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  • Armed men kill policeman in Aba

    Gunmen yesterday killed a yet-to-be-identified Mobile Police Force personnel in Aba, Abia State.

    Unconfirmed reports have it that the deceased was a security officer attached to a popular hotel located off Azikiwe Road, by East, in the commercial city.

    Sources said the four gunmen, who came in a tricycle, after killing the policeman, went away with his AK 47 rifle, shooting sporadically into the air.

    The incident, which our reporter gathered occurred about 2pm, caused pandemonium in the area, as passersby and visitors to the hotel scampered for safety.

    It was learnt that although the policeman was quickly taken to a nearby hospital, he reportedly died before help could come his way following loss of blood.

    The Nation gathered that a colleague of the deceased had gone out when the gunmen struck.

    A source, who said he was at the hotel to watch a Spanish football match between Real Madrid and Girona, told our reporter that they were at the bar drinking and waiting for the match to begin when they heard three gunshots.

    “People outside started running, while we hid at the bar. We came out three minutes later to find the body of the policeman on the floor.

    “We ran there to assist the hotel workers to save his life. It was then that they told us that the gunmen came in a tricycle (Keke NAPEP), shot the policeman three times and took his gun away.

    “Two of them were on duty. The other one, we learnt, had gone out before the incident happened. He came back to meet his colleague in a pool of blood.”

    Police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna said he was yet to be briefed.

    He promised to give our reporter information when available.

    A source at the command confirmed the death of the police officer.

    He said: “We are suspecting that the gunmen are robbers or political thugs, who need the gun to carry out their nefarious activities.”

    The source, who expressed worry about the recent attacks on security operatives, said gunmen recently killed a member of the Abia State Vigilante Service, popularly known as Bakassi Boys, at one of the busiest areas, Ama Hausa, by Mosque road, taking away his pump action gun.

    The source, who called on the public to inform the police about any suspicious movement, said they had launched a manhunt for the hoodlums.

  • Armed men kill one, abduct two in Niger

    Armed men kill one, abduct two in Niger

    One person has been killed and two others abducted as gunmen invaded Zazzaga Village in Minna local government area.

    The gunmen, who were said to be more than ten, invaded the house of one of the villagers, Sale Danjuma to kidnap two persons.

    Danjuma was shot while trying to prevent the abductors from escaping. He died before reaching the hospital.

    Niger State Police Command said they are on the trail of the kidnappers. The command solicited useful information from members of the public on the whereabouts of the kidnappers.

    “Meanwhile we have deployed policemen to work round the clock to enable us rescue those in the custody of the abductors, arrest the hoodlums and bring them to book,” the police said.

    In a related development, the command’s Assistant Police Public Relations Officer,  (ASP) Peter Sunday said police had rescued two girls who were kidnapped in Masuku Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.

    According to him, the two girls, Shekto Ali and Mai’abu Shehu were rescued unhurt by a combined team of conventional and mobile policemen.

     

  • Armed men kill police inspector in Anambra

    Armed men kill police inspector in Anambra

    Two armed men operating on a motorcycle on Saturday shot dead a police inspector in Ogidi, near Onitsha in Anambra, police authorities have confirmed.

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ogidi Police Station, Mr Hassan Musa, who confirmed the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the hoodlums collected the AK47 riffle the deceased was carrying.

    He said that the incident occurred at about 2.45 p.m. at a police road block near Ugwunwasike Roundabout in Ogidi, where a police team was conducting “stop and search”.

    An eyewitness had told NAN that the armed men took the policeman unawares as they rode straight and shot him at a close range while he was flagging down a vehicle for a search.

    “Other policemen who were with him took cover on hearing the gun shots while the armed men escaped,” the source said.

    NAN gathered that the incident, which happened within minutes, caused people in the vicinity, including motorists and commuters, to abandon their vehicle and scamper for safety.

    The DPO said that the remains of the late inspector had been deposited at Iyi-Enu Hospital’s mortuary.

    He said that the police had commenced investigation into the incident. (NAN)

  • Armed men invade Metuh’s Abuja residence

    Armed men invade Metuh’s Abuja residence

    Armed men on Tuesday night reportedly invaded the house of former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh in Abuja.

    A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Richard Ihediwa, issued on Wednesday stated that the armed men numbering about eight, fired several shots and forcefully gained entrance into the compound after destroying a section of its spiked security fence.

    “They tied up security guards and a driver at the premises and attempted to gain  access to the main building, but could not due to the security doors at the front and back entrances of the main house, “ Ihediwa said.

    “ When they could not gain access into the main building, they beat up the security guards and ordered them at gunpoint to call out Chief Metuh using their phones, but the guards insisted he was not at home but had travelled to the east.

    “Out of frustration, the invaders broke into other buildings in the premises including Chief Metuh’s out office where they carted away some documents and electronic equipment.

    “Their escape route trailed with blood as one of the armed men got injured in the course of their breaking through the spiked security fence,” Ihediwa added.

    Chief Metuh has already reported the incident to the police to unravel those behind the attack and their intention.

  • Armed men abduct girls in Anglican seminary

    Armed men abduct girls in Anglican seminary

    No fewer than three students of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS), Ikorodu have been abducted by gunmen.

    It was gathered that the criminals who struck from behind the school, took three girls away at about 8pm on Monday.
    The armed men suspected to be dislodged pipeline vandals stormed the school premises located at Agunfoye-Lugbusi village.

    It was learnt that the criminals gained entry into the school by breaking the perimeter fence which served as protection for the boarding students from the thick bush surrounding it.

    The Nation gathered that the abduction of the female students from BMJS has created unease in the police such that the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni and a team of crack detectives were at the school premises till about 4am on Tuesday.

    Confirming the incident, the state command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police said that efforts were on to track the abductors and rescue the girls.

    “Yea, three female students were taken away by some criminals on Monday night but investigations are on to track then.  At this moment, we cannot give you more information but you will be briefed as event unfolds,” she said.

    The model private missionary school, BMJS was founded on October 18, 1996 by late Most Reverend Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye.

    Situated on about 25 acres of land, BMJS is a co-educational Secondary institution of Lagos Anglican Dioceses and was named after Late Reverend Thomas Babington Macaulay who was the founder of C.M.S. Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos in 1859.