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Protest: Stray Bullets Kill Bride-to-be And Three Teenagers In Kano

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August 8, 2024

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A bride-to-be, Firdausi Muhammad alongside others were allegedly killed by security agents during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano State.

The incidents happened at Kofar Nassarawa, Kurnar Asabe and Rjiyar Lemo.

Videos posted by residents of the area shows bodies of some of the victims.

According to Daily Trust, Firdausi was reportedly killed by a stray bullet, allegedly from the rifle of a policeman in Rijiyar Lemo, during the protest on Saturday. She was to get married next week.

Another victim, Abdulkadir Labaran Babah Alfindiki, was allegedly killed at Kofar Nassarawa.

Speaking to the Daily Trust, his mother, Aisha Isah Babah, said: “He left home for his business place. Worried that he didn’t come for his lunch, I became uncomfortable. I did not call him nor did I talk to anybody about my worries. Little did I know that he was killed.”

She said she left everything to God as the deceased was an orphan and she cannot fight to get justice for him.

The mother of one 15-year-old Kashifu Abdullahi Gyaranya, who was also killed during the protest, Maryam Sani, said: “As he was leaving home, I asked him where he was going to, but he told me that he was going outside to see his friends. I warned him not to join the protest. He said he would not. Only for me to be called and informed that he was k!lled. And that is all.”

One Umar Abubakar Hausawa was also said to have been k!lled by a police stray bullet during the protest at Kofar Nassarawa the same day.

His brother, Rabiu Abubakar, said: “When he was told that our younger brothers had joined the protesters, he was angry and told our mother that he was going to call them back. That was how he went and met his untimely death there.”

Reacting, the spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said that the police tried to maintain law and order in Rijiyar Lemo as the youths of the area tried to overpowered them.

“Actually, what happened was you know the Kano State Government has imposed curfew in the state so the youths who were in their hundreds tried to trespass into people’s shops to steal their goods. So, our men tried to disperse them but instead of them to go back to their houses they turned violent, and started throwing stones at our personnel,” the PPRO said.

He said that the situation warranted the reinforcement of the more personnel in order to maintain law and order.

The spokesperson said the law has allowed the police to defend themselves.

He added that the command had launched an investigation into the cases to ascertain what happened.

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Two ladies arrested for stealing their neighbors’ 3 kids 2 weeks after moving in as tenants

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August 31, 2026

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Two women have been arrested in Jalingo, Taraba State, after they were caught attempting to take three young girls out of the state to Adamawa.

According to reports, the suspects, both single and reportedly from the South-East, were arrested at a filling station while travelling in a commercial vehicle with the girls, aged between five and six.

The incident reportedly began when the women, who had rented a room in the same compound where the girls lived about two weeks earlier,
reportedly deceived their mothers into allowing the children to accompany them to the market.

Instead, the women allegedly took the girls to a motor park in Jalingo, where they hired a vehicle to transport them to Adamawa State.

The vehicle driver reportedly became suspicious after noticing that the girls did not resemble the women. He alerted members of his union, who contacted the police, leading to the suspects’ arrest.

At the police station, the women reportedly admitted taking the girls from their compound after deceiving their mothers. The girls, identified as Ummul Shuaibu, Ummul Baba Gasal and Amina Abubakar, were later reunited with their families at the Taraba State Police Command headquarters.

Their fathers were initially invited to identify them, while their mothers were subsequently asked to confirm their identities before their release.

Abubakar Kwalli, father of one of the girls, said the children became emotional when they saw their mothers, with each girl rushing to her mother in tears.

The Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Victor Mshelizah, confirmed the arrest and said investigation into the incident was ongoing, adding that further details would be released after the investigation.

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Truck Hijacking Ring Crushed in Oyo, Police Recover Stolen Sino Howo

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August 31, 2026

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The Oyo State Police Command has smashed a suspected truck-hijacking syndicate after an intelligence-led operation resulted in the arrest of four suspects and the recovery of a stolen SINO HOWO truck.

The Command said the suspects specialised in hijacking and diverting trucks from drivers in Oyo and neighbouring states before allegedly moving the stolen vehicles to criminal receivers in Kwara State.

The breakthrough followed a tip-off that the syndicate planned to strike on August 24, 2026. Acting on the information, Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, deployed operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) to conduct targeted stop-and-search operations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The operation paid off when officers intercepted a white SINO HOWO truck and arrested two suspects—Ojedokun Olakunle Isaac, the truck driver’s motor boy, and Ajuwon Ismail.

According to the police, the truck had already been stripped of its rear body/bucket and was being driven towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin axis for delivery and sale.

Police said Ojedokun subsequently confessed to masterminding the hijacking of the truck from his employer. Information obtained from his interrogation allegedly led detectives to two more suspects, Adekunle Sunday and Rasheed Music.

Investigators said Sunday was the syndicate’s regular driver for stolen trucks, while Music allegedly specialised in disabling and removing trackers and other electronic devices that could help owners or security agencies locate the vehicles.

The Command said the truck was hijacked at about 11 p.m. on August 24 before the suspects attempted to move it towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin corridor.

The police intervention, however, disrupted the plan and secured the recovery of the vehicle.

The search continues for the truck’s detached rear body and other members of the alleged syndicate who remain at large.

CP Olugbenga praised members of the public whose information helped police foil the operation, stressing that intelligence-led policing would remain central to the Command’s fight against organised crime in Oyo State.