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Delta workers rape employer, kill victim, husband
The Delta State Police Command has paraded over 45 suspects for various criminal offences ranging from kidnapping, robbery, cultism, baby factory, murder, among others.
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Muhammed Ali, while parading the suspects, decried the high rate of cultism in the state.
He said, “These five AK-47 rifles recovered from these hoodlums belong to our officers. They killed our men and collected their rifles.
“On the cult clashes in Sapele, Agbor, Abraka, Obiaruku and Ogwashi-Uku communities, I deployed tactical teams to join forces with the DPOs and so far, about 62 suspected cultists have been arrested and charged to court. I can tell you that sanity has been restored in these areas.
“I have visited Obiaruku and Owa-Oyibu communities, where I met the various stakeholders and traditional rulers to discuss ways to curb the menace caused by the activities of kidnappers in their communities and adequate deployments have been made in the affected areas and relative peace achieved.
“On June16, 22, operatives of the command’s Rapid Response Squad, while on a visibility patrol around Abraka town, received information that a man was kidnapped along Eroho-Otoro Road, Abraka.
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“The operatives responded swiftly, gave the hoodlums a tireless chase, but the four-man kidnapping gang on noticing that the operatives were closing up on them, abandoned the victim, their operational motorcycles and fled into the bush.
“The victim was rescued unhurt and has since been reunited with his family. Manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.”
Ali also said that among those arrested were three suspects for killing one Isaac Odubu and his wife in Amai community.
According to the CP, Sequel to the murder, the command acted on intelligence which led to the arrest of three suspects, Chukwudi Sunday, Onyebuchi Paul, Ifeanyi Enuma.
He said investigation revealed that all three suspects were working for the couple, but decided to go into the business of Internet fraud.
“In their quest for money to buy phones and data, they stormed the house of the couple at night to rob them, during which they killed the couple. Two of the suspects, Chukwudi Sunday and Onyebuchi Paul, raped the wife before she finally she gave up the ghost. The suspects will be charged to court upon completion of investigation, Ali added.
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Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
Lydia Simon, another abducted Chibok schoolgirl, was rescued by troops from Operation Desert Sanity III, part of the North-East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), on Wednesday.
She was rescued along with her three children by the troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion in Gwoza LGA of Borno State on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, exactly ten years after she was kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists alongside over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014.
Intelligence sources, according to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, revealed that Lydia, who was tagged serial number 68 among the abducted schoolgirls, escaped from the camp of Ali Ngulde in Mandara Mountain where she was held in captivity for several years.
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She surrendered to troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion at Ngoshe in Gwoza LGA of the State. The rescued Chibok girl was five months pregnant and claimed she was from Pemi Town in Chibok LGA.
April 14, 2024, marks the 10th anniversary of the violent abduction of 276 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents.
While 57 of the girls escaped from their captors in the following days, 16 were later rescued and 107 had at different times been released through negotiations.
The Federal and Borno State Governments, including the Nigerian Army, have pledged their commitment toward rescuing the rest of the abducted schoolgirls that were still held in captivity by the terrorists.
Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
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Pandemonium at Awka bus stop as cultists gun down revenue collector in Anambra
Pandemonium at Awka bus stop as cultists gun down revenue collector in Anambra
Gunmen believed to be affiliated with cult groups have fatally shot an individual at the bustling Aroma junction in Awka, the capital of Anambra State.
The incident, which occurred on Wednesday evening, sparked chaos, prompting traders in the vicinity to hastily shutter their shops and flee for safety.
The victim, identified as a resident of Amudo Village in Awka, was reportedly a tricycle revenue collector who had previously worked as a Keke operator himself. According to a source, the assailants trailed him from the Ifite area of the state capital and executed him at close range at a filling station, a popular bus stop for buses and tricycles.
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Following the shooting, businesses in the area swiftly closed down, while roadside vendors abandoned their wares and fled. The surrounding roads quickly emptied as individuals deserted their vehicles and sought refuge on foot.
As of the time of reporting, the victim’s lifeless body remained at the filling station. Awka has been grappling with a surge in cult-related violence, with gangs perpetrating killings of their rivals in broad daylight.
Pandemonium at Awka bus stop as cultists gun down revenue collector in Anambra
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Police nab man for allegedly killing his wife in Adamawa
Police nab man for allegedly killing his wife in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested Riba Kwanta, a 40-year-old man from Bode in the state’s Shelleng Local Government Area, in connection with the alleged gruesome murder of his wife, Godiya Akwale.
Kwanta allegedly hacked his wife to death before locking her body inside their home and escaping to Ondo State.
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They had been married for more than three years.
SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the spokesman for the command, confirmed the arrest of the suspect to our newspaper.
He assured that Kwanta would be prosecuted after the conclusion of investigation.
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