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Police nab two Beninois over car theft in Lagos

5 months ago1104 min

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two citizens of the Benin Republic over alleged car theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the suspects, Kosoko Rafiu and Nunayo Sunayo, were arrested in an attempt to escape with the vehicle along Mile 2/Badagry Expressway on Tuesday. He said that the suspects, after hijacking the vehicle, were on top speed to...

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Police nab ex-convict, others for killing PoS operators

5 months ago975 min

The Ekiti State Police Command says its operatives have arrested an ex-convict, Omowaye Ayodele, and two other suspects – Ojo Temidayo and Busarí Lookman, who confessed to killings and kidnappings of Point of Sales operators in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. This was according to the state Commissioner of Police, Adeniran Akinwale in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, and made available to journalists on Sunday. The CP...

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Police nab three rice thieves in Nasarawa

5 months ago1015 min

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing 96 bags of 50 kilograms of rice from a businessman in the Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state. The businessman was said to have bought 700 bags of rice in Nasarawa State and transported them to Abia State when the hoodlums numbering about 15 attacked his vehicle on the road and carted away with the foodstuffs. The Commissioner of Police, Umar...

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Police nab man, 30, for allegedly defiling minor

5 months ago5085 min

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old, Gbadegeshin Olakunle, for allegedly defiling and sexually grooming a minor at Kings Avenue, Ojodu Abiodun, in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered from a police source, who was privy to the incident but was not allowed to speak officially, on Sunday, that Olakunle was arrested after the minor confessed that she was defiled by him. It was said that the minor’s...

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Ondo lawyer knocks police for failing to nab attacker

5 months ago1065 min

An Ondo-based legal practitioner, Abayomi Oladire, has accused the state police command of laxity in its duties as its men allegedly failed to arrest a man, Kunle Kuteyi, whom he claimed attacked and stabbed him for helping his wife file a divorce suit. Oladire, who spoke on Sunday, from the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment as a result of the attack, alleged that after the suspect attacked him, he reported the matter at...

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Police nab man with vehicle, motorcycle master keys

5 months ago814 min

The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have arrested a suspect with 30 different fabricated master keys of vehicles and motorcycles in Kaduna. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The suspect specialises in vehicle and motorcycle theft. “On July 20, at about 0230hrs our personnel received a distress call that a shop was burgled. “Upon receiving information, our ...