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  • Just In: Bandits attack Katsina community, kill DPO

    Just In: Bandits attack Katsina community, kill DPO

    The Divisional Police Officer in Jibia town in Jibia local government has been killed by bandits in a midnight raid with the criminal groups who stormed Magamar Jibia in the late hours of Tuesday.

    The slain DPO, A. A. Rano, was until his death the officer in charge of the Divisional Police Headquarters in Jibia, eyewitnesses revealed on Wednesday.

    Similarly, it is being reported that another junior army officer was also killed and the army commander in the area sustained a gunshot.

    These happened in a midnight operation when the joint security teams responded to a distress call by the Magamar Jibia community when the criminals stormed the area with heavy gunshots.

    This is coming just days after another attack was carried out last Wednesday at Daddara village just about 20 kilometres to Jibia.

  • NDLEA arrests dismissed DPO, others for hauling drugs in six states, FCT

    NDLEA arrests dismissed DPO, others for hauling drugs in six states, FCT

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it had arrested Mr Monday George, a 64-year-old former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Idanre Police station, Ondo State, for drug trafficking.
    The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, said that the suspect was dismissed from the service for drug offences.
    Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested in Niger state, with an accomplice, Emmanuel Eniola, 40, with 280 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 168kg.
    “They were arrested on Sunday Jan. 30 in Mokwa, Niger state, after their Toyota Avalon car marked EKY 429 BZ (Lagos) was intercepted, loaded with the substance at Idanre, and heading to Kanji, Borgu area of the state,” he said.
    In another development, Babafemi said that attempts by some traffickers to export different quantities of methamphetamine to Brazil and the UK were also scuttled by narcotic officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
    He said that the first bid was made on Friday Jan. 28 through the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) export shed, where operatives intercepted 0.80kg of meth concealed in a hair relaxer plastic container bound for the UK.
    “A suspect, Akuta Lucy, who presented the consignment for search, had been arrested for further investigation.
    “The second attempt was on Friday, Feb. 4 during the outward clearance of passengers at Gate ‘C’ Departure hall of the airport.
    “This was when an intending male passenger on Ethiopian Airline heading to Brazil, Onyeaghala Chidi, was intercepted with 500gms of meth concealed inside three plastic hair relaxer containers,” he said.
    In a related development, Babafemi said that a male passenger, Iliyasu Yushau, from Kampala, Uganda via Nairobi, Kenya, was also arrested by NDLEA operatives with 268 debit cards at the airport.
    He said that the debit cards, belonging to Access Bank, GTBank and Zenith Bank, were seized during the inward clearance of the passengers on the flight on Sunday Jan. 30.
    Meanwhile, “In Edo state, operatives on Friday, Feb. 4 stormed the Igbogiri forest, Orhionwon LGA and destroyed four dry season Cannabis farms measuring 3.067718 hectares.
    “This followed the evacuation of 20 bags of compressed blocks of Cannabis weighing 269.5kg stored in a bush at Uzebba, Owan West LG, the previous day.
    “Also arrested was one Afadama James, 42, with 348kg cannabis at Owan, Ovia North East LGA on Wednesday Feb. 2, ” he said.
    Similarly, the NDLEA spokesperson said that operatives in Delta state arrested a 21-year-old student of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Kate Osagie, with over 17.6gms designer drugs she ordered from Onitsha, Anambra state.
    Babafemi added that NDLEA operatives in Borno state on Thursday, Feb. 3 also nabbed one Fatima Musa, 30, for attempting to smuggle pentazocine injections into the camp of surrendered insurgents.
    “In Plateau state, operatives intercepted a truck marked LSD857XB coming from Ekpoma, Edo state, with 885 blocks of cannabis sativa that weighed 736kg.
    “A N400,000 bribe paid to the arresting officers has also been warehoused as part of exhibits for prosecution.
    “Two suspects; Ebunoluwa Babalola, 40, and Sulyman Sheu, 30, were arrested at Ganmo, Ilorin, Kwara state, with 90kg of Cannabis,” he said.
    In the same vein, 2kg of Methamphetamine being brought to Abuja by a 29-year-old Charity Omuche from Anambra state, was equally intercepted on Friday, Feb. 4, by operatives at Gwagwalada area of the FCT.
    Babafemi said that officers of the Kaduna Command of the agency also arrested a suspect, Buhari Umar, with 300 shisha pens and 999 portions of synthetic cannabinoids with gross weight of 9.690kg,” he said.
    He quoted the Chairman, NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, as commending the officers and men of the Lagos airport; Niger; Edo; Borno; Plateau; Kwara; FCT; and Delta Commands for the successful interdiction operations.
    He said that such operations led to the seizure of thousands of kilograms of illicit drugs from across the country in the past week, as he charged the operatives and their compatriots in other commands to be alive to their responsibilities.
  • DPO, 8 other policemen, 2 ‘Yan-Sa-Kai’ killed in Kebbi

    DPO, 8 other policemen, 2 ‘Yan-Sa-Kai’ killed in Kebbi

    The Kebbi State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), eight other policemen and two ‘Yan Sa-Kai operatives during a gun duel with suspected bandits in Sakaba Local Government Areas of the state.

    The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi.

    Abubakar said: “DPO Sakaba, eight other policemen and two ‘yan-sa-kais lost their lives during a gun duel with the bandits on Sunday at about 14:30 hours.”

    Credible sources who preferred to be anonimous told NAN that some bandits on Sunday attacked Dankolo, Sakaba, Makuku, Dokar Kambari and Kurmin Hodo villages of Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State.

    The sources said two vigilante operatives, popularly known as ’Yan-Sa-Kai’ and an unspecified number of residents of the villages were also killed.

    “The bandits too suffered heavy casualty from our men,” one of the sources said.

    A resident, Salisu Adamu, said: “Bandits attacked our villages since around 8:00 a.m. Please we need your prayers.

    “They have killed DPO Jimoh Abdullahi, four policemen and two ’Yan sa Kais’. Please we need your prayers. They killed seven people in Inana village alone.

    “They carted away thousands of cattle from Dankolo, Sakaba, Makuku, Dokar Kambari and Kurmin Hodo villages and many food items as they came with more than 100 motorcycles, well-armed.

    “They started shooting sporadically which prompted the village people to flee for safety in different directions.”

    Husseini Bala, a resident of Dirin Daji, said that seven mobile police officers, the DPO and his orderly were missing.

    “The DPO, his orderly, one inspector and seven mobile policemen are still not accounted for. We don’t know whether they are dead or alive,” he said.

    Spokesperson of the Kebbi State Police Command, ASP Nafiu Abubakar, did not respond to calls and text messages sent to his number up till the time of filing this report.

    Alhaji Ladan Musa Mohammed, Chief of Sakaba Chiefdom, when contacted by journalists, described the attack as disheartening.

  • I was almost stabbed by Kubwa NYSC Camp looters – DPO

    I was almost stabbed by Kubwa NYSC Camp looters – DPO

    The Kubwa Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Abdullahi Bello, on Tuesday, said the hoodlums who looted the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kubwa almost stabbed him while trying to safeguard the facility.

    Bello, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said he and his men had to retreat to avoid the hoodlums from attacking them.

    He said all efforts to talk to them that there was no palliative stored in the camp warehouse fell on deaf hear.

    “When they flooded the orientation camp on Saturday, we talked to them and even opened the warehouse for them to see that there was no palliative materials in the store.

    “Today, we did the same talking to them but they did not listen. They started throwing stones while some were pulled out knives and whatever.

    “They advanced towards the warehouse where items and food stuff meant for the incoming youth corps members were kept. They looted and made away with items, food stuff, equipment and even old mattresses in the camp.

    “I was almost stabbed by them,” he said.

    The DPO said 20 officers were deployed initially to safeguard the camp but more officers were later reinforced when things were getting out of hand.

    “We deployed additional 20 officers, making 40 personnel,” he said.

    Bello, who said that his men decided to exercise great caution despite the provisions of the law that allowed police officers to use minimum force in such situation, said it took military intervention to put everything under control.

    Bello, who could not confirm that two people were shot dead during the incident, said at least 38 persons were arrested in connection with the looting.

  • #EndSARS: Police speak on alleged beheading of DPO in Rivers LG

    #EndSARS: Police speak on alleged beheading of DPO in Rivers LG

    Police in Rivers have debunked rumour that a divisional police officer (DPO) was beheaded in Oyigbo Local Government Area by hoodlums.

    Rivers police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni confirmed to newsmen on Friday that the rumour was false.

    He said no police officer has been killed in the area except two who were killed on October 20 by hoodlums.

    “The DPO is alive, he is with me (here),” Mr Omoni said.

    There have been reports of heavy gunfire in Oyigbo despite a curfew imposed in the area by the Rivers State Government.

    It was gathered that soldiers have also been deployed to the area, Eleme and oil mill junction on Aba Road.

    Omoni said he has heard of violence in Oyigbo, but that he was yet to get a report from the area.

  • GRAPHIC PHOTO: 100 Gunmen invade Sokoto; kill DPO, Inspector in gun battle

    GRAPHIC PHOTO: 100 Gunmen invade Sokoto; kill DPO, Inspector in gun battle

    The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the death of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and an Inspector attached to the Gidan Madi Division in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state.

    The command’s Spokesman, DSP Sadiq Abubakar, told newsmen on Thursday in Sokoto that about 100 unknown gunmen invaded the town and engaged the police in a gun battle.

    Abubakar said the incident occurred at about 1:30 a.m. and two officers, including Mr. Aliyu Bello, the DPO, and Muhammad Abdullahi, an Inspector, were shot dead by the armed men dressed in army camouflage.

    He said another ASP Sani Abdullahi sustained injuries and was hospitalized, while the police have drafted senior officers to undertake an assessment of the situation.

    According to him, emergency meetings were conducted by the police along with sister security agencies, district heads, and council administrators.

    He reiterated the police commitment to safeguarding people’s lives and property and urged citizens to assist the authorities with useful information.

  • Tragedy: DPO, seven policemen, one civilian killed in Kogi bank robbery

    Tragedy: DPO, seven policemen, one civilian killed in Kogi bank robbery

    Nine persons, including eight policemen and one civilian, were feared killed on Thursday in Isanlu, Kogi State when a gang of armed robbers launched an attack on a branch of a first-generation bank in the town.

    The incident, which took place in Isanlu under Yagba East Local Government Area of the state has since sent panic across the region.

    It was gathered that the armed robbers invaded the bank in the evening, shooting sporadically with stray bullets hitting several persons.

    The robbers then proceeded to a police station in the town and killed the eight policemen.

    An eyewitness revealed that the robbers forced their way into the banking hall using dynamite to destroy the security doors of the facility.

    He added that an undisclosed amount of money was carted away by the bandits during the attack.

    “They attacked the community police station and killed so many officers, even passersby were not spared,” the eyewitness said.

    The incident has disrupted commercial and other activities in the town.

    William Aya, the spokesman of the Police Command in Kogi, confirmed the robbery incident and the invasion of the police station, but added that the casualty figure was “still hazy”.

    “The Commissioner of Police, Ede Ayuba, has dispatched the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the operation, to Isanlu to ascertain the true situation,” he said.

    Mr Aya promised to brief the press “as soon as details are available.”

  • Rivers DPO dies after undergoing brain surgery

    The Rivers State Police Command lost CSP Sanni Summaila, who was until his death the DPO of Rumuokoro Police Division.

    The late Sanni Summaila fell to the cold hands of death after brain surgery.

    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Rivers State Command DSP Nnamdi Omoni, in a press statement titled, “Death While in Service” disclosed the sad incident.

    He said “with a deep sense of loss but with total submission to the Will of the Almighty, the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, CP Mustapha Dandaura, regrets to announce the untimely death of Late CSP Sanni Summaila, who died last night after undergoing Brain Surgery.

    The Commissioner of Police on behalf of the Officers and Men of the Command conveys the Command’s sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Officer and prays God to grant them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

    The statement added that the remains of the late Officer have been deposited in the mortuary and that his family has been contacted. Further developments regarding the Burial arrangements will be communicated accordingly.

    The statement regrets that Late CSP Sanni Summaila died when his services to his fatherland were most needed.

  • Kidnapped Adamawa DPO regains freedom

    Kidnapped Adamawa DPO regains freedom

    The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the rescue of DSP Ahijo Muhammad, DPO of Mubi Division, who was kidnapped a fortnight ago by unidentified persons.

    DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, the Command’s Spokesman, confirmed the development on Saturday in Yola.

    Nguroje explained that Muhammad was rescued on Saturday evening by Police Operation Puff Ader/Operation Farauta in Mubi.

    “DSP Ahijo Muhammad, DPO Mubi North, was rescued from the hands of his abductors unharmed and healthy.

    ” The Command Anti Kidnap Unit is now investigating the matter with a view to arresting the fled kidnappers” Nguroje said.

    Muhammad was abducted about two weeks ago while travelling from Yola to Mubi.

  • BREAKING: Gunmen attack Bayelsa Police Station, kill DPO, three policemen

    Unidentified gunmen have attacked the Agudiama-Ekpetiama police station in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, killing the Divisional Police officer (DPO) and three other policemen.
    Details shortly…