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2 suspected phone snatchers arrested with victim’s ATM card in UNICAL
2 suspected phone snatchers arrested with victim’s ATM card in UNICAL
The Internal Security Service of University of Calabar has apprehended two suspected phone snatchers within the institution.
The institution’s acting Chief Security Officer, Retired Capt. Austin Bisong, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Calabar that the suspects were apprehended on Wednesday night.
Bisong said that the suspects were into phone snatching on campus, adding that the ugly situation had become a source of concern to both students and staff members of the university.
He said that a Redmi cell phone was recovered from the suspects, alongside an ATM card belonging to a victim.
Bisong further stated that the internal security service of the university had recovered many phones in the past and handed them over to their rightful owners.
“Just last night, somewhere around the Union Bank cash point on campus, a phone was snatched from a young girl.
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Shortly after the incident, we received a call and swung into action immediately, leading to the apprehension of one suspect, while the other suspect ran away with the phone to the university quarters.
“The other suspect who ran away is a step son of a professor. We had to move straight to the quarters, smoke him out and bring him to our custody.
“Investigation is still ongoing, and we are going to hand them over to security agents for further interrogation and possible prosecution,” he said.
Bisong commended the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Florence Obi, for creating an enabling environment and for also equipping them with necessary equipment to function optimally on campus.
He advised students to always be cautious about their movements at night and call the security personnel whenever they suspected any suspicious movement around them.
The victim, Ms Miraculous Udurume, told NAN that the phone was snatched around 8 p.m. on Wednesday while on her way back from a church service on campus.
Udurume, who is not a student of UNICAL, said she was on her way home off campus after the church service when the suspects attacked her and snatched her phone.
She commended the university management for setting up a vibrant security outfit that responded promptly to her distress call.
2 suspected phone snatchers arrested with victim’s ATM card in UNICAL
(NAN)
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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.
The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.
His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.
“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.
“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.
“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.
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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.
Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.
According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.
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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.
Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.
He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
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