The police command in Plateau has killed a suspected kidnapper and recovered an AK-47 rifle in Gindri, Mangu LGA.
Troops of Operation Ensuring Peace have arrested five suspected illegal arms fabricators and recovered a cache of weapons during a raid operation in Jos South LGA of Plateau.
The AANI observed that the current centralised policing framework under the police is overstretched, with about 371,800 personnel serving a population of over 200 million.
A magistrates’ court in Jos on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old wheelbarrow pusher, Umar Musa, to five years’ imprisonment for stealing customers’ goods.
The Jos Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 26-year-old trader, Umar Ibrahim, to two years’ imprisonment for stealing lace fabric from his neighbour.
The Jos Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old panel beater, Husseini Bello, to four years in prison for robbery.
A magistrates’ court in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old butcher, Adam Musa, to two years’ imprisonment for attacking his sister’s neighbour with a cutlass.
The magistrate, Irene Pati, sentenced the convict, who pleaded guilty to the charge.
The convict pleaded guilty to the charge.
An operational report said the gunfight took place in the Wase and Kanam council areas.
