Tag: Kogi police command
Protests: Police engage labour leaders in Kogi
The meeting was aimed at appealing to the Labour Union to conduct themselves within the law to prevent hoodlums from…
Security operatives rescue 16 victims from kidnappers in Kogi
The spokesperson for Kogi Police Police Command, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, announced the rescue of the 16 kidnapped people in a…
Security operatives rescue 24 kidnapped victims from Kogi forest
The victims were rescued in Kogi forest between Friday and Saturday.
Kogi: Police dislodge gunmen on Lokoja-Ajaokuta road
Gunmen took over Lokoja-Ajaokuta expressway on Thursday afternoon trying to kidnap travellers.
Kogi: Court restrains police from arrest, harassment of SDP’s Adejoh-Audu
The SDP spokesman had, on November 29, 2003, accused the police chief of collaborating with thugs to attack the interest…
Police order probe of attack on officer at Kogi political rally
Onuoha, who condemned the incident, ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department to take the…
Father of 11-year-old boy buried alive on the run
Passers-by rescued the 11-year-old on Wednesday after he had been buried by his stepbrother in a bush at the Silo…
Mother of Kogi teenager who buried stepbrother alive arrested
The 17-year-old boy had allegedly buried his stepbrother for the theft of N10,000 belonging to the stepmother who instructed her…
Horror! Boy buried for stealing in Kogi
Residents of Akpansede, an outskirt community of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital were treated to a horrid spectacle when like…
Police smash deadly kidnappers, armed robbers in Kogi
According to the CP, the suspects confessed to their various criminal roles in the commission of the crimes and admitted…
Mob kills Okada rider over false organ disappearance alarm in Kogi
The three suspects were accused of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and false alarm leading to the death of Abubakar by…
Kogi governorship election: Police tackle SDP’s Ajaka
The Police said this while warning the SDP Campaign Organisation to desist from mudslinging ahead of the governorship election in…
How police rescued victim, neutralise 2 kidnappers
By Thompson Yamput Operatives of the Kogi police command and a vigilante group rescued one kidnap victim while neutralising two…
Kogi election: Police vow to protect voters, avert ballot snatching
The AIG charged political parties to base their campaigns on issues that would promote their images before the electorate and…
Police smash 10-man kidnap gang operating in Kogi, Benue
One of the suspects confessed that some of their gang members are in Otukpa in Benue State where they had…
Kogi man Idris Aminu clubs stepmother to death with pestle
The suspect, Idris Aminu, had attempted to kill the old woman with poison a day earlier, but she survived.
Police demote Corporal caught on video assaulting passenger
Umameh was caught in the video assaulting the passenger on the highway on 16 October, 2021.
Police in gun duel with kidnappers in Kogi: 13 victims rescued
The rescued victims made up of 11 males and two females were reportedly kidnapped at a Hotel in Eleite Area…
Kogi: Gunmen kill 2 policemen in Lokoja
The slain policemen were on patrol duty with their colleagues on Agbaja-Lokoja road when gunmen emerged from bush and opened…
‘How police repelled robbery attacks on 3 banks in Kogi’
CP had ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Investigation Department (SCID) to begin investigations and unravel…
2 killed, 4 injured in Kogi communal clash
Retired Navy Commander, Jerry Omodara, the Special Adviser on Security to Gov. Yahaya Bello, said the incident was “unnecessary and…
Kogi man kills, secretly buries friend to steal new car
The culprit lured his victim to a destination where he killed him in the guise of congratulating him over the…
‘How 10 policemen escaped from bandits in Kogi’
The Nasarawa State Police Command had on Sunday, 17 July, reported that ten officers were kidnapped by gunmen on their…
Gunmen abduct 7 travellers in Kogi
The Kogi State Police Command confirmed the incident, which it explained, happened at about 2pm.
Gunmen abduct three missionaries in Kogi, demand N20m ransom
One of the victims, Peter Adigidzi is a member of the Evangelical Church Winning All, ECWA. The others are Pastors…
Kogi: Police speak on video of ‘Fulani attack’
"The incident as alleged did not happen in Kogi State and such was not reported anywhere in the State.
Another explosion rocks Kogi
The police spokesperson explained that the explosion happened at one Omofemi Bar at Okepadi Quarters, Kabba, around 9.15pm of Sunday.
12 passengers rescued from kidnappers in Kogi
Egbuka said the 12 victims were from the 16 Benue bound passenger bus, recently intercepted by alleged kidnappers along Anyigba…
3 suspects arrested over murder of Deeper Life Church Pastor in Kogi
The corpse of the Pastor Alimi was found inside a pit along the route of his church few days after…
‘How gunmen chanting ‘Allahu Akhbar’ attacked Kogi police station’
Aya said personnel on duty at Okene Police Division responded and were able to kill one of the gunmen while…