Security strategies put in place by the Lagos State Government has yielded fruits with the reduction in the spate of crime in the State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed on Tuesday.
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Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
“He told us in the morning that he was going to secretariat over his suspension matter and we were only able to speak with him last around 7pm yesterday. When we put a call to him he was not talking audibly enough. He only managed to tell us he was attending to some issue,” my friend’s wife said.
Lawan made this known during the consideration of a motion brought to the floor by Senate Dino Melaye (PDP, Kogi West).
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of six persons in Rijana village along Kaduna-Abuja expressway on September 7.
The All Progressives Congress has commended men and officers of Ogun State command for their swift rescue of the five kidnap victims at Ogbere-Sagamu section of Benin-Lagos express road.
The Police Command in Bayelsa has said that its personnel are working round the clock to ensure that the kidnapped mother of Samson Siasia, Nigeria’s former Super Eagles footballer is rescued from her captors.
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, at the weekend said the recent abduction of four Turkish expatriates in the state was a “one off event which does not represent who we are as a people”.
The Kwara State Government is considering tougher measures on kidnapping in the state.
The presidency has made clarifications on the statement made by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in New York on Nigeria’s security situation.
The National Economic Council on Thursday set up a Security and Policing Committee to address the challenge of banditry, kidnapping, cultism and other security issues confronting the country.
The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested 424 kidnap and 276 armed robbery suspects across the country.
The Lagos State Police Command has warned members of the public against executing jungle justice or extra-judicial punishment when suspected criminals are caught.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has called for tougher legislations against kidnapping and banditry, including possible state seizure of assets linked to illicit proceeds from kidnapping and other heinous crimes.
It’s been months since a businesswoman, Obinanuju, 67, was abducted and beaten within an inch of life, but till date, she’s yet to get over the shock.
As part of effort to control menace of kidnapping and rustling in the state, Katsina State Government has reviewed punishment for the offenses to death sentences.
The high rate of banditry and kidnappings in the Northwest of Nigeria may affect food production in the area by over 50 per cent, according to two apex farmers associations.
Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, says stronger border will reduce the menace of kidnappings in the country.
The Senate decision was sequel to the motion sponsored by Senator Shehu Sani with 108 other senators, entitled: “Senseless Killing of a Briton and the abduction of three others in Holiday Resort in Kaduna State by Armed Bandits.”
The Police, on Monday, inaugurated “Operation Puff Adder” as parts of efforts to curb banditry and kidnapping in Kogi.