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Taraba Police commences manhunt for killers of operatives

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Taraba State Police Command has commenced the hunt for those responsible for the killing of two mobile policemen, via the deployment of its tactical team.

This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, April 7, by the spokesperson of the command, DSP David Misal.

Misal stated that the tactical team was already in Takum and on the order of the state police commissioner to apprehend those responsible for the killing in Takum and also beef up security along all roads in the area.

The two policemen were ambushed and killed at a checkpoint along Takum – Katsina-Ala road by gunmen, Ripples Nigeria gathered.

This is bringing the number to four policemen killed and their weapons taken away by gunmen in recent weeks.

No fewer than 17 persons were killed along Wukari – Takum road, Takum – Kashinbila road and Takum – Katsina-Ala road by gunmen within the same period.

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Police rescues abducted village head, three others in Ebonyi

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Police operatives in Ebonyi State have rescued four kidnapped victims in Oshiagu Amia-Ngbo, Ngbo Community in Ohaukwu local government area of the state.

One of the victims is the village head.

The spokesperson of the state police command, Loveth Odah, told journalists in Abakaliki on Friday that the victims were rescued by the police in collaboration with members of the local vigilance team.

She said: “Unknown persons kidnapped the victims on Thursday in the community, but they have been rescued by the men of the Nigerian Police Force.

I use this opportunity to advise members of the public to imbibe the spirit of giving information on crimes to the police as soon as they happen.

Imagine, a village head was kidnapped with three others since 2:00 p.m. on Thursday and nobody came to report the incident to the police.

Well, the good news is that they have been rescued; the victims are now with the Divisional Police Officer in that area and I believe they will tell the police what actually happened.

“The victims were rescued in the same community from their abductors, who fled on sighting the police.

“Surveillance is already on them and the perpetrators will be fished out.”

Odah urged the people of the state to be security-conscious and to support the efforts of the police in the fight against criminality.

“Police cannot do it alone; we must join hands together to fight insecurity. It is a collective responsibility because we cannot do this without the support of the public.

The public should be playing their part to achieve an adequately secured society for the citizens,’’ the spokesperson added.

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Police arrest fake lawyer who appeared in Ogun court

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A fake legal practitioner, Azeez Agboola who appeared in a Magistrate’s Court has been arrested by the police in Ogun.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in the state, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Thursday.

The 50-year-old suspect, a resident of Oko Afor area of Badagry in Lagos State, was arrested following suspicious over his presentation while appearing as a counsel before Chief Magistrate B.I. Ilo at the Chief Magistrate Court in the Agbara of Ogun State.

“Upon his arrest, the suspect was personally interrogated by the Divisional Police Officer (Agbara Division), Superintendent of Police Dahiru Saleh, and he confessed that though he read law in the university, he has not been called to bar since he has not passed the law school examination,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun has ordered that the suspect be charged to court as soon as possible.

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ORTOM: Police deploys special team to Benue

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed a special team to Makurdi, Benue State, followed an attack on Governor Samuel Ortom by gunmen.

The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the Special Investigative Task Force is being led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, regarded by the police authorities as a no-nonsense investigator.

He added that the team has arrived in the North-Central state.

Mba said the team consists of operatives from the Tactical Investigation Units of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and other experienced and crack detectives with competencies in crime scene investigation and reconstruction, ballistics, fingerprint analysis, and other core areas of forensics.

One of the team’s core mandates is to take over and consolidate all ongoing investigation into the incident.

The Force spokesman said: “The team is also expected to investigate all angles of the reported attack with a view to ensuring that all persons empirically linked to the incident are apprehended and brought to book.”

“IGP Adamu also charged the team to be professional, thorough, and clinical in their investigations, stressing that they should liaise and work with the Benue State Police Command and other relevant members of the law enforcement community to ensure that they deliver on their mandate.”

Gunmen suspected to be assailants opened fire on Governor Ortom’s convoy at Tyo Mu along the Makurdi-Gboko Road in Makurdi local government area of the state on March 20.

But the attack was repelled by the governor’s security aides.

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Police arrests four for alleged murder of teenager in Akwa Ibom

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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the abduction and murder of one Edidiong Wilson, a 19-year-old, in the Eket Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, who include a woman, who fled to Ondo State, were arrested by operatives of the homicide section of the command, after an intelligence report.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme, while parading the suspects before journalists on Friday, alleged that the principal suspect, Christiana Wilson, conspired with the other suspects and abducted her stepson, Edidiong, to a nearby bush, in Eket.

According to Amiengheme, the suspects beat the victim to death and buried him in the bush, but later went and exhumed his decomposed body, cut off his head, and buried it separately on the pretext that his ghost was disturbing them.

“The suspects buried the deceased in the said bush and later went back to exhume the decomposed body, cut off his head, and buried it separately on December 30, 2020, at about 7 pm, on the ground that the ghost was disturbing them. They thereafter fled to Ondo State,” he said.

The police commissioner said the principal suspect had in her confessional statement claimed that she gave the deceased the sum of N100,000 being part of the proceeds from the sales of her late husband’s vehicle for safekeeping.

However, she claimed that when she demanded the money from the deceased, he told her that he saved the money in a microfinance bank in Eket LGA and never returned it.

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Police arrests two suspected cultists in Delta

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The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists for allegedly killing a suspected member of a rival cult group, identified as Ebeni Jelekun.

In a statement issued on Thursday in Warri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Edafe Bright, identified the suspects as Omoyevwe Emmanuel, 29 and Marcus Michael, 24, noting that charms were recovered from them.

He said the incident happened on Wednesday at Ekakpmre community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, when members of the confraternity, allegedly led by one Oghenerona Goddy, yet to be apprehended, went to the home of Jelekun of Ekakpmre, who belonged to the Black Axe Confraternity, shot him severally and fled.

At about 0440 hours on 24/3/2021, a distress call was received from the S/O Ekakpmre Out-Post under Otu-Jeremi Division. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Otu-Jeremi, CSP Pius Eredei, led the patrol team to the scene and six expended ‘AA’ cartridges were recovered.

“The victim was rushed to Otu-Jeremi General Hospital where he was confirmed dead by the doctor and the corpse has been deposited at the mortuary in Otu-Jeremi general hospital,” Bright said.

He said the Commissioner of Police in Delta, Mr Ari Ali, was determined to make the state uninhabitable for criminals and urged the public to continue to avail the police with useful information.

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Police arrests mother of three for allegedly stabbing husband to death in Lagos

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Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a 28-year-old woman, Justina Eje, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in the Ikorodu area of the state.

The spokesman of the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement, said the mother of three was arrested on Monday after a report was lodged at the Ikorodu police division.

He said the woman stabbed the husband, Edwin Anduaka, with a knife during a quarrel at their Ikorodu home.

The suspect, Justine Eje, 28-year-old female, was arrested by detectives after a report that she allegedly stabbed her husband to death at their home in the Ikorodu area of the state.

“During interrogation, the suspect reportedly said:

On that fateful day, my late husband came to my house to collect a chain and a cloth from me which he did. We later started an argument, I tried to calm him down but he refused.

‘He left but came back to meet me at my business place, the next day. He said he wanted to collect the children’s clothes but I told him they will be going to school. I pleaded with him.

‘All this while I was holding a knife and he started beating me. Unfortunately, the knife I was holding pierced his stomach and he fell down. He was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.’”

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Police arrests bricklayer, herbalist for alleged murder of woman, four-year-old son in Ogun

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Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a woman, Modupeola Folorunso, and her four-year-old son for ritual purpose in the state.

The suspects – Baoku Gbuyi (29), an herbalist, and Olamide Odulaja (27), a bricklayer, were arrested after the woman’s husband filed a report at the police divisional headquarters in Ijebu-Igbo last month about his missing wife and son.

The spokesman of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta, however, did not mention when the suspects were arrested.

He said the police detectives embarked on a technical and intelligent based investigation which led to the arrest of Odulaja in Ibadan while the herbalist was traced to Kajola village and arrested by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Awa Ijebu Division with the assistance of hunters and local vigilantes.

Oyeyemi said: “During interrogation, Odulaja confessed that he and one herbalist abducted the victim and her son on February 13, 2021, and that the victim and her son were killed for a money ritual at the house of the said herbalist.

Subsequently, all the adjoining divisions were alerted to be on the lookout for the fleeing suspect.

“He was eventually traced to Kajola village, where he was arrested by the Divisional Police Officer, Awa Ijebu with the assistance of hunters and local vigilantes.

“On interrogation, the herbalist confessed that it was Odulaja who approached him for the money-making ritual following which he asked him to bring a head of human being as one of the materials to be used.

“He stated further that they both conspired to abduct the woman and her son and slaughtered them for that purpose.

“He also confessed that he burnt the woman’s head with some other herbs which he gave to Odulaja to use.

When asked about the little boy, the suspect said his head and remains were dumped inside a pit latrine.”

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.

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Police restores calm at Ketu, reveals cause of cult crisis

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The Lagos State Police Command has restored normalcy to the Ikosi/Ketu area of Lagos State after a clash that occurred on Wednesday, March 17, amongst some suspected cult groups; Eye, Aiye, and Buccaneer confraternities.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement made available in Lagos on Wednesday.

Adejobi said that 15 suspects were arrested with two locally-made pistols, some live cartridges, assorted charms, and other items were recovered from the suspects.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the crisis was connected to the revenue generation at the Ketu fruits market.

Efforts are in top gear to apprehend other fleeing members of the gangs that orchestrated crisis in the area,” the police spokesperson said.

Adejobi said that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, had ordered that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Panti, Yaba, for discreet Investigation.

He said that the commissioner reiterated the command’s commitment to fighting crimes and criminality, especially cultism in the state.

He said the commissioner noted that “the command would harness all legitimate means to suppress cultists’ activities in the state,” Odumosu said.

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Police raid Anambra baby factory, rescue four pregnant girls

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The Anambra State Police Command, said on Tuesday that it had rescued four pregnant girls from a baby factory in the state.

This was made known by Haruna Mohammed, the command’s Public Relations Officer.

According to Mohammed, the girls who hail from Ebonyi State were kept at Cool Joint Bar, a brothel in Nnewi, by one Gladys Ikegwuonu, now at large, for the purpose of making babies for sale.

He said, “It would be recalled that there was a report at the Area Command Headquarters, Nnewi, that a four-year-old child of St Joseph’s School, Otolo Nnewi, was returning home from school in the company of his siblings when two men on a motorcycle grabbed the child and zoomed off with him.

“The child was rescued by some commercial motorcyclists who pursued and eventually arrested the suspects at Akamili Community, Nnewi.

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Police launches manhunt for criminals who attacked commuters in Osun

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The Osun State Police Command has launched an intensive manhunt for criminals who attacked commuters along the Ibadan/Akure expressway on March 6.

The command’s spokesman, Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, who disclosed this in a statement sent to Ripples Nigeria, said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, has directed a combined team of police tactical units, Joint Task Force (JTF), local hunters, and vigilantes to comb the bush with a view to bringing the culprits to book.

The statement read:

Consequent upon the incident of 6th March 2021, around 7:00 p.m., where a gang of criminals/hoodlums intercepted and attacked a Toyota Previa commercial bus with registration number Ondo KTP 331 RG plying Ibadan/Akure expressway by Egbu Village Ikire, in which unsuspecting commuters were eventually dispossessed of their valuables and the driver and one other person abducted, the police in prompt response, engaged the criminals in a firefight which led to the arrest of three suspects, and the rescue of other commuters safely to Ikire Police Division. The arrested suspects are making useful statements.

Sequel to this report, the Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, immediately combined a strong reinforcement of Police Tactical units, JTF, local hunters, and vigilantes with the police teams on ground, to embark on a search/rescue operation which involves combing the bush for the two missing persons, and possible arrest of all other fleeing criminals.

“He further reiterates his resolve that all forms of criminal incendiary will be checkmated in all nook and crannies. He also warns criminals to have a rethink, as the command has declared total war on unscrupulous elements.

“Finally, the Commissioner of Police enjoined members of the public to support, cooperate, and collaborate with the Police in fighting crime to bring it down to the barest minimum, by providing us with creditable and prompt information.”

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Police arrests scores of gays in Anambra

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An undisclosed number of suspected gays were on Sunday, arrested by the police in the Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State.

It was learnt that the suspected gays were having a party in a hotel in the area.

It was also gathered that after trouble ensued at the party, a tip-off attracted the policemen from Ukpo Police Division in the state, who stormed the hotel and arrested scores of them.

Confirming the incident, a police source said, “The officers arrested an undisclosed number of them, mostly men of different age brackets.”

Also, an indigene of the community, who spoke under anonymity, corroborated the police source, “The gays were holding a party at the facility when trouble ensued, leading to the invitation of policemen from the Ukpo Police Division.

“The suspects attempted fleeing in all directions when the policemen arrived, leading to the destruction of ceilings and other items in the hotel.

“The suspects were taken to the command’s anti-cult office in Ukpo for investigation.”

However, when the state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, was contacted to get more information about the incident, he said the report had not been brought to his knowledge.

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Police confirm killing of Sen. Suswam’s elder brother

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The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of Dr Terkula Suswam, an elder brother of the immediate past governor of Benue, Sen. Gabriel Suswam.

The deceased who was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was shot alongside his aide, in Anyiin, Gaambetiev, Logo local Government area in Benue state on Tuesday evening.

A statement signed by the state command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DCP Catherine Anene, on Wednesday in Makurdi confirmed the incident.

”At about 1930hrs information was received that while Dr Terkura Suswam and his aide, Mr Solomon, sat opposite his house at Elohim Plaza, Anyiin,to supervise repairs at the said plaza, yet-to-be identified gunmen, who drove in a Toyota Camry vehicle, attacked and shot him and his aide.

A team of police officers on patrol in the area rushed to the scene and conveyed the victims to NKST Anyiin Hospital where they were eventually confirmed dead.

“Their corpses have been deposited at the hospital for autopsy.

“While commiserating with family members and friends of the deceased, the Commissioner of Police has ordered a discreet investigation to ensure that the perpetrators of this gruesome murder are apprehended and justice is served.

“Anyiin town has been cordoned off by additional police teams deployed to assist the Division to nip this crime in the bud, ” the statement said.

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Police Arrest Woman For Torturing Maid To Death In Lagos

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It was learnt that the incident happened at 107 Femi Keller Street at Ago Palace Way in Okota, Lagos, where Mrs. Onyengo resided with the deceased.

It was learnt that after the victim died, Mrs. Onyengo hurriedly carried her corpse, travelled to the eastern part of the country and buried her in order to cover her track.

The late Ifunanya was a primary four pupil of Kusoru Primary School, Ilasa, Lagos, before she reportedly had internal bleeding and was taken to the hospital where she eventually died.

The matter was brought to the fore following the complaints by a Non -Governmental Organisation known as Child Protection Network, (CPN), Lagos, in a petition to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, who then ordered for investigation on the ugly incident.

It was further gathered that the late Ifunanya was brought to Lagos by the woman, Mrs. Ada, as a house help some years ago.

The petition revealed that, ‘’she subjected her to constant beating and torture and was said to have inflicted injuries on her using grounded pepper, sticks and other objects.

‘’The injuries were so much that she was taken to an undisclosed hospital where she eventually died. Mrs. Onyengo was said to have rushed her body home and buried her.’’

But their neighbours and people in the school Ifunanya attended were aware of her condition and reported to the police who began to look for Mrs. Ada Onyengo to explain her role in the death of the house maid.

It was further learnt that the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO), A. Oyin, a Chief Superintendent of Police who led her team to the house did not meet the suspect as she was said to have gone to the market.

The police was said to have contacted her on phone and was asked to report to the station. She was said to have reported herself to the police for interrogation.

It was gathered that when the police went to the house, some of the residents escaped while others jumped through the fence because they knew what had happened to the victim and were said to be afraid that they might be asked to come and explain how Ifunanya was tortured to death by their neighbour.

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Police arrests 58 suspected criminals in Lagos Island

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Police operatives in Lagos have arrested 58 suspected criminals in the Lagos Island area of the state.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday by spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the suspects were arrested on Monday in Agarawu, Ita Faaji, Igbosere and other areas on Lagos Island.

Odomosu said the suspects comprised of four elderly persons, five females and 39 males.

He said Lagos Island had been under the siege of miscreants and gangsters, adding that the development led the command to dispatch a team comprising the police and other security outfits to the area.

The CP said: “The team comprises of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Taskforce, Police Mobile Force and the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps under the command of ACP Bode Ojajuni, the Area Commander, Area A and Lion Building.

They went after the bad boys in the areas which eventually led to the arrest of 58 suspects on Monday.

“The miscreants and gangsters in the areas have severally attacked and damaged people’s properties while some have allegedly lost their lives to their various criminal activities.”

Odumosu said he had directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for proper investigation and prosecution.

He also assured that the command would not rest on its oars in the bid to rid Lagos Island and the state generally of gangsterism, hooliganism, and crimes.

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Police rescues five abducted persons, recovers rustled cows in Zamfara

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Police operatives in Zamfara have rescued five kidnapped victims and recovered 11 rustled cows in Kaura Namoda, Birnin-Magaji, and Gusau local government areas of the state.

The spokesman of the state police command, Muhammad Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the police officers also recovered some stolen vehicles in the areas.

He said: “In its determination and commitment to rid the state of security challenges, the police command in Zamfara has made another breakthrough in three local government areas of Kaura Namoda, Birnin Magaji, and Gusau.

“On February 4, police operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder, led by Divisional Police Officer of Kaura Namoda facilitated the unconditional release of five kidnapped victims who were abducted behind Namoda Secondary school and Zangon Danbade areas of Kaura Namoda town.

All the rescued victims were medically treated, debriefed by the police, and reunited with their families.

“Efforts to apprehend the perpetrators are ongoing.”

He added that on February 3, another team of police operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder on market patrol at Nasarawa Godal in Birnin Magaji local government area received an intelligence report about some cows suspected to have been stolen from Maradun local government area of the state.

The report was effectively utilised where 11 cows were recovered and taken to police in Gusau for discreet investigation and identification of rightful owners,” the spokesman added.

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Police arrests five suspected kidnappers in Edo

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The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of five suspected kidnappers in Ahon community along the Benin/Lagos Road.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu, stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), George Edem, at the Corps command headquarters in Benin.

Ogbadu said the suspects were arrested after receiving a distress call from the area.

He called for collaboration and support among sister security agencies to make their job easier.

The police commissioner said: “We are here to serve the people of Edo, so there is a need for joint service for the good of the people.

“I have tried to make an impact and a difference in the last 21 days after assuming office as the CP in the state.

“After the #EndSARS the morale of people became low but, we need to inject life into it.”

He also harped on the need for security chiefs to talk to their personnel to avoid friction and clashes while carrying out their duties.

“We are brothers, so let us not clash. We will encourage our personnel as much as possible,” Ogbadu added.

In his address, Edem said the NSCDC command in the state has the capacity to fight crimes.

He added that the corps would work with the police command to the state.

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IGP Adamu Finally Hands Over.

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The outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has reportedly handed over to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Operations, DIG Sanusi Lemu, as the most senior police officer.

Adamu who attained the statutory retirement age on Monday was said to have asked Lemu to oversee the administration of the Nigeria Police Force pending the appointment of a new IG by the President.

The IG came to the office briefly earlier today to transfer the authority to Lemu.

A source told PUNCH, “The IG has not officially handed over power to DIG Lemu; he merely asked him to take over as the most senior DIG pending directives from the Presidential Villa. Adamu is still nursing the hope that he may get tenure extension.”

Lemu was appointed the DIG Operations last November following the retirement of DIG Abdulmajid Ali.

Outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu

He holds a BA(Ed) in Political Science and has attended several professional courses including: Intermediate Command Course, Senior Command Course, Peacekeeping Training Course.

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Police arrests members of kidnap gang specializing in abducting, raping women

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Five member of a notorious kidnap gang who specialize in abducting women and girls, sexually abusing them and obtaining ransom from their families, have been arrested by the police in Rivers State.

The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CP Frank Mba, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects on Sunday in a statement, said the five suspects were arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), following a “massive manhunt for the perpetrators of the recent trend of abduction of women in some states in the South-South parts of the country, especially Port Harcourt and its environs.”

In the statement, Mba said:

“The victims are subjected to series of sexual abuses and ransom demanded from their families before their release.”

The Force PRO gave the names of the suspects as “Osinachi Ngwakwe, 22, from Ubaka Community in Umuahia South local government area of Abia State, Sammy Junior Inordee, alias T-Boy, 27, from Gwarra Community in Khana local government area of Rivers State.

“Others are Epo-Bari Nwolu, 26, from Ogale Community in Eleme local government area of Rivers State, Yabari Gbarale, 29, from Gwara community, Khana local government area of Rivers State and Barine Yilda, alias Albino or Yellow, 30, from Gwara community, Khana local government area of Rivers State.

“Investigations reveal that the suspects target lone female drivers of posh cars as they drive out of offices, shopping malls or any vulnerable places.

“They, thereafter, trail them to lonely roads, abduct and take them to their criminal hideouts, where they sexually abuse them and demand ransom from their families before their release. They also sell off their exotic cars,” the statement from CP Mba said.

He added that items recovered from the suspects included four AK47 rifles, one double barrel shotgun and sets of military camouflage uniforms suspected to have been illegally acquired, which they wear to beat security checks.“Effort is being intensified to arrest other fleeing gang members and recover more weapons and stolen vehicles used by the suspects for their operations,” he said.

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Police arrests four suspects, seizes 13 locally fabricated guns in Niger

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Niger State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of four suspects over an alleged illegal possession of firearms in the state.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, who disclosed this while parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Minna, said three of the suspects were arrested in Sarkin-Pawa Munya local government area of the state.

The suspects are – John Shugaba, Joshua Bala, and Titus Ishaku.

He added that police recovered 11 locally fabricated guns from the suspects.

The fourth suspect, according to Usman, was nabbed by the police at Kasabo village near Agwara local government area of the state with two locally fabricated double-barrel guns.

The CP said: “The first three suspects were arrested by police with 11 locally fabricated guns concealed in a bag of sawdust at Sabon-gari area of Sarkin Pawa.

“One of the suspects, John Shugaba, who claimed to be a member of the vigilante group at Gwagwada Chukun LGA in Kaduna State contracted Titus Ishaku, a welder to fabricate the 11 guns for him at the rate of N3,000 each.

“The fourth suspect confessed to have bought the guns from one Bamaiyi Ribba of Ribba, Danko Wasagu LGA of Kebbi State at the rate of N20,000.”

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