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  • Police rescue suspect from mob action, recover bus

    Police rescue suspect from mob action, recover bus

    The Police Command in Enugu State has rescued one Ugo Nweke from an angry mob that caught him allegedly trying to steal a commercial bus at Abakpa-Nike in the Enugu metropolis.

    In a statement on Sunday in Enugu, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said the suspect had been arrested.

    Ndukwe said that the police operatives recovered a yellow Toyota Hiace commercial bus which the suspect had attempted to nick.

    He said that the timely intervention of police operatives saved the suspect from being lynched on April 29 at about 8:40 a.m.

    “Police operatives, following a distress call received, immediately rescued and arrested one Ugo Nweke,34, of Cabinet-Amahausa, Obiagu, Enugu, from an angry mob.

    “The irate mob was at the verge of setting him ablaze with a tyre for allegedly attempting to steal a bus from where it was parked at Texaco, Abakpa-Nike in Enugu metropolis.

    “The suspect will be charged to court on conclusion of investigation,’’ he said.

    Ndukwe said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, had commended police operatives for successfully carrying out the operation and other operations within the state.

    He said: “The commissioner has charged officers and men of the command to remain resolute and committed to the quest of ridding the state of unrepentant criminals and their activities.

    “He also enjoins law-abiding residents to continue to assist the police with timely and credible information needed to further curb acts of crime and criminality in the state’’.

  • Slain jobseeker: Mob wrecks Akwa Ibom alleged serial rapist’s house, ‘arrests’ father

    Slain jobseeker: Mob wrecks Akwa Ibom alleged serial rapist’s house, ‘arrests’ father

    Youths from Nnung Ikono Obio in the Oruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday, invaded the family house of Uduak Akpan, the major suspect in the killing of a jobseeker, Iniubong Umoren, and vandalized it.

    According to reports, the angry youth took the action after setting aflame the security post of the one-storey building.

    The youth carted away all the belongings in the building and took the father of the suspected killer to the police.

    Iniubong was allegedly enticed, kidnapped and sexually abused to death by Akpan, who hails from the local government.

    The youth explained that their action was based on the alleged complicity of Akpan in the murder of the 26-year-old graduate of Philosophy from the University of Uyo.

    In a chat with Punch, the youth President Sunday Essien, expressed displeasure at the alleged action of an indigene of the community.

    “There is nothing happening apart from what you have already heard. It’s not good for the boy to kill a fellow human being. We don’t know that that was what he had been doing. That is the reason we took this action,” Essien said.

    He, however, absolved the Chairman of the local government council, Mr Iniobong Ekpenyong, saying he played the role of the chief security officer of council by calling the police to arrest the suspect.

    In another development, students of the Faculty of Arts, University of Uyo, who were dressed in black outfits, on Tuesday, protested against the horrible murder of Iniubong and demanded that justice be served.

    The students walked round the school campus in a solemn procession and called on wife of the state governor, Mrs Martha Udom Emmanuel, to play her motherly role by ensuring that justice was achieved.

    The leader of 2015 set of the faculty, Mr Unyime Anietie, vowed to ensure that their colleague’s death would not go in vain after labouring so hard to go through school.

    He stated, “Iniubong Umoren did not deserve to die; she didn’t have to die after all the stress she went through in school. We want to appeal to Mrs Martha Emmanuel to use her pet project, Family Empowerment and Youths Re-orientation Path-initiative to ensure that the perpetrators of such act are brought to justice.

    “If this is what it will take for rape and all other forms of gender-based violence to end, then we appeal to all stakeholders to see to the end of this case.”

     

  • Mob set suspected kidnapper’s property ablaze in Kwara

    Mob set suspected kidnapper’s property ablaze in Kwara

    An angry mob, mostly youths, on Friday set ablaze property of a suspected kidnapper, simply identified as Ramoni, in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara.

    Some of the property that were touched by the mob included two private cars, two houses and a hotel structure belonging to the suspected kidnapper.

    Ramoni, a herder and hotelier, was said to have been whisked away by soldiers along with an accomplice herbalist, Bunmi Popoola, for their alleged involvement in a kidnapping saga in Odo-Owa, Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara, on Thursday.

    An unnamed hunter in Odo-Owa was said to have foiled payment of a ransom to secure the freedom for a kidnapped victim, who was tied down in a Fulani settlement called Ruga and alerted security agencies.

    Some of the kidnappers were said to have fled the scene while Ramoni, who was in his car with Bunmi heading toward Ruga at the time, were suspected to have a hand in the incident and were promptly arrested and whisked away by soldiers.

    The 27-year-old Popoola, Ramoni’s alleged accomplice, was formerly a kingmaker in Odo-Owa community but was in October 2016 expelled by the Odo-Owa Traditional Council for criminal activities.

    He was accused of raping a 27-year-old girl, simply identified as Joke, under the guise of curing her of an ailment.

    Joke, an Agricultural Science graduate of the College of Education, Lafiagi, was reportedly afflicted with a strange disease in 2014, which defied orthodox medication and was referred to Popoola for treatment.

    Joke’s mother had told the police then that Popoola always used a handkerchief to wipe the private part of her daughter each time he had sex with her and threatening her with death, if she revealed what he did.

    Popoola was later arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, presided over by Mr Ahmed Immam, and ordered to be remanded in prison custody over a one-count charge of murder.

    Ramoni on the other hand was said to be on the radar of the youths in the community and was being observed for allegedly belonging to a kidnap syndicate.

    The aforementioned past scenarios involving the two suspects was said to have angered the youths and compounded their woes.

    NAN gathered that the soldiers had to whisk away the two suspects to an unknown destination on Thursday to prevent the youths from setting ablaze the Odo-Owa Police Division where they were initially detained.

    The youths allegedly from Odo-Owa in their hundreds on motorbike and holding dangerous weapons, including charms, had stormed Ramoni’s residence and hotel premises in Omu-Aran as early as 9 a.m on Friday and set the property ablaze.

    NAN reports that cases of kidnappings had become rampant in most of the communities in Kwara South and had created tension and anxiety among the populace.

    When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of Kwara Police Command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said he was yet to be briefed about the development.

    Okasanmi however promised to get back to NAN after hearing from officers at the Omu-Aran division, where the incident took place.

  • Mob lynches soldier for killing five civilians in Borno

    Mob lynches soldier for killing five civilians in Borno

    There was pandemonium on Saturday in Borno after a soldier allegedly killed five civilians at Barka da Zuwa, a well known hideout for criminals along Baga road in Maiduguri.

    According to reports, the killing angered residents who gathered in their numbers to lynch the soldier.

    An eyewitness, who identified himself as Musa, said the incident happened around 8.30pm on Saturday, adding that the soldier opened fire and ordered people to leave the place.

    “I saw the soldier walk in straight to where his girlfriend was seated and immediately opened fire in between her legs. He said we should leave the place. He fired three rounds of shot simultaneously.

    “Those shots he fired killed two persons instantly. He fired more and killed two other persons. As he made way to escape, he fired into the air, but the boys around followed and stabbed him in the back before disarming and slaying him with knife,” Musa, a bakery worker, said.

    Killings, according to available information, have become recurrent at the notorious criminal black spot located along Maimalari Army Barrack that hosts Operation Lafiya Dole and 7 Division of the Nigerian army.

    “They kill people here every time. These soldiers come here with their arms and ammunition fully loaded. When they come and meet you with their girlfriends, who are all commercial sex workers, they will shoot you and run away,” another source said.

    According to the eyewitnesses, the dead bodies were evacuated by relations of the victims while many others sustained injuries during the shooting.

    “The military police came and evacuated the body of the slain soldier; the Igbo people evacuated the body of the Igbo boy killed by the stray bullet. He was in his shop selling when the bullet hit him; his name is Azuka. The other bodies were also evacuated by their relatives.

    “But the injured ones are many; nobody can tell you how many got injured because while the police from Ibrahim Taiwo came for arrests, many people ran for safety. There was pandemonium everywhere,” Luka, a shop owner at Barka da Zuwa stated.

    Meanwhile, the Borno State Police Command is yet confirm or issue a statement on the incident.

  • Angry mob lynches six bandits in Southern Kaduna

    Security agencies have reported to the Kaduna State Government the killing of six bandits by mobs in Sanga and Lere local government areas of Kaduna state.

    According to the operational feedback, on 24th December 2020 at Fadan Karshi in Sanga local government area, two bandits attacked a businessman and dispossessed him of money and other valuables.

    Samuel Aruwan , Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State,said on receiving the distress call, the military and police set out to the location.

    However, on getting to the scene, some angry locals had already lynched the bandits and burnt them to ashes.

    In the same local government, on Thursday night armed bandits opened fire on motorists plying the Aboro-Kafanchan Road. The bullets hit one Richard Sabo who in the course of driving knocked down one of the bandits to death.

    Sadly, Mr. Sabo who suffered bullet wounds was confirmed dead at Gwantu General Hospital. In Lere local government, security agencies reported that some bandits from a neighboring state who specialized in stealing livestock were also killed through mob action.

    According to the report, the bandits were chased and overpowered at Domawa village where three of them met their end in the hands of the mob. On a sad note, the government is in receipt of a report of the killing of a commercial motorcyclist, one Hudu Yahaya of Ungwan Nungu village of Sanga local government.

    He was beheaded by bandits who escaped with his motorcycle. Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sent condolences to the families of Richard Sabo and Hudu Yahaya and prayed for the repose of their souls.

    The Governor has also made a strong appeal to citizens to continue to have recourse to the law and not resort to jungle justice.

  • Mob sets alleged phone thief ablaze in Oyo

    Mob sets alleged phone thief ablaze in Oyo

    A mob, on Wednesday, set ablaze an alleged armed robber at the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

    It was gathered that the occurrence happened in the afternoon as one Tobi Adebayo, a resident of Owode, Apata, Ibadan tried to recover his stolen mobile telephone from some robbers.

    The robbery suspects, whose identities had yet to be known as of the time of filing this report, had an accident at the Agodi area of the city while trying to evade being caught by the owner of the mobile phone.

    One of the suspects reportedly died on the spot while his partner, who was badly battered, was set ablaze instantly the mob.

    A statement, made available to reporters by the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, read in part, “Incident of robbery/fatal motor/motorcycle accident. Today Wednesday, December 16, at about 3:30pm, one Adebayo Tobi, 27years old, of plot 4, Owode Apata, Ibadan was robbed at Favours area, Awolowo, Bodija, Ibadan of his Vivo 400 android phone and a bag containing some papers by two Okada robbers.

    “Sequel to this, he immediately pursued them with his Toyota Corolla car with registration number, LAGOS KRD 573 CH, along Dandaru Road, opposite INEC office where the hoodlums suddenly entered into a pothole and lost control of the bike and fell off.

    “One of them died instantly, while the other sustained varying degrees of injuries. At the receipt of the information, the DPO, Agodi moved to the scene, but before his arrival, the injured robber had been set ablaze by the mob numbering up to 200.

    “Meanwhile, effort is still on to remove the corpses to the morgue. Investigation has commenced into the incident.”

     

  • Mob beat three to death in Ogun, set vehicle ablaze

    Mob beat three to death in Ogun, set vehicle ablaze

    The Ogun State Police Command on Monday confirmed that three persons have been beaten to death by a mob at Aseese, Mowe, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state.

    A statement issued by the Police public Relation Office, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said after beaten them to death, the mob sets their vehicles ablaze for mere suspicion of theft, with the allegation not substantiated.

    He said it was the quick Intervention of police from Mowe Division that saved the other two from being gruesomely murdered.

    Oyeyemi said the The Ogun State Police Command has issues a warning against individuals or mob who carries out jungle justice against anyone suspected the be a criminal.

    He lamented that some members of the public were taking laws into their hands and applying jungle justice on people suspected of crime, saying this act was becoming alarming and could no longer be tolerated.

    “Another group that is guilty of this barbaric act is the okada riders who are always in the habit of attacking motorists involved in an accident with any of their members.

    “Their usual practice is to set such vehicle ablaze regardless of whether their member is at fault or not,” he said

    “The command is hereby using this medium to warn that such unlawful behaviour will no longer be tolerated in any part of the state, and anybody caught in such dastardly act will be decisively dealt with in accordance with the dictate of the law.

    “In as much as every member of the public has the power to arrest anyone who is suspected to have committed a crime, the provision of the law is that such arrested person should be handed over to any of the law enforcement agencies for proper investigation and prosecution,” he said.

    According to Oyeyemi, “it is therefore an act of barbarism for anybody to apply jungle justice on anyone no matter how weighty is the allegation levelled against such person.

    “Human life is sacred, and it is sacrilegious for anybody to unlawfully take another person’s life.

    “Those who are fond of this primitive act are hereby warned to desist from it henceforth, as the command will not leave any stone unturned to hunt for any one culpable of this act and bring such person to justice.”

  • 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.

     

  • Mob sets suspected thief ablaze in Delta for snatching phone with toy gun

    Mob sets suspected thief ablaze in Delta for snatching phone with toy gun

    A suspected thief was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob in Idjerhe community, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday morning.

    It was gathered that the suspect, who was part of a two-man gang accosted a lady with a toy gun and snatched her mobile phone and undisclosed sum of money.

    When the victim discovered that it was a toy gun, she raised the alarm and the suspected robbers fled.

    The alarm attracted the attention of the mob in the area, who pursued the suspects. They caught one of them, beat him to death before setting his body ablaze.

    Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed the incident.

  • Confusion in Kaduna as mob throng Covid-19 palliative warehouse, loot food items [Photos]

    Confusion in Kaduna as mob throng Covid-19 palliative warehouse, loot food items [Photos]

    Thousands of EndSARS Protesters on Saturday in Kaduna metropolis broke into a warehouse suspected to be a store for Covid-19 food Palliatives.

    The warehouse is located at Tanko Tete crescent , off gwari Avenue, Barnawa Kaduna .

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that the warehouse is situated in the compound of believed to be owned by the Kaduna State Commissioner of Planning and Budget, Hon. Thomas Gyang.

    Recall that TNG’s investigation in June reveals that politics, and corruption marred food palliative distribution in Kaduna during the Covid-19 lockdown