Tag: Police

Rivers: Female H/Reps. lawmaker accuses Wike of allegedly killing Police DPO, Bako

Aminu Imam

The lawmaker representing Akuku/ Asari Toru Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Boma Goodhead, has accused Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, of masterminding the death of a local Police chief in September. In a video shared by several political commentators on X on Friday, Ms. Goodhead, during a demonstration held in protest of the recent developments in the State, asked federal authorities to open an investigation into the death of Superintendent of Police Bako Angbashim and the possible involvement of the former Rivers State governor. She posted:…

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Army sacks Brigade Commander over Adamawa Police HQ invasion

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army has sacked the Commander, 23 Armour Brigade, Yola, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Gambo, over the midnight invasion of Adamawa Police Headquarters (HQ), where many army personnel and a Police inspector lost their lives. Recall that last month, the former Commander mobilised 12 trucks of heavily-armed soldiers to invade the headquarters. Gambo is replaced with Brig-Gen. Paul Zawaya, from Michika local government area of Adamawa State. While receiving the new Commander in Government House, Yola, yesterday, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who looked excited, urged Zawaya to double his efforts towards reducing…

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Adamawa: Inspector dies, as soldiers, officers clash at Police headquarters

Aminu Imam

A Police Inspector, identified as Jacob Daniel, was on Tuesday evening shot dead at headquarters of Adamawa Police Command in Yola during exchange of gunfire with soldiers, who invaded the facility to allegedly avenge the shooting of one of their colleagues. A policeman, who was reportedly part of a patrol team, had allegedly shot the soldier in the leg at the popular Target Junction, Yola, the State capital. In retaliation, some soldiers were said to have later stormed the Police Command Headquarters at about 11pm, during which there was heavy…

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Rivers: Police take over Assembly, as lawmakers hold separate sitting

Aminu Imam

The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly is far from over, as the Police again took over the complex yesterday. This came as members loyal to both factions allegedly held separate sittings at different locations. Four police patrol vans were sighted at the entrance of the assembly complex, while the movement of people and vehicles along the Moscow Road Axis of the assembly were restricted. Also, an Armoured-Personnel Carrier was seen pacing from one end to the other on the road where the complex is located, while scores…

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Policewoman begs court her marriage to fellow Policeman over domestic violence

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Policewoman Angela Adams on Tuesday begged a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, FCT, to dissolve the marriage between her and her husband, Titus, over alleged domestic violence. She said this in a divorce petition filed against her husband in court. “My husband always beats me whenever we have a little misunderstanding. He beats me like a child. “He always targets my eyes. The last time he beat me, he threw a punch on my face, luckily for me, I was able to block it with my hand and the blow…

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2 men in court for alleged swindling of 21 Police to the sum of 100 million naira

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Two men, Nura Mohammed and Abubakar Iliyasu were docked in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly swindling 21 retired and serving police officers to the tune of over N100 million. The defendants, whose addresses were not disclosed, were arraigned before Magistrate Chukwuemeka Nweke on three counts of criminal conspiracy, cheating and cheating by deception. They both pleaded not guilty to the allegations brought against them by the police. The Prosecution Counsel, Abdulrashid Isyaku-Sidi, told the court that the first defendant, Mohammed in July 24, presented himself as CSP…

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Cult Clashes: Ogun Gov. orders crackdown on members

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Monday, directed security agencies in the state to rid Sagamu and its environs of cultists and cult-related activities in the state. Abiodun, in a statement issued in Abeokuta by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran, expressed the regret for the avoidable loss of innocent lives and wanton destruction of property by the hoodlums. The directive came in the wake of renewed clashes among rival cult gangs in the town at the weekend, raising tension and panic among residents of the town. According to him,…

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Sagamu Cult Clash: Police confirm death of 8, arrest of 9

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspected cultists following the killing of eight persons over the weekend in Sagamu as rival cult groups clashed. Speaking at a news conference in Abeokuta on Monday, Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police, said the remote cause of the clashes was a land transaction that took place in the town. “A land was sold and some form of commission or settlement was paid to a cult group by the owner of the land. “A rival cult group got to know…

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Police arrest 3 suspects over killing of Senator Adeola’s aide

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Suspected killers of Senator Adeola's aide being paraded by the Police in Lagos.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, on Monday announced the arrest of three suspects, who allegedly robbed and killed Mr Sanni Adeniyi, an Aide to Senator Solomon Yayi. Owohunwa told newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja , that the suspects were arrested in Lagos and Oyo States respectively. On Aug. 5, the lawmaker representing Ogun West, Sen. Solomon Yayi, in a statement by his media aide, Mr Kayode Odunaro, alleged that some soldiers killed his aide, Sanni Adeniyi Sanni. The police boss in Lagos, however, said…

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Increasing Criminality: CP Garba takes advocacy to Kaduna Mosques, links acts to poor parenting

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Musa Yusuf Garba

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna As criminality and other violent acts increase in Kaduna, the State Police Command Commissioner, Musa Yusuf Garba is taking advocacy to curb the menace to religious houses, while blaming poor parenting as a contributory factor to the acts in the State. Garba made this assertion while speaking at Yahaya Road Jumma’at Mosque on Friday 8th September, 2023 after the congregational prayers where he pleaded with community leaders to take charge of community policing by aiding the security agents with useful information. The Police Commissioner decried…

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