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Nigeria · Crime 5 publications

Police arrest 14 after mob attacks station in Ondo over farmer’s killing

According to the Nigerian Tribune, the Ondo State Police Command arrested 14 people after a mob attacked a police station in Ala, Akure North Local Government Area, over the alleged beheading of a farmer, Rasheed Hassan. TVC News reported that police rescued two murder suspects from the mob. Daily Trust said the police arrested two suspects over the farmer's murder and rescued them from the mob. Punch reported that two police officers sustained gunshot injuries in the attack. Premium Times said the command is investigating both the farmer's death and the attack on its facility. The sources broadly agree on the core events, though they differ on how the farmer was killed, with some describing a beheading and others a killing. Summary from 5 sources

Sources differ: The Nigerian Tribune describes the farmer's death as a beheading, while Punch and Daily Trust refer only to a killing or murder.

Summary from 5 sources Premium Times first also Nigerian Tribune, TVC News, Daily Trust, Punch

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Nigeria · 2027 Election 3 publications

Court Orders Uzodinma To Stop Parading Himself As APC Candidate For Imo West Senatorial District

A court has ordered changes to Hope Uzodinma's status as a senatorial candidate for Imo West. Channels Television reported that Justice Egwuatu ordered Uzodinma to stop presenting himself as the APC candidate, holding that he did not win the May 18 primary conducted by the APC and monitored by INEC. Daily Trust reported that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ordered INEC to remove his name as the Imo West candidate and replace him. The two outlets describe the order differently, as noted below. Summary from 3 sources

Sources differ: Channels Television describes the order as directed at Uzodinma, while Daily Trust says it was directed at INEC to remove and replace him.

Summary from 3 sources Channels Television first also ThisDay, Daily Trust

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Nigeria · Crime 3 publications

Terrorists kill police inspector, 11 civilians in Kebbi

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi Suspected Mamudawa/Lakurawa terrorists have killed a police inspector and 11 civilians in attacks on Waiwayi and Kystu villages in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed the killings, saying the police inspector died du Excerpt, Vanguard

Source Vanguard also Punch, Daily Trust

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Nigeria · 2027 Election

Osun police raid criminal hideouts, arrest 14 suspects ahead of 2027 elections

The Osun State Police Command has announced the arrest of 14 suspects following a series of coordinated intelligence-led raids on criminal hideouts across Osogbo and other parts of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, noting that firearms a Excerpt, The Sun Nigeria

Source The Sun Nigeria

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Nigeria · Crime

Katsina: Police nab 14 people over attacks on Radda’s campaign convoy

The Police Command in Katsina has arrested 14 suspects over an attack on a convoy of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters along the Yashi-Funtua road in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred on Wednesday, as the convoy was travelling through Malumfashi to Funtua Excerpt, Nigerian Tribune

Source Nigerian Tribune

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