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00:00:02in
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00:00:29in of
00:00:41of
00:01:07the Nigerian police force flagship program on television,
00:01:11and this is where we bring you to
00:01:14of speed on the activities
00:01:16of the Nigerian police force, particularly as it affects
00:01:19their efforts towards the protection of your
00:01:23life and
00:01:53I'm the inspector general of police. I encourage you to
00:01:57watch the crime busters. It's crime busters. On the
00:02:0029th of July 2026, there was
00:02:05of a reported case of kidnapping of some students
00:02:08of the gateway ICT polytechnic located
00:02:11in area called Shah Padi in Ogun
00:02:15State. Of course, the Nigerian police force wogun state police
00:02:18command led by CP Bode or Jajuni went into
00:02:22action, but they needed support
00:02:26for a surveillance and the governor of Ogun State reached out.
00:02:30to the inspector general of police,
00:02:32IGP, PSC Daga,
00:02:35NPM, we were told that the swift
00:02:38response
00:02:39of the IGP played fundamental
00:02:43role in the early rescue
00:02:47of of the victims and this report tells the story, take a
00:02:51look, the inspector general of
00:02:53police, has again be commended
00:02:57for
00:02:57his swift response to operational demands. the country,
00:03:01this commendation was handed down by the state
00:03:04governor, while addressing newsmen on the
00:03:08role played by the police air wing in the successful rescue
00:03:12of some students
00:03:13of the gateway ICT
00:03:14polytechnic,
00:03:18recognizing the need to strengthen the operation with additional air
00:03:21support, read out to the inspector general of
00:03:25police, on
00:03:28monday August
00:03:302026, to
00:03:33of deploy areal surveillance to complement the ongoing ground
00:03:36operations. I'm glad to report that the
00:03:40IG responded without delay by
00:03:44approving and deploying a police
00:03:46helicopter the same
00:03:49day. I'm starting
00:03:52here this evening, pleased
00:03:56to inform the good people of state that the early.
00:04:00of today, Thursday, 6th August,
00:04:02of 2026, of the combined security
00:04:06operation successfully rescued
00:04:10of all seven victims alive. On arrival, they were
00:04:13received by delegation
00:04:15of the state government, led by the secretary to the state government,
00:04:19tokumbotalabi, and they
00:04:21of immediately
00:04:21of joined the search team. The students who were kidnapped in
00:04:27of na of the hostel on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, were eventually. killed
00:04:30a public relations officer
00:04:32of the state police command DSP
00:04:36described the IGP's intervention as major
00:04:40boost to the tactical operation, we thank the inspector general of
00:04:43police for being gracious enough to send the police and given
00:04:47us areal and technical support in our fight against crimes and criminality in
00:04:51state and this is very comidable sir, thank you so much sir,
00:04:55the CP,
00:04:57PSCFCSS
00:05:01of
00:05:07After the rescue, the victims were admitted to the hospital for
00:05:10medical examination. personally monitored and paid
00:05:14for by
00:05:15the commissioner of police bj, speaking
00:05:19exclusively to crime busters after their recovery, some the
00:05:23victims shared their experiences in the hands the
00:05:26kidnappers,
00:05:28was kidnap by some people, some bands in our house,
00:05:32we came to our house solidly,
00:05:36all of us were happy, we just hear
00:05:38gunshots, so one
00:05:41of my friends sayid
00:05:44so before we
00:05:46know we are already surrounded our
00:05:49house you where to
00:05:52go so we try to hide ourself inside toilet
00:05:56in the getters they
00:05:59say everybody out so they say everybody
00:06:02out so
00:06:05say you should sp for the floor the tight our hand at the
00:06:08back so as they tight our
00:06:13and at the back
00:06:16say us me and my friends
00:06:19especially our flats are
00:06:23flats plus two of our
00:06:26neighbors we getting
00:06:30there inside
00:06:31you meet one person bg his name is
00:06:34bg so they
00:06:37started to
00:06:40walk work like you
00:06:44work just bring around the
00:06:47c7 the c7 all
00:06:50them
00:06:54today
00:06:58like
00:06:58we have been watching all this stuff online all of us say
00:07:01yes
00:07:06to do all of us say round something
00:07:09they anybody that is not going to pay is one.
00:07:17passed so the police were in the bush that the one that was trying to gas
00:07:21they were firing the gas they firing the gas till they
00:07:25wish where we are so when they saw the police that the police have gotten to where
00:07:29they are now pack all the money they pack everything car
00:07:32their bag follow them me
00:07:36normal follow them i was already going my friend was at my
00:07:40friend no follow them
00:07:46go back go back go meet all those police that they are the one that can help us because i saw the police already they already
00:07:49near to our side because if follow them
00:07:52i won't be here right now so i ask this my
00:07:56friend
00:07:56no don't follow them let's go to where the police are so i'm getting there
00:08:00i saw someone no he saw someone inside the bush was like the person was telling
00:08:04him to come but i don't me it was the police
00:08:08or if it was the bandits because the bandit they don't have
00:08:12enough bullets with them, we don't have bullets with them at all,
00:08:15but because i have g with them, so
00:08:19when i was like, let me go and i thought
00:08:22it was the police, as i just step out like this, just fire my
00:08:26legs straight, i play dead, like i feleld
00:08:30i shout, i feel dead, so i can hear step
00:08:34coming, like the person was working me, they are doing
00:08:37their sign like that they always do,
00:08:40like
00:08:41the way they always do to
00:09:16has deployed police aircraft to different trouble sports
00:09:20across the country, including oyo, kwara,
00:09:24benwei, ekiti among
00:09:26others.
00:09:31welcome to groundview park and gardens, the transformation the
00:09:34badag road is start to redefine the future of
00:09:37atonta ogen state, with the road now being tired and expanded,
00:09:41connectivity with between major commercial and industrial hubs is
00:09:45becoming faster, smoother and more valuable than ever before,
00:09:49home to major landmarks like canen land, covenant
00:09:52university, bell's university of technology and the bustling
00:09:56sota commercial hub. now imagine the level of growth this new road
00:10:00infrastructure will bring, connecting Lagus through Ogenstates and
00:10:04stretching all the way to northern Nigeria, and right here in the heart
00:10:08of this development are our premium estates, grandview parking
00:10:12gardens. phase one and grandview parking gardens phase one
00:10:15extension, this is more than just road project, it
00:10:19is gateway to asset ownership, accessibility and a
00:10:23thriving future in
00:10:38on the directive the inspector general of police
00:10:42visited secretary state. our
00:10:45findings are contained in our next
00:10:49report. this is the seat the
00:10:52calipat, the... busters crew
00:10:56are in this state to have a first
00:11:00hand information on the security
00:11:03situation and what the operatives the Nigerian
00:11:07police force doing to ensure the security of
00:11:10lifes and property. We will also
00:11:13educate you on what the government
00:11:17of Sakato State is doing to
00:11:21support the Nigeria Police force.
00:11:25The historic seat the calipat is unfortunately
00:11:29experiencing its fair share of violent crime,
00:11:33while the metropolis remains generally secured and
00:11:36peaceful, local government areas in the eastern axes
00:11:40including Sabombeni, isa,
00:11:43rapa, Ngorongoro, Wuono, and
00:11:47Ilela, face falar reality,
00:11:51aside from Guadabawa and Gada, where attacks oc
00:11:55Occasionally securing the other border local government
00:11:58areas is everyday battle. In other parts
00:12:02the state the emergence of lakurawa man
00:12:06groups and the location the local governments
00:12:10along bother areas. Ask police operatives on high
00:12:13alert across Chureta, Bodinga,
00:12:17Tangaza, Kipe, Tamboa,
00:12:20Beijing, Wamako, Shagare and Silami.
00:12:25"this complex security environment and the prompt
00:12:29interventions the police were explicitly
00:12:32acknowledged
00:12:33by the state government. of course we having challenges, but
00:12:36not
00:12:37in all, not across the state, the security issues are only
00:12:41restricted to some certain areas in, but are still
00:12:45safe, but even those are having challenges, efforts are been made to make
00:12:49them safe, as I told you the state governor has been doing very well, he has been
00:12:53supporting our security agencies in insurance. that our local communities that are residing
00:12:57in areas where bands
00:13:00are you causing trouble, at least assisted in
00:13:04ensuring that they they they they they have a
00:13:07comfortable life. holding the line in sukoto is no small
00:13:11task, it requires rock courage, tactical
00:13:14intelligence and immense physical sacrifice.
00:13:18operatives remain deployed on the harsh weather conditions,
00:13:22braving hazardous terain to protect vulnerable. communities
00:13:26and secure crucial highway corridors across these
00:13:29troubled areas, filing kidnapping attempts, rescuing
00:13:33hostages and recovering rusted
00:13:36livestocks have become daily operational duties for the
00:13:40police. in rakwa local government area, the
00:13:43commissioner of police, CP Haya to Hasan Shafa,
00:13:47accompanied by his deputy commissioner operations, Ismail
00:13:51Sagel, formally handed over 32 rescue.
00:13:55victims to the local government chairman, the
00:13:58victims, comprising four men, along with 28
00:14:02women and children were abducted in rapa but
00:14:05rescued within 24 hours at Angalba
00:14:09village, yes, they handed over the
00:14:12children
00:14:13to to me with the local government, they came on
00:14:16matches, the first 15th was brought
00:14:20here, then later the other
00:14:2416th. were brought to me again,
00:14:27which I give them under
00:14:30costody of DPO. Speaking on
00:14:34behalf the rescued hostages, 18 year old Fauzia
00:14:38Basha recounted the harrowing experienced in
00:14:42captivity. Gaskiya komiya wa haru don gaskiya cikin dabannan akwai
00:14:46tashin hankali sosai, suna kashin mutane kuma sannan
00:14:49gaskiya, kullun babu sayar da ba su ba mutane kashi, musamman
00:14:53mamaza, suna shan wa. hala sosai
00:14:56(wa) gasu kuma dude gudu man kai da su, bayan
00:15:00naji dama nace zan koma daji, sai nu
00:15:03koma munta hi daji muna itaci, kawai
00:15:07sai manka ji mashakansa ta yi koda
00:15:11man kata da kaikansu sun nuna, sai man ka
00:15:15kawai ta gudu munake ta
00:15:17dhuhoyi.
00:15:22See ma dadamu mankaka kaya.
00:15:29kashe musu
00:15:32han ma mutane, sun ana takoke koki, dubba sana, ko
00:15:35can
00:15:36da gaskiya babu kwanciyar.
00:15:46ko za yan sanda su da halbe yan
00:15:48ka, kwaminti ga su suka ciuta, yan sanda da
00:15:52kwaminti ga su ka cetosu da yan bangar, saboda
00:15:56lokacin da suka ji tsoro, sun ka hau
00:15:59daji, suka yan sanda sun fantsama tare da yan banga na
00:16:03cikin gari, tare da yan community guard, sun je
00:16:15The highly commanded divisional police officer,
00:16:19CSP Shubu Abdullahi led commissioner of
00:16:22police and his team through the temporary holding pens
00:16:26where the recovered livestock was
00:16:28secured. With this latest
00:16:32recovery, the command has received
00:16:34approximately with this. latest
00:16:38recovery, the command has recovered
00:16:41approximately 1,500 animals,
00:16:45including camels over the past three
00:16:48months. this landmark rescue
00:16:52rapar joins a string of operational successes
00:16:55recorded across frontline local government areas from
00:16:59neutralizing high profile gang leaders to clipping
00:17:02logistic chains. key arrest include
00:17:06suspected first. supplier
00:17:09abubuwa commodity of kwaraca village duka
00:17:13na wannan shiga wannan dokoni ita
00:17:17ce dabi, saboda nace ma ban dadika ban
00:17:21wushe wata ɗaya
00:17:23ba.
00:17:27and informant Muktao Shero of Lungun
00:17:31Grafiad village in Wamako local government
00:17:34area. In addition to this arrest,
00:17:38the command recovered multiple firearms of various
00:17:41calibers, illicit substances suspected to be
00:17:44cannabis, native charms and on
00:17:48Wednesday intercepted a massive catchy
00:17:51of 870 rounds of brand new 7.6
00:17:55by 39 millimeter ammunation. first the kidnap
00:17:59victims, tell us about it. uh, we are here
00:18:03in uh, raba local
00:18:06government. area of um sokoto
00:18:10state on the 28th of
00:18:13July uh at about
00:18:1608:30 hours some
00:18:18bandits came into the town
00:18:22specifically to make community
00:18:26they rest uh number of cows
00:18:29and kidnapped very
00:18:33many
00:18:35uh uh young men and children, the information go
00:18:39to our DPO and he
00:18:43mobilized the VCRUU, the tactical teams
00:18:46including the anti-kidnapping teams, uh, they all
00:18:50move into the bush, they trail them to a
00:18:53location towards
00:18:55the uh zanfara,
00:18:58sokoto state border, and on getting
00:19:01there uh, the hoodlums, the
00:19:05bandits begin to fire sporatically, and after
00:19:08responding because the fire power of our
00:19:12men, they abandoned the children and run into the
00:19:16nearby forest. our men continued to calm the place
00:19:20and recovered 32, 32
00:19:24victims, those victims are made up of six
00:19:28adults and uh uh
00:19:3226 oters, those 26 oters are mostly
00:19:36children like you have. them we've handed them over to the chairman
00:19:40the council uh who will
00:19:43uh in turn reunite them with their families.
00:19:46it is said that this local government and by extension
00:19:50sokoto east is the hot bed in terms of
00:19:53insecurity in Sokoto state. what is the police doing in this
00:19:57regard? this is one the hot zones in uh in
00:20:00Sokoto state yes and it also is also part
00:20:04the Sokotos south that we have. talking
00:20:07about uh, we have made serious deployments
00:20:11here, we've increased our men, the tactical teams,
00:20:15we have F4B, the soldiers are here, and
00:20:19recently the state government bought some
00:20:23security equipments including uh APCs and
00:20:27some other facilities,
00:20:31they have been distributed to us and we are
00:20:33taking uh rabba as a
00:20:36priority. We've also
00:20:38been engaging members the community, especially the community leaders
00:20:42and the youth leaders. We have had series of uh
00:20:45interactions with them, and we always assure them that all we
00:20:49needed from them. is intelligence, how has the
00:20:52leadership of IGP, PSC,
00:20:56daga, MPM, affected your leadership and the
00:21:00performance the force in Kalcutto state, the the
00:21:04IGP is the best thing that I happened to us, he have given
00:21:08us deliveras to do and do the right
00:21:12things, his doors are always open, he call us all the time, we call
00:21:16him, he picks it, he's very, very supportive anything we do.
00:21:20and he pushed us all the time so that we will be able
00:21:24to get the desired result and
00:21:28and let the community understand that this change is a real
00:21:31change and uh there will must be improvement in our
00:21:35outputs your word for the people of sakatu state please continue to
00:21:39trust us, give us that trust,
00:21:42give us the informations, your information will be taken
00:21:46in confidentiality and we will always utilize it.
00:21:50"don't be afraid of approaching policeman and tell them what you are
00:21:54passing through, if you don't tell us we won't know, any movement, you
00:21:58see any new faces entering your community, please come up,
00:22:02let us know, the members the community should be able to also
00:22:06organize themselves and wash their
00:22:09various towns and make sure any new faces
00:22:13around them is reported to the police, it is rare
00:22:17finally to see a commissioner of police and..." with
00:22:20rifle and leading from the front,
00:22:23what is the rational behind it? you you you cannot lead
00:22:27the man without getting armed,
00:22:29you know, you can see the situations here, most these
00:22:33guys
00:22:34that do does these things, they call themselves
00:22:37solar, solar, because they operate in the daytime more
00:22:41than the night, so if we come out any time, we
00:22:45are ready for them, and that's why not only me, but
00:22:49all of... first carry the little rifles we can have around
00:22:53us. while the inspector general of police
00:22:56(r1) disu continues to provide strategic
00:23:00operational direction and logistic support. the
00:23:03sako state government under governor Ahmad
00:23:07atleyu PHD continues to prioritize state security.
00:23:11reportedly he has acquired several operational
00:23:14assets including Buffalo's, hellox,
00:23:18motorcycles among other. operational
00:23:21assets, critical stakeholders across the state
00:23:24agree, if the federal government continues to enhance police
00:23:28welfare and supply mothern operational tools,
00:23:32violent crime in sakroti state and across the nation
00:23:36will soon be a thing the
00:23:38past.
00:23:48and
00:24:20jiha, mu yan kasar jiha saukoto muna gamsuwa yadda suke
00:24:24gudanar da aiukon su a wannan jiha, wajen kabe dukiyar
00:24:28mutane da rayukansu, musamman sha'anin tsaro da ake fama da shi
00:24:31halin yanzu, muna da tabbaci musamman ga wannan runduna ta yan sanda ta
00:24:35jiha sokuto yadda take gudanar da aikin sa local gama
00:24:3923 na wannan jiha. They are doing well, because day
00:24:43and night, they are to ensure
00:24:46that they protect the life and party the
00:24:50community, we thank God so
00:24:54far, if not of recent that the banditry
00:24:58just enter, but I believe with the
00:25:01police in the state, that is why we are still doing our
00:25:05business, without them in the state, this state would have been
00:25:09turn upside down, it's welcome to ground view
00:25:12park and gardens, the transformation the badagri sokoto road is
00:25:16start to redefine the future of atonta Ogenst. with the road
00:25:20now being tired and expanded, connectivity between major commercial and
00:25:24industrial hubs is becoming faster, smoother and more
00:25:28valuable than ever before, home to major landmarks like canen
00:25:32land, covenant university, bell's university of
00:25:35technology and the bustling sota commercial hub. now imagine
00:25:39the level of growth this new road infrastructure will bring, connecting
00:25:43lagus through open states and stretching all the way to northern
00:25:46Nigeria, and right here in the heart of this development, are our
00:25:50premium estates, grandview parking gardens phase one
00:25:54and grandview parking gardens phase one extension,
00:25:57this is more than just road project, it is gateway to asset
00:26:01ownership, accessibility and a thriving future
00:26:05agron home building cities,
00:27:25that security is a shared all
00:27:29got to play our part to get our