Tag: Armed Robbery
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Police foil armed robbery attempt in Abuja
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it has foiled an armed robbery attempt at a hotel in Kubwa, Abuja. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, said that police personnel from the command engaged the suspected armed robbers in gun duel while on routine…
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FCT: Police arrest 6 suspects over car snatching, armed robbery
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested six suspects over alleged car snatching and armed robbery in Kubwa and Garki axis of the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said all the suspects were arrested within last…
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Police repel armed robbery attack in Abuja
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it had repelled a four-man armed robbery gang after dispossessing victims of their possessions in Gwarimpa area of Abuja. ASP Mariam Yusuf, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. Yusuf said the incident happened…
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Lady lands in hospital with gunshot wound after wrestling armed robbers
A business woman, Miss Monica Ogenyi on Saturday narrated how she fought off Gunmen who wanted to rob her of her money. The lady, who was shot on the shoulders for disobeying the armed robbers, fought with her attacker even with the gunshot wounds she sustained. Speaking from her hospital bed at Alex Ekwueme Federal…
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Police arraign man, 25, over alleged armed robbery
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old man, John Victor, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged armed robbery. The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a charge of armed robbery. The prosecutor, Sgt. Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 10, in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged…
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Coronavirus, sign of end-time —Angela Okorie
Sensational actress, Angela Okorie has stated that the coronavirus endemic is a sign of the end time. The outspoken actress noted that the pandemic presently ravaging the world is a sign of the end time. Taking to her Instagram handle, she said: “There are signs. Where will you be on the last day? It’s getting…
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Police arrest 2,175 for kidnapping, armed robbery, others
The Inspector General of Police ( I-G ), Mr Mohammed Adamu, said the police have arrested 2,175 suspects for armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and banditry since the launch of the “Operation Puff Adder” A statement by the Force spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, on Wednesday in Abuja, said Adamu disclosed this when…
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Plateau: Police arrest 12 over kidnapping, armed robbery
The Police in Plateau have arrested 12 suspects over kidnapping and armed robbery activities in the state. Mr Austin Agbonlahor, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Plateau Command, made this known when he presented the suspects to newsmen in Jos on Monday. Agbonlahor said three of the suspects were arrested in connection with the…
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Police arrest Deputy Superintendent of Prisons for alleged involvement in armed robbery
The Enugu State Police Command have arrested a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons in the Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr Collins Ugwu for alleged involvement in armed robbery. Ugwu, a native of Ezza in Ebonyi State, who resides in Abuja, where he works at the headquarters of the Nigeria Prisons Service, was nabbed in Enugu on June…
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Armed robber shoots partner to death during operation in Bayelsa
An armed robber died from his partner’s bullet during a foiled robbery attack on one Francis Chibueze, along Bakery road, Azikoro village, Yenagoa. Confirming the incident on Sunday, the spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Asinim Butswat, told Newsmen of that the armed robber mistakenly shot and killed his partner. On Dec. 22, at…