Crime

By Admin The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has issued a stern warning to individuals using masquerade festivals as a cover for criminal activities. The Commissioner of Police,  Mr Baba Azare, gave the warning in a statement signed by DSP Timfon John, the command’s Spokesman in Uyo on Thursday. Azare said that some masquerades have…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Tuesday warned its youth against aiding and abetting kidnapping and banditry in the State. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, State Security Adviser, gave the warning  at the palace of Elegbe of Egbe , Oba Ayodele Irukera, while giving progress report on  efforts by the state to  fight insecurity in…

By Douglas Ogbankwa Esq. The Nigerian Courts and some Security Agencies are in the practice of imposing high ranking civil servants as sureties in criminal matters. This practice with all due respect to my Lords, their Worships, their Honours and the head of security agencies does not conform to the extant law on the matter…

By Blessing Odega The Dong Community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau have appealed to the police authorities to establish a police post in the area to tackle kidnapping and general insecurity. Mr Kaze Nyam, the District Head of Dong, made the appeal on Monday in Jos, when a member of the Plateau…

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…