Tag: Robbery
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Police nab 3 over alleged highway robbery in Enugu
The police command in Enugu State has arrested three alleged highway robbers operating along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Road. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement issued on Sunday that the suspects were arrested on Feb. 15 at about 8p.m. Amaraizu said the feat was achieved by…
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Police arrest two for beheading rice dealer in Osogbo
The police command in Osun says it has arrested two suspects over alleged robbery and killing of a rice dealer by beheading him. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, made this known while parading the suspects and other crime suspects at the Police Headquarters on Thursday in Osogbo. Adeoye said the arrested suspects…
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Banks lost N12bn to robbery, other fraudulent activities in six months – CBN
Statistics obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday revealed that losses recorded by banks from armed robbery cases and other criminal activities perpetrated by members of staff and non-staff members of lending institutions rose to N12bn in six months. According to the CBN the attempted fraud and forgery cases, which were, however,…
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Five men imprisoned over alleged robbery of N2m Rolex watch with toy gun
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded five unemployed men in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly robbing a man of a Rolex wrist watch valued at N2 million with a toy gun. The accused are Ayodele Oluwafemi, 36; Imole Otegbeye, 22; Segun Sunday, 24; Rilwan Abdusalam, 22; and Ezekiel Ayodele, 22. The men, whose addresses…
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BREAKING: Police arrest two Offa robbery suspects [Photos]
The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested two out of the four gang leaders and principal suspects declared wanted on May 4 in connection with the Offa banks robbery. The suspects are: Kunle Ogunleye, 35, aka arrow, a native of Kwara, arrested on May 20 in Oro town in Kwara and Michael Adikwu, a…
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2 inspectors, 3 sergeants nabbed over robbery attempt in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five serving policemen over the alleged robbery attempt on one Mr Immanuel James, at Ago-Palace way, Okota, a Lagos suburb. The suspects — two Inspectors and three Sergeants –were identified to be operatives attached to Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS), Ipakodo. The command’s spokesman, SP…
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Death toll in Offa robbery rises to 30
The death toll from Thursday’s robbery attack in Offa town in Kwara State has risen to at least 30. About 30 robbers had hit the town, raiding five commercial banks along the Owode Market Area of the town in Offa Local Government Area of the state. The attack which lasted for hours had left the…
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Gov Ahmed visits Offa robbery victims, promises to pay medical bills
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has promised to pay the medical bills of victims of Thursday’s armed robbery attack in Offa, headquarters of Offa Local Government Area. Ahmed made the promise when he visited the victims at the General Hospital in Ilorin on Friday. The governor had earlier ordered that the victims be relocated to…
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Police arrest fleeing suspect in Imo Zenith Bank robbery one year after
The Imo State Police Command on Friday arrested the last member of the armed robbery gang that invaded a branch of Zenith Bank in the state. Recall that the armed robbery gang (numbering about four) killed two policemen and wounded another. The suspect was identified as Chinonso Gift Onwuegbuchulam, aka, Ogolo, from Obazu Mbieri in…
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[Video] Two masquerades arrested for robbery in Lagos
The police in Lagos State have arrested two masquerades in their costumes in Elere, in the Agege area of the state. The Acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Edgal Imohimi, in a video that trended on the Internet on Wednesday, accused the masqueraders and their handlers of harassing and robbing the residents of the…