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  • Angry mob sets suspected robbers ablaze in Delta

    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 5:30 am in a commercial tricycle to operate, but were stopped by the mob.

    The Divisional Police Officer, “B” Division in Warri, CSP Benjamin Igometi, confirmed the incident. He stated that he received distress calls from the neighborhood in the early hours of the day that some robbers were operating.

    ”They just called me just now that some robbers came to attack in that area, and they caught them, and they were lynched. That’s what I heard.” he said.

     

  • 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 period of the robbery,” Ukeyima told the News Agency of Nigeira (NAN) in a telephone interview on Monday.

    “I love the confidence and the calmness in them. One of them, for anything he picked, he would say forgive us Father,” he added.

    He said that the robbers invaded the Parish House around 2 a.m. on Monday and carted away several valuables.

    “The robbers demanded for N5 million or dollars from me, but I told them that I don’t have that kind of money.

    “I told them what I had and gave that to them,” he said.

    He said that the robbers appeared relaxed throughtout the operation that lasted less than one hour, and spoke good English.

    He said that the robbers broke into his bedroom having scaled the perimetre fence to the Parish House and the window to the Priest’s parlour.

    According to him, they made away with proceeds of thanksgiving by four families, offertory, phones, selected footwears, sound system and some drinks, amongst others.

    Ukeyima asked for prayers for the robbers to change from their evil ways, saying that he had since forgiven them.

    “I have forgiven them and I ask others to also pray for them. They are young people. There is one of them that was speaking impeccable English.

    “Let them make a complete u-turn and put to good use the talent that they have,” the priest said

    The Police Command in Benue confirmed the incident and vowed to apprehend the criminals.

    “The incident has been reported to us and we have begun investigation,” DSP Catherine Anene, the command’s Public Relations Officer, told NAN.

  • Police foil robbery attack in Niger

    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 Madalla, in a response to a distress call, engaged some suspected armed robbers in a gun duel at New Gwarinpa via Zuma Rock, Suleja.

    He said that in the process, two of the gunmen sustained gunshot injuries and one of them died on the spot, while the second later died at Lucas Clinic, Madalla where he was initially taken for treatment.

    ”Items recovered from the suspects include two laptop computers and two Plasma Television sets.

    ”We have also arrested one Haruna Mohammed of Gauraka at Zuba with gunshot wounds and taken for medical treatment.

    During interrogation, the suspect confessed to be a member of the syndicate that attempted to operate at New Gwarinpa in Madalla,”he said.

    The commissioner said the Police Command had since commenced investigation into the incident and called on the residents to report any persons or group of people with gunshots and questionable character to the nearest security outfits.

  • 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 vehicles in the middle of the road.

    It was gathered that the victims who were brothers and from the central part of Kogi State, went to Lagos for holidays and were on their way back to their station in Katsina State when the incident occurred.

    It was gathered that the robbers who were fully armed operated freely and later shot a yet to be identified police officer at a nearby checkpoint on the leg.

    A woman who was caught up in the ugly incident but pleaded not to be mentioned on Sunday narrated her experience to told DAILY POST.

    “We boarded our vehicle from Lagos around 7am but experienced heavy ‘go-slow,’ and not until after Ibadan, were we totally free from it.

    “We got to Osara past 6pm. Our driver was following closely behind the vehicle that was attacked. Somewhere, the driver had to stop for a passenger who was pressed, to urinate, after which we saw oncoming motors flagging us to stop; that there was a robbery operation ahead.

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    ”Some people ran helter-skelter but the residents will not allow us to take refuge in their houses. They said that if they did, the robbers would fish them out one by one.

    “After quite a while, other vehicles continued on their journey, but ours will not start. The driver made contacts and a motor mechanic came over from the Kabba Junction to attend to us.

    “When we got to the point of the attack, we heard that two brothers were shot and killed, while a policeman at the nearby checkpoint was shot in the leg. We heard that their remains were later evacuated and deposited at the State Specialist Hospital in Lokoja.”

    When contacted, the Kogi State Police Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), William Aya, said the command is yet to get a report on the incident but assured DAILY POST that he would furnish it with details as soon as he receives a report from the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of the area.

  • June 12 Movement decries Invasion of MKO Abiola’s Residence by Armed Robbers

    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 MKO Abiola by armed robbers
    The Statement issued by the Movement on Sunday and signed by its Convener, Veteran Olawale Okunniyi, reads in part: “The home of Chief MKO Abiola, the Hero and Martyr of the current democratic rule in Nigeria was broken into by gun wielding Armed Robbers in the early hours of Tuesday, 2nd September and was thoroughly ransacked, while family members, especially Abiola most Senior Wife and Children, who live in the historic
    compound was subjected to extreme torture and harassment after which monies and other valuable items of the family were carted away
    For us in the pro democracy movement and political allies of MKO Abiola, it is really inconceivable and baffling that before and throughout the dastardly and ignoble operations of these armed bandits, there was no single security or police intelligence, alert or response to halt this traumatic ordeal of Abiola family, especially within metropolitan Lagos. This, to say the least, calls to question the quality and efficiency of Nigeria’s security intelligence and policing as this sort of desecrating crime could occur in the sacred home of MKO Abiola, which today doubles as the Democracy Centre of the June 12 Movement of Nigeria
    We are therefore at this point compelled to frown at what we have come to perceive as lip honour, obvious negligence and abandonment of the family and legacies left behind by MKO Abiola by government; as it is our informed view that, if those in power today, who are direct beneficiaries of the present Democracy, for which MKO Abiola sacrificed his life and died, have done the needful by showing sincere concern and care for MKO legacies and blood relations, this ugly situation would have been averted and prevented
    Furthermore, we are indeed perturbed by a situation, where government could award the highest honour in the land, GCFR to MKO Abiola being the martyr of the Nigeria’s democracy, only to neglect his legacies and precious family and allow them to go through all manner of avoidable suffering and ignominy at the same time. What manner of honour could this be? For this not only smack of embarrassing hypocrisy but also official insincerity and a shame to the whole country.
    Again, to think there is no single Police or State operative presence at the residence of MKO Abiola, a President elect of Nigeria, who sacrificed so much and died in detention for our present Democracy is nothing but official negligence of the highest order and bad national protocol. We are also shocked by the nonchalance of government to the armed robbery incident. To the extent that no government official is yet to visit or call the family to sympathise with them officially. The sad lesson here is that patriotism and martyrdom for a national cause is not valued by the Nigerian ruling class.
    Again, it is heart rendering to note that the Family, Children and Aides left behind by the late African Philanthropist are presently being abandoned to feel the pains of the absence of their late father and benefactor, while those in government lavishly expend the gains of his historical national sacrifice. This to us is immoral and irresponsible, as we are alarmed that the houses, properties and businesses left behind by MKO are today mostly dilapidated and liquidated, while those in government insensitively turn their eyes side way, pretending not to be aware, especially those who were at the barricades with us during the June 12 struggles.
    Finally, for history and posterity to be kind to some of our associates and friends in government today, we urge them to quicky take steps to honour MKO Abiola beyond the lip and mouth, by formally taking up some of the key responsibilities left behind by the Martyr of Nigerian Democracy
  • Court orders detention of six suspected armed robbers for stealing N10,000

    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 DPP.

    In a similar development, four men and two women, who allegedly stole 560 creates of Ice drinks worth N7,280,000, were, yesterday, arraigned before the court.

    The defendants, Ashiwaju Rilwan 32, Nasiru Idris 20, Ayewo Sabo 30, Ijoma Okoro 36, Victoria Igwe and Chekwebe Eminyi 30. The defendants are facing a three-count charge, bothering on conspiracy, stealing and receiving, preferred against them by the Police.

    he Prosecutor, Inspector Olatunde Kehinde, told the court that the first to third defendants and others at large conspired to commit the alleged offences on March 6, 2020, at Plot 1, Coco Industrial Road, Ogba Lagos.

    Kehinde told the court that the first to third defendants stole 560 creates of Smirnoff Ice drinks, valued at N7,280,000, the property of one Obianuka Uchenna. The prosecutor said, ” Ijoma Okoro, Victoria Igwe, and Chekwebe Eminyi, received stolen 560 creates of Smirnoff Ice drinks valued N7,280,000, the property of the complainant”.

    According to him, the offences committed are punishable under Sections 411, 287, and 328 of the criminal law of Lagos 2015. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge against them. Magistrate Mrs Abimbola Komolafe, granted them bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.

  • 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 gave chase and in an attempt to scare off the horde, one of the hoodlums fired shots into the air but mistakenly hit his colleague in the head.

     

    The witnesses said policemen from the Okitipupa Police Division recovered two guns and a bag snatched from the POS operator from the dead robber.

     

    The other robbers were caught.

  • Lockdown Palaver : Armed robbers take over Kubwa in Abuja

    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 axis moved to FHA estate in Phase 3 where 5 flats were raided.

    At Phase 3 extension various goods from cash to household utensils were carted away.

    A victim of the robbers, name withheld told TheNewsGuru (TNG), that “my N150k cash was taken and my cell phone collected with a sharp cutlass over my neck.

    “This place is fast becoming a haven of criminals because once is 10pm this place becomes a no go area.

    “We are now living under perpetual fear even to leave to the market because we hear they will soon start raiding markets.

    TNG earlier reported that residents got a shocker of their lives when one of the victims dashed to the area police command in Kubwa only to be told he should come back later as they were still asleep. [READ]

  • Armed robbers raid FHA Estate as police tell victims not to disturb their sleep [PICTURES]

    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 3.34am through a canal behind the estate.

    But the residents got a shocker of their lives when one of the victims dashed to the area police command in Kubwa only to be told he should come back later as they were still asleep.

    The robbers numbering about seven according to the residents succeeded in robbing three flats but could not gain entry into the fifth flat despite using chemicals to melt the iron burglary proof.

    The vigilante in the estate had to summon courage to confront the robbers as they attempt to apply a dark substance to soften the iron burglary proof.

    One of the victims, name withheld told TheNewsGuru.com that “they entered our flat and we noticed nothing until they appeared in my bedroom and all I could do was to shout Jesus”.

    “As I was shouting Jesus they just quietly left my flat and walked straight to the fifth flat but luckily our vigilante came to their rescue.

    Another resident explained that”one commonality in this whole episode is that those that their flats were robbed either they just renovated their apartments or they just made visible purchases.

    “They identified the flats and succeeded in three flats but the baffling part of this whole thing is the manner police treated our neighbor.

    “Our neighbor who had his phones and ATM cards stolen dashed to our area command here in Kubwa only to be told the police were asleep.

    “This is not a good testimony because some of us are just going back there now to file a complaint.

    The robbers ran and left behind their operational car, ash colour Honda with registeration number AZ422-MKA filled with tools.

     

    Chemicals poured on the entry gates to the flats and damaged iron cast burglary proof.

     

  • NPFL: Enyimba players attacked by armed robbers

    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 injured with minor cuts.

    “They were telling us to stop, be as we noticed they were not law enforcement, we told our driver not to stop.

    “He sped up and one of them stoned the window with iron, so it broke and injured [Olisema],” Defender Stephen Egbe told ESPN.