Drunk Assistant Superintendent of Police Shoots Tricycle Driver Dead In Broad Daylight

The police in Lagos have launched a manhunt for an Assistant Superintendent of Police, identified simply as Mohammed, who allegedly shot dead a tricycle driver, Akeem Aranse, during an argument in the Shasha, Akowonjo area.

It was learnt that Mohammed, who is attached to the Disaster Management Unit of the Department of Operations, Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja, moved out of his apartment on Unity Close, Egbeda, shortly after the incident.

PHOTO: Young Street Robbers Who Terrorize Apapa, Ebute-Metta Apprehended

Suspected members of a notorious robbery gang said to be responsible for the killings and series of robbery attacks on Apapa Road, Ebute-Metta, Lagos have been picked up. They are currently being interrogated by the police at the State Department of Criminal Investigations, Yaba, Lagos.

The latest victim of their attack was a 30-year-old railway employee, Kehinde Adebayo, who was robbed of valuable items and cash running into about N250,000 while on his way to work on April 9, 2015.

My Threat Of Killing People During The Elections Was To Infuse Fear In Them- Joseph Mbu

Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, in person of Joseph Mbu, has said the threat he issued to kill 10 people for every policeman killed has greatly and positively iflurnced the conduct of the Lagos State election towards a peaceful one. Mbu says as a police officer he is prohibited to go about killing citizens, but only made that statement to infuse fear in them and it really worked. Here is what he told journalists shortly after the elections;

“Generally, people are becoming more and more mature, sensitive and reasonable. And anyway, the statement I made, which generated a lot of (controversy); people misconstrued it all over, but that also helped the police because people say, ‘this man has come o and whatever he says, he means it’, and that also instilled fear in them.

Police Recover N9m from Dead Armed Robbers who Raided Owo Banks

As record has it, the robbery that took place at Ondo state claimed lives and alot of money too but with the info we gathered, the police in the state who has recovered N9 million already from 6 of the armed robbers who died in the process of several gunshot battle.

Two police women and four others, including an ASP and seven civilians were killed by the robbers who stormed the banks at about 4pm last Friday. Also shot dead by the robbers were a bank manager and his deputy who reportedly refused to cooperate with them on arrival at the bank.

Katsina State Police Commissioner Dies

The Nigeria Police has announced the demise of Alhaji Muhammad Hurdi, the Katsina State commissioner of police. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aminu Sadiq announced the death of the commissional in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina.

DSP Sadiq said that Hurdi died on March 27, after a prolonged illness. The late commissioner joined the service in 1988 as ASP cadet officer and rose through the ranks to the rank of a commissioner.