Abubakar said the measure would help curb the excesses of some officers who hide under the cover of the force to unleash havoc on Nigerians. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in charge of Benue State, Assistant Superintendent Ejike Alaribe made this known in an interview with Vanguard in Makurdi, pointing out that the IG […]
CONTRARY to the statement by the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Larmorde, the police, on Wednesday, said they did not receive the N700million insurance money recovered from a former Inspector General of Police (name withheld). Larmorde, while answering questions from members of the Senate on what happened to the […]
February 14, 2012 by Adelani Adepegba Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the withdrawal of all approved police escort from private individuals and corporate bodies across the country. The affected personnel include those from Special Protection Unit, the Mobile Police Force and conventional policemen posted as guards to companies and individuals. Abubakar also […]
February 13, 2012 by Adelani Adepegba, Olusola Fabiyi and Segun Alatunji The team investigating the January 15 escape of re-arrested Boko Haram kingpin, Kabir Sokoto, has concluded plans to bring him before Commissioner of Police Zakari Biu. Biu was in charge of the investigations launched by the police after Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the […]
February 12, 2012 by Success Nwogu Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has said the general attitude to work of police officers falls far below minimum standards. Speaking in Ilorin on Friday during his working visit to Kwara State, he said the Nigeria Police Force, therefore needed a rebirth. The acting IG visited the […]
Hell was let loose on Sunday evening when one of the mobile policemen guarding the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Uyo branch ran amok killing two persons including himself while injuring several others. Daily Sun learnt that the mobile policeman had gone out and returned drunk but demanded for his rifle, which was denied him […]
February 6, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi 105 Comments February 6, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi A former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, has said Nigerians have lost confidence in the Police. Okiro said the bombing of the Force Headquarters and several other police stations across the country had also proved that men of the Force […]
Cadet officers comprising Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents who reported for training early last month at the Police Academy [POLAC] in Wudil, near Kano, have been thrown into panic as a result of intelligence reports which indicated plans by members of Boko Haram, to attack the institution. Also penciled down for attack by the sect is […]
There seems to be an unwritten conspiracy among the rank and file of the nation’s security agencies that they must never admit to, or apologise for wrongs, crimes or brutalities committed by uniformed law enforcers against civilians. This is the impression one gets every time a case of unlawful killing or brutality is said to […]
By Emma Amaize, Warri A kidnapping suspect in the oil city of Warri, Delta State and environs, popularly known as Jackson, is now in police net, just as the police, at the weekend, shot dead one of the bandits believed to have that recently killed and snatched a rifle from policemen in the state. Commissioner […]
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