FEATURED
Hoodlums Attack Police Checkpoint In Delta, Kill Officer, Set Patrol Vehicle Ablaze
A yet-to-be identified gunmen on Wednesday attacked a police checkpoint in Akwukwu-Igbo, headquarters of the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
BIGPENNGR gathered that the incident which occurred at about 8: am on Wednesday, left one police officer dead and several others injured.
A police patrol vehicle was however set ablaze by the rampaging hoodlums who were said to have stormed the stop-and-search checkpoint along Otulu-Akwukwu Igbo road wielding dangerous weapons.
Meanwhile, the Police Command in Delta State has confirmed the death of one of its officers, saying that the attackers were hoodlums from the community.
The State Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident in a terse message, however said that the ring leader of the hoodlums have been arrested by the command.
“It was an attack perpetrated by some hoodlums from Akwuku-igbo community. They killed one of our personnel, but the good thing is that, the ring leader has been arrested and currently in custody. Investigation is on”, DSP Edafe added.
FEATURED1 hour ago
‘Bring Your Sermons to Me for Approval’ – Niger Gov Orders Religious Preachers
FEATURED6 hours ago
Police Bust Human Trafficking Ring in Delta, Rescue Teenage Girl from Niger State
FEATURED7 hours ago
Screening Crisis: Delta Govt Exposes Civil Servants Faking Age or Living Abroad to Pocket Salaries
FEATURED11 hours ago
INTERVIEW: Why South Must Consolidate Power Now – Reyenieju on ex-lawmakers’ Adoption of Tinubu as Sole Candidate
OPINION21 hours ago
ANIOMA: HISTORY, IDENTITY, EQUITY AND THE QUEST FOR STATEHOOD, BY SENATOR NED NWOKO
COMMUNITY REPORT1 day ago
Agrarian Community Raises Alarm as NDDC Road Collapses After One-year in Delta
FEATURED2 days ago
Ex-military Gov, Gen. Paul Omu for Burial Nov. 29
FEATURED2 days ago
Gov Soludo, Wife, Senator Ekwunife in Messy Fight over Children’s Paternity, Infidelity in Marriage
FEATURED3 days ago
Scandal Rocks Delta Civil Service as Screening Turns ‘Political Weapon’ — Oborevwori’s 2027 Re-Election Bid Faces Storm!
FEATURED3 days ago
Delta Police Arrest 19-year-old, Others in Possession of Firearms
FEATURED3 days ago
Rivers: I’ve ‘Sufficiently Achieved’ Mandate Tinubu Gave Me – Ibas
FEATURED4 days ago
Safety Breaches: Why We Revoked Oritsemeyin Rig Licence – NUPRC
OPINION4 days ago
UNDERSTANDING OBOREVWORI’S INVESTMENT DRIVE, BY JACKSON EKWUGUM
NEWS4 days ago
FG Facilitates Bayelsa, Namibe Sister-Cities Deal In Luanda
FEATURED4 days ago