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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has blamed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) for the attacks in Imo.
Adamu has, however, ordered the deployment of additional units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) and other Police Tactical Squads to Imo State to strengthen security.
Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) in Owerri were bombed on Monday.
Force spokesman, Frank Mba, revealed that the attackers used sophisticated weapons such as General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs), Sub-Machine Guns (SMGs), AK49 rifles, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
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A suspected ritualist, Lukman Garuba has confessed to the police that he bought a human part from ritualist killers for N2000.
Garuba, 31, was arrested in Iwo, Osun State when the police burst the ritualists’ den in the town.
Tajudeen Monsuru, 31, and Hamsat Akeem, 25, confessed to having kidnapped and killed one Akanbi Adeolu.
Fielding questions from journalists while he was paraded along with other suspected criminals at the State Police Command Headquarters in Osogbo, Osun State, Monsuru confessed to having killed his girlfriend, Mutiyat Alani and Akinloye Ibrahim and many other victims.
While the fourth suspect, Awayewasere Yusuf, 37, contested to have bought the human parts from the gangsters and also sold to some suspects who are still at large.
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The heavy gunshots have forced residents to scamper for safety.
“The attackers who invaded the town this evening have burnt a primary school and construction work equipment”, he disclosed.
The identity of the assailants is not yet ascertained, but the attack is similar to that of Boko Haram/ISWAP militants.
Gujba town is few kilometers away from Damaturu the Yobe State capital and the attack is coming three days after Boko Haram insurgents invaded Geidam town where they burnt public and private property in addition to the looting of shops.
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There was palpable tension in Osogbo on Tuesday night as suspected cult group armed with machetes and guns invaded Atelewo area, Kolawole street in Osogbo.
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Yenagao, Dec. 21, 2020 A 41 year-old former casual staff of Bayelsa Government House identified as Yinkere Goodman, has been arrested for allegedly stealing solar batteries from Creek Haven, the Bayelsa State Government House.
Goodman, was among 15 suspects paraded by the Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, Mike Okoli, at the State Police Command Headquarters, in Yenagoa on Monday.
Naija247news reports that Okoli, said that the other suspects were arrested for various economic crimes ranging from vandalism of amoured cables, solar batteries, transformers, and other electrical accessories for street lights.
Goodman, claimed to have worked at the government house as a drainage cleaner, said he resorted to crime as he was not paid for over five months.