Tag Archives: Robbers

Few days after four traffic robbers were apprehended by the police in Lagos, another two robbers have been arrested by officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in separate incidents between Magodo Estate and Otedola bridge, Lagos State. Confirming the arrest in a statement on Saturday, spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said one suspect, Korede …

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Commissioner of Police, Delta State Police Command, CP Ari Mohammed Ali has said that the relentless efforts of his officers and men have led to the relative peace in the state.

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A gang of armed robbers have reportedly attacked a bank in Ile Oluji, the headquarters of Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government area of Ondo State. According to a report, many people lost their lives during the attack though the causality figure is yet to be released by the relevant authorities. Banks have been targets of attacks in the hinterland and some …

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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi yesterday said that the command recovered over N90m worth of drugs while parading 13 suspects arrested for cross border and cybercrime. Imohimi while addressing journalists at the command said that the cross border crime suspects, all Beninois specialise in snatching exotic cars in Nigeria and driving them to Benin Republic for …

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A Benue State-born man (name withheld) has sacked his newly married wife because she was making some ‘funny moaning’ sounds while being raped by armed robbers in his presence. The incident played out in the couple’s residence on Bello Street in the Iyana-Ejigbo area of Lagos State, when armed robbers visited them in the death of night few months after …

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20-year-old man, Badmus Gbadamosi, has been accused of killing his friend and roommate, Friday Michael. It was gathered that Gbadamosi killed 27-year-old Michael in the Mamu area of Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said late Michael saw his friend two different times while on robbery operations with his gang members. “Gbadamosi is a member of …

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Dayo Emmanuel The peace enjoyed in the sleepy town of Odo Ere, headquarters of Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State was yesterday shattered as dare devil robbers invaded the United Bank for Africa (UBA) bank in the town carting away undisclosed amount of money. A social media source confirmed that sporadic gun shots rented the air while the …

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Folake Sokoya   The Ogun State police command has arrested three men for robbery. They are Suleiman Waheed, Mathew Johnson and Isiaka Momoh. They were arrested during the early hours of 27 December while trying to rob one Bello Ibrahim of his motorcycle with registration number GBE 159VZ along Ijebu Ode -Ibadan road. The policemen attached to Awa Ijebu division …

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      Folake sokoya In what appeared to be a clampdown on criminals operating in Oshodi, Lagos State, prelude to the festive seasons, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested six teenage mobile phone thieves in Oshodi. The suspects who were brought in batches to the RRS’s Headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja …

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  The two robber suspect Armed Robbers Nabbed by police Folake sokoya   The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a two man robbery gang specialising in defrauding unsuspecting members of public around Cele Bus Stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway of Lagos. The suspects, Emmanuel Anyanwu, 39, an ex – convict and …

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