The oil thieves were busy perpetrating their evil act inside the creek.
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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.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that on May 18, the acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, launched the operation in Enugu, designed to restore lasting peace in the South East.
It also expressed concerns over illicit financial flows from developing to developed economies.
PRNigeria gathered that Lieutenant Colonel T.O. Olukukun, the Commanding Officer of the 311 Artillery Regiment, and Police Commander Haruna Adamu Swapo led their troops from different axes in a coordinated operation
The IGP’s assurance comes on the heels of a memo he sent to the FCT and Plateau State police helmsmen over impending attack by the Boko Haram terror group.
A cross-section of residents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday said that they were excited with the news and prayed it was true.
The alert was contained in a letter dated May 19, 2021, addressed to the Commissioner of Police in both Plateau State and the FCT.
This was contained in a statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Thursday.