Crime
Human Trafficking and Kidnapping top January Crimes Chart – Police
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, commends the operatives for their exhibition of gallantry, dedication to duty, and patriotism

▪︎ Suspected criminals: image credit: NPF
The Nigeria Police Force says that human trafficking and kidnapping dominated crimes and criminality in the month of January 2025.
ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO, Force Headquarters Abuja, discloses this in a statement with Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.6/355 dated February 2, 2025.
It said that during the month under review, the police operatives crack down on various sorts of organized crime and crimes against persons, particularly human trafficking and kidnapping.
It said: ” In furtherance of the IGP’s directive on the due implementation of Police’s action plan for the year 2025, police operatives attached to the Kaduna State Command, on the 31st of January 2025, at about 7pm, apprehended three persons identified as Samson Peter ‘m’ aged 25 years, Haruna Duniya ‘m’ aged 45 yrs, and Abdulazaq Olawole ‘m’ aged 58 yrs. The suspects were arrested while trafficking 13 victims to Oyo State in an unmarked vehicle.
The victims were rescued, and the investigation is still ongoing.
Similarly, on January 29, 2025, Police operatives of the Ogun State Command carried out a covert operation and located the den of kidnappers responsible for an earlier reported abduction on January 25, 2025.
Upon sighting the operatives, the gang engaged the Police operatives in a gun duel.
The confrontation led to the neutralization of 5 of the gang members and the successful rescue of the 3 kidnapped victims, with the recovery of some arms and ammunition of various calibers, three mobile phones, and the cash sum of N5.2 million (Five million, two hundred thousand Naira only). Also recovered, were the vehicles of the kidnapped victims.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, commends the operatives for their exhibition of gallantry, dedication to duty, and patriotism.
The IGP further encourages all Police Officers to remain relentless towards the goal of achieving peace and reassures members of the public that the Police Force remains committed to effectively combatting all security threats.
Crime
Lagos Insists Residents Patronise PSP Waste Operators or Face Prosecution with N250 Thousand Fines

Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said that the government has provided PSP waste operators across all the wards in the State to evacuate waste from all homes and neighbourhoods in the state for a fee.
He spoke on Thursday regarding the recent arrest of five persons arrested for having dumped refuse in the canal along Igando-Iba road Link Bridge.
They were arraigned and remanded in Kirikiri prison.
The Commissioner reiterated the resolve of the state government to punish people who engage in indiscriminate dumping of refuse.
He said that the State Government will ensure diligent prosecution of all the arrested people to serve as a deterrent to others.
He reminded all those with similar intentions to be wary because they risk three months’ imprisonment and a fine of N250,000.
In a statement signed byKunle Adeshina Director of Public Affairs MOE&WR said that the accused persons who were arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Oshodi for dumping waste in a canal had their case adjourned till July 9.
They were identified as Quassim Jamiu, 44, from Kwara State, Ayo Jamiu, 18, from Kwara State, Alexander Innocent, 40, from Akwa Ibom, Oparinde Taiwo, 55- from Ogun State and Moses Adelowokan, 76 years old, from Osun State.
The men who were apprehended by a team from Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) and security men had conveyed the waste in a lorry and were in the process of dumping it into the canal when security men swooped on them.
These latest arrests are coming less than 48 hours after the State Government read the riot act to all those who engage in disobeying provisions of the State Environmental laws that if caught, they will face prosecution.
Crime
BREAKING: 20 suspects arrested over hacking of 2025 UTME results

The Department of State Services, DSS, and the Nigerian Police Force, have arrested at least 20 suspects over hacking of the 2025 computer-based test, CBT, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
The 2025 UTME was conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
According to reports, the suspects are part of a syndicate believed to have over 100 persons who specialise in hacking of the computer servers of examination bodies like JAMB and the National Examinations Council, NECO.
The report also confirmed that the suspects have confessed to sabotaging the CBT system in order to discredit JAMB and discourage students from using CBT for future examinations to be conducted by NECO and the West African Examination Council, WAEC.
“The syndicate would install an attacking software on the examination body hardware. The software, in turn, would remotely hack JAMB servers at any targeted CBT centre,” the source quoted one of the suspect as confessing.
The entire hacking process was to influence high scores for special candidates who paid between N700,000 and N2 million.
The report further added that preliminary investigations revealed that several members of the syndicate own private schools and colleges, and make huge sums of money from their special centres.
Crime
JUST IN: IGP condemns unprovoked attack on IRT operatives in Edo State

….Orders Investigation into Oyo Tragic Traffic Incident
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun has condemned the recent unprovoked attacks on police operatives in the early hours of Monday, 20th May 2025, at Okhuimwun Community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
In a press statement made available to Ohibaba.com, and signed by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force public relations officer, at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, on the 21st May, 2025, the IGP also condemned the alleged killing of an SSCE student by police personnel in Ibadan.
The statement reads: “The Nigeria Police Force strongly condemns the unprovoked attack on police operatives in the early hours of Monday, 20th May 2025, at Okhuimwun Community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
The operatives, who are members of the Force Intelligence Department – Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT), were in transit from Lagos through Edo State when they encountered a mob that had blocked the road immediately after the University of Benin (UNIBEN) axis.
The mob, in an unlawful display of aggression, descended on the officers with stones, sticks, and other dangerous objects, inflicting serious injuries on two police personnel.
It is noteworthy that despite the provocation and threat to life, the officers exercised commendable restraint by not resorting to the use of force.
The injured officers are currently receiving medical attention and are in stable condition.
The Nigeria Police Force warns against acts of lawlessness and unprovoked aggression against its personnel who are committed to maintaining law and order and hereby assure the public that investigations have commenced, and appropriate legal actions will be taken against those found culpable.
In a separate development, the Inspector-General of Police has ordered a comprehensive investigation into a tragic incident in Oyo State involving personnel of the Oyo State Police Command and the Oyo State Traffic Management Authority (OYTMA), which led to the unfortunate demise of a 14-year-old boy, Kehinde Alade.
The Inspector-General of Police condemned the incident and assured that the officer involved in the shooting has been taken into custody while a full-scale investigation is underway.
He equally reiterated that the process will be transparent, and its findings will be made public to ensure justice is duly served as he expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased young man.
The Nigeria Police Force reiterates its commitment to the protection of lives and property and urges citizens to remain law-abiding and to channel grievances through lawful and peaceful means.
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