Tag: Police
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Police arrest 2 suspected kidnappers while picking ransom money in Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun have arrested two suspected kidnappers, Mohammed Abubakar, 42, and Clinton Niche, 18, while trying to collect ransom money at Agbara area of the state. The Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this on Monday in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota, Ogun. According to him. the suspects…
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Katsina Police arrest 2 suspected bandits, rescue 10 victims
The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police says it has arrested two suspected bandits, two informants and also rescued 10 victims of kidnapping. SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. “On Sept. 20, 2021, the Command succeeded in arresting a 30-year-old man from…
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2 docked over alleged theft of N473,500
The Police in Lagos, on Wednesday arraigned two persons before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court over alleged theft of N473,500 belonging to their employer. The defendants, Serifat Kelani, 22, and Abdul-Mumuni Kazeem, 20, whose addresses were not given, are facing a count charge of stealing. The prosecutor, ASP. Clement Okuiomose told the court that the defendants…
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Police confirm 2 officers death in Osun bank robbery
Police in Osun have confirmed the death of two Inspectors who tried to thwart a bank robbery on Tuesday in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state. SP Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson for the police in the state confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo. Opalola gave the name of the two…
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Police launch full scale investigation to unravel attack on checkpoint
The Nigeria Police Command in Enugu State, on Wednesday, said it has launched a full scale investigation to unravel the attack on a police checkpoint in Nachi community in Oji River Local Government Area (LGA) by gunmen. Our correspondent reports that unknown armed assailants attacked policemen on a checkpoint in Nachi community and shot dead…
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Ebonyi police arrest 10 for alleged arson
The Police Command in Ebonyi said it arrested 10 persons allegedly involved in burning of houses in Hatchery, Nkaliki in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abakiliki by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Levi Philips. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that…
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Police arrest woman in Kano for allegedly defrauding traders with fake bank credit alerts
Police in Kano have arrested a female resident of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters who sends fake bank credit alerts to traders after taking their goods. This is contained in a statement issued in Kano on Tuesday by the police command’s spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa. “On Sept. 12, at about 6:30p.m., three traders, Jamilu Musa, Aliyu Inusa…
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Police retirees say benefits “too poor”
Some senior Police retirees based in Edo have decried what they referred to as “poor retirement benefits” after their service years. The retirees, who were at the headquarters of the state’s Police Command in Benin, also called on the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force to yank them off the current Police contributory pension scheme.…
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Police arrest 21 persons over alleged witchcraft killings in Adamawa
The Police have confirmed the arrest of 21 suspects, in connection with the killing of seven persons, allegedly through witchcraft, in a village in Adamawa. Aliyu Adamu, Commissioner of Police in the state, at a news conference on Monday in Yola, confirmed arrest of the suspects from Dasin Bwate, Fufore Local Government Area (LGA), of…
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Man in police net for allegedly impregnating daughter in Ogun
The police in Ogun have arrested a 45-year-old man, Olaoluwa Jimoh, for allegedly impregnating his daughter, in Ode-Remo area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi. ”The command arrested Jimoh, on Sept.16, for allegedly impregnating his 19-year-old daughter. ”The randy father was arrested…