Tag Archives: Arrest

Four suspected kidnappers involved in the killing of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, Segun Ayebulu, have been arrested in Ekiti State.    The suspects were arrested on Tuesday, September 13, at Irele Ekiti by local hunters and Ajoni community vigilante group, code-named Operation Eradicating Bandits at the Borders of …

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, Sani Musa, for sodomising a 12-year-old boy in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Monday, September 12, said the suspect lured the minor, a sachet water hawker into a …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four members of a syndicate that specialized in vandalizing and stealing parts from vehicles in Surulere area of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday, September 12, said the suspects were apprentices of auto mechanics in the …

Police operatives attached to the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) on August 7 successfully busted an illegal petroleum refining operation in Edo State.     A statement released today September 11 by the spokesperson of the police force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the activities of the alleged illicit …

Gumi says anybody arrested over an alleged crime needs to be taken to court within 24 hours. Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric based in Kaduna has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to either release Tukur Mamu or charge him to court.

Prominent Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has finally reacted to the arrest of Tukur Mamu by the Department of State Services (DSS).   Gumi who asked the DSS to either release Tukur Mamu or charge him to court, backed this by stating that the law directs that anybody arrested over an alleged …

The Chief Magistrate Court in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Friday, September 9, issued arrest warrants for two individuals who had been parading themselves as traditional rulers in Irele and Igodan Lisa in the southern part of the state.   Following the application of Charles Titiloye, the Attorney General and Commissioner …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested two suspected armed robbers and two drug dealers in different parts of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, September 7, said the robbery suspects were arrested along Issele-Azagba/Ogwashi-Uku road based on …

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers and rescued three victims at a forest on the Imeko- Iwoye Ketu Road in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state.   The suspected kidnappers were said to be eight members of a gang terrorising the Imeko and Iwoye …

The Delta Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe has responded to Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye better known as Rudeboy over his statement on the arrest of a fellow colleague, Ice Prince. Naija News reports that Paul Okoye had alleged via an Instagram post on Sunday, said that the only reason …