05/09/2026
Good Morning Esteemed,
Kindly find below the State-by-State Executive Summary of Operational Successes for 5th September, 2026
1. ANAMBRA STATE (4th September, 2026): ARREST OF MURDER / ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF FI***RM
✅ Intelligence-led operations by Police operatives following the murder of Isaac Nwosu and three others in Awka, Awka South LGA, resulted in the arrest of five suspects.
✅ One of the suspects, Chukwuma Oputa, confessed to participating in an armed robbery operation during which a victim was shot dead inside a Bet9ja shop and Isaac Nwosu was subsequently killed.
✅ One pump-action r***e was recovered from the principal suspect, while his statements facilitated the arrest of four other suspected accomplices.
🔹 Status: SCID Awka Investigating.
2. DELTA STATE (4th September, 2026): ARREST OF ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF FI***RMS AND ILLICIT DRUGS
✅ Following intelligence-led operations over the attempted murder of Ikolomi Ewoma, Police operatives raided a suspected criminal hideout at Nut Junction, Abraka, Ethiope East LGA.
✅ Eight suspects were successfully arrested.
✅ Three locally made pistols, alongside quantities of Tramadol and other illicit drugs, were recovered.
🔹 Status: SCID Asaba Investigating.
3. KATSINA STATE (3rd September, 2026): FOILING OF KIDNAP OPERATION / RESCUE OF FIVE ABDUCTED VICTIMS
✅ Police tactical teams successfully engaged armed bandits who invaded Kasuwar Mata Junction, Funtua LGA, and abducted several residents.
✅ The bandits were overpowered and forced to retreat into the surrounding bush.
✅ Subsequent clearance and cordon operations led to the successful rescue of five abducted victims unharmed.
🔹 Status: SCID Katsina Investigating.
4. RIVERS STATE (2nd September, 2026): RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED VICTIM / RECOVERY OF FI***RMS AND AM******ON
✅ Police operatives successfully engaged armed kidnappers who abducted a female victim from her shop along Alode Farm Road, Eleme LGA.
✅ The kidnappers abandoned the victim and fled into the bush following the gun duel with Police operatives.
✅ The victim was rescued unharmed, while two locally made pistols and one round of live am******on were recovered from the abandoned operational tricycle.
🔹 Status: SCID Port Harcourt Investigating.
5. NASARAWA STATE (3rd September, 2026): ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF FI***RM AND OTHER EXHIBITS
✅ Police operatives successfully pursued armed robbers who invaded Glory Guest House, Masaka, Karu LGA, to their hideout.
✅ Eleven suspects, including two minors, were arrested.
✅ Recovered exhibits included one locally made revolver gun, six cutlasses, knives, eight SIM cards, scissors, counterfeit foreign currencies and other valuables.
🔹 Status: SCID Lafia Investigating.
6. BORNO STATE (3rd September, 2026): ARREST OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF PUMP-ACTION GUN
✅ Following the fatal shooting of Ali Gambo in Jere LGA, Police operatives swiftly mobilized to the scene and evacuated the victim for medical attention.
✅ The victim was confirmed dead, while the suspected perpetrator, Babagana Mustapha, was successfully arrested.
✅ The pump-action fi***rm used in the incident was recovered as an exhibit.
🔹 Status: SCID Maiduguri Investigating.
7. NASARAWA STATE (4th August, 2026): RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED VICTIM
✅ Sustained joint operations by Police operatives, local hunters and community youths resulted in the successful rescue of Favour Innocent from Nunku Forest, Akwanga LGA.
✅ The victim was evacuated for medical attention, treated and discharged in good condition before being reunited with her family.
🔹 Status: SCID Lafia Investigating.
8. DELTA STATE (3rd September, 2026): ARREST OF CHILD DEFILEMENT SUSPECT
✅ Following a report of the sexual abuse of a six-year-old girl in Ekpan, Uvwie LGA, Police detectives swiftly commenced investigation.
✅ The suspect, Godstime Onyenechara, 31 years, a serving NYSC member attached to the school, was successfully arrested.
✅ Medical examination at a government hospital confirmed pe*******on, while the suspect was taken into Police custody for investigation.
🔹 Status: SCID Asaba Investigating.
9. OGUN STATE (3rd September, 2026): ARREST OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPECT
✅ Following a report of sexual abuse involving a seven-year-old girl in Sango-Ota, Police detectives visited the scene and commenced investigation.
✅ The suspect, Tafa Toheeb, 20 years, was successfully arrested and confessed to indecently assaulting the victim.
🔹 Status: SCID Abeokuta Investigating.
10. OGUN STATE (3rd September, 2026): ARREST OF ATTEMPTED R**E / INDECENT ASSAULT SUSPECT
✅ Police detectives responded to a report of an attempted r**e and indecent assault involving a female doctor at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan-Remo.
✅ The suspect, Njoku Elijah, 47 years, was successfully arrested following swift investigative intervention.
🔹 Status: SCID Abeokuta Investigating.
11. BAYELSA STATE (4th September, 2026): ARREST OF SUSPECTED CULTISTS / RECOVERY OF FI***RM AND AM******ON
✅ Police operatives conducting routine stop-and-search operations at Yenegwe Community, Yenagoa LGA, intercepted and arrested two suspected cultists.
✅ One locally fabricated revolver pistol loaded with three rounds of 9mm live am******on was recovered from one of the suspects.
🔹 Status: SCID Yenagoa Investigating.
12. AKWA IBOM STATE (4th September, 2026): RAID OF CRIMINAL HIDEOUTS / ARREST OF DRUG SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF ILLICIT SUBSTANCES
✅ Following intelligence-led operations targeting criminal black spots, Police operatives raided suspected criminal hideouts at Ikot Abasi Idem and Ifa Atai Villages, Uyo LGA.
✅ Four suspects were successfully arrested.
✅ Large quantities of substances suspected to be Indian h**p and other illicit drugs were recovered from the suspects.
🔹 Status: SCID Uyo Investigating.
CSP ANI INIEDU, ANIPR
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA
