Tag: Robbery attack

Niger Police foil Robbery attack, arrest 2 suspects with 16 bags of India hemp,recover AK-47 rifle

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The Niger state police command on 16th September,2023 at about 1930hrs,on receipt of Information that some group of suspected armed robbers invaded a mining site at Iwa village via Gawu-Babangida, Gurara LGA, mobilized the Police tactical team attached to Gawu-Babangida Div and vigilante men to the robbery scene, and engaed the hoodlums in a gun duel. However, due to the superior firepower of the Police team, the hoodlums escaped from the scene through the nearby forest, while some of them were also believed to have escaped with gunshot injuries. In…

FCT Police operatives foil robbery attack … arrests suspect, recovers exhibits

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The Federal Capital Territory Police Operatives attached to Apo Divisional Headquarters at about 6am on 12th April, 2023, foiled an armed robbery operation and arrested a suspect following a distress call received from Zone E Extension Apo Resettlement.   Police operatives from Apo Division swiftly mobilized to the scene, and the hoodlums, on sighting the police team, abandoned an ash-coloured BMW vehicle with Reg. No. ABJ 440 KX containing three (3) plasma televisions and two (2) laptops, which they had stolen from one of the houses, and fled in different…

Robbery Attack: Onu Ankpa,AbdulMalik Umar calls for Military formation in Ankpa, sympathises with victims

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By Abubakar Yusuf.     A paramount ruler and Onu Ankpa, Alhaji Abdulmalik Umar has appealed to both local, state and federal government to collaborate with one another over the fragile security situations in Ankpa town , while calling for the establishment of a military base to counter further activities of the criminal elements in the area .   The Onu Ankpa bare his mind in a message of condolence to the people of Ankpa town and its environs, particularly those that lost their loved ones during the unfortunate incidence…

NYSC confirms robbery attack on Corps Members in Akwa Ibom …. Says no female Corps Members raped

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The Management of the National Youth Service Corps Akwa lbom State has reacted to an online publication, with caption “AKWA IBOM GUNMEN ATTACK NYSC LODGE, ROB, RAPE WOMEN”,published by Punch online and reported by several online media.   In the said story making the rounds, it was alleged that Gunmen attacked, raped, robbed and dispossessed Corps Members of their valuables at Udo Ekong Ekwere Street, off Information Drive, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State where they reside.   NYSC in a release signed by the Akwa Ibom state Coordinator,Mrs. Chinyere Ekwe said;…