Six men suspected to specialise in robbing passengers in commercial vehicles in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have been apprehended by the Kwara State Police Command.
Our correspondent learnt that the suspects normally use two cabs for their operations but were arrested last week Sunday.
The police identified the suspects as Taye Babatunde, Adisa Ismaila, Toyin Folorunsho, Dare Alawo, Suleiman Shehu and Raheem Kareem. The Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Command, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, said they were arrested by a police patrol team.
According to him, the suspects were trying to dispossess a victim, Aisha Raji, of her belongings at the General Hospital roundabout when the police intercepted and apprehended them.
Okasanmi stated that the police had commenced an investigation into their activities and making attempts to track down their accomplices.
He added that the suspects would be prosecuted after the completion of investigation.
Raji told journalists that she boarded the vehicle when the driver said they were heading to Tanke area of Ilorin.
She added that she never knew that the occupants were robbers.
She said there were four men including the driver in the cab with two sitting at the back and one supposed passenger beside the driver in the front.
She said other people who turned out to be accomplices boarded the vehicles at different spots.
According to her, it was when they were close to the hospital roundabout that they ordered her to release all her belongings to them.
She said she hesitated because she had N78,750 in her bag. She added that the suspects pounced on her and were struggling to dispossess her of the money, her bag and other belongings when a police patrol van was passing by.
She stated that she started shouting which attracted the policemen who now caught up with them and arrested them.
Raji said, “While we were struggling, the police patrol van came and I shouted; so the policemen overtook us and blocked the vehicle with their patrol van. I thank God that there was slight traffic congestion that day. The policemen immediately arrested the suspects.”
Meanwhile, Okasanmi said that the command had also arrested some criminals suspected to be involved in the manufacturing of fake number plates.
Okasanmi said that the culprits had been manufacturing Lagos number plates when they were discovered.
“We first discovered that stealing of vehicles with Lagos registration numbers had been on the high side in the state. It was in the course of our investigation that we discovered the fake number plates,”he said.
Against the backdrop of the incessant terrorism attacks in Nigeria and the world over, President Mohammadu Buhari yesterday urged the Muslim community to make a strong statement that would condemn the activities of insurgents.
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
Against the backdrop of the incessant terrorism attacks in Nigeria and the world over, President Mohammadu Buhari yesterday urged the Muslim community to make a strong statement that would condemn the activities of insurgents.
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
Against the backdrop of the incessant terrorism attacks in Nigeria and the world over, President Mohammadu Buhari yesterday urged the Muslim community to make a strong statement that would condemn the activities of insurgents.
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
Against the backdrop of the incessant terrorism attacks in Nigeria and the world over, President Mohammadu Buhari yesterday urged the Muslim community to make a strong statement that would condemn the activities of insurgents.
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
Against the backdrop of the incessant terrorism attacks in Nigeria and the world over, President Mohammadu Buhari yesterday urged the Muslim community to make a strong statement that would condemn the activities of insurgents.
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
According to the president, speaking with one voice was a sure way of rejecting the attackers claim of acting in the name of Islam, stressing that it would also stop the abasement of their religion.
This is even as Buahri called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.
The president’s injunctions came on the heels of the killing of about 150 men, women and children in Kukawa, Borno state on Thursday and also the recent murder of Egyptian Attorney General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists.
While strongly condemning the act, Buhari in separate statements issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja further stated that it was “a very heinous atrocity which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.”
He conveyed his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful killings in Kukawa just as he also condoled the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, reaffirming “Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.”
The President added that “no country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”
Buhari had made tackling insurgency a campaign issue and since he assumed office as President, he has focused on the menace more than any problem facing the country. But the terrorists have continued their attacks on Nigerians and their North-East region, killing and destroying people and properties.
- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/07/04/rise-against-boko-haram-president-buhari-urges-muslims/#sthash.LhuN4Akt.dpuf
