Afemai Reporters gathered that the late policemen were among the four officers attached to the former lawmaker.

It was learned that the policemen allegedly crushed to death a woman, student, and motorcycle rider in front of Ikpeshi Grammar School in the locality.

It was gathered that the mobile policemen were attached to Police Mobile Force 19, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

DAILY POST further learned that the Toyota Hilux Van conveying the four policemen was on escort duty with Hon. Emmanuel Agbaje before involving in an accident with a motorcycle conveying a woman and child.

It was gathered that in the process, the rider and passengers died on the spot.

A police source, who pleaded anonymity, said in reaction to the death of the motorcycle rider, the woman, and the child, the angry mob attacked the policemen and beat to death an inspector and a sergeant.

According to him, one Toyota Hilux van conveying four policemen, namely Inspector Brownson Brown, Inspector Abubaka Fakkuk, Sergeant Taiye Ojiefo, and Sergeant Elisha John attached to Police Mobile Force 19 Port Harcourt on escort duty with Hon. Emmanuel Agbaje, a former Edo State House Assembly member, was involved in an accident with a motorcycle conveying a woman and child by Ikpeshi community.

“In the process, the rider and passenger died on the spot and in reaction, the angry mob attacked the policemen, beat Inspector Abubaka Fakku and Sergeant Elisha John to death while two others are receiving treatment at Ifejola Hospital, Igarra,” he said

He added that the youths invaded the Edo State Security Volunteer Network office in the locality where the policemen ran to for custody.

He said the youths overran the facility and beat two of the policemen to death, while the vigilante group was able to rescue the other two officers.

According to him, the angry youths were said to have attacked the vigilante office and destroyed its furniture while threatening to deal with their members who tried to rescue the police officers.

He also added that the officers’ four rifles were recovered while the corpses of the dead policemen and accident victims were evacuated to the mortuary for autopsy.

The source disclosed that the police are making efforts to arrest the suspected murderers of the officers.

When contacted on the phone, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident on Sunday but said more details would be made available to the public in due time.

He said they were not officers of the Edo State command but Police Mobile Force 19, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Reacting to the incident, the chairman, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Hon. Tajudeen Alade, condemned the dastardly act by the youths and commended the efforts of the vigilante to save the life of the other policemen.

He said those involved would be brought to book and promised support for the twin sister of one of the occupants of the motorcycle.

Bandits have killed Mallam Idris Abu Sufyan, the Principal of Government Secondary School (GSS) Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Politics Nigeria gathered that the bandits, on Friday evening, in an attempt to kidnap the school principal, shot him when he tried to resist abduction.

The terrorists went on to kidnap two women after killing the school principal.

Senator Shehu Sani, who shared the news on his X account on Saturday, said: “Mallam Idris Abu Sufyan, Principal GSS Kuriga, Chikun Lg Kaduna State was killed by Bandits when he tried to resist abduction. They succeeded in kidnapping two women in the process. May his soul rest in peace. Ameen.”

Meanwhile, a colleague of the deceased also confirmed the incident on Facebook. He wrote: “Innalillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji’un.

“I feel sad to inform you that our noble colleague; the principal of GSS KURIGA (SNR). MAL IDRIS ABU SUFYAN, has been killed by bandits and also kidnapped his wife with baby boy. May the Almighty Allah forgive his shortcomings and also grant him Aljannatul firdausi. Amen.”
One Manajer Deeni also lamented the murder Mallam Sufyan, adding that he had an opportunity to leave the village due to incessant bandit attacks but he chose to stay for his people.

“Allah sarki Abusufyan Idrees u get the opportunity to leave kuriga village at once, but u choose to stay with ur people, when he was alive he was the village gss principal, he used to taught the village youth football, he get the opportunity the leave to town but even after tense attacks of armed bandit in his community he choose to stay & he lived all his life trying his best to makes the world a better place for the youths & to put his little community in the map, now he paid the price with his life, armed bandit invade his house & shoot him death & kidnapped his wife. R i p Abusufyan,” he wrote on his Facebook.

The aspirant’s personal vehicle was struck by a trailer without license plates on Sapele Road, causing significant damage and forcing the vehicle off the road.

Eyewitnesses describe the scene as reminiscent of an action movie, as the trailer, attempting to flee the scene, collided with a motorcycle, rendering it inoperable.

The driver abandoned the damaged trailer, disappearing into the nearby cluster of backstreets.

Remarkably, Barr. Ighodalo emerged unscathed from the incident, sparking suspicions of a targeted attack on the political frontrunner.

The boardroom guru-turned-politician had attended the burial ceremony of the Commissioner for Digital Economy, Science and Technology, Ogbeide Ifaluyi-Isibor, before the incident.

It is believed that his visibility on social media, particularly in his distinctive white campaign bus, may have made him a recognizable target.

Law enforcement has detained the trailer and is actively pursuing the unidentified driver.

The incident is now being treated as an assassination attempt, prompting heightened security measures for Barr. Ighodalo.

Source: Politics Nigeria

Also arrested were three employees of the hotel, identified as Jacob, and Yifarta, who are receptionists, and Isah, a security guard, who were on duty at the time of the incident at the hotel.

The police further stated that the handset which belonged to the deceased and the drug used to sedate the lady were recovered from the crime scene.

City Round gathered that the main suspect had on January 18, 2024, at around 9:30 pm, taken his victim to a hotel where he was lodged as a guest, beheaded her, and went away with her decapitated head.

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Confirming the arrest to journalists on Friday, the spokesman of the command, Suleiman Nguroje, said, “The command has so far apprehended three staff (members) of the hotel and recovered drug and handset of the lady. The drug and handset were recovered at the scene of the crime.”

He also assured the public of the determination of the Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, to arrest the perpetrator of the heinous crime.

However, our correspondent gathered that two persons, believed to be behind the gruesome murder, whose identity had yet to be made known by the police, had been nabbed

38 suspected protesters against the Supreme Court judgement in Nasarawa State governorship election have been remanded at Lafia Correctional Center for allegedly causing a public disturbance.

The suspected protesters were charged before the Chief Magistrate Court three, Lafia by the state Commissioner of police.

It could be recalled that the arrest of the protesters followed the Supreme Court judgment where some aggrieved protesters mostly women were arrested by security operatives.

The Nasarawa State Commissioner of police, Umaru Shehu Nadada ordered the protesters to be charged to court for public disturbance.

When the matter was mentioned for hearing by the prosecuting counsel, Danjuma Allu, the Chief Magistrate, Mohammed Abdullahi Lanze reserved his ruling to Monday 22 January, 2024.

However, the defendants counsel, Iliya Ashokpa pleaded the court to grant his clients bail but was not granted.

The 38 suspected protesters including a man who was allegedly arrested when he went to picked his vehicle from the mechanic were later taken to the Nigeria Correctional center in Lafia while awaiting trials.

Among the remanded protesters include about five men and thirty-three women.

The Supreme Court had on Friday in it judgment affirmed governor Abdullahi Sule as the lawful winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Nasarawa State which led to protest by some aggrieved women and men in the state.

A yet-to-be-identified woman was shot in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Friday, while protesting against the Supreme Court’s judgement affirming the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule.

DAILY POST recalls that protests broke out in Lafia and other parts of the state over the court verdict, which upheld Sule’s election and threw out the Peoples Democratic Party and Emmanuel Ombugadu’s case.

In a video obtained by DAILY POST, the woman was seen walking naked and alone when an unidentified person shot at her.

The woman, whose identity could not be ascertained at the moment, was seen crying and rolling in the pool of her blood.

DAILY POST could not ascertain if she was shot by security men or hoodlums.

A background voice commenting in Hausa language after the woman fell said, “Lafia has become what it has become.”

Checks by DAILY POST show that there is palpable fear among residents of the state as irate youths in some areas are insisting that the protest against the judgement of the Supreme Court must continue until.

Ealier, the police the state forcefully dispersed aged women using tear gas at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state secretariat.

The FCT Police Command says it has arrested a notorious kidnapper operating in Abuja.

In a statement on Friday by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the police gave the name of the alleged kidnapper as Chinaza Phillip.

The statement said the arrest was carried out by police operatives from the Kaduna State Police Command on Thursday, January 18, 2024.

It added that Chinaza Phillip has been handed over to the FCT Police Command on Friday, January 19, 2024, and is currently in police custody.

The details surrounding the arrest and the suspect’s criminal activities are expected to be revealed shortly.

Gunmen have reportedly killed four people, including two soldiers, in a series of attacks on communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.

According to reports, the armed men targeted villages such as Abugbe, Okokolo, Ugboju, Odugbeho, and Olegobidu.

The assailants ambushed two soldiers who were stationed in the area for peacekeeping during their patrol of the affected communities, resulting in their untimely deaths.

The attacks have escalated over the past few days, with Okokolo being a recent target where residents have faced threats from armed herders.

Confirming the incidents, Godwin Edo, the lawmaker representing the Agatu state constituency in the state House of Assembly, stated that the attackers were herdsmen.

Edo reported casualties, including injuries and loss of lives, as residents abandoned their villages due to the persistent threats.

Edo told Punch: “Yes, the attack was from herdsmen; it happened yesterday (Thursday).

“We had casualties; some were injured, and we lost some lives. What happened was there were threats of attacks on some villages, Ocholonya and Ugboju K’ Ugbe, for the past six days.

“So those people deserted their place and relocated to Okokolo. So it is in Okokolo that herdsmen came to attack them yesterday (Thursday). Those are the displaced villages for now.

“We lost about two people so far. A lot of people were injured, and we are still monitoring their medication.”

Mike Inalegwu, the immediate past Commissioner for Information Culture and Tourism, also provided details of the attacks, mentioning that the soldiers were ambushed by armed herdsmen while on patrol.

He said the soldier’s commander was shot, two others were killed, and one soldier is currently missing.

Inalegwu said, “Herdsmen came with their militia and fired guns at Okokolo, Ugboju and Akpa, making people run away from their villages. So the soldiers were on patrol when they were ambushed by the armed herdsmen.

“The soldiers were stationed at Akpu, my village in front of my house for the past eight years. When they heard gunshots, they decided to go and find out where the gunshots came from, but while they were patrolling, the herdsmen ambushed them.

“They shot their commander, and two others killed. One of the soldiers is missing.”

Massive protests have erupted in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, following the Supreme Court’s judgment affirming the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule.

Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have taken to the streets, blocking the Lafia-Jos Road by burning tires in front of the party’s state secretariat.

Reports say the protest has caused a traffic disruption, forcing motorists to seek alternative routes within Lafia.

Shops, business centres, and schools in the Lafia metropolis abruptly closed as the demonstration continued.

Meanwhile, security forces have been deployed to the scene to restore calm and prevent any escalation.

The incident happened at about 10:00 p.m. in the Phase 2 area of the estate, the kidnappers came into the estates and took away the wife and one of the in-laws of one Barrister Cyril Adikwu

According to Austine John, who is a neighbor to the victim, the kidnappers came in and started shooting while they invaded the barrister’s house and took away his wife and in-law while the barrister escaped.

“It all started at about 10:00 We suddenly started hearing gunshots, and immediately we knew something was wrong. I quickly went out to make sure my gate was well locked.

“Then we heard the gunshot in the barrister’s house, and then we alerted the estate’s management, who immediately swung into action.

“In a short time, army people came around and started shooting too, but before they came, the kidnappers had taken the wife and one of the in-laws of the barrister.

“This is really traumatising because we could not sleep throughout the night due to fear of the kidnappers coming back. President Tinubu should please help Nigerians put an end to this barbaric act by the kidnappers.