Category: Crime Watch

No place for enforced disappearance in modern history, find Tordue Salem— NHRC tells Police

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The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq has called on the Nigerian Police and other law enforcement agencies to do everything within their powers to locate Tordue Salem, a journalist who reportedly went missing on the 13th of October, 2021 in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. NHRC Boss expressed sadness over the news of the National Assembly Correspondent who has been missing for the past 14 days. He said there was no place for enforced disappearance in modern history, described the act as one of the worst…

Officers In Viral Video now in custody, says Kogi Police Command 

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The Nigeria Police Force,Kogi State Police Command has commenced investigations into a trending video where Police personnel attached to Adogo Division, while on patrol duty along Adogo-Okene road, reportedly extorted the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Naira (N25,000) from a traveller while another was physically assaulted by one of the men in uniform. The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban while condemning the incident, noted that the Police officers have been identified and detained at the State Criminal Investigations Department. The officers are: ASP Isah Barnabas,…

Man 71, dies during sex romp with prostitute

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One Ajibola Adeniyi, 71, reportedly lost his life during sex engagement with a prostitute at a hotel in Ogijo area in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The deceased was reported to have slumped during the act, while his remains had been deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Morgue. Tribune Online learnt that Adeniyi had engaged the service of the prostitute identified as Joy at the hotel before the unfortunate incident happened. The Police from Ogijo Divisional Police Headquarters were invited to the scene before the remains…

ANAMBRA ELECTIONS: IGP orders deployment of 34,587 police personnel, 3 Police helicopters, others 

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the mobilization and deployment of a total of Thirty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty-Seven (34,587) police personnel, three (3) Police Helicopters, technical capabilities of the Police Airwing, the Force Marine and the Force Animal Branch, and other operational assets for the Anambra State Gubernatorial Elections slated for 6th November, 2021. The IGP made this known today, 14th October, 2021 at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, during the 2nd Strategic Police Managers Conference for Senior Police Officers from the rank of Commissioner of Police…

ANAMBRA ELECTIONS: IGP reiterates commitment to Safe ,Secure Electoral Process 

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has assured the nation of the commitment of the Force to securing the public space and upholding the democratic values ahead of the November 6th, 2021, Anambra State Gubernatorial Election. The IGP gave the assurance, yesterday, 13th October, 2021, during a strategic meeting held at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, with Commanders of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadrons in the country, as part of efforts to specifically contain the activities of criminal elements in the South-East and particularly guarantee a safe and secure…

SHOCKING – How Women In Hijab Smuggle Guns To Kidnappers Through Their Boyfriends

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Two female suspects paraded by the police in Abuja have narrated how they helped bandits traffick guns across states. The police spokesperson, Frank Mba, last week, paraded 11 kidnap suspects, including the two women. One of the suspects, Aisha Ibrahim, 30, narrated how she moved an AK-47 rifle from Lafia, Nasarawa State to Kaduna State. Ms Ibrahim said she delivered the gun in Kaduna to her manfriend – one of the paraded suspects, whom she identified as Babangida. The other female suspect, Hafsat Adamu, also said she took a gun…

Niger Police arrest 12 for Kidnapping,Robbery ,Conspiracy

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The Nigeria Police Force ,Niger state Command has arrested 12 suspects for alleged conspiracy, robbery, gunrunning and kidnapping. The command also announced that the arrested persons included those suspected to be supplying fuel to bandits in different parts of the state. Niger state Commissioner of Police,CP Monday Kuryas,disclosed this while presenting the suspects to newmen on Saturday in Minna. Kuryas said that on Oct. 2, Police Safer highway patrol on Makera-Mokwa road arrested Mohammed Bello and Nura Umar in a vehicle. He explained that during the search of the vehicle…

Court sentences Maina’s son Faisal to 14 Years Imprisonment

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Faisal Maina, son of the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja gave the judgement on Thursday in the suit filed by the Federal Government against Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, on money laundering charges. Faisal, who is standing trial on charges of money laundering, had jumped bail refusing to attend trial since November 24, 2020. For Count 1, Justice Abang ordered that he be jailed for five years. In count…

BANDITRY : FCT Police beef up security in Kuje, Tunganmaje, Other Border Communities ….   arrests Three suspects, recovers one locally fabricated fiaream, vehicle loaded with food items

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The Commissioner of Police, CP Babaji Sunday has deployed additional Police personnel and operational asset to improve public safety and security in Kuje and Tunganmaje axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as other border communities in the FCT. The CP noted that the operation which has since commenced has assisted the Police in arresting three (3) suspects; Yahaya Haruna 40 years old, Isah Haruna 55 years old and Sani Mani aged 70 years for illegal possession of firearms and complicity in violent crimes including kidnapping and armed…

Police arrest 34 High-profile Kidnappers, Trans-border Car Thieves   ……  Recover 11 high-calibre grenades, 11 sophisticated firearms, 15 stolen cars, 2 vehicle jammers

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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad have arrested a 9-Man syndicate of high-profile kidnappers that specialized in the abduction of travelers on major highways in the North-Western region of the country. The suspects: Bashir Sule, 25-years-old; Abubakar Haruna, 30-years-old; Babangida Bature, 25-years-old; Aliyu Idris, 24-years-old; Adam Jafar, 26-years-old; Usman Idris, 24-years-old; Yusuf Idris, 45-years-old; Sale Musa, 25-years-old and Umar Sale, 22-years-old, were arrested following investigations by the Police team which uncovered plans by the syndicate to carry out a major abduction of travelers along the Kano-Katsina expressway. Police…