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  • Police arrest suspected robbers in Bayelsa

    The police in Bayelsa State have arrested suspected robbers, who specialised in robbing residents of Yenagoa, using a commercial tricycle.

    Police spokesman Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident yesterday, said some of the robbers were shot during a gun battle with policemen.

    He identified one of the four-man gang as Precious John, male, 19 years, saying he was shot in the leg and a locally-made pistol was recovered from him.

    Butswat said while the tricycle driver, Abubakar Iliyasu, male, 26, was arrested, others escaped with bullets wounds.

    He said: “Following reported complaints of cultism in Yenagoa metropolis, the commissioner of police directed the tactical teams to embark on stop and search operations and patrols in the metropolis.

    “On March 17, about 1150 hours, four armed men operating in a tricycle with a locally made pistol robbed Kelly Effiong, female, on Ebis Road, Biogbolo of one Techno phone valued at N45,000 and an ITEL phone valued at N4.500.

    “On sighting a patrol team, the armed robbers engaged the policemen in a gun battle. The policemen fired back at the robbers and arrested Precious John, male, 19 years, who was shot in the leg and recover a locally made pistol from him.

    “The tricycle driver, Abubakar Iliyasu, male, 26 years, was also arrested. The other suspects escaped with bullets wounds. The command has intensified efforts to nab the fleeing suspects.”

  • Ekiti govt, police battle robbers, kidnappers

    The spate of insecurity in Ekiti State has unsettled many of its inhabitants. RASAQ IBRAHIM examines the carnage and the measures put in place to decimate it by the state government and the security agencies.

    Ado-Ekiti, Aramoko, Erio, Ikere and other towns sharing boundary with Ekiti State have seen hell—no thanks to the activities of armed robbers and kidnappers. Now, Fayemi and security agencies are battling to take the people away from hell.

    Ekiti was known for its peaceful atmosphere during the first term of Dr. Kayode Fayemi where maximum protection of lives and property were adequately guaranteed.

    Immediately he left office, the relative peace enjoyed in the state went on exile. On the January 2, an Accounting Officer in Emure Local Government Area, Mr Abayomi Ajayi, was killed by unknown gunmen on Ikere-Ise Road while returning from work. He was in the company of two colleagues. These colleagues, Dr Fashina and Pastor Onaade, were kidnapped.

    Barely a week this incident occurred, a former Commissioner for Lands during Fayemi’s first term, Mr. Remi Olorunleke, and the Director of Administration, Gbonyin Council Area, Mr. David Jejelowo, were also abducted on Ado-Ijan Road by unknown bandits. They later regained freedom after the police and other security operatives combed their suspected hideout.

    Deji Akeredolu, 37, a councillor representing Ado Ward 9 at the Ado Local Government Council, at the Onala area of Ado-Ekiti , the State capital, was a victim of the gunmen running wild. He is dead.

    The deceased and his wife were said to have alighted from a motorbike at the junction to their house around 10 pm when the gunmen fired shots at him from the back.

    The criminal activities continued with an ugly incident at the popular Tosin Aluko Motor Park at Ajilosun, Ado Ekiti metropolis when a man was shot dead.

    According to a source, the victim attempted to challenge the driver of the car conveying the gunmen for reckless driving, following which the gunmen opened fire and shot him in the stomach and head.

    “The deceased was in the car and the vehicle conveying the gunmen hit his car at the back at that spot.

    “He, then, alighted from the car to complain over the reckless driving not knowing they were armed robbers and the bandits opened fire on him and he died immediately,” he said.

    On February 7, a policeman, Sgt  Kamoru Momoh, was shot dead  on new Iyin-Ilawe Road by armed robbers who earlier robbed a filling station at Basiri, Ado Ekiti.

    The robbers were said to have besieged the petrol station and carted away cash worth  over a million naira.

    It was gathered that the robbers on sighting the police van driven by the late police officer, which seemed to be on their trail, blocked the road  at the NTA junction with their vehicle and rained bullets on the policeman and got his head shattered.

    An eyewitness, Olumide Bamigbetan, said: “When the Hilux chased them up to that point, the armed robbers used their vehicle to block the way and rained bullets on the car.

    “The bullets hit the driver of the vehicle and died on the spot after which the robbers entered their car and sped off.

    “Some of the motorists had to take a detour and escaped the scene, because the sound of the guns caused panic in the area”, he stated.

    The body was deposited in the morgue of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.

    Fayemi paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Kamoru Momoh, a CID operative.

    It was an emotion-laden visit at the home of the late CID operative. Fayemi was almost moved to tears sighting the wife and young children of the deceased.

    He assured the bereaved family that the government would sponsor the education and other needs of the children, describing the incident as unfortunate and devastating.

    Last week, a farmer, Elijah Ogor, 30, who hailed from Benue State, was killed on his farmland situated between Ayegbaju and Ido-Ekiti after his farm was invaded and destroyed by the herdsman with cattle.

    The death was reported through the Seriki Fulani in Ekiti, Alhaji Abashe Adamu, to the task force of Gan-Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria(GAFDAN), Ekiti chapter who later apprehended Umar Abubakar Sanda, in connection with the death.

    The GAFDAN’S Secretary, Hon. Toyin Ibrahim, said: “We got the information from Seriki Fulani that a farmer was killed in Ayegbaju . Our task force, comprising virtually all the ethnic groups in Nigeria moved into that bush and arrested Umar Sanda.

    “At the point we saw him, he was holding a rifle and with live cartridge inside. We queried the rationale behind the carrying of firearm which contravened Ekiti State Anti-Grazing Law, but he gave no reason. He was just raising issues that would make him look innocent.

    “The reason why we suspected him was that, two other people were with the deceased when he was shot, they escaped from the scene and the description they gave showed that the suspect was involved.

    “As law abiding group, we immediately took  Sanda to the police station at Ido Ekiti where he was detained .Part  of  our mandate in GAFDAN is to arrest cattle rustlers and errant herdsmen, who destroyed farmlands or commit other offences.”

    As part of the government’s efforts to restore the core values of the State and uproot the proceeds inherited from Fayose’s administration, Dr. Fayemi who dubbed as the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the State , summoned emergency security meeting where issues bothered on insecurity were carefully discussed.He had ordered the Police Commissioner, Mr Asuquo Amba, the Directorate of  State Services(DSS) and other security networks to strengthen their security architecture in a bid to wipe out all manifestation of criminal activities.

    In addition, the State Government had also enlisted the support of the Pan-Yoruba group, O’dua People’s Congress (OPC) and vigilante to collaborate with the security agencies to restore peace to the State.

    The governor had also reinstated the sacked operatives of the scrapped Ekiti State Peace Corps and reiterated its commitment to recruit additional 800 operatives to work with the police across every community.

    He had urged the residents to bow to superior directive from the police and must not take laws into our hands, saying the residents need to be partner in progress with the police and other sister agencies to make  Ekiti safe.

    The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi in the same vein had also called on the military to return soldiers to the checkpoints in the country to curtail the over bearing influence of the criminals in ensuring the protection of lives and property.

    He advised the military to restrategise and devise plans in tackling menace dedeviling the State, saying “the military need to look for more alternative means of preventing men of the underworld from perpetrating their nefarious criminal activities.

    “Government needs the backing of every member of the society to tackle the menace, for they will be at the receiving end if proper actions are not taken, promising that the present administration won’t tolerate criminals to disrupt the peace enjoying in the state,” he said.

    Fayemi, who spoke through the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communication, Segun Dipe,  lamented the scourge of criminal activities ravaging the State before now, saying the government’s commitment to protection of lives and property resulted in the existing peace and orderliness in the state.

    “We have achieved a lot in conquering the direct proceeds of last administration when hooliganism and thuggery were institutionalized as state policies.”

    Fayemi added that all efforts had been geared towards putting those with criminal tendencies at bay, saying it is evident that the past inglorious days of crime is over.

    In an attempt to make Ekiti safe, the State Police Command, CP Asuquo Amba decisevely drew a working template having done some threat analysis of what the major security problem that was confronting the State.

    Amba had drawn this template and identified specifically things that need to be tackled, some crime waves. And the measures needed to take in combating them.

    In collaboration with other sister security agencies, he initiated an operational force under the aegis of ‘Operation Make Ekiti Safe’ to rid the State of crimes.

    Among security operatives collaborating with the Police include Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigerian Immigration Service, Department of State Services (DSS) , Nigerian Police, Nigeria Custom Service among others.

    The operations of the joint task force have been visible along Ado-Ilawe road, Ado-Iyin road, Ado-Ijan –Ikare road, Ado-Ikere-Akure road, Ado-Iwiroko-Ifaki road and the inner city like Ijigbo, Okesa and Okeyinmi areas with motorists moving into Ado Ekiti metropolis were being stopped and thoroughly searched.

    The government provided logistical and moral support for that operation outfit institutionalised.

    The operational task operated on 24hrs, moving across the 16 Local Government Area of the State patrolling not just for visibility policing but to raid black spots.

    The CP had also increased the visibility policing of the plain-cloth intelligent gathering of the joint task force. Not just that alone, more awareness for community policing had increased in the state.

    Amba, speaking through the PPRO, DSP Caleb  Ikechukwu, said: “We had involved the people, urging them to be helpful in providing the Command with vital and sensitive information on area where criminals are perpetrating their heinous crimes.

    And in doing that, the CP ensured open door policy where people can come to us and divulge good information to them. And this had helped out.

    With the measures put in place, the Police recorded great success with over 180 persons  have been arrested across board acting on reliable tip off by members of the community.

    As a result of this raiding in those criminal hideouts like Atikankan and others where drug related activities were going on, great numbers of criminals had been brought before the State Criminal Department where they were screened and charged to court.

    Among those arrested by the joint task force included Dele Obamoyegun, Idowu Sunday, Adeniyi Eunice, leye Ojo, Akindahunsi Damilola and Olaosebikan Babatunde.

    However, the operational task led by Police Chief burst a forest and discovers a ritualist shrine in Odo, a suburb in Ado Ekiti, the state capital where two suspects were arrested.

    According to a source who craved anonymity, the shrine was being used by ‘awo’ (fraudster) as a haven to perpetrate their criminal activities.

    The Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba speaking through his spokesman, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu in an interview with The Nation disclosed that the giant feat recorded was made possible with the Governor Kayode Fayemi commitment and support morally and logistically.

    Amba said Operation Make Ekiti Safe has delivered on its entrusted assignment with huge success recorded.

    He added that there wasn’t any element of criminal activities in the State again, with residents  now living without fear and tension.

    He said: “Stop and search was part of the operations of the special task force. I think they have the constitutional power to carry out routine checks on people moving in and out to test their compliance to simple rules.

    “Two months ago a special force started its operations in Ekiti and since that time they have been carrying out their jobs in a civilised way, no harassment, no intimidation of any member of the public.”

     

    Victims, relations recount ordeal of criminal activities

    A close friend to the kidnapped council workers, who confided in our reporter disclosed that the two captives were released from the kidnappers den having paid an undisclosed amount of money.

    “Although the security operatives did what they could do to ensure their release from kidnappers’ den but he was set free having met the conditions given by the abductors.

    Similarly, speaking with The Nation, Oladimeji Joseph identified as the chairman of  Emure community where the late Sgt. Kamoroudeen resided, described him as a gentle careless about frivolities of life.

    Joseph added that the deceased contributed immensely to the development of his community, most especially in the area of security.

    “It is saddening and surprising to see the corpse of Sgt. Kamoroudeen. I never taught in the next 40yrs, he would leave so soon.

    “He left us only in this world without noticing us knowing that we have no one except him. It will be difficult to fill the vacuum created with his demise.

    “He volunteered to render selfless service in the area of security. And he did it with great alacrity.

    “Few days to his death, we were together discussing on how some residents in Zone B Area of the community went ahead to obtain electricity without paying the necessary dues to the community.

    Through his efforts, the People have promised to pay this Saturday (today).

    “The whole community had been missing him of his good work. It will be difficult to find a perfect person to fill the vacuum created,” he said.

    A close associate of the farmer, Elijah Ogor killed by suspected herdsman who craved anonymity disclosed that the deceased and he had planned to travel to their home town next month before this ugly incident occurred.

    He added that as part of their plan, they had decided to stay till after Easter before they would return but unfortunately he died.

    It is painful to hear that Ogor died. He left home for the farm to do some rough work on the farmland and fetch some tubers of yam to eat.

    “Surprisingly, we just heard the information that he had been killed by herdsman.

    “The culprit must face the wrath of law without prejudice or favour. How any marauder could invade someone’s farm with his cattle, destroyed it.

    And still went ahead to kill him? This is unjust in a society where there are laws and constituted authority.

    “This issue must be thoroughly investigated and whoever found culpable should be prosecuted according to the laws of the land,” he said.

    In an interview with a businessman, Tijani Abiodun Adedayo who spoke with our reporter attributed the wave of violent crimes to the inordinate desire and desperation of younger ones to get rich in quick time.

    “In any society like Ekiti State where youths are reluctant to engage in meaningful work, there is high propensity of such community to be ravaged with criminal activities such as yahoo-yahoo, fraud, kidnapping, armed robbery among others.

    “They ventured into all these to satisfy their insatiable desires and cater for their needs.

    “And all these constituted to the prevailing security challenges ravaging the State,” he said.

    Also a community leader who craved anonymity lauded the tactical approach of the State Government and the security operatives in curbing the hydra headed challenges posed by the criminal activities.

    “It is imperative to assert that the government of the day under the leadership of Dr. Kayode Fayemi has restored relative peace and normalcy the State is known for.

    “The state is known to be turbulent and violent four years ago but with Fayemi’s commitment to guarantee protection of lives and property, the lost peace virtues has returned fully,” he said.

  • RRS arrests seven suspected robbers

    Operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested seven suspected robbers, said to have terrorised residents of College Road, Fagba and Abattoir in Agege area of Lagos State.

    They were nabbed around 9pm last Thursday (Valentine’s Day) on College Road, Ifako-Ijaiye, after robbing over five people of their belongings.

    The suspects, Lekan Akinyemi, 23, Chimeze Ofulie, 18, Babangida Abdullahi, 22, Abubakar Umaru, 30, Samuel Oyinloye, 24, Timileyin Oladipupo, 27 and Habeeb Olayinka were said to have been armed with knives and other weapons.

    The police said they robbed Agafe Augustine, who alighted from a taxi on College Road, Ifako-Ijaiye, snatching his phone, N14,000 and a handbag.

    The victim told the police in his statement that he allowed them to have their way because they were many and armed.

    He said: “I allowed them rob me because they were many and were holding dangerous weapons, but I trailed them to an open place before raising the alarm. This attracted the attention of some RRS officers on patrol. They arrested some of the hoodlums.

    “They also robbed other victims, including a girl in company of her boyfriend. They dispossessed them of their phones and stabbed her boyfriend, who refused to give them his phone after parting with his wallet.”

    Confessing to the crime, one of the suspects told the police that they usually operated at night, dispossessing passers-by of their phones, money, jewellery, among others.

    The police said investigation showed that Oladipupo, alias Timi Yahoo, specialised in working on SIM cards of the stolen phones, to determine which ones were Internet banking-enabled.

    This, they said, would facilitate the robbers’ access to the victims’ accounts to transfer their money.

    Oladipupo told the police: “I have worked on many SIM cards given to me by Lekan and others at Agege Abattoir. What I do is to further increase our gain from the robbery by transferring victims’ money from their bank accounts after using some software to determine how much are lodged inside their accounts. We share the proceeds.”

    Police Commissioner Zubairu Muazu said the suspects would be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for investigation, adding that they would be prosecuted after investigation.

  • Robbers kill policeman in Ekiti

    A man identified to be a policeman was yesterday shot dead in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while trailing robbers who had attacked a business premises.

    The Nation gathered that the hoodlums had robbed a petrol station on Fajuyi-Secretariat Road and were escaping through the old Iyin-Ilawe Road when the police officer in a white Hilux van sighted them and gave them a hot chase.

    An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the police van trailed the robbers to NTA junction, where they were said to have waited and blocked the way in readiness for a gun duel.

    “When the police van chased them to that point, the robbers used their vehicle to block the way and rained bullets on the car.

    “The bullets hit the driver of the vehicle and he died on the spot, after which the robbers entered their car and sped off,” he said.

    Police spokesman Caleb Ikechukwu said: “The attack on the police officer could have been a reaction of criminals to the cleansing operation being carried out by the command.

    “You know that since our new police commissioner, Mr. Asuquo Amba, came on board, he has set up a Joint Task Force to carry out Operation Make Ekiti Safe, and many criminals have either been arrested or killed.”

  • Robbers sentenced to death attack journalists

    A state High Court in Adamawa State has sentenced eight robbers to death by hanging.

    But the condemned robbers reacted violently by attacking journalists covering the judgment.

    The affected journalists, one from the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and the other from Adamawa State Television (ATV), were cameramen filming the convicts, who were handcuffed in pairs, but who managed to get hold of pebbles around the court premises and inflicted injuries on the cameramen.

    The cameramen and other people around the place were saved from further harm by prison officials drafted to provide security.

     

     

  • Police nab two suspected robbers for ‘attacking’ bank customer

    Two suspected robbers, who allegedly attacked a commercial bank customer in Ilasamaja, Lagos, were at the weekend arrested by the police in Lagos.

    The suspects, identified as Boniface and Joseph, were apprehended by a team led by Ilasamaja Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Titilayo Oriyomi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).

    It was gathered that the suspects waylaid a customer, who withdrew money from the bank and fled on their motorcycle.

    Onlookers were said to have raised the alarm, which attracted the DPO and her men, who were on Yuletide patrol.

    A police source said: “They attacked a customer who was just coming out of a commercial bank in Ilasamaja. The people around shouted and we were attracted to the scene.

    “To escape from the angry sympathisers, the suspects ran across the expressway on their motorcycle, but the DPO and her team pursued and arrested them. They confessed that they attacked the victim to raise money for Christmas.”

  • Police arrest suspected armed robber, cultists in Bayelsa

    The police in Bayelsa State have arrested a suspected armed robber, James Oweifa, for allegedly terrorising Yenagoa, the state capital and its environs.

    The 22-year-old Oweifa, who hails from Agbere in Sagbama Local Government Area was said to be in possession of a revolver pistol with five rounds of 9mm ammunition when he was nabbed by the police.

    A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Asinim Butswat confirm the arrest of the suspect popularly called Grade.

    Butswat, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)said the suspect was trailed and apprehended by the Surveillance Team of the command’s monitoring unit.

    He said: “On 13 December, 2018, at about 1330 hours, the Surveillance team of the Command Monitoring unit, acted on a tip-off and arrested one James Oweifa ‘m’ 22 years, a native of Agbere Community, Sagbama LGA.

    “The suspect a notorious Icelanders cultists AKA Grade, was arrested in possession of a locally made revolver pistol with five rounds of. 9mm live ammunition. Investigation is ongoing to arrest his cohorts”.

    He further said that stop and search operations embarked upon by operatives of the police command in Yenagoa metropolis was yielding positive results.

    Speaking on the success of the operations, he said: “On 14 December, 2018, at about 1120 hours, Policemen on Stop and Search operations, arrested one Ayibamiebi David ‘m’ 20 years, AKA Desperado in a tricycle along Ekeki Road, Yenagoa.

    “The suspect a notorious Icelanders cultists is a native of Opuama Community, Southern Ijaw LGA, he was arrested in possession of a locally made pistol. Investigation is ongoing”.

  • Suspected robbers attack Catholic Church

    Suspected robbers on Tuesday attacked Catholic Youth Centre Parish under the Catholic Diocese in Makurdi, Benue State and stole valuables.

    The guard, Mr. John Akya, told The Nation that the suspected robbers forced their way into the premises through the gate and asked him to bring the church keys, but he told them that he was not with the keys.

    He said the hoodlums later saw a bunch of keys on the wall, removed it and ransacked the church.

    Akya said he was held hostage for almost two hours, adding that two members of the gang stood outside the church premises until a vehicle arrived and they moved the stolen items into it and escaped.

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    Commenting on the incident, the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Benjamin Ukpanya, decried youths’ involvement in crimes.

    He said the matter has been reported to the police.

    Mr. Moses Yamu, police spokesman, told our reporter on the phone that he was in Jos, Plateau State, for a training and he could not comment on the incident.

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  • Robbers loot two ATMs at IBB varsity

    A 15-man gang stormed the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) in Lapai, Niger State and looted the cash in two Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of a second-generation bank on the campus. MAHMUD ABDULSALAM reports.

    IN  a commando style, a 15-man gang invaded the main campus of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) in Lapai, Niger State and vandalised the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of a second-generation bank. The hoodlums carted away an undisclosed amount of cash.

    CAMPUSLIFE gathered that the  uniformed hoodlums entered into the campus on Lapai-Paiko-Minna Road through a bush path.

    A security guard, who was on duty, told our correspondent that the robbers arrived on that fateful day the school premises around 3 am. He said they were armed with guns, machetes, daggers and spiked clubs.

    The robbers, he said, night have been given a tipped-off by someone who knew the ATMs were loaded with cash the previous night.

    The source said the robbers came in three vehicles, which were parked a few metres away from the school gate.

    “They came down and gained access into the campus through a bush path,” the source said.

    A cadet officer, who was assaulted by the robbers said:“I was watching over the school Administrative Building, which is not that far from the ATM gallery. It was around 3am or thereabouts when I saw three armed men dressed in uniforms, standing beside the ATM Gallery and signalling to me to move towards them.

    “They told me they caught some thieves who burgled the ATMs. This made me to believe them. They asked me to follow them to see the robbers. Then, they took me to an open place where I saw my fellow security guards sitting on the ground with their hands and legs tied with ropes. Other members of the robbery gang were keeping watch on them.”

    The cadet, who was injured on the leg, added: “The robbers were violent, hitting with sticks and iron. We all sustained injuries on the heads, hands, bodies and legs. They threatened to even kill anyone who wanted to be stubborn.”

    One of the security men  said they fell for the hoodlums’ trick because of the uniform, adding that the communication among the robbers indicated there was an informant that gave the hoodlums a tip-off. The robbery, he said, was “perfectly executed”.

    He said: “None of us thought they could be robbers because of the way they were dressed. We thought they actually caught thieves, since they were in uniforms. We later knew it was false alarm used to gather all of us in one place. They vandalised and looted the ATMs without being repelled.

    “We were firmly tied; we could not struggle with the robbers, because we had been overpowered. Those who watched over us had daggers and guns with them. There was no way we could challenge them. They simply had a free raid on the ATMs.”

    Although the robbers overpowered the security men guarding the ATMs, CAMPUSLIFE gathered that some other security guards escaped.

    One of the escapees said he ran into the bush when he saw how the robbers were beating his colleagues.  He said there was no  security guard  that could have confronted the “dangerously armed robbers”.

    He said: “The robbers were irritated by the responses of our security men who could not give them the access pin code to unlock the ATMs’ vaults. But what baffled me was how they got the uniforms they used for the operation.”

    It was gathered that the robbers used a sledgehammer, axes and chisels to destroy walls of the ATMs’ gallery. They made their way into the ATMs’ cubicles and looted the cash loaded in them the previous night. The machines were completely destroyed.

    The hoodlums, it was learnt, fled the campus some minutes past 5am, after operating for about two hours.

    CAMPUSLIFE gathered that police arrived on the campus shortly after the robbers escaped.

    The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Muhammad Nasir Maiturare, led top members of the management to the scene on assessment.

    He said the incident would investigated to prevent a recurrence.

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    He said the school security architecture would be “comprehensively reviewed”, to protect the campus from invasion again.

    A student, Amina Zubairu, who was on campus that day, described the robbery as “tragic and unfortunate”. She urged the school to strengthen security  on the campus, noting that the story would have been different if the school was in session.

    She said: “Insecurity in Lapai has always been a thing of concern to students. Now that it has crept into the school campus, something urgent must be done to avoid putting students’ lives in danger.”

    A 300-Level student, Kasim Mohammed, urged the management and Lapai Local Government  to seek government’s intervention  to address the growing cases of robbery in the town.

    He said: “It is imperative that the police and other security agents be deployed in Kobo and the main campus of the university. The school must ensure its security guards are properly trained to be combat-ready for any security breach. The school should provide modern equipment to combat this perennial security problem it is facing. This is very important.”

    All efforts to get the university’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) Major Tete Kudu (retd), to comment failed.

    A policeman was killed and three students injured in a similar robbery attack last November on two banks close to the campus.

  • Robbers push injured colleague off moving bus

    The police in Lagos have rescued a suspected robber, Yusuf Nasiru, who was pushed off a moving vehicle by his colleagues.

    Nasiru, 34, was pushed down after his colleagues thought he had died from a gunshot.

    It was gathered that the gang burgled a shop at Maya on Ijebu-Ode Road in Ikorodu, Lagos.

    The hoodlums were said to have driven a Mazda bus with registration number KRD783XW to the shop. They fled when the police went after them, but slowed down to rescue the robber pushed off the bus by his colleagues.

    “The injured suspect collapsed and his colleagues thought he had died. They pushed him off the moving vehicle.

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    “He was rescued by the police team, revived and is recuperating at an undisclosed hospital. He was searched and a knife and charms were recovered from him.

    “The suspect is cooperating and giving useful information to the police,” spokesman Chike Oti said in a statement yesterday.