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  • Ekiti: Police arrest 10 suspects over FUOYE student’s death

    Ekiti: Police arrest 10 suspects over FUOYE student’s death

    The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested 10 suspects allegedly connected to the death of a student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti.

    The deceased, Atanda Deborah, was a 200-level Nursing student who went missing and her body later found in a shallow grave, about 30 metres behind the Nursing Lecture Hall of the university, on Sept. 5.

    A statement on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti signed by command Public Relations Officer, DSP Sunday Abutu, appealed to members of the public to be calm.

    He said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Ogundare Dare had directed for thorough investigation to unearth the identity of the perpetrators and ensure their prosecution.

    Dare enjoined anyone with useful information concerning the incident to visit Oye Divisional Police Headquarters, Oye-Ekiti or the State CID.

    He added that those with useful information could also call 09064050086 or 08053499199.

  • Police declare war on cultism in Edo, arrest 124 suspects

    Police declare war on cultism in Edo, arrest 124 suspects

    Operatives of the Police Command in Edo have arrested 124 people for allegedly involving in cult fighting and killings in the state.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Muhammed Dankwara, made the disclosure at a news briefing on Thursday in Benin.

    Dankwara said that the arrest followed the command’s efforts toward putting an end to secret cult activities and killings in the state.

    Dankwara said that seven persons were killed in the recent renewed cult fight in the state.

    “Recall that there was an upsurge in secret cult activities and killings in the state.

    “There, some faceless cultists had clandestine meetings in hotels, apartments, lounges, houses and drinking joints of different locations in the city and discussed on how to attack and kill their perceived rival secret cult members.

    “The command has arrested 124 suspects in our fight against cult fighting and killings; 97 of these suspects were charged to court and 13 suspects were released after profiling,” he said.

    Dankwara noted that 14 other suspects were still under investigation to unravel some noticed and discovered things during profiling.

    The arrests, he said, were made by the command’s Anti-Cultism, Anti-Kidnapping and Cybercrime unit, in collaboration with Edo State Security Network.

    The police commissioner warned state actors, non-state actors and sponsors of the various secret cult confraternities giving money, hotels, apartments, lounges, houses, drinking joints or any other dwelling place as support for clandestine meetings to withdraw their patronages.

    According to him, anyone found guilty will be arrested and prosecuted, while such property will be sealed through the instrumentality of the law.

  • Police nab 15 suspects over `sit-at-home’ shooting in Ebonyi

    Police nab 15 suspects over `sit-at-home’ shooting in Ebonyi

    The Police in Ebonyi on Friday, announced the arrest of 15 persons suspected to be involved in the shooting by  IPOB members on Tuesday at new market and Ishieke axis of the state.

    The shooting was carried out as the suspects forced people to abide by the order issued by the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stopping all residents from coming out of their homes for seven days, from July 3 to 10.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Faleye Olayele told reporters in Abakaliki that among the 15 suspects arrested from their hideouts, were two herbalists, Okwudili Otozi and Nnenna Ali.

    “They have attacked our area commander and burnt our vehicle. They have been terrorizing the state. On July 4, they came to Ishieke firing sporadically and that was on Tuesday.

    “I want to tell you that 15 of them have been apprehended, together with their herbalists. We recovered arms and charms of different kinds.

    Olayele said that the suspects were preparing for another attack on Friday when they were arrested by the police.

    “This shows that our officers are dedicated to their duties; the arrest was made possible by our men through the information we got,” he said, and warned all criminal elements to steer clear of Ebonyi.

    However, one of the herbalists told newsmen that he was forced to join the gang.

    “I did not know that they wanted to operate in Ebonyi; they came to me and requested for medicine and I gave it to them, after which they forced me to join them to the bush for further preparations.

    “Please, I was forced to follow them after I gave them the medicine,” Otozi claimed.

  • Police arrest 7 over cultism, murder in Edo

    Police arrest 7 over cultism, murder in Edo

    The Police Command in Edo says it has arrested seven suspects for allegedly been involved in cultism and murder in the state.

    The suspects were Adodo Etiosa, Ogbeifun Destiny, Atohan Osazuwa, Enohiese Nelson, Okechukwu Samuel Omoruyi Friday and Osayande Ohbomwan.

    Briefing newsmen on Thursday in Benin, the command’s spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the officers of Divisional Police Officer, Aduwawa, while conducting a raid on black spots at Upper Mission Extension following secret cult killings, arrested some of the suspects, driving in one RX 330 SUV with registration number BEN 899 NC.

    According to him, upon searching the vehicle, one laptop and a cutlass were recovered, and the suspects confessed to being members of Black Axe, who are involved in the recent cult fights and killings in the state.

    Nwabuzor said others were arrested at Okhunmwun community by the police and vigilantes.

    “Upon searching, a bag belonging to Ogbomwan, two locally made pistols and six live cartridges were recovered,” he said.

    He said the suspects confessed to being members of Black Axe secret cult confraternity while Osayande Ogbomwan confessed that he and some of his members killed one Gideon Ojeaga at Iguosa community.

    Nwabuzor said the suspects would be charged in court.

    But speaking with journalists, Osazuwa denied being a member of any cult group.

    “The police arrested us while we were going home and took us to the station, and when they searched our bag, they found a laptop and a cutlass, which my friend is using to work on his building site.

    “We are surprised they brought us here, saying we are cultists and that we killed someone. We are not cultists, and we didn’t kill anyone,” he said.

  • NDLEA arrests 352 suspects, seizes 2.1 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano

    NDLEA arrests 352 suspects, seizes 2.1 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested 352 suspects and seized 2.1 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano State.

    The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview NAN in Kano on Thursday.

    Idris-Ahmad said that the seizures and arrests were made between January and March.

    He said that the suspects arrested comprised of 208 males and 44 females, while the drugs seized included 955.304 kg of cannabis sativa and 1,225.05 kg of Codeine and Tramadol.

    Others according to him,  were 25 grammes of cocaine, 17 grammes of heroine and 52 grammes of methamphetamine.

    The commander said that the major challenge before the agency in the state was convincing communities to expose peddlers of illicit drugs in their midst.

    “Our challenge is being able to educate the communities to provide useful information about the hideouts of drug users or peddlers whose activities had continued to impact negatively on the society.

    “People should be aware of the dangers that drug users or traffickers constitute in the society so that the public will come out with useful information to ensure a drug-free society,” Idris-Ahmad said.

    He therefore appealed to the general public to provide useful and timely information on drug traffickers to the command, so as to take them out of circulation and safeguard the society.

  • Police arrest 11 suspects with human parts in Ibadan

    Police arrest 11 suspects with human parts in Ibadan

    The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested 11 suspects in possession of nine dry human skulls, one fresh human head, intestines and other vital body parts.

    SP Adewae Osifeso, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this on Thursday in Ibadan, while briefing journalists.

    Osifeso who disclosed that the suspects were arrested in their hideout at Orita-Aperin area of Ibadan, added that 16 others were arrested in connection with alleged kidnapping and armed robbery.

    He explained that discreet intelligence gathering carried out on Feb. 22 by a police monitoring unit uncovered the criminal activities of the suspects.

    He said that the suspects specialised in selling human skulls and other organs for ritual purposes.

    The PPRO said that the 11 members of the criminal gang had all confessed to the crime upon interrogations.

    He said that the suspects confessed that the dry human skulls were harvested from corpses at burial grounds.

    He said they also confessed that the fresh human head and other body organs were harvested from persons after being killed by their kingpin, simply identified as Amuludun who is now at large.

    Osifeso said that investigation was now in progress to arrest the fleeing suspects, adding that further developments would be communicated to the public later.

    Meanwhile one of the suspects and wife of the principal suspect now at large, said she knew her husband as an Islamic cleric and was suprised when the human skulls were found in his office.

    She said that she went to her husband’s office to collect money for foodstuffs when the police came and searched the office where the skulls were found.

    The command’s spokesman also said that seven suspected armed robbers who invaded Felele community, Ibadan with guns and some other dangerous weapons were arrested.

    Osifeso said the victims raised alarm when the armed robbers were fleeing, adding that the alarm attracted a police monitoring unit who arrested the suspects.

  • EFCC arrests 17 suspects over vote buying

    EFCC arrests 17 suspects over vote buying

    Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission ( EFCC) have arrested 17 people suspected of vote buying in Katsina and Kano States.

    The EFCC Kano Zonal Commander, Farul Dogondaji told NAN in a telephone interview that 16 of the suspects were arrested in Kano and one in Katsina state.

    He said that six suspects were apprehended in Tofa and Ungogo Local Government Areas with bags of rice and semovita.

    “We also arrested 10 suspects at Kofar Danagundi and Kwalli Primary School in Municipal Local Government Area,” he said.

    Dogondaji said that one suspect was apprehended with 60 wrappers in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina state.

    He said that all the suspects were arrested while attempting to share the items to influence voters during the presidential and national assembly elections.

    The EFCC commander said the suspects will be charged to court after investigation.

  • Suspects of Igueben Train Attack in court for Exparte Order – Police

    Suspects of Igueben Train Attack in court for Exparte Order – Police

    Edo Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, on Sunday said the suspects of Igueben Train Attack and abduction appeared in court for the extension of exparte order.

    Nwabuzor’s reaction in Benin, follows speculations and reports that the court has commenced trial of the suspects.

    According to Nwabuzor, ” Exparte Order, It’s an order of court that enables the Police investigators to extend the detention of a suspect(s) for a period of 14 days to enable them to meet with exegesis

    Recall that on Jan. 7, unknown gunmen attacked and kidnapped unspecified passengers at Igueben train station who were waiting to board a train to Warri.

    According to a copy of pleadings signed by Barr. I. E. Ekibade on behalf of the legal section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), and made available to NAN in Benin, eight suspects are in police custody.

    The suspects, all males, conspired within themselves to “commit felony by wit.”

    The eight suspects are; Ighoko Mustapher Odion, Okojie Dominic Ewa, Ojie Patrick, Friday Ighedujiemu, Chief Ibadin Hamilton, Halilu Umaru, Aminu Ibrahim and Isah Aliyu.

    The state Commissioner of police who is the complainant in the case, filed and prayed the court to serve justice to the eight suspects because they have committed an offence punishable under the Kidnapping Prohibition (Amendment) Law of the state.”

    The document revealed that Odion, 62, Ewa, 58, Patrick, 42, Ighedujiemu, 51, Hamilton, 59, Umaru, 28, Ibrahim, 25, and Aliyu, 25, conspired to kidnap the victims with the expectation of getting N20 million from their relatives as ransom for their freedom.

    The two count-charge against the suspects contravened Section 5 and punishable under Section 2 (1) (2) of the Kidnapping Prohibition (Amendment) Law of Edo State, 2013.

  • NDLEA arrests 48 suspects over alleged drug trafficking in Edo

    NDLEA arrests 48 suspects over alleged drug trafficking in Edo

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo, says it has arrested no fewer than 48 suspects over alleged illicit drug trafficking in October.

    This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja by Mr. Buba Wakawa, the NDLEA Commander in the state.

    The commander also said that 10 suspected cannabis farms measuring 8.23 hectares were destroyed, and three vehicles and one motor bike intercepted.

    Wakawa however said that the command secured six convictions within the month.

    He said that those arrested included 39 males and nine females, while about 7,379.59 kilogrammes of drugs were seized from them.

    He listed the items as cannabis sativa, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and codeine-based syrup, among others.

    Wakawa appreciated the people of the state for their unflinching support to the command and appealed for more intelligence on the activities of drug merchants.

    “I believe that together we will cripple their evil trade, so that we can jointly make Edo drug free.

    “The task given to us by our Chairman Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa to rid the nation of drug abuse and trafficking, is a mandate that must be achieved,” Wakawa added.

  • Police rescue 4 shoplifting suspects from jungle justice in Lagos

    Police rescue 4 shoplifting suspects from jungle justice in Lagos

    The timely intervention of the police has saved four suspected shoplifters from jungle justice in Surulere area of Lagos State.

    The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.

    Hundeyin said that police from Surulere Division rescued one Babatunde Ogunsemi, aged 48, Olatunde Ayinde, 50, Oludare Olusegun, 49 and Sunday Ebifega, 41 from a mob for allegedly shoplifting at a supermarket in Surulere.

    He said that the suspects were rescued and thereafter arrested following swift deployment of officers after a distress call from members of the community about the mob action.

    “The syndicate had ventured into a supermarket, attempted to steal before they were caught.

    “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were once captured on CCTV while hoplifting six bottles of Martell Blue swift cognac from the same supermarket.

    “One of the suspects, Sunday, had been previously charged to court in 2021 for shoplifting,” he said.

    The image maker said that the suspects would be arraigned at the conclusion of investigation.

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Abiodun Alabi, commended residents of the state for always promptly alerting the authorities to suspicious persons and happenings.

    The CP warned member of the public to desist from jungle justice as it was a crime in itself.