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  • Police parade suspected killers of paymaster, Council official in Ekiti

    Police parade suspected killers of paymaster, Council official in Ekiti

    …Female student paraded for organizing colleagues’ gang rape

     

    The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested suspects who killed its paymaster, SP Idowu Taiwo on December 18 and an engineer attached to Ido/Osi Local Government Council, Kunle Enisan, on December 19 last year.

    The command also arrested a fake police Inspector, Olalekan Ezekiel and a female student of College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Busayo Kayode, who specialized in tricking her colleagues to the den of criminals to be gang-raped.

    The Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, who spoke on Wednesday while parading a total number of 26 suspects arrested for various crimes like murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, gunrunning and possession of hard drugs.

    Property like a car, phones, a motorcycle and weapons were recovered from the suspects.

    Inalegwu disclosed that eleven suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder of the police officer were also held in connection with an attempt to kidnap one Emmanuel Adeleke who is based in Turkey on December 22 last year.

    According to him, the suspects were trailed to Kaduna and Kano based on intelligence where they were arrested. Inalegwu revealed mobile phones belonging to their victims were recovered from them.

    The police chief said: “The operatives successfully recovered a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Motorola Android Phone and Blackberry Passport belonging to the late OC MSS (Paymaster).

    “Also, Infinix and Itel phones belonging to the waitresses working at a joint where the late officer was abducted before being killed, were recovered.”

    Inalegwu explained that the Ezekiel who had been parading himself as a police inspector attached to the command’s Operations Department was arrested on February 20 along Awo-Esure Road with one unregistered red colour Honda motorcycle recovered from him.

    The police boss stated that Busayo was arrested in Ijero for colluding with a ten-man gang suspected to be members of Ave Cult group who take turns to rape their victims with the intent of initiating them into the group.

    He said all the suspects would be charged to court as soon as the Police concluded their investigation.

    In a bid to stem the tide of kidnapping in the state, Inalegwu explained that has carried out the mapping of forest belts in the state where the criminals operate and keep their victims most especially along Ikere-Igbara Odo-Ogotun axis and Ise-Emure axis.

    He added that the command is working in partnership with Ondo, Osun, Kwara and Kogi commands to tackle kidnapping and make the zone safe for law-abiding residents and travellers.

    Inalegwu said: “We are also enlisting the services of local hunters and vigilante groups for constant patrol of these deadly forests, so that when we occupy their hideouts, they will have no option than to run.”

    The Police Commissioner disclosed that he had established a ‘Crime Hot Spot Policing Squad’ to smash criminals that have taken Atikankan, Adebayo , Ajilosun and Ojumose areas of Ado Ekiti,  as safe havens.

  • Police arrest 423 suspects, recovers 97 arms in Kaduna

    Police arrest 423 suspects, recovers 97 arms in Kaduna

    The Police Command in Kaduna on Thursday said it had arrested 423 suspects in 2016.

    The Commissioner of Police, Mr Agoyle Abeh, said this in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna.

    Abeh said 384 of the suspects had been charged to court, while 39 cases were under investigation.

    “The command recorded 423 arrests in connection with various crimes which include kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide, cattle rustling and grievous harm, among others,” he said.

    He said the command had also recovered 97 firearms of various category and cache of ammunition from the suspects.

    “These achievements were possible with the command’s vision to rid the state of criminal activities,” he said.

    The commissioner advised those with criminal intention to repent or face the wrath of the law.

    He appealed to the public be more security conscious and support the police in exposing criminals in the society.

  • Lagos by-election: Low turnout based on poor awareness-INEC

    Lagos by-election: Low turnout based on poor awareness-INEC

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday blamed the low turnout of voters for the Ifako/Ijaiye Federal Constituency by-election in Lagos to poor awareness.

    The election resulted from the death of Mr Elijah Adewale, who represented the constituency in the House of Representatives.

    Adewale died in Abuja on July 20.

    Alhaji Abdullahi Kaugama, Supervisory Resident Electoral Commissioner
    for the Ifako/Ijaiye Federal Constituency By-election, made the observation in an interview with journalists during the election.
    He said that although the commission did its best to create awareness on the exercise, awareness of by-election generally in the country was low.

    ”Actually, awareness of by-election in Nigeria is low because people don’t know much about it.

    ”It may also be because political parties did not carry out enough campaigns, but generally, the conduct has been peaceful, ” he said.

    The commissioner said that poll officers and materials got to polling units in time.

    Also speaking to journalists during a routine inspection to the polling units, Mr Fatai Owoseni, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, said that the low turnout was because political parties and their candidates did not carry out adequate campaigns.

    ”INEC will not go and bring voters out to vote. The parties did not campaign enough for this by-election. Out of six political parties, only about two printed posters.

    ”Adequate campaigning was not done. So the people did not really know who they are voting for, ” he said.

    Owoseni confirmed that the electoral process had been without any violence.

    ”It is almost 2p.m. It has been peaceful, and I am advising the contestants to imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship – election is just like a football game. There must be a winner,” Owoseni said,

    The Administrative Secretary of the commission in Lagos State, Mr Clement Oha, said: “We have been going round; we have visited 90 per cent of the polling units so far.

    ” I will say I am very impressed except that the turnout is very low. The process is peaceful.

    ”Our card readers are working 100 per cent; we have not got any complaint whatsoever”.

    On the low turnout, Oha said that INEC did its best to sensitise the people in the constituency.

    ”We went round the nooks and crannies of the constituency for two days to create awareness; so, we cannot explain why people did not turn up.

    ”But generally, I am impressed with the whole process and the conduct of voters and parties.
    “There is no violence, thuggery, ballot box snatching. All our registration area centres are in top form and ready for collation, ”Oha said.

    Mr Babatope Akinyele, the PDP candidate for the election, said that inadequate campaigns caused the voter apathy.

    NAN reports that voting had been concluded in most polling units and voting points at Iju, Fagba, Ogba as at the time of this reports, while counting had started.

  • Wike, Police commissioner trade words over alleged rigging plot

    Wike, Police commissioner trade words over alleged rigging plot

    Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Commissioner of Police Francis Odesanya have traded words over an alleged plot to rig the December 10 legislative rerun.

    Wike said he would release audio -visual footages of the Rivers State Police Commissioner plotting with politicians  on the  methods to be adopted for the planned rigging of the December 10 rerun elections.

    But Odesanya told The Nation that Wike was only playing politics with his claim.

    Wike spoke while‎ flagging off the rehabilitation of the General Hospital, Abonnema in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area on Monday.

    The governor noted that the audio-visual footages will be made public through different media platforms  to expose the extreme rigging desires of the Independent National Electoral Commission  ( INEC) with the backing of the police and other security agencies .

    He noted that   the 600 policemen  working with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad  (SARS ) in the state , the police commissioner  has already distributed them to prominent APC  leaders  on a local government  basis for the indiscriminate arrests of PDP  supporters  few days to the election .

    The governor  added that the 600 SARS  personnel distributed would also be used to unleash unprecedented  violence on the people on election day , “so that APC  leaders  would have  time to substitute  results sheets handed over  to  them by the INEC leadership”.

    He said: “We are now in possession of the DVD of how the Police Commissioner and some politicians were planning on how to rig the forthcoming Legislative re-run elections in Rivers State.  At the appropriate time, we shall release the materials for Nigerians to understand the depth of the Electoral fraud being perpetrated by  INEC and Police.

    “For the security of this all important audio-visual material, we have mass produced them and kept them at different locations.  Nigerians are entitled to know the truth about the unfortunate rigging machine.”

    The governor explained further that,  “Now that we have  caught them on tape, this will shake the world. Rivers State is not like other states where you can plot and execute easy rigging plans.

    “We are ahead of them by 50 steps. If they take one step, we take 50. On behalf of  our people , we shall  continue  to  monitor these persons who are trying to steal the  mandate  of our people”.

    Odesanya said he was waiting for Wike to release the footages.‎

    He said: “It is all politics, let him make his evidence public; last time he said I withdrew his security personnel which is not true, I am waiting when the video would be release, them, I will respond.”

  • Shiites, Police clash: IG justifies Kano killings

    Shiites, Police clash: IG justifies Kano killings

    The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday justified the clash between the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) (aka Shi’ites) and the police in Kano State on Monday.

    Eight members of the Shi’ites and one policeman were reportedly killed during the clash.

    Kano State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Yusuf had told reporters on Monday that four policemen and many Shi’ites members were also injured during the clash on Kano-Zaria road.

    Speaking with State House correspondents after the launching of the 2017 Armed Forces Emblem Fund at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, Idris said that the police has the responsibility to maintain law and order in every part of the country.

    He said: “Obviously from time to time, we have been experiencing upheavals from this set of people. As police officers, we have responsibility to ensure there is law and order and when you have people taking over the whole country, dominating streets and buildings, we have to come in to maintain sanity in those areas.

    “As of early yesterday, we got information that they were trying to block Kano to Zaria road. They later assembled in large numbers and our officers were deployed to the place to ensure freedom of movement of ordinary Nigerians.

    “They attacked our officers, killed one of our officers one has sustained an arrow wound on his head and obviously in such a situation, police have the responsilitity to ensure free movement of people on the road. And that was what our officers did,” he said.

    On the fear that if the trend is not checked, the group will become like Boko Haram, he said: “Obviously, it is. Whether now or whenever, as police officers we have a responsibility to ensure there is law and order in any part of this country and to ensure that no organization or individual should constitute themselves into a government, block passages and buildings.

    Asked if it was not wrong to unnecessarily kill any Nigerian in the process of quelling riot, he said: “I agree with what you said, but when you have Nigerians armed to the teeth, killing police officers, I don’t think it happens anywhere. I think as Nigerians, we have to appreciate, when you appreciate a dangerous situation, and to be sympathetic with the police that are being killed by some of these miscreants.

    According to him, it was wrong to worship on the highway or block the road under any guise.

    He said: “What happens is that there is nothing like freedom there. When you worship, you go to mosques or churches. Blocking highways and passages doesn’t constitute part of worship.

    “My message to Nigerians is that all of us would be our brother’s keepers. We should appreciate the feeling of others that where your right ends, another person’s right begins.

    “Every Nigerian has a right that must be protected. We should ensure we protect the rights of every individuals: right of freedom, right of association and right of movement.” He stated

  • Police to Sokoto residents: Be security conscious

    Police to Sokoto residents: Be security conscious

    The Sokoto State Police Command on Thursday advised residents of the state to always be security conscious.

    The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulkadir, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto .

    Abdulkadir said that already various forms of security measures had being put in place to guarantee the safety of lives and property in the area.

    ” We have put in place security measures in and outside the metropolis that will enable the people to move about and conduct their legitimate businesses without hindrance,” he said.

    The commissioner solicited for more support from the people of the state especially by giving the command intelligence reports that could assist it to arrest and prosecute criminals.

     

  • Police rescue abducted baby in Umuahia

    Police rescue abducted baby in Umuahia

    The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Leye Oyebade on Wednesday said that men of the command had rescued a 15-month-old baby girl allegedly stolen from her mother.

    Oyebade, who said this while briefing newsmen on some of the major achievements of the command, noted that the baby was stolen on Monday in Umuahia.

    He said that the suspected abductors, identified as Lawan Nuhu and Lawal Ahmed, took away the little Chinonye after drugging her mother, Mrs Chioma Chijindu at their residence at No. 8 Ohafia Street, Umuahia.

    He said that the suspects were arrested following a tip off, while N170,000 cash and  a 307 Peugeot car with Reg. No. AZ 166 KWL, were recovered from them.

    “During investigation, the suspects confessed that they drugged the baby’s mother before escaping with the baby,” Oyebade said.

    He warned parents to be vigilant about the activities of their neighbours and strangers in their areas.

    The police commissioner also said that no fewer than 12 other people were arrested in connection with alleged criminal activities, including vandalism, armed robbery and car snatching.

    According to him, three suspected vandals, identified as Obirinachi Chijioke, Chigoziem Okereke

    and Ikemsinachi Okereke, were arrested in Obikabia in Obingwa Local Government Area, following a distress call from a resident.

    Oyebade said that they were arrested while they were allegedly vandalising electricity transformer belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.

    “My men moved in and arrested the three suspects but two escaped,’’.

    According to him, the police are on the trail of two other suspects still at large.

    He said that the police had also arrested Joseph Godwin, who resides at Ogwo Road, off Ohanku Road, Aba, for allegedly killing his neighbour, Joel Effiong, a businessman in Aba on August 31.

    He said that all the suspects currently in police custody would be charged to court at the end of ongoing investigations by the police.

    Oyebade said that the command also arrested Ugorji Uche and Okoronkwo Chibuike, natives of Atani in Arochukwu, for allegedly stealing a Mitsubushi L300 bus with Reg. No. ATN 607 ZK.

    He said that the vehicle belonged to Jeremiah Igwe of Obosi in Anambra state, adding that the suspects had been transferred to Anambra state police command for further action.

    The commissioner of police expressed delight over the exploit of his men and commended residents of the state for assisting the command with useful information.

    He promised that the command would not rest on its oars until crime and criminality had been “reduced to the barest minimum in the state’’.

    “This is the reason my men have been working round the clock to checkmate the activities of criminals in the state,” Oyebade said.

    He listed items recovered from the suspects to include different kinds of arms and ammunition, electronic gadgets such as plasma television sets, tricycles and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.

     

  • I only stole from late Ambassador’s home—Suspect

    I only stole from late Ambassador’s home—Suspect

    The suspect paraded as murderer of Ambassador  SundayYusuf said he only stole from the deceased.

    Abubakar Yau, while confessing that he was a common scavenger wh stole N200,000 from the Late Ambassodor’s house in Zone 6, Wuse, Abuja said he had nothing to do with the man’s death.

    The Ambassador was murdered in his home on the 13th of June, 2016.

    Explaining how the arrest was made, the Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Mohammad Mustafa said the breakthrough is a result of dedication, resilience and determination of the officers.

    Mustafa said: “The Command has recorded another feat in its fight against crime with the arrest of the principal suspect in connection with the murder of the former Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa, Late Ambassador Sunday Samuel Yusuf.

    “The principal suspect, Abubakar Yau was arrested at Daki Biyu after a discreet investigation. Some items belonging to the deceased were also found in his custody. The suspect has made useful confession that will lead to the arrest of his cohorts who are currently at large.

    On his part, the suspect, Yau said: “I went to his house around 2am, with the intention to steal. There was nobody in the house when I got there. When I got to his living room, I went round the house and discovered that nobody was around except him.

    “The man saw me and decided to go and hide.  I told the man that he should open the door of his room, else, I will break the door and enter. The man was afraid, he went behind the window to hide. As I broke into the room, I went to look for the man where he was hiding and I saw him hiding behind the window. I told him that if he does not want to die, he should leave the place because I was not after his life. I asked him to give me his hand because he was holding a pipe and he thought the pipe was strong but he later fell and died.

    “I only get N200,000 from the house. I didn’t know the man before I went there. It was stealing that led me to the house. I am a scavenger and I steal sometimes. I did not know if someone was in the house, all i wanted to do was steal.

    Yau said he feels terribly bad about the death.

    The CP noted that investigation is ongoing and they will be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.

  • 531 Criminal Hideouts Raided in Niger State

    531 Criminal Hideouts Raided in Niger State

    Niger State Police Command have raided 531 criminal hideouts and arrested 1,993 persons in the last nine months.

    The outgone state Commissioner of Police, AIG Abubakar Marafa disclosed this while handing over to the new state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu.

    Marafa said that properties worth N64.5 million were recovered from criminals adding that 1,934 persons were arrested for their involvement in various crimes in the state during the period.

    He stated that they have been able to fight crime and criminality through community based policing pointing out that the crime wave in the state have been reduced to its barest minimum because of this approach.

    The new Niger State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu appreciated the crime fighting strategy of his predecessor which made the state one of the least crime free state stating that he will adopt the same strategy in combating crime in the state.

    “I am not coming to this state to sleep. I am coming here to fight crime and reduce it to its barest minimum.

    “Criminals will have no hiding place in Niger state. If there is any remaining, I tell them to find their way out of the state because crime fighting will continue in a more fierce way.”

    Muazu then asked for the cooperation of the officers and people in the state to enable the police achieve its fight against crime.

  • Two sisters arrested for selling their babies

    Two sisters arrested for selling their babies

    The Cross River State Police Command has arrested two sisters, Gift Etim Ikono and her sister, Esther Ikono and one woman, Florence Victor Ekpo, for child trafficking.

    Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, said the two girls gave birth to two different babies and the babies were allegedly sold out by Ekpo to an unknown buyer.

    He said investigation was still ongoing to get to the root of the matter.

    Also arrested were Monday Edet Akpan and Etim Okon Etim who allegedly connived with a native doctor, Felix Edet Umoh, to murder two men who they accused of killing their children through witchcraft.

    The police also paraded 14 suspected armed robbers.

    Also arrested were 14 armed robbers.

    Ozi-Obeh further disclosed that a Lexus Jeep, with registration number LSD 281 CY, which was snatched in Calabar, was trailed to Gwarimpa, Abuja where it was recovered. He said the suspects were helping the police with investigations.

    The Police Commissioner said, “In the light of the above, it will be pertinent to reassure members of the general public that the command has the capacity, capability and the wherewithal to deal with any miscreant who may dare to harass, intimidate and instill fears in the mind of Cross Riverians.”

    He charged Calabar residents to maintain peace, be vigilant and to report all suspicious characters and movement to security agents for prompt action.