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  • Four Police men killed in Osun bank raid

    Four Police men killed in Osun bank raid

     A gang of dare devil armed robbers struck Iwo, Osun State on Tuesday and  killed four police men in a raid of banks near Bowen University.

     

    For about one hour the bandits, who reportedly came in four vehicles, laid siege on the financial institutions in the town, including Iwo branches of the First Bank of Nigeria, the Skye Bank and Sterling Bank.

    An eye witness account revealed that four police men were killed and undisclosed amount of money carted away.

     

    One of the bandits was also said to have been gunned down by the police team.

     

    But two customers and a staff of one of the banks were reportedly injured. 

     

    It was gathered that the robbery started around few minutes to 4.pm when some of the banks were rounding off their operations for the day.

     

    The bandits reportedly used explosives to blow open the banks’ security doors before getting access into the banking halls. 

    It was also learnt that the bandits had earlier stopped at Iwo Divisional Police Station and destroyed the Armoured Personnel Carrier in the premises.

     

    As at the time of filing this report, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Adeoye Olafimihan, was said to have lead his men to the scene of the robbery.

     

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, could not be reached as her phone had been switched off. 

  • Police arrest 4 suspected kidnappers in Osun

    Police arrest 4 suspected kidnappers in Osun

    The Police in Osun on Tuesday arrested four members of a suspected five-man kidnapping gang after engaging them in a gunfire in Erin-Osun in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

    Presenting one of the suspects to newsmen in Osogbo, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Folasade Odoro, said the suspects were arrested while on their way for a kidnapping operation on Tuesday.

    Odoro said the police had been on the trail of the gang for a while before luck ran out of the hoodlums, as four out of the five members of the group were arrested by the police, while one of them escaped with gunshot wounds.

    She said the kidnappers had been terrorizing the people of the state.

    Odoro said the suspects had perpetrated series of kidnapping across the state before they were apprehended, adding that the gang had in its last operation kidnapped a seven-year-old girl and collected a ransom of N250,000 from her parents.

    “A seven-year-old girl was kidnapped at Dada Estate, Osogbo, when her mother packed her vehicle to buy some items at the market.

    “They took both mother and daughter hostage but later dropped the mother along the expressway and took the girl away.

    “The kidnappers later contacted the parents of the girl and requested for N250, 000 as ransom, which the victim parents paid before their daughter was released.

    “Meanwhile, we did not stop our investigation nor rest on our oars, as our investigation led to their arrest this morning.

    “In the course of our investigation, it was further revealed that the suspects had also kidnapped a seven-year-old boy from Ogbomoso, a development that led to the collection of N3 million from the parents of the victim.

    “But unfortunately for them this morning, our men stumbled on them and arrested them while they were going for another operation.

    “Though there was an exchange of gunfire between them and our men, the development led to three of the suspects and they sustained wounds.

    “As I am talking to you now, three of the suspects who sustained gunshot injury are receiving treatment in the hospital,’’ the police spokesman said.

    She said the suspects would be charged to court after the conclusion of the investigation and that the police was also on the trail of the fifth member of the gang who escaped with a gunshot injury.

  • Police confirm death of suspected armed bandit in Delta

    The Delta police command on Monday said its operatives had killed a notorious suspected armed robber simply known as “Tompolo”.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Andrew Aniamaka, who confirmed the death of the suspected robber, however, added that three of his accomplices escaped with bullet wounds.

    Aniamaka said police detectives from Enerhen division in Uvwie local government area near Warri, foiled a robbery attack following a distress call and in the ensueing gun duel, killed Tompolo, on April 9.

    He said, “I got a distress call that one suspect has been gunned down by men of the Enerhen police division, with the assistance of the local vigilantes, after a gun duel.

    “Item recovered from the suspect included a cut to size locally made pistol and some rounds of ammunition,” he said.

    He noted that the incident happened after the deceased alongside others had successfully robbed a female victim of a huge sum of money at about 5:00 am around Dugbo Estate.

    “Tompolo and his boys robbed a woman of her handbag containing huge sums of money she was going to the market with.

    “Tompolo and his gang members had been terrorizing neighborhoods around here for so long,” he said.

     

  • Two policemen escape death after suspects raise false alarm 

    Two policemen escape death after suspects raise false alarm 

    Two policemen serving in Ondo State escaped death by the whiskers in the hands of mob in Edo State after some suspects they were pursuing raised an alarm that they were fake policemen.

    The suspects, having fled to Ibillo in Akoko-Edo local government area, told residents in the area that the men in police uniform were kidnappers poising to abduct a former council chairman, Folorusho Akerejola.

    Without waiting to verify identity of the men even though they wore uniform, a mob descend on them and beat them mercilessly.

    It took the intervention of elders in the community for the policemen to be handed over to the police who later identified them.

    One of the suspects who the mobbed policemen were pursuing was later arrested.

    Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Nkombe, who reacted to alleged arrest of suspected kidnappers in police uniforms, said both men have been confirmed to be policemen on patrol.

    Nkombe said the policemen were attacked after a suspect, who was on the run from a neighbouring state, raised a false alarm that he was being chased by kidnappers.

    His words, “They were not kidnappers. They were policemen who pursued a felon into Edo State. It was the person they were pursuing that raised that alarm; the person failed to stop, so he was pursued across the border into Edo State.

    “Because he felt that he was in his area in Edo State, he raised an‎ alarm. He was just being mischievous.”

    The PPRO said the policemen suffered minor injuries due to the beating and have been released.

    “Our men sent for them. They were brought in after they were attacked and it was discovered that they were policemen. It was confirmed from their command and they were released.”

    “The felon was invited by the police and he is helping the police in the investigation. It was not a case of kidnapping at all,” Nkombe added.

     

  • Three feared dead as Benue village comes under attack

    The Police said in Makurdi on Friday that Tse-Achia village near Kasar in the outskirts of Zaki Biam, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue, has been burnt.

    This is coming few days after Zaki Biam Yam Market was razed by hoodlums leading to the death of 17 people and 11 injured.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, ASP Moses Yanmu, said the arsonists carried out the attack in the early hours of Friday.

    Yanmu said four houses were burnt while three persons, including a woman, were burned in one of the houses.

    The police spokesman added that preliminary investigations revealed that the attack was `retaliatory.’

    He said the identity of the attackers was still unknown but assured that the culprits would be apprehended and brought to book.

    Yanmu said investigations had revealed that the driver that drove the vehicle that conveyed the people who attacked Zaki Biam was from the village.

    NAN recalls that gunmen had besieged Zaki Biam village in a Toyota car few days ago shooting sporadically and destroying things on their trail.

    The police said they were yet to fathom the motive of the attackers, but appealed to those with useful information that might lead to their arrest to volunteer it to security agencies.
     

  • Maiduguri car explosion kills eight

    Maiduguri car explosion kills eight

    Barely 24 hours after Boko Haram killed  about five villagers at the outskirts of Maiduguri on Tuesday, MAIDUGURI today is yet hit with a car suicide explosion which has claimed eight life and 15 people injured.

    The explosion which involved a Volkswagen Golf car at Muna Garage Junction in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, was said to have been concealed in the car overnight as passengers unknowingly boarded the vehicle which was about taken off from the garage when the prime IEDs went off, a NEMA official who does not want his name explained.

    “We have evacuated eight dead bodies, and fifteen injured persons to the general hospital Maiduguri, ” the NEMA official informed. The incident according to an eye-witness who did not want his name mentioned in print said,

    Isa Alhaji, who escaped the explosion by whisker informed The Nation that many people were seriously wounded in the blasts, “I fear that the death toll may rise”, he said.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Borno State Command, ASP Victor Isuku confirmed the blast in a statement, insisting that all the five occupants of the vehicle were killed.

    Mr. Isuku informed officials of Police Anti-bomb Squad, men of the Civilian JTF and other humanitarian agencies like National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and Borno State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA were quickly mobilized to the scene to evacuate both the charred bodies of the dead and the injured ones to the hospital.

    Confirming the incident, Isuku said, “At about 08:30hours, there was an IED explosion onboard a Golf 1 motor vehicle with reg. No JERE 349 XA, body S/No RTEAN 7179 taxi colour carry 5 passengers (4 females and a male driver), by Muna along Maiduguri /Gamboru Ngala road. The explosion occurred when the taxi was attempting to join the convoy of other vehicles heading to Gamboru town.

    “The suicide bomber who is reasonably believed to be one of the female casualties was picked along the road.

  • Hoodlums kill two Policemen in Akwa Ibom

    Hoodlums kill two Policemen in Akwa Ibom

    Hoodlums in Eastern Obolo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State opened fire on a police station and killed two policemen.

    The identity of the two policemen could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report but our reporter gathered the hoodlums killed a police inspector and a corporal who were on duty on Tuesday.

    The cause of the hoodlums’ grievances which led to the killing of the two policemen could not be ascertained as elders and indigenes of the area claimed no knowledge of the violence. 

    The community had in recent time warned oil firms to stay out of their area owing to marginalisation and non-adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding reached between the community and the oil firms.

    A traditional ruler in the area, Chief M.W. Ujile, told our correspondent that he saw the situation as it is. 

    He added that he did not know what might have propelled the hoodlums to take such drastic measures against the police. 

    His words: “The situation is just as you have said.  We don’t know what actually happened.”

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, Cordelia Nwawe, ASP, confirmed the killing of the two policemen to our reporter.

    ASP Nwawe decried the killing, saying it was uncalled for.

    According to her, the police are in Eastern Obolo just as in any other places in the country to protect lives and property. She noted that the hoodlums by killing the two policemen, they had gone just too far.

    She said: “It is sad for anyone to vent anger on policemen who are there to protect lives and property. We condemn the actions of the hoodlums. The police, will, however, fish out the culprits.”

  • ‘My father had sex with me to confirm my virginity’

    ‘My father had sex with me to confirm my virginity’

    • It’s devil’s work, says dad

     

    A 14-year-old girl has told the police how her father, Waheed Adeboye, 49, defiled her in their Ikorodu, Lagos home.

    She alleged that her father, who is now being detained at the Zonal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (ZSARS) Onikan, Lagos,  first had carnal knowledge of her in November 2014. “He had carnal knowledge of me again on March 5, this year,” she added.

    The victim, a Senior Secondary 1 pupil at Aro Isiode Grammar School in Ikorodu, Lagos, said: “We live in a face-me-I-face-you house in the Adamuo area of Ikorodu. My mother is late. We are four – my brother, two sisters and I. My father was formerly working at the National Open University (NOUN) but now works at a sawmill at Ikorodu. He left our family when I was three years old and he returned when my mother died.

    “In 2014, he used to check my private parts to find out if I had started menstruating. His second wife had already left him. One Saturday, I was sleeping alone on the floor in our one-room apartment; he removed my wrapper and lay with me on the ground while touching my private part with his finger.

    “Later, he asked me whether anybody had tested it and I said no. He said he would use his manhood to confirm. He removed my under-wear and wore a condom. He forced his manhood into me. I wanted to scream, but he held my mouth. After having fun with me, I bled profusely and felt weak.

    “I was angry with him because he is my father, but he warned me not to tell anybody. Sometimes he would ask me why I was browsing with my phone and when, attempted to explain to him, he would hold me and have fun with me. I felt humiliated and went to a church where I narrated my problem. The church brought me here for police attention.

    “He drinks a lot and womanises with prostitutes and other women outside marriage.”

    Adeboye, who sells planks in Ikorodu, said the victim’s mother died in 2007, adding: “I was arrested by the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) for raping my daughter. They beat me silly and carried me to a church. The church then brought me to Zone II SARS.

    “It is devil work. I did not drink. Please my daughter, if I have offended you, forgive me. I am your father,” he pleaded.

    Zone II Acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Shem Olorunfemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said the matter was reported to the police on May 20.

    The case, he said, was transferred to ZSARS following a petition by a church. This, he said, led to the suspect’s arrest on May 21.

    Olorunfemi said a medical report and police investigations showed that the suspect defiled his daughter, adding that he would be charged to court after investigations.