Tag: Robbery
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Family buries policeman killed during Osun bank robbery
The policeman who was killed during the bank robbery in Iree town, Osun State has been buried on Friday. The deceased, Jeleel Aladeokin, better known as Kay, was one of the constabularies recruited into the police from the area. The armed robbers, on Thursday, attacked branches of United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Access bank…
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Police arrest 154 suspects for armed robbery, other crimes in Kano
The police command in Kano State says it arrested 154 suspects for armed robbery and other crimes in the last three months. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, spokesperson for the command, said this in a statement on Sunday in Kano. Haruna said the suspects were arrested at different times and locations in various raids conducted under the…
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Security guard masterminds robbery attack on employer, gets his colleague killed [Photo]
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a security guard working at the S.A. Filling Station in Ondo town, Abiodun Osuntimehin, for his alleged involvement in the robbery of the station. Abiodun was said to have masterminded the robbery attack on the station. A colleague of the suspect was said to have been killed by…
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Sad! Six youths to die by hanging for robbery
A high court in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has sentenced six youths to death for armed robbery. The convicts, one of whom a final-year student of Modibbo Adama University, Yola, were found guilty of mounting illegal roadblocks and stealing from passengers at gunpoint. Justice Abdulazeez Waziri of the state High Court 4 said they…
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Police sergeant arrested with gang members during robbery operation in Port Harcourt
A serving police sergeant, Ibrahim Odege and one Sampson Odege have been arrested while carrying out robbery operation at Elekahia Housing Estate, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Sergeant Odege is attached to the Operations Department of the Rivers Police Command while his accomplice, Inomoghe, 32 years old, hails from Nembe, in Bayelsa State, but resides at…
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Court remands 7 men for robbery, kidnapping of church members
An Itori Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Thursday, remanded seven men in a correctional service centre for allegedly robbing church members of their properties and kidnapping one during church service. The defendants, Mohamodu Sanni, 24, Abdul Salad, 28, Abdulraman Musa, 38, Abubakar Ibrahim, 39, Umar Aliu, 30, Suleiman Yusuf, 30, and Ismaila Yusuf, 20, are…
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Police arrest five armed robbery suspects in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it arrested five armed robbery suspects in Abuja. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, said in a statement on Sunday that they were arrested around Wuse in the early hours following a distress call. She said the suspects were arrested by police operatives from Wuse Division,…
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Robbery saga: Police release MKO Abiola’s sons
Two children of the late MKO Abiola, Kassim and Aliyu Abiola, have been finally released from police custody. Recall TheNEwsGuru, TNG had earlier reported that the two brothers were arrested following a robbery incident at the residence of the late businessman and presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Kassim and Aliyu had…
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Two murdered, Police killed in Kogi robbery attack
Armed robbers shot and killed two persons and wounded a policeman at a roadblock on the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja Expressway. The sad incident, which happened on Saturday, caused chaos on the road, with motorists abandoning their vehicles, while some commuters who sought safety in nearby houses were denied. It was gathered that the two…
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Robbery: Detained MKO Abiola’s sons sue Lagos CP, demand N100m damages
Sons of the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential election, late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, Kassim and Aliyu Abiola, have filed a N100 million fundamental rights suit against the Lagos state Commissioner of Police over their detention. The suit was filed through their lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN). The Lagos State…