The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday paraded a fake soldier for impersonation and rape, while 44 others were arrested for cultism, murder, armed robbery and kidnapping.
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First Bank of Nigeria Limited has confirmed a foiled robbery attack on its Mpape, Abuja branch on Saturday.
As Nigeria and South Africa seek ways to end the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in that country, the Nigeria Union South Africa on Wednesday announced the gruesome murder of another Nigerian.
A robbery suspect arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for using tricycle to rob a television presenter has disclosed that he was paid N8,000 for every obbery operation he participated in with the gang.
A cross section of Aba residents in Abia State have decried the continuous and unhindered raids of different parts of the town by armed robbers who terrorise the people.
A delegation of the Ondo State Government on Tuesday visited the ancient town of Idoani to commiserate with the families of the victims who were killed during an armed robbery incident.
The police in Lagos on Wednesday said they had intercepted a five-man robbery gang, including two dismissed military men and recovered goods worth N13.2million from the gang.
The homers were awarded a penalty in the 31st minute when ABS Amos Alamu was adjudged to have tripped an Offa FC attacker in his box.
The command’s Spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, in a statement, said that the operation followed a distress call on March 10 that some armed robbers were robbing the residents of the estate.
The suspect, Chinomso Onwuegbuchulam, popularly known as Ogolo, was arrested at his hideout at Close 7 Mgbuakara, Eleparanwan in Rivers.
The Police Public Relations Officer for the command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu.
The accused: Ronti Echiye, 47; Rafiu Akeem, 45; and Animashaun Segun, 39, faced a seven count charge.
The accused are Sunday Onuh (32), driver; Peter Owoicho (30), house keeper; James Momoh (20), driver; Emmanuel Audu (32), unemployed; Francis Onuh (32); and Gabriel Ochigbo (32), a police officer
Umahi remarked that in keeping with the government’s prison decongestion programme, murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and related cases must pass through the entire judicial process
Egbodofo said that all arrangements for commencement of full banking, including deployment of personnel and logistics, in the said branch, had been concluded
Asinim Butswat, a DSP, told the News Agency of Nigeria that a five-man robbery gang had attacked and robbed one Evelyn Patrick at Agudama area of Yenagoa on that fateful day, shooting dead one Victor Abule, 23, in the process
According to the statement, the suspect admitted that it is easier for him to operate in Ghana than in Nigeria as Ghanaians are not security conscious like Nigerians
The robbery suspects – Adekunle Mustapha, 21; Popoola Olumide, 20; and Femi Amusa, 20 – were arrested following the tip off from their victim, Olasunkanmi Oyelakin, who alerted the Police that his blackberry phone was stolen by the suspects during early morning traffic around Bolade, Oshodi
Mr. Orji Ogbonnaya whose N28, 000 was removed by the suspect from his
pocket in the bus.
The Police Command in Rivers State says it has arrested one Elijah Owoh, a Private in the Nigerian Army, who…