Tag: Armed robbers
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Angry mob sets suspected robbers ablaze in Delta
Two suspected armed thieves were set ablaze by a mob along Okumagba Avenue, by Emebiren junction in Warri, Delta State, in the early hours of Tuesday. The duo was pursued to the location where they were trapped and tortured before they were set ablaze. According to reports, the suspected robbers had stormed the area about…
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Armed robbers beg Priest for forgiveness while robbing him
Rev Fr Solomon Ukeyima, the Parish Priest of St. Augustine Parish, Demekpe, in Makurdi, has said that one of the armed robbers that invaded the Parish House kept begging for forgiveness after picking each item in the house. “The robbers were calm throughout the operation. They kept begging for forgiveness. They did that throughout the…
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Police foil robbery attack in Niger
Police in Niger said they had gunned down two suspected armed robbers in Madalla area of Suleja Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adamu Usman, disclosed this in Minna on Friday. Usman said on Sept. 17 at at about 0220 hours, police operatives attached to ‘C’ division…
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Armed robbers attack commuters in Kogi, kill brothers
Armed robbers again struck on Saturday along the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State killing two brothers and injuring a policeman on roadblock duties. The incident which occurred at about 6pm in between Itakpe and Kabba Junction end of the Okene -Lokoja – Abuja expressway forced commuters and travellers to scamper for safety while abandoning their…
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June 12 Movement decries Invasion of MKO Abiola’s Residence by Armed Robbers
…Frowns at Government’s negligence of MKO Abiola’s Family …Charges Government to do more than lip honour to MKO Abiola Martyrdom The June 12 Pro Democracy Movement of Nigeria, the umbrella platform of Champions of the June 12 struggles for popular democracy in Nigeria, wishes to decry strongly the invasion of the main Residence of Late…
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Court orders detention of six suspected armed robbers for stealing N10,000
Lagos Ebute-Metta, Magistrate court, sitting in Oyingbo, Lagos on Wednesday remanded six men, over the alleged robbery of N10,000. They were remanded on a two-count charge of armed robbery and robbery, preferred against them by the Police. Magistrate Mrs Abimbola Komolafe, remanded them, pending the outcome of legal advice, from the director of public prosecution…
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Absconding robber kills colleague
An armed robbery suspect has been shot dead by his colleague while they were fleeing a robbery scene. The incident happened in the Oktitipupa area of Ondo State. Witnesses said the robbers had robbed a Point of Sales operator and attempted to run away when the victim raised the alarm. Residents…
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Lockdown Palaver : Armed robbers take over Kubwa in Abuja
Kubwa one of the major satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT is under siege as armed robbers on Friday morning raided 19 houses in Phase 3 extension. This is just as the lockdown enters its third day Kubwa has become an easy target for hoodlums. The robbers after robbing the phase 3 extension…
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Armed robbers raid FHA Estate as police tell victims not to disturb their sleep [PICTURES]
…robbers used chemicals to destroy iron cast burglary proof …operational car abandoned Residents of Federal Housing Estate in Phase 3 Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of Abuja had a raw deal with armed robbers in the early hours of Friday. According to the residents the hoodlums started their operations at about 2am and escaped at about…
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NPFL: Enyimba players attacked by armed robbers
Enyimba’s team bus was attacked by armed robbers on Thursday, as they returned from a Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game. The Peoples Elephant had beaten Adamawa United 2-0 in Gombe and were travelling back to their base in Aba, Abia State. They were attacked in Okigwe, Imo State. The incident left forward, Cyril Olisema…