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Imo Attacks: Why Assailants Overran Police – Minister

10Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Imo Attacks: Why Assailants Overran Police – Minister

Mohammad Dingyadi, Minister of Police Affairs has said the Imo State Police Command was overrun by gunmen because they deployed their full arsenal and came in large numbers. The Minister disclosed this on Friday when he appeared on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by Punch. African News Today had reported how gunmen attacked the Owerri Correctional Centre, freeing over 1,800 inmates. The assailants also burnt the Imo State Police Command headquarters in Owerri and razed all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters. Dennis Amachre, a former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, DSS, had said the secret police alerted the Nigeria Police Force at least three times before Monday attacks in Imo but the police failed to act on intelli...

BREAKING: Tension As Gunshots Rock Police Area Command In Aba

8Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Breaking News, News, Nigeria, Terrorism, Violence

BREAKING: Tension As Gunshots Rock Police Area Command In Aba

There is currently tension in Aba commercial town in Abia State, over sounds of gunshots at the police area command, Daily Trust reports. Residents were going about their normal activities when suddenly security operatives started shooting sporadically. All roads around the police command have been barricaded and residents have been ordered back to their houses. The newspaper quoted a top police source as saying that security operatives got intelligence that the gunmen that unleashed terror on security formations in Imo State were on their way to Aba Area Command.

Again, Assailants Attack Imo Police Station, Abduct Cop, Injure 2 Others

8Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Again, Assailants Attack Imo Police Station, Abduct Cop, Injure 2 Others

Some unknown gunmen have invaded the Mbieri Divisional Police Headquarters in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. The attack occurred around 1 am and the gunmen released the suspects in custody in the police facility, Punch reports. Reports also say the gunmen carted away phones belonging to suspects and the police operatives at the Division. But a police source at Division told Punch that the gunmen were repelled by the policemen on duty. The police source said, “We resisted them but they overpowered us. They had more sophisticated weapons. They took all the phones they saw, released the suspects when they gained access and vandalised the police building.” The source said that the attackers kidnapped one police officer and injured two other cops. Thursday's ...

Imo Prison Attack: 6 Inmates Returned, 35 Refused to Escape – Prison Service Chief

6Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

Imo Prison Attack: 6 Inmates Returned, 35 Refused to Escape – Prison Service Chief

The Nigerian Correctional Service has disclosed that six inmates returned voluntarily while 35 others declined to escape from custody after the prison in Owerri, Imo State was attacked by gunmen on Monday. This was contained in a statement issued by the Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, John Mrabure, signed by the spokesperson for corrections, Francis Enobore. Mrabure said an extensive investigation has been ordered into the circumstances surrounding the attack and asked the good citizens of Imo state and Nigerians to volunteer useful intelligence to recapture the fleeing inmates. The statement read: “The Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State has been attacked by unknown gunmen and forcefully released a total of 1,844 inmates in custody. “The...

6Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Imo Attack an Act of Terrorism – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on the police command headquarters and the correctional facility in Owerri, Imo State, labelling it as an act of terrorism. He, therefore, ordered security operatives to move against the gunmen and bring them to book. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Twitter titled “President Buhari condemns daring terrorist attacks in Imo.” The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the deadly insurgent attack that took place on the Police Command Headquarters and the Correctional Facility in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday, calling it an act of terrorism. “In his reaction to the incident early on Monday, President Buhari...

How Gunmen Freed Scores of Inmates at Imo Prison

5Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

How Gunmen Freed Scores of Inmates at Imo Prison

Thousands of inmates have been reportedly freed at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, Owerri the Imo State capital by a yet to be identified gunmen in the wee hours of Monday. The assailants also stormed the nearby office of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the state police command, releasing suspects there as well. Reports say the gunmen set razed all the cars parked at the command headquarters and freed all the suspects in almost all the cells at the SCID. According to SaharaReporters, the gunmen operated in over 10 vehicles, and also attacked soldiers stationed at Umuorji along Owerri–Onitsha Expressway. The operation lasted for about two hours and said to have started between 1 am and 2 am on Monday. Residents were stunned as e...

Prisoners Set Free as Gunmen Set Owerri Prison Ablaze (Video)

5Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Prisoners Set Free as Gunmen Set Owerri Prison Ablaze (Video)

A yet to be identified gunmen invaded and set ablaze the correctional facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital in the early hours of Monday. The assailants stormed the prison and set free n unconfirmed number of inmates and suspects. There was reported gunshots around the area. Videos of the attack trended on social media showing the facility on fire. According to a report released by Amnesty International over the weekend, the Owerri Correctional centre had 2,156 inmates against its installed capacity of 548 people. A video by popular Tweep with the handle @TundeEddnut showed the correctional centre ablaze. https://twitter.com/TundeEddnut/status/1378952628772683776

Bandits Kidnap Many Pupils, Teachers in Kaduna Primary School

15Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Bandits Kidnap Many Pupils, Teachers in Kaduna Primary School

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked UBE Primary School, Rama in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting a yet-to-be ascertained number of pupils and teachers. According to a report by SaharaReporters, it was gathered that the gunmen who came on motorcycles arrived at the school around 9 am on Monday. The incident comes few days after bandits abducted 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state. More details shortly...

14Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Gunmen Kill Six in Osun

Some yet to be identified gunmen killed six people in the wee hours of Sunday in a village near Wasinmi, a community along Ife/Ibadan way, Osun State. Though the identities of the killers could not be obtained at the point of filing this report, police operatives, men of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, and Hunters Group of Nigeria were said to have been deployed in the bush in the area. The incident was confirmed by the Osun Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, noting all the deceased were members of the same family, Punch reports. Opalola noted the state Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, had visited the scene of the incident.

11Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Gunmen abduct Teachers, Students in Edo

Gunmen on Wednesday night invaded the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State and abducted yet-to-be-ascertained number of teachers and students. According to a report by The Nation, the kidnappers invaded the institute on Wednesday night, amid sporadic gunshots. The development, it was gathered heightened tension in the area, with parents and guardians storming the institute to ascertain the whereabouts of their children and wards. Edo state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bello Kontongs, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident, but said he was awaiting the details from the commander of anti-kidnapping unit of the state’s police command.