Year: 2018

Police cancel summon to Saraki; demand written explanation

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Senate President Bukola Saraki would no longer need to appear before the police for questioning, the top lawmaker said on Monday. In a post on Twitter, Mr Saraki said he now has a formal communication from the police, but it was not for him to appear but rather to answer questions bordering on the robbery in Offa, Kwara State, in April. “Following my earlier tweet, I have received the letter from @PoliceNG . They are no longer asking me to appear at any station, but to respond in writing to…

MINNA JAIL BREAK: Prison Officer, Okada Rider killed … We have recaptured fleeing Prisoners – NPS

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There was a jailbreak at Minna Medium Security Prison located at Tunga area of Minna Metropolis.   According to Public Relations Officer,Nigerian Prison Service, Niger command,DSP Rabiu M Shuaib, the unfortunate incident which occurred on Sunday, 3rd June, 2018 at about 8pm, was perpetuated by armed criminals who attacked the prison and gained access after exchange of fire with prison armed men .   The attacked led to dead of a prison officer and an Okada rider who convey a prison officer on night duty.   DSP Rabiu M Shuaib,…

Saraki Denies Link to Offa Robbery, Says He will honour police Invitation

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The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reacted to a story circulating online, apparently derived from a Press Conference addressed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moshood Jimoh, linking him (Saraki) to the Offa robbery.   Dr. Bukola Saraki, in a release signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) Yusuph Olaniyonu urged general public to disregard the claim as a baseless allegation and another ploy by the Police to implicate him by all means.   He said “Let it be known that there is no way I…

Troops Kill Terrorists, Recover N2m

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Troops of 153 Task Battalion and the Cameroonian Defence Forces deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists at Ngelkona in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno state. The troops encountered the insurgents today Saturday 2nd June 2018 at about 11.30 am while on a clearance patrol along Wulgo – Ngelkona general area. The terrorists, who were mounted on Horse back were overpowered by the troops in a fierce shoot out, as the gallant troops killed the insurgents and captured two AK 47 rifles from them. Other…

Offa Armed Robbery: Why Police Invite Senate President Saraki

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The investigation into the Offa Bank Robbery and gruesome killings of more than THIRTY THREE (33) Innocent persons in Offa, Kwara State on the 5th April, 2018 directed by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, has made significant progress, successes and more revelations have been recorded. The Gang Leaders and some of the principal suspects arrested for their active participation in the robbery and the killing of innocent persons have made confessional statements admitting to the various criminal roles they and their sponsors played in…

Driver strangles female accountant to death

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A 40-year-old driver, Abiodun Idowu, has been arrested for allegedly strangling to death, a female accountant of the company he works with, in an attempt to rape her. The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday, said the arrest followed a complaint by a staffer of the company, Owolabi Moses. He said the complainant in his report said the suspect had been ‘disturbing’ the deceased, Abimbola Hamzat, to have a love affair with him. The deceased had allegedly been refusing…

Offa robbery: Kwara gov rejects police indictment, denies sponsorship of Thugs

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Abdulfatai Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, says he has never sponsored thugs for political purposes. Muyideen Akorede, media aide to the governor, quoted the governor as saying this in a statement on Sunday while responding to allegations by the police. Jimoh Moshood, spokesman of the police, had said some suspects confessed to being sponsored by the governor and Senate President Bukola Saraki. But the governor says the allegations are “false” and that he has never “provided arms to any individual or group in the state or anywhere in the country”.…

Police invite Saraki over Offa robbery

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The police have invited Senate President Bukola Saraki over the robbery attack which took place in Offa, Kwara state. On April 5, some armed robbers attacked five commercial banks in the community, killing at least 17 persons, including police officers. In May, Saraki alleged that Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), was planning to set him up by altering statements of suspects that had been arrested for cultism. Parading the suspects in Abuja on Sunday, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said the force will probe Saraki’s connection with the suspects. Ayodele,…

Pioneer ICPC Chairman, Mustapha Akanbi Dies At 85

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A former president of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal and first chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has died aged 85. He died at about 2 am on Sunday morning and is expected to be buried later today. Born September 11, 1932, in Accra, Ghana, Akanbi was educated in Nigeria and London. He was called to the English Bar in 1963 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in January 1964. He joined the Ministry of Justice and became a Senior State Counsel in…

APC Convention secretary resigns

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Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, the secretary of the National Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has resigned. The resignation takes immediate effect, according a the senator’s principal secretary, Godson Amadikwa. Amadikwa said Uwajumogu’d decision to resign from the committee was taken for personal reasons and also to advance the progress of APC in Imo State. Senator Uwajumogu has identified with the anti-Governor Rochas Okorocha forces in Imo state, fighting for control of the party’s structure. While thanking the National Chairman and the NWC for the uncommon privilege given to…