Category: Crime

Sagamu Cult Clash: Police confirm death of 8, arrest of 9

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspected cultists following the killing of eight persons over the weekend in Sagamu as rival cult groups clashed. Speaking at a news conference in Abeokuta on Monday, Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police, said the remote cause of the clashes was a land transaction that took place in the town. “A land was sold and some form of commission or settlement was paid to a cult group by the owner of the land. “A rival cult group got to know…

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Police arrest 3 suspects over killing of Senator Adeola’s aide

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Suspected killers of Senator Adeola's aide being paraded by the Police in Lagos.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, on Monday announced the arrest of three suspects, who allegedly robbed and killed Mr Sanni Adeniyi, an Aide to Senator Solomon Yayi. Owohunwa told newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja , that the suspects were arrested in Lagos and Oyo States respectively. On Aug. 5, the lawmaker representing Ogun West, Sen. Solomon Yayi, in a statement by his media aide, Mr Kayode Odunaro, alleged that some soldiers killed his aide, Sanni Adeniyi Sanni. The police boss in Lagos, however, said…

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Insecurity: Abuja woman, daughters abducted, husband pays ?2.8m ransom

Aminu Imam

A female resident of Starwood Estate, Galadimawa, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Mistura Olasinde and her two daughters, Hauwa and Fatima, were abducted on Friday, September 8, in the nation’s capital. Mistura’s husband, Surajudeen Olasinde, a staff member of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, who disclosed this to newsmen, revealed that the incident happened at Kabusa Garden Estate, in the FCT, while his wife and children were driving home in their Toyota Highlander from Garki to Starwood Estate, located in-between Galadimawa and Lokogoma areas of Abuja, where they reside. According to…

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Kidnappers ambush two Lagos-bound buses in Kogi, abduct 10 passengers

Aminu Imam

Suspected armed men have reportedly hijacked two fully loaded buses belonging to the Benue state government-owned transport company, whisking away over 10 passengers from the Lagos-bound vehicles that took off from Makurdi, Benue State. According to reports, the armed men waylaid the vehicles at about 2 p.m. on Sunday, along Ajaokuta-Okene road in Kogi State. The Benue State Commissioner for Power, Energy, and Transport, Omale Omale, who confirmed the abduction, said the incident happened while the two buses, branded as ‘Benue Links Transport’, were approaching Okene, Kogi State. The commissioner…

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Increasing Criminality: CP Garba takes advocacy to Kaduna Mosques, links acts to poor parenting

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Musa Yusuf Garba

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna As criminality and other violent acts increase in Kaduna, the State Police Command Commissioner, Musa Yusuf Garba is taking advocacy to curb the menace to religious houses, while blaming poor parenting as a contributory factor to the acts in the State. Garba made this assertion while speaking at Yahaya Road Jumma’at Mosque on Friday 8th September, 2023 after the congregational prayers where he pleaded with community leaders to take charge of community policing by aiding the security agents with useful information. The Police Commissioner decried…

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Gunmen kill Kaduna Seminarian, set Cathtolic Parish residence ablaze in night attack

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by gunmen. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The attackers were said to have stormed the parish house at about 8:00 p.m. and set it ablaze alongside a vehicle. Sources said the deceased seminarian, Stephen Naman, died from the smoke he inhaled while trying to escape from the grasp of the attackers. When contacted,…

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NDLEA seizes N56.9m illicit drugs in FCT, arrests 343 suspects

Aminu Imam

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, have intercepted about 3,091.032 kilogrammes of suspected illicit drugs with a monetary value of over N56.9 million between January till date. FCT Commandant of the agency, Kabir Tsakuwa, disclosed this in an interview with the men yesterday in Abuja. According to Tsakuwa, the illicit drugs seized included suspected cannabis sativa, cocaine, Methamphetamine, Heroin, Tramadol, Rohypnol, Diazepam, Ecstasy, and Megadon. He also stated that 343 drug suspects were arrested within the period under review, adding that they comprised 328 males and…

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Rivers: NAF airstrikes destroy boats ‘loaded with stolen crude’ 

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it destroyed three boats sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline at a dispensing site in Rivers State. Director of NAF Public Relations, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement, said the operation was carried out via airstrikes on Saturday, August 5, 2023. According to him, the air component of ‘Operation Delta Safe’ executed the operation. He said, “The air strikes became necessary after three boats were sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline”.  Consequently, the boats were engaged and destroyed by the aircraft,” he added.…

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NDLEA arrests drug baroness, 4 kingpins, busts 3 syndicates

Aminu Imam

Three major illicit drug syndicates were taken down by operatives of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in an intelligence-led operations across parts of Lagos state, leading to the arrest of a baroness and four other kingpins with multi-billionaire worth of Cocaine, Opioids and others recovered from their hideouts. A female head of one of the syndicates, Faith Ebele Nwankwo was arrested on Wednesday 9th August, at her residence, House 6, C close, 3rd Avenue, FESTAC area of Lagos shortly after she returned from a…

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Over 5million Tramadol pills worth N3.7bn captured at Lagos airport

Aminu Imam

Some criminals’ attempt to smuggle 98 cartons containing 5, 122, 900 pills of Tramadol 225mg, with an estimated street value of about N3.7billion into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, was thwarted through the robust synergy between men of the Nigeria Customs Service and NDLEA officers at the airport as well as those at the DHL cargo warehouse. The Director of Media and Advocacy for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed all the seizures and arrest yesterday, said preliminary findings revealed that the consignments were imported from India…

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