THE police have flushed out over 200 hoodlums from Lakowe Village in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. The action followed the villagers’ complaint about the hoodlums’ activities. They were said to have unleashed terror on the village, raping, looting and maiming. Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives from the Zone 2 Command in Onikan, Lagos, stormed Lakowe on […]
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A 34-year-old suspect, Ibrahim Abudulamdi, paraded, yesterday, by the Lagos State Police Command, said he is not a robber, but goes to bank to steal after studying the environment.
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) yesterday decried alleged human rights abuses by officers of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), saying cases of unprecedented violations of people’s rights abound across the country.
The statement urged him to convince the presidency on the need to meet the United Nations, standard practice of having a ratio of one policeman per 400 civilians.
Nasarawa state Police Command has said it had arrested members of a six-member ‘one chance’ syndicate that used commercial vehicles to rob passengers around the Mararaba-Keffi axis of the state.
The group however commended the Okiro-led PSC, and the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, for brazing the storm in implementation of the presidential directive on the current recruitment.
There were indications on Monday that a Police Corporal was arrested in connection with a robbery operation on Saturday night in Shagamu area of Ogun State.
Five suspected armed robbers, who disguised as patients, have attacked a private hospital in the Shibiri, Ajangbadi area of Lagos State, carting away valuables.
The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has directed all Police commands in the country to update their armouries to ensure that all ammunitions are in good condition.
Seven suspected armed robbers who have been terrorising the people of Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna State have been arrested by men of the Kaduna State Police Command. The bandits, who were arrested when the dispatched policemen attached to Sabo division raided their hideout on Thursday afternoon, confessed to have been disturbing the community for […]
