Category: POLICE & CRIME

A concerned citizen, Chief Emeka Emenyeonu has petitioned the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie for the alleged intimidation and extortionist actions of the police authorities at the Ndiegoro Police Division, Aba.. Emenyeonu pleaded with CP Onwuemelie to urge the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge at Ndiegoro and one Inspector Oscar to respect the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which has human rights enshrined in it while discharging their lawful duties.. In the petition which he copied the Aba Federated Chapel of the Nigeria…

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Some suspected armed robbers have invaded the Ipara-Remo and Ode-Remo communities, hosting some students of the Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State, just as some students were shot with female students allegedly sexually molested. The suspected robbers stormed the communities around 1 am two Fridays ago and last Sunday, shooting sporadically and entering into students’ hostels to cart away their belongings, molest some female students, and also shoot some others, among which was Francis Dwumfour, leaving him in a critical condition. Some pictures obtained…

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By NewsBits Gunmen said to be operating as kidnappers have reportedly shot dead the Traditional Ruler of Otulu Amumara Autonomous Community in Ezinihitte-Mbaise Local Government Area in Imo State, His Royal Highness, Eze Joe Achulor. His killing, which happened Saturday, barely 24 hours after armed men also murdered the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the nearby Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze Ward in the same Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of the State, Chiedoziem Anyanwu. Sources in the community said that the native ruler was abducted from his palace in Otulu…

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By Tony Adibe In the attempt to stamp out criminal elements, the Police Command in Enugu State has arrested at least 53 suspected male criminals for various offences while recovering firearms, ammunition and other exhibits in the state. The police recovered the following items which included: 28 firearms of assorted calibers, 30 live ammunition, 66 live cartridges, 25 vehicles and 16 motorcycles from the suspects arrested in various parts of the state. Parading before journalists the criminal suspects on Tuesday in Enugu, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, said…

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By NewsBits Seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) have been reportedly killed by heavily armed suspected sea pirates on Bakana River in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The NSCDC personnel were on a pipeline surveillance patrol on the river which is about 12 kilometer from Bakana town when they were ambushed by the sea pirates. According to credible sources in the area who confirmed the incident on Sunday, two sea pirates were equally killed in the gun duel which occurred on Friday.…

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By NewsBits Ahead of the November 11, 2023, governorship election in Imo State, the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has ordered the immediate redeployment of the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde,  to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday, the IG’s decision to redeploy the CP underscored the police force’s dedication to upholding the rule of law and maintaining strict neutrality throughout the electoral proceedings. Adejobi said, “This redeployment is not an indictment on the affected…

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By NewsBits Imo State Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the November 11 governorship election, Senator Athan Achonu, on Sunday, accused the police of attacking him and his convoy while on his way to church in the Owerri North Local Government Area of the state. Briefing journalists in Owerri on Sunday afternoon, Achonu said he was at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Obibiezena community to attend its synod, having received an invitation from the church. He said police officers with thugs allegedly attacked him and prevented him and…

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By NewsBits Two persons, Joy Chigozie and Musa Salihu have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with a gang rape at Airport Road, Kirikiri area of the state. The incident happened on Sunday around 6 p.m. but was reported on Monday around 10.30 p.m. to the Kirikiri Police Station. The 29-year-old victim was lured by one of the suspects of the gang rape, who is still at large, to his alleged aunty’s shop where she was made to drink an alcoholic substance until she was drunk.…

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By NewsBits Operatives of the Enugu state police command have arrested seven criminal suspects who allegedly specialised in snatching laptops, handbags, and mobile phones within the popular Holy Ghost suburb. The command’s spokesman DSP Daniel Ndukwu disclosed the arrest to journalists in Enugu on Wednesday. According to Ndukwu, the suspects were arrested by Police Operatives of the Command serving in the Central Police Station (CPS), in the evening hours of Friday, October 27, 2023, when they raided Holy Ghost railway axis, Christ Chemist, Old Park, and environs. He gave the…

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