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  • Police arrest suspected killers of DPO in Rivers

    The Rivers State Police Command yesterday said it has arrested seven suspects who killed Mr Kingsley Chukwueggu, divisional police officer (DPO) of Rumuolumeni Division.

    Commissioner of Police Mr Zaki Ahmed spoke in Port Harcourt while parading the suspects.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Chukwueggu was killed on April 9, while returning to Port Harcourt from his village.

    “I am proud to invite you here today to parade these mindless killers of that promising officer, whose life was cut short,” Ahmed said

    He said the gang had intercepted the DPO, pretending to be on stop-and-search duty, and shot Chukwueggu from the back.

    Ahmed said the suspects, who were arrested by men of the IGP monitoring unit in a “Sting operation”, confessed to the robbery and kidnapping.

    According to the commissioner, the suspects terrorised Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway.

    Ahmed said the suspects took the police to four graves where they buried their victims.

    The police boss said the exhibits recovered from the suspects were two Pump Action guns; two-locally-made revolver pistols, one cut-to-size barrel gun and one single barrel gun.

    He said others included 52 live cartridges and two mobile-phones, belonging to the late DPO. He commended the IGP for deploying the technical team to Rivers to complement efforts of the command in crime fighting.

    The leader of the suspects, Ogbonna aka “General”, said he was sorry for the act.

     

  • Rivers DPO killed in Abia

    GUNMEN have killed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rumuolumeni in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Kingsley Chukwueggu.

    Chukwueggu, a superintendent, was reportedly killed   on Sunday evening around Awaza in Abia State, while returning  to  Port Harcourt.

    Sources said  the victim was killed in the company of three occupants of a private vehicle taking them to Port Harcourt.

    But the DPO was the only  victim.

    Commissioner of Police Zaki Ahmed has led top officers and men to Rumuolumeni Police Division to commiserate with the personnel.

    The spokesman of the command said investigation had commenced to fish out the killers.

    He said: “We’ll unravel the hoodlums as other occupants of the vehicle are helping to trace Chukwueggu’s killers.

    “The command is in touch with Abia command; investigations have began.” he said.

    Residents of Rumuolumeni have expressed shock at the the murder, describing Chukwueggu as a vibrant senior officer.  They called on the high command to fish out the perpetrators and prosecute them.

  • DPO, policemen, seven others held for ‘theft’

    DPO, policemen, seven others held for ‘theft’

    A Divisional Police Officer (DPO), two policemen and seven others have been arrested by men of Uzuakoli Vigilante group in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State for allegedly stealing property of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC).

    The DPO claims to be in charge of the railway police station in Umuahia.

    It was gathered that the suspects, whose names were still unknown as at last night, went to Uzuakoli and vandalised the NRC property. They were, however, arrested by the vigilance group members.

    Leader of Uzuakoli Vigilante group, Chiledum Onwubiko, said his members were patrolling the village last Saturday about 10.30am, when they saw a lorry with about ten men inside, including three armed policemen, heading towards their farm where the NRC packed some rails to replace damaged rail lines.

    Onwubiko said because of a last year incident when some of the rails were stolen by unknown persons, he suspected something fishy was going to happen, and so placed his men on alert.

    One of his men disguised and approached the lorry. On getting there, he realised the men were using oxygen cylinders to cut the rail lines into pieces and packing them into the lorry.

    One of the policemen who escorted the suspects, who serve at the Uzuakoli police station, identified as Stanley, told others to leave the scene, following suspicions that they had been found out.

    He said: “They hurriedly left with the rail lines they had packed inside the lorry, but before then, I had alerted by boys. My boys tried to stop them but they refused, and they were pursued to a point where they couldn’t escape anymore.

    “Stanley pleaded that we allow them to go because the DPO of the station knew of their mission. But we refused to allow them go and insisted that the DPO must come to confirm he was aware of their mission.”

    During interrogation, one of the policemen reportedly shot sporadically to scare their arresters but when this failed, he allegedly injured three of the vigilance members with the butt of his gun. They were rushed to the hospital.

    The police at Uzuakoli were alerted and they took the suspects and their loot to the police station, from where they were transferred to the Umuahia Area Command.

    Efforts to reach the Umuahia Police Area Commander Adaku Uche-Anya, and the spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna, were unsuccessful.

  • Senate approves $350m World Bank loan for Ogun

    Senate approves $350m World Bank loan for Ogun

    The Senate at plenary on Thursday approved 350 million dollars World Bank loan for Ogun State Development Policy Operation (DPO) as contained in the 2016-2018 Rolling Plan.

    The approval followed the presentation of a report on the loan by Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Sen. Shehu Sani.

    Presenting the report, Sani said that the committee observed that the Ogun State DPO budget for the loan had been approved by World Bank in 2016.

    He added that the loan was further captured in the 2016-2018 borrowing plan as approved by the National Assembly.

    Sani noted that the committee also observed that the credit facility had an attractive low financing interest rate below five (5) percent, a moratorium of five (5) years and a twenty-five-year (25) maturity term.

    He said “the facility has already been captured in the 2016-2018 Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

    “It also has low and acceptable loan sustainability level, therefore it is eligible to borrow.

    “The DPO loan will further help to enhance the capacity of the state government.

    “The state has met the various conditions laid by World Bank and as such qualified for the loan.

    “It has also put in place institutional framework for transparent and accountable budgetary and financial purpose.”

    He explained that the projects to be funded by the facility would engender economic growth, increase revenue generation and create employment opportunities.

    “The committee recommends that the Senate should go ahead and approve the loan as contained in the 2016-2018 external borrowing rolling plan of President Muhammadu Buhari,’’ Sani added.

    The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over plenary, put the report to voice vote and was adopted by the lawmakers.

  • DPO after my land, says businessman

    DPO after my land, says businessman

    •’His claims are false’

    A businessman, Peter Ezeonye, has accused the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Isashi Police Station, Ojo, Superintendent (SP) Amuda, of hiring men to disposes him of his property at Amikanle Estate, Alagbado, Lagos.

    Ezeonye, who owns a three-bedroom bungalow at 10, Community Road, said he has petitioned the Area M Command, Idimu, and the Lagos Police Commissioner, but they have not called the officer to order.

    He alleged that Amuda’s 10 accomplices pulled down his gate and built a fence in its place which split his land in two.

    Then, according to him, they began constructing another building thereby blocking the only entry and exit point of the bungalow.

    In an August 22 letter to the Commissioner, Ezeonye identified the DPO’s alleged accomplices as Akeem Oladejo alias Otunba, Olalekan Adio, Rasaq Abeje and Mama Shola.

    Ezeonye also alleged that Oladejo had been threatening his life and warned him to keep off the property.

    “Sometime in the year 2007, I purchased a one-and-a-half plot of land from Madam Oluwakemi Anifowose for N900,000 at Amikanle, Alagbado, Kola Bus-Stop.

    “I built a three bedroom flat on it and I have been living there for the past nine years.

    “On July 27, four men led by Akeem Oladejo came to my house and said they were legitimate owners of the land I purchased from Madam Anifowose.

    “A few weeks later, Oladejo and several other persons came with some thugs bearing life-threatening weapons and began chasing everyone and destroying my properties worth millions of naira. So, I had to flee from the house along with my family.”

    Ezeonye said the parties were advised to maintain the status quo by the Commander of Area M, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Akika Austin, but the “land grabbers” continued to build on his land.

    According to him, his lawyer, Ifeanyi Onyejiaka, took up the matter last Tuesday at the Police Command in Ikeja, where four policemen from Alagbon were assigned to visit the scene.

    He said he learnt that a skirmish broke out at the scene between the policemen and alleged thugs, which led to a shootout that may have killed one of Oladejo’s men.

    Onyejiaka and the policemen, Ezeonye added, were subsequently arrested by policemen from the Alagbado Police Station.

    “As I speak, Onyejiaka and my tenant, Lazarus Chukwu, have been in detention in Panti, Yaba, since last Tuesday.

    “I just want justice. I want my property back and I want to be living in it without fear of attacks from land grabbers,” Ezeonye told The Nation.

    He said he had reported the matter to the Lagos State Task Force on Land Grabbers which invited Oladejo, who refused to show up but sent his lawyer, following which they were given another date to appear.

    But Oladejo denied being involved in the case. He said Ezeonye’s claims were untrue but admitted that it was his brother that was allegedly shot by the police.

    He said: “I didn’t sell land to him, I didn’t encroach on the land. What is my business with the land? Is it not because of the land my brother was killed last Tuesday? Are his people not the ones that went to get policemen from Alagbon that came and killed my mother’s son, a 55-year-old man? The corpse is still in Yaba now, he’s yet to be buried. The policemen have been arrested and are at Panti. Many people have been arrested because of the land.

    “He wanted me to take his side in the struggle for the land, but I refused. Why is he after me? He has reported me to the Task Force on Land Grabbers at Alausa. They have given me till November 15 to appear.”

    A police source, who refused to be named, confirmed last Tuesday’s shooting, but stated that Onyejiaka and the policemen that accompanied him acted illegally and would face trial.

    “They were on illegal duty. They left their command without authorisation and failed to introduce themselves to the nearest police station in the Area. They shot and killed a man on the land and they will all soon be charged to court for murder,” the source said.

    Police spokesman Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent (SP) was yet to respond to the matter as at press time yesterday.

  • DPO Kidnapped in Niger

    DPO Kidnapped in Niger

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Sarkin Pawa Division of Niger state Police Command, Superintendent of Police(SP) Amos Aliyu has been kidnapped by unidentified persons.

    Aliyu was kidnapped on Sunday evening at about 6:30 pm around his residence at Turin Fulani area in Bosso local government area of the state.

    A Source close to his family said that prior to his abduction, the DPO was seen outside his compound discussing with someone believed to be his friend in a relaxed atmosphere .

    Some of his neighbours attested that he was seen outside as some of them claimed that he answered questions posed to him regarding his family.

    Amos who had served as Deputy Commandant, Police Training School Minna, Divisional Crime Officer Kuta Division in Shiroro Local Government of the state and in Taraba state Police Command prior to his recent transfer to Serki Pawa Division is believed to have been kidnapped along with his Orderly.

    The Source said that his wife, (names withheld) was also said to have left home as early as possible on Monday morning in her Toyota Highlander Sports Utility vehicle in search of her husband and attempts by neighbours to speak with her on phone was abortive as she was said to have switched off her phone .

    “In fact, the DPO, stays in Tudun Fulani area of Bosso Local Government of the state. He was seen in the evening on Sunday at about the time the Muslims were going to say their prayers in the Mosque .

    “At the time, he parked his Peugeot 406 car outside his compound and he was greeted and he responded to the greetings as well as exchanging pleasantries with some of his neighbours who stopped to greet him while someone believed to be his friend sat besides him on the fateful Sunday eveningn prior to his disappearance”, the source noted .

    A team of Policemen believed to have been sent from the Police Command were seen around the DPO’s residence on Monday morning questioning people and making true the report that the DPO was missing.

    However, efforts made by The Nation to speak with the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Austin Iwero Agbonlahor and the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) proved abortive as he refused to speak on the incidence as of the time of filing this report.

    The Nation learnt that efforts are now being made to locate the wife of the DPO who have been unreachable since Monday morning.

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  • Police kill robber for shooting DPO

    Two members of a robbery gang that opened fire on the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ogbere Division, Adeyinka Akingbade, have been arrested by operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ogun State.

    The Nation learnt that Adeyinka was injured by the suspects when he and a team of policemen responded to a distress call that robbers invaded a hotel in Itele-Ijebu. The suspects ambushed him and shot him at close range.

    Spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement that Police Commissioner Ahmed Iliyasu, on getting a report on the shooting, directed FSARS, led by Uba Adam, to arrest the hoodlums.

    Said he: “The FSARS team swung into action and their efforts paid off after six hours when the robbers’ hideout was located.

    “On sighting the police, the hoodlums engaged them in a gun battle, which lasted about an hour.

    “At the end of the encounter, two of the robbers, Wasiu Ganiyu and Azeez Komolafe, were arrested. Their leader, Mungo Park, was shot dead.

    “Others escaped with bullet injuries. Recovered from them are two AK-47 rifles with 120 rounds of ammunition.”

    Iliyasu urged the public, especially hospitals, to report anybody seen with gunshot injuries to the police.

    He prayed for the recovery of Adeyinka, who he described as one of the best DPOs in the command.

  • Peace a necessity, by DPO

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Oworonsoki, Okon Effiong, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), has said peace is a panacea for the existence of societies.

    He urged the government to embrace peace.

    Effiong was presenting a paper during a visit by District 9110 Governor (DG), Rotary International, Dr Adewale Ogunbadejo to the Division as part of his visit to places in the group’s domain.

    In the paper titled: ‘Importance of peace and conflict resolution in Nigeria’, he harped on the importance of peace  in the society, noting that conflict can exist everywhere, including homes, offices, marketplaces.

    Effiong said: ‘’Without peace, we can’t in live,’’ adding that Nigerians should endeavour to embrace peace.

    He listed some factors as vital for conflict resolution.

    He thanked the DG for making the command his port of call after his installation on July 8.

    The Police Division later presented Rotary with a list of some of its challenges, which included a set of computers.

    Ogunbadejo promised to give the division headquarters the computer and a printer soon. There was applause.

    Rotary Club Gbagada South President Mr Ademola Olutusin said Oworonshoki is one of the peaceful areas in the state, urging all to support the police for this feat. He pledged a synergy between the club and the police.

  • Owoseni detains DPO over fashion designer’s death

    Owoseni detains DPO over fashion designer’s death

    Ijeshatedo Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Mohammed Yakubu has been detained over last Sunday’s killing of a fashion designer, Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni said yesterday.

    Owoseni said the DPO would be prosecuted for Jamiu Ayoade’s death if found culpable.

    Yakubu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), allegedly shot Ayoade dead at a friend’s birthday. Two others were reportedly injured.

    The police chief said the DPO was detained following the uncovering of fresh facts about the incident.

    He said: “I told you that we were investigating and we have sent undercover policemen to the family of the deceased and the scene of the incident. We spoke to many people. We now have a true version of the story contrary to what the DPO told us.

    “The police under the leadership of the Inspector-General operate in a manner that all actions must be in tandem with democratic principles and respect for human life. We would not condone any act of impunity. All those that are adorned with police uniform and get involved in impunity are not part of us.

    “The DPO is under investigation. If we find out that he is not one of those officers that belong to the new Nigeria Police, the law will take its course. The DPO has been taken into custody. I have met with the family of the victim and we found out that it was imperative that investigation be carried out.

    “The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of SCIID, the Area C Commander and the Commander X Squad has started the investigation. I’ll leave no stone unturned and we would not sweep the matter under the carpet.

    “As soon as evidence is put up, the officer or whoever committed the act of impunity would face the wrath of the law.”

    Before his detention, the police had said the DPO nor any other policeman, fired the fatal shot.

    A police source yesterday told The Nation that the police’s earlier position was informed by what Yakubu told Owoseni.

    The source said: “The DPO even lied to the Commissioner of Police that some cultists engaged themselves in a battle of supremacy and that he went to the scene following a distress call to his office. He said he went to the place to disperse the hoodlums. He said as at the time he arrived at the scene and left, nobody was killed and that he was surprised to hear that somebody was shot.

    “Following the DPO’s briefing to the CP, he challenged the deceased’s family to produce the body of their son who was shot, but, the family had buried him according to Islamic rites.

    “With media reports on the killing, the IG ordered the CP to personally visit the scene. The CP sent some under cover policemen who visited the house and he was shocked with the revelations from witnesses.

    “He immediately ordered the arrest of the DPO, who is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti.”

  • Police detain alleged killer DPO

    Police detain alleged killer DPO

    Lagos State Police Command Wednesday detained the Divisional Officer (DPO) of Ijeshatedo, Mohammed Yakubu for allegedly killing a fashion designer, Jamiu Ayoade.

    Yakubu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) was detained after the state government commenced an investigation into the incident that occurred Sunday night.

    This is just as residents alleged Ayoade was the third person the DPO has killed, claiming that the other two occurred at two other streets in the area.

    The police had earlier denied the DPO nor any cop fired a shot, a position a senior police officer blamed on the lie Yakubu told the Commissioner Fatai Owoseni.

    He said: “The DPO even lied to the Commissioner of Police that some cultists engaged themselves in a battle of supremacy and that he went to the scene following a distress call to his office. He said he went to the place to disperse the hoodlums. He said as at the time he arrived the scene and left, nobody was killed and that he was surprised to hear that somebody was shot.

    “Following the DPO’s briefing to the CP, he challenged the deceased’s family to produce the body of their son  who was shot, but, the family had burried him according to muslim rites.

    “With media reports on the killing, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris ordered the CP to personally visit the scene. The CP sent some under cover policemen who visited the house and he was shocked with the revelations from witnesses.

    “He immediately ordered the arrest of the DPO, who is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti.”

    Owoseni, who confirmed that the DPO was in detention, said he would be prosecuted if found culpable.

    Owoseni disclosed that he has visited the area and met with the families of the

    He said: “I told you that we were investigating and we have sent undercover policemen to the family of the deceased and the scene of the incident. We spoke to many people. We now have true version of the story contrary to what the DPO told us.

    “The police under the leadership of the IGP operate in a manner that all actions must be in tandem with democratic principles and respect for human life. We would not condone any act of impunity. All those that are adorned with police uniform and get involved in impunity are not part of us.

    “The DPO is under investigation. If we find out that he is not one of those officers that belong to the new Nigeria Police the law will take its course. The DPO has been taken into custody. I have met with the family of the victim and we found out that it was imperative that investivation be carried out.

    “The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of SCIID, the Area C Commander and the Commander X Squad have started the investigation. I’ll leave no stone unturned and we would not sweep the matter under the carpet.

    “As soon as evidence is put up, the officer or whoever committed the act of impunity would face the wrath of the law.”