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Police arrest nine ‘Sara-Suka’ thugs for murder of 23-year-old man in Bauchi

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The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested nine suspected Sara-Suka (thugs) in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old man, Abbas Jibrin, alias Timo, on 2022.

Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, said the suspects and others presently at large, lured the deceased to a location and attacked him with cutlasses.

He was taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), in Bauchi where he was certified dead.

“On 09/04/2023 at about 0100hrs operatives attached to the Command Rapid Response Squad (RRS) led by the Commander to sustain the visibility policing raided respective criminals’ hideout and arrested a syndicate of Sara-Suka who sometime last year killed one Abbas Jibrin alias Timo m aged 23yrs of Nasarawa Jahun ward at Wakilin Birni Rice Mill Bauchi,” the statement read.

The names of the suspects are; Mustapha Abdulmumini,20, alias Orezi, Kabiru Haruna, 23,alias Park, Sulaiman Al-Mustapha,18, alias Illa, Umar Ibrahim,19,alias Churi, Ibrahim Ahmad,19, alias Dan Hajiya, Sunusi Abdulhamid,18, alias Dan Shiah, Idris Malam,19, alias Baffa, Ibrahim Mohammed,23, alias Keke, all of Nasarawa Jahun Bauchi metropolitan, and Sani Muktar alias Gado,21, of Abujan Kwata.

“The confederate of the Mustapha Abdulmumini alias Orezi and Kabiru Haruna alias Park, Sulaiman Al-Mustapha alias Illa and Umar Ibrahim alias Churi who are the prime suspects that cut off the limp of an innocent citizen earlier last year.”

“The organized operation was successful and yielded positive results. A discreet investigation by the Command uncovered that on 21/08/2022 at about 1100hrs, the deceased Abbas Jibrin was called upon by his friends Abdul alias “Cannvaro, Auwal Bakware, Ahmadi and a host of others who are presently at large carted away with him on their motorcycle and thereafter he was rescued by the Police, where he was seriously injured with cutlasses, rushed to the ATBUTH Hospital, Bauchi and later certified death by the medical doctor.”

“The Commissioner of Police ordered for postmortem examination for the deceased who was later released to his relatives. He further assured the family and the public that no stone will be left unturned and Justice would be served unfailingly.”

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Police arrest suspected armed political thugs in Imo State

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Police operatives attached to Imo State Command have arrested suspected armed political thugs said to have been employed to disrupt the just concluded February 25, presidential election in Ohaji/Egbema council area of the state.

A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, Henry Okoye, says the armed thugs were arrested during a raid of the Umorji country home of Hon. Kingsley Uju, representing Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West federal constituency in the National Assembly, Abuja.

He gave the names of the suspects as Henry Nwabueze, 40, a native of Umorji in Ohaji/Egbema LGA, Achor David, 45, from Onitsha Mgbara in Ohaji/Egbema LGA and Tochukwu Obiego, 40, a resident at Mgbara in Ohaji/Egbema. Others include Clinton Ezekwe, 49, a native of Ohaji/Egbeme LGA and Onuorah Raphael, 33, who hails from Ngor-Okpala LGA.‘’

Acting on Credible Intelligence that Hon Kingsley Uju, House Member representing Oguta/Ohaji-Egbema/Oru West Federal Constituency at the National Assembly hired mercenaries to heat up Polity and thwart the Presidential and National Assembly Elections schedule for 25th Feb, 2023 in the State, Operatives of the Command’s Tactical teams swiftly embarked on a raid exercise on 24/02/2023 at about 20:00 hrs , in the house of the said Hon Kingsley Uju at Umorji, Ohaji/Egbema, Imo State, heavily suspected to be used as an operational base for the suspected thugs to disrupt the electoral process”

Okoye said items recovered from them include one pump-action gun, three locally-fabricated guns, an HP printer, four laptop computers and documents containing registration details of voters in Oguta/Ohaji-Egbema/Oru West LGA.

Other items recovered incriminating items are 50 live cartridges, one LG remote, a power bank, one walkie-talkie, three Laptop external keyboards, Toyota Camry with Registration number GWA574AZ and Toyota Corolla with Registration no NKK 837GK.Eight mobile phones, a Belushi wristwatch, one ring and N15,000 cash were also recovered from them.

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Oyo govt suspends female student for allegedly invading school with mum, thugs, assaulting male peer

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The Oyo State Government has suspended a female student of Jericho High School, Ibadan, for allegedly assaulting a male peer.

This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, in Ibadan.

Abdu-Raheem said that the suspended student in the company of her mother recently invaded the school with hefty thugs and miscreants.

He alleged that they assaulted a male student, teachers and other parents during an ongoing PTA meeting.

The mayhem was said to be ignited by the girl’s mother and other accomplices, thereby, causing tension in the school.

“The state government is taking further action, to serve as a deterrent to other unguided parents and wards,” he said.

He appealed for caution, emphasizing that the present government has zero tolerance for impunity.

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Tension In Kogi As Police Allegedly Open Fire on Journalists, Thugs

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It was gathered that the miscreants gathered at the building as early as 7:00am chanting solidarity songs with the intention to break into one of the warehouses owned by the state government.

There is currently tension in Lokoja, Kogi State, as policemen reportedly opened fire on rampaging thugs, who had converged on Zone 8 area of the town in an attempt to loot a warehouse.

It was gathered that the miscreants gathered at the building as early as 7:00am chanting solidarity songs  with the intention to break into one of the warehouses  owned by the state government.

It was also gathered that efforts by the security personnel attached to the building to pacify and calm the thugs was unsuccessful as they called for reinforcement.

This situation led to sporadic shooting in the area as school children, journalists and others in the vicinity ran for safety.

A journalist with Sun Newspaper, Emmanuel Adeyemi, was alleged to have been hit by a bullet while covering the event.

It was learnt that was he had been moved to an undisclosed medical facility for treatment.

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