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Police arrest five suspected armed robbers including 17-year-old girl in Enugu

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Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested five suspected members of a robbery gang including a 17-year-old girl.

Spokesperson of the command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, November 29, said the suspects blocked the road at the Garki axis of Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway and robbed travelers.

According to the PPRO, the teenage girl, Jennifer Nwafor was arrested for harbouring one of the male suspects.

“On 05/11/2022 at about 4 am, a combined team of Police Operatives drawn from Awkunanaw Police Division, Operation Restore Peace and Safer Highway Patrol, with assistance from Neigbourhood Watch Group, arrested one Kasie Ani (male) aged 25, Tochukwu Igwe (male) aged 25, Felix Maduakonam (male) aged 24, Chidera Okoye (male) aged 21 and Jennifer Nwafor (female) aged 17,” the statement read.

“Their arrest is sequel to the Team’s swift response to a distress call alleging that the suspects blocked the road at the Garriki axis of Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway and were robbing travelers.

“The four (4) male suspects were consequently arrested and the victims rescued, while the female suspect was arrested thereafter, for harbouring one of the male suspects.

Exhibits recovered from the suspects includes: three (3) mock guns that they used in the criminal operation, twenty one (21) pieces of wrappers, clothes, phones, ATM cards and other valuables belonging to their victims.

The suspects will be arraigned once investigations are concluded, he added.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has urged the personnel to remain focused on the fight to flush unrepentant criminal elements out of the State, while soliciting the continued support and cooperation of citizens of the State.

Entertainment, Football

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his wife beaten and robbed by gunmen in front of their terrified children at his home in Barcelona

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Barcelona forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his family were victims of a violent robbery at his house in the Spanish city in the early hours of Monday morning, August 29.

El Pais reports that several armed men climbed into his garden at the complex in Castelldefels and threatened him with firearms and iron bars.

Aubameyang was assaulted by the men in front of his wife Alysha Behague and two children, Curtys, 11, and Pierre, six, the report claims, with the criminals escaping in a white Audi A3 after gaining access to the player’s safe.

Behague quickly alerted Spanish police, who are now searching for the culprits. The incident comes as Aubameyang is linked with a return to the Premier League after interest from Chelsea, just seven months after he left Arsenal due to disciplinary breaches.

This is not the first time Barcelona players have been victims of robberies and theft.

Aubameyang’s team-mate Robert Lewandowski had his £59,000 watch stolen outside the club’s training ground. The watch was snatched as the 33-year-old greeted fans ahead of an evening training session with Barca.

The thief is said to have opened Lewandowski’s car door and taken the watch as the Polish international signed autographs, before attempting to run after the thief himself.

Police quickly arrested a suspect and Lewandowski got his watch back before participating in the practice session ahead of Sunday’s LaLiga game at Real Sociedad.

Lifestyle

Suspected armed robbers attack bullion van, kill driver, policeman in Ondo

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Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday evening attacked a bullion van in Ore, Odigbo local government area of Ondo State and killed two people.

An eyewitness told journalists that the victims were the driver of the bullion van and a policeman attached to the vehicle.

He said: “The dare-devil armed robbers opened fire on the bullion van which was carrying an undisclosed amount of money and the police escort car.

“The bullion van driver and a policeman were shot dead in the process while the undisclosed amount of money in the bullion van was carted away by the gunmen after the attack

The spokesperson of the state police command, Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident, said police operatives are on the trail of the assailants.

She urged people of the state with useful information to assist the police in the investigation that would lead to the arrest of the hoodlums.

Odunlami said: “Yes, I can confirm to you that the driver of the bullion van and a police officer died in the attack, but the police had launched an investigation to trail the gunmen.

“We urge residents with concrete information to come forward, we don’t need them to drop their names but give us useful information that will lead to the arrest of the gunmen.

Lifestyle

Armed robbers raid Ibadan community with POS machine

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Armed robbers appear to be reinventing themselves and redefining their methods during operation.

The assailants armed with assorted weapons and Point of Sale (POS) machines stormed an estate in Ibadan, Oyo State, and robbed many residents of millions of naira and other items.

Some of the victims told The Nation that the hoodlums invaded their residence on Sunday about 11pm, going from house to house and from flat to flat.

Six persons were injured, they said, while phones, laptops and huge amounts of cash were carted away by the assailants, after operating for about three hours.

The residents said the robbers attacked the estate two weeks earlier before returning with POS machines.

The hoodlums took away cash and also forced their victims to provide their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) with which they withdrew cash.

Where the withdrawal failed, the rogues went away with the ATM cards.

The robbers, it was gathered, gained entry into the estate through the recently dredged canal linking Barika, Agbowo, and Orogun.

According to the residents, the robbers, armed with machete, guns and other dangerous weapons, divided themselves into groups, going from one flat to another.

It was gathered that, no fewer than twenty families were robbed, some suffering machete cuts.

A victim who pleaded anonymity said, “At House 31, where at least 12 flats were robbed, the robbers forced residents to use the POS which they brought but when network failed the transfer, they obtained the PIN and went away with the ATM cards.”

Police eventually came amid sirens and gunshots, forcing the robbers to flee.

Entertainment

Armed Robbers Who Killed Two POS Agents In Aba Have Been Arrested

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Some people have no regards for humans, they kill without remorse.

Recall, in the month of January, 2021, a POS Agent identified as Ezinne Grace Iroh was robbed and shot in the chest by unknown gunmen.

This attack took place at Ukaegbu Road, in Ogbor Hill area of Aba, Abia State. Miss Ezinne was rushed to the hospital after she was shot in the chest while struggling with the armed robbers, but she sadly died in the hospital.

Also recall that a POS Agent identified as Victor Chimaobi Ibgokwe was robbed and killed in Aba, a week before miss Ezinne was attacked by the armed robbers.

According to reports from AF-News and several eye witnesses i contacted, the unknown gunmen responsible for the attack of both Victor and Miss Ezinne has been arrested.

Sources reveal that one of the robbers was a neighbour of Miss Ezinne.

According to a video released by AF-NEWS, the names of the robbers are Ralph Godwin from Kogi State(Gang leader), Uzoka Samuel from Obingwa in Abia State, Godswill Kalu from Ohafia in Abia State, and Chibuike Samuel from Mbaise in Imo State.

This is a photo of the killers

May their souls rest in peace, i believe justice will be served now.

Politics

Ogun police arrest armed robber posing as NSCDC officer

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Ogun State Police Command has apprehended a suspected armed robber, who operates using Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) uniform.

The spokesperson of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the capital city on Tuesday said the suspect was arrested on Friday in Ayetoro, Ayetoro council area, following a complaint by some students of Ayetoro campus of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) that they were robbed on Thursday at gunpoint by a man in NSCDC uniform.

Mr Oyeyemi mentioned that the suspect broke into the students’ apartment and carted away their phones and laptops.

He however, said that following the compliant, some detectives were detailed to go after the suspect and he was arrested.

He added that “On getting to the hideout in an uncompleted building, the police found a bag containing six phones, one laptop, a pair of NSCDC uniform and a locally-made pistol.

The detectives, thereafter, mounted surveillance in the area and at about 5 p.m., the suspect sneaked into the building and moved straight to where the bag was kept.

He was quickly rounded up and two other stolen phones and a wristwatch were found on him. He was, thereafter, taken to the police station.

“The complainants, who returned to the police station on Friday (Feb. 5), identified him as the person who robbed them.

“Investigations further revealed that the suspect stole a pair of NSCDC uniform from a parked Toyota Camry car, belonging to an officer of the corps in December 2020 and, thereafter, set the car ablaze.

“The NSCDC officer has also identified the uniform as his own,” Mr Oyeyemi said.

He also said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department for investigation and prompt prosecution.

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