Abia Police smashes armed robbery gang

 

…Recovers vehicles, arms and ammunition

The Abia state police command said that its men has smashed an armed robbery gang that has been terrorizing the commercial city of Aba while vehicles, arms and ammunition were also recovered.

In statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna said that his men in Aba received a distress call that Dan Dollars filling station at Ogbor hill area was being robbed by armed robbers.

Ogbonna said that the information revealed to them that the armed robbers were escaping through Eziukwu road by the railway line, our men moved into action to confront them.

He said, “When the call came we alerted our men at both Ndiegoro and the Central police station led by the DPO of Ndiegoro and the commander of the newly formed Tactical Response Squad (TRS) and they moved in to intercept them.

“On sighting our men the armed robbers opened fire on them and during the gun battle two of the armed robbers were gunned down and one of them who was identified as Ugochukwu Emeka Uche was arrested.

The Abia PPRO said that two Toyota vehicles a 4Runner SUV with registration number DR 413 ENU and a Corolla saloon car with registration number EPE 568 EM which was snatched from David Gobble of Ogbor hill area were recovered.

He said that other items recovered include three locally made short guns, live and expended cartridges, nine GSM phones, one wrist watch, one national ID card bearing the name Uzoefuna Ifechi Kingsley, two wedding rings and a cash sum of N65, 020.

Ogbonna said that the command is after the fleeing members of the armed robbery gang who has been terrorizing the people of Ogbor hill area of Aba, adding that they will be caught and brought to book.

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Senator Abu Ibrahim blames political scramblers for rally disruption

Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC Katsina south) has blamed those he called political scramblers for the disruption of Saturday’s All Progressive Party (APC) rally in Funtua.

The rally which was attended by Governor Aminu Masari, occurred at the end of it.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Ibrahim who is the Senate’s committee chairman on Police Affairs said he is hale and hearty and was unharmed.

Ibrahim said that Funtua people are peace loving, noting that he would neither be distracted nor succumbed to the antics of political thugs.

The veteran politician said he is committed to proactive representation of his people and work for their upliftment by pursuing development programmes in the interest of the constituency and nation at large.

He said disruptions at political events are normal, especially as the APC was receiving hundreds of defectors from different political groups, who chanted the praises of their respective political leaders.

He alleged that the disruption was from political opponents looking for recognition at all costs and enjoined party loyalists to disregard their antics.

“I have contested and won elections in all my polling units at various times without a single record of using thugs or rigging elections’’ Ibrahim said.

He noted that some people had contested with him and lost elections and they always challenged his victory at various quarters but failed, stressing that the use thugs should be condemned in the interest of democracy.

The Senator enjoined the people to vote wisely based on candidates records of achievements and counseled politicians to promote virtues and prudent governance.

He pledged to continue with his efforts of improving the welfare of the people.

In a fortnight, he plans to unveil a skill empowerment training programme for about 600 youths beside the ongoing provision of 750 wells with 750 water pumping machines for irrigation farmers in the constituency.

The senator said a free eye treatment in which about 515 people underwent surgeries while 330 persons received medicated glasses and 1,908 others were treated for various eye defects was conducted this month.

Last year Ibrahim sponsored the training of 1,775 persons in various small scale businesses that included soap and pomade makings, livestock and poultry keepings, food processing, perfume and cream makings, decoration and air freshener making as well as animal feeds processing.

The beneficiaries were from Funtua, Faskari, Kankara, Kafur, Dandume, Sabuwa, Malumfashi, Musawa, Bakori, Danja and Matazu local government areas in Katsina south senatorial district.

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Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria roll on the floor during Thanksgiving Service after he escaped assassination

Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dino Melaye, pictured yet again rolling on the floor during a Thanksgiving Service with his family members on Easter Sunday, after an attempt was made on his life on Saturday, April 15th, 2017 by unknown gunmen in his hometown.

 

Dino Melaye shared photos from the Thanksgiving and also photos from the attack on his social media pages. More photos after the cut.

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Elderly woman falls on the road after having epileptic seizure in Delta State

An unidentified woman believed to be in her 70s, fell down while crossing the road in Sapele, Delta State last Friday. 

Reports from the scene indicates that the woman seems to have had an epileptic seizure. Two good Samaritans later came to her aid , as they placed a chair across where she was lying to avoid being crushed by vehicles.

Fortunately, about 20 minutes later, she regained consciousness but was still in a daze. 

Photo credit: Sapele Oghenek

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