Sentences with phrase «robbery attack»

In a similar development, three suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent cases of armed robbery attacks in the country.

The risk of armed robbery attack, especially, during the major harvest season remains a challenge.

According to Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don Awunah, «A senior bank staff and security personnel attached to the Bank involved in the foiled armed robbery attack on Access Bank Branch in Port Harcourt, Rivers state was also arrested.

Prior to these incidents, there has been spate of shootings to death of persons in suspected robbery attacks in the region.

In February this year, there was a high sophisticated robbery attack at the residence of the member of Parliament at Buobai where valuable items amounting to millions of Ghana Cedis were made away with and till date the police were not able to make any arrest.

«Our investment in security yielded good dividends of peace and safety in February as security agencies, using the armoured personnel carriers our administration procured for them, foiled robbery attacks by armed bandits on banks in Ikirun.

The government has ordered all financial institutions to install CCTV cameras on their premises as part of efforts to combat the increasing rate of robbery attacks on such institutions.

Following these happenings, especially ahead of a crucial election in November, TV3 network reported sources at the Police Regional Headquarters to have said those crimes are not mere armed robbery attacks as they suspect terrorism, considering the manner with which the criminals conduct their operation.

Recall that Kwara State Governor visited Olofa of Offa during the weekend to condole with the king and the entire people of the town over the deadly robbery attack that claimed 18 lives including nine policemen.

He said the council commended the Nigerian Police on its swift arrest and prosecution of suspects in the tragic robbery attack on Offa.

He mentioned that though no one had been arrested in connection with those weapons, he believed that the retrieval would thwart the plot of the robbers who might have deposited them in that bush for a planned robbery attack.

In recent times, residents of Kasoa and its environs have complained about the frequent robbery attacks and called for increased protection from the police.

Aregbesola stated this in reaction to the dastardly robbery attack which he described the as unfortunate incident.

According to him, despite the significant spike in robbery attacks across the country in the first two months of the year, the government...

I strongly believe the cashless system for cocoa purchases and other transactions will not only reduce robbery attacks but also reduce our level of expenditure,» the chief farmer appealed to the government.

A group, Kwara Must Change, says it has compiled the names of at least 14 persons murdered in the deadly armed robbery attack on banks in...

«The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, concerned with the Banks Robbery attack in Offa, Kwara State has ordered deployment of three Police Mobile Force Units, high powered police investigation team, Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with Ten (10) Crew members and Anti-Robbery equipment to Kwara State.

The yet to be identified deceased is believed to be a member of a gang linked to the recent murder of a policeman in Tema, and series of robbery attacks in the Ashanti Region.

There appears to be a heightened wave of robbery attacks in the country with the past week recording some of the worst cases.

Initially, I thought it was an armed robbery attack as Mrs Jones was wont to come home late every night,

«In the course of thorough investigation into the foiled armed robbery attack on the Bank, the principal suspect who is a staff of the Bank and the master mind of the armed robber attack was subsequently arrested based on the confessional statements volunteered by the last three suspects arrested at the scene.

President John Dramani Mahama has thrown light on why he rewarded a taxi driver who foiled a robbery attack at Cantonments in Accra on Saturday with a house.

One political pundit told The aL - hAJJ that «The killings in the Ashanti region can not be said to be armed robbery attacks.

With barely five months to the November 2016 elections, Ghana's most populous region and the stronghold of the opposition New Patriotic Party, has been rocked by strange killings, mostly suspected armed robbery attacks.

The women's action is said to have been influenced by recent robbery attacks in the area with a recent one been a day before as the people in the mining town have been subjected to some serious robbery attacks.

The OMCs Managers served the notice of their intention to close down their outlets, following a spate of armed robbery attacks that resulted...

The move is to augment the patrols of security personnel in the wake of armed robbery attacks, political vigilantism, as well...

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has cautioned politicians from using the robbery attack that happened in Offa last week to score cheap political points.

New Juaben Police in the Eastern Region, have arrested four persons in connection with a robbery attack on the party's New Juaben South Constituency Secretary, Isaac Agyabeng.

He said late veteran journalist turned politician was knocked down by an oncoming vehicle while running into a nearby bush to escape an armed robbery attack.

But when I finally got the gist of it, I wondered if it would not have been better if it were an armed robbery attack.

The OMCs Managers served the notice of their intention to close down their outlets, following a spate of armed robbery attacks that resulted in the killing of four pump attendants, a watchman and a driver at six fuel stations within the space of two weeks.

Suspects have confessed to be the masterminds of armed robbery attacks of 1/3/2018 at Dankalgo — Rawayau village Kurfi LGA of Katsina state and others.

Following the deployment of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) to Kogi state in the wake of repeated kidnappings and robbery attacks on Nigerians plying federal highways to their states, the Police has smashed more notorious kidnap gangs that have terrorized Kogi State and its -LSB-...]

Following the deployment of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) to Kogi state in the wake of repeated kidnappings and robbery attacks on Nigerians plying federal highways to their states, the Police has smashed more notorious kidnap gangs that have terrorized Kogi State and its environs.

The move is to augment the patrols of security personnel in the wake of armed robbery attacks, political vigilantism, as well as chieftaincy and land disputes in the area.

«Suspects confessed to have been carrying out series of Armed Robbery attacks on the highway and have also kidnapped at one time a member House of Representative representing Kontagora, Niger state, whose GSM phone was found in their possession.

It was an armed robbery attack.

«The arrest of the principal suspect led to the arrest of Ex SGT Promise Ukwuoma who participated actively in the armed robbery attack on the Bank and recovery of the two (2) AK 47 riffles and recovery of the ammunition from him.

«Consequently, the armed robbery attack on the Bank was foiled and the Police made a prompt arrest of three (3) of the suspects at the scene; namely Samuel Nwala 28 years, Lucky Ukwuoma 26 years, and Kaale Taagabah 27 years.

He gave the names of the suspects as Samuel Ndudiri, 28 years (staff of the Bank), a principal suspect and the master mind of the foiled armed robbery attack; Ex SGT Promise Ukwuoma, a dismissed Policeman.

He noted that they broke down two bedroom doors, seized his telephone sets, those of his aide and other valuables to make it appear like a robbery attack.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kwara, Alhaji Mohammed Ajia - Ibrahim has blamed the state government for the armed robbery attack on banks in...

Information Minister, Lai Mohammed on Sunday assured that those behind last Thursday's armed robbery attacks and killings in commercial town of Offa, Kwara state would be arrested and brought to justice in order to serve as deterrent to others.

Two of them snatched cars in Kumasi, while one is said to have been involved in the robbery attack on Royal Motors in the North Industrial Area.

A psychologist at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, Dr. Emmanuel Hopseon, has suggested that children who witness armed robbery attacks in their homes should be made to seek help from psychologists or counselors.