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  • Attempted abduction: Lawyer blasts Aba Policemen

    Attempted abduction: Lawyer blasts Aba Policemen

    Aba based lawyer, Barr. Emperor Gabriel Ogbonna has narrated how he narrowly escaped death by the whiskers in the hands of gunmen who had wanted to abduct him from his residence located at Ogbor Hill, off the heart of Aba, Abia State.

    Ogbonna, though could not disclose the hospital where he was receiving medical attention, in a facebook post on his wall thanked members of the public for praying for his quick recovery but however blasted policemen in Aba for not “doing their job.”

    He also dismissed reports that has been making wave in the commercial city that the gunmen were assassins, but a failed kidnapped attempt.

    The post on his timeline with the caption “stronger than the will to live is the will to thrive” read “On Monday the 28th day of August 2017, I closed work and I was driving home.
    As usual, I called my wife to inform her that I was coming home so that the gate can be opened.

    “Before I could reach my home, the gate was already opened so as soon as I drove in, about four to six men armed with AK47 guns and pistols pounced on me, trying to abduct me.

    “I didn’t know who they were so I was confused. They were shooting sporadically both at me and in the air and one of them aimed at me and shot me at the back.

    “The Ak47 bullet entered my back, passed through very close to my stomach cavity or sac and came out through the front. I instantly collapsed and my right leg was broken, broken into three pieces.

    “The gunmen wanted to carry me into their vehicle but due to the fact that my body was heavy, my leg shattered and I was bleeding from my stomach, they were arguing whether to take me with them or leave me in a pool of my blood.

    “They then drove off and the boys in my street took me to the first hospital then rejected me but the second hospital accepted me and both surgeries and treatment of the eight inches long bullet was been done on me.

    “I went to the land of the dead and came back. But I made up my mind that I shall not die. I under that almost everyone in the social media was praying for me.

    “My church was praying, the government was praying, friends were praying, lawyers were praying, my family was praying.

    “All-over the world calls were coming, the Aba community were praying, my classmates were coming. Some wanted me to come over to America or Europe for treatment. Never have I see such an outpouring of love.

    “So any people who came to see me in the hospital were turned back, big men, prominent men, we turned back. Some managed to see me at least. When I recover fully, I will dedicate a piece to tell the world that played what role toward my recovery.

    “But I was not just determined to live, I was determined to thrive. I saw that stronger is the will to thrive than the will to live, and that when you desire to thrive, life comes naturally.
    Today, I am recovering. It is a slow process but a steady process.

    “I read several persons and website insinuating that what happened to me was an assassination attempt. I make bold to state that what happened to me was not an assassination attempt, no. It was a kidnap attempt gone badly.

    “The Nigerian police are highly incompetent. They will stay few metres away collecting money from transporters and would run away when they hear a gun shot.

    “The other day I was on TV program and the Abia State commissioner of police called, I advised him to cause his boys from search vehicles instead of collecting Rogers and let vehicles pass at hot areas.

    “The Nigerian police in Abia state is just interested in collecting money from motorists and bail money without doing anything.

    “If you have a bomb in your car and ten men with Ak47, and police stop you and you give them N100, they will allow you pass. And if they hear a gunshot, they will run away instead of coming to help the victim; Shameless people.

    “The money spent on maintaining the police is a waste, complete waste. So many people have identified with me at this time, and more are still. I am grateful. I shall recognize you soon when I get better.

    “I have going through the internet and i never knew I was this loved by Nigerians. Only few people have the privilege of reading their eulogies while alive. I thank you all. I am still the same person you know I have not changed, and shall not change.”

  • New Police boss in Lagos vows to reduce crime by 30 %

    New Police boss in Lagos vows to reduce crime by 30 %

    The new Commissioner of Police for Lagos State Command, Imohimi Edgal, has vowed to reduce crime rate in the state by 30 per cent within two months.

    Edgal made the vow on Wednesday while addressing journalists at the Police Officers Mess, Ikeja, Lagos.

    He stressed that his roadmap was based on a police plan driven, largely, by community policing and partnership.

    The news police boss promised go to any length, including dinning with the devil, to protect and guarantee the safety of the people in Lagos.

    “My strategy will be based on community policing, which will increase the involvement of community members on how they will be policed.

    “It is all about partnership, decision-making and accountability, partnership will, however, form the core.

    “My mission is to make Lagos the safest place for people to do business; to restore the pride of police and bequeath to the people a friendly police.

    “Also, community safety partnership is an aspect that emphasises synergy with other security agencies and civil groups,” he said.

    Edgal said that the command had established pin down points across the state as first point of contact for the people, when in distress.

    “I have established police observation/pin down points in the state to serve as first point of contact when in distress.

    “Patrol vehicles will concentrate on major highways during peak periods and on residential areas at night.”

    He emphasised that he was ready to work with other security agencies, including registered vigilante groups.

    “I will also partner closely with the informal policing sector, like vigilante groups that aid police in ensuring security and peace in the inner communities of the state.

    “The issue of functional partnership will be taken very serious as legal and operational guidelines for vigilante will be established.

    “The vigilante is important but before any group can metamorphose, such group must report to the Divisional Police Headquarters where they will be registered, profiled and scrutinised.

    “None will, however, be accepted if found to be having a criminal case, a drunkard or with any form of deviant behaviour.

    “They will be documented and submitted to the Area Commander for final scrutiny. If the Area Commander confirms and I approve, they will be able to work closely with the police.

    “None of them will, however, be allowed to carry arms. ‘’This is because, they are not legalised to do so. They will be used primarily for intelligence networking.

    “We will improve intelligence gathering. Henceforth, any intelligence leading to arrest will be rewarded and the identity of the informer protected.”

    Edgal said a platform, named Citizens Complaints Hot Centre (CCHC), will be activated at 6 p. m. on Wednesdays to handle complaints from members of the public.

    He also said the former Anti-Kidnapping and Cultism Section had been unbundled, adding that a new section would operate independently from the command and headed by policemen with integrity.

    Edgal, who noted that there was connection between crimes drugs, vowed to clamp down on drug traffickers by collaborating with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

    He commended journalists in the state for a job well done and urged them for more support, saying that no commissioner of police could succeed without media support.

    The news police commissioner, however, advised the media against stories capable of causing panic to the public, stressing that exposing the activities of criminals would enhance better security.

  • Court arraigns man for assaulting police officer

    Court arraigns man for assaulting police officer

    A 39-year-old tricycle driver, Agboola Seun, who allegedly assaulted a police officer, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court,  Lagos.

    Seun, who resides at No. 3, Iresi St., Orile-Agege, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of assault and conspiracy.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Victor Eruada, told court that the accused committed the offences with some others still at large on Aug. 21 at Iyana-Ipaja, a Lagos suburb.

    Eruada said the accused beat up Sgt. Okoyomo Emmanuel, who tried to arrested him for a traffic offence.

    “The accused and his accomplice descended on him and beat him to a pulp.”

    The offences contravened Sections 172 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 172 prescribes a three-year jail term for assault, while Section 411 provides two years for conspiracy.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Magistrate, Mrs G.O. Anifowoshe, granted him bail in the sum of N25, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    He said the sureties should be gainfully employed and should show evidence of a two-year tax payments to the Lagos State Government.

    Anifowoshe adjourned the case until Sept. 20 for mention.

  • Bank staff arrested over theft of N25m

    Bank staff arrested over theft of N25m

    The Delta State Police Command has arrested four bank officials for their role in an armed robbery operation between Otulu and Ubulu-Okiti axis of the Benin-Onitsha Expressway.

     A policeman was shot dead in the robbery operation. The four suspects work for an old generation commercial bank.

     In a statement made available to The Nation, Delta Police spokesman  DSP Andrew Aniamaka said the four suspects include a female cash management officer of the bank’s Branch 1, Amina Oyewole,Chief Security Officer and two drivers.

    He said the quartet were arrested after a preliminary investigation showed that in their bid to “cut corners” picked seven policemen from different locations and engaged them in an illegal escort to convey N25 million from its branch in Agbor ,Ika South L.G.A to Asaba-the State Capital without using a serviceable armoured vehicle as required by law.

     The statement reads in part, “ The Cash management Officer Branch 1  Asaba, one Amina Oyewole ‘f’, the Chief Security Officer of the bank and two drivers were arrested by Delta State Police Command following an armed robbery attack which occurred Tuesday, September 5, 2017 between Otulu and Ubulu-Okiti, along Asaba/Benin expressway, Delta State.

    “Their arrest followed preliminary investigation into the attack which revealed that, in a bid to cut corners, the bank officials illegally picked seven police officers from different locations, yet to be determined, and engaged them on an illegal escort for the conveyance of the sum of twenty-five million naira from its branch in Agbor to Asaba without using a serviceable, secure armored bullion van as required by law”

    He said a policeman was killed in the attack while the robbers emptied their loot into two getaway cars.

    The statement added ,”one of the police escorts was fatally injured by the armed robbers who also emptied the twenty-five million naira (N25, 000,000.00) into their cars- a Honda Pilot Jeep and Toyota Corolla, Registration numbers unknown,  and escaped”.

     The Command warned that banks requiring police escort must adhere to laid down regulations on specie escort especially during the ”ember” months

  • Enugu: Police arrest two kidnap kingpins

    Enugu: Police arrest two kidnap kingpins

    The Enugu State Police Command said it arrested two notorious kidnap and cult group kingpins, who had been on the command’s wanted list.

    The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, made this known in a statement in Enugu on Wednesday.

    Amaraizu said that the police recovered two suspected stolen motorcycles and a tiger generator.

    According to him, the arrest is part of the ongoing onslaught against criminal elements in Nimbo and Adani axis of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state.

    Amaraizu said that police operatives achieved the feat through intelligence information.

    He gave the names of the suspects as one Jonathan Okeagu and Simon Enejere all of Umuasa Village in Ugbene Ajima community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area.

    “Further intelligence information gathered by the operatives revealed that the suspect Jonathan Okeagu had once been arrested and charged to court.

    “He was later remanded in prison custody for various offences ranging from cult related issues to other vices.

    “He was also suspected to be having serious links with suspected kidnappers within the area.

    “A full scale investigations have commenced into their alleged nefarious activities.

    “The command has vowed to sustain the tempo of the onslaught against criminal elements within the axis and its environs,’’ he said.

    Amaraizu, however, assured the public that the command would not rest on its oars in the ongoing onslaught against crime and criminality in Uzo-Uwani council area until the entire area and its environs were made safe and secure.

    “The command has vowed to sustain the tempo of the ongoing onslaught against crime and criminality in Adani and Nimbo axis of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Nsukka Zone of Enugu State,” he said.

    He emphasised that there would be no hiding place for criminally-minded persons and hoodlums under any guise.

    The ongoing onslaught, which commenced on Aug. 27, led to the arrest of one Nnadi Daniel, a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping suspect in police wanted list for over two months on Sunday, Sept.3.

    It also led to the arrest of 15 hoodlums who had been disturbing the peace of the area on Aug. 29.

  • Police arrest men with human parts in Osun

    Police arrest men with human parts in Osun

    The  Police Command in Osun on Tuesday said it arrested three male suspects, with two human heads and hands in the state.

    The Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, told newsmen in Osogbo that the suspects were arrested on Aug. 29 during a police stop and search operation.

    “On Aug. 29 at about 1;02 p.m, a police patrol team on a stop and search operation on Ogbomosho/Oyo Road, at Agboro Area, stopped a motorcycle with two persons on it.

    “The persons on the motorcycle were searched and two severed human hands with gloves and a human head were found with them, and they were promptly arrested,” he said

    Adeoye said in a similar case, on the same date at about 11:30 a.m, at Oba’s compound in Moro, Ipetumodu, one Adeniyi Adeyeye was also arrested with a human skull in his possession.

    He said detectives attached to the Ipetumodu Divisional Headquarters arrested the suspect and transfered him to Osogbo State Criminal Investigation Department.

    He said the skull found with the suspect was suspected to have been exhumed from a grave and that investigation was still ongoing on the matter.

    Adeoye, however, said all the suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.

  • Police arrest three men with human heads, hands in Osun

    Police arrest three men with human heads, hands in Osun

    The  Police Command in Osun on Tuesday said it arrested three male suspects, with two human heads and hands in the state.

    The Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, told newsmen in Osogbo that the suspects were arrested on Aug. 29 during a police stop and search operation.

    “On Aug. 29 at about 1;02 p.m, a police patrol team on a stop and search operation on Ogbomosho/Oyo Road, at Agboro Area, stopped a motorcycle with two persons on it.

    “The persons on the motorcycle were searched and two severed human hands with gloves and a human head were found with them, and they were promptly arrested,” he said

    Adeoye said in a similar case, on the same date at about 11:30 a.m, at Oba’s compound in Moro, Ipetumodu, one Adeniyi Adeyeye was also arrested with a human skull in his possession.

    He said detectives attached to the Ipetumodu Divisional Headquarters arrested the suspect and transfered him to Osogbo State Criminal Investigation Department.

    He said the skull found with the suspect was suspected to have been exhumed from a grave and that investigation was still ongoing on the matter.

    Adeoye, however, said all the suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation. (NAN)

  • Okorocha to police: fish out killers of Imo Catholic priest

    Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday directed Police Commissioner Chris Ezike to bring those responsible for the killing of a Catholic priest, Rev. Cyracus Onunkwo, to justice.

    The governor, who described the killing as “senseless and wicked,” urged the police to ensure that those behind the killing are apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law.

    He regretted that “such a heinous crime could still happen in the state when everyone has been celebrating the feat achieved by the government in the area of security”.

    Okorocha wondered why “human beings, created by God, would throw caution to the wind and not only kidnap an ordain man of God but went ahead to assassinate him”.

    The governor described those behind the act as “elements from the pit of hell”.

    He assured the people that the government would work with the police to apprehend the culprits and punish them.

    Okorocha condoled with the bishop and other priests of the Orlu Diocese of the Catholic Church where the late Onunkwo was serving.

    The governor also commiserated with the family of the cleric and prayed God to grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.

  • Police arrest eight suspected cultists

    Abia State Police Command said yesterday it arrested eight suspected members of two cults operating in Aba and Isiala Ngwa North councils.

    Police Commissioner Oyebade Adeleye, in an interactive session with reporters in Aba, said the suspects confessed to be members of Vikings and ABC cults, notorious on Isiala Ngwa axis.

    Oyebade named the cultists as Prince Nwachukwu, Nnamdi Raymond, Okoronkwo Chikezie and Uchenna Kalu, who are members of Vikings; while David Adieze, Chinemere Isaac, Chimezie Moses Francis and Okon Effiong were identified as members of ABC.

    He said they recovered two locally-made revolver pistols, two rounds of live ammunition, charms, among others, from the cultists when policemen at Ndiegoro and detectives attached to Isiala Ngwa North Division swooped on them.

    The police boss said efforts were on to arrest fleeing cultists, hoping with the success, crimes would reduce.

    “Mighty Monday of Ohanku Road, Aba, reported at Ndiegoro Police Station, Aba that he was robbed of his Nokia phone, valued at N5,500 sandal, valued at N8,000 and N2,000 by four armed men. Based on the report, detectives attached to Ndiegoro Police Station arrested Prince Nwachukwu identified by the complainant and he (Nwachukwu) led the detectives to a hideout at Umuba village, Ogbor Hill where Nnamdi Raymond, Okoronkwo Chikezie and Uchenna Kalu were nabbed. The suspects confessed to be members of Vikings.

    ”A locally-made pistol and other stolen items were recovered from the hideout of Sampson Ukeji, now on the run. Efforts are on to arrest the suspect.”

  • Police arrests fraudster over admission racketeering

    Police arrests fraudster over admission racketeering

    Operatives of the Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested an undergraduate for allegedly defrauding university admission seekers.

    Mayaki Best, a 300- level student of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, allegedly cloned the website of Lagos State College of Health Technology and duped several admission seekers of large sums of money.

    The police alleged that the suspect also impersonated the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) by pretending to be an auctioneer online.

    Best was apprehended at Auchi last Wednesday after he was tracked to Edo State following a petition by the Provost, Lagos State College of Health Technology, Dr. Moyo Kasim.

    According to the police, Dr. Kasim had petitioned the state police commissioner on the alleged fraudulent activity of a certain Dr. Odeh Philip Oteche, who cloned the website of the institution and requested varying sums of money from applicants.

    The petition was referred to the Commander RRS, Tunji Disu, an Assistant Commissioner (ACP), with a copy of the cloned application and bank details which showed applicants paid N2,500 per form.

    Police said Best was arrested with three Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, one of which belonged to Otache Philip Odeh, the alleged owner of the fraudulent account.

    The two other ATM cards, the police said belonged to Abua Sunday. They said unfilled soft copies of Customs papers were also found in his possession.

    “In his confession to the police, Best said he was the brain behind the cloning of the institution’s website and had withdrawn series of deposits made to the accounts by different applicants.

    “He added that he veered into admission racketing when online Customs auction of automobile and seized items failed to yield expected returns. Apart from these, the suspect disclosed that he also used local and international dating platforms for scamming.

    “Through the cloned website, Best said he had collected deposits ranging from N2,500 to N157,000. He said one Charles and Ganiyu Balogun now at large were accomplices.

    “He stated that he opened Access Bank and UBA accounts with Sunday Abua for Nigerian Customs auction vehicles and goods.

    “He disclosed that the three facebook accounts of female Custom Officers he had been using and pictures of automobiles in display were sourced from Google,” the police said.

    The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence (SCIID), Panti, Yaba.