It was gathered that though the insurgents engaged in a heavy gun battle with the SARS troops, they were swiftly overpowered
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His business ally told NAN on condition of anonymity that he gave up the ghost in the theatre while doctors were carrying out surgery to remove bullets that reportedly lodged in his lower abdomen
Maikoma told our correspondent that he and his accomplice usually dispossessed people of their valuables, adding: “If we don’t get any valuables from them, we rape their women as compensation
The Commissioner, Imo State Police Command, Rabiu Ladodo, who paraded the suspects before newsmen in Owerri, said the prophet had initially kidnapped the victim before getting rid of him
This followed the gunning down of a shop owner, simply identified as Biliki, in the area
A 19-year-old boy, Prince Chikere, and four others, described as kidnappers, have been nabbed by operatives of the Imo State Police Command for allegedly beheading three persons.
Adamu took the decision on Monday when he met with Command Commissioners of Police and other senior officers of the Force
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, said this on Monday in Abuja in his welcome remarks at the commencement of the panel’s public sitting
Earlier attempts by The Eagle Online to get a reaction from the Force Public Relations Officer, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police Jimoh Moshood, on the matter, have been futile
More facts have emerged about the incident that led to operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Akwuzu, Anambra State…
Ogundipe was arrested and the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, Musikilu Mojeed, harassed by the purely anti-robbery outfit on a day the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, called for its reform and the need for it to operate strictly within its mandate
The development was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Jimoh Moshood
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja
This followed the interest shown in the case by the Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Edgal Imohimi, who constituted an investigation panel to look into the allegation
The audit would also include all detention cells of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
The spokesman of the state police command, SP Chike Oti, said in a statement that the policemen were arrested following an online news alleging that a man had been shot by some operatives of SARS.
No fewer than 30 persons were killed during the operation in which five banks were hit.
The girlfriend of the armed robbery suspect said this after detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, told her that Ochoko was not just a hardened criminal, but a wanted leader of an armed robbery gang.
Before now, a dismissed operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Corporal Michael Adikwu, had been arrested following the release of photographs obtained from Close Circuit Television scenes of the robbery
This was based on a complaint received via Twitter from a woman on May 16, 2018 by the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit that the operative forced her to make a bank transfer of N5,000 to his bank account following an arrest for no just cause