Crime Watch
FIVE CULTISTS ARRESTED OVER THE DEATH OF A 25 YR OLD MAN
On Sunday 1st of November 2020 Men of Ogun State Police Command apprehended five members of a dreaded cult group who unleashed terror on the people of ifo town in the early hour of the day.
The suspects Afeez Olapade aka Sabiko, 22, Idowu Adebayo 18, Oduwaye Seyi aka owo aje 22, Fatai Olude 22: and Alabi Segun 22 were apprehended following a distress call received by the DPO ifo division that the cult group are on rampage around ifo market attacking people with dangerous weapons and dispossessing innocent people of their valuables.
Upon the distress call, the DPO ifo division CSP Adeniyi Adekunle quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene.
On getting there, they met a 25 yr old man who was later identified simply as Sunday in the pool of his own blood as a result of several matchet injury on his body. The policemen Chased and got the five suspects arrested within the area. The victim was taken to the general hospital where he was confirmed dead.
Also injured is one Muhammed a trailer driver while one Olalekan Alade was also dispossessed of his phone by the hoodlums, while five other different phones snatched from different people were recovered from them.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation, he also directed that the fleeing members of gang must be hunted for and brought to book within the shortest possible time.
The CP therefore warned that those who think that police has abandoned their duty as a result of recent protest should better have a rethink as the command is determined more than ever before to wage war against crime and criminality anywhere in the state .
DSP ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI, PPRO, OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND.
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Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State, killing one police officer. The incident happened on Tuesday, the Ebonyi State Police Command spokesperson, Loveth Odah, said. According to her, two of the gunmen were also killed in the duel.
While narrating how the incident happened, she said the Ebonyi Police Commissioner, Aliyu Garba, got a distress call from the NDLEA Commandant in the south-east state at about 2:30 am on Tuesday informing him of the attack. According to her, the gunmen drove into the NDLEA headquarters in a Toyota 4Runner Jeep, shooting sporadically at the men on duty.
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Other things recovered were 65 Barreta Pistol live ammunition, one Toyota 4Runner Jeep, some chairs, and other incriminating items, the police spokesperson added. Efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing gunmen, she said.
Aside from security officers, other public establishments including offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been attacked.
Stakeholders fear that the rising wave of gunmen attacks in the southeast may affect the 2023 elections.
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