NPF

15/10/2026

15/10/2026

15/10/2026

15/10/2026

🚨 NPF 24HR OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES 🚨

Kindly find below the Top 10 State-by-State Executive Summary of Operational Successes for 15th October, 2026:

1. ANAMBRA STATE: ARREST OF 24 SUSPECTED CULTISTS / RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS

✅ Police detectives, acting on information derived from suspects in custody, arrested 24 additional suspects reasonably suspected to be involved in a cult clash.

✅ Two sharpened machetes were recovered as exhibits, while the suspects are providing useful information to facilitate further arrests.

🔹 Status: SCID Awka Investigating.

2. KADUNA STATE: RESCUE OF ABDUCTED VICTIM

✅ Police operatives, in synergy with military personnel and local vigilantes, dislodged a bandits’ camp in Gwagwada and rescued a 16-year-old abducted victim unharmed.

✅ The victim was medically assessed and confirmed stable before being reunited with his family.

🔹 Status: SCID Kaduna Investigating.

3. KEBBI STATE: NEUTRALISATION OF KIDNAPPER / RECOVERY OF FI***RM

✅ Police operatives and vigilantes confronted about 10 suspected kidnappers during an attempted kidnapping and neutralised one suspect.

✅ One locally made double-barrelled gun was recovered at the scene, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects.

🔹 Status: SCID Birnin Kebbi Investigating.

4. KATSINA STATE: ARREST OF SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF LIVESTOCK

✅ Police tactical teams responded to a farmland trespass incident involving armed migrant herders and successfully dispersed the suspects.

✅ One suspect was arrested, while two cows and four sheep were recovered as exhibits.

🔹 Status: SCID Katsina Investigating.

5. OSUN STATE: ARREST OF MURDER SUSPECT

✅ Police operatives tracked and arrested a suspect linked to the death of a 20-year-old man who was pushed into a well during an altercation.

🔹 Status: SCID Osogbo Investigating.

6. EKITI STATE: ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS / SUSPECTED MURDER

✅ Police detectives arrested two occupants of a house for interrogation following the discovery of a deceased woman with injuries at her residence.

🔹 Status: SCID Ado-Ekiti Investigating.

7. OGUN STATE: ARREST AND DISARMAMENT OF POLICE OFFICER

✅ Police detectives arrested, disarmed and detained a police officer following a shooting incident at a company premises which resulted in the death of a local security personnel and injury to another.

🔹 Status: SCID Abeokuta Investigating.

8. KANO STATE: RECOVERY OF FI***RM

✅ Police operatives, acting on information from a good Samaritan, recovered one pump-action r***e abandoned along Kasuwar Dogo Village, Ranka.

🔹 Status: SCID Kano Investigating.

9. JIGAWA STATE: POLICE RESPONSE TO FARMLAND ATTACK

✅ Police teams swiftly mobilised to the scene of an attack on farmers, causing the suspected perpetrators to flee into the surrounding mountains.

✅ Visibility patrols have been maintained in the area to prevent further attacks and maintain peace.

🔹 Status: SCID Dutse Investigating.

10. AKWA IBOM STATE: SUCCESSFUL SECURITY COVERAGE OF VIP VISIT

✅ Police operatives provided adequate security coverage for the visit of former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR to Uyo.

✅ The area remained calm, with command-wide visibility patrols, flashpoint monitoring, waterway patrols and stop-and-search operations continuing without hitch.

🔹 Status: COMPOL DOPS Monitoring.



CSP ANI INIEDU, ANIPR
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA

10/10/2026

NPF 24HR OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES IN THE LAST 24HRS

Kindly find below the Top 10 State-by-State Executive Summary of Operational Successes for 10th October, 2026:

1. RIVERS STATE: ARREST OF FOUR KIDNAP SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF FI***RM / RECOVERY OF AM******ON

✅ Police operatives arrested four suspected kidnappers linked to a kidnapping incident in Igwuruta/Etche axis.

✅ The suspects confessed to the crime and other kidnapping incidents, while one G3 r***e and four rounds of live am******on were recovered in a separate operation.

🔹 Status: SCID Port Harcourt Investigating.

2. CROSS RIVER STATE: RESCUE OF ABDUCTED 11-YEAR-OLD CHILD / ARREST OF SUSPECT

✅ Police operatives rescued an 11-year-old boy who was abducted and found tied up inside the suspect’s room with head injuries.

✅ The suspect was arrested and taken into custody for investigation.

🔹 Status: SCID Calabar Investigating.

3. EKITI STATE: ARREST OF FIVE SUSPECTS / RESCUE OF ASSAULT VICTIM

✅ VCRU operatives arrested five suspects involved in the unlawful invasion and severe assault of a woman.

✅ The suspects are in custody, while discreet investigation is ongoing for prompt prosecution.

🔹 Status: SCID Ado-Ekiti Investigating.

4. ANAMBRA STATE: ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS

✅ Police operatives arrested a suspect linked to an armed robbery incident in Awka.

✅ Recovered from his hideout were the victim’s purse, one unregistered motorcycle, an axe and other incriminating items, while efforts are ongoing to arrest his fleeing accomplice.

🔹 Status: SCID Awka Investigating.

5. KOGI STATE: ARREST OF SUSPECT / SEIZURE OF 300KG OF SUSPECTED INDIAN H**P

✅ Police surveillance and patrol operatives intercepted a vehicle along Magongo Highway and arrested the driver.

✅ A total of 300kg of illicit substances suspected to be Indian h**p were recovered from the vehicle.

🔹 Status: SCID Lokoja Investigating.

6. EKITI STATE: ARREST OF SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF SUSPECTED STOLEN MOTORCYCLE AND OTHER EXHIBITS

✅ Police operatives intercepted and arrested a suspect who attempted to evade a stop-and-search checkpoint.

✅ One unregistered motorcycle, seven jeans trousers, 20 T-shirts, four joggers and two face caps were recovered from the suspect.

🔹 Status: SCID Ado-Ekiti Investigating.

7. BENUE STATE: ARREST OF 17 SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS

✅ Acting on credible intelligence, Police operatives arrested 17 foreign nationals suspected to be involved in clandestine activities.

✅ The suspects, who entered the country without valid travel documents, are in custody while investigation continues.

🔹 Status: SCID Makurdi Investigating.

8. RIVERS STATE: ARREST OF FOUR SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF G3 R***E AND FOUR ROUNDS OF LIVE AM******ON

✅ Police operatives conducting stop-and-search operations along Igbo-Etche Road intercepted a tricycle conveying four suspicious occupants and arrested them.

✅ One G3 r***e and four rounds of live am******on were recovered from the suspects.

🔹 Status: SCID Port Harcourt Investigating.

9. OGUN STATE: POLICE RESPONSE TO KIDNAPPING / RECOVERY OF EXPENDED AK-47 AM******ON

✅ Police tactical teams swiftly responded to a reported kidnapping incident at Saapade and commenced coordinated search and rescue operations.

✅ Expended AK-47 am******on shells were recovered at the scene, while combined tactical teams are continuing efforts to rescue the two victims and arrest the perpetrators.

🔹 Status: SCID Eleweran Investigating.

10. ZAMFARA STATE: RESPONSE TO ARMED BANDITS ATTACK / ONGOING TRACKING OPERATION

✅ Security personnel responded to an armed bandits’ attack at Bardoki Village, while the attackers fled before their arrival.

✅ Combing and tracking operations are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing culprits.

🔹 Status: SCID Gusau Investigating.



CSP ANI INIEDU, ANIPR
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA