Tag: IGP

IGP submits State Police framework to Senate

Aminu Imam
IGP State Police

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has submitted a comprehensive framework for the establishment of state police to the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, as part of ongoing efforts to decentralise policing in Nigeria. The framework was presented on Thursday at the National Assembly, Abuja, to Senator Barau, who chairs the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, (as amended). According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Isma’il Mudashir, the 75-page document…

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Tinubu bypasses Senate, to swear-in Disu as 23rd IGP

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Tinubu to swear in Disu

President Bola Tinubu will today formally swear-in Tunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. As the new IGP takes office, the Nigeria Society for Criminology (NSC) urged him to decentralise tactical squads to zonal commands for efficiency and proactive response to crime. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to hold during the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed to State House correspondents, yesterday. Notably, Disu will not appear before the Senate…

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Tunji Disu takes over from Egbetokun as Acting IGP

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Ag. IGP Disu takes over

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday decorated Tunji Disu with his new rank as Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) at the State House, Abuja. The ceremony, which was held in the President’s office, was attended by the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribaɗu; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume and the immediate-past IGP, Kayode Egbetokun. Tinubu personally pinned the new insignia on Disu’s uniform, and commended Egbetokun for what he described as dedicated service to the nation. Disu’s appointment came…

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Tinubu removes Egbetokun, names Tunji Disu as new IGP

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Tinubu replaces IGP

President Bola Tinubu has removed Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun from office, paving the way for Assistant Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu to assume leadership of the Nigeria Police Force. Multiple senior police officials and sources within the presidency and the Police Service Commission confirmed that Egbetokun was asked to step aside following a meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. According to sources, the outgoing police chief was directed to prepare his handover notes ahead of a formal transition. Preparations are reportedly underway…

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Tinubu mourns former IGP Solomon Arase

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Tinubu mourns

President Bola Tinubu has condoled  with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over Solomon Ehigiator Arase (CFR), the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (IGP), who died yesterday at 69. A press statement from Bayo Onanuga, his  Special Adviser, read in part: “President Tinubu commiserates with the family, friends and associates of the highly resourceful officer. Arase’s reforms as IGP and later as Chairman of the Police Service Commission brought lasting changes to the force. The President acknowledges the dedication of the former IGP to enhancing security in the country, through initiatives…

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IGP charges Sowore, Sahara Reporters with false publication, forgery

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IGP charges Sowore

The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has formally charged activist and online publisher Omoyele Sowore with false publication and forgery, citing alleged attempts to incite public unrest through his media platforms. The 3-counts, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, accuses Sowore and Sahara Reporters of conspiring to commit forgery, posting a forged police signal, and disseminating false information aimed at inciting members of the police and the public. The counts state that on July 30 and 31, 2025, Sowore allegedly forged a police wireless message purportedly signed…

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Abuja Federal High Court fines IGP ₦10m for illegal arrest, detention of Bashir Haɗejia

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Court fines IGP

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the release of Bashir Haɗejia, a politician and businessman, declaring his arrest and detention by the police unlawful and unconstitutional. The court also fined the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) ₦10 million for the violation of Haɗejia’s fundamental human rights. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice Emeka Nwite criticised the police for raiding Haɗejia’s home without a warrant, and detaining him without justification, describing the actions as a blatant breach of the law. “The invasion of the applicant’s home, his arrest without a warrant…

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“Shun planned protest”, ACF, Ohanaeze, IGP tell youths

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ACF, Ohanaeze, IGP to youths

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the ?hanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday dissociated themselves from the protest being planned by some shadowy groups. Also yesterday Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani cautioned Norths youths to shun call for protest. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), however, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address grievances being expressed by those planning the protest. ACF National Chairman, Mamman Mike Osuman, said the indices that track human progress, including poverty, illiteracy, health, and security of life and property, tend to place the North at the back. He dissociated…

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“I wanted peace of mind”, Says policeman who rejected N150m bribe

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Policeman rejecting bribe

A Superintendent of Police, (SP), Ibrahim Sini, has said he turned down a N150m bribe allegedly offered to him by a Lagos-based businessman, Akintoye Akindele to have peace of mind. Akindele, who was arraigned for the offence at the Federal High Court in Abuja in August 2023, was remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre. According to the charge sheet, the bribe was offered to allow police to permit him to escape abroad and to write a favourable report for him after the investigation. Sini was said to have led the…

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Gandujes suspension: APC petitions IG, demands arrest of masterminds

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APC petitions IG

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, asking him to go after nine suspects believed to have masterminded the suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, at the ward level in Kano State. The two-page petition was written by the APC National Legal Adviser, Prof. Abdulkareem Kana. The development comes in the wake of a court order secured by Ganduje at a Federal High Court in Kano to halt his purported suspension. The ruling was given on Wednesday, after Ganduje filed an…

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