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Delta Police arrest three teenagers for faking friend’s kidnapping

The Delta State Police Command has apprehended three teenagers for orchestrating the staged kidnapping of one of their friends and extorting N700,000 from his parents. According to a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, the boys, all aged 17, were apprehended after receiving the ransom. Edafe’s statement reads: “These three suspects, all…

Three friends steal a motorcycle valued at N400,000 in Bauchi, sell it for N100k and use money to lodge in hotel with their girlfriends

The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended three suspected criminals for stealing a motorcycle in the Gidan Ruwa area of the state. SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the spokesperson for the command, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, March 22, 2024. According to Wakil, the suspects made away with a motorcycle valued at N400,000 and…

The police in Edo State have apprehended a 22-year-old man dressed in military camouflage for illegal possession of firearms.

Rewrite Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old man, Rukevwe George, in military camouflage for alleged possession of arms. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Funsho Adegboye, who paraded the suspect before newsmen in Benin City on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, said the onslaught against crime and criminality in the…

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