Crime

By Thompson Yamput The Police  have begun a manhunt for gunmen who killed three of its officers in Kogi. Mr Miller Dantawaye, the Commissioner of Police in the state, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, on Wednesday in Lokoja. Dantawaye explained that the manhunt followed an attack on…

By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi has arrested a girlfriend of an armed robbery suspect and recovered one locally made pistol, six rounds of live ammunition and the sum of N2.04 million.   SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the command’s spokesperson, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Lokoja.   The suspect’s girl…

By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi on Tuesday confirmed the abduction of the District Head of Bagaji Ado in Omala Local Government Area (LGA) of the state by unknown gunmen. The command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, confirmed the alleged abduction  in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya…

By Stephen Adeleye The Police command in Kogi says the suspected killer of Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, a photo-journalist, Mr Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, has allegedly committed suicide.   The Command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja.   Ovye-Aya said Pelumi’s corpse was found in a…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command on Wednesday said it has launched a manhunt for a suspected ritual killer of Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, a photo-journalist in the state. Aiyepeku was reportedly gruesomely murdered on Tuesday night in an office located around the Government House/GRA axis of Lokoja, where he and his suspected assailant repotedly…

By Thompson Yamput Security operatves have arrested 12 suspected kidnappers and one informant in a coordinated operation carried out across parts of Kogi and Kwara. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, Commissioner for Information, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja. He also said that some of victims of the kidnapping were rescued. He gave…

By Isaiah Eka The police command in Akwa Ibom says it has arrested one suspected cultist, who specialises in the vandalism of feeder transformers and public electric cables in Akwa Ibom. This is contained, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Timfon John in Uyo on Monday. John said on July…

By Isaiah Eka The police command in Akwa Ibom says it has arrested four suspects and allegedly recovered some stolen items from them. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Timfon John in Uyo on Wednesday. John said two of the suspects arrested had allegedly confessed to being…

By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi  on Wednesday declared one late Muhammad Kassim and six other arrested suspects as cultists and arms runners in the State. The command in a statement signed by its spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, in Lokoja, debunked insinuations that Kassim was killed in cold blood. Mr Isaiah Ijele, Publicity…

By Thompson Yamput Two  additional suspected informants to kidnappers in Kogi have been arrested by security operatives,  in a crackdown on collaborators in crime and criminality in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo made the disclosure in a statement signed in Lokoja on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…