#Sokoto State Police Command

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Sokoto State Police Command Set To Mop Up Unlicensed Fire Arms Within The State

Sokoto State Police Command Set To Mop Up Unlicensed Fire Arms Within The State Sokoto State Police Command is hereby calling on the good people of the State especially those in possession of unlicensed firearms to voluntarily surrender such Arms to the nearest police station as soon as possible. You are also assured that there will be no punitive measures or any form of legal proceedings nor…

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two women, Ujunwa Una and Chinelo Igbechionwu, for conspiracy and child trafficking. The arrest was made by patrol officers from the Ojodu Division at Berger bus stop, a key entry point into Lagos.   According to the Command's spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the women were caught with two newborn baby girls, about six days old, while traveling from Abia State on September 9, 2024. Investigations revealed that they were transporting the babies to a nurse in Lagos, whom the mother had arranged for them to meet. Read Also: Breaking: CBN Withdraws Monetary Guidelines Amid Concerns The suspects confessed, admitting they were paid ₦150,000 for transporting the babies, who had been sold by their mother due to her inability to care for them. The babies have since been placed in a motherless babies' home for care and medical evaluation. PDP Trying To Distract People’s Attention From APC – Sokoto Govt The suspects were arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024, and investigations are ongoing to apprehend other conspirators involved in the crime.

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Sokoto Police Arrest Interstate Tricycle Thieves Syndicate

Four suspected tricycle thieves have been arrested at Kasuwar Kanawa and Rijiyar Shehu areas of Sokoto metropolis. They are Aliyu Shehu, aged 24, Ahmad Muhammad, aged 23, Umar Usman Muhammad, aged 23 and Yahaya Abubakar, aged 27 all male and of Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area in Kebbi State. They were on June 24, 2024, at about 2200hrs, arrested by Sokoto State Police Command’s Strike Force,…

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Abductors of 15 Sokoto students demand N20m ransom

The bandits that kidnapped 15 Qur’anic students in Sokoto State have established contact with their families, demanding N20 million before releasing them. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar confirmed this development in a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Tuesday. PUNCH Online reports that the said students were abducted by bandits who raided Gidan Bakuso village in the Gada Local Government area in the early hours of Saturday. Abubakar said the bandits called him and requested for N20 million for the students to be freed. He said, “They (the bandits) called me this morning around 11 am and directed me to meet our village head and tell him to raise N20 million for the children. “I went and discussed the matter with the village head but we are yet to conclude.” Meanwhile, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ahmed Rufai, said the command was still working on the release of the students. “We are still searching the surrounding villages and forest to get the exact location of where the kids are being held. “We are on it and hopefully we will get them rescued,” he added. Sunday PUNCH reported that the threats of clampdown on bandits and terrorists abducting schoolchildren seem to have little or no effect on the terrorists as 15 pupils of an Islamiya school in Sokoto State were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday. This comes after Thursday’s abduction of 287 schoolchildren in Kaduna State. On Wednesday, over 200 Internally Displaced Persons were kidnapped from their camp in Borno State. Reacting to the incidents, President Bola Tinubu ordered security agents to secure the immediate rescue of all the abducted people. Read the full article

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By • Olalekan Fagbade BREAKING; IG of Police approves appointment of Police Public Relations Officers The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has approved the posting of Police Public Relations Officers (PPROs) to various State Commands and Formation to strengthen community engagement and communication. The newly posted officers are tasked with fostering positive relationships between the Police Force and the communities they serve. A statement on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said: “The newly posted officers and their respective portfolios include SP Ayuba Tunni Umma to PPRO Zone 2, Lagos; SP Hauwa Idris Adamu to PPRO Nigeria Police Cooperative; DSP Ejire Adetoun Adeyemi to PPRO Kwara State; ASP Unah Paul Echefunachi to PPRO Ebonyi; ASP Rufa’i Ahmed to PPRO Sokoto; and ASP Musa Mohammed to PPRO Bayelsa. “Similarly, ASP Abuka Pius has been posted as a Staff Officer to the Public Complaint Bureau of the Force Public Relations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja. Police debunk killing at Old Oyo National Park “The Inspector General of Police emphasises the importance of community collaboration in policing, urging the newly posted officers to work closely with the communities they serve. “The IGP charges them to entrench the policing ideals and community-oriented initiatives being implemented by the respective heads of their Commands and Formations. The Nigeria Police Force extends its congratulations to the newly appointed PPROs and wishes them success in their new roles”.

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Police arrest 80 in Sokoto over electoral violence

Not less than 80 people were arrested by the Police Command in Sokoto State during the March 18 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. A statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Sokoto by the command’s spokesman DSP Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed that those arrested were persons that violated the movement restriction order and other offences that contravened the Electoral Act. He said…

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Saturday morning

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Barring any new development, the House of Representatives will insist on the reversal of the cash withdrawal limit policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A ranking lawmaker said it is the general opinion of the lawmakers that the policy be reversed.

2. The military high command on Friday said it commenced an investigation on the alleged killing of innocent civilians last Sunday in airstrikes targeted at terrorists by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) at Mutumji community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

3. Bandits have raided three communities – Azara, Jangala and Kadara – in Kagarko and Kachia LGAs of Kaduna State, abducting 37 residents in the last three days. It was reported that the victims were mostly women, including three nursing mothers, and children.

4. Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan on Friday told Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s, LP, presidential candidate, that whoever emerges the next president must work towards uniting the nation. Jonathan stated this when Obi paid him a courtesy visit at his home in Bayelsa State.

5. The Rivers State campaign office of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been sealed off. The Rivers State PDP presidential campaign council said the action was based on the orders of the Rivers State government.

6. Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, loyalists of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, have predicted outright victory for the former Vice President. They said they were confident of the PDP candidate’s victory with or without the support of the five governors who are currently not participating in the party’s electioneering.

7. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has urged police personnel in Ebonyi State to ensure that the incessant burning of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s offices stops immediately. Baba gave the order on Friday in Abakaliki while addressing personnel of the force as part of activities marking his visit to the state.

8. The Benue State Police Command on Friday said it had begun a manhunt for the abductors of a Catholic priest of Otukpo Diocese in the state, Fr Mark Ojotu. Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had abducted Ojotu, said to be the Chaplain of St. Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga, in the Okpokwu Local Government Area of the state.

9. Yusha’u Kebbe, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State on Friday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Kebbe announced his defection at a press briefing in Sokoto, citing alleged poor leadership and lack of people-oriented projects from the PDP-led administration in the state as some of the reasons for his action.

10. Bandits, in their numbers, on Thursday struck in Mulo community in Mashegu Local Government area of Niger State, killing the village head, Usman Garba. Three other members of the community that were abducted along with the deceased village Head were taken away after the village head was killed a few meters from the community.

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Police kill 2 notorious terrorists on wanted list

Police kill 2 notorious terrorists on wanted list

The Katsina State Police Command has killed two notorious terrorists on its wanted list, Abu Na-Iraqi and Abu Na-Masari. The wanted terrorists met their Waterloo when on a kidnap mission to Sokoto – Rima Quarters, Dutsinma Local Government Area of the State area as Police swiftly engaged them on a gun duel. SP Gambo Isa who is the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO Katsina State said the…

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How Police In Sokoto Arrested Man With 101 PVCs

How Police In Sokoto Arrested Man With 101 PVCs

Operatives of the Sokoto State Police Command have arrested one Nasiru Idris for allegedly having 101 permanent voter cards (PVCs) in his possession. The commissioner of police in the state, Hussain Gumel made this known on during a press conference on Thursday. Gumel said Idris, an indigene of Sabon Birnin local government area was apprehended on October 10, following an intelligence…

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LATEST NEWS: We’re still searching for Deborah’s killers, say police

LATEST NEWS: We’re still searching for Deborah’s killers, say police

Publish date: 2022-08-28 07:28:58 | Author: Animashaun Salman | Source: punchng.com The Sokoto State Police Command has said its men are still searching for the suspected killers of a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel.  Samuel was stoned to death in May, 2022, by some students believed to be her classmates over allegations of blasphemy.  The spokesman for the…

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On graduation day in Sokoto, a 16-year-old girl's leg was amputated.

On graduation day in Sokoto, a 16-year-old girl’s leg was amputated.

On graduation day in Sokoto, a 16-year-old girl’s leg was amputated after being crushed by a male student performing stunt driving. The Sokoto State Police Command has re-arrested a student, Aliyu Sunusi Umar, for hitting a fellow student, Fatima Suleiman, with a car, causing one of her legs to be amputated hours after her final exam. On Monday, August 22, the magistrate remanded the suspect in…

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Panic Spreads As Gunmen Go Wild, Kill Four, Kidnap Teenager In Sokoto Community

Panic Spreads As Gunmen Go Wild, Kill Four, Kidnap Teenager In Sokoto Community

Panic Spreads As Gunmen Go Wild, Kill Four, Kidnap Teenager In Sokoto Community There has been a horrific attack by suspected terrorists in a community in Sokoto State, The PUNCH reports. The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command, confirmed the attack on a farming community close to Gandi district of the Rabba Local Government Area on Saturday by suspected terrorists in which four persons…

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Sokoto: Police arrest community health officer for treating wounded bandits

A community health officer in Badon Hanya, Jamilu B. Yusuf, in Sokoto metropolis, has been arrested by men of the Sokoto State Police Command for allegedly treating bandits and kidnappers. Parading the suspect on Thursday, the Commissioner of Police (CP), Ali Kaigama, explained that he was arrested along with 12 others on their way to Tambuwal for a mission. According to the Commissioner of Police, the health worker was the one treating injured suspects. Kaigama added, “Three AK-47 rifles with 116 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from the suspects.” Yusuf, while speaking to newsmen, confessed to treating bandits anytime they sustained gunshot wounds. He added that they were paying him up to N100,000 per patient. Read the full article

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By • Olalekan Fagbade Avoid any fotm of corruption on your duty - Police boss warns officers The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 10 Headquarters, Sokoto, AIG Lawal Abubakar Daura, has warned officers and men of Kebbi State Command to avoid any forms of corruption in the discharging of constitutional duties. The AIG said this on Thursday, when he led his management team to the Kebbi State Command for a one-day familiarisation visit. A statement signed by ASP Uthman Yawub Mohammed and made available to newsmen on Saturday morning said while lecturing the officers and men of the command, the AIG charged them to discharge their duty diligently with a view to curtail kidnapping and other related security challenges for socio-economic activities to thrive in the state. He equally advised them to solicit the support and cooperation of the members of the public in line with the community policing policy of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun. In the same vein, Daura, “also called on Officers of the Command to ensure discreet investigation of their cases to secure conviction in court as well as shun all forms of corrupt practices in dealing with members of the public” In his welcome address, the Commissioner of Police, Kebbi State Command, CP Chris Aimionowane, briefed the visiting AIG on the proactive measures adopted by the Command in ensuring security in the state, as well as the tremendous successes recorded by the Command after assumption of duty, as the Commissioner of Police, Kebbi State Command. Daura also paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kebbi State, Comrade Dr. Nasir Idris, where he solicited his continued support and cooperation for the police to discharge their duty of protecting the lives and property of the good people of Kebbi State optimally.

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Gunmen kidnap teenager, kill four in Sokoto community 

Gunmen kidnapped teenager and killed four people on their farmland in a community close to the Gandi district of the Rabba Local Government Area in Sokoto to state on Saturday. The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, confirmed that the assailants attacked the farmers on their farms with dangerous weapons and in the process killed four persons. He stated that the…

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Deborah Samuel: DSS Operatives Tried Rescuing Her But Were Overpowered By The Mob - Gov Tambuwal Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has revealed more on the circumstances leading to the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, who was burnt alive. Tambuwal said that contrary to a general belief, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) tried but could not save the late Deborah, saying the mob overpowered the security agents. Recall that Newsie Events reported that Deborah Samuel was recently beaten and burnt alive by Muslim students who accused her of insulting Prophet Muhammed via a group WhatsApp platform. The governor, on his visit to Delta state, in continuation of his 2023 presidential campaign told reporters that “Contrary possibly to what you’re thinking, the security agencies, particularly the DSS, were able to get to the school on time and were actually able to get Deborah rescued from the mob initially." Continuing, he said, "As they were mobilising forces from the military barracks, the police command, the mob was growing. As we speak, one of the DSS agents that attempted to save her life is in the hospital with a broken head and the other one had a broken hand. “They were actually overpowered. It’s not as if she was left on her own. There was rescue by the DSS and they were around where she was locked into a room because they tried to really save her, but unfortunately they were overpowered.” Tambuwal also debunked reports that security operatives did not respond to the emergency situation in the institution. Read More On www.newsieevents.com https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd0CB38pxtO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=