Crime

Fake EFCC Officers Plotting Kidn@pping Arrësted The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested four suspected fake Economic Financial Crimes Commission officers while planning to abduct and collect N150 million ransom from their victim (name withheld). Parading the suspects alongside other suspects at the command headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Monday, the Commissioner of Police, CP Waheed Ayilara, said the principal suspect, Emmanuel Akpayak, masterminded the kidnap of the would-be victim whom he owed over N12 million as he tried to extort money from him and subsequently kill him to evade repayment of his debt.…

Why I Rejected ₦150M Bribe From Lagos-based Businessman — Nigerian Police Officer Reveals A Superintendent of Police, Ibrahim Sini, has said he turned down a N150m bribe allegedly offered to him by a Lagos-based businessman, Akintoye Akindele to have peace of mind. Akindele, who was arraigned for the offence at the Federal High Court in Abuja in August 2023, was remanded in the Kuje correctional centre. According to the charge sheet, the bribe was offered to allow police to permit him to escape abroad and to write a favourable report for him after the investigation. Sini was said to have…

EFCC Arrests 117 Suspected Internet Fr@udsters In Lagos The operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 117 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. The suspects were arrested at Regional Hotel, Iyana-Ishasi, Lagos in a sting operation, following verified intelligence about their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. According to the commission, items recovered from the suspects, at the point of arrest, include mobile phones, laptop computers and four cars. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Police Arrest PoS Operator Allegedly Supplying S3x Workers To Båndits The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has paraded a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Sunday Musa, also known as Dan Gwari, who allegedly specialises in supplying sex workers to bandits in their camp, as well as distributing money to their families in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The commissioner of police in the FCT, Benneth Igweh, who disclosed this while parading the suspect in Abuja on Tuesday, said he was arrested during a coordinated clearance operation by operatives of the anti-kidnap unit of the command at Kagarko.…

EFCC Officers Storm Lagos Hotel, Harass Worker; Chairman Orders Probe The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, in response to a viral video showing two officers manhandling a female hotel worker in Lagos, has ordered their immediate arrest and a thorough investigation into the incident. This was made known in a statement by the Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Thursday. The viral video showed EFCC officials invading the Annex and Regional hotels, both owned by the same person, around 4am on June 27, while guests were asleep. The officers reportedly fired shots, injured customers,…