The Nigeria Police has announced that the stolen mace from the Nigerian Senate has been recovered.

The Deputy Public Relations Officer, SP Aremu Adeniran, revealed that following an intensive search coordinated by the IGP Monitoring Unit of the Force, a patriotic passerby saw the Mace under the flyover before the City Gate and alerted the police.

A statement signed by the SP Adeniran said that “Sequel to the invasion of the Senate Chambers of the National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria on the 18th April, 2018 by some suspected thugs who disrupted the Senate Plenary Session and carted away the Mace of the Red Chambers, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, immediately instituted a high-powered Police Investigation and Intelligence Team coordinated by the IGP Monitoring Unit of the Force.

“The IGP further directed a total lock-down of the Federal Capital Territory with intense surveillance patrol and thorough Stop and Search Operations at various Police check-points with a view to arresting perpetrators and possible recovery of the stolen Mace.

“The Police teams engaged in massive raids of identified criminal spots/flashpoints, stop and search operations, visibility and confidence building patrols, intelligence gathering which forced the suspected miscreants to abandon the Mace at a point under the flyover before the City Gate, where a patriotic passerby saw it and alerted the Police.