Police in Adamawa said on Thursday in Yola that they have recovered additional 30 tractors, 107 bags of fertilisers, 28 hand tractors and 29 cartons of agro chemicals looted by some hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protest. . The police announced only on Wednesday that they arrested 238 suspects from whom 35 tractors, nine vehicles, […]
The Police Command in Kano State, says it has arrested 31 suspects for looting of public and private property in the EndSARS protest in Kano metropolis. The command also arrested 28 other suspected criminals during the protest. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the disclosure at a new conference in Kano on […]
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa says he will soon sign an executive order for house-to-house search to recover government and private property looted by some hoodlums across the state. Fintiri, who stated this during a broadcast in Yola on Tuesday, called on the looters to return all looted property before 7 a.m. of Wednesday, Oct. […]
The Kubwa Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Abdullahi Bello, on Tuesday, said the hoodlums who looted the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kubwa almost stabbed him while trying to safeguard the facility. Bello said he and his men had to retreat to avoid the hoodlums from attacking them. He said all efforts to talk to them that […]
Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Tuesday, said there will not be an extension of the “period of grace” (Wednesday) for suspected hoodlums to return the looted goods, allegedly looted from public and private properties under the guise of EndSARS protest in the state. Oyetola warned the hoodlums to return the loots before the expiration […]
A former House of Assembly, Dayo Akinleye and four others, were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on a three counts of alleged arson, riot and felony. The other defendants arraigned along with Akinleye are: Afolabi Ariyo, James David, Ajimoko Busola and Oyin Filani. They were alleged to have been involved in […]
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have eliminated 38 bandits, arrested 198 others and their collaborators as well as rescued 108 kidnapped victims in the North West. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, in a statement on Monday, said that the successes were recorded between Sept. 5 and Oct. […]
The Plateau Government says it has arrested 307 suspects over the recent destruction and looting of public and private properties in the state, as at Oct.26. The Secetary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Danladi Atu, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday at the Government House,Jos. According to Atu, security agencies have commenced […]
Some Igbo leaders in Lagos on Monday condemned the widespread violence and destruction of public and private assets in the state following the hijacking of the ENDSARS protest. The leaders expressed the condemnation while speaking with newsmen in Lagos . The leaders include Mr Joe Igbokwe, Special Adviser to Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage Services; […]
Chairmen of 23 Local Government areas of Rivers, including youths in the respective councils, have been charged to fish out members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) in the State. This was disclosed in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant (Media) to the Governor Ebiri […]