The police have arrested two female suspects for alleged involvement in child stealing and trafficking crime within Enugu State.

This is contained in a statement by the state’s police spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu on Tuesday.

According to Mr Ndukwe, operatives serving in SWAT of Enugu State Command, acting on credible information, busted a child stealing and trafficking syndicate and arrested two female suspects – Miracle Orji, 24, and Blessing Ani, 34.

He said that their arrest led to the rescue of two children: Ogechi Eneh (female), age four and Destiny Okechukwu (male), age one.

“Preliminary investigation reveals that on March 24, 2023, Miracle Orji stole and was escaping with Ogechi Edeh before she was intercepted and arrested with the assistance of citizens at Ameke-Oduma community in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State.

“Her confessional statement led to the arrest of Blessing Ani around Shoprite mall within the Enugu metropolis, where she was waiting to receive and further traffic the child.

“On her part, Blessing Ani confessed to having been involved in the act since 2017.

“Ani further guided the operatives to Abuja, where the male victim, Destiny Okechukwu, who had been sold with fake documents and renamed Chibuike, was rescued,” he said.

The police spokesman said that frantic investigative efforts were on course to arrest other syndicate members.

“The suspects will be arraigned in court once the investigation into the case is concluded,” he added.

The grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, has ordered that two men, Haruna Aminu and Haruna Ayuba be remanded in prison custody for beating up a police sergeant.

The police charged Messrs Aminu and Ayuba with criminal conspiracy, causing hurt and theft.The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The judge, Umar Mayana, deferred bail for the defendants and adjourned the case until April 19 for a ruling.Mr Mayana ordered that the defendants be remanded in Keffi Correctional Centre, pending investigation.

Prosecution counsel, Olanrewaju Osho, told the court that Sgt. Umar Bello, attached to Asokoro police station, Abuja, reported the case.

Mr Osho told the court that on February 27, the defendants beat the complainant with sticks.He said the complainant was wounded by the accused.

Mr Osho said the defendants also stole his Infinix phone worth N35,000 and police belt worth N6,000 and that during an investigation, the defendants confessed to the crime.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened sections 97, 242 and 287 of the Penal Code.

The police command in Ondo, on Tuesday, said it arrested two suspects for allegedly stoning a 35-year-old driver, Tope Olorunfemi, to death in Akure.

On Monday, a mob stoned Mr Olorunfemi to death for crushing two people to death and injuring six others with his vehicle after ramming into about five commercial motorcycles along Ijoka road by Sunday bus stop in Akure.

The mob set Mr Olorunfemi’s vehicle ablaze.Police command spokesperson, Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, while featuring on a live radio programme on Tuesday, said detectives had arrested two suspects over their alleged jungle justice meted out on the driver.

Ms Odunlami-Omisanya said one of the two arrested suspects allegedly masterminded the burning of Mr Olorunfemi’s car.

The officer, who said the suspects would be charged with murder and arson, appealed to the public not to take the law into their hands.

“As of now, no one can confirm if the dead young man in question was an internet fraudster. Rather than people around to have helped when the accident happened, some resolved to jungle justice by killing the young man and setting his car ablaze,” the police spokeswoman explained.

She added,

“We need to refrain from engaging in jungle justice, shun hearsay and report any incident to a nearby police station so that there will be peace in our community.”

The Plateau state police command has arrested five of its personnel attached to its C Division for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old boy, Ibuchim Ofezie, in Jos.

DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos.In a bid to enforce the ban on operation of commercial motorcycle in the state, the personnel visited the Terminus market and started chasing those illegally operating.

In the process, they started shooting the illegal operators and a stray bullet hit Ofezie, who was sitting in his shop at the market.

He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Bartholomew Onyeka, who condemned the incident, said that the affected personnel would be sanctioned after proper investigation.

“The command condemned the killing of one Mr Ibuchim Ofezie, a resident of Agingi Community of Bassa Local Government Area, by some obdurate police patrol operatives attached to our “C” Division.

The Police Commissioner, who described the incident as a paradox, asserted that police officers are empowered by law to bear firearms to protect the lives of the citizenry and not to take lives with them.

“In order to ensure that the erring patrol team does not evade justice, the commissioner has immediately ordered their arrest.

“The five personnel in the patrol team have been arrested and are currently being investigated at our Homicide Section of the Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the command,” he said.

Mr Alabo said that the commissioner assured the family and friends of the deceased and indeed Plateau residents in general that the suspects would be thoroughly investigated and justice would be served.

The PPRO promised that the outcome of the investigation would be made public.

The police in Adamawa state have arrested four persons over plans to kidnap a forty-year-old man, Jao Wakili, of Lainde Chitta, Toungo local government Area on March 23.

A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Yahaya, says the command received a tipoff of the plans to abduct Wakili from a good Samaritan.

The command upon receiving the information designed a security ring around the target, engaged and luckily arrested the suspected kidnappers identified as Iliya Isa 24years, Bello Umar 25years, Nuhu Umar 20years and Usman Yahya 33years, all residents of Lainde Chitta village, Toungo Local government area.

The Commission says investigation so far reveals that one of the suspects Usman Yahya is a Hunter and he supplied the two Single Barrels guns to be used in facilitating the crime.

The Commissioner of police “CP Afolabi Babatola”, while commending the giant stride of DPO Toungo and Hunters for gallantry performance and professional conduct displayed leading to their arrest, also directed them to sustain the tempo as a strategy for Crime prevention.

The CP calls on the populace to always inform the police of the whereabouts of Criminals and their hideouts especially those of questionable character.

The police Boss equally assured the Government and good people of Adamawa state, of the sustained effort of the police in protecting lives and property of the citizens.

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a robbery syndicate who have been terrorizing Ewekoro and its environs for quite some time now.

The suspects identified as Ahmed Isiaha, Sunday Ajibola and Jimoh Wahab were arrested following a distress call received at Ewekoro divisional headquarters that a 4-man robbery gang have invaded Apomu Community in Ewekoro local government area of the state and dispossessed members of the community of their belongings.

Upon the distress call, the DPO Ewekoro division, CSP Jacob Olayemi, quickly mobilized his patrol team and moved to the scene.

On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels but they were hotly chased and with assistance from members of the community, three amongst the hoodlums were arrested.

Items recovered from them include one locally fabricated double barrel pistol, five live cartridges, one expended cartridge, one Bajaj motorcycle with registration number TTN 975 VU, one TVS motorcycle with registration number JBD 353 W and some Criminal charms.

Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.

Men of the Ogun state police on Saturday , March 11, arrested a 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, for allegedly k!lling her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele, over a minor squabble.

Ifeoma was arrested following a report lodged at the Nigeria Police Divisional Headquarters Sango Ota by Mr Olaleye Taiwo, who reported that his brother, Monday Oladele had a quarrel with his tenant over the non payment of electricity bill.

A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, states that the Police PRO disclosed that Ifeoma grabbed the deceased’s private parts and dragged him along with it, causing the landlord to fall to the ground.

He said the victim of this assault was rushed in an unconscious state to the Ota General Hospital, where the doctor on duty confirmed him dead.

Oyeyemi mentioned that when the DPO Sango Ota Division, CSP Saleh Dahiru, received the report, he quickly led his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested and taken into custody for questioning.

He said when interrogated, Ifeoma claimed that the deceased asked her to pay her electricity bill, but that she insisted that she will not pay the electricity or any other utility bill until water is directly connected to her apartment as promised by the landlord before she packed into her apartment.

The PRO asserted that it was this scuffle over payment of utility bill between the deceased landlord and his tenant that led to the deceased slumping, being rushed to the hospital, and being pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.

He also informed that the corpse of the late landlord has been deposited at the hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.

Oyeyemi mentioned that the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.