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Police rescues seven teenagers from suspected traffickers in Edo

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Police operatives in Edo State have rescued seven teenagers from suspected traffickers in the state.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin on Friday, said the victims were rescued from the suspects following an intelligence received from members of the public.

He said the victims who were intercepted on Thursday were allegedly billed to be trafficked to Cote d’Ivoire and Libya.

The police commissioner added that the victims were six girls and one boy aged between 16 and 20 years.

Oghadu said: “The girls, who disguised as Muslims by wearing hijab, were intercepted by the police at Isihor police check-point, Benin City, on the Benin-Lagos highway on Thursday.”

He said the victims who are from Delta, Edo, and Enugu States but staying in Edo were allegedly recruited for the journey by a relation to one of them.

The CP added: “They are minors, six girls and one boy. On interrogation, we found out they were being trafficked to Cote d’Ivoire by a relation to one of them.

It is a case of trafficking. They will be handed over to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) for rehabilitation.”

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Police arrests Nigerian for alleged fraud in India

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Police operatives in India have arrested a 32-year-old Nigerian, Okuwarima Moses, for allegedly defrauding people on social media.

Moses, who was arrested on Tuesday in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is the leader of a syndicate that specializes in duping their victims of huge sums of money by promising them expensive gifts from overseas.

Sub-Inspector Santosh Pandey from the Nawabganj police station who was in charge of the case, said two mobile phones, a laptop, and a passport were recovered from the suspect.

The police said in a statement the accused and his gang operate by luring their victims with expensive gifts on social media.

The statement read: “After establishing the friendship, another gang member, posing as a customs officer, would call up the unsuspecting victims, asking them to pay customs duty on the gifts being sent to them.

“After collecting the money, the accused would block the phone numbers of the victims and go untraceable.

“We suspected that the gang was of three members. However, it had about 10 persons.”

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Anambra govt, Police move to render IPOB’s stay-at-home order ineffective

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The Anambra State Government and the state’s Police Command have initiated moves to ensure that the sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is of no effect.

And in order to forestall any breakdown in law and order, state and the Police have pledged to institute measures to ensure that the residents of the state would not be intimidated by any person or group.

This pledge came as a sequel to the sit-at-home threat issued by the IPOB.

Ripples Nigeria had reported that the IPOB declared what it called ‘Ghost Monday’ in the South-East, starting from August 9.

The group is aiming to pressure the Federal Government towards releasing its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, currently in the detention of the Department of State Services.

However, in his statement on Monday, the Anambra state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C-Don Adinuba, said: “We won’t disclose our plans in the media, but I want to assure you that we have big plans to ensure that our people are free from any form of intimidation.”

In the same vein, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, affirmed that the Command was committed to the protection of the people of the state.

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Police releases 47 Yoruba Nation campaigners in Lagos

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The Lagos State police command has released 47 out of the 48 Yoruba Nation agitators arrested early this month in the state.

The secessionist campaigners were arrested during a Yoruba Nation rally held in Ojota area of the state on July 3.

The Communications Manager for the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, confirmed the development to journalists Tuesday night

He said the Yoruba Nation agitators were released after perfecting their bail conditions.

The Yaba Magistrates Court had on July 19 granted bail to the detainees while ruling on a bail application filed on their behalf by two human rights lawyers – Olasupo Ojo and Oladapo Kayode.

Those released were – Olasunkanmi Tanimola; Kabiru Lawanson; Chinemerem Emmanuel; Rasaki Musibau; Lukman Olalade; Olasanmi Oladipupo; Bashiru Shittu; Taofeek Abdusalam; Olamilekan Abata; Abdullahi Sikiru; Tosin Adeleye and Babatunde Lawal.

Others were – Abiodun Taiwo, Adagunodo Babatunde, Oluwafemi Adeleye, Oloye Taiwo, Saheed Kareem, Adebayo Waheed, Akinbode Sunday, Lawal Akeem, Samuel Ire and Ogundile Dare.

Adeleye said: “This is to inform the general public that 47 out of the 48 protesters arrested by the Nigerian Police during the Yoruba Nation Rally held July 3rd, 2021 have been released from detention after meeting their bail conditions.”

However, one of the protesters, Oba Tunde Bakare, was not released by the police.

Bakare, who is an Ogboni leader, has been charged by the police for alleged murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Police arraigned the protester for alleged involvement in the murder of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who died from a stray bullet during the rally.

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Police arrests 20-year-old man for alleged murder in Abuja

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Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested a 20-year-old man, Danladi Abubakar, for allegedly murdering a woman in the city.

The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Mariam Yusuf, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect stabbed his victim with a knife after snatching her mobile phone at Kasuwa-Dere in Gwagwalada Area of the nation’s capital.

She added that the suspect was arrested by police detectives from Gwagwalada following an intelligence report.

The statement read: “The FCT Police Command has arrested one suspect for culpable homicide along Kasuwa-Dere, Gwagwalada axis.

Acting on credible intelligence, the suspect, one Danladi Abubakar, ‘m’, 20, was arrested by police detectives from Gwagwalada Division for the gruesome murder of a yet-to-be-identified middle-aged woman.

“The suspect, who was identified by another victim, confessed to being a member of a notorious phone snatching syndicate operating along the Gwagwalada axis.

“Exhibits recovered from the suspect are one sharp knife used for stabbing the deceased and one Tecno phone belonging to the late woman.”

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Police arrests nine suspected armed robbers in Jigawa

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The Jugawa State Police Command has arrested nine armed robbery suspects believed to have been terrorising residents of Gumel Local Government Area of the state.

The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Shiisu Lawan, disclosed the development on Sunday to newsmen in Dutse, saying the suspects were arrested on June 30.

According to Lawan, four of the suspects were arrested after attacking one Naja’atu, a housewife, with a cutlass in the early hours of June 15, at about 2.40 am.

“On June 15, at 8 am, one Nazifi Abdulhamid of plantation Gagarawa Tasha, reported the incident to the police that on the same date at about 2.40 am, the four suspects trespassed into his compound and attacked them with sticks and cutlass.

His wife, Naja’atu Lawan aged 23, raised alarm and as a result, they (suspects) used a cutlass on her right leg where she sustained a fracture.

The scene was visited by police where a stick and a belt were recovered and the victim was rushed to the Gumel General Hospital where she was admitted,” he said.

Also, he said on the same day, two persons, Murtala Haruna and Kabiru Ibrahim, all of the same address, reported to the police that their cellphones were snatched by the suspects.

Lawan said two weeks later, the four suspects were arrested in connection with the offence, adding that after interrogations, the suspects confessed to the crime.

Meanwhile, he said the five other suspects were arrested for allegedly receiving the stolen properties, adding that three cellphones and the sum of N20,250 were recovered from the suspects.

Lawan said the case was still being investigated.

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14-year-old trader killed as police shoot live bullets at Yoruba Nation agitators in Lagos

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A street trader was on Saturday killed by stray bullet at the Yoruba Nation rally which held in the Ojota area of Lagos state.

The protest, which started with singing and chanting, got rowdy as security operatives fired live rounds to disperse crowds, killing the young girl and wounding several people.

A picture of the trader who appeared to be in her trading shop when she was fatally hit has been circulating on social media.

The Punch reports that she was only 14-year-old. The lifeless body of the girl was crowded by sympathisers at the scene.

A resident who pleaded anonymity told The Nation, when the protest went rowdy, the girl was about to open the shop when the stray bullet hit her.

Police visited the scene of the incident, and took her dead body away.

A spokesman for the police in Lagos did not immediately return People’s Gazette request seeking comment about the fatal shooting.

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Police arrests gunrunners, bandits’ informants in Katsina

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Police operatives in Katsina State have arrested gunrunners who supplied guns to bandits terriorizing the state, Kaduna, and Zamfara.

The spokesman of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the development to journalists on Friday, said the police also arrested four suspected informants to the bandits.

He said the suspects confessed they supplied several guns to bandits hibernating at Rijana Forest along Kaduna – Abuja road and Rugu/Dumburum forests of Katsina and Zamfara States respectively.

Gambo said the suspects were arrested when they took six AK-47 rifles to a bandit leader and collected N3.4 million in return for the arms.

The spokesman listed the suspected gunrunners as Ibrahim Abdullahi, Tukur Musa, Abubakar Ibrahim, and Rabi’u Hamisu.

The bandits’ informants are Murtala Yau, Mas’udu Dayyabu, Ziyadatu Sani and Bilikisu Sani.

He said: “On Monday, at about 13:20hrs, a team of Police Mobile Personnel (PMF) on patrol along Tsaskiya – Ummadau road, Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State accosted four suspects – Ibrahim Abdullahi, Tukur Musa, Abubakar Ibrahim and Rabi’u Hamisu.

In the course of investigation, the team recovered the sum N3,445,000 suspected to be ransom money on transit for an arms deal.

During the course of interrogation, the ring leader, Ibrahim Abdullahi, confessed to be a gunrunner and that they have taken six AK- 47 rifles to one notorious bandits’ leader, Tukur Rabiu, alias ‘NASHARME’ hibernating at Rijana Forest, along Kaduna – Abuja road and collected the said amount in return for the arms.

Suspect also confessed to be gunrunning for one Abu Rade, a notorious bandit hibernating at Rugu/Dumburum forests of Katsina and Zamfara States respectively.

“The suspect said he is being paid the sum of N100,000 as commission for each arm he supplied. He confessed to having supplied so many AK-47 rifles to different bandits’ camps in the country.

“Based on a tip-off, the command on Tuesday also succeeded in arresting the following suspected informants and suppliers of necessities to bandits. They are – Murtala Yau, Mas’udu Dayyabu, Ziyadatu Sani and Bilikisu Sani, all of Tsamiyar Jino village, Kankara LGA of the state.

“In the course of investigation suspects confessed to the commission of the offence.”

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Moment gateman saved his boss from police after a long car chase (Video)

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A video which has gone viral captures the moment a gateman helped his employer to avoid getting accosted by police officers.

It appears the police had engaged the boss in a hot pursuit for yet-to-be known reasons.

The security man had positioned himself at the gate as his boss who was in a red car drove speedily into the compound in a bid to evade the police officers who were trailing him in a police van.

There was a smart and calculated move by the gateman who opened the gate wide enough for his boss’ car to enter but he was also swift enough to close it before the police van had a chance to gain entry.

Watch the video:

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Police arrest 13-year-old boy for killing bandits in Katsina

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The Katsina police command have arrested a 13-year-old boy for killing two men suspected to be bandits in the state.

The police said the suspect, Abdulkarim Mati, was once an errand boy to a bandits’ leader, Ardo Nashaware, who resides in Birnin Magaji forest, Zamfara State.

According to reports, he fled the forest where he allegedly committed the act.

Spokesman for the Katsina police command, Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said officers recently arrested Mati from where he ran to after his escape from the forest.

Isah said the suspect confessed that he was taken away from his parents under the guise that he would assist in rearing cows for his masters, adding that instead, he was taught how to operate AK-47 rifles and serve as a guard for kidnap victims.

“The boy, who demonstrated skills in handling AK-47, also confessed to have been bullied by some elderly bandits, who provoked him, and as a result, picked an AK-47 rifle and shot dead two of the elderly bandits,” the Police spokesman said.

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Police reportedly arrest Twitter users in Ilorin

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A man has raised the alarm over the arrest of his friends in Ilorin, Kwara state for using microblogging and social networking service, Twitter despite being banned by the federal government.

According to him, Police officers arrested his friends in Tanke Oke Odo, Ilorin after checking their phones and seeing the Twitter app.

The unidentified man contacted a Twitter Influencer @BlvckDotun, who then shared screenshot of their chat on the platform.

He said that policemen are also checking phones of random people under Agege bridge in Lagos state to see if they have the Twitter app.

Recall that on Saturday, Attorney General and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, ordered the arrest and prosecution of any Nigerian seen using Twitter.

See screenshot of the chat below:

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Police release five men wrongly paraded as unknown gunmen in Imo

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Five more residents of Imo State who were wrongly arrested and paraded by the State Police Command have reportedly been released from custody.

This follows the release of Ibe Casmir Ibegbulem, an oil worker who was one of those wrongly arrested and falsely labelled as unknown gunmen terrorising the state.

According to Sahara Reporters, sources said that five others were also on Thursday night released after the report.

They were released on Thursday night from the Imo State Police Headquarters. The five newly freed citizens are Smith Amadikwa, Casmir Ugbor, Ojukwu Ukonu, Emeka Mbonu and Engineer Ikechukwu Okomah.

They were wrongly arrested between May 12 and 19 and labelled as ‘ESN (Eastern Security Network) hoodlums that attacked Imo State Correctional/Prisons Headquarters and others,” one of the sources said.

Recall that Igbegbulam was the first to be reported released on Thursday, May 3, 2021.

Human rights activist, Gwanshu Harrison, confirmed that the state police command had released Ibegbulem after the outcry by the media and pressure from civil society groups.

“Ibegbulem, who was arrested by Imo State Police Command as one of the #UGM (Unknown Gunmen), has been released. He was transferred to Force Headquarters, Abuja two days after our online protest. Currently, I don’t know the whereabouts of others in this picture. Thanks to @PoliceNG_CRU,” he tweeted.

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Nigerian Army, police storm Enugu church, arrest members over allegations of being IPOB members (Video)

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Men of the Nigerian Army and Police Force stormed a Church in Enugu state on Sunday and arrested over 50 congregants on suspicion of being members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), according to SaharaReporters.

The members were worshipping in the church on Owerri Road, when service was interrupted by the uniformed men.

A video circulating on social media shows policemen and soldiers giving orders while male members of the church marched out of the church with their hands in the air.

A source told SaharaReporters: “The Nigeria police and military have just stormed a church in Owerri Road, Enugu State, molesting over 50 men, both old and young while matching them to an unknown destination.

“We are bringing this to the attention of the world. The lives of these men should not be wasted for no crime committed. They were only at a place of worship today being Sunday the 30th of May 2021 and no arms were found with them.”

Watch the video below:

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Omoyele Sowore shot by Police in Abuja

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Former Presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore has allegedly been shot by police in Abuja, multiple sources confirmed.

The incident happened on Monday morning during a protest against insecurity at the Unity Fountain in the Federal Capital Territory.

CorrectNG learnt that Sowore sustained an injury from the shot and has been rushed to a hospital for medical treatment.

Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong confirmed the development on Twitter.

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Police arrest poultry worker who steals chicken from his workplace every night

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A man who has been stealing chicken from the farm where he works finally met his waterloo after a trap was set for him.

The suspect, Bamidele was arrested after being nabbed stealing chicken from his place of work, an act he carries out every night.

He is said to have been doing it for a while before a trap was set for him and he was eventually apprehended.

His boss, Abiodun Bello took to Twitter on May 27, 2021 to share the story.

In his words; ”We lost over 250birds within a month without any disease outbreak. The reports we always received was that there was mortalities and the dead birds have been thrown away.

Yesterday Bamidele’s coworker hinted us that he noticed Bamidele usually sneak into the pent late-nights. pick some birds put them in a sack and go out of the farm probably to sell them. We caught Bamidele tonight after setting a trap for him.

We have reported the case to the nearest police station… He mustn’t go unpunished.

The farm been running a loss for weeks to his own knowledge but he doesn’t care if the business folds up. As long as he’s making some money by stealing from the business.

Getting honest, hardworking, diligent workers for one’s business is becoming a huge task.”

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Police arrest man who pretends to be a ghost to rob houses

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A man suspected to be a burglar who pretends to be a ghost to rob houses has reportedly been arrested in Zimbabwe.

According to General Chiwenga Wisdom, a Zimbabwean man who posted the photos on Wednesday , May 26, the suspect specialises in breaking into houses during the night wearing a skeleton costume and pretending to be a ghost.

He disclosed that whenever the home owners see the ‘ghost’ they flee leaving him behind to cart away their valuables.

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Police blame Nigerian judge for his abduction

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The Katsina State Police Command has blamed Sharia court judge, Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila, for his abduction.

CorrectNG reported earlier that unknown gunmen abducted the judge inside the court in Baure-Zaka villages in Safana Local Government Area of the state at about 3pm on Tuesday, May 18.

Reacting to the development, the Police spokesperson, SP Isah Gambo, said the judge created an enabling environment that led to his abduction.

“Why is he there when courts are on strike? Where are his police escorts, why he did not ask for security coverage knowing full well that particular court is around the forest and because of that has been relocated to Safana?

Even if he wants to take his file, he should have asked for security coverage and the Police will gladly give him considering his position in the State. Police is investigating the judge actions to unravel the truth,” Isah said.

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Come to Yoruba nation, Igboho won’t allow police arrest you – Lady tells yahoo boys (Video)

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A Yoruba Nation agitator has asked internet fraudsters commonly referred to as Yahoo boys to come and settle in the South West region because it comes with benefits which are favourable to them.

According to her, Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemi also known as Sunday Igboho, will not allow any police officer to arrest them.

In a viral video, the lady who spoke Yoruba language, said no policeman will dare arrest the yahoo boys who reside in “Yoruba nation” when it is created.

She said this at the rally Igboho held in Osun state on Saturday, May 15.

In her words; ”All you Yahoo boys should come to Yoruba Nation. If you come to Yoruba nation, no police officer will dare come and arrest you.

Police officers will be coming into your room to arrest you and you will be looking. Please come. There is room for you. All Yahoo boys, Igboho asked me to tell you there is room for you.”

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Police arrests officer caught requesting for bribe in viral video

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The Nigeria Police Force has arrested, disarmed and detained the bribe-seeking police officer seen in a viral video that was shared by a Twitter user @YemieFASH on Saturday, May 1.

The video showed the officer asking for a bribe from a man who he stopped for driving without a tint permit. Read here.

In a tweet posted on its handle, the Police complaint unit said the erring officer has been arrested.

The officer who was seen in this viral video behaving in an unprofessional and corrupt manner, has been identified, arrested, disarmed and detained for further investigation and disciplinary action. Ekiti PPRO.

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Police confirm Baba Ijesha will remain in custody pending legal advice

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The Lagos State Police Command says comic Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, will remain in custody pending legal advice.

Specifically, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, made this known while parading suspects at the command’s headquarters on Thursday.

According to him, Baba Ijesha would remain in custody pending the legal advice from the Ministry of Justice, as all the parties involved, including the victim and the accused, were questioned at the police command on Wednesday.

His words: “You don’t do trial on pages of the newspaper. There are two cases involved in the Baba Ijebu case: he was alleged seven years ago to have defiled a girl and the girl is now 14 years. At that time, no complaint was made, but last week, a video went viral where he was arrested for sexual assault.

When a man touches a woman where he is not supposed to, without authority and consent, that is what is called sexual assault. That is exactly what is there. He admitted that he assaulted.

“The case of defilement added to it is still under thorough investigation. Sexual assault is a bailable offence, it is not like rape. For three hours yesterday (Wednesday), they were all with me, I interviewed all of them, one after the other, including the girl that was allegedly assaulted, the mother of the girl, and Baba Ijesha.

“We have compiled the case and sent it to the DPP, Office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, for legal advice. Based on legal advice, action would be taken, but for now, Baba Ijesha is still in our custody.

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