities for reprimanding and discipling his daughter for wearing a different hairstyle from the prescribed one.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, in Awka on Friday.
The spokesman of the Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
The oil thieves were busy perpetrating their evil act inside the creek.
While their rifles were taken away, their operational vehicle was set ablaze after a gun duel.
According to a statement by the Spokesperson of the Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, the suspects were arrested at about 12 noon on Friday after the driver of a bus they robbed earlier in the day spotted them at a bank and alerted the police.
EU representative, Eleni Zetzelidou, made this disclosure on Friday at the pre-launch of the A-TIPSOM project by an international NGO, International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies in Nigeria.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement in Kaduna.
The panel was led by Chief Olufunke Agagu.
In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, the lawyers said the bill did not tackle the root cause of ransom payment.
George Edem, Commandant of the corps in the state, disclosed this to newsmen in Benin on Friday.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Abia State, SP Godfrey Ogbonna, confirmed the attack, adding that the bandits also dispossessed the expatriate of N3 million.
The NSCDC Commandant-General, Ahmed Audi, disclosed this on Friday at the passing out parade of personnel of the squad at the corps training College in Katsina.
The arrest was made on Tuesday in Ka’oje Town, according to a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, in Birnin Kebbi on Friday.
The Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, gave the assurance in Abuja on at a media event organised by the Presidential Media Team.
The 61-year-old suspect, identified as Kfouri Suleiman, also known as Simo, has lived in Jos for 38 years.