Tag: Vigilante
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Police arrest vigilante operative for killing innocent passerby
Police operatives attached to Ijora Division of the command, on Tuesday 2021, arrested one vigilante operative, 30-years-old Lukman Rasak, for shooting an innocent boy, Musa Yahaya, 28, on his chest at Ijora area of the state. The victim was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead. The police officers who were alerted, raced…
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Vigilante head, two others murdered in Niger attack
Leader of the vigilante group and two others were killed at the weekend in fresh attacks on Madaka community, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack is coming two weeks after the village head was kidnapped. Observers said the bandits stormed the town on motorcycles, burning houses and shooting sporadically, and people scampered…
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Any Fulani who comes to Benue as vigilante will go to jail – Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday warned that he would use the rule of law to ensure that any Fulani herdsman who dared to come to the state for vigilante group was jailed. Recall that the Fulani organisation, Miyeitti Allah Kauta Hore, had at a press conference in Abuja recently, vowed to establish vigilante…
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Bandits kill three soldiers, vigilante attempting to rescue kidnapped expatriates
Three soldiers and a vigilante have been killed by gunmen in an attempt to rescue two kidnapped foreign nationals. According to reports, the foreign nationals were kidnapped in Yakila village in Rafi local government area of Niger state. It was learnt that the gunmen had kidnapped the foreigners who are road contractors working on the…
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Tragic! Lagos vigilante shoots pedestrian dead
The police in Lagos have detained a local security guard, Sikiru Omotayo, for allegedly shooting dead a passerby he suspected to be a thief. Omotayo, who was said to be one of the vigilantes at Alaba International Market, allegedly shot at the victim on the suspicion that he wanted to burgle a shop. It was…
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Police, vigilante groups foil robbery attack in Osun
Attempts by some persons suspected to be armed robbers to attack some commercial banks in Lagere Area of Ile-Ife, Osun State, was, on Monday, foiled by some eagle-eyed residents of the area. Seven commercial banks have branches in Lagere area and the suspected robbers arrived the area about 10am. According to eye witnesses, the robbers,…