Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has backed Amotekun and regional policing. Atiku in a statement issued on Sunday by his media aide, Paul Ibe said the current police system in the country has been stretched to its limit and it’s time the country embrace regional…
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Police Invade Scene of Anti-Akume Peaceful Protest March, Assault Channels TV, AIT Journalists and Others
Men of the Nigerian police on Friday in Makurdi,the Benue state capital assaulted journalists from Channels TV and AIT who were covering a peaceful protest march against the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, George Akume by members of the Tiv Youth Organization (TYO). Trouble began when the youths who were protesting against the…
Your Inactions Encourage Election Thuggery, Threaten Integrity of Elections, INEC Chairman, Yakubu Tells Head of Security Agencies
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has blamed election thuggery on the failure of the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to deal decisively with thugs during elections. Yakubu who spoke on Friday in Abuja at the expanded meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCE) told…
Police Rescue Abducted ACP
The Nigeria Police Force said it have rescued one its men, Musa Rabo, the Assistant Commissioner of Police who was abducted on Saturday by men suspected to be kidnappers along Barde-Jos road. In a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba on Sunday, it said two men were also arrested in connection…
Terrorism, Kidnappings Putting Pressures on Our Limited Logistics and Manpower- IGP
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, has said the various dimensions of crime in the country is putting pressure on the limited logistics and manpower of the police force. Adamu who spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when he received the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Maigairi at the force headquarters said he introduced…
Police Confirm Kidnap of 9 Persons Including 12-year-old Boy in Abuja Community
The FCT Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of nine persons including a 12-year-old boy during an attack on Pegi resettlement community, located in Kuje Area Council, of the FCT on Monday by kidnappers. Confirming the incident, the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Anjuguri Manzah said the police are on the hunt for the kidnappers….
Shocking: How Police Framed a Man Who Reported the Murder of His Sister For Her Murder
A Nigerian lawyer on Thursday took to Twitter to narrate the chilling experience of a man in the hands of the Police in Lagos state after he reported the murder of her sister. The lawyer, Malachy Odo II, who tweeted with the username, @MalachyOdo1, said the travails of his client, name withheld, in the hands…
