A policeman (name withheld) with the Bayelsa Police Command has shot dead his colleague (name also withheld) over N20, 000 largesse.
The incident occurred early Tuesday morning following an argument between the officers on the sharing formula.
The duo went on an operation where they were rewarded with N20, 000.
It was gathered that the deceased was of the opinion that they should give their Divisional Police Officer (DPO) part of the money, while the other objected.
While the argument ensued, the enraged police officer allegedly brought out his gun and shot his colleague.
The deceased, a native of Ondewari community in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa is survived by two wives and children.
His remains have been deposited at the morgue of Federal Medical Center, Yenagoa.
Sympathisers were seen trooping to the deceased residence at Swali to pay condolences to his family.
Some of them, who spoke with newsmen, described him as a “jolly good fellow.’’
When contacted, the Spokesman for the command, Mr Asinim Butswat, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.
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Policeman kills colleague over N20,000 largesse
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Police nab another burglary kingpin in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested another alleged burglary kingpin, Ibrahim Saad, 26, within three days of nabbing a burglary kingpin in Enugu.
The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday.
Amaraizu said the police recovered a ladder, hammer and digger from the suspect.
He said the suspect was arrested by police operative in Golf Estate GRA, Enugu, by 2:30 a.m. on Monday when he was scaling the fence of a resident.
“The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police through its operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) through a distress call received from the inhabitants of Golf Estate GRA, Enugu, nabbed a suspect identified as Ibrahim Saad, 26.
“Ibrahim, who claimed to hail from Balewa Locla Government Area of Adamawa State, with other gang members have been terrorising residents of the estate.
“The suspect was allegedly nabbed by the operatives at about 2.30 a.m. as he was about breaking into a house at Golf Estate, Enugu, having gained entrance with his ladder and other dangerous implements,’’ he said.
Amaraizu said that the suspect was now helping the police in its investigations “in relation to his nefarious activities with other fleeing members of the gang’’.
NAN recalls that there have been complaints of burglary in some remote and less populated areas of Enugu Township in recent time.
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Police arrest four suspected cultists
The police have arrested four suspected members of Awawa cult group who terrorise residents of Dopemu and environs.
Sherif Nahim, Platelet Ismail, Jamiu Amusa and Abel Babatunde were apprehended around 9:30am at 29, Abeje Street, Agege.
The suspects, who were allegedly hiding in the compound, were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries.
It was gathered that the police received distress call that the cultists were on rampage around Kadiri and were welding dangerous weapons.
Police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent (SP) said the suspects have been moved to SARS custody.
According to her, the Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni has directed that the suspects receive medical treatment in custody.
She said: “He directed that discreet investigation be done so that other fleeing suspects could be apprehended. The suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
“The command would no longer tolerate any act of impunity and recklessness under any guise of cultism.”
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Police arrest four suspected cultists
The police in Lagos have arrested four suspected members of Awawa cult group who terrorise residents of Dopemu and environs.
Sherif Nahim, Platelet Ismail, Jamiu Amusa and Abel Babatunde were apprehended on Monday around 9:30am at 29, Abeje Street, Agege.
The suspects, who were allegedly hiding in the compound, were said to have sustained varying degrees of injustice.
It was gathered that the police received distress call that the cultists were on rampage around Kadiri and were welding dangerous weapons.
Contacted, the command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP) said the suspects have been moved to SARS custody.
According to her, the Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni has directed that the suspects receive medical treatment in custody.
She said: “He directed that discreet investigation be done so that other fleeing suspects could be apprehended. The suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
“The command would no longer tolerate any act of impunity and recklessness under any guise of cultism.”
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Police hold town hall meeting on herdsmen
As part of a proactive measure to address invasion and clash of herdsmen and host communities in Abia, the divisional police in Obingwa Local Government of Abia State has met with stakeholders and herdsmen.
Also, the state’s Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Hassan Buba, has urged communities to get the telephone numbers of herdsmen who enter their areas to graze their cattle.
Buba spoke at a town hall meeting, which featured leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders, traditional rulers, town unions and youth groups at Eastern Ngwa Police Division in Umuobiakwa.
The union leader said the move would enable communities to check herdsmen’s invasion of farms and destruction of crops.
He said: “We appeal for cooperation between herdsmen and their host communities. I plead with the traditional rulers of the various communities to get the telephone numbers of any herdsman, who comes into their area to graze cattle. They should forward such telephone numbers to us to check trouble makers.
“If a herdsman refuses to cooperate and release his telephone number, the community should report any infraction to security agencies and avoid taking the laws into their hands. This will go a long to forestall clashes between herdsmen and their host communities.”
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Police probe businessman’s death
The police have began investigating the death of a Lagos businessman, Kelvin Uzozie, 42.
Uzozie was allegedly killed on October 8, at his 7 Rasheed Yusuf Street, Onireke off Badagry Expressway home.
His assailants were said to have broken into his three- bedroom apartment through the rear door.
It was gathered that he lived alone; his wife, a teacher, who stays in Onitsha, Anambra State, visits occasionally.
His death was reported by his neighbours at the Onireke Police Station. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti, Yaba, Lagos Mainland.
According to his neighbour, Kenneth, the assailants removed the burglar proof at Uzozie’s rear door.
He said: “Kelvin was a good man and a peace-loving fellow. He would never allow you cheat anyone. Although he lived alone here, he never kept female company except for his wife who visits him from Onitsha. She was even in Lagos a week before the incident.
“It was around 4am when I heard noise coming from the sixth flat of our building. The sound was quiet heavy like people fighting. I chose not to go out because I didn’t know what it was all about.
“Around 6am, I heard other neighbours shouting outside. I later saw people gathered in front of Kelvin’s apartment. His body covered with blood from his nose and mouth and it was obvious he was dead.
“I asked other neighbours if they heard the sound earlier and they said yes. One said he thought robbers had invaded the compound. And was praying all through. We went round his apartment for any clue as to why he was killed and if the suspected murderers had come to rob or just to end his life.
“We discovered the burglar proof at the back door was cut off and that was how the killers gained entrance into his apartment and they possibly left through his front door because it was left wide open. The rooms were scattered. We even found a stick in his room lying close to him and covered with blood stains.
“It was then we knew that those who came for the job had used a stick to perfect their act.
“We are all still in great shock over the incident. It’s been weeks now but the fear is still very much in us. Some of us even fled our houses after the incident but only had to return about three days after.”
According to a source, an autopsy has been conducted and Uzozie’s body released to his family.
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Abuse: 100 women police for IDP camps
The Borno State Police Command has deployed 100 women police officers in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps following allegations of abuse of women.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged mass abuse of girls and women by camp officials in its latest report.
Commissioner of Police Damian Chukwu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that his command was taking steps to to protect the IDPs.
He said he constituted a high-powered committee to oversee the camps.
“I have constituted a committee, led by Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), with Divisional Police Officers (DPO) and other senior officers, to take over the daily running of the camps.
“It is interesting to say that most members of the committee are females. I have also mobilised over 100 women police, including mobile police women, to handle day-to-day interactions in the camps.
“The male officers will be limited to handling of the territorial coverage and patrol within the camps,” he said.
Chukwu added that the objective was to further secure the camps and give confidence to the thousands of women.
“The deployment of women police is also to dig out true happenings in the camps regarding the allegation.
“We feel the victims might not want to talk freely to men, but they will be encouraged to open up to women if the allegation is true,” Chukwu said.
He insisted that prior to HRW’s alert, the police had not received any complaint of abuse.
“We have not received any complaint of human rights abuse in the camps, so it seems strange to me. In each camp, we have many police outposts.
“In Bakassi camp for instance, we have five police units because every local government in the IDP camp has its DPO and other officers, with all the compliments of law enforcement,” Chukwu said.
He, however, said investigations would unravel the truth.
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‘We survive by stealing phones and robbing people in Oshodi’
One of the two suspects arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that he and over 50 teenagers in Oshodi survive by stealing and dispossessing passers-by of their phones and other valuables.
The suspect, Yusuph Ahmed, 19, from Offa, Kwara State according to a press statement by the RRS disclosed this to interrogators at the Squad’s headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja on Friday afternoon.
Ahmed, who was arrested in Oshodi on Friday after dispossessing a passenger of his phone, stated that he along with over 50 teenagers sleep in Oshodi under bridge and that it is from here they eke out a living by stealing phones and robbing passers-by of the valuables.
Ahmed, who has been sleeping under Oshodi Bridge since he was 13, stressed that even though he doesn’t follow those who rob amongst them out all the time, he knows all of them.
“I sleep in Oshodi Under Bridge. We are like 50 or 60 teenagers sleeping there. The adults sleep in Ori – Pako. I was 13 years old when I started sleeping there. I keep my cloth there.
“I sleep around 8:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. There are some of us who do not sleep at all. They are the ones that alert us whenever the police is around.
“There are equally those who do not sleep because they go from one place to the other in Oshodi to rob. They rob late at night and very early in the morning.
“After the death of my mother, my father abandoned us. He stopped taking care of us leaving us to fend for ourselves.
“Even the school, he stopped paying the monthly N600. I had to resort to packing granite to pay the monthly N600 for school fee.
“At a point, I couldn’t cope with the fee. I was just 12. I dropped out and I decided to run to Lagos. Since then, Oshodi Under Bridge has been my home.
“Any phone I stole, I sell to Mohammed or Kudus. They are beggars in Oshodi. They buy most of the stolen phones from us”, he stated.
However, the stolen phone, a Tecno Y6, was recovered from Ahmed’s brother.
The second suspect, Yusuph Agbaje, 25, from Oyo State, was arrested in Agege for stealing a Blackberry curve from a commuter.Responding to the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Suprintendent Dolapo Badmos, Police would leave no stone unturned in get rid of criminal elements within the state, adding that, parents monitor the activities of their wards.
The suspects have been transferred to the Lagos State Task-force.
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Sexual abuse: Police deploy 100 female personnel to Borno IDP camps
The Borno Police Command said on Sunday that it had deployed 100 female policemen to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state following allegation of abuse of women by camp officials.
The Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization, had alleged mass abuse of girls and women by camp officials in its latest report.
Mr Damian Chukwu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that his command was taking steps to ensure the protection of IDPs.He said he had also constituted a high powered committee to oversee the running of the camps.
“I have constituted a committee, led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), with Divisional Police Officers (DPO) and other senior officers, to take over the daily running of the camps.
“It is interesting to say that most members of the committee are females,” he said.
” I have also mobilized over 100 women police from different divisions, including mobile police women, to handle day-to-day interaction in the camps.
“The male officers will be limited to handling of the territorial coverage and patrol with in the camps,” he said.
He said that the objective was to further secure the camps and give confidence to the thousands of women in the IDP camps.
“The deployment of women police is also to dig out true happenings in the camps regarding the allegation.
“We feel that the victims might not want to talk freely to men, but they will be encouraged to open up to women policemen if the allegation is true,” Chukwu said.
He insisted that prior to the alarm raised by the international Human Rights organization, the police had not received any complaint on the alleged abuse. .“We have not received any complaint on any case of Human Rights abuse in the camps, so the whole thing appear strange to me; in each of the camps, we have many police outpost.
“In Bakassi camp for instance, we have five police units because every Local Government Area in the IDP camp has its DPO and other policemen, with all the complement of law enforcement,” Chukwu said.
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Police nab suspected killer of serving NYSC member
The Kaduna State Police Command yesterday announced the arrest of the suspected murderer of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in the state.
The command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the suspect was arrested last Wednesday.
Usman said the suspect, Adamu Jibrin, 22, had made useful statement to the police on the offence.
Allegedly recovered from him were six loaded cartridges, two knives, two cutlass, a double barrel and one Samsung phone in his room at Unguwar Yero Area in Kaduna.
The late NYSC member, Lawal Kontagora, was killed on the Oct. 17.
Two suspects were earlier arrested on Oct. 20 and subsequently charged to court.
Jibrin is now being interrogated.