The Police Command in Imo says it has arrested a 42-year old suspected child trafficker and rescued 12 alleged stolen children. The command’s spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Owerri on Monday. Okoye said that the suspect, a female, who hails from Umudim …
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Policemen Reject N1m bribe, Rescue Children From traffickers in Imo
THE Police Command in Imo has arrested two suspected child traffickers and rescued two stolen children in separate operations. The command’s spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Okoye said in a strong display of professionalism, operatives of the command rejected a N1m bribe to ensure …
Read More »Armed Men Storm Sun Editor’s House, Adduct Elder Brother, 16-year-old son
ARMED men, who claimed to come from the Imo State Police Command, Owerri, stormed the family house of the Senior Deputy News Editor of Daily Sun, Mr. Emma Njoku, and abducted his elder brother, Mr. Bennett Njoku and his 16-year-old son, David, in handcuffs. They were reportedly taken to an …
Read More »Police kill 3 Hoodlums in Attempted Police Station Attack in Imo
THE Police Command in Imo on Sunday foiled an attack by hoodlums on Njaba Local Government Area Divisional Police headquarters, Umuakah. The command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, who said this in statement on Monday, said three of the hoodlums were neutralised in the successful defensive operation. Okoye said the attackers, …
Read More »Gunmen kill Police Operative, Set station Ablaze in Imo Community
GUNMEN launched an attack on the quiet Umulogho Community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo, on Wednesday, killing a police operative and torching a section of a police station. Newsextra24 learnt that the incident happened at Umulogho by NEPA Junction on the Owerri-Umuahia Road. The gunmen were alleged …
Read More »Unidentified Gunmen Kill 3 Vigilance Operatives in Imo
Unidentified gunmen, on Sunday night, opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilance operatives and a passerby at Umuaka Community in Njaba Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred near the local Afor Umuaka Market and Hilltop Primary School …
Read More »Governor Uzodimma’s Ex-Aide Arrested For Alleged Fraud
THE Imo State Police Command has arrested a former Special Adviser to Governor Hope Uzodimma on Special Duties, Chinasa Nwaneri, for alleged forgery and illegal use of the state government’s authority. The spokesperson of the State Police Command, Henry Okoye, confirmed the arrest of Nwaneri on Monday in Owerri, the …
Read More »Police Speak On Purported Death Of Major General Duru
IMO State Police Command has dismissed the confessional statements of three suspects arrested over the alleged kidnapping and killing of Retired Major General Richard Duru. Newsextra24 recalls that Major General Duru was kidnapped on September 27, 2023, along Bishops Court, Area 7 Orji/Uratta Owerri, and his black Mercedes Benz G.L. 450 car …
Read More »Police Arrest 435 Criminal Suspects In Imo, Recover 552 Live Ammunition
THE Imo state command of the Nigeria Police Force announced on Thursday that they have successfully arrested some criminal suspects and recovered some live ammunition in recent operations. Giving details of the operations during a press conference at the command headquarters yesterday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, revealed that 552 …
Read More »Police Arrest Four Suspects, Recover Firearms In Imo
THE Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Jamilu Monday 29, 26 years, and Dantala Musa ‘m’, 25 years, with locally made cut-to-size guns and ten rounds of live cartridges neatly concealed in their bags. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson for the state command, Henry …
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