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Oyo Police Command arrests LAUTECH student, 15 others for armed robbery, cultism

No fewer than 16 suspects including a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology(LAUTECH), Ogbomoso were arrested by operatives of the Oyo State Police Command for armed robbery, cultism and conspiracy. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police(CP), Mr. Shina Olukolu, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen of the command’s activities at the police headquarters,…

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40 suspects nabbed for armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism in Oyo

Not fewer than 40 suspects have been arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping and cultism by Oyo State Police Command with arms and ammunition recovered from them. Speaking with journalists, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sina Olukolu, said Operation “Puff Adder” yield results in joint operations with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives. “They raided all…

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Pastor in Ekiti arrange own kidnap to demand N3m from congregation

Adewuyi Adegoke (pictured left), a pastor at Methodist Church, Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state, has been arrested by the police for allegedly organising his own kidnap. TheCable gathered that Adegoke had arranged with one Oluwadare Sunday to demand N3 million ransom from his congregation. He reportedly went into hiding on Sunday evening while there were…

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Two abducted school pupils in Anambra found in Onitsha hotel- Police

•Report says they were lured with biscuit and drinks… Two pupils abducted from their school in Obosi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, were on Sunday, found in a hotel in Onitsha. According to Southern City News, the pupils were siblings. According to a source, the pupils were abducted from their…

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Woman in court for allegedly conspired with three others to kidnap husband

The police on Monday arraigned a 27-year-old woman, Elizabeth in Lagos for allegedly conspired with three men to kidnap her husband. Elizabeth who appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on four counts, charged alongside Ayinde, 28; Salisu, 45, and Ogunbiyi, 43. The pleas of the defendants were not taken by the court as…

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SARS alleged for kidnapping, beating man, collected N464,000 as ransom in Ikorodu.

SARS officers from Ikorodu area of Lagos State has been alleged for allegedly and unlawfully arrested a young man named Emmanuel Adegbite on March 05, 2019 while he was playing snooker. A source told LiveTimes that the officers arrested the man without a search warrant, when they (SARS men) illegally broke into Royal crown Hotel…

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