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Police Kill Two Armed Hoodlums In Anambra Checkpoint Attack

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5 months ago

May 16, 2025

Two armed hoodlums have been killed by joint security operatives after they attacked a police checkpoint in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.

According to The PUNCH, the attack took place late on Thursday after the hoodlums were said to have laid siege to the area.

According to a source, who is a community leader, he disclosed on Friday that during the attack, a gun duel ensued. It was reported that one police officer was fatally wounded while one security operational vehicle was set ablaze.

The source said, “The information we got from residents around the scene was that the hoodlums, in their large numbers, entered the community on Thursday evening and laid siege in a nearby bush, waiting to attack the checkpoint and their other targets.

“The police resisted the attack, and the development led to a gun battle where gunshots were fired for several hours, sending panic and tension to residents of the area. The reason for the attack is unknown.

“The armed hoodlums fled the scene while abandoning their vehicle at the scene.

“We are yet to ascertain the total number of casualties, but reports emanating from the scene indicated that some of the hoodlums and security operatives were killed in the process and a vehicle burnt.”

Confirming the incident on Friday in a statement, the Spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the attack was true, and security operatives are currently combing nearby bushes for the possible arrest of the fleeing hoodlums.

Ikenga said the Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, has condemned the act and viewed it as a test of Ndi Anambra’s collective resolve to work with the security forces to dislodge and eliminate criminal elements in the state.

He said the CP has assured the residents that the perpetrators would be apprehended, as he described the act as a test of the collective resolve of Ndi Anambra to work with security forces to dislodge the criminal elements in the state.

Ikenga recounted the incident, “One of the Anambra joint security team in the late evening of May 15, 2025, resisted an attack by armed criminals at the security checkpoint in Isuofia, Aguata LGA.

“Two of the armed hoodlums were neutralised in the process. Regrettably, one of the security operatives was fatally wounded, while one of the security operational vehicles was burnt by the bandits.

“During the ensuing gun battle and due to the superior fire of the joint security team, the criminals abandoned one of their operational vehicles, a Toyota Sienna, and fled the scene,” the PPRO said.

Ikenga also confirmed that normalcy has been restored to the area, and more armed operatives have been deployed.

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Boko Haram Once Nominated Muhammadu Buhari As Negotiator – Jonathan Revealed

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16 minutes ago

October 3, 2025

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday, disclosed that Boko Haram insurgents once nominated the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari as their negotiator.

Jonathan said Boko Haram chose Buhari to negotiate with the Nigerian government on their behalf.

He made the disclosure while speaking at the public presentation of Scars, a book authored by former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor (retd.), in Abuja.

Jonathan said the insurgents named Buhari after his then-administration set up several committees to explore dialogue with the group.

Jonathan said: “One of the committees we set up then, the Boko Haram nominated Buhari to lead their team to negotiate with the government.

“So I was feeling that, oh, if they nominated Buhari to represent them and had a discussion with the government committee, then when Buhari took over, it could have been an easy way to negotiate with them and they would have handed over their guns. But it was still there till today.”

Jonathan noted that the inability of Buhari to eradicate Boko Haram terrorists showed that the crisis was more complex than often portrayed.

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Edo: Pandemonium As NDLEA Operatives Chase Escaping Driver With Shooting

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3 hours ago

October 3, 2025

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There was pandemonium at Oka Market, Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City, Friday, as operatives of the State Command of Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) shot sporadically in chase of an escaping driver.

In the course of the commotion, traders and residents took to their heels, probably to avoid being hit by stray bullets, while others were confused, not sure of what caused the sporadic gunshots.

The sporadic gunshots which lasted more than five minutes at the gate of the NDLEA Head Office, by Oka Market, followed a hot chase of an articulated vehicle driver who was said to have brushed their (NDLEA) vehicle.

The driver, who reportedly brushed the NDLEA vehicle refused to stop for negation, which prompted officers at the scene to alert their colleagues who waited at the alert.

According to eyewitnesses, as the escaping articulated driver approached the NDLEA office, officers who were said to have been alerted by their colleagues pursuing the trailer began to shoot.

Seven of the tyres of the trailer were deflated by bullets of the NDLEA operatives yet the driver refused to stop.

The officers continued to shoot while pursuing him, until he was caught.

A source said that the driver brushed their vehicle on the way, and that every effort by the officers to stop him so they could settle the matter proved abortive; hence the gunshots and deflation of the tires.

“It was a simple thing; they jammed our men, but the officers tried to stop him so that they could settle, but the driver refused to stop. That is why the men have been shooting to stop him. Even after bursting about seven tires, he was still running, but we caught him and they are bringing him back to our office,” he concluded.

Calls and messages sent to the commander, Edo State NDLEA Command, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, were not responded to as at when filing this.

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JUST IN: Court Bars Police From Enforcing Tinted Glass Regulation

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4 hours ago

October 3, 2025

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The Federal High Court sitting in Warri has issued an order directing the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector-General of Police to maintain the status quo in the ongoing case concerning the controversial tinted glass permit.

The case, Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/103/2025: John Aikpokpo-Martins v. Inspector-General of Police & Nigeria Police Force, came up for hearing today.

Delivering the interim order, the Court directed the police authorities to respect judicial processes pending further proceedings in the matter.

Confirming the development, Kunle Edun, SAN, who led the legal team, noted that the directive is a major step in ensuring that the rule of law is upheld while the substantive issues in the case are being determined.

Details of the ruling and the next adjourned date are expected shortly.

Further updates coming soon…