A joint patrol and vigilante team led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ogwashi-Uku, Israel Okomoyon have arrested three suspected armed robbers in the town.

The suspects are Emmanuel Ibekwe, male, 25 years, Victor Chibuzor, another male of 25, and Zakaria Joro also male and 25years.

The suspects were arrested on 17th September 2025, according to DAILY POST.

The Police also recovered from the suspects, an English pistol loaded with 2 rounds of live ammunition.

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Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a statement sent to newsmen in Warri.

He said,”In a separate operation on 17th September, 2025, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ogwashi-Uku Division, CSP Israel Okomoyon, led a joint patrol comprising officers of the division and local vigilantes.”

According to SP Edafe,”During the operation, the team intercepted three young men riding on a motorcycle.”

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SP Edafe listed the names of the suspects above saying they,” were subjected to a search, which led to the recovery of an English pistol loaded with two (2) rounds of live ammunition.

“The suspects failed to provide any satisfactory explanation for having the firearm. Consequently, both the suspects and the recovered exhibits have been transferred to the State Anti-Kidnapping Squad for further investigation.”

Unidentified gunmen stormed the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Damaturu, Yobe State, in the early hours of Friday, September 19, 2025.

The attackers shot a police officer guarding the building, injuring him in the leg.

The incident happened around 2am, leaving the officer badly wounded.

He was rushed to the Police Hospital in Damaturu, where he is currently receiving treatment.

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Chairman of the NUJ Yobe Council, Rajab Ismail Mohammed, condemned the attack, calling it “unfortunate and scary.”

He said it was not only an assault on a security guard but also “an intimidation tactic against the press corps in Yobe state.”

He urged security agencies to immediately investigate the incident and bring the attackers to justice.

Edo State Special Security Squad said it arrested twenty suspected cultists and demolished about four houses linked to them in an operation carried out in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.

The Special Security Squad made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Benin by Fred Itua, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpehbolo.

According to the statement, the operation was led by the Chief Security Officer, Government House and the Governor’s Principal Security Officer (PSO).

Itua in the statement said that the operation followed the “brutal killing of a young man (a barber ) in South Ibie, an act tied to rival cult clashes.”

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The statement reads, “About twenty suspects were arrested during the operations, and four houses were demolished, including a building located on Egbiadokhai Street, behind Otaru Primary School in Auchi owned by a wanted cultist known as Too-Believe.

“The building, which served as a regular meeting point for members of the Black Axe Confraternity, yielded alarming evidence. Two cut-to-size guns, two black beret caps associated with Black Axe cultists, and one sharp axe were found in the house.

“Too-Believe, who is currently on the run, is deeply embedded in cult operations in the region.

“Another house also demolished in Anoguele Street, Iyakpi, South-Ibie, belongs to a cultist named Kuwat, who was said to be a member of the Eiye Confraternity. When security agents arrived at his residence, he had already fled. Kuwat was named as the main mastermind of the recent killing of the barber.

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“A property in the Ogodomiza Area in Ibie-Nafe belonging to another cult leader was also demolished. The house was earlier raided a day before, which led to the arrest of two young men, Momoh Austin (17) and Joseph Oyazojo (21). The suspects confessed they were brought to the area to engage in cybercrime activities commonly referred to as Yahoo Yahoo.”

Speaking after the demolition exercise, John Izegaegbe, Secretary of the State Security Squad, said: “The Governor gave 166 days of grace to all cultists to renounce, offering soft loans and skills training. That window was ignored. Now, desperate times call for desperate action. This demolition is a warning to all landlords and cultists, stay out of cultism or face the full wrath of the law.”

He emphasized that the house was directly linked to the murder in Auchi earlier in the week, with evidence including weapons and cult insignia found on-site.

Another member of the security squad, Eribo Emwanta, added: “We are advising parents and hotel owners to be vigilant. We are cleaning out these communities, and hotels harboring criminals are next.”