GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigeria Police Force, Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two individuals in connection with the murder of a policeman, Ibrahim Maizabuwa. The suspects, Ezekiel Kefas, 67, and Stephen Zabadi, 44, are from Wamsa Suwa Ward in Lamurde Local Government Area of the state. According to the Police Spokesman, SP Suleiman…
A former police officer in Edo State, Inspector Edith Uduma, has threatened to kill herself and her children following her dismissal from the police force after she exposed an alleged rape incident involving a colleague. She accused the state police command of unjustly dismissing her, saying the public had not also heard her side of…
Adamu Ibrahim Umaru, 48, was on Thursday paraded by the Zone 6 Police Command in Cross River over an allegation of defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter. The zone 6 spokesperson, Nelson Okpabi, told newsmen that the suspect was arrested on Friday, November 15, based on a petition by one Aisha, the victim’s aunt. “The…
A 51-year-old America returnee, Sunday Abioye, has been found dead in a hotel room in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. His lifeless body was allegedly discovered in his room at the hotel around GRA, Sagamu on Wednesday. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Omolola Odutola, has confirmed this development in…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Head of the Police Anti-Kidnapping Squad in Osun State, Moses Lohor, and his team following the alleged shooting of Wakeel Nurudeen Iyanda Alowonle, the Chairman of the Osun State Transport Management System. The incident reportedly occurred on Monday night…
On the 17th of November, 2024, at about 2023hrs. Operatives of the Command received a distress call from the Command’s Control Room indicating that a gang of armed men numbering about four (4) operating in a Black colour Toyota Corolla car shot sporadically and kidnapped one Madabuchi Julius ‘m’ at Sabbath Filling Station, Oyigbo. Operatives…
Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has urged Nigerians to refrain from using social media to report the conduct of police officers and instead direct such complaints to the Police Complaints Response Unit. Speaking at the PPROs/Police Communication Experts’ Conference in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, the IG emphasised that the use of social media…
An attack on a federal lawmaker’s convoy in Abia state by unknown gunmen has left a policeman dead, while his colleague is said to be struggling for his life. According to media reports, the gunmen waylaid the convoy at Ubakala in Umuahia South council area, Abia State. The convoy is said to be owned by…
The Rivers State Police Command has made a significant breakthrough in combating crime, neutralizing a notorious cultist and kidnapper, Gbarani Bume, a.k.a. Pelele, a native of Bere Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. He was a member of the Iceland Cult Group, which has been terrorizing Beree/Tabaa axis of Khana Local Government…
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Osun State Police Command have arrested and paraded a dismissed soldier, Emmanuel Anthony, 34, for his involvement in a kidnapping operation and extortion of N3 million from victims. Anthony, who claimed to have served in the Nigerian Army for over 14 years, including a foreign mission under the…