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Delta Police Arrest Two for Impersonation, Other Suspects
The Delta Police Command has arrested two suspects for impersonating army officers.
The suspects; a 61 years old male and a 48 years old female were nabbed at Beji Court Hotel Bendel Estate, off Airport road Effurun, and have confessed to the crime.
Other arrests were also made in various parts of the state, according to a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright.
Read the detailed statement:
1.On the 5/5/2021 at about 1300hrs, information received that a woman Jemilia Suleman ‘f’ age 48yrs, a native of Plateau State with one Monagor Charles ‘m’ age 61yrs of Ndokwa East L.G Area Delta State were found wearing military uniforms and lodged in Beji Court Hotel Bendel Estate Off Airport road Effurun. The DPO Ogborikoko Division CSP Martha Ikong detailed and led Surveillance operative in conjunction with military personnel to the hotel and arrested the suspects. Items recovered from them includes 10 pairs of military camouflage uniforms, six T-shirt, jungle caps, one T-shirt and one singlet. All of military camouflage uniform. The lady suspect confessed that she bought the said uniform in the market and use it earn a living. Investigation is ongoing.
2.On the 30/4/2021 at about 0430hrs, information received from an Elu vigilante member that one Etor Lucky ‘m’ 20yrs of Elu and two other members of Viking confraternity were disrupting social wake keep and harassing invited guest in Elu community. The Divisional police officer Ozoro division mobilized police patrol team to scene and arrested the said Etor Lucky and recovered a cut-to-size locally made single barrel gun. Investigation is ongoing.
3.On the 3/5/2021 at about 1430hrs, information was received from a distress caller that at good Samaritan reported that one Efe Lucky and Ramson Akpojibu both ‘m’ of Ughoton community Okpe LGA brought a patient on christain ‘m’ Surname unknown to Moving Star Clinic Warri, as soon he was certified dead. The duo with blood stains on their cloths was about to abscond. The DPO Orerokpe Division deployed detective to the clinic, corpse was viewed and signs of violence was seen on the body of the deceased. Corpse was photographed and deposited at Orerokpe General Hospital mortuary. The police arrested the two suspects Efe Lucky ‘m’ and Ramson Akpojibu ‘m’, and the premises of the suspects were searched, blood stained cutlass, hammer and blood soaked towel were recovered. They confessed that they were five in number the beat up the deceased to death over allegation of stealing their three thousand naira (N3,000.00) and phones. Effort is on to arrest the three other suspects. The Commissioner of Police Delta State has ordered that the case be transferred to State criminal investigation department for further investigation.
4.On the 5/5/2021 at about 0405hrs, a distressed call was received from an indigene of Ijomi village that in his compound at the above village, his dogs started barking signifying the presence of danger within the compound that he came out to inspect what was happening when he saw two armed boys. The DPO Oghara division deployed patrol team to the scene, the suspects on sighting the police, took to their heels, the suspects ran into the nearby bush which was later combed by a combined teams of police and vigilante teams where one Ugbaudu Williams ‘m’ 31yrs a.k.a Beleke a notorious criminal was found fatally shot on his right hand and was seriously bleeding, he confessed that he was shot by one Desmond his partner in crime. He was taken to his house for a search where another locally made barrel gun was recovered with two live cartridges, one expanded cartridge was recovered. He was rushed to the General hospital Oghara for treatment where he gave up a ghost while receiving treatment. Manhunt for the fleeing suspect is ongoing.
5.On the date at about 1330hrs, a patrol team from Okpanam division while on stop and search behind three upstairs Okpana, a Bajaj (Boxer) motorcycle with Reg. No. AKM 705 VM conveying three persons was intercepted, the rider escaped, while the other two accomplices one Friday Worfer, Sunday Panwal and Emmanuel David all ‘m’ of Ogbe-Obi Quarters Okpanam was arrested.when search was conducted on them, one locally made pistol and one cartridge were recovered from the suspects, the are suspected to be among the syndicate who rob in Asaba and Okpanam axis mostly at night. Investigation is ongoing to arrest the other fleeing suspect.
The Zone 2 Police Command comprising Lagos and Ogun states, has held its first lecture of the year with officers of the Zonal Command Headquarters in attendance, according to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, CSP Ayuba Ummah, and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP).
In his speech during the lecture, the Chief Host, who is the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the Zone, AIG Fayoade M. Adegoke, wished officers of the Zone a Prosperous New Year while charging them to imbibe public partnership, positive impact policing, quality service delivery and professionalism.
AIG Fayoade urged the personnel to improve positively on the image of the Force by building effective partnership with the public, focus on information gathering through intelligence to ensure crime and criminality is reduced to the barest minimum.
He also emphasized the need to show empathy and not be biased as all citizens are equal before the law and deserve to be treated with fairness.
The AIG further urged officers to pay attention to their health as that is very necessary and crucial to efficiency and effectiveness in quality service delivery.
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake has struck California, United States of America, adding to the State’s ongoing tough challenges with worsening wildfires.
This comes as Los Angeles continues to fight raging wildfires, which were allegedly started by an arsonist who has since been arrested.
Mail Online reported on Friday that the tremor was detected near the San Francisco Bay Area at 7:02 am PT, with its epicentre approximately five miles Southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge and two miles west of the Great Highway.
The quake was followed by a 2.2 magnitude aftershock four minutes later and a 2.5 magnitude tremor six minutes after the initial hit.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that more than 5,000 people in the area felt the shake, and the number of reports continues to grow.
This seismic activity occurred about 350 miles away from the Los Angeles area, where wildfires have caused widespread destruction.
“I ordered city government into action immediately this morning, and our first responders have been out across the city ensuring the safety of our residents.
“We have also been sharing information and giving people the tools to protect themselves and their families in an event like this,” Mayor Daniel Lurie commented on the situation.
Despite the tremors, no injuries or damage have been reported from Friday’s earthquake.
The USGS had detected a 3.0 magnitude earthquake the day before, disrupting San Francisco’s Muni subway service.
Many reported that the quake lasted only a second.
The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Command, comprising Lagos and Ogun states, AIG Fayoade Adegoke, has decorated 43 newly promoted officers of the command with their new ranks, saying the promotion would boost the morale of the officers, the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) can report.
The officers include 10 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSP) promoted to the rank as Assistant Commissioner of Police and 33 Superintendents (SP) promoted to Chief Superintendents of Police (CSP). The AIG was assisted by the Ogun State Police Commissioner, CP Lanre Ogunnowo, PhD.
The colourful event was attended by the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi, Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, CP Lanre Ogunnowo, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DC Administration, Lagos Command, DCP Khan S.M, DC ZCID, Zone 2, DCP Adewale Ajao, DC SCID Lagos Command, DCP Ahmed Tijani, Chief Kaoli Olusanya, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu, Mr. Rasheed Muri-Okunola among others.
In his remarks, AIG Fayoade urged the newly promoted officers to double their efforts at improving the image of the Force, safety of the country and eschew all forms of bad conduct. He specifically warned against forceful collection of money from members of the public.
Fayoade emphasised that promotion is a call to work harder in terms of ensuring the safety of the country, and also charged the officers to improve their performances in serving sincerely, diligently and committedly, in order to upscale the positive image of the Force and its personnel.
He also urged the officers to show empathy, love, kindness in the discharge of their duties at all times, while asserting that Nigerians are very generous and would appreciate the good deed of any officer.
“When you are given a promotion like this, it doesn’t mean you should go to sleep, it’s a call to duty, it means you must work harder, do more in terms of securing the country.
“You must also portray the image of the Force in a positive light, and not that when you get your promotion and go back to your beat and start what members of the public are not happy with that you always do. You must put up a very good attitude, you must show empathy, must relate with members of the public very well. Show love, show kindness to them in the course of your duty.
“You must eschew any form of corruption in whatever we do, once you do your job very well, Nigerians are very generous and very kind, they will appreciate you.
“Don’t take money forcefully from anybody, if you do your job diligently, you will be appreciated. At your own corner, improve the image of the Force, improve the security of the country, the country must be secured than it has always been. We’ve a lot of work to do as security agents, as police officers and we must rise up to the expectations of members of the country and we have no choice than to do our job diligently and at our various duty posts, we must do everything possible to reduce crime, to bring comfort to members of the communities. But where we have a situation where the security is completely down, no safety, it’s not good for the country.
“So am charging all of you, go back to your beats, put more efforts, improve on your performance and serve Nigerians sincerely, diligently and committedly, so that the image of the Force and our image will continue to be in the rise,” Fayoade said.
AIG Fayoade however applauded the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun for deeming it fit to promote the officers, just as he lauded the chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and members of the Commission for approving the promotions.
Appreciating the Police on behalf of his colleagues, ACP Redengha Timpa said the beneficiaries have a course to be thankful to God for his faithfulness and protection over their lives and families, adding that the promoted officers have gained a lot since enlistment in the Force, and assured that the positive lessons learnt will be used for the advancement of the Police Force.
Among the decorated officers were the outgoing DPO Alausa Division, ACP Tokunbo Abaniwonda; DPO Ejigbo Division, ACP Vera Ameh-Akpa; DPO Mushin Police Station, ACP Wale Akinsola; ACP Shittu Samson Bolanle; ACP Mohammed Limawa, ACP Redengha Timpa; Emeka Adigwe; Ibironke Ajala; Oluwatoyin Ademola Kazeem; Zonal Public Relations Officer, Zone 2 Command headquarters, CSP Ayuba Tunni Umma; PPRO Ogun State Police Command, CSP Omolola Odutola; CSP Mariam Ogunmolasuyi; CSP Abbas Gadzama; CSP Ope M. Olasunkanmi; CSP Goke Adeyemo; CSP Nelson E. Odumah; CSP Olayinka Olabode; CSP Aduagba O. Abdullateef; CSP Tijani Isah; SP Fayomi Abraham; SP Idris Rasheed; SP Emmanuel Pius Burbur; SP Elumaro Aderemi; SP Haruna Kyeskat S.; DSP Adaranijo Ganiyu; DSP Famous Erin; DSP Monday Omoigui; DSP Adejoke Ige; DSP Jegede Solomon and Dickson Odili.
