03/12/19

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The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a suspected armed robber while withdrawing money with a victim’s Automated Teller Machine card within Enugu metropolis.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu that the suspect was arrested on March 7.

Amaraizu said that the arrest was made by operatives of Independence Layout Division of the Command through intelligence information.

He said that the suspect was arrested at a new generation bank ATM point located at the Presidential Road axis of the state.

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“It was gathered that the suspect with his gang members had allegedly invaded their victim’s house in the early hours of March 7, where they stole some belongings of the victim including his ATM Card.

“The armed robbery gang also forced him to disclose his Personal Identification Number.

“It was further gathered that while the suspect was withdrawing money from the ATM point, police operatives already acting on intelligence information, promptly nabbed him,’’ he said.

The police spokesman said that the victim’s ATM card had been recovered from the suspect.

“He is currently helping the police operatives in their investigation in relation to his gang members’ alleged nefarious activities,’’ he added.

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The police said the deputy governor was rescued and not arrested after violence broke out

A commissioner and a local government chairman taken away from the centre are still in police custody

The Kano state police command has denied arresting the deputy governor of the state, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, for allegedly attempting to disrupt election results collation on Monday, March 11.

Although there were videos of him being whisked away from a collation centre by the police and another of him arguing at a police station, the police said the deputy governor was rescued from the collation centre and not arrested as being reported in the media.

Police spokesperson in the state, Abdullahi Haruna, said the deputy governor was at the collation centre to observe the process but was not involved in the alleged result sheets snatching.

However, the commissioner and the local government chief both of whom were chieftains of the APC were still in detention as investigation into the alleged electoral offence commenced, Daily Trust reports.

The two were taken away from the collation centre along with the deputy governor.

Haruna said the two were arrested around 1am Monday morning, after allegedly storming the Nassarawa Collation Centre while collation of results for the governorship election was going on, thereby causing commotion that halted the process.

He said: “They were alleged to have penetrated the collation centre and attempted to destroy the election results sheets. While his Excellency, the deputy governor of Kano state, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna was rescued from the scene."
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The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu, has appointed DSP Bala Elkana as the new Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Lagos State.

The new PPRO who took over from Chike Oti, yesterday, enlisted into the Nigeria Police in 2003.

He holds a Bachelors degree in Law (LLB), Master’s Degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA).

Elkana had served in different commands and held various positions, including Operations Officer, Divisional Crime Officer, Divisional Police Officer, Community Policing Officer.

In addition, he was the police public relations officer in Niger and Akwa Ibom states.

DSP Bala Elkanan who brings with him a rich background in public relations and information management, is also a Fellow of Corporate Institute of Administration, and an active member of International Association of Chiefs of Police and a member of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).

Until his recent posting, he was an Investigator in the IGP Monitoring Unit.
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