Tag: Robbers
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MUST READ: New strategies used by robbers to rob bank customers
The Ebonyi Police Command on Thursday said it had uncovered a new strategy used by criminals to rob bank customers. The command’s spokesperson, Mrs Loveth Odah, made this known in Abakaliki. Odah warned members of the public, especially bank customers, to always be security conscious whenever they make bank transactions. According to her, the new…
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JUST IN: Robbers attack bank in Ondo, kill five officials, Vice Principal, others
Armed bandits on Mondays killed seven persons in Ido-Ani, Ose local government area of Ondo state during a siege on the only commercial bank at Isewa quarters in the ancient community. The robbery operation was said to have started around 2.00 pm and lasted for about one hour without any resistance. At the end of…
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Police arrest six suspected robbers in military uniforms
The police command in Osun has arrested six suspected highway robbers all dressed in military camouflage uniforms operating along Ife-Ilesa Expressway in the state. Mr Fimihan Adeoye, the State Commissioner of Police paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday. He said the suspects were arrested at the scene of the robbery…
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Anger as Lagos police allegedly arrive robbery scene two hours after robbers escape
There was pandemonium on Efon Alaye Close, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos, on Saturday, as a four-man robbery gang operated freely in the area and vandalised many vehicles. According to a report by The Punch, a distress call to the 767 emergency line made by one of the residents during the attack around 3.30am did not yield positive…
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Police arrest killers of former Katsina commissioner
The Police Force Headquarters on Wednesday paraded eight members of a robbery gang which attacked commuters along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, during which a former Commissioner for Education in Katsina State, Prof Halimatu Idris, was shot dead. The suspects are Lawal Tukur, 40, leader of the gang; Sulaiman Sani, 27; Abubakar Ahmad, 30; Abubakar Adamu, 33; Yahaya…
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Robbers allegedly snatch N9m April salary of LG workers
Gwandu Local Government Area of Kebbi says suspected robbers have stolen over N9m meant for the payment of April salary of workers of its Departments of Health and Agriculture. The chairman of the council, Shehu Bagudu, told newsmen in Gwandu on Thursday that the incident happened on May 24. “The incident happened when the cashier…
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Panic as robbers snatch N9m LG workers’ salary in Kebbi
Gwandu Local Government Area of Kebbi says suspected robbers have stolen over N9m meant for the payment of April salary of workers of its Departments of Health and Agriculture. The chairman of the council, Shehu Bagudu, told newsmen in Gwandu on Thursday that the incident happened on May 24. “The incident happened when the cashier…
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Again, robbers invade bank in Ekiti, kill officer on duty [Graphic photos]
There was pandemonium in Ifake Ekiti, Ekiti State on Thursday as armed robbers attacked the First bank branch of the town. The hoodlums were said to have killed a mobile police officer who was stationed at the bank as they carted away with an undisclosed amount of money. The incident attracted a large number of…
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Horror: Six policemen, several others killed as robbers invade banks in Offa [video]
There was pandemonium on Thursday in Offa, a local community in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State as dare devil robbers invade killed six policemen and six others including residents during a raid of some commercial banks in the area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvd_5DEphx0 Sources said the men, who numbered close to 30, blew up entrances into…
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Robbers kill senior lecturer in UNIBEN
…as police gun down one of the robbers A five-man armed robbery gang has shot dead a senior lecturer of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Dr. Godwin Omofonwa. Dr. Omofonwa was killed on Tuesday at Evbuomore quarters, Ugbowo in Egor local government. This is just as the Edo State Police Command has recalled all policemen…