Tag: Inspector-General of Police

Kankara abduction: IGP vows such incident won’t happen again

Aminu Imam

Ø  Visits State Command  The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, yesterday visited the Katsina State Police Command to meet with officers of the Nigeria Police Force, and vowed that the abduction of the students from Government Science Secondary School, (GSS), ?ankara will never happen again.  The IGP’s statement comes after gunmen suspected to be bandits on December 11, invaded the Secondary school and kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys, who were later released on December 16th. Upon his visit, the Police boss met with the tactical units, the Area Commanders, the…

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“We’ll never allow any type of #EndSARS protest again”, says IGP

Aminu Imam

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu says the Nigerian Police will never allow another type of #EndSARS protest again.  Speaking yesterday in Abuja, when he met with Commissioners of Police, the IGP said the Force is ready to face anyone who organises or participates in such protests across the country. Adamu said the Police officers protected demonstrators during the #EndSARS protest in October, but it later turned violent and led to loss of lives and properties. “We have made a lot of arrests of those people that escaped from…

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‘I am in control of Nigeria Police Force’ – IGP

Aminu Imam

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu yesterday said that he is in total control of the affairs of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) contrary to the claim by a retired Army Major-General, Garba Wahab, who claimed that he was not in control of the administration and operations of the Police. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Frank Mba, Maj-Gen. Wahab spoke “out of ignorance and from a jackboot mentality and on a subject…

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Constables recruitment exercise: PSC drags IGP Adamu to Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Police Service Commission, (PSC), has reported the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, to the President Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to hand over the 2019 recruitment of 10,000 constables. The agency said the IGP refused to obey an Appeal Court’s judgment nullifying his purported mandate to recruit constables into the Nigeria Police Force “because he enjoys the supervision of people bearing arms.” It was earlier reported that the Commission complained to the President after the IGP wrote to the PSC, saying he would not hand over the recruitment exercise.…

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