by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Abdullahi Chafe, in Abuja on Sunday said the Command was working in collaboration with other security agencies to tackle kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state. Chafe who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that the command was also adopting the community policing strategy to fight crime and criminalities in the state. He said that the command was constantly interfacing with traditional rulers and other critical stakeholders in the state to ensure peaceful atmosphere in the state. The commissioner said that members of the various communities in the state now voluntarily gave information to the police on activities of criminals. “We also get support from the state government and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris,” he said. The commissioner said that with the support of the state government the rate of kidnapping had been reduced drastically. He said that the topographical nature of the state was also militating against crime control in the state. The topographical nature of the state is another contributing factor why security issue is enormous in the state. “It is a state that has tick forests, mountainous and hilly structures, these factors are militating against crime control in the state. “Kogi is the only state in the country bordering nine states of Niger, Ekiti, Edo, Anambra, Kwara, Ondo, Enugu, Benue and Nasarawa,”he said. He urged Kogi indigenes to always avail the police with useful information that could help them to check crime in the state. Chafe also cautioned the people to desist from being political while talking...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI LAGOS—Luck finally ran out for a suspected robber identified as Gbenga Babatunde, 25, when operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command arrested him on Saturday, while he was trying to rob a lady that had gone to make use of an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, at Alaba Rago Market, Ojo Local Government Area of the state. Babatunde, in his confessional statement, revealed that to rob early users of ATMs, he passed the night at a targeted point. He also said that he had robbed over 35 ATM users in Alaba Rago Market area before his arrest. The suspected gun-wielding robber was chased and arrested by the operatives patrolling the area, during which a cut-to-size locally-made gun, two live cartridges and some debit cards were recovered from him. His accomplice, who the suspect claimed introduced him to the crime, escaped. Confession Babatunde narrated: “I have been in the crime since I met my colleague, Samson Baba Ramadan. I met him at Field Joint, Alaba, two years ago and since then we have been working together. “We have robbed about 35 people together. We get to a target ATM point by 4a.m. and hide in any shop close-by. As soon as anybody collects money, we will accost the person, collect the money and escape. The last money we got from a victim was N40,000. “This morning (Saturday), we wanted to collect money from a lady. She ran away. We thought she had gone, not knowing that she went to inform RRS. This was around 5a.m. They pursued us and arrested me but my partner...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Audu Maikori, a Nigerian lawyer and CEO of Chocolate City Entertainment, has been arrested by the police. The arrest is linked to his tweets about a fatal attack on his relatives in Southern Kaduna that turned out to be false, his lawyer said Friday. Mark Jacobs told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Maikori, 41, was arrested in Lagos around noon Friday by a team of police officers attached to inspector-general monitoring and intelligence team and was immediately transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. “I arrived at the Force Headquarters and learnt that a detention order has already been signed for him,” Mr. Jacobs said of his client. “I am not sure he will be released tonight.” Mr. Jacobs said he was told by the police that a magistrate issued warrant for Mr. Maikori’s arrest and are planning to charged him with attempt to “incite” the public. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, did not immediately respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments Friday night. The arrest of Mr. Maikori, a vocal advocate for the plight of residents of the restive area, came nearly four weeks after he narrated an attack that purportedly took place in Southern Kaduna. In a series of tweets on January 23, Mr. Maikori said his driver, later identified as Simon Joseph, told him that he lost his brother in a Fulani herdsmen ambush in Southern Kaduna and will be travelling for burial. “My driver’syounger brother and five others students of college of education Gidan Waya were ambushed and killed by herdsmen yesterday #SouthernKaduna. “They were in a commercial car going back to school when the...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had arrested three herbal medicine vendors who disguised as employers to defraud unemployed youths. The Commandant of the corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Sunday. Abdullahi said the suspects were arrested on Feb. 14 at Kofar Shehu area, Maiduguri. He said that the culprits posed as employers of labour and tried to dupe unemployed youths by taking money from them and promising to give them jobs. “Their nefarious activities were reported by two of the victims (names withheld) who said that they had collected about N5,000 each from them for a job. “One of the victims told the command that he was asked to bring about N17,000 to register for the Job. “He asked about the type of job and they said he should not worry when he registered, they would tell him about the job,” he said. The commandant said the suspects were using some fake documents from a Korea Company, Neo Life, with a Nigerian Coat of Arms, which was not registered by Cooperate Affairs Commission(CAC). “The employers’ address they gave were also fake as most of them denied having anything to do with them. “So far, we have recovered about 300 forms attached with money and passport of people they have registered. “The command, therefore, warns youths who are seeking for employment to be wary of criminal elements hiding under any guise to defraud people,” said...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old robbery suspect, who specialises in attacking ATM users at different parts of the metropolis. The command’s spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. Badmos said the suspect, Gbenga Babatunde, was arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) when he was attempting to attack a victim. She added that the suspect confessed to have robbed about 35 ATM users before his arrest. Badmos said that the suspect allegedly attacked a lady who had just withdrawn some unspecified amount from an ATM at about 5.48 a.m, at Alaba Rago Market, Ojo Area in Lagos. “The victim raised an alarm which attracted the RRS operatives on patrol. They chased the suspect and got him arrested. “One cut to size locally made short gun with two life cartridges were recovered from him. “Also recovered were Diamond Bank debit card owned by one Nkechi Esther Idoko and a First Bank mastercard belonging to Iweka Christopher Uchenna.’’ Badmos said investigation revealed that the suspect was not operating alone as he had an accomplice whose name was given as Samson Baba Ramadan, 28, who is at large. She said that the suspect revealed that they usually got to the ATM point by 4 a.m. while they hide close-bye at the ATM point. “The suspect confessed that as soon as the withdrawer collected the money, they would accost him or her and collect the money and escape. “He claimed that they collected N12, 500 on Saturday and N40, 000 on Sunday before his arrest,” she said. The spokesperson said that...
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