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  • Offa Robbery: CP advocates use of technology to fight crime

    The Commissioner of Police, Kwara Police Command, Mr Aminu Saleh, has called for increased use of technology to fight crime and ensure adequate security in the country.

    Saleh made the call in Ilorin while addressing officers and men of the Police after his tour to the Police Area Command and other police formations in the state.

    He sympathised with the residents of Offa and the families of the victims of the April 25 Bank robbery which claimed many lives.

    The commissioner, however, stressed the need for the installation of CCTV camera in front of the banks, market places and streets linking the banks to further check crime.

    “We need to make use of technology as we are in digital world. We must always be on alert and aware of everything around us at all time.

    “If not for the CCTV in the banks, the suspects would not have been arrested. “So, we need to do more on technology,” he said.

    He also urged officers and men of the command to carry out more surveillance in markets and establish better relationship with market association officials.

    Saleh also called on the personnel of the command to relate well with the traditional rulers and youths in order to get tips and useful information on happenings in their surroundings.

    He also urged police officers to be diligent and always be at alert in the discharge of their duties.

    “Be very vigilant, don’t over criminalise issues and always be prayerful.”

    The police boss said that Police Relay Communication (PRC) would be provided to link the Command to Area Commands for prompt response to emergency situation.

    He also said that more Police Mobile Force (PMF) would be deployed to the Area Command for effective policing in the area.

    Saleh advised the Area Commanders to display the pictures of the policemen that lost their lives during the robbery incident.

    The police boss also visited Nigerian Navy School of Health Science, Offa where he assured the Commandant, Capt. Ibrahim Nurudeen of the cooperation of the police to fight crime.

    The Commandant told Saleh that the Navy had further equipped the school after the robbery incident in the town.

    He also expressed his readiness to partner with the police to ensure adequate security of the area, adding that both the Police and the Navy were fighting one cause.

    The News Agency of Nigeria, report that Offa Area Command covers Offa, Idofian, Ilemona, Erin-Ile and Ajase-Ipo police stations.

    Saleh also visited traditional rulers in the area as part of his familiarisation tour of Police formations in the state.

  • Police to recruit 30,000 men annually, says IGP

    Police to recruit 30,000 men annually, says IGP

    The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, says the Nigeria Police have concluded arrangements to recruit 30,000 personnel annually.

    Idris, represented by Mr Shuaibu Gambo Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of Finance and Administration, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Ilorin while addressing officers and men of Kwara Police Command.

    “The fight against crime and criminality will not be successful without adequate manpower.

    “Recruitment of 30,000 personnel on a yearly basis will not only increase manpower but also give room for efficiency in the force,“ he said.

    The IGP said plans were underway to establish more area commands across the country to create opportunities for promotion of qualified officers and men.

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    He said N200 million had been set aside for payment of the entitlement of police pensioners.

    He added that the era when police officers retire for many years before being paid their entitlement was over.

    He said that the leadership of the force would soon commence the building of housing estates for its personnel across the country.

    Idris said the houses would be allocated to officers and men at affordable prices at convenient instalment.

    He said the project would commence as soon as the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) from some state governments was approved.

    Idris restated the commitment of his administration to the welfare of officers and men of the force.

    He warned them against violating the fundamental human rights of the citizens in the course of performing their duties.

    Earlier, Kwara Police Commissioner, Mr Olusola Amore, who decried shortage of manpower in the command, appealed to the I-G to consider the command’s request for more men.

    He said that the influx of people into the state had made it difficult for the number of personnel to effectively check the rising waves of crimes in the state.

     

  • One killed as cultists strike in Ilorin

    One killed as cultists strike in Ilorin

     

    There was an uneasy calm in some parts of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital Thursday as gunmen, suspected to be cultists, struck and killed one person.

    The victim, simply identified as ‘Abbey’ was shot dead around Ikokoro area, off Niger road, in Ilorin.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the unidentified gunmen, believed to be of a rival cult group, stormed the area at about 2.45pm and allegedly went straight to the apartment of the victim and murdered him.

    The victim was said to have been a member of another notorious cult syndicate.

    NAN learnt that while some residents stayed indoors during a fierce gunfight that ended Abbey’s life, shop owners hurriedly locked up their shops to avoid being caught in the  crossfire.

    A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the area and its immediate environ, became deserted immediately the fracas began.

    When NAN visited the scene, the remains of the victim were said to have been evacuated.

    NAN recalls that a similar incidence occurred around the same Ikokoro Area in 2016, where a suspected cult member, Wasiu Adanri, was murdered.

    DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, the Public Relations Officer of the Kwara  Police Command, confirmed that a life was lost in the cult clash.

    He however said no arrest had been made yet was yet but assured that the command was on the trail of the suspects.

     

  • Suspected cultists kill one in Kwara

    Suspected cultists kill one in Kwara

    Suspected cultists Sunday shot one person dead in Ilorin, Kwara state.

    The victim simply identified as Wasiu was said to have been killed around Ikokoro/Sakamo area of Ilorin at about 4pm.

    Wasiu, in his 30s, it was gathered had hitherto fled the area to avoid being attacked returned recently.

    He was said to have belonged to a rival cult group.

    The gunmen said to be four in number, were said to have arrived the area in a commando style and shot the victim at a close range.

    An eyewitness said the armed men shot the deceased in the face.

    There was anxiety at the scene of the incident as residents and passersby scamperwd for safety.

    It was learnt that the sporadic shooting rented the air forcing motorists and motorcycles plying the area to run for their lives.

    “It was like a theatre scene when the gunmen arrived. They started shooting that everybody around had to runaway. We didn’t know what happened, we only discovered that the style of operation of the gunmen appeared like they are cultists.

    “Before now, we have been observing Wasiu (the victim) because his action too was suspicious. He might be a cult member that is why he was away for sometime now before yesterday’s incident,” a source said.

    It was learnt that the remains of the victim were evacuated from the scene by a relative before the arrival of a detachment from the state police command.

  • Enugu to ‘ensure’ arrest of police chief killers

    Enugu to ‘ensure’ arrest of police chief killers

    Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has said the state would provide all necessary assistance to security agencies in the country to ensure that the killers of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu were tracked down and brought to book. The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Chukwudi Achife, described the killing of the police commissioner over the weekend in Enugu as shocking and dastardly.

    “No effort will be spared to fish out the culprits,” the governor assured.

    He expressed regret that Asadu, who was an indegene of Enugu State, suffered such a cruel fate after many years of dedicated service to the nation.

    He added that the development was even more disheartening as Asadu was close to retirement from service when he was murdered.

    Chime extended his condolences to the Inspector General of Police, the family of the deceased police commissioner and the government and people of Kwara State, assuring them that the people of Enugu State shared their grief and outrage over the unfortunate incident.