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A police inspector and two security guards were shot during a fierce gun duel between some armed robbers and the police at a hotel in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.     The armed robbers, who had pretended to be guests, invaded Remo Majestic Hotel in Sagamu in …

A police inspector and two security guards were shot during a fierce gun duel between some armed robbers and the police at a hotel in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.     The armed robbers, who had pretended to be guests, invaded Remo Majestic Hotel in Sagamu in …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command and local vigilantes have arrested a 14-year-old suspected armed robber, Gift Peace, and two members of his gang in Warri.   Gift, who was apprehended at a Suya spot at Enerhen junction in Warri South Local Government Area, had been part of a …

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested three armed robbery suspects in Ringim Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, October 2, 2023, said one beretta pistol and four ammunition were recovered from the …

“On 29/09/2023 at about 0330hrs, a distress call was received at Kazaure Police Station that, hoodlums strongly suspected to be armed robbers were seen jumping through the barbed wire into the house of one Bello Aliyu ‘m’ age 28yrs of Yanmakada quarters, Kazaure LGA,” the statement read.   “Upon receiving …

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Thursday September 28, 2023, visited the National Trauma Centre, National Hospital, to personally assess the condition of a Police Inspector, Omeje Matthew, who was brutally attacked and macheted by armed hoodlums at his residence in Kabusa, Abuja.     …

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have neutralized two robbery gang members and arrested another in Uyo, the state capital.   Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko Macdom, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, September 21, 2023, said the robbers have been terrorizing residents at …

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old suspected armed robber and rapist, Johnson Joseph, in the Ondo East Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, who disclosed this in a statement in Akure on Thursday, September 14, 2023,    The PPRO said …

Anambra State Police Command has nabbed two armed robbers dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of their valuables on the Second Niger Bridge.     Spokesperson of the command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, September 4, 2023, said the suspects were arrested by operatives attached to Harbour …

Comrade Douglas Ollor, S.A on Media to the President of OYC, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspects were armed with a Point of Sale machine which they used to transfer money from the bank accounts of their victims.  “In the early hours of yesterday Tuesday …