A Nigerian prankster, Daniel Christopher, has narrated how he was almost lynched by a mob and spent 707 days in police custody after a robbery prank went wrong. Daniel, who narrated his ordeal on Twitter, said trouble started when he went to shoot a robbery prank video in preparation for D9ja Spirit Talent Hunt at a Point of Sale (PoS) centre at Epe area of Lagos on August 3, 2021. The POS operator mistook him for a robber …
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A High Court sitting in Abakaliki Judicial Division, Ebonyi State has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Offor Okike to death by hanging for armed robbery. Okike was convicted of robbing a resident of the state, Lydia Nwuba of her Toyota Corolla on April 2, 2019 at Elias Odili Street, off Adazienu junction, in Abakaliki. The prosecution team had proven the case beyond reasonable doubt before the presiding judge, Justice Chinyere Ken-Eze convicted Okike of the charge. Okike was …
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory have arrested a wanted logistic supplier and informant to a kidnapping and banditry group terrorizing the and its environs. Spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday night, June 10, 2023, said the informant, Mohammed Hamza a.k.a Auta, was arrested by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit at the Mongoro Forest. “The suspect, who has been on the wanted list of the Command, is being held …
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu, 25, and an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab 26, over alleged armed robbery and car snatching. Spokesperson of the command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who paraded the suspects on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, said they were arrested in Ekpoma by a crack team of the command based on credible information. According to the PPRO, the suspects attacked the driver of an unregistered C300 Mercedes …
Men of the Ogun state police command have apprehended three members of a robbery syndicate who invaded the phone market popularly known as Tarmarc on the 12th of April 2023, where they killed one of the traders after carting away several highly valued phones. The suspects identified as Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu, and Temitayo Oresanya, were arrested on Saturday 6th April 2023 following a piece of information received by policemen attached to Kemta divisional headquarters that the suspects have …
Troops of Operation Safe Haven, in collaboration with vigilantes killed a notorious bandit and arrested 10 suspected armed robbers in Plateau and Kaduna States. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Benard Onyeuko, in a statement on Wednesday, June 28, said troops recovered two AK47 rifles, 101 rounds of 7.62mm special, five magazines, one motorcycle, one iron digger and two black jackets, amongst others, during the operations. “Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN in a sustained effort to eliminate criminals elements in …