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THE Nigeria Police said yesterday that it recovered a total of 9,657 illegal firearms and 26994 illegal ammunition in possession of suspected militias, bandits, armed herdsmen and farmers, vigilante groups, neighbourhood watch and other groups and individuals in the country.

EDO State Police Command has despatched a team of detectives from Benin City to the university town of Ekpoma to unravel the mystery surrounding the recent killing of students of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma,  by suspected cultists at the Ihunmudumun area of the town.

A 25-year-old caterer, Raji Kazeem, was on Thursday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly stabbing a cyclist over N100 fare.

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a man, Roxy Edebor, at Ikoyi Prison, Lagos, for allegedly smashing a brick on the face of a man.

A 34-year-old, Dan Ismaila, was on Thursday docked at an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging receipts and stealing N1.39 million belonging to his employer, Mutual Benefits Life Assurance Ltd.

A bank robbery that occurred in Igede Ekiti, headquarters of Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area area of Ekiti State, late on Wednesday claimed two lives, while others sustained varying degrees of injury.

A robbery gang suspected to be cultists, engaged a team of policemen in a gun battle, in Owode area of Lagos Wednesday night, at the end of which one of them was gunned down.

A 29-year-old businessman, Oluwatobi Idowu, was on Thursday docked before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N8 million from Daniel Oyemosu with false pretext of securing him visa.

Not fewer than three suspected cultist including an aged herbalist have been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for killing a police officer, identified as Sergeant Unana Ishaya attached to Operation Safe Haven, Jos, Plateau state.

A 54-year-old man, Tajudeen Oladega, was on Wednesday arraigned for allegedly obtaining the sum of N60 million from a new generation bank under the pretext of constructing a filling station.

Two housekeepers — Favour Sunday and Christopher Ikpam — who allegedly stole their employer’s 10,000 pounds (N4.7 million), on Wednesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

A 28-year-old farmer, Amisu Bello, is to serve six months in prison after a Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger, convicted him of stealing 13 crates of egg.

The Police Command in Plateau said gunmen had killed a 62-year-old man, John Atu, and injured three members of his household at Kwall village of Miango District in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau.

A 35-year-old man, Samuel Gbodogbe, was on Monday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping a 67-year-old woman, Mrs Ayinke Ogunade.