News
NYSC Corps Member Arrested In Kogi State For Attempted Theft Of ATM Machine
A National Youth Service Corps, NYSC member, identified as Aka-Jude Tersoo, has been arrested alongside an accomplice while attempting to break into and rob an Automatic Teller Machine, ATM, in Kogi State.
The suspect was caught with a locally made gun.
Tersoo was among the 36 suspects arrested in the last one week in the state.
The police also apprehended five persons said to be members of the Boko Haram sect were apprehended by the officers and men of the command.
Addressing journalists on arrested criminals yesterday in Lokoja, the Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, said that the culprit, Akah Jude Tersoo, who was posted to the state for the one-year national service, was caught alongside an accomplice, Godwin Idih, on April 26th around 2.30am.
Inalegwu said the arrested men were caught while attempting to break the ATM belonging to the EcoBank with digger and axe with the aim to rob the bank.
“My men who were on patrol duty noticed suspicious movement at EcoBank branch, Ganaja junction, Lokoja, and stopped to observe.
“On close examination, they saw two individuals who were later identified as Godwin Idih and Aka-jude Tersoo breaking the ATM with digger and axe.
“The police team promptly intercepted and arrested the suspects with the exhibits. But sadly, one of them is a serving corps member.”
Follow us on social media:
Several men accuse Diddy of r@p!ng them @n@lly in new wave of lawsuits
“US approving Ukraine to use missiles against Russia a big mistake” – Turkish president Erdogan
Lady cries out as she discovers her boyfriend of 11 months secretly infected her with HIV (Video)
Wizkid’s sister blows hot after being dragged for comparing brother to Albert Einstein
Four boys banished for life from upper-Benin over alleged g@y act (Video)
Trump announces plan to use military for mass deportation of Nigerians and others
Mixed reactions as singer Wizkid gives his colleague Davido a nickname
“The best way to honor Ifeanyi Ubah is to release Nnamdi Kanu so that the Igbos can go home and reorganise their place” – Senator Rochas Okorocha tells FG
-
News2 days ago“Tinubu Has A Better Policy Document Than Peter Obi, Atiku” – Doyin Okupe says
-
Crime2 days agoFive soldiers k!lled, 10 wounded and four missing as Boko Haram attacks troops in Borno
-
Celebrity Gossip & Gist2 days ago“FC dey do too much” – Video of a Wizkid die-hard fan bathing with a JBL speaker as he dances to the singer’s hit song “Dance” stirs the internet (Watch)
-
Celebrity Gossip & Gist21 hours agoWizkid’s sister blows hot after being dragged for comparing brother to Albert Einstein