Category: Crime Watch

Gunmen kidnap three police officers in Ogun

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No fewer than three policemen were said to have been abducted in broad daylight by some unknown gunmen in Ogun State.   It was gathered that the police officers were abducted on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at Wasinmi, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.   The cops had visited Ogun State from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State, for an investigation.   They were said to have been duly booked at the police division in Wasinmi, before they left for their place of primary assignment.   A reliable source…

Niger Police arrests Specialized Car Theft Mechanic with customer’s vehicle 

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Police operatives attached to Niger State Police Command’s Intelligence unit on 18th September,2022 at about 1530hrs arrested one Mustapha Yusuf aged 33yrs ‘m’ of Barkin-Sale area of Minna.   The suspect was trailed and arrested at a hotel in Gabasawa area of Kaduna State for being suspected to have stolen a vehicle in Minna. Recently, on 14th September,2022 at about 1750hrs, a complainant reported an incident of car theft at GRA Division, that on the same date at about 0900hrs, he parked his Toyota Pontiac Vibe vehicle with Reg. No.…

2023 ELECTIONS: IGP meets Strategic Police Managers , charges political actors to campaign within extant legal frameworks · … Excludes Quasi-Security Outfits from Election Security Management

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba in active and strategic preparation for the 2023 General Elections, has along with the Force Management Team, met with Strategic Police Managers comprised Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, and Commissioners of Police across Zonal, State Commands and Formations to review evolving political programmes laid down by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and chart clear pathways for a smooth electoral process in the countdown to the elections. The IGP charged all officers present to boost the security of their public space towards guaranteeing…

ASSAULT ON WOMAN POLICE: IGP condemns act, orders express prosecution of case   …. Professor, Other Culprit arrested

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has strongly condemned the grievous assault of a female Police Officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by her principal who is a Legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola and her domestic staff comprising the house maid, one Rebecca Enechido and a male suspect currently at large.   Zainab Duke, an Mbaise born activist, grievously assaulted her orderly in company of some accomplices on Tuesday 20th September, 2022 at her residence in Garki, Abuja, due to the refusal of the orderly…

Police arrest Proprietor of fake College of Health Science in Niger State 

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Operatives attached to Intelligence Unit of Niger state Police Command on 8th September,2022 at about 1600hrs, based on intelligence received,arrested suspects; Daniel Ishaya aged 23yrs ‘m’ of Gurmana, Shiroro and Francis Ede aged 30yrs ‘m’ of Enugu State   The two persons allegedly established and operating a fake school known as Excellence College of Health Sciences and Technology, located in Maikunkele area of Bosso LGA. During interrogation, Daniel Ishaya confessed that he established the School in the Year 2020 while he commenced admission in the Year 2021 without any authorization…

NDLEA busts cocaine warehouse, seizes N193billion worth of crack  … Arrests 4 drug barons,1 other  

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In what appeared to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure in the history of Nigeria’s premier anti-narcotic agency, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos where 1.8tons (1,855 kilograms) of the illicit drug worth more than Two Hundred and Seventy Eight Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($278, 250,000) equivalent of about One Hundred and Ninety Four Billion, Seven Hundred and Seventy Five Million (N194, 775,000,000) Naira in street value were seized.  …

Hushpuppi commends FBI for arresting him, begs victims ahead of conviction

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Nigeria’s serial internet fraudster facing trial in the United States of America, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has written to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), complimenting American authorities for arresting him and bringing him to justice for his crimes.   The internet fraudster who will soon be sentenced by the US court appreciated the presiding Judge Otis D. Wright and the U.S. justice system for “upholding the law against criminals like myself.   Abbas in a handwritten letter recounted his criminal adventures and apologised to his family members…

Hisbah arrests lovers for having sex in Zamfara motor park

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Officials of the Zamfara State Hisbah Commission and Shariah Board have arrested a middle-aged man and woman publicly ‘making love’ inside a commercial motor park in Gusau, the state capital.   PRNigeria reports that the two ‘actors’ committed their bizarre sexual affairs on an open field inside the motor park, caring less about people watching them.   But motorists, traders and park officials who were dumbfounded by the daring ‘lovemaking’ scene, quickly alerted officials of Hisbah, who wasted no time in storming the park and whisking the culprits away.  …

How my daughter met killer Chinese lover — Mother of murdered Kano lady

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The mother of Ummakulsum Sani Buhari, the 23-year-old Nigerian who was killed by her Chinese lover, has broken her silence. The victim was killed at Janbulo Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State on Friday night. The deceased, who was popularly known as ‘Ummita’ attended Kano School of Nursing and Midwifery. She was buried around 10am on Saturday, according to Islamic rites. Speaking on the unfortunate incident, the bereaved mother said, “She was my daughter; he (the Chinese man) always comes around wanting to see her and she…

FCT Police discovers suspected indian hemp farm, arrest owner. 

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command Today Thursday 15th of September 2022 perfected necessary arrangements for the forwarding of exhibits and a suspected Peddler of prohibited substances by the name Thaddeus Joseph to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). the Thirty-two (32 ) years old male resident of Kado Estate Area of the FCT was arrested for the offense of being in possession of a Commercial amount of leaves suspected to be Cannabis sativa on the 7th of September 2022 at about 3:00 pm.   The arrest followed…