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The federal government has introduced the “Young & Secure Project,” a groundbreaking initiative aimed at building trust and strengthening collaboration between young Nigerians and the police force.

The project, unveiled by Ministers of State for Police Affairs and Youth Development, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim and Ayodele Olawande, respectively, seeks to empower youth to become active participants in nation-building and ensure their safety and security.

The goal is to enhance collaboration between the youth and police towards strengthening national security.

The project elevates the role of Nigerian youth in the security architecture of the nation, empowering them to be watchguards and active participants in ensuring community safety.

Suleiman-Ibrahim described the project as a core initiative that restores trust, strengthens collaboration, and renews hope between young Nigerians and the police force.

“The Nigerian youths have spoken in a very clear manner in recent times, on the expectation of the government; we have heard your voices very loud and clear.

“We assure the Nigerian youth, that under the leadership of our esteemed President, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, this administration remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring the safety, security, and prosperity of every Nigerian citizen.

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“We are, therefore, committed to deep reforms within the Nigeria Police Force. The goal is to see the emergence of a world-class police force that is inclusive, intelligence-led, technology-driven, and community-based, that is alive to its constitutional responsibilities”, she said.

On his part, the Minister of State for Youth Development noted that the country had grappled with significant challenges in bridging the gap between its youth and law enforcement agencies.

He posited that the erosion of trust and understanding between “these vital segments of the society” underscored the urgent need for proactive and innovative solutions.

“It is within this context that the Young & Secure” initiative emerges as a critical platform to address this pressing issue and forge a new era of collaboration, respect, and mutual empowerment between our youth and law enforcement agencies”, he said.

The minister said the collaborative effort between the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Ministry of Youth Development “reflects our collective determination to address the root causes of discord and mistrust.”

He further said: “At its core, the Young & Secure program is not merely about enhancing security measures or implementing top-down directives. It is about empowering our youth to become active participants in the process of nation-building while also equipping our law enforcement officers with the necessary tools and training to serve with integrity and professionalism.”

He informed that the project comprises three main blocks including a pact that seeks to enhance civic commitment from young Nigerians, as well as government commitment to the security needs of young people; youth-focused engagement that permeates youth culture, and a transparency, accountability, and reporting platform that is technology-driven and effective in prompt reporting and resolution of issues.

He urged all stakeholders to embrace this opportunity for collaboration and dialogue.

“To be clear, our commitment extends beyond mere speeches; we will reflect the echoes of young Nigerians in concrete actions and policies aimed at empowering them to actively participate in shaping the future of our country,” Olawande declared.

The Oyo Police Command on Thursday paraded fleeing former Chairman of Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), Lamidi Mukaila popularly known as Auxiliary.

It declared Auxiliary, wanted months ago over his alleged involvement in series of armed robbery, kidnapping and murder cases in Oyo State.

The Department of State Services few days ago arrested him around 4:00 pm on Tuesday at his residence in Olodo area of Ibadan.

Speaking with newsmen at the Command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, said the suspect will be charged to court for offences he had allegedly committed.

“Exhibits recovered in his possession at his Diamond Hotel residence around Alakia-Isebo Egbeda under Egbeda Local Government Area at the time include one AK-47 Riffle, four (4) AK-47 magazines, Eighty four (84) live AK-47 Ammunitions, Nineteen (19) pump action riffles, one Barreta Pistol, Seven Cut-to-size Gun, one English made Barrel Gun.

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“Others are Seven Hundred and twenty four (724) live cartridges, 25 cutlasses, Seven Jack knives, thirty three(33) mobile phones, one Samsung Laptop, Charms, One Mazda Bus, One Toyota Sienna, Cash sum of Three Million, Four Hundred and fifty thousand naira, (N3,450,000.00).”In furtherance of these, discreet intelligence-led search commenced for the sacked PMS chieftain with the help of technology, collaborative efforts with Sister Services and Community Policing, many locations were identified, traced and combed for months until his recent arrest in a concerted effort with our sister services.
“Moving forward, the suspect would be charged to court for offences committed.
“While the command is thanking the public for providing credible information to curb crime, it has become imperative to affirm to the general public about our resolve to deal decisively with any criminally motivated individual or group who intends to flip the State retrogressively into the historical dark ages of the “Wild West”.

“if you see something, say something and the Police will immediately do something,” he said. 

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested five young men who have allegedly been troubling residents of the metropolitan local government areas of Yola South and Yola North.

The Command which identified the men to be part of notorious youngstars called Shila Boys in local parlance, said in a statement that they had been on Police wanted list.

In the statement released Wednesday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command said the suspects were arrested during routine operations at criminal hideouts and black spots in Yola South LGA.

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The command named the blackspots as Yola Town Market, Wuro Hausa, and Damare.

“Those arrested were on the wanted list of the Command for shilla gansterism. They are currently under investigation to ensure that the law takes its course,” the statement said.

The Command, urging members of the public to help the fight against Shila Boys by reporting suspicious movements, said, “If you see something, say something, and the Police will do something.”

Oyo Police Command on Tuesday said it has reviewed the security architecture of the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode axis of the State following the reported abduction of three persons on the road last Sunday.

Oyo police spokesman of the Command, Adewale Osifeso, while giving an update on the incident to The Nation, said the new move will accommodate an increase in the number of operational and tactical assets deployed to the area. 

He assured that more updates would be giving as the police makes more progress on the incident.

Osifeso said: “There has been a careful review of the security architecture of the area to accommodate an increase in the number of the Command’s operational and tactical assets deployed in the Jurisdiction. 

“More updates will be provided soon.”

The incident, which occurred on Sunday evening, according to reports led to the death of a driver as a result of sporadic shooting.

While three occupants of the car were abducted, four other passengers sustained gunshot injuries.

The incident, it was gathered, occurred at about 6:00pm at Longe village, not too far from Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) at Idi Ayunre in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The kidnappers, who were said to had laid ambush, started shooting sporadically when they sighted an approaching vehicle.

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It was reported that the kidnappers’ shot hit an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Corolla car, a Toyota Sienna with registration number Lagos KSF 387 YE and a Mazda 6 car with registration number Lagos AKD 08 JB — leading to the death of the Mazda car’s driver, gunshot injuries to two female and two male occupants in the Sienna bus and abduction of three males in the Toyota Corolla car.

The driver of the Mazda car, Abiodun Emmanuel Omotoye, and that of Sienna bus, were said to have made spirited efforts to escape from the kidnappers’ attack. 

According to reports, the owner of the Mazda car survived the attack as he came out of the car unscathed, though visibly shaken.

The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested two suspects for alleged “one-chance” robbery operations in the state.

“One-chance” refers to a robbery operation were armed robbers use disguised commercial vehicles to pick unsuspecting passengers and dispossess them of their valuables while in transit.

DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, told newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia that the suspects were arrested in Keffi Local Government Area.

Nansel explained that the suspects aged 52 and 45 years, were arrested at about 9:45 a.m. in Angwan Lambu, Keffi, based on intelligence.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects usually posed as taxi drivers to pick unsuspecting passengers and drive away to unknown destinations.

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“They would, thereafter, dispossess their victims of money and other belongings, then abandon them and sometime kill them,” he added.

The PPRO said that the suspects had confessed to committing the crime, and also revealed that they have been operating for over 10 years on Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga Road.

“The suspects further said that they were recently released from Shendam Custodial facility in Plateau State, for similar offence after serving their jail term,” Nansel added.

He listed items recovered from the suspects as exhibits to include a Toyota Carina II vehicle with registration number Abuja CO 212 ABC, one axe and a hammer.

Nansel said that the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution after investigation.(NAN)

Security operatives have apprehended a man strapped with Person Borne Improvised Explosive Device (SPBIED) in a bank in Dadin Kowa town in Jos South in Plateau state.

According to a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on X on Tuesday, May 14, the vigilante security at the bank prevented the attack when they spotted the suspect.

The publication said the incident occurred on May 13.

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Intelligence sources told Makama that the man planned to detonate the explosives at the bank but was spotted by a vigilante operative who raised the alarm.

The publication said after the suspect was apprehended, an angry mob surrounded him and insisted he should be killed.

Makama could not confirm if the suspect is connected to the fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).

The publication added that the suspect is in the custody of the police and currently undergoing investigation.

…parade 12 suspects recover guns, 5 vehicles, N2.4 million

The robbery gang was arrested when a victim whose car was stolen in Abuja traveled to Lagos for an event only to see the stolen vehicle at a car stand.

FCT police commissioner, Benneth Igweh who disclosed this while parading the suspects in Abuja, said the person immediately alerted the victim to come to Lagos and check the car.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, on Monday, May 13, paraded 12 suspects including a car robbery syndicate that specialises in stealing vehicles in Abuja and then transporting them to Lagos with the assistance of their criminal network.

On getting to Lagos, the CP said the person confirmed the car to be his stolen Toyota Camry and informed the FCT police.

Igweh said Police detectives deployed to the scene, discovered that the original Chassis of the stolen car had been changed, the car was recovered and criminals arrested.

The CP said: “On 1st May 2024, at about 3 pm, acting on credible intelligence, police operatives of Apo Legislative Quarters, trailed and arrested two notorious car theft suspects namely, Anthony Chibuzor and his friend Jonas Chikwe both males of Lagos state who have been on the wanted list of the command. They are part of a notorious car theft syndicate terrorizing FCT and its environs.

“Three vehicles to which the suspects gave no satisfactory account were recovered including a Toyota Camry with Reg No. Lagos 23, an Audi A4 with Reg No. KRD 349 JD and a Honda Accord Sports with Reg No. BDG 42 JC, some of which the Chassis No. had been altered by the suspects”.

On the arrest of one chance robber, Igweh said: “On 7TH April 2024, at about 10.30 pm, Police operatives from Maitama Division, while on routine Patrol along Nicon Junction, heard a loud cry and swiftly mobilized to the location, where a victim of an armed robbery (one chance) incident, pushed out of a vehicle was found and dispossessed of all her belongings.

“In response to this, the police operatives gave the hoodlums a hot chase forcing them to abandon their vehicle and took to their heels.

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“Information recovered from the vehicle led police operatives to the arrest of four suspects, namely Hamza Ibrahim, Mubarak Abubakar, Abubakar Suleiman, and Mohammed Lawal. The suspects who freely confessed to the commission of the crime will be charged in court soon.

“On 12th May 2024, at about 11:26 pm, following the report of one Mohammed Musa of Durumi that on the same date, one Kabiru Umar of the same address, broke into his Point of Sale (POS) shop and stole the sum of three hundred thousand Naira (N300, 000)

“Police operatives of Durumi Division swiftly mobilised to the scene and arrested the suspect.

“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, and the sum of one hundred and seventy thousand naira (N170,000) was recovered from him. The suspect will be arraigned in court soon.

“On 15th April 2024, at about 9:45 am, following a report by one Magaji Umar at Lugbe Division that on 14th April 2024, he boarded a vehicle from Lugbe going to Area 1 when he was suddenly attacked by the two occupants in the moving vehicle and was forcefully made to the path with the sum of Two million, two hundred and thirty thousand naira removed from his account.

“Subsequent investigation led police operatives to the arrest of six suspects namely Peter Fateh, Esther Peter, James Ogbuh, Kabiru Buba and Kabir Abubakar

Exhibits recovered from the suspects include the sum of two million, two hundred and thirty thousand naira.

Others include a black coloured Toyota Corolla with Reg No. GWA 227 BG, a Golf 3 Salon car with Reg No. KWL 200 CF, a silver-coloured Toyota Camry without Reg No.

Also recovered from the gang were two locally-made cartridge rifles, one locally-made pistol, one locally-made rifle, ten live Cartridges and six live ammunition

The police boss also disclosed that he has ordered a thorough and discreet investigation into the killing of an employee of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

Gunmen on Friday night reportedly shot dead a middle-aged man, Khalid Bichi, in Maitama, Abuja.

Igweh revealed that: “It is a targeted murder because it was not the only one in the vehicle.”