Tag: Gun Battle
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How Sunday Igboho evaded arrest during gun battle with his guards – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) claims men suspected to be guards of Sunday Igboho engaged operatives of the agency in a gun battle during a raid on the home of the Yoruba Nation agitator in Ibadan on Thursday morning. This is according to the DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who stated this during a press…
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Six dead as Police, armed robbery gang exchange fire in Akwa Ibom
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom State has confirmed the killing of six suspected armed robbers who specialised in car snatching in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Amiengheme Andrew, disclosed this while displaying the remains of the suspects in a Police Hilux van, at Ikot Akpan-Abia in…
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Six killed in Akwa Ibom police, robbers gun battle
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the killing of six suspected armed robbers who specialized in car snatching in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Amiengheme Andrew, revealed this while displaying the remains of the suspects in a Police Hilux van, at Ikot Akpan-Abia in Uyo…
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Mexican soldiers release El Chapo’s son after gun battle
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on Friday said that Mexican soldiers have released the son of jailed drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman after his arrest sparked gun battles in Culiacan in the north-west. “The situation became very difficult and many citizens were at risk,’’ Lopez Obrador said at a news conference in Oaxaca in…
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BREAKING: Military, Boko Haram in gun battle in Yobe
Damaturu, Yobe State capital is currently under Boko Haram attack. The attack which came from the northeastern part of the town created fears to residents of Maisandari and Red Bricks Housing Estate of the metropolis. The attack which began at about 5.30 pm is said to have lasted for about an hour. A resident of…