The Kwara State Police Command said that it rescued a suspected child kidnapper from being lynched by a mob in Ilorin, the state capital on Friday. In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, on Saturday, the command said that it rescued an unidentified adult male who was apprehended for child kidnapping. The statement read, ‘The …

The police command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Kwara chapter, Idris Abubakar. The confirmation is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, on Sunday in Ilorin. Mr Abubakar, 32, was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen at about 10 p.m. on Saturday …

The Kwara State Police Command said that it had, in collaboration with local Vigilante, rescued 20 victims abducted on Osi/Obbo-Aiyegunle road in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, on Saturday said that it rescued all the victims alive on Friday, while three of them that …

Kwara State Police Command commenced a discreet investigation into the mysterious disappearance of the umbilical cord and placenta of a newly born baby of Mrs Williams C.B.A at Government Cottage Hospital in Iloffa, Oke-Ero local government area of the state last Sunday. Five Health workers who are suspects in the matter are currently being detained by the General Investigation Unit …

The Kwara State police command has arrested 46 persons in connection with cult clashes in the state. According to the command, rival cult groups clashed at the weekend leading to the death of one person. Police spokesperson Toun Ejire-Adeyemi said: “Suspected cultists attacked and killed one Adelodun Farouq (36), a resident of Eleran compound. He was buried according to Islamic …

Three suspects have been arrested by the Kwara Police Command over the dismembered corpse of a tricycle operator discovered in a yet-to-be-occupied building in Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The body of the Tricycle operator identified as Musibau Aliu who had been declared missing since last Friday by his family was found in a yet-to-be-completed building on Sunday …

The Kwara State Police Command, on Monday, advised the leadership of traditional worshipers in the state not to carry out their planned festival in Ilorin, the state capital. The Command said the intelligence available to it does not favour the kind of celebrations being planned by the religious sect in the state. In a statement by the state’s police spokesman, …

The Police Command in Kwara State has reminded residents of the state that the ban on tricycles and motorcycles operations at night is still in force. In a statement on Saturday in Ilorin, the state capital, the command’s spokesman, Superintendent Ajayi Okasanmi quoted the state Commissioner of Police, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi as saying that she :wishes to remind motorcycle and tricycle …

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi said about their release on Wednesday: “Yes, they have been released by their abductors but I cannot give you further details now except I get to the office because I am on transit coming from Patigi local government area and the network is poor. “But we are …