Armed Robbery

May 07, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have apprehended two high-profile fugitives wanted by international authorities for human trafficking and armed robbery. The suspects, Felix Omoregie, also known as Eghosa Johnson Omoregie, and Okwudili Sabastine Ezeje, were...

January 04, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have intercepted three notorious ‘one-chance’ armed robbers at Jubilee Bridge around the Abule-Egba area of the State. A press statement issued by the Director, Public...

December 06, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five new suspects in connection with the recent robbery attacks and killings in some parts of the state, particularly at the Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade. The Command also...

September 4, (THEWILL) – Benue State Police Command, acting on credible intelligence gathered about an armed robbery syndicate operating around Kighir, Kanshio and Adeke communities, deployed officers from Operation Zenda JTF and stormed their hideouts to effect the arrest. However,...

July 21, (THEWILL) - Nigerian Air Force (NAF) security guards, on Friday, apprehended three cable thieves at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Disclosing the arrest, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, in an official statement...

July 19, (THEWILL) - Armed robbers, in the late hours of Tuesday, blocked the Naka-Makurdi Highway in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, where they dispossessed passengers of their valuables. One of the victims, who is the Benue...

July 12, (THEWILL) - The police command in Imo State has paraded 56 suspects involved in armed robbery, kidnapping, child trafficking, cultism, murder, amongst others. The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, on Tuesday, during the parade at the...

May 01, (THEWILL) - Police in Ogun state have arrested four members of a robbery syndicate, for inflicting machete cuts on one Adeleye Sunday and dispossessing him of his two phones. The robbers also siphoned the sum of six hundred...

April 13, (THEWILL) - One person reported dead after police in Ogun State engaged armed robbers on Wednesday, at a phone market, also known as computer village, in Abeokuta. The deceased, one Dayo Bankole, a trader in the market, was...

April 12, (THEWILL) - The Police Command in Ogun State has arrested two members of a Lagos-based robbery gang terrorising Ijebu Ode and its environs in recent times. The suspects, Muyiwa Adebola and Lukman Ogunmuyiwa were arrested on March...