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Police Go After Looters, 483 Arrested In Lagos, Plateau, Anambra, Others
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Police go after looters, 483 arrested in Lagos, Plateau, Anambra, others
We will fish out looters, Lagos, Osun, Akwa Ibom police commands vow
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The police on Sunday ordered their officers and men to go after those who were looting private and government establishments under the guise of #EndSARS protests.
Police commands in Akwa Ibom, Osun, Plateau, Kano and Anambra states in separate interviews with The PUNCH, said they had stepped up efforts to arrest suspected looters.
Already, no fewer than 483 suspected looters have been arrested in Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Osun, Anambra, Kano and Plateau states.
Peaceful protests by youths calling for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force turned violent on Tuesday when soldiers shot peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos.
Policemen and thugs also attacked protesters across the country. Police stations, government buildings and vehicles have been vandalised by thugs.
On Friday, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said no fewer than 69 people died in the protests.
Since Thursday last week, looters, have been attacking stores, where COVID-19 palliatives were kept, as well as residents of politicians in Oyo, Plateau and Akwa Ibom states.
Kano police command arrests 40 looters – PPRO
But on Sunday, the police said they had begun clampdown on the looters.
No fewer than 40 persons have been arrested in connection with the looting at the Sabon Gari area of the Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State on Tuesday.
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The Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, Abdullahi Haruna, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Kano on Sunday.
He said the looters were apprehended in various parts of Sabon Gari with the exhibits (looted goods), which were with the police.
“Over 40 suspects were arrested and they were apprehended with the exhibits (the goods they stole from their victims).
Recall that some miscreants, who hijacked the #EndSARS protests, looted the multi-million naira Galaxy Mall at Sabon Gari, Kano on Tuesday.
In Akwa Ibom State, the Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme, said that the command had arrested 10 suspected looters and recovered stolen goods estimated at several millions of naira, following Thursday’s looting of private and government establishments in the state
Speaking to one of our correspondents on Sunday, through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, the police commissioner said, “Officers have been mobilised to every nook and cranny of the state†to fish out the looters.
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Police, Traffic Robbers In Supremacy Battle On Lagos Roads
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Since the end of #EndSARS protest, which turned violent, robbers have displayed a kind of courage by engaging in the supremacy battle with the Nigeria Police on Lagos roads.
P.M.EXPRESS investigation revealed that traffic robbers had taken over some roads and started robbing people with impunity having realised that the attacks on Nigeria Police really demoralized the officers.
However, it appears that the officers of the Lagos Police Command are gradually regaining their confidence and decided to bring back sanity to the State.
This followed the recent arrest of traffic robbers, who have been terrorizing residents in various locations in the State and had taken over some roads.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that Policemen attached to Morogbo and Victoria Island Divisions respectively, engaged and arrested some traffic armed robbers at various locations in the state.
He said, “On November 17, 2020, the Policemen attached to Morogbo Division, while on patrol on Badagry Expressway, engaged a gang of traffic armed robbers in a gun duel where one of the gang members fell while others fled.
The gang had earlier shot and injured a Corporal attached to the Police Border Patrol team around the area and dispossessed him of his motorcycle.
“Items recovered from the gang included a locally-made gun with some live cartridges and the Police Corporal’s snatched motorcycle†Adejobi said.
https://pmexpressng.com/police-traffic-robbers-in-supremacy-battle-on-lagos-roads/
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Sambisa Forest: Many Bokoharam Terrorists Dead, Some Flees As Nigeria Air Task Force Launches Attack
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Sambisa Forest: Many Bokoharam Terrorists Dead, some flees as Nigeria Air Task Force Launches Attack
Emiola01Dec 13, 2020 10:31 AM
The Islamic State in West Africa or the Islamic State's West Africa Province, formerly known as JamÄ'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-JihÄd and commonly known as Boko Haram, is a jihadist terrorist organization. The terrorists group has been attacking the northern part of Nigeria for a while now, killing and kidnapping people.
The Nigeria security operatives efforts to curb the northern insecurity is not wasted as many boko haram terrorists has been reportedly dead and some seen fleeing as the air task force of operation lafia doyle launches attack on they hideout in the Sambisa Forest, the terrorists hideouts were blown up, killing many of them. In a video share on social media by the Defence Headquarters, air strikes were launched on the fleeing terrorists. More than Three Rocket airstrike was launched by the Air task force.
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While some are of the opinion that the entire sambisa forest should be searched and destroyed, some thinks this is a good move by the military. See some reactions below;
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