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  • Police chief speaks tough

    •Says Tough time awaits anybody that attempt to disrupt state elections.

    The acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu spoke tough yesterday ahead of the Saturday pills.

    Adam warned those whose only interest is to disrupt the peaceful conduct of the Saturday governorship and State House of Assembly elections to stay clear of polling units.

    The security agencies he said are ready to deal with them.

    Adamu gave the warning at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting held at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja.

    He said that security agencies were ready for the Saturday elections.

    He encouraged every Nigerian to come out and cast his or her vote on the election day, while also assuring domestic and international observers and journalists adequate security during the elections.

    “The INEC staff and ad hoc staff are also encouraged to carry out their process without fear or any molestation.

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    “For those that disrupted the process in some of the states during the presidential election this time is going to be tough for you. You will never get opportunity to disrupt the process again.

    “If you attempt to do that there will be consequences. It is better for you not to come out because we have seen what you done before, we have seen your mode of operandi and we are ready for it,’’ Adamu said

    The acting IG who described the Feb. 23 national election to be largely peaceful, said it was achieved as a result of effective collaboration among security agencies and INEC.

    He said that the collaboration would be improved on for the success of the Saturday state elections.

    “The security arrangement we provided for presidential and NASS elections are still in place.

    “We have reviewed what we did and we have seen areas that needed improvement. We have sat down with other security agencies and we have agreed and already put in place adequate security for the next election,’’ he said.

    On his part, the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Monguno, commended the INEC Chairman and members of the commission for the successful conduct of the just concluded national elections.

    Monguno, who was represented by Sanusi Galadima, also commended security personnel for their conduct in the last elections, while expressing optimism that Saturday’s election would also be peaceful.

    Monguno disclosed that a room for the election situated in his office would open from Friday to Wednesday, with representative from all security agencies in attendance.

    All security agencies, including military and paramilitary agencies were represented at the meeting.

    In his remark, INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu assured Nigerians that the Commission “will work closely with the Police to ensure the diligent prosecution of all violators of our electoral laws. Citizens are asking for effective but non-intrusive protection before, during and immediately after the elections in which their rights are respected and their choices safeguarded.”

    He also said that the commission is looking forward to the same kind cooperation exhibited in the last elecrions with the security agencies.

    “ I am confident that lessons learnt from the Presidential and National Assembly elections will help us to more effectively secure the environment for the elections this weekend.”

    He however noted that the “ Commission is concerned that many of our materials, including ballot boxes, voting cubicles, voters’ registers and Smart Card Readers were lost to acts of hooliganism and thuggery in the elections held two weeks ago.

    “Most worrisome is the attack on electoral officials. Some of our staff were abducted and taken hostage in an attempt to disrupt elections or influence the outcome. In fact, some of the supplementary elections I referred to earlier were caused by such acts of thuggery. I am confident that working together with the security agencies, we will consolidate on the largely peaceful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections while also taking decisive steps to deal with the minority of violators intent on disrupting the conduct of peaceful elections. However, the Commission will not tolerate the act of holding our officials hostage and forcing them to declare winners under duress. Where such occurs, the Commission will not reward bad behaviour by issuing them Certificates of Return.”

     

  • Polls: Steer clear of polling units, IGP warns troublemakers

    …says tough time awaits anybody that attempt to disrupt state elections

    The acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu spoke tough Thursday ahead of the Saturday polls.

    Adam warned those whose only interest is to disrupt the peaceful conduct of the Saturday governorship and State House of Assembly elections to stay clear of polling units.

    The security agencies he said are ready to deal with them.

    Adamu gave the warning at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting held at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja.

    He said that security agencies were ready for the Saturday elections.

    He encouraged every Nigerian to come out and cast his or her vote on the election day, while also assuring domestic and international observers and journalists adequate security during the elections.

    “The INEC staff and ad hoc staff are also encouraged to carry out their process without fear or any molestation.

    “For those that disrupted the process in some of the states during the presidential election this time is going to be tough for you. You will never get opportunity to disrupt the process again.

    “If you attempt to do that there will be consequences. It is better for you not to come out because we have seen what you done before, we have seen your mode of operandi and we are ready for it,’’ Adamu said

    The acting IGP, who described the Feb. 23 national election to be largely peaceful, said it was achieved as a result of effective collaboration among security agencies and INEC.

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    He said that the collaboration would be improved on for the success of the Saturday state elections.

    “The security arrangement we provided for presidential and NASS elections are still in place.

    “We have reviewed what we did and we have seen areas that needed improvement. We have sat down with other security agencies and we have agreed and already put in place adequate security for the next election,’’ he said.

    On his part, the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Monguno, commended the INEC Chairman and members of the commission for the successful conduct of the just concluded national elections.

    Monguno, who was represented by Sanusi Galadima, also commended security personnel for their conduct in the last elections, while expressing optimism that Saturday’s election would also be peaceful.

    Monguno disclosed that a room for the election situated in his office would open from Friday to Wednesday, with representative from all security agencies in attendance.

    All security agencies, including military and paramilitary agencies were represented at the meeting.

    In his remark, INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu assured Nigerians that the Commission “will work closely with the Police to ensure the diligent prosecution of all violators of our electoral laws. Citizens are asking for effective but non-intrusive protection before, during and immediately after the elections in which their rights are respected and their choices safeguarded.”

    He also said that the commission is looking forward to the same kind cooperation exhibited in the last elections with the security agencies.

    “I am confident that lessons learnt from the Presidential and National Assembly elections will help us to more effectively secure the environment for the elections this weekend.”

    He however noted that the ” Commission is concerned that many of our materials, including ballot boxes, voting cubicles, voters’ registers and Smart Card Readers were lost to acts of hooliganism and thuggery in the elections held two weeks ago.

    “Most worrisome is the attack on electoral officials. Some of our staff were abducted and taken hostage in an attempt to disrupt elections or influence the outcome. In fact, some of the supplementary elections I referred to earlier were caused by such acts of thuggery. I am confident that working together with the security agencies, we will consolidate on the largely peaceful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections while also taking decisive steps to deal with the minority of violators’ intent on disrupting the conduct of peaceful elections. However, the Commission will not tolerate the act of holding our officials hostage and forcing them to declare winners under duress. Where such occurs, the Commission will not reward bad behaviour by issuing them Certificates of Return.”

  • Police arrest ‘leader’ of new ponzi scheme D9 Clube

    The police have arrested an alleged ringleader of a new ponzi scheme D9 Clube said to have swindled thousands of Nigerians.

    Already, operatives of the Special Enquiry Bureau (SEB) Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) Alagbon in Ikoyi said over 200 victims have been identified.

    The alleged ringleader Kayode Samuel, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ‘Sack Your Boss Be Your Boss,’ was arrested at Ibadan alongside his employee Kola Banji, where he was said to have relocated to after swindling one Mrs. Zainab Jimoh.

    Samuel allegedly lured the woman to invest one million naira with assurances that the money would yeild N3million returns. But when it did not come to fruition after a year, the suspect allegedly packed out of his 10, Aina Street, Ojudu Berger, Ojodu office and relocated to Oyo State.

    According to the police, the incident occurred in August last year but investigation into the case started when a petition was sent to the Inspector-General of Police (IG) and Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), FCIID on the matter.

    On November 6, police said they received a tip-off that Samuel and his alleged accomplices were planning to defraud other innocent persons.

    “The detectives embarked on investigation activities to Oyo State and the duo was arrested. An HP laptop and a Passat Volkswagen vehicle with registration number KRD953FJ were recovered from Samuel,” said the police.

    In an interview with reporters, the victim said she heard them speaking on radio about the investment and she paid in N1million.

    She said: “I invested N1m after I heard him speaking on radio about the scheme. I paid the N1m into Samuel’s Access Bank account as I was directed. After one year, I did not receive any money.

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    “When I asked him to refund my money; he said that the scheme had shut down because the person that started it had been murdered. I have over 200 names of people that I know he had defrauded so far. There are still others.”

    The woman claimed she had to travel to Ibadan more than seven times for her money, adding that at a point, Samuel started threatening her life.

    But the suspect denied being a conman, insisting that he lost N3million to the scheme.

    Samuel said: “In fact, I was also scammed. I invested almost N3m. I have collected only once before the scheme suddenly shut down. But everyone that ventured into the scheme knew the risk they were taking.

    “We warned them about the risk before they invested their money. They all signed to that effect. The scheme shut down after the person that started it was murdered. I am not a fraudster.”

  • Police spends N600m on dogs

    Police spends N600m on dogs

    The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Solomon Arase, has said that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had spent over N600 million on the procurement and maintenance of foreign dogs in the last few years.

    Arase made the disclosure at the inauguration of the Police Dog Breeding Centre and Ultra Modern Mounted Troop in Abuja on Thursday.

    “This is certainly not sustainable in the face of the current dwindling resources,” he said.

    The IG said that so much money was being spent on the importation of dogs from foreign countries that rarely adapted to the country’s policing objective.

    He said that the projects inaugurated were funded within the budgetary provisions of the Force Animal Branch.

    Arase said that the force animal branch had remained under utilised in the past while the force continued to rely on importation of dogs and other animals for its operations.

    He said that the centre was built to aid the police acquire capacity to locally breed police dogs as well as support other security agencies in the country.

    The Police boss said that the centre if effectively utilised, would save the nation some foreign exchange that would have gone into procurement of dogs from foreign countries.

    The IG said that the centre had the capacity to breed and supply police dogs to the entire West African sub-region.

    “It is projected that at optimal breeding capacity, it can produce well above 200 dogs per year,” he said.

    He said that the establishment of the facilities was part of the long term strategies aimed at restoring police primacy and aligning it to best global standards.

    In a remark, the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, said the projects were timely considering the current security challenges facing the country.

    Dambazau said that Nigerians deserved a police that was competent and reliable.

    He said that the projects would not only reduce spending but would also provide job opportunities for other Nigerians aside from the police.

    The high point of the occasion was a display by police dogs and award presentation to the Minister of Interior, Arase, and Mr Mike Okiro, Chairman, Police Service Commission, among other.