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  • Militants sack police station in Bayelsa, attack bank

    Militants sack police station in Bayelsa, attack bank

    Like a scene in an action thriller, gunmen suspected to be militants launched attacks on a police station and a branch of an old generation bank in Amasoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa State.

    Amasoma is the community of late former governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and a host to the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU).

    It was gathered that the gang of militants stormed the community through the waterways at about 1am on Friday.

    Shortly after arriving on a speedboat, they were reported to have moved straight to the police station located in the area and engaged the policemen in a gun duel.

    After allegedly overpowering the policemen on duty, the invading militants later carted away large cache of arms and ammunition from the police station.

    The militants later moved to the bank with rage shooting sporadically and creating panic among residents, in addition to using dynamites and other explosives in order to have access to the banking hall.

    An eyewitness said: “The militants came in through the waterways but the police were unable to stop them. They found their way to the bank shooting sporadically and chasing away everyone including the security guards. They threw bombs and dynamites at the walls of the bank, bringing down its fences. They gained access to the bank premises but were unable to get in after much attempt.”

    It was gathered that the militants later attacked the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), dismantled and carted it away.

    Though no life had been confirmed lost in the incident, some persons were said to have been injured.

    The source added: “This is not the first time such robbery is taking place in a bank at Amassoma.”

    A senior official of the bank who spoke in confidence confirmed the attack and said the ATM was carted away by the hoodlums.

    The state police command confirmed the two attacks.

    A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Butswat Asinim, said the incidents occurred on Friday at about 12:35am.

    He said, “No life was lost and money was not stolen. Efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects. Investigation is ongoing.”

  • Militants sack police station in Bayelsa

    Militants sack police station in Bayelsa

    . Cart away ATM, cash in bank attack

    Like a scene in an action thriller, gunmen suspected to be militants launched attacks on a police station and a branch of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) in Amasoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.

    Amasoma is the community of the late former governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and a host to the state-owned university, the Niger Delta University (NDU).

    It was gathered that the gang of militants stormed the community through the waterways at about 1am on Friday.

    Shortly after arriving on a speedboat, they were said to have moved straight to the police station located in the area and engaged the policemen in a gun duel.

    The bandits who reportedly overpowered the policemen, carted away arms and ammunition from the police station.

    The rampaging armed robbers later visited the UBA branch with rage shooting sporadically and creating panic among residents.

    It was gathered that the militants threw dynamites and other explosives at the bank to create access to the banking hall.

    After blowing off the fence of the bank, the hoodlums were said to have tried in vain to enter the bank.

    A source who spoke in confidence said: “A group of armed militants with heavy guns stormed amassoma community. They militants came in through the waterways but the police were unable to stop them.

    “The militants group found their way to the United Bank of Africa (UBA) where they shoot sporadically chasing away everyone including the security guards.

    “They threw bombs and dynamites at the walls of the bank, bringing down its fences. They gained access to the bank premises but were unable to get in after much attempt”.

    It was gathered that the militants later attacked the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), dismantled and carted it away.

    Though no life had been confirmed lost in the incident, some persons were said to have been injured.

    “The source added: “This is not the first time such robbery is taking place in a bank at amassoma. It could be recalled sometime ago that suspected militants group raided the bank carting away millions of naira and leaving behind dead victims.”

    A senior bank official who spoke in confidence confirmed the attack and said the ATM was carted away by the hoodlums.

    He, however, said the UBA management had sent a team to take inventory of the damaged property and determine the amount of money lost to the incident.

    When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Butswat Asinim, said he was waiting for the details of the attack.

  • Yola blast: IGP places CPs on red alert

    Yola blast: IGP places CPs on red alert

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has placed Command Commissioners of Police (CPs) on red alert following the blast that occurred at a Police Divisional Headquarters in Yola.

    Bombs retrieved from Boko Haram were said to have exploded accidentally at the Police Anti-bomb Squad Office in Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed through a statement that  four people died while scores of policemen  injured.

    The IGP who commiserated with families of the victims has directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sontoye Wakama, to visit the scene of the blast.

    DIG Wakama is expected to condole with the families of the deceased and to ensure that those that sustained injuries from the explosion receive prompt medical attention.

    This is contained in a statement in Abuja by the Force Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole.

    According to the statement; “The Nigeria Police Force High Command has directed adequate security surveillance on places where Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) recovered and kept to ensure such incident does not occur in anywhere across the country.

    “The IGP has also directed all Commands’ Commissioners of Police to deploy Anti-Bomb Squad personnel of their respective State Commands to inspect all explosive elements kept in their armories to ensure they are safe, to forestall re-occurrence of the unfortunate incident.”

    The police boss who called for calm urged members of the public to go about their normal businesses without fear as all hands are on deck to ensure their safety at all times.

  • One killed in Ekiti Police station robbery attack

    One killed in Ekiti Police station robbery attack

    There was tension in Ikole Ekiti, Friday as suspected armed robbers attacked a police station Wednesday night killing a clergyman and injuring a policeman and a medical doctor.

    The attack which affected both the Ikole Area Command and the adjoining Divisional Headquarters along Ijesa Isu Road took place at about 8.00 pm.

    The robbers was said to have stormed the station with the intent of breaking into the armory to steal weapons but they did not succeed in their bid to enter the armory.

    Their frustration to break into the armory led to firing several gunshots into the police station which destroyed many facilities in the building.

    A source told our reporter on Friday that residents of the town were still gripped with fear over the attack carried out by the hoodlums whose were said to be communicating in a language of one of the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta area.

    Another source claimed that the slain Reverend mistook the robbers for policemen during the operation after they had stopped his car but they reportedly opened fire as he approached them further.

    The medical doctor was said to be on a visit to the station to treat a patient when the attack occurred.

    The injured policeman was said to be a Sergeant by rank.

    The state police command spokesman, Alberto Adeyemi, who confirmed the incident said the robbers invaded the police formation with the intent to steal arms and ammunition.

    Adeyemi disclosed that the command has launched a manhunt for the bandits in a bid to bring them to justice as the Commissioner of Police, Etop James, has set machinery in motion to prevent a reoccurrence.

    He commiserated with the family of the deceased and urged Ikole residents not to panic as security has been beefed up in the town and other parts of the state.

     

  • IGP ABBA We need police station in Abule-Iroko

    ABULE-IROKO is an ancient town in Ogun State. It is a border town which is very close to Lagos State.

    As large as this town is, it does not have a police station or post. People go to Sango-Ota in Ogun State to ask for police assistance any time they are in distress. This help usually comes late because of distance.

    I am appealing to the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, to help the suffering people of the town by giving them a police station or post urgently.

    This is the need of the people of this community. They want it badly. And I hope the police authorities will not disappoint my people.

     

    Adelani Mohammed,

    Abule-Iroko,

    Ogun State.

  • Gunmen attack police station in Ajaokuta

    Gunmen attacked Adogo Police Station in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State on Sunday night.

     

    The hoodlums attacked the station around 8:30pm and tried to break into the armory.

    They bombed parts of the station, causing a fire, which was still raging yesterday morning.

    Police spokesman Elvis Aguebor said the gunmen were repelled by policemen.

    He urged the public to report anybody with bullet wounds to security agents.

    Aguebor said: “About 2100 hrs on Sunday, unknown gunmen attacked Adaogo Police Station in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State, apparently desirous of carting away police arms. The policemen on duty swiftly took position and returned fire. The heavy dynamite launched by the attackers demolished and set fire on a part of the station.

    “The desire of the hoodlums to cart away arms was aborted, as the police successfully evacuated the arms from the station to safety. As at the time of this report, no human casualty was recorded on the part of the police. Some of the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds.”

  • Woman strips in police station to escape arrest

    A woman who allegedly stabbed an expectant mother and attempted abducting a 10 year old Tuesday stripped herself naked in a police station Lagos.

    The incident occurred inside the premises of Ajegunle police station, Ajeromi/Ifelodu Local Government Area (LGA).

    It was gathered that the woman stripped to avoid been arrested for the offences she allegedly committed.

    Sources said the woman who identified herself as an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), abducted the primary school pupil at Barra School.

    However, the little girl who did not know the woman raised alarm and cried for help, but the woman claimed she was her child and that she was taking her to her office at Area ‘B’ Command, Apapa

    Eye witnesses said the attention of some passers-by was attracted, following the pupil’s fruitless effort to free herself from Comfort’s grip.

    The woman whom residents identified as Comfort stood her grounds and threatened to attack anybody that tried to rescue the little girl.

    An eye witness who pleaded anonymity said, “out of curiosity, we decided to find out what the problem is and the girl said she did not know the woman. When we asked the woman, she said she was taking her child to Area B command. A man asked the girl to give us her mother’s telephone number which she did. We put a call across to her mother and she rushed to the scene”.

    It was gathered that when the girl’s mother arrived and identified her daughter, there was a mob action on the suspect. She was at the verge of being lynched when a patrol team from Ajegunle police station rescued her. She was later taken to the station.

    At the police station, the woman was discovered to be incoherent during interrogation and before policemen could know what was happening, she stripped, threatening to deal with anybody who tried to detain her.

    Sources said the woman who is suspected to have mental challenges had earlier hit another woman with a bucket because she demanded for N350 the suspect owed her for the kerosene she bought from her.

    The source said the woman was forcefully taken to the Psychiatrist Hospital, Yaba, where she is currently receiving treatment.

    A resident of Olubukola Street, where the suspect allegedly resides who went to the police station was said to have disclosed that Comfort was mentally deranged and had stabbed an expectant mother during a fight in the neighborhood at the weekend and fled.

     

  • Gunmen attack police station, secretariat in Adamawa

    Gunmen attack police station, secretariat in Adamawa

    Unknown gunmen on Thursday attacked and razed the Song divisional police station and local government secretariat in Adamawa, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

    A resident of the town told NAN on condition of anonymity that the attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday.

    “The police station and part of the one-storey secretariat building were burnt by the gunmen, who also attacked a security check-point on the Song-Yola road,’’ he said.

    The source said that an old woman and a boy were hit by stray bullets in their home near the police station.

    “Dada Audu, an 80-year-old woman with her grandson of about 15 years were hit by bullets and are feared dead,’’ he said.

    Contacted, the Adamawa Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, confirmed the attack but gave no details.

    Ibrahim said he was heading to the location.

    NAN reports that the Song attack came less than a week after a similar attack in Maiha, Hong and Fufore local government areas of the state.

     

  • Gunmen hit Adamawa police station, prison

    …Kill 20

    At least 20 persons were reportedly killed on Friday when unknown gunmen hit Maiha, Adamawa State.

    The Divisional Police Station, the prison, the Customs area office and the presidential lodge located in the area were completely razed

    Several inmates were also set free by the gunmen.

    The gunmen, according to eyewitnesses, stormed the town at about 3am with heavy artillery.

    They said the gunmen overran the police station, carted away arms and ammunition, then proceeded to the prisons where the inmates were reportedly set free.

    The Police public Relation Officer, Mohammed Ibrahim (DSP), who confirmed the incident, said the police were in Maiha to assess the situation.

     

  • Gunmen bomb police station in Katsina

    …Abduct Frenchman

    Gunmen have bombed a police station and kidnapped a Frenchman, Mr. Francis Colump in Rimi Local Government area of Katsina State.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that two people were killed and a mobile policeman injured in the attack, which occurred at about 10pm on Wednesday.

    Those who died are Rabe Dan’Unguwa (45), a security man at the residence of Colump, and one Abubakar Sale (25), a passer bye.

    The abducted Frenchman works with S. A. Vergnet France, the firm handling the contract for the 10 megawatt wind mill power project in Rimi.

    An eyewitness told NAN on Thursday in Rimi, that the attacks on the station and the residence of Colump were carried out simultaneously by about 30 gunmen, who divided themselves into two groups.

    According to him, the attackers arrived the town in three vehicles and began shooting before setting off the bomb which badly damaged the station but recorded no casualty.

    The mobile policeman was injured in the attack on the Frenchman’s residence.

    It was gathered that as soon as they shot the trio, the gunmen forced themselves into the residence and abducted the Frenchman.

    When the NAN correspondent visited the town, the residents including the Caretaker Chairman of the council, Alhaji Nasiru Ala were conducting the burial rites of the two persons killed in the attack.

    Ala, who described the incident as “tragic”, prayed God to expose those involved in the act.

    When contacted, the state Police Commissioner, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji, confirmed the incident, saying that the gunmen used a gas cylinder to bomb the police station.

    “Their purpose was to kidnap the expatriate, Mr. Colump, but they attacked the police station to divert attention.”

    Magaji said two civilians were killed while the mobile policeman injured in the attack was receiving treatment at a hospital in Katsina.