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Nigeria Arrests 21yrs Old Bandits' Kingpin, Shot Dead After Police Capture https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-21yrs-old-bandits-kingpin-shot-dead-after-police-capture/13/03/2025/ #Nigeria Police Force #Abuja #Anambra #Azuka #Enugu #FCT #Kaduna #Lokoja #Soludo ©March 13th, 2025 ®March 13, 2025 1:00 pm Salisu Mohammed aka Dogo Saleh, a 21 years old bandits’ kingpin that has been terrorizing Nigerians along the Kaduna, Lokoja and Enugu Highway was earlier in the month traced and arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force, but, after he was captured by the special police security operatives, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command said some of his gang members laid ambush against the police operatives which led to exchange of gunfire, and eventually, the arrested Bandits’ kingpin, Dogo Saleh sustained gunshot injuries from the bullets fired by his gang members who came for his rescue during the gun battle with the police, and he was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the hospital for treatment. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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sissu Muhammad AKA Doo Salah a 21 years
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old Bandit's Kingpin that has been
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terrorizing Nigerians along the kaduna L
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coer and enugu Highway was earlier in
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the month traced and arrested by men of
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the Nigeria police force but after he
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was captured by the special police
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security operatives the federal capital
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territory fct police command said some
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of his gang members laid Ambush against
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the police operatives which led to
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exchange of gunfire and event
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the arrested Bandits Kingpin Dogo Sala
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sustained gunshot injuries from the
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bullets fired by his gang members who
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came for his rescue during the gun
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battle with the police and he was
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pronounced dead when he was rushed to
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the hospital for treatment the age of
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the suspected Bandits leader may be
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another pointer that most heinous crimes
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in Nigeria are committed by underage
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children who are often misled into the
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crime by adults this may explain further
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that since the beginning of the year
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when one of the state governors in the
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West Africa country Governor Charles
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chukum soludo of an amra State decided
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to take the war against criminality to
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the doorsteps of group of suspected
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criminally minded people known as
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babalao or spiritual native doctors
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believed to be the ones luring the
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underage children into crime with the
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magical practice of oite which gives
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them the belief they can't be caught and
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police bullets wouldn't penetrate them
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cases of kidnapping and other crimes
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apparently have reduced in the southeast
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state
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our crime reporters observed and
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reported that the high rate of
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kidnapping and killing is usually
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prevalent in a amra state especially
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along the anicha Federal Road has come
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almost to a halt since January 17th 2025
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when Governor soludo went harder on the
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suspected root causes of crimes in the
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state the babala or spiritual native
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doctors our editorial team also observed
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that the enra state police command now
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go to schools and other public places
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for enlight mment and campaign awareness
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against Crime most especially calling on
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the residents to stop the every Monday
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sit-at-home order but the VRA
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secessionist armed groups have continued
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to issue threats of attack if the weekly
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sit at home is not obeyed until the
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detained bafra agitation leader Mazi
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Nami canu is released interestingly
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major arrests made by lambra State
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Police command recently over the
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kidnapping and subsequent killing of the
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State House of Assembly lawmaker
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honorable jus Suzuka indicated that some
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heinous crimes in the state are
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committed by underage children as most
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of the suspects were mainly 19 years old
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indicating they were already into
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high-profile criminal acts when they
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were not up to the Constitutional age of
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18 similarly two of the arrested
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suspects behind the kidnapping and
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killing of honorable Justice uker
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escaped from the police custody in a
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manner the enam state police command
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believed that the police operatives
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under whose custody the two suspects ES
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escaped have case to answer the police
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command through the person of the
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command public relations officer TOA
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kuak kenger in a TV interview on
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February 28th 2025 said that the entire
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police Personnel who went on the
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operation were arrested and detained
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because there were more professional
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ways they could have carried out the
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operation without going with the escaped
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suspects according to the punch
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newspaper a 21-year-old notorious Bandit
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leader sissu Muhammad popularly known as
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Doo Salah met his end at the hands of
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his gang members after being arrested by
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the operatives of fct police command Doo
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salala identified as a Hitman for
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criminal gangs operating in Rana Forest
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kaduna state had been responsible for
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multiple kidnappings and killings along
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the kaduna laoa enugu highway the fct
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command spokesperson Josephine ad issued
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a statement on Wednesday stating the
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police acting on intelligence conducted
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a covered operation to intercept Doo
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Salah at GID a forest on March 3rd while
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he was on route to wari area council
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fct ad stated that during the initial
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encounter police operatives arrested
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dooa recovering an a 49 rifle two
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magazines 60 rounds of live ammunition
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and 3 million nairas suspected to be
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Ransom proceeds she added that after
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Gathering From the arrested suspect the
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anti kidnapping unit of the command
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launch a followup raid on March 4th 2025
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at a known Bandit hideout in qual Forest
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kako local government area kaduna state
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where his gang led by one Abdu Musa alas
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canabarro had established a major
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Hideout she noted that operatives were
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ambushed by armed Bandits attempting to
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free their leader the operative swiftly
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engaged the criminals in a fierce gun
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battle displaying Superior tactical EXP
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expertise and resilience the bandits
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were ultimately overpowered and forced
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to flee into the forest with severe
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gunshot wounds the suspect sustained
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fatal gunshot wounds inflicted by his
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own gang during the crossfire he was
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rushed to cwar General Hospital where he
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was confirmed dead ad said stating the
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criminal activities linked to Dogo Salah
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ad said he was responsible for the
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Abduction of a police officer's family
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and the killing of two security
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Personnel in a January 5th 2025 attack
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at KJ Market kaduna other attacks linked
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to Dogo Sala include cauta Village
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chikun local government area 2 years ago
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two individuals including a security
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officer were kidnapped Ransom collected
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millions of naira the officer was later
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killed Kik Village one year ago a
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security officer's wife was kidnapped
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Ransom collected millions of naira Bard
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Village 5 months ago three individuals
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kidnapped Ransom collected millions of
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naira Village near kaduna Refinery one
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year ago two men kidnapped Ransom
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collected millions of naira kuga Village
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chicken local government area one year
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ago one person kidnapped Ransom
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collected millions of naira vagado
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Village chickun local government Area 11
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months ago Ransom collected millions of
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naira and Dan bushia Village 2 years ago
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Ransom collected millions of naira she
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stated ad also said his gang was also
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known for working with the aneru
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terrorist group to procure weapons she
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stated that BOA the overall commander
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shami surname unknown Deputy Doo Salah
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assistant and Gooden an assistant who
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operated a sub camp in the forest had
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been eliminated in separate
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operations the Bandit's Hideout was
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successfully dislodged one officer the
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inspector of the fct anti-kidnapping
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unit sustained minor injuries and has
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since been treated and discharged no
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other casualties were recorded she added
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ad said the fct commissioner of police
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hunji disu praised the officers for
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their bravery and assured residents of
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ongoing operations to capture fleeing
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gang members he urged the public to
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report suspicious activities Via Police
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emergency lines Z himself of blessed
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memory is also involved so you people
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allow criminals to drive why police are
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now the conductors those policemen
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shouldn't have gone with those suspect
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to the scene there are so many other
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strategies to arrest that Mr a so he
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should have been prevented in the issue
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of preventing it you understand that
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Destiny can be changed you're admitting
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say police you can't be police more
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than us all the officers involved in
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that operation is currently in custody
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while we have activated other team to
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make sure that the suspect that is on
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the run will rearrest them anra State
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Police command is more pain than what
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you are feeling now we have nothing to
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hide it's still us that came out and let
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the members of the public know it is
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still us that is still giving members of
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the public to know that we are p in this
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process and part of what we are doing it
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will also give us Edge to make people to
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trust us again just as we have been
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preaching how is it possible that
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unarmed two young boys there are not
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professional athlets they are not
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professional runners there are not
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people that have gone to Olympic and
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came back how do you want the public to
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believe and accept that people that are
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on their foot outrun police officers
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that are trained though that should be
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running better than them and then given
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that they are with guns too that you can
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shoot and the person just to to to for
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up the person stops running then talk
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more of that you can even shoot the
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person how do you want the public to
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actually understand that the outr police
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officers that are with guns that can
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shoot them down when something
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want to happen it will happen my style
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of policing is preventive policing
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except it is destined to happen but
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first of all I must prevent it I'm not
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you are I said let's not be passionate
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about this because about this about this
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anate police command is more pained than
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what you are feeling now remember the
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family the community the constituency he
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represents we also need to explain to
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them so why I say that my style of
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policing is preventive policing except
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is destined to happen in that context
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he's saying that those policemen
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shouldn't have gone with those suspect
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to the scene there are so many other
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strategies to arrest that Mr AA so he
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should have been prevented so in the
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issue of preventing it you understand
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that Destiny can be changed so now in
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the context of you saying that the
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policemen they are trained they they the
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suspects are not Olympic uh they are not
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athletes that should have run remember
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this these are criminals in as much as
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we are not making excuses for them
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running away but we are also blaming our
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officers for that unprofessional art so
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the context of here trying to explain on
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how it happened and how it not happen we
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have done that but please trust us again
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we are doing everything possible to make
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sure that these suspects are back for
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how long uh are we working with any time
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frame are you saying give us 7 days I
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saying give us 2 weeks or is it
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indefinite it's not indefinite since
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that incident happened the command has
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been coming up with updates on what we
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are doing this happened on February 8th
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right yes and today is 28 of February
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that is 20 days after days and people
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are still saying that we should trust
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you again it is weeks
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yes why I'm saying this is because it
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happened on it part of what the command
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is investigating is also to know why the
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policemen that are involved in this
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operation did not let the management
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team know about this incident for 10
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days so so we are still grilling that
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part to know whether there is conspiracy
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or not do you think there is
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investigation will unveil so there are
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so many things that we are looking at
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that is the part of we calling on
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members of the public to trust us
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remember it is still anra State Police
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command that came out and let the
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members of the public know that seeo the
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suspects that we have in our custody in
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the C of going for an operation to
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arrest another to escape after more than
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a week people not come took days took
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days in as much as it took days but we
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still said it then on the part of it
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took days the operatives that are
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involved in that operation are currently
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in C stud part of what we are doing is
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to know why they conceal that
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information I'm asking you how do we
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know that this police officers are in
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custody and they are being drilled and
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gred just like you're saying how because
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you can come come out
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come and say anything how do we know
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that they are in custody you are saying
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this on the space of distrust but I am
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telling you to trust us again and for
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polic men to go on the process of the
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level of what you are saying now being
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deed made public is a process when we
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get to that extent we'll do that process
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but for now I just don't want to say all
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our strategy but we ask questions we
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interview them one after the other to
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get facts and discrepancies of what they
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said previously and what they are
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currently saying now so these are things
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that we are doing and remember the
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senior officers among them have been
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queried and part of the query is to to
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respond then on our own we have taken
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their statements because we are treating
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them as suspects now trust is a double
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headed sword yes and it's a process yes
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is a process end yes it's end it's end
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for us uh for us to get to this stage
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part of what you have to know and our
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followers to know this is that we have
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nothing to hide it's still us that came
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out and let the members of the public
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know it is still us that is still giving
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members of the public and our followers
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to know that we are pained in this
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process and part of what we are doing
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and we know it will also give us Edge to
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make people to trust us again just as we
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have been preaching is to rearrest this
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suspect and I'm telling you that we are
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doing everything legally possible to
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make sure that these suspects are in
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custody one of the main reasons why we
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invited you here today is to talk about
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the trending matter of honorable Justice
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aoka the the member representing on not
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one constituency that was um cruely
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murdered after being kidnapped and
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detained for some days and everything
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there are so many things to the story so
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now I'm asking you as the police PR you
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are speaking for the
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police what happened to honorable
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Justice azoka please go ahead honorable
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Justice Azuka I pray that God will grant
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him peace also know that anra State
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Police command is doing everything
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possible to make sure that those behind
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this don't go unpunished the command is
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pained by his demise and we are also
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making sure that those people that are
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behind this gruesome mother will never
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go unpunished when we got that
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information
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