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  • Eight CPs, not 30, deployed for Osun governorship election

    Contrary to earlier reports that 30 Commissioners of Police (CPs) would be deployed for the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State, the Police said yesterday that only eight CPs would be deployed in the state.

    According to the Police, the senior police officers expected to supervise security arrangements in the state would man the eight area commands and not each local government as reported.

    The election is slated for September 22, 2018.

    The clarification is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Force Spokesman, Ag. DCP Jimoh Moshood, yesterday.

    The statement reads: “The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to publications in some sections of the media reporting that 30 Commissioners of Police will be deployed to supervise security arrangements for the Osun State gubernatorial election coming up on 22nd September, 2018.

    “The Force wishes to categorically state that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, during a one-day seminar on imperativeness of Police collaboration with essential stakeholders towards secured, free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria, held in Oshogbo, Osun State on 30th August, 2018,  mentioned that there are eight area commands in Osun State and a Commissioner of Police will be deployed to man each Area Command to supervise security arrangements for the Osun State gubernatorial election and not a Commissioner of Police to a local government in the state as reported.

    “Consequently, critical stakeholders and the general public are enjoined to discountenance and disregard the report.

    “Only eight Commissioners of Police, one to each Police Area command, will be deployed in Osun State to supervise security arrangements in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun State.”

     

  • Police to deploy eight CPs for Osun governorship election

    Contrary to reports that 30 Commissioners of Police would be deployed to Osun State for the governorship election, the Police said only eight Commissioners of Police (CPs) would be deployed.

    According to the Police, the senior Police officers who are expected to supervise security arrangements in the state would man the eight Area Commands and not each local government as reported.

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    The election is slated for 22nd September, 2018.

    The clarification is contained in a statement in Abuja on Friday by the Force Spokesman, Ag. DCP Jimoh Moshood.

    It reads: “The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to publications in some sections of the media reporting that 30 Commissioners of Police will be deployed to supervise security arrangements for the Osun State Gubernatorial Elections coming up on 22nd September, 2018.

    “The Force wishes to categorically state that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris during a one day  Seminar on imperativeness of Police collaboration with essential stakeholders towards secured, free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria, held in Oshogbo, Osun State on 30th August, 2018,  mentioned that there are Eight Area Commands in Osun State and a Commissioner of Police will be deployed to man each Area Command to supervise Security Arrangements for the Osun State Gubernatorial Election and not a Commissioner of Police to a Local Government in the State  as reported.

    “Consequently, critical stakeholders and the general public are enjoined to discountenance and disregard the report.

    “Only eight Commissioners of Police; one to each Police Area command will be deployed to Osun State to supervise Security Arrangements in the forthcoming Gubernatorial election in Osun State.”

  • PSC approves promotion of two CPs to AIG, 16 DCPs to CPs

    The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of two Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG).

    The Commission also approved the promotion of 16 DCPs to the rank of Commissioners of Police and the promotion of 3,665 others to various ranks.

    One of those promoted to the rank of AIG is Igbodo O. David who until the promotion was the Commissioner of Police Legal, Force Headquarters.

    Details of the promotion which was one of the high points of the 28th Plenary Meeting of the Commission is contained in a statement in Abuja yesterday by the Head of Public Affairs of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani.

    The Plenary Meeting was also the last official function of the Chairman of the Commission, Mike Okiro whose tenure came to an end on Monday, June 11th, 2018.

    Details of the promotion reads: The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 3,665 senior Police officers.

    “Two Commissioners of Police, Igbodo O. David, Cp, Legal, Force Headquarters and Olalekan Abdulfatai, CP, Works also of Force Headquarters were promoted substantive Assistant Inspectors General of General.

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    “16 Deputy Commissioners of Police were also promoted to Commissioners of Police. They include DCP Wakili Maye and DCP Kurawa Abdullahi Sarki.

    “The Commission also approved the promotion of 13 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners, 60 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners and 631 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents.

    “Promoted to ACP were Msheliza Simi Masomene, Samuel Osman Onoja of Police College, Oji River, Enugu State, Lateef Adio Ahmed and Umar  Kabir among others. Promoted CSPs included Adekunle Char Ige, Bassey Essang, Liman Salisu Sulaiman and Emmanuel Adam.”

    It further reads: “The Commission approved the promotion of 820 Deputy Superintendents of Police to substantive Superintendents. They include Ola Rosanla, Yusuf Abdulmumini and John Alesagba.

    “Others, whose promotions were approved by the Commission, were 1,922 Assistant Superintendents of Police, ASPs, promoted to Deputy Superintendents. They Include ASP Chijioke Ogbodo, Divisional Police Officer, Umumba, in Enugu State, Arukwe Edward and Ozochi Amaechi Marcel, Area Crime Officer, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State

    “201 Inspectors were promoted to Assistant Superintendent of police.”

    Ani also stated that the Commission also approved confirmation of appointments of 42 officers of different ranks, approved acting appointment for another 73 and converted 1,060 Specialists to General Duty.

    The Commission said the promotions have been forwarded to the IG for implementation in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Commission, Musa Isitifanus.

  • Police to deploy adequate personnel for Anambra guber poll

    Police to deploy adequate personnel for Anambra guber poll

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday, said adequate personnel would be deployed for the Anambra governorship election scheduled for Nov. 18.

    Idris, who disclosed this at the monthly meeting with Commissioners of Police and above in Abuja, did not, however, give the number of the personnel to be deployed.

    “The Anambra governorship election is going to involve all police commands. It is going to be a massive deployment for the election,” he said.

    “It is very important to prepare for the election. We are going to adequately take care of security in Anambra,” he said.

    He said that all police commands across the country would be involved in the election.

    Read also: 2.2m registered voters for Anambra governorship election

    On deployment of personnel, Idris directed all commands commissioners of police to address the indiscriminate deployment of personnel to individuals and corporate bodies in their commands.

    “You must check the deployment of personnel to ensure it complies with the Police Act and regulations.

    “We are going to take absolute control of our officers attached to Very Important Personalities (VIPs) across the county,” he said.

    He charged the commissioners to monitor deployments of personnel to avoid illegality, adding that they were in charge of deployment of personnel in the commands.

    The inspector-general urged the officers to be committed to the security challenges confronting the country.

    He also enjoined the commissioners to always ensure that adequate security was provided for personnel working under them.

    Idris said that the kidnap of some police officers recently in Niger was embarrassing to the entire Police Force and the country.

    He said that all commissioners of police henceforth would be held liable for the kidnap of their officers.

    The police boss advised commissioners of police to always ensure that policemen were deployed to flash points in their various commands.

    In a related development, the inspector-general has presented a Cheque of N17 million to 10 out of the 1,285 next-of kins of deceased police officers who died in active service.

    He said that N 3 billion had been released for the payment of the beneficiaries who had been screened to get between N 1 million and N6 million.

    Idris said that the category of officers and men who benefited fell within the group Life Assurance Scheme started in 2004 and when payment began in 2012.

    He said that the Federal Government had appropriated N5 billion in the 2017 budget for the settlement of 2013,2015 and 2016 arrears of death benefit of officers.

  • IGP orders dismantling of roadblocks on Lagos-Ibadan, Shagamu-Benin, others

    IGP orders dismantling of roadblocks on Lagos-Ibadan, Shagamu-Benin, others

    The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has ordered the immediate dismantling of all roadblocks nationwide. Some of the routes where the order d is expected to take effect include; Lagos-Ibadan, Shagamu-Benin, Benin-Onitsha, Okene-Abuja, Kaduna-Kano, Katsina – Kano, Otukpo – Enugu, Enugu – Port Harcourt Express Ways and others. The police in a statement in Abuja yesterday by the Force Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood explained that the dismantling would enable ease of doing business in Nigeria, adding that it would safeguard, and guarantee free passage of goods and travelers throughout the country. The IG also said no Police department, section, squad or unit should mount road block without express permission from him. The statement read: “Consequently, Assistant Inspectors General of Police in charge of Zonal Commands, Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands, Heads of Departments, must ensure that every patrol vehicle in their respective Formation carries a conspicuous and legible inscription of Patrol vehicle identification number, and dedicated emergency Phone numbers for ease of identification and report of distress by members of the public. “The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Border patrol of the Force is specifically directed to ensure compliance with this directive along the Border routes in the country except the few approved points by the Federal Government. “Furthermore, Police personnel who involve in vehicular Patrol on highways and major roads across the country must wear on their uniforms a bold name tag and service number” The Statement also said the Special X-Squad teams of the Force have been deployed throughout the country and they are under strict instructions to arrest, investigate and discipline any Police personnel flouting the order. “The IGP has also directed the Special X-Squads to embark on removal of other forms of illegal blockage and obstructions on Highways and Roads, created by unlawful Revenue/Tax collectors, Road Transport Unions, Labour and Trade related unions inhibiting vehicular movement and smooth passage of passengers and goods, and other road users across the country. “For avoidance of doubt, the Taxes and Levies act, Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 section 2 (2) disallowed any person, including a Tax Authority from mounting a Road block in any part of the Federation for the purposes of collecting any Tax or Levy”.

  • IGP warns officers against unlawful arrest, detention

    IGP warns officers against unlawful arrest, detention

     

    Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has warned personnel of the force against unlawful arrests and detention of innocent Nigerians.

    Idris gave the warning at a meeting with Commissioners of Police and above in Abuja on Wednesday.

    He directed all commissioners of police in the states to ensure close supervision of operations of all units in their commands to avoid this unpleasant situation.

    “You should ensure close supervision of operations of all units stationed in your commands,”he said.

    The I-G said that all police units in the state were under the supervision of the commissioner who supervised activities of the command.

    He expressed concern over the conduct of some police officers who were arresting suspects and detaining them without recourse to thorough investigation.

    Idris attributed the recent achievements recorded by the police to the synergy between it and other security agencies in the country.

    “Police is having a robust synergy with other security agencies, this is seen in operation jointly carried out by the police and the security agencies,” he said.

    He said that such joint operations had resulted in the arrest of 18 suspects and recovery of cache of arms in Benue.

    The police boss assured that the notorious leader of the gang, Gana, who was still on the run, would be apprehended and brought to justice.

    He said that the suspect under-declared the arms in his possession during the amnesty given to militants in the state.

    “We seized arrays of arms from him, what he declared during the amnesty programme was to fool Nigerians,” he said.

    He urged command commissioners to give field commanders maximum support to enable them to discharge their responsibilities effectively.

    Idris said that more area commands would be established in the states to address the issue of stagnation of personnel in the commander cadre of the force.

    In a related development, the I-G has decorated 11 newly-promoted commissioners of police and one Assistant commissioner of police.

    The beneficiaries are: CP John Amadi, CP Undie Adie, CP Olugbenga Adeyanju, CP Patrick Garba, Joseph Agaji and CP Akinpelu Olajumoke, among others.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police Service Commission had on Feb. 23, promoted 11 DCP to the rank of CP.

     

  • Yola blast: IGP places CPs on red alert

    Yola blast: IGP places CPs on red alert

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has placed Command Commissioners of Police (CPs) on red alert following the blast that occurred at a Police Divisional Headquarters in Yola.

    Bombs retrieved from Boko Haram were said to have exploded accidentally at the Police Anti-bomb Squad Office in Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed through a statement that  four people died while scores of policemen  injured.

    The IGP who commiserated with families of the victims has directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sontoye Wakama, to visit the scene of the blast.

    DIG Wakama is expected to condole with the families of the deceased and to ensure that those that sustained injuries from the explosion receive prompt medical attention.

    This is contained in a statement in Abuja by the Force Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole.

    According to the statement; “The Nigeria Police Force High Command has directed adequate security surveillance on places where Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) recovered and kept to ensure such incident does not occur in anywhere across the country.

    “The IGP has also directed all Commands’ Commissioners of Police to deploy Anti-Bomb Squad personnel of their respective State Commands to inspect all explosive elements kept in their armories to ensure they are safe, to forestall re-occurrence of the unfortunate incident.”

    The police boss who called for calm urged members of the public to go about their normal businesses without fear as all hands are on deck to ensure their safety at all times.

  • Checkpoints’ withdrawal will restore police mandate – IGP

    Checkpoints’ withdrawal will restore police mandate – IGP

    The inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, on Tuesday said the withdrawal of military checkpoints will restore the police mandate of ensuring internal security.

    Arase also disclosed that force top hierarchy has concluded arrangements on dress code for the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the police.

    The IGP spoke during a meeting with Commissioners of Police in Abuja.

    He said: “The withdrawal of the military should not create any fear in the minds of Nigerians, we have done it before and we are going to do it again. We have about 555 vehicles on the highway nationwide, each state has about 15 vehicles to man the highway.

    “Besides that, prior to this time, most of the states had about 20 vehicles each. They are not sufficient but what we have now should do to ensure that we are able to secure the highway space.

    “Constitutionally, other security agents have the responsibility to also complement the efforts of the NPF, asking us to take over the responsibility of the roadblocks which originally was supposed to be our turf will not create any vacuum.

    “Nigerians I believe will not want to listen to excuses from us and we have opportunity now to take over our mandate of securing the internal security space.”

    On the proposed dress code for SARS, the IGP said: “We have discussed it extensively in management and we have agreed that there should be a dress code for all our SARS so that they would be identified with it.

    “We are trying to get some designs and the DIG in charge of logistics is expected to bring that up to management for approval and once that is done, we will unveil it and everybody will know the dress code for SARS operatives nationwide.”