armed robbery
24 Apr
Operatives of Rivers State Police Command have arrested four suspects for vandalism and armed robbery in the state.
16 Apr
The Police in Lagos State have arrested two armed robbery suspects in the Agbado area of the state.
15 Apr
Operatives of the Force Intelligence Department – Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) have dismantled criminal operations of 'one chance' armed robbery syndicates in Abuja with the arrest of 12 most wanted suspects.
15 Apr
Operatives of the Owerri Urban Divisional Police headquarters, Imo State, in conjunction with local vigilante group have arrested a suspected armed robber, Izea John Chukwuebuka, 23.
28 Mar
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, yesterday paraded 63 suspects arrested for sundry crimes, including armed robbery, cultism, sexual assault and drug trafficking.
19 Mar
Justice Oyindamola Ogala of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday convicted and sentenced a man, Adamu Francis to 35 years imprisonment for armed robbery. The judge convicted Francis after he was found guilty on a three-count charge brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The state had arraigned him on charges bordering on armed…
14 Feb
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has remanded four men in a correctional facility for engaging in cultism and armed robbery.
6 Feb
Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 30-year-old labourer, Samson Saliu, to 10 years imprisonment for armed robbery.
1 Feb
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of a Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a man, Emmanuel Iwuno, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
31 Jan
Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, paraded officers, cultists, armed robbery and murder suspects arrested for various criminal offences in January 2024.
9 Jan
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, have arrested a 21-year-old ex-convict for alleged involvement in drug peddling and armed robbery.
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