Nigeria Police Force

By Muhammadu Sabiu

The police detained a 20-year-old woman and her lover in Ebonyi State for selling their baby boy to a maternity homeowner for N500,000.

Jonah Ogbuagu, a bricklayer, impregnated the mother, Ola China, 20, of Amangwu Edda in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi in August 2021.

In April 2022, Ola gave birth to the child in Obigbo, Rivers, where she had gone to hibernate at her aunt’s house throughout the pregnancy.

After giving birth, she and Ogbuagu plotted to sell the child.

On Tuesday, SP Chris Anyanwu, the police spokesman in Ebonyi, reported that “Mummy Abigail,” a pregnant woman who goes by the moniker, had been taken into custody in Ovima, another local government area in Afikpo North.

“Mummy Abigail runs a maternity home which she uses as a cover for her illicit trade.

“The suspects have been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for necessary actions and prosecution,’’ SP Anyanwu stated.

He added by saying that police in Ebonyi also detained a two-man child trafficking gang that specialized in kidnapping, stealing, and selling children.

Otuu Chizaram, 24, of Ndukwe Akpoha and Agbi Precious, 20, of Evuma Road, both in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi, were identified by Anyawu.

“Each of them confessed to the crime of stealing a baby,’’ Anyanwu added.

By Uzair Adam Imam

The Police Command in Ogun State has confirmed the arrest of 46-year-old Olusegun Oluwole for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter.

His arrest followed a complaint lodged at Ibara police station in Abeokuta by the man’s own daughter (name withheld).

This was discussed in a statement Sunday by the state Police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi.

Oyeyemi said the father forcefully raped his own daughter and threatened to kill her if she dared to tell anyone about the incident.

He stated that, “The girl said while she was sleeping in their one room apartment at Amolaso area of Abeokuta, on a night, her father, having observed that others were fast asleep suddenly grabbed her and forcefully had sex with her.

“On interrogation, the father of six, who confessed to the crime pleaded for forgiveness, claiming not knowing what came over him when he committed the crime,” Oyeyemi said.

Muhammad Sabiu

Ruqayya, a woman missing in Jigawa State, has been discovered by police in the Kiyawa local government.

This was stated in a press release given to journalists and bearing the Public Relations Officer’s signature for the State Command.

According to him, the police were informed that a woman was discovered stranded on September 9, 2022, at around 1400 hours, near the Shuwarin Main flyover in the Kiyawa LGA of Jigawa State.

Following that report, police arrived quickly to take the woman into custody.

He stated that throughout the interrogation, the woman had no recollection of herself.

By Uzair Adam Imam

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) abducted in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna, over 90 days ago has said that all the rain of this year has been falling on him.

The officer said he was ill and had a blood clot as the bandits kept him in chain long since his abduction in June.

One of the family members, Musa Muhammad Gyadi-Gyadi, made this disclosure to journalists saying they usually hear how the gunmen torture the HOD every time they called.

The Daily Really reported that CSP Mohammed Gyadi-Gyadi was abducted while driving to report for duty at the Police Division in Birnin Gwari town, the headquarters of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area.

He said: “We are talking to him on the bandit’s phone. The officer told me that all the rain this year is falling on him, and he is sick and has a blood clot.

“He begged us to save his life. He said they were chained. He was just begging us to save them, because he is currently defecating blood, stooling, and has pain in his leg.

“N2 million was given to someone to take to the bandits, but they collected the money and refused to release the ransom bearer,” he added.

According to him, the bandits keep demanding more money for airtime, as well as a motorcycle.

By Muhammadu Sabiu

The Nigeria Police Force in Zamfara State have arrested and paraded a 41-year-old notorious kidnapper, Sa’idu Lawal, for terrorising “Zamfara State and neighbouring Katsina, Kaduna, Niger, Kebbi and Sokoto States.”

The Zamfara State police spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this to journalists at a press conference on Wednesday in Gusau, the state’s capital.

The suspect, according to the police spokesman, was an Army service officer who was apprehended after the police received an intelligence report about his malicious activities.

SP Shehu said, “On 27th August, 2022 at about 1730hrs, Police Tactical/Escort Team attached to the Commissioner of Police Zamfara State Police Command, CP Kolo Yusuf psc acted on actionable intelligence that led to the arrest of the above named suspect who was an Ex-service personnel of the Nigeria Army attached 73 Battalion Janguza Army Barracks Kano.

The paraded kidnapper also made many confessions, including supplying weapons to gunmen in other local government areas and neighbouring states in the northwestern part of the country.

“In the course [of] interrogation, the suspect confessed that he was to convey the said exhibits from Loko LGA of Nasarawa State to his customer one Dogo Hamza ‘M’ of Bacha village in Tsafe LGA of Zamfara State. The suspect further confessed that he had previously supplied same consignment to his other customers in Kaduna, Katsina, Niger and Kebbi States respectively,” Mr Shehu added.

1 AK-47 Rifle Breech No. Q971987, 1 AK-49 Rifle Breech No. 34-7094, 200 7.6mm Rounds of Live Ammunition, 501 7.62X51mm Rounds of GPMG Live Ammunition, and 8 Empty Magazines were recovered from him.

By Muhammad Aminu

Commuters plying Gwaram-Basirka road in Jigawa state are advised to take alternate routes to their various destinations.

This development followed a bridge collapse along the way due to a heavy downpour the previous night.

The Jigawa state Police Public Relations Officer, Lawan Shiisu, stated this in a terse statement on Sunday in Dutse.

“On 28/08/2022, as a result of downpour over the night, a culvert under Gwaram/ Basirka Road, precisely at Rabadi village in Gwaram LGA of Jigawa State, has been washed away.

“In view of this, road users should seek alternative or use the diversion created by the authority.”

Residents protested earlier this year on the same road that links that part of Jigawa with its neighbouring Bauchi State when a collapsed bridge led to its closure.

By Uzair Adam Imam 

The Kano State newly deployed Commissioner, Abubakar Lawal, has resumed duty on Friday at the command’s headquarters in Bompai, a statement Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed. 

The Daily Reality gathered that the new CP was deployed to Kano on Wednesday, following the retirement of CP Sama’ila Shuaibu Dikko.

It was learned that, before his deployment to Kano, Lawal was a commissioner of police in Enugu State Police Command. 

Lawal is a native of Daura in Katsina, and he holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and has served in various capacities.

By Uzair Adam Imam 

Reports from Plateau State have disclosed that two police officers were shot dead while on duty at Kuru community of Riyom Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the bandits stormed the security personnel in a checking point while on duty in the area and went away with the rifles of the slain officers.

The Daily Reality learned that the incident happened at a security checkpoint close to Kuru Government Science Secondary School.

One of the deceased was said to have been buried, and until his death, the victim was attached to the counter-terrorism unit of the state police command.

Insecurity has been one of the security challenges in Nigeria over the years, leading to the deaths of many innocent souls, including women and children. 

The insurgence has also orphaned children and widowed women and displaced many locals from their community.

By Uzair Adam Imam 

A wrestler who murdered his wife for requesting a divorce letter has been sentenced to death by Adamawa State High Court.

The man, identified as Thank-You Grim, was said to be a renowned wrestler from the Silli community in Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa state.

The Chief Judge, Justice Nathan Musa, while delivering the judgment on Tuesday, said the prosecution had convinced the court that the man had committed the offence and the court, therefore, sentenced him to death by hanging. 

Narrating the incident, some residents told journalists that Grim had thrown his wife, Kwalla, on the ground before using a pestle to hit her in the head, which led to her death.

It was gathered that the couple had lived separately since January 2018 following irreconcilable differences.

However, when the deceased fell in love with another man and wanted to remarry, she asked Grim for a divorce letter, a development that frustrated him. 

The resident disclosed that instead of granting her request, the wrestler lured the deceased to come over to collect the letter. 

At she arrived, the man started pleading with her to return to him, a proposal she outright rejected.

That was said to be the start of their argument, resulting in him hitting her with a pestle, leading to her death.

By Uzair Adam Imam

Unknown shooters abducted a woman patient on her sickbed in Zaria Local government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday.

The shooters were said to have arrived at Anguwar Malamai village in Kakeyi, Zaria, where they abducted the woman to an unknown destination.

The Daily Reality learned that the incident reportedly occurred around midnight on Thursday.

It was gathered that no sooner had the bandits arrived than they proceeded to the residence of Alhaji Shu’aibu Dallatu and abducted his wife.

Speaking, one of the residents disclosed, “The bandits arrived at the residence purposely to kidnap the household, Alhaji Shuaibu Dallatu, because on arrival they asked some young men who sleep in the shop outside the house of his whereabouts.

“Meanwhile, Alhaji Dallatu, who was fully awake attending to his sick wife, overheard the conversation and quickly sneaked out.

“They bundled her into a waiting car and started shooting into the air as they made their exit,” he stated.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna, Mohammed Jalinge, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report.