Police recover firearm allegedly stolen during #EndSARS protest in Anambra

The Police Command in Anambra says it has recovered one pump action rifle allegedly stolen from 3-3 Police Station during the #EndSARS protests in the state.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Awka, said that the rifle was recovered from a 20-year-old suspect.

He said that the suspect was arrested on Feb. 21 at about 11:30 am., in collaboration with local vigilance group, at Nkwelle Ezunaka, near Onitsha, following an intelligence report.

Mohammed said that six other armed robbery suspects were arrested in separate operations, where firearms and ammunitions were equally recovered from them.

He said a 25-year-old man, who was arrested for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla 2005 model in Abuja, had been handed over to the FCT Police Command for further investigation.

He said two other suspects, both of 3-3 area near Onitsha, were also arrested on Feb. 21, inside a residential apartment in Okija.

Mohammed said two pump action rifles and 11cartridges, which they could not give satisfactory account of, were recovered from them.

The police spokesman said another 22-year-old suspect, of Ochuche Village, Umuodo in Ogbaru Local Government area, was arrested with a cut-to-size locally- made double barrel gun on Feb. 22.

“On Feb. 23, Puff Adder operatives, in conjunction with a patrol team attached to Otoucha Division, responded to a distress call around Igbariam and arrested a 29-year-old suspect.

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“The suspect allegedly robbed a lady of her handset and other valuables at gunpoint.

“He voluntarily confessed and exhibits recovered from his possession included three phones, one pump action rifle, one cartridge and one unregistered motorcycle used in perpetrating the act,” Mohammed said.

He said that a police patrol team arrested a suspect on Feb. 26, at about 12:30 am., following an intelligence report and recovered from him one English-made pistol and a magazine.

Mohammed said that eight suspected cultists were also arrested by operatives attached to the command’s Special Anti-Cult Unit, during a secret cult initiation on Feb. 24 and Feb. 26.

He said that the suspects were members of Payton Confraternity.

The police spokesman said that the police equally arrested three other suspects, who, he said, voluntarily confessed to be members of Vikings Confraternity.

He said that exhibits recovered from them included one axe and a beret.

According to him, all cases are under investigation, after which the suspects will be charged to court.

History of Exchange Rate in Nigeria From 1972 To 2023

Nigerian exchange rate policy has been changing since the introduction of the Naira as the official Nigerian currency. For instance, the U.S. Dollar to Naira exchange rate was N0.658 in 1972. Timeline of Dollar to Naira Exchange Rate from 1972 to 2023 Kindly note that the US to Naira black market exchange rate is completely different from the rate. In this post, we rely on the official rate (CBN rate) which has now metamorphosed into Importers’ and Exporters’ Window, following the FX unification. For simplicity, InfomediaNG divided the year under review into four as follows: 1. 1972 to 1983 2. 1984 to 1998 3. 1999 to 2015 and 4. 2015 to 2023 So, let’s get started! Dollar to Naira exchange rate between 1972 to 1983 From below you can see that one US dollar was N0.658 in Nigeria in 1972, that’s two years after the end of the Civil War. 1972: $1 = N0.658 1973: $1 = N0.658 1974: $1 = N0.63 1975: $1 = N0.616 1976: $1 = N0.62 1977: $1 = N0.647 1978: $1 = N0.606 ...

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