Category: POLICE & CRIME

By Tony Adibe A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the capital of Anambra State has sentenced the duo of Chinonso Chinaemelu, 27-year-old and Okoye Chisom Christian, 20-year-old to one year imprisonment respectively for vandalizing a distribution substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC). Their conviction was made known to newsmen by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh in a statement on Thursday. They were arrested on the 29th of November 2023 by Abatete local vigilante group while attempting to vandalize the distribution substation within…

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By NewsBits Four people, including a teenage girl, were killed and at least five injured after a man went on a stabbing spree at multiple addresses in the US state of Illinois, police have said. The stabbings took place on Wednesday afternoon, Rockford City Police said in a statement, adding that a 22-year-old suspect was taken into custody. The statement did not say anything about a possible motive. Rockford is located about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. Those killed included a 15-year-old girl, a 63-year-old woman, and two men aged…

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•A bandit seen displaying cash supposedly collected from victims in a viral video Strong reactions have trailed bandits seen in viral videos displaying cash supposedly collected from victims. Videos of the ransoms were uploaded on Tiktok. The monies were seen in a series of post on X by a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama Makama said the user of the social network account has over 3000 followers. He noted that some of them are bandits who openly show off their rifles and are dressed in military or police…

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By Tony Adibe The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said its operatives have arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect, one Chinonso Nwakpo, 32, after a foiled armed robbery attempt near Holy Ghost axis of Ogui Road within Enugu metropolis. The NSCDC operatives recovered locally made pistol and an expended cartridge from the suspect, according to the NSCDC. Parading the suspect before newsmen on Monday in Enugu, the NSCDC Enugu State Command Public Relations Officer, SC Emmanuel Nwatu, said that Nwakpo was arrested on Sunday, March 24, by gallant…

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The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected female kidnapper and rescued three pupils from her custody in the state. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this in a statement, said the case was reported to Area M Police Command in Idimu by one Segun, the headmaster of a school (name withheld) in the Ijegun area of Lagos at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 11, 2024. Hundeyin said the headmaster reported that some unknown persons invaded the school and kidnapped three pupils on the…

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Police in Enugu State on Thursday said they received news publications that allege a woman suffering from depression over hardship dumped her children in the Ogui Police Station of the Command on Saturday, March 2, 2024. The publications further claim that she committed suicide by running into a moving vehicle in front of the Station. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, described the reports as untrue and misleading. Hence, the Command clarifies and presents an accurate account of the incident as follows: “On March 2,…

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By NewsBits A mother of three has died after dumping her children at a police station in Enugu and running into a moving vehicle. The woman, whose names could not be ascertained at press time, walked into the Ogui Road police station with the children, handed them over to officers, stripped herself naked, and ran into the moving vehicle which crushed her to death. The ages of the three children are reportedly six, four, and two. Her husband was alleged to have run away from home months ago over increased…

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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered stoppage of Point-of-Sales (POS) machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide. Egbetokun said the ban became imperative following public outcry on alleged illegal and illicit transactions of POS machine operators with certain police operatives. The police boss, who spoke through the force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the ban was aimed at preserving the integrity and security of police operation. He stressed that the directive was also to forestall perceived corrupt practices, adding that…

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At least three villages have been sacked by terrorists as banditry and kidnapping for ransom escalated in Katsina State, North-West Nigeria. According to SaharaReporters the three villages in Kurfi Local Government Area of the state were sacked and a police station torched in a banditry raid that claimed five lives. The affected villagers who are now taking refuge in other communities in the state, staged a peaceful protest on Friday, demanding the restoration of security. Gunmen were reported to have stormed Wurma village and opened fire sporadically, forcing residents to…

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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) in charge of Zurmi Divisional Police in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits also razed the police station. Confirming the incident via a statement issued on Monday, February 19, 2024, the Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar, said the bandits wielding sophisticated weapons attacked the police station on Sunday, February 18. Abubakar said the policemen on duty retaliated and repelled the attack in a gun duel which led to the death of…

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