Police parade 30 suspects in Ondo.
The Police in Ondo State has paraded over 30 suspects at its headquarters in Akure, the state capital.
The suspects were arrested for various crimes, including kidnapping, robbery and fraud.
Commissioner of Police Sanni Mogaji said the suspected leader of a kidnap syndicate, Ogenekwweh Igagah, was arrested in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
He said 10 vehicles, including a Honda, Infinity Sport Utility Van (SUV) and Toyota Camry of various models, were recovered from the syndicate.
Mogaji took reporters round the suspect’s hideout in Alagbaka.
He said: “This hoodlum belongs to a gang that has been terrorising Delta, Rivers and Ondo states.
Funso Ajewole, Ayeni Kehinde, Segun Akinola and Gabriel Adeniyi were also paraded for allegedly defrauding a victim, simply identified as Temilola, of N78, 000.
Mogaji said N3.5 million, a Honda Saloon Car numbered ET726PHC and five AK 49 rifle with 11 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition were recovered from a gang of robbers that attacked a bank in Owo on October 6.
He said the police killed two of the hoodlums, but the others escaped.
Mogaji said the command is determined to curb crime and urged the public to volunteer information that could assist in the arrest of criminals.
Boko Haram wraps bombs as Sallah gifts, Police arrest bomb makers, recover bombs, guns
A major disaster in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, was foiled by the police, as the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had planned to present cleverly wrapped bombs as Sallah gifts to some individuals in the state.
Commissioner of Police, Simeon Midenda, said the command had arrested a 23-year-old member of the sect, Sheriff Shettima, who was the arrowhead of the plans.
Shettima, the police boss said, was trained in bomb making and had led some major operations of the sect in the past.
Midenda said Shettima was arrested in his house in Maiduguri metropolis, where explosives, guns and ammunition, which he confessed were initially prepared to bomb the headquarters of Borno State police command, were recovered.
The police boss said the suspect confessed that the bombing of the police headquarters could not be done because of an emergency journey he made to Kano to transact some business.
The suspect, according to the police, revealed that some of the explosives were meant to be wrapped as gifts for people during sallah, adding that “the receivers of the gifts might not suspect that these are IEDs.”
The police boss said, “these people would have succeeded but for God’s intervention, adding, “with the arrest of Sheriff Shettima and by extension, the recovery of arms and ammunition, the command has averted a major disaster that was to befall Maiduguri and mar peaceful celebration of the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir.”
Midenda said the police also recovered one SMG rifle (French made) with 104 rounds of live ammunition, empty ammunition chains, two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two pairs of military uniform, three empty ammunition boxes and three gallons of highly inflammable liquid.
The police boss said the suspect also led the police investigating team to 25 different houses of his accomplices in Maiduguri metropolis, with a view to arresting them, but lamented that all the houses were found to have been abandoned by their occupants.
Also speaking on the recent snatching of vehicles at gunpoint in Maiduguri, the commissioner said the police had arrested one Idi Umar, a notorious robbery suspect, following the confession by one of his gang members, Idi Musa.
He said one AK47 rifle with 57 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from him, while three vehicles, number plates and vehicle documents were found in his possession.
The suspects were arrested for various crimes, including kidnapping, robbery and fraud.
Commissioner of Police Sanni Mogaji said the suspected leader of a kidnap syndicate, Ogenekwweh Igagah, was arrested in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
He said 10 vehicles, including a Honda, Infinity Sport Utility Van (SUV) and Toyota Camry of various models, were recovered from the syndicate.
Mogaji took reporters round the suspect’s hideout in Alagbaka.
He said: “This hoodlum belongs to a gang that has been terrorising Delta, Rivers and Ondo states.
Funso Ajewole, Ayeni Kehinde, Segun Akinola and Gabriel Adeniyi were also paraded for allegedly defrauding a victim, simply identified as Temilola, of N78, 000.
Mogaji said N3.5 million, a Honda Saloon Car numbered ET726PHC and five AK 49 rifle with 11 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition were recovered from a gang of robbers that attacked a bank in Owo on October 6.
He said the police killed two of the hoodlums, but the others escaped.
Mogaji said the command is determined to curb crime and urged the public to volunteer information that could assist in the arrest of criminals.
Boko Haram wraps bombs as Sallah gifts, Police arrest bomb makers, recover bombs, guns
A major disaster in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, was foiled by the police, as the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had planned to present cleverly wrapped bombs as Sallah gifts to some individuals in the state.
Commissioner of Police, Simeon Midenda, said the command had arrested a 23-year-old member of the sect, Sheriff Shettima, who was the arrowhead of the plans.
Shettima, the police boss said, was trained in bomb making and had led some major operations of the sect in the past.
Midenda said Shettima was arrested in his house in Maiduguri metropolis, where explosives, guns and ammunition, which he confessed were initially prepared to bomb the headquarters of Borno State police command, were recovered.
The police boss said the suspect confessed that the bombing of the police headquarters could not be done because of an emergency journey he made to Kano to transact some business.
The suspect, according to the police, revealed that some of the explosives were meant to be wrapped as gifts for people during sallah, adding that “the receivers of the gifts might not suspect that these are IEDs.”
The police boss said, “these people would have succeeded but for God’s intervention, adding, “with the arrest of Sheriff Shettima and by extension, the recovery of arms and ammunition, the command has averted a major disaster that was to befall Maiduguri and mar peaceful celebration of the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir.”
Midenda said the police also recovered one SMG rifle (French made) with 104 rounds of live ammunition, empty ammunition chains, two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two pairs of military uniform, three empty ammunition boxes and three gallons of highly inflammable liquid.
The police boss said the suspect also led the police investigating team to 25 different houses of his accomplices in Maiduguri metropolis, with a view to arresting them, but lamented that all the houses were found to have been abandoned by their occupants.
Also speaking on the recent snatching of vehicles at gunpoint in Maiduguri, the commissioner said the police had arrested one Idi Umar, a notorious robbery suspect, following the confession by one of his gang members, Idi Musa.
He said one AK47 rifle with 57 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from him, while three vehicles, number plates and vehicle documents were found in his possession.
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