The command`s Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, made this known on Thursday in a statement issued at Lafia.

He said the command received a distress call on Wednesday that some hoodlums had blocked the Nasarawa-Keffi highway to kidnap unsuspecting road users.

According to him, “Our personnel in collaboration with the military swiftly went to the scene of the operation.

“On sighting the joint operatives, the criminals opened fire and a gun duel ensued and in the process, one of the hoodlums was fatally wounded and apprehended.

“On realising that one of them had been shut, the others abandoned their mission and scampered for safety due to the superior fire power of the joint security forces.

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“The wounded kidnapper was rushed to the General Hospital, Nasarawa, in Nasarawa Local Government Area where he later died while receiving treatment.

“One Ak-47 rifle loaded with eleven rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition was recovered from the hoodlum.”

He added that upon investigation, it was found out that the kidnappers had earlier stopped two sport utility vehicles in order to kidnap the occupants.

Nansel pointed out that the swift intervention of the joint security forces saved the situation.

He gave assurance of the commitment of the police to ensure security of lives and property, especially as it affected road users.

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The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, SP Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the development to journalists in Bauchi on Thursday.

He said the command also arrested 22 suspected thugs, recovered arms and narcotic substances in various raids across the state in the month of August.

The spokesman said suspected kidnappers on August 26, blocked Tulu-Rishi road in Toro local government area, abducted Alhaji Alhassan Gambo of Anguwan Bawa in Kaduna State, and shot one Alhaji Mujitafa Usman of Funtua local government area in Katsina State.

He said that Usman was on a business trip in the area.

“On August 28, following credible intelligence to Tulu Divisional Police headquarters on activities of suspected kidnappers, a combined team of policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer, Tulu Division and the members of vigilante, embarked on combing their enclave.

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“On August 29, suspected kidnappers intercepted at Doka Auwalu Mountain in Tama Ward of Toro LGA, engaged the police in gun duel.

“Following hot exchange of firepower, the operatives neutralised two of the suspects on the spot, while others scampered in disarray with gunshot wounds into the nearby forest.

“Unfortunately, a member of the vigilante paid the supreme price, the operatives successfully rescued the victims unhurt and subsequently reunited with their families after medical examination,” he said.

Wakil further said that on August 30, suspected hoodlums armed with knives and sticks attacked members of peace and security committee at Bakin Kura area of Bauchi metropolis.

The suspects, he said, inflicted injuries on one Danladi Suleiman, 32, and Yakubu Ibrahim, 42.

“On receiving the information, a team of detectives led by the Commander Rapid Response Squad, RRS, swiftly swung into action and arrested 22 male suspects,” he said.

The spokesman said the police recovered four knives, two cutlasses, two sticks, one sharp horn, Cannabis sativa, and 221 diazepam tablets.

He said that investigation into the incident was ongoing, adding that the suspects would soon be charged to court.

Wakil quoted the Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda as commanding the operatives and commiserated with the family of the member of the vigilante who paid the supreme price.

The commissioner charged tactical commanders to sustain the tempo to rid the state of criminal activities.

Source: NAN

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The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri, Delta State, on Wednesday.

Edafe stated that the victim (name withheld) reported the incident to the police and narrated how he escaped from his assailants.

He stated: “At about 2130hrs on January 22, a kidnap victim reported that he was kidnapped on Esiso Street, Agbarho.

“He further explained that he escaped from his abductors, while they were transferring him into another vehicle.

“On January 23, the victim spotted one of the hoodlums and immediately alerted the Agbarho Divisional Officer (DPO), CSP Samuel Ogwa.

“The DPO swiftly mobilised and led operatives to the area, where one Godstime Rufus, 22, was arrested,” he said.

Edafe added that Rufus later led the operatives to their hideout, where two other suspects, including Stanley Efeme, 21, and Davidson Esiso, 35, were arrested.

He explained that the matter was currently being investigated and that the suspects would soon be arraigned.

Source: NAN

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The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, said this in a statement made available Tuesday in Warri.

Edafe said the incident happened on Sunday, November 14, when  the victims were travelling from Ozoro, Isoko North local government area to Ughelli.

He said the victims were rescued by the police patrol team in collaboration with the vigilance group and local hunters following a tip off.

“On November 14, 2021 at about 7:36 p.m., acting on information that hoodlums numbering about five wearing Army camouflage uniform and armed with AK-47 rifles attacked the victims.

“That the hoodlums came out of the bush at Idu Roundabout in the Ozoro/ Ughelli expressway, opened fire on a Toyota Sienna bus with registration number: SMK 185 FU conveying passengers from Ozoro to Ughelli.

“The DPO, Oleh Division, SP Paul Oboware, immediately mobilised and led a combined Police patrol team, vigilante and hunters to the scene.

“They cordoned off and combed the surrounding bushes and the suspected kidnappers, while sensing danger, consequently abandoned the 11 victims and fled,” he said.

Edafe said that the victims were rescued unhurt adding that the vehicle was recovered while effort was ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects.

He also said that the Police Commissioner, CP, Mr Ari Ali, had directed all officers and men of the command to be on red alert and ensure that their areas of responsibilities were well policed.

The police spokesman said that in line with the CP’s order, patrol teams had been deployed to the highways to ensure safety on the roads.

He quoted the CP as thanking the state government and members of the public for their support in tackling security challenges in Delta state.

Source: NAN

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ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson in a statement on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti,  gave the names of the fleeing suspects as Banji Akeem, Samuel Ebira, Dele Jimoh and Dayo Igwe.

Abutu said the four now at large were mentioned as gang members by other arrested suspects currently in police custody.

According to him, the suspects were involved in the abduction of prominent Ekiti citizens in the last two years.

“The suspects already arrested mentioned one Banji Akeem a.k.a Oro, who was earlier arrested by the RRS operatives for the offence of armed robbery.

“They also mentioned one Samuel a.k.a Samuel Ebira, Jimoh Dele a.k.a Dele Petim, Dayo a.k.a Dayo Igwe and Johnson a.k.a Yellow Okada who are presently at large as other members of their gang,” he said.

Abutu said the suspects were arrested through the relentless efforts of the men of the command.

According to him, the arrested suspects had confessed that they had been involved in various kidnappings in the state.

“They confirmed to be the brain behind the abduction of one Olowo Bola of Ipoti-Ekiti and the late Chief Abiodun Ajayi, who died from the injuries sustained while he jumped from the kidnappers vehicle, earlier this year, in Ado Ekiti,” he said.

The PPRO explained that the suspects usually kept their victims in the house of late Chief Ogunremi, located around Water Works in Ado-Ekiti or sometimes Ayere, a forest in Kogi.

He listed Items recovered from the suspects to include, one Toyota Corolla car, 13 rounds of live cartridges and two locally made double-barrel guns.

Abutu said that efforts were on to arrest other members of the gang who were at large, hence the N5 million reward for useful information that could lead to their arrest.

The command had on Monday paraded four suspected abductors of a petroleum dealer in Ekiti, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami and wife of late Surveyor-General of the state, Mrs. Dapo Osalusi.

The suspects were also alleged to have also kidnapped another victim, Olowo Bolaji in Ipoti-Ekiti, Ijero local government area of the state.

Abutu, while parading the suspects, said they were arrested by a team of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the command.

He said the suspects included the food supplier to the alleged kidnappers and a vulcaniser, who was their informant.

The command thanked residents who provided the information that led to the initial arrests, promising not to relent in ridding the state of crime.

“The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Unit of the Police Command in Ekiti has continued its raid and war against kidnapping with another breakthrough recorded in the arrest and parade of four suspected kidnappers.

“They were apprehended in connection with the abduction of a petroleum dealer, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami in Ado-Ekiti on Jan. 10.

“The suspects during interrogations confessed to have actively participated in the abduction of the wife of former Ekiti State Surveyor-General, Mrs. Dapo Osalusi and another victim, Olowo Bolaji in Ipoti-Ekiti, Ijero local government area of the state,” Abutu explained.

Source: NAN

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The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP. Sunday Abutu, confirmed the development to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti.

“They were released around Ikole-Ekiti in Ikole local government area following an effort by our operatives and other agencies.

“The pressure was much on the kidnappers to the extent that they had to let the victims go.

“Efforts are still on to apprehend the kidnappers for prosecution in order to ensure safety of the people.

“We advise that people should be security conscious and make sure that they report all suspected people around their environment to the security agencies, especially the police,” he said.

The five abducted commuters were said to have been released on Sunday and no one could confirm whether ransom was paid or not.

The victims were kidnapped on Thursday from various locations in Ilasa and Ayebode during a coordinated attacks by bandits terrorising the axis in recent time.

The bandits had engaged some military men, who came to rescue the victims, in a fierce battle.

The bandits later escaped through the nearby bush.

Source: NAN

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They are Danlami Shauibu, Kabiru Amodu and Adejoh Tijani all of Adumu Village in Ofu local government  suspected to be responsible for series of kidnappings in the area.

A statement signed by DSP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, on Saturday, in Lokoja, said that the suspects were arrested by police operatives attached to Itobe Division in Ajaokuta Area Command.

Aya said that Danlami Shauibu and Kabiru Amodu were initially arrested on October 16, by a police team, following an intelligence-led operation.

He said the operation was conducted to curb criminal activities, especially high volume of kidnappings in Itobe and its environs particularly, the Itobe-Anyigba highway.

The PPRO revealed that during preliminary investigations, one of the suspects gave useful information that led to the arrest of the third suspect, Adejoh Tijani of the same address on October 22, at about 8:30 a.m.

The Kogi command’s image maker said upon a search of their houses, the police recovered one cut to size single barrel gun and a locally made pistol.

Other items recovered, according to him, were one POS machine, one battle axe, a face mask, five live cartridges and assorted charms.

He said that efforts were being made to arrest other members of the gang, and that the suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations.

To this end, he said, the state Commissioner of Police Idrisu Dauda Dabban, had commended the officers for their thoroughness and the breakthrough, while assuring members of the public of the command’s determination, in synergy with other security agencies in the state, to ensure adequate security of lives and property.

Source: NAN

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The incident occurred on October 10 and the victims were  rescued.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Barde, disclosed this during a courtesy visit by the Adamawa Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, on Thursday in Yola.

He said that the command was ready to deal with any kidnapping, arm robbery and other criminal activities in the state.

Barde called for continued support of the committee by providing useful information to the police to ensure peace and security across the 21 local government areas of the state.

He assured them that such information would be treated with confidentiality.

The commissioner advised the PCRC to remain united in the discharge of their duties and discouraged them from having different factions.

In his address, Mr Olu Adegoke, state chairman of PCRC, assured Barde of maximum support and cooperation towards tackling security challenges in the state.

“We are here to welcome you to Adamawa and give you our support and cooperation; we have been doing that and we will continue to do it,” he said.

He said that the committee was united and would do everything possible for the success of the police in the state.

Source: NAN

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DSP Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Warri.

Edafe also said that one of the suspects, Emuesiri Umukoro, was apprehended by the operatives of Oghara Police Division, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state.

He said that the police operatives, acting on intelligence information on the abduction, stormed the hideout of the criminals in the Pan Ocean Road, Koko Junction, to rescue the victim.

“On October 5, 2021, at about 0730 hrs, the command received information from a distressed caller (name withheld), that on October 4, 2021, at about 2330 hrs, while he was driving to Lagos in a Futon Truck with Registration Number: FST 345 YD in company of his girlfriend, he was blocked at Koko Road Junction, Oghara, by a three-man armed robbery and kidnapping gang.

“He disembarked from the vehicle and escaped while the hoodlums forcefully took his girlfriend away into the bush,” Edafe said.

The PPRO explained further that operatives of Oghara division were immediately dispatched to the area to rescue the kidnapped victim, identified as “Mohammed Sekinat”.

Edafe said that the hoodlums, on sighting the Police team, abandoned the victim and took to their heels.

“One of the suspects, Umukoro (aged 27), was arrested. The victim identified the suspect as a member of the gang that kidnapped her,” he said.

The police spokesman said that the command had intensified manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang.

Source: NAN

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The two suspects met their waterloo when policemen in Ewekoro divisional headquarters received an information at about 7:30 a.m. that some armed hoodlums with face mask were sighted hibernating in a bush at the back of ICT Polytechnic, Itori.

That was coupled with the fact that many suspected kidnappers had been traced to the same forest before.

The anti-robbery team of Ewekoro division was quickly dispatched to fish out the hoodlums.

On sighting the policemen, the gang opened fire on them and the policemen engaged them in gun battle which lasted about 40 minutes.

At the end of the encounter, two members of the syndicate were gunned down while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.

Recovered from them are one locally fabricated shot gun, two live cartridges, two battle axes, empty shells of AK 47 riffle ammunition, three android phones, two small phones, 8 pairs of slippers and two school bags.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, who commended the gallantry display of his men, had warned criminals to stop testing the will power of the command under his watch.

He said doing so would continue to spell doom for them.

The CP also directed a massive manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang.

He therefore reiterated the stand of the command to roll out all in its arsenal to wage war against crime and criminality in order to make Ogun State free of violent crime.

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