Two suspected armed robbers have been set ablaze by irate mob along Limca road, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased, members of a 4-man tricycle robbery gang, reportedly met their waterloo after robbing owner of a Sienna car of his possessions at gunpoint along Umuoji road. A resident of
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Robbery suspect burnt to death in Anambra
…viral video showed the fire-engulfed suspect as he stood at the spot he was lighted A yet-to-be-identified suspected armed robber has been set ablaze by irate mob in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. A viral video showed the fire-engulfed suspect as he stood at the spot he was lighted, running around
Read moreScores injured, females rapped in UNIZIK hostels’ robbery attack
About 17 students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State reportedly sustained varying degrees of injury while unconfirmed number of female students were rapped during a midnight robbery attack in the off-campus hostels. A gang of suspected armed robbers, numbering about twenty were said to have raided scores of the hostels located along Ifite road,
Read moreStudent remanded over robbery, sexual assault
‘The suspect was alleged to have robbed a fellow student’ A Polytechnic student, Adebanji Fisayo has been remanded by the Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly involving in the act of robbery and attempted rape. The 19-year-old Fisayo, is said to be a student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State. THE DAILY VENDOR
Read moreArmed Robbery: 3 shot dead within 3 weeks in Ogun community
Armed robbers have shot three people dead within three weeks at Ipamesan and Oyede communities, Sango, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. During the latest operation in the early hours of Wednesday, the robbers reportedly killed a motor boy, Olugori Adewale, and injured his neighbour, one Lekan, aka Daddy Praise, on
Read moreOgun Police arrest five for alleged robbery
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five men for allegedly robbing a company at Sango, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who identified the suspects as Umar, Muritala Umar, Abbah Yahaya, Wale Fadeyi and Segun Olofinmade said they were arrested on September 19.
Read moreTwo brothers, other bag life imprisonment for robbery
Two brothers, Genesis and Micheal Ezebong and one Ikade Moses have been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for armed robbery in the Palm Groove area of Lagos State. The judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo who handed down the verdict, found the trio guilty of the offence of conspiracy and armed robbery
Read moreHow we operated in 7 states without hindrance – Gang leader confesses
A man, Ali Muhammad has confessed to being the leader of an interstate robbery syndicate, who rob important personalities of their expensive phones. Ali revealed that the gang had operated in seven states in the country and has realised over N84 million selling stolen phones. The suspect was paraded alongside 20 other suspected kidnappers arrested
Read moreMan 39 docked for disguising as commercial bus driver to rob in Lagos
A 39-year-old man, Charles Inibu accused of disguising as a commercial driver to rob unsuspecting passengers of their valuables in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba. The defendant was charged before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka, on two counts bordering on conspiracy to commit
Read moreArmed Robbers attack Barcelona striker Aubameyang
Barcelona striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, was the victim of a violent armed robbery at his home in the early hours of Monday, the Spanish club said. “He is ok now, scared but ok,” a Barcelona source told AFP, confirming press reports. At least four men broke into his home in Castelldefels near Barcelona through the garden
Read moreCourt Remands 9 Men Over Alleged Robbery, Kidnapping
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday ordered that nine men be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. The police charged Umar Abubakar,35; Sani Lawan,30; Hassan Umar,30; Abdulhadi Falalu,25; Yahuza Ibrahim,28; Nasiru Tukur,24; Sani Abdulsalam,34; Lawan Shehu,30, and Ibrahim Sani, 23, with four counts of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery,
Read moreTwo Women Robbery Suspects, 41 Others Detained In Abia
Two women were among 41 crime suspects paraded yesterday by the Abia State police command. The women were held for armed robbery.Another woman was arrested for child trafficking, it was said. Commissioner of Police Janet Agbede said in Umuahia, the state capital that the suspects were picked up in various parts of the state in
Read moreCourt Remands APC Lawmaker In Prison For Criminal Conspiracy, Robbery, Abduction
The lawmaker representing Katsina-Ala East state constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Jonathan Agbidye has been remanded in prison over an alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnapping. Agbidye and one Denen Zuamo of Katsina-Ala town who he was remanded in prison with after being arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court on Friday August
Read moreFour hit by stray pellets as Anambra Police arrest suspected armed robber, recover N3.5m
A 25-year old suspected armed robber was on Monday lynched by an angry mob at Regina Ceali junction by Zenith Bank PLC along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Awka, Anambra state. The suspect, identified as Chukwuemeka Afor reportedly snatched a bag containing the sum of N3.5million.from one Ebuka Ukeakpu. The DAILY VENDOR gathered that four persons were hit
Read moreBauchi Robbery Suspect Says He Planned Using Proceeds to Marry
An armed robbery suspect arrested by the police in the Dambam Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Shehu Abdullahi, has confessed that he was planning to use his share of the proceeds to get married. Abdullahi, 20, in an interview with Northern City News, while being paraded at the Bauchi State Police Command on Wednesday,
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