The police command in Ekiti said it arrested Baboga for his alleged involvement in the killing of the two traditional rulers in the Ikole Axis of Ekiti penultimate Monday.

Addressing journalists on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the assistant inspector general of police in charge of Ekiti, Dare Ogundare, said it took the combined efforts of security agencies in the state to apprehend the suspect in the forest between Ayedun and Ayebode.

He said the suspect had confessed to the crime while efforts are on to apprehend his accomplices.

The AIG, who said no arrest was made during the rescue operation for the abducted school pupils and their teachers, however, informed journalists that some other suspects were arrested at Oke Osun, in Ikere Ekiti, Igbo Okah and Iju-Ikere boundary forest.

On whether ransom was paid to secure the release of the kidnap victims, Mr Ogundare said the police would not encourage paying ransom.

He commended the onspector general of police, and the Ekiti governor for their intervention in the quick release of the school pupils and their teacher.

A10-day-old abandoned baby recovered by a resident of the Agege area of Lagos has been handed over to the state police command, its spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said.

Mr Hundeyin, who disclosed this to journalists on Friday, said the police had launched an investigation to trace the baby’s mother.

“Investigation is ongoing on how to track the mother of the child,” he said.

He said the baby was discovered on Wednesday at about 10:30 p.m. behind the window of a house at Akindiya Street in the Agege area of Lagos.

He said a resident brought the baby to Pen Cinema Police Division, Agege, on Thursday at about 10:00 a.m.

“The baby has been taken to the Juvenile/Woman Centre, Alakara, in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos, and will be transferred to the orphanage home, Alausa, Ikeja,” he added.

Justice Ibrahim Kala of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court sentenced a man, Olorunfunmi Olakunle, to two years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking on Friday.

The court convicted and sentenced him for importing 1.8 kg of hemp from America after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge preferred against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The court also gave him the option of a N200,000 fine with community service.

After his guilty plea, the prosecutor, Augustine Nwagu, applied for a review of the facts of the case.

The prosecutor told the court how the defendant was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on January 4 during cargo clearance on EgyptAir from the United States of America.

The prosecutor tendered several exhibits, which were admitted and marked by the court.

After reviewing the facts, the court asked the defendant if he had any objections to the facts presented by the prosecution.

The defendant said he had no objection.

The prosecutor, consequently, urged the court to convict and sentence him as charged in accordance with the NDLEA Act.

After going through the facts and evidence of the prosecution, the court found him guilty and convicted him accordingly.

Meanwhile, before the sentence, the defence had urged the court to show mercy on the convict for being a first-time offender, adding that he had learnt his lessons.

In his verdict, Mr Kala imposed the sentence, adding that in addition to the payment of a fine, the convict would do community service for 30 days.

The court ordered that the substance recovered from him be destroyed.

The offence contravenes sections 11(a) and 14 (b) of the NDLEA Act, Cap. 30 Law of Federation 2004.

The Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced 20 -year-old Seun Olarewaju to 30 calendar months imprisonment for the offence of rape on a three-year-old girl.

The convict was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on June 6, 2022, on a one-count charge of rape.

According to the charge, Mr Olarewaju, on August 6, 2021, at Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of the court, raped a three-year-old girl, contrary to section 31(1) of the Child Right Law, Cap C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

In her evidence before the court, the victim’s mother said, “I was not around. I did not know what happened until the following day when I was bathing my daughter. She did not allow me to wash her private parts.”

When I checked, I saw it was red and swollen. I was so scared. When I asked what happened to her bum bum, she repeatedly said it was Seun.”

She added, “Thereafter, I heard Seun’s mother and my mother-in-law fighting outside. It was then I had the true picture of what happened.

“My brother-in-law narrated what transpired between Seun’s mother, my mother-in-law and my daughter yesterday. I reported the matter to the police, who later took over the matter.”

To prove his case, the prosecutor, Kunle-Shina Adeyemo, called three witnesses and tendered the defendant’s statement, pictures of the victim and defendant, and medical report, among others, as exhibits.

The defendant spoke through his counsel, Luke Ekene. He prayed the court to temper justice with mercy and called four witnesses.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Familoni said, “I believe the defendant as a young person deserves a second chance to redeem himself and be a good citizen. He cannot do that if I sentence him to life imprisonment.”

Therefore, I am inclined to temper justice with mercy to afford him an opportunity of redemption.”

The accused was handed 30 months’ imprisonment without an option of a fine.

The sentence is to run effectively from September 20, 2021, when he was rearrested by the police and kept in detention.

The Police Command in Gombe State said it has arrested 12 suspected members of a fake dollar syndicate in the state.

Police Public Relations Officer ASP Mahid Abubakar, who disclosed this on Thursday, said that the suspects allegedly specialised in printing and disposing of the currency suspected to be counterfeit.

He said operatives of the command acting on credible intelligence arrested the suspects between the Bajoga and Dukku axes.

The police spokesman said 563 pieces of counterfeit 100-dollar bills and N265,000 were recovered from the suspects.

According to him, the suspects will be charged in court upon completion of the investigation.

He urged residents of the state to be more vigilant and report suspicious persons and activities to security agencies.

The Household of David church in Surulere Street, Adeniyi Jones in the Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State has lost its multi-million naira church auditorium to a fire incident that gutted the church building.

It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 10:00 am on Wednesday.

Confirming the incident to correspondent in a phone interview, the Lagos State Fire Service spokesperson, Amodu Shakiri, disclosed that the church’s auditorium ceiling was overheating, which caused it to collapse and ignite a fire.

He added that the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service’s Alausa and Ikeja Fire Stations, LASAMBUS, LASEMA, and Red Cross were the relevant agencies present at the scene.

Shakiri said the property damaged by the fire included the church’s furnishings and the auditorium.

He said, “The fire was however made to confine within the church’s auditorium it started from while salvaging adjoining properties.

The relevant agencies involved were the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Alausa and Ikeja fire stations, LASAMBUS, LASEMA, and Red Cross.

And the property involved in the destruction of the fire included the auditorium and church-hold items.

Reacting to the tragedy, the Senior Pastor of Household of David, Olusola Osunmakinde, in a video on Instagram, said, “It is a painful experience.”

According to Osunmakinde, a passerby made fun of him by inquiring, “Where was Jesus when this happened?”

He said the church’s air conditioners, chairs, and other equipment were all burnt.

He said, “As we know, ‘Mercy Conference’ starts today, but something happened that I just want to put a message out there to people. I came here this morning, everybody was setting up, everything was going fine.

All of a sudden, we started hearing that there was fire and something up there on the roof of the church. I know there will be reactions, and people will say that and that, but that is none of my concern now.

“The most important thing is this, we thank God no life was lost and we thank God for everything. We are not too discouraged but we believe in God that we will still go on with the conference.

“It is a painful experience no doubt, even someone walked into the compound mocking, saying, ‘Where is Jesus when this happened?’ We don’t owe people an answer, all we believe is that all things work together. We will not back out because of this but by the grace of God, all things work together for good.”

The Area Court at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, has sentenced a student of Yaba College of Technology to two years in a Borstal Training Institute for smoking marijuana.

Delivering judgment on Wednesday in Ilorin, the judge, Hammad Ajumonbi, said Mr Onikoyi should be taken to the Borstal Training Institute, where he will stay for two years.

Mr Ajumonbi ordered that the offender be allowed to register for the UTME examination for 2024 to continue his studies in mass communication after his release.

The court also ordered that while at the borstal, Mr Onikoyi should be trained in a vocation of his choice.

Earlier, the offender had told the court that he was a first-year Yaba College of Technology student in Lagos studying Mass communication.

He said, “My parents have good plans for me.”

Mr Onikoyi admitted to the offence levelled against him by his parents, who were the complainants in the matter.

He said he usually smoked marijuana due to loneliness.

The Borstal Training Institute is a unit under the Correctional facility owned by the federal government to punish minors.

One person died, while two others sustained varying degrees of injury when a Toyota Camry car and a private motorcycle collided on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Tuesday.

William Manga, FRSC commander in Badagry, confirmed the crash on Wednesday.Mr Manga said the incident occurred at the Age-Mowo axis of the expressway at about 8:50 p.m.

“The accident involved a Toyota Camry car with registration number FST 81 FN and a private Bajaj motorcycle. Our personnel got to the scene of the accident at exactly 9.00 p.m.; three persons were involved in the accident.

“The motorcyclist died instantly while two others in the Camry car sustained injury. Two of the victims were immediately rushed to General Hospital in Badagry for treatment, while the corpse of the motorcycle rider was deposited in the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.

The unit commander urged motorists plying the Agbara-Badagry expressway to be conscious of the single lane being used by road users.

He called on all motorists to adhere to speed limits and carry out routine vehicle checks on their vehicles.

Precious Ifeanyi, a businesswoman married for 13 years, gave birth to sextuplets at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Monday.

Ms Ifeanyi, a native of Ebonyi in Ohaozara LGA, said on Wednesday in Abuja that she had the babies, four girls and two boys, after undergoing In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF).

The first-time mother who gave birth to the babies at 30 weeks through Caesarean Section said she was expecting quintuplets, only to find out during delivery that there were six babies.

She was married on April 3, 2010.

“However, since then, it has not been easy. We expected children, but they were not forthcoming; we went to many places and spent money but no results so we just accepted to wait for God’s time.

“God in His infinite mercy visited us, and here we are today. God has changed the story,” Ms Ifeanyi said.

The new mother said that within the 13 years she spent expecting a child, she and her husband, a pastor with Living Faith Church, Chikara in Kogi, spent a lot of money that yielded no result.

“When you spend money on something and it is not forthcoming, it is very frustrating. My husband and I spent money on medications, kept asking people for suggestions, and went to many places without success.

“It was as if it would never happen, but God turned it around,” she stated.

She said this was the first time she tried IVF, and that she started the procedure at Fertile Ground Hospital, Jos, and continued at the National Hospital, Abuja, when she was four months into the pregnancy, and was there till delivery.

The Kubwa Division of the FCT High Court on Wednesday sentenced 56-year-old Olorundare Adesanmi to life imprisonment for raping his 17-year-old housemaid.

The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) had reported the matter for prosecution.

The prosecution counsel, Arinze Mbanefo, had told the court that Mr Adesanmi intentionally penetrated the vaginal of his 17-year-old housemaid in November 2018.

Mr Mbanefo said the housemaid had become pregnant, adding that the offence contravened section 1(2) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015.

Justice Asmau Akanbi-Yusuf, who found Mr Adesanmi guilty of the charge, held that evidence before the court proved that the victim was underage at the time of the commission of the crime on November 15, 2018.

Mr Akanbi-Yusuf noted that it was immaterial whether there was consent or not, as the defence counsel, Peter Dajang, tried to establish.

The judge, therefore, found him guilty of rape and accordingly convicted him.

The defence counsel, however, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, saying the convict was a first-time offender.

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has appointed a new management with Godfrey Abbah becoming Chief Technical Officer.

A statement by its Acting Managing Director, Victor Ojelabi, indicated that Leticia Ejendu was appointed one of the three Chief Business Officers.

She will oversee the other regions pending the appointment of the other two,” it added.

Ibem Idika was appointed Head, Human Resources, with Irene Nwankwo becoming Chief Internal Auditor, while Mimi Angyu was appointed as Branding and Corporate Communication manager.

The statement added that Sasi Jaja would be in charge of Regulatory and Government Relations.

“I strongly believe that these appointments will strengthen our executive management cadre and add significant value to the company’s strategic objectives. Further announcements will be made as we fill up all the critical roles. I urge everyone to remain committed and dedicated as we work towards making AEDC the leading distribution company in Nigeria,’’ he said.

Mr Ojelabi recalled that AEDC began operations and business of power distribution in November 2013 as one of the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) granted licences to operate.

“Within 10 years, the company has recorded landmark achievements in the power sector in the areas of metering deployment, customers’ centricity and network expansion and improvements,” he noted.

The police commissioner in Ogun, Abiodun Alamutu, says three officers have been dismissed for armed robbery and extortion.

The cops were paraded alongside 27 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists, at the police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Tuesday.

According to Mr Alamutu, the cops and a civilian were arrested following a report by Kashimao Emmanuel, a student at Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode.

The dismissed officers are Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, Inspector John Ogbe and Cpl Idowu Sunday, of the Ijebu-Ife division, and the civilian, Adesiyan Mathew, a driver.

The commissioner said the victim told the police that while he was driving in his Toyota Venza, with the number plate, No. LSD 813 EX, he was accosted by a gang of four armed men, one of whom was in police camouflage, while the others wore mufti and they demanded his phone, but he declined.

“In the process, one of them fired a shot into the air and that was when he complied. They entered into his car and took him away towards Sagamu expressway. On getting to Ososa, they made a U-turn to Ijebu-Ode, where a sum of N300,000 was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account no. 9097829766,” Mr Alamutu said.

The police chief revealed that during an investigation, two other complainants who were victims at various times, came forward and identified the suspects to have robbed them of their belongings in the same manner.

He noted that with the dismissal of the officers after being tried in orderly room, “they will be charged to court soonest.”

Six rifles with breach number 23286 with 10 rounds of live ammunition, one AK-47 rifle with breach number 804274 with six rounds of ammunition, and a Toyota Camry marked APP 684 DX, were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.

The police command in Osun on Sunday confirmed Saturday’s killing of one Dr Richard Adeoriokin, a U.S.-based Nigerian lecturer at Ejigbo.

It said a royal guard shot dead the lecturer.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated in Osogbo that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the murder.

“Police in Osun are aware of the shooting that occurred at Ejigbo, which led to the death of Dr Richard Adeoriokin. The incident occurred on Saturday after the 50th coronation anniversary of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Oyeyode Oyesosin.

“One Prince Eniola Oyeyode of Ejigbo instructed one of his civilian guards named Hammed Jelili to fire his double-barrelled gun into the air to confirm if the gun was in good condition.

“Jelili instead shot directly at the victim, and he was rushed to a hospital but confirmed dead on arrival by a doctor. Prince Oyeyode, who gave the order to his civilian guard to fire the gun, has been arrested and detained.

Commissioner of Police in Osun, Mr Bzigu Kwazhi, appeals to members of the public, especially residents of Ejigbo, to remain calm as an investigation into the matter has started,’’ the police officer explained.

Governor Ademola Adeleke stated on Sunday that the governor said killing and counter-killing at Ejigbo during the celebration must be investigated by law enforcement agencies.

“The governor commiserated with the people of Ejigbo and directed law enforcement agencies to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the incident and ensure that the law takes its course,” said the governor’s media aide, Olawale Rasheed.

Mr Rasheed added, “The governor also called for pre-emptive action by security agencies to prevent any possible counter-attack or eruption of violence in the ancient town following the sad incident.

“He urged families of the deceased not to take the law into their own hands and dispatched a high-powered delegation to visit Ejigbo to ensure restoration of calm while investigations continue.”

The governor urged the police to issue guidelines on the use of local guns to ensure the safety and protection of the public.

A zoology student of the University of Ilorin, Moyosore Bright, was on Saturday, abducted by hoodlums within the premises of the institution.

The spokesperson of the Kwara State police command, DSP Ejire Adetoun Adeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday, said the incident occurred on January 26, 2024.

“The DPO Tanke received information that a 100-level student of the University of Ilorin was abducted within the school premises.

“Upon receipt of the information, the DPO and a team responded promptly. Preliminary Investigation revealed that on 26th January, 2024 at about 1400hrs, a female student named Moyosore Bright of Zoology Department, University of Ilorin boarded a mini bus (Korope) at the school terminus on main campus alongside other students with the intent of heading to her hostel at Tanke.

“However, she suddenly regained consciousness in the bush at about 1900hrs of the same day, several kilometers away from Ilorin metropolis.

“No mark of violence on her while her mobile handset was intact but the following items were stolen from her- a gold chain, ATM cards and N3,000 naira.”

According to the spokesperson, an investigation is ongoing to track down the culprits who perpetrated the act.

The Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya reassured the public that the command would remain steadfast towards fighting all forms of crimes and criminalities while providing a secure environment for the good people of Kwara State.

“The CP further urged everyone to report any suspicious movement of person(s) or item(s) they come across to the nearest police station or through any of the following emergency contact numbers, 07032069501 or 08125275046,” he further stated.

A group, Justice for Sylvester Oromoni Jr., called on the Lagos State government on Saturday to ensure the speedy conclusion of judicial processes regarding the death of a student at Dowen College, Lagos.

The coordinator of the group, Regent Youmor, who made the call in Lagos at a press conference, said that justice delayed would be justice denied.

The conference was to announce the burial of the 12-year-old student more than two years after he died.

Mr Youmor said that the student was buried at Warri, Delta, on Saturday.The student died on November 30, 2021, at a private hospital in Warri after alleged health complications at Dowen College, Lagos.

The bereaved family alleged that the student died from injuries he suffered as a result of bullying by five senior students at the college.

The family also alleged that he was not treated by the school in a hospital.

However, Dowen College said that the JS2 student was not bullied or injured by any student but was injured during a football match with fellow students.

Mr Youmor said on Saturday that the student’s death had generated much anger and anxiety, adding that justice concerning the death should be served without delay.

He noted that the matter was before a court of competent jurisdiction.

He advised parents to ensure a healthy relationship with their children, particularly those in boarding schools.

According to him, such a healthy relationship will make communication between them smoother and help parents know if their children are being bullied in school or forced to join a group they do not want.

A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding the student’s death is ongoing at the Ikeja Magistrates Court.The inquest began in January 2022.

The coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, said on January 15, 2024, that the findings of the coroner would be released on or before April 12.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State government closed Dowen College following the controversy surrounding the student’s death.

A magistrate court in Abeokuta has sentenced a teenager, Adeola Saheed, to six months’ imprisonment for attempting to rape a 35-year-old woman.

The defendant, 19, who resides in the Brewery area in Abeokuta, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, indecent assault and attempt to rape.

The magistrate, O.O. Odumosu, said the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty as charged.

Ms Odumosu convicted Mr Saheed to six months’ imprisonment for each count, with the option of a N300,000 fine.

She, however, said the jail term should run concurrently.

The prosecutor, ASP Olakunle Shonibare, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on October 12, 2023, at about 12:30 p.m. at Olomore Housing Estate in Abeokuta.

Mr Shonibare said the defendant conspired with one another, now at large, to commit an offence, to wit, an attempt to rape a 35-year-old woman (name withheld).

He explained that the defendant ran into the complainant’s compound with a plank and screwdriver, pretending to be chasing a thief.

“When he got to the compound, he saw the complainant washing clothes outside her house and asked if she saw anyone that ran into her compound and if she was the only one in the compound.

“The complainant, in replying to the convict, said that she was the only one in the compound and that she did not see any thief run into her compound.

“When she picked up her phone and tried calling her husband, the convict attacked her.

“Immediately, the convict attacked her with the plank he was holding, held her neck, and tore her cloth in an attempt to rape her, but fortunately, the husband of the complainant came to her rescue,” he said.

The prosecutor, however, said the offence committed contravened sections 516, 360, and 359 of the Criminal Code laws of Ogun, 2006.

A 45,000-litre petrol tanker burst into flames on Thursday while transferring petrol into the reservoir of Fortunate Petrol Filling Station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.

DAILY POST correspondent who witnessed the incident reports that the quick response of the state fire service saved the filling station from a major fire disaster.

The fire incident occurred at about 19:44 hours, at the filling station located opposite Government Secondary School, Maraba, on Old Jebba Road, Ilorin.

The petrol tanker, with registration number PTG 534 XA, was attempting to transfer PMS into the station’s reservoir.

Within 10 minutes, the firefighters successfully brought the inferno under control and extinguished it.

Spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, disclosed that “investigation revealed that the tanker, having travelled a considerable distance, became excessively hot, leading to the ignition of spilled petrol during the transfer to the filling station’s underground reservoir.”

Present at the scene was Hon. AbdulRazaq Jiddah, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, who commended the firefighters for their heroic efforts and rapid response in preventing further damage to the filling station and nearby structures.

Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, urged the general public to always play safe, especially during this period.

The Kano Fire Service said on Thursday that it rescued 37-year-old Saifillahi Rabiu, who attempted to die by suicide over a failed deal.

The fire service’s spokesman, Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement.

Mr Abdullahi stated that the incident happened Thursday morning at State Road, Tarauni LGA.

“We received a distress call at about 10:07 a.m. from the Ministry of Works and Housing, Kano state, about a suicide attempt by hanging on a tree. On receiving the information, we quickly sent our fire fighting vehicle to the scene at 10:10 a.m.,” he stated.

According to the statement, Mr Rabiu, a resident of Semegu Quarters, attempted to hang himself over his inability to refund N2 million to those he tried to assist in obtaining a travel Visa.

“During interrogation, we gathered that Rabiu connected some people to those that process travel visa to foreign countries, which was successful. Those he tried to help, however, rejected the visa, saying it was not the type they paid for and demanded a refund of their money already paid to the processors.

“We reliably gathered that he was able to raise half a million naira only. But pressure and threats from the people he wanted to assist made him try to take his own life,” the fire official added.

He stated that Mr Rabiu was rescued and handed over to Zaharaddini of the Farm Centre Police Division.

Mswitch Media, an Abuja-based talent development hub, says its capacity programme will provide youths with the necessary skills to bridge the existing gap in the film audio production industry.

The co-founder of MSwiTch, Salami Kadir, said this on Thursday at the official launching of free music and film audio production training for youths in Abuja.

Over 20 budding talents from different backgrounds participated in the maiden edition of the audio masterclass.

Mr Kadir said the four-week training was for participants to have the necessary skills to operate as film and music production professionals.

According to him, the initiative is part of measures by the hub to complement the government’s efforts to make young and passionate people self-reliant to reduce unemployment and curb youth restiveness.

He said having people with requisite skills and competencies would bridge gaps in the country’s audio production industry.

Mr Kadir added that the training would help raise experts in sound production.

He said this would ensure any video going out of the country would be well packaged to attract direct foreign investment and boost the movie industry’s image.

He explained that participants would be supported with platforms and opportunities to excel in the movie industry as professionals at the end of the training.

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command says its operatives attached to the Anti-kidnapping Unit and the Rubochi Division have rescued 14 kidnap victims.

A statement issued on Thursday and made available to DAILY POST by the spokesperson of the Command, SP Josephine Adeh, said the operation took place on Wednesday.

She said the successful operation followed the ongoing fight against kidnapping in the nation’s capital city.

According to her, the combined team, which acted on credible intelligence, stormed a kidnappers’ den located at Ukya village in Nasarawa State, bordering FCT, on Wednesday.

She said on sighting the security operatives, the kidnappers opened fire on the police officers, resulting in a gun duel.

The Police Public Relations Officer said the operatives neutralized one of the kidnappers, noting that the rest of the assailants fled to a nearby forest with various degrees of bullet wounds.

“The hostages who were rescued unhurt have since been reunited with their loved ones.

“The Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Haruna G. Garba, wishes to reiterate his commitment to rid the FCT of criminality in all its manifestations and maintenance of peace for all and sundry,” the statement added.