The spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Orlando Ikeokwu, announced the development on Friday
Browsing: Crime
The suspects had attacked Adejare Adetayo and wife in the traffic in the area when police detectives on undercover operation went after them.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, in a statement on Friday said the operations were conducted on Thursday at different locations.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mutiat Okuwobi, made this known in a statement in Ibadan on Friday.
This is obviously as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown that took a better part of the year.
Isa Adoro, the State Commandant of NDLEA in Ebonyi, said this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The teenage suspects were paraded before the media by the State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Friday.
Buratai gave the assurance at a sit-out night to usher in the 2021 New Year at the TY Buratai Institute for War and Peace, Buratai in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State
A video seen by The Eagle Online showed that shots were fired at what looked like a residential building where the Nigerian was on December 30, 2020
The police prosecutor, Insp Bankole Olasunkanmi, told the court that the defendants allegedly committed the offence on December 28 at Otun-Ekiti.
The State Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, disclosed this on Wednesday in Katsina in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah.
The acting Commander of the agency in the state, Isaac Aloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Thursday.
Enenche gave the figure on Thursday, while giving update on operations conducted to check criminality in the country during the period.
The suspects, who are alleged to be members of an organised cybercrime syndicate, were arrested on December 30, 2020 during an early morning operation at Roxbury Leisure Homes Phase 2, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ikota, Lagos, following credible intelligence received by the Commission about their alleged criminal activities
Abba, who made the disclosure in his end-of-year message, also thanked the staff of the Commission for their dedication, hard work and sacrifices in the discharge of their duties, which contributed to the feat recorded in 2020
Ogbeh said weapons such as Rocket Propelled Grenades and Anti-Aircraft Guns are among those brought in without any check by security operatives
The gesture was to show support to the police division and strengthen its capability for curbing violent crimes and other social vices in the area
The NDLEA Commander in Kano, Dr. Ibrahim Abdu, told newsmen on Thursday in Kano that Ikechuku was arrested by officers of the agency and “not by the officials of the Kano Road Traffic Agency as was earlier reported”.
Muri made the disclosure at a press briefing on Thursday in Kaduna on the successes recorded by the command during the last quarter of the year.
Speaking at the decoration ceremony, Adamu said the promotion was guided by the principles of seniority and merit, in addition to due recognition of the history of professional excellence of the officers being decorated.