…money was allegedly missing. The commissioner said the circumstances did not support an armed robbery charge. “We will never charge those people for armed robbery because what happened on that day was not armed robbery; it was assault, and that is what we have charged them for,” he said. Ogungbade also explained that p…

…Ogochukwu Agha Police operatives in Lagos State have arrested a suspected member of the armed robbery gang that attacked clubgoers at Ghost and Spirits Lounge, Ekoro Road, Abule Egba, over the weekend. Vanguard gathered that the suspect, captured in a viral video wearing a green shirt and cap, was arrested after the lo…

…million in Abuja. The suspects were also arrested in connection with alleged car theft, armed robbery and human trafficking across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring states. The NSCDC National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commandant Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this during a parade at the Corps’…

…He said the arrested suspects were linked to alleged offences including kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, banditry, cultism, human trafficking, drug peddling, vandalism and other criminal activities. The Force headquarters said 50 homicide incidents, 28 armed robbery cases, 10 cultism-related incidents, eight gender-b…

…Bauchi State Police Command, in connection with a series of alleged kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and […] The post Bauchi: 53-year-old man arrested over alleged multiple kidnapping, others appeared first on Tribune Online.

…by an 18-year-old named Clement L. The gang leader had already been jailed for armed robbery, after being identified as one of two men involved in an attack on a watchmaker in Paris. It was discovered that Clement L had already been in pre-trial detention for pimping, as well as organised robbery. The gang leader was d…

…prison in the Seine-Saint-Denis department over offences including pimping and armed robbery. The 18-year-old allegedly used Snapchat to coordinate his network and continue criminal activities from behind bars. A list of potential targets was reportedly discovered on phones seized from the teenager’s prison cell. The s…

…back into the hands of non-state actors involved in terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery.In June 2026, the centre also received 5,050 illicit, unserviceable, decommissioned, and obsolete assorted automatic weapons retrieved from the Nigeria Police Force.Nigeria cracks down on illegal armsWhile affirming t…

…use of illicit weapons by non-state actors involved in terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes. He also disclosed that the centre had received 5,050 illicit, unserviceable, decommissioned and obsolete assorted automatic weapons retrieved from the Nigeria Police Force in June 2026. He add…

…landmass, they had been able to arrest some bandits and their collaborators, dismantle armed robbery gangs, arrest people in possession of illegal arms, recover some stolen livestock and nip cases of criminal activities in parts of the state in the bud. He assured that his officers and men remained resolute in protecti…

…theft, burglary, assault, physical violence, kidnapping, abduction, fraud, cybercrime, armed robbery, domestic violence, missing persons, property damage, vandalism, suspicious activity, and traffic-related offences.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!Once a report has been…

…a staged k!dnapping scheme and separately arrested members of a suspected k!dnapping and armed robbery syndicate in two intelligence-led investigations. A statement from CSP Ani Iniedu, spokesperson of the force, said in the first case, operatives arrested Nansik Wuyep Sule, 34, in connection with the reported k!dnappi…

…State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspect, Emmanuel Mark, for alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. Mark was also alleged to be a member of a four-man syndicate operating around the Ifite Awka axis of Awka South Local Government Area of the state. According to a press statement issued on Friday, the spoke…

…Sani, both from Makera in Kajuru Local Government Area, were arrested over the alleged armed robbery and vandalization of critical infrastructure at the Infectious Disease Centre, Mando, Kaduna.The suspects allegedly conspired with other members of their gang, who are still at large, scaled the facility’s perimeter fen…

Troops foil armed robbery attack, rescue two locals in Plateau Troops of Sector 8, Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have foiled an attempted armed robbery attack along the Apel-Jipun road in Pushit District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident occurred on August 23, 2026, when troops responded…

…the restive Ose/Owo forest axis. He disclosed that the arrests also included members of armed robbery and kidnapping gangs operating in Ikare, Kajola, Akure, Ilu-Abo, Akure North, Mure, Oja-Mokan and other locations. Amotekun also arrested two persons who allegedly pretended to be mentally ill. “They admitted they were…

…in Abuja. “I am not saying there are no one or two incidents of crime, but to say that armed robbery has increased in Abuja, I don’t agree. Very much, I will not agree to that because we have our security report. If armed robbery happens, police will notify us, it will be in the report. So, I have not gotten such repor…

…45(b) and 70 of the Prohibition of Forcible Entry and Occupation of Landed Properties, Armed Robbery, Cultism, Kidnapping and Other Anti-Violent and Related Offences Law of Ogun State, 2016. The prosecutor told the court that the clash disrupted activities at the town hall and threatened public peace. Magistrate Oke sa…

…Team of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate and recovered three locally made pistols and 18 live cartridges from them. The suspects, Adeyinka Onakomaya, 46, and Olayiwola Kehinde, 48, were arrested during a follow-up investigation into the recovery of a stolen…

…spokesperson, DSP Timfon John, said the incident occurred on July 12, 2026, during an armed robbery operation in the village in which one person was k!lled and another kidnapped. John said the investigation into the incident led to the arrest of four suspects, including two alleged members of the robbery gang and two o…

…announced the arrest of nine suspects in separate operations involving illegal firearms, armed robbery and livestock theft across the state. According to a statement signed by the Command's Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the operations were carried out on August 13, 2026, following credible inte…

…added. In July, officers of the Lagos State Police Command arrested a suspected armed robbery suspect and recovered a locally fabricated pistol alongside assorted charms during a routine patrol in the Igando area of Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed th…

Abia State Police Command has said that it has arrested 13 suspects for alleged armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and vandalization of government property. The Command said that operatives of its Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) intercepted and apprehended a 27-year-old Uchenna Agbneiwu, a native of Nkum…

…to the 2023 murder of 15-year-old Jullian Craig, who was killed during an attempted armed robbery. Authorities said Donavan Harris, 20, was convicted in June for Craig’s murder. Prosecutors alleged that Craig’s killing led Larry and Samuels to work with fellow gang members to target a witness in that case. The plan fai…

…Dayo Sesan and Ismail Abdul Malik. Four others arrested for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide are Ahmed Alhaji Ahmadu, Abubakar Mohammed, Mustapha Mohammed and Mohammed Tsado. The suspects are allegedly connected with the murder of one Mohammadu A. on June 3, 2026. “Preliminary investigation esta…