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  • IGP seeks recruitment of 31,000 Policemen yearly

    IGP seeks recruitment of 31,000 Policemen yearly

    The Inspector General of Police (IGP),  Ibrahim Idris Kpotum Friday appealed to the federal government to approve the recruitment of 31, 000 policemen yearly for the next five years in order to boost the workforce of the Nigeria Police Force.

    The IGP made this demand at the Passing out Parade of recruit Constables at the Police Training School in Minna Friday.

    Kpotum who was represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Finance and Administration, Shuaibu Gambo said that the current ratio of the policemen to the public is below the United Nations approved ratio pointing out that with the recruitment of 31,000 policemen yearly, the nation would be able to meet up.

    He applauded the approval of the government in the recruitment of 10,000 police Constables who passed out yesterday in various Police Training Schools across the country expressing optimism that approval would be given for more to be recruited for next year.

    Gambo urged the new recruited Constables not to succumb to corruptions and neferious activities and to always ensure that the rights of the people are defended.

    He added that the Inspector General of Police directed that the entire recruit Constables be posted back to their communities in order to expand the effectiveness of Community policing.

    In his address, the Niger state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmad Muhammad Ketso urged the police to develop new and appropriate strategies to counter all forms of criminal tendencies to enable a peaceful environment stressing on the need to look inwards and think of how to confront the new forms of crimes and criminality that prefaces the society.

    He called on the new police officers to make commitments to live above boards and shun all acts of corruption that will undermine the integrity of the force stating the readiness of the government to support them in the discharge of their responsibilities.

    The Commandant of the Police Training School, Isaac Baba said the training course which started in December last year started with  523 recruits adding that 57 were trained as specialists and have passed out after five months of intensive training while 465 recruit Constables are passing out.

    He said that the recruit constables were drawn from Niger and Kogi states.

  • Police to arraign 37 suspected IPOB members in court on Monday

    Police to arraign 37 suspected IPOB members in court on Monday

    The Abia State Police Command of Nigeria Police Force on Saturday disclosed that it has arrested 37 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who were reportedly arrested during the unrest in Abia State would face prosecution.

    While 30 were reportedly arrested by soldiers along Isiala Ngwa area of the state, seven persons were allegedly amongst the arsonists that burnt and looted Ariaria Police Divisional Headquarters in Aba, the commercial nerve center of the state at the early hours of Friday.

    This was disclosed by the State Police Commissioner, Anthony Michael Ogbizi who took Inspector General of Police Team led by AIG Operations, Force Headquarters Taiwo Lakanu that arrived the state on Friday with about 500 Mobile Policemen deployed to the state by the IGP, Idris Ibrahim Kpotum to access the level of damage on Ariaria Police Division.

    Ogbizi stated that the suspects would be arraigned in court on Monday while investigation into the matter would continue, adding that efforts were ongoing to track others that were still at large.

    The suspects, it was gathered were arrested through intelligence gathering by the combined team of the IGP team and officers of the NPF that were on ground in Aba.

    Ogbizi further disclosed that Improvised Explosive Device (IED); Petroleum Bomb (Bottle containing fuel, pieces of broken glasses and other dangerous materials) were equally recovered from Nnamdi Kanu’s house by the army and has since handed such over to the police.

    He added that the Station Officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, who sustained serious injuries after he was attacked by the arsonists, died early hours of today in an undisclosed hospital where he was receiving medical attention.

    He used the opportunity to warn anyone sponsoring IPOB to desist from such especially now that the group has been declared a terrorist group and stressed that anyone caught would be tried according to the stipulations of the terrorism act.

    “You recall that on the 10th and 14th of this month, the very police division was attacked by IPOB members. They came in droves in early hours of the day. They forcefully broke the entrance zone and destroyed almost everything.

    “They were armed with petrol bomb. They burnt police vehicles and carted away three pump actions and other police materials. Some officers were injured and in fact as I’m talking to you, one of the injured police officer, an ASP is dead. The doctors tried their best to save him, but they couldn’t. Now, we have lost a soul. And you know what it takes to train a police officer. And you know the vacuum created. Once a police officer is gone, it takes a minimum of one year to train another

    The seven we arrested will be charged for murder, arson and conspiracy for breach of the law.

    “Simultaneously, they carried other attacks on law abiding citizens of this nation. You could see along the road the destruction of vehicles belonging to citizens. Certainly you cannot say that that is a peaceful demonstration. I think this attack was orchestrated to get arms which they succeeded in doing. Thank God the police succeeded in securing other arms. They attacked a bank may be with the intention to get more money to buy arms.

    “IPOB going to that extent cannot be said that it is a non-violent movement. While this one was happening here, along the road in Isiala Ngwa, the same IPOB members in droves confronted the military and the military was able to arrest up to 30 of them.

    “They will be prosecuted for rioting and unlawful assembly and other things. While that was going on, the same IPOB carried attack of various manner in Umuahia and even tried to collect a riffle from a female military officer. In the processes, the military resisted and was able to arrest 19 of them.

    “At the same time, along the road leading to Umuahia, they set up bonfire attacking the police and innocent citizens and pulled out traffic stands. The vicinity where the Attorney General of the State, Assistant Inspector General Zone 9, Commissioner of Police, and other residents live. They attacked the quarters of the Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 9 and that of the Commissioner of police.

    “And the house of the self-acclaimed leader of IPOB, Nnamdi KANU was the house they usually come out from to carry out these attacks and information reaching us is that they have started gathering there. Many exhibits were recovered from there like, petrol bomb and coat of arm of Biafra.

    “I know that 90% of Abians are not in support of this, but a few hoodlums and some others from other states operating under the disguise of IPOB with the motive to cripple the economy of Abia. If this is not planned, how could they come in droves to carry out these attacks? At time, a mobile patrol vehicle was moving and IPOB members poured petrol on the van with intend to burn it. Imagine if that was successful. I’m glad that eastern governors have proscribed the organization.

    “And any individual, or group of individual operating under the disguise of IPOB with Biafran flags and any other materials will be arrested and prosecuted. You test they law of the state. They state is superior. IPOB has grown up to this level, and it must be stopped. And because it has been proscribed, any individual, that aid, council, finance, harbour all these hoodlums as IPOB will be prosecuted. Even those who instigate by their speech, action and conduct bring breach of peace will be prosecuted. This place is calm as IGP has deployed 500 mobile police men to put things in order here. As you can see, we are beefing up security.”

    On the allegation by the IPOB that security agents whisked away Nnamdi Kanu’s father and some members of the IPOB leader’s family, Ogbizi said “We don’t have Nnamdi Kanu’s father in police net”, but however accused Nnamdi and his brother, Prince Emmanuel of feeding the public with fake information which he asked the public to disregard.

  • FCT gets new Commissioner of Police 

    FCT gets new Commissioner of Police 

    Commissioner of Police, CP Sadiq Abubakar Bello has resumed duty at the FCT Police Command Headquarters as the new police chief.

    Bello took over from CP Musa Kimo who has been redeployed.

    CP Bello who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Bayero University Kano (BUK) was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force in 1988 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).

    Prior to his recent posting to the FCT Police Command, CP Sadiq Abubakar Bello was the immediate past Commissioner of Police Nasarawa State Police Command.

    Details of some of his achievement are contained in a statement in Abuja yesterday by the Command Spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah.

    “He is a seasoned Police officer who has served the Nigeria Police Force in different capacities. He is an alumni of the renowned Kofi Anan International Peace Keeping Centre, Accra Ghana. His Foreign Mission experience include: International Police Task Force, Bosnia and Africa Mission in Sudan (Darfur).

    “In the course of his policing career, CP Sadiq Abubakar Bello has attended many foreign and local courses, some of which include: Junior Command Course (JCC), Intermediate Command Course (ICC), Senior Command Course (SCC), Advance Detective Course (ADC), Intelligence Course and numerous others.

    Some of his postings include: “Assistant Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department Kwara State Police Command; Assistant Commissioner of Police, General Investigation Force CID Abuja; Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Protection Unit (SPU), Deputy Commissioner of Police, second in Command Edo State Police Command, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Finance and Administration FCT Police Command; and Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Police Command.”

    CP Sadiq Abubakar Bello while assuring FCT residents of his willingness to partner with spirited individuals, groups and all security agencies, enjoined resident of FCT to support the Command with information.

    He also noted that the Command under his stewardship will evolve novel strategies that will build on the gains of his predecessor and make the Federal Capital Territory safe and secure for all.

  • For sale: Nigeria Police Force

    The Muhammadu Buhari administration came into power with the promise of a full scale war on corruption at all levels. While many see the fight against corruption as being one-sided and a witch-hunt of the President’s political rivals, the truth is that now people feel more emboldened to expose corruption, whether for selfish reasons or for the greater public good.

    In the latest bout of allegations and counter-allegations that has almost become routine in public sphere in the Buhari era, Ibrahim Idris, the incumbent Inspector General of Police, IGP, has been caught up in a web of accusations of corruption levelled against him by Isah Misau, a senator and chairman of the Senate Committee on the Navy. Misau accused the IGP of being unable to account for payments received from private companies and individuals for services rendered by the police, amounting to about N10 billion monthly. He also accused the IGP and the Police Service Commission, PSC, under the chairmanship of Mike Okiro, a former IGP, of receiving payments from police officers in exchange for favourable postings and promotions.

    But in a shameful manner, the police, through Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer, responded by raising counter-allegations against Senator Misau, labelling him a deserter from the police force and also accused him of forgery after Misau produced a retirement letter. There were other allegations of impersonation and attempts to discredit the senator who was also accused of frequenting Indian hemp joints.

    One can get lost in the sensationalism of the dirty back-and-forth between the senator and the police and miss the vital pieces of information worth pursuing in the ensuing drama. However, the issue of greatest concern is the matter of payments from several companies, including oil companies and private individuals which have been described as “internally generated revenue”. The police is not a revenue generating organisation and these payments are surely not being remitted to the federation account. A fact that may also be missed by many is that these payments cannot be new. The past IGPs would have been recipients of similar payments and the accountability of the money generated may have also been an issue in past times if this matter is properly investigated.

    With this in mind, one would assume that the senator, who had been part of the police would have been aware of the existence of such payments in the past. It raises questions as to why he has taken it upon himself to launch a specific attack on the present leadership of the police force. Whatever his intentions, which may probably be selfish, the issue is now firmly in the public domain. One only hopes that, as in many cases before this, the matter will not just be swept under the carpet as soon as public consciousness shifts to other matters.

    Another telling point is the reaction of the police. The shame of the response of the police force is not only on the leadership of the force, but also on the entire nation as a whole. The ill-advised counter-allegation is in many ways, an admission of guilt, and a very childish way of deflecting blame that should not be seen in such high offices. The horror of the situation was televised live when the police PRO was engaged in a shouting match with the senator on Channels Television a couple of weeks ago. It was gut-wrenching to watch the shameless display.

    To make matters worse, the PSC, which seems to be treading a bit more carefully than the IGP, has now cleared the senator of the allegation of forgery by confirming the retirement letter. Even if it were found to be false, raising the issue after the senator raised accusations against the police is already indicative of irresponsibility on the part of the police leadership and that should not be taken lightly.

    The police in Nigeria is about the most corrupt public institution in the country. Public confidence in the institution has been dangerously low for as long as one can remember. That is why groups like the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, and many similar organisations thrive. The present IGP himself came into office in ostentatious manner by immediately accusing his predecessor of carting away choice police vehicles and leaving the runt for him.

    Soon after, he was himself involved in controversy over questionable disposal of police vehicles and allegations of diversion of about N7.2 billion meant for the purchase of armoured personnel carriers and the renovation of around 102 police stations across the nation, all in violation of the 2016 Appropriation Act. The House of Representatives summoned him over these allegations but not surprisingly, it came to nothing.

    Many more allegations have since come to light. Earlier in 2016, Sahara Reporters reported that senior police officers had accused the IGP of engaging in sexual trysts with subordinates amongst other acts that make him unfit for his role. This indicates that he may not even enjoy the confidence of his own men and may have been an unpopular choice to begin with. The allegation of promotion racketeering against the IGP and the PSC may also have had base in the recent appointment of Imohimi Edgar as Commissioner of Police in Lagos State. It was an uncommonly fast-tracked promotion as he was just promoted Deputy Commissioner, DC, in April this year and then moved to acting commissioner within five months. Although, he is credited with the firm handling of the recent Badoo killings in Lagos, nevertheless, his appointment was far and above many of his superiors still left in the cold. It is also a practical affirmation of the allegations against the present police leadership.

    The issue of private payments to the police is not a uniquely Nigerian problem. While it is generally not encouraged and met with raised eyebrows, it has unfortunately crept into many police systems. Recently, the UK police had to answer for private payments received from companies and communities which ran into about £20 million. The payments were said to have been occasioned by cuts in the police budget that drove companies to pay for the extra manpower in investigations and communities paying to bring back police presence to areas where they had to be pulled out.

    The difference here is that while in the UK, the generated funds are applied directly to visible and verifiable employment of more equipment and personnel, the Nigerian situation involves utilising men who are already answered for by public funds (estimated at about 10,000) to protect companies and private individuals – many of questionable character. The received payments are unaccounted for and instead, are added to the IGP’s slush fund of illicit spending.

    The government needs to take formal notice of these funds and build a structure around its utilisation that promotes accountability and transparency. Receipt of these payments may not be a bad or unacceptable thing in itself, but after years of unaccountability, the allegations made by Senator Misau may have finally cast necessary attention unto this police “revenue”. Whatever his particular interests, the senator may have inadvertently done the nation a service. One would now expect him to hand over the matter to his counterparts on the senate committee on police affairs, while he returns his attention to the Navy where it ought to be.

    As for the IGP, his fate lies squarely in the hands of the President, who needs to do more in ensuring that his appointments match the declared zero tolerance for corruption. From the information now coming out against the IGP, it appears he may not be suited for such a role in a government that is serious about fighting corruption and restoring sanity to the country’s public offices. There is more than just smoke in this ugly episode and the members of the public now wait on thePresident to put out the fire ravaging the police leadership.

  • Police will continue to partner traditional institutions – IG

    Police will continue to partner traditional institutions – IG

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris said that the Nigeria Police Force would continue to partner with the traditional institutions to checkmate criminal activities in the country.

    The Force Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, said Idris stated this during a courtesy visit to the Emir of Lafia, Alhaji Isah Mustapha-Agwai 1 in Lafia.

    He underscored the role of traditional institutions in complementing the effort of security operatives in checkmating criminal activities in the country.

    “Traditional rulers in the country have in no small measure supported and cooperated with the police and other security agencies in curbing criminal activities,” he said.

    Responding, Mustapha-Agwai appealed to Nigerians not to smear or bring down those in positions of authority for personal interest.

    The Emir noted that the two major religions preached against smearing one another’s image, reputations or saying things about somebody without any proof.

    “We should always remember the day of resurrection in our actions,” he said.

    He expressed dismay at the attitude of those who would always allow themselves to be used by enemies of progress to ruin reputations of public office holders.

    He commended Idris for putting measures in place to improve security and doused heightened tension in various parts of the country.

    “The country is faced with some formidable security challenges, ranging from insurgency, militancy, kidnappings and armed robberies,” he said.

    He urged the police boss to do everything humanly possible to ensure that the tempo is sustained.

    “I enjoin you to continue with your good work of providing adequate security to Nigerians and not to be distracted with the activities of ungodly people in our midst,” he said.

    He also called Idris to accord top priority to the welfare of officers and men of the force across the country.

    “Try to be transparent, incorruptible and unbiased in discharging your duties and responsibilities, Almighty Allah will not allow your enemies to pull you down,” he said.

  • Police invites Senator Misau over authenticity of retirement letter

    Police invites Senator Misau over authenticity of retirement letter

    The Police Service Commission has invited the Chairman Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Misau, to appear before its Special Panel.

    The Panel is investigating allegations surrounding the now rested recommendations on Special promotions in the Nigeria Police Force.

    The Senator is expected to appear before the panel on 6th September, 2017 at 11.00am with the original copy of his letter of retirement for authentication.

    The Commission in a letter signed by the Chairman of the Special Panel, Justice Olufunlola Adekeye, titled, “Re: Retirement from the Nigeria Police Force of AP 57300 DSP Mohammed Isah Hamma – Invitation to appear before Police Service Commission Panel” stated that the immediate issue for investigation is the genuineness or otherwise of the two letters of Retirement supposed to have emanated from the Police Service Commission in connection with this retirement”.

    This is contained in a statement in Abuja Wednesday by the Spokesman of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani.

    The Commission noted that it received correspondence from the Nigeria Police Force Special Investigation Panel (SIP) Force Headquarters dated 28th August, 2017 relating to the Senators retirement from the Nigeria Police Force.

    According to the letter, “The Police Service Commission, the only organ saddled with the statutory responsibility of issuing letters of retirement to all Police Officers except the IGP has a vital role to play in determining the authenticity of this letter”

  • Nigeria Police Force promotes 1,731 teachers nationally

    Nigeria Police Force promotes 1,731 teachers nationally

    The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said it had promoted 1,731 teachers out of the 2,200 that wrote the 2016/2017 promotional examination across the federation.

    Mr Ajao Emmanuel, the Deputy Director, Human Resources, Force Education Headquarters, Abuja, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the presentation of letters of promotion to beneficiaries in the Lagos Zone.

    NAN reports that 241 out of the 1,731 teachers from across the country that benefitted from the promotion d were from Lagos Zone comprising  schools from Ibadan and Abeokuta.

    Emmanuel said the cut-off mark for the examination which held in November 2016 in Abuja was 60 per cent.

    He said that not all members of staff who were not promoted failed the examination.

    Some were not promoted because there was no vacancy to accommodate them in the next cadre, he said.

    “So many factors are usually considered in promotion in the Federal Civil Service and most important is the vacancies available.

    “So, it is possible for somebody to pass an examination and the vacancy will not cover him or her.

    “For example, 60 per cent was the cut-off mark; someone who scored 70 per cent might have not been promoted because there was no vacancy to accommodate him or her.

    “I am trying to explain that for a particular cadre, there may be 20 vacancies and it is possible for 28 candidates to pass the examination.

    “All they do is to take the highest scorers from 1 to 20 and the remaining eight will have to repeat the examination next time,” he said.

    Emmanuel said while so many things were considered in creating vacancies, it is not created by the Police Education Unit but by the Federal Civil Service.

    He said that the Police Education Unit had appealed to the Ministry of Interior and the Head of Service to create more vacancies to enable more teachers to be promoted.

    The Deputy Director said regular promotion was important to motivate the teachers to put in their best to their jobs, which would in turn produce excellent students.

    “The aspiration of a worker in any job at all is to continue rising to the top and then retire with joy; so promotion makes a worker fulfilled and gives him or her the feelings that his or employer cares, ” he said .

    Emmanuel, however, advised the promoted candidates to justify the promotion by not resting on their oars on their jobs but to soar higher.

    A beneficiary, Mrs Felicia Ejeanyido, of the Police Children School, Idimu, expressed joy for being promoted and lauded the authorities for the effort while promising to put in more efforts in her job.

  • Police train 80 personnel on prosecution, investigation

    Police train 80 personnel on prosecution, investigation

    The Nigeria Police Force, in conjunction with Bastion Chambers, a law firm, has begun a two-day training of its 80 personnel on prosecution and investigation to ensure effective service delivery.

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris who declared the training open on Monday, said the exercise would enhance the performances of police prosecutors and investigators in legal practices.

    Idris was represented by Mr Emmanuel Inyang, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of training at the force headquarters.

    He charged the participants in the programme tagged “Train the Trainers,” to transfer the knowledge they would acquire, to other officers in their units.

    “You are all expected to transfer the knowledge acquired from this workshop to other officers under you,” he said.

    He said that the force had worked assiduously to execute its cardinal objectives under Section 4 of the Police Act in order to change the outlook of the force.

    “We also believe that training and development are required to enable staff to work toward taking the organisation to its expected destination,” he said.

    Idris said that policemen like their counterparts in other agencies, required knowledge, attitudinal change and competence to perform optimally.

    He said that training in the force should be based on the fundamental values of democracy, rule of law and protection of human rights.

    The inspector-general added that the democratic tenets also formed the objectives of the force.

    Mr Mohhamed Nakordi, a representative of Bastion Chambers, said that the training was aimed at addressing the challenges faced by the police in criminal prosecution.

    Nakordi said that the training was meant for 40 police prosecutors and 40 investigators.

    “We are training these officers so that they can as well train others under them in their various commands and units,” he said.

    He said that the police lost most of their cases in courts, because of inadequate training on legal skills, adding that the training would reduce the number of lost cases.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the participants were drawn from the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.

  • We have valid warrant to search AFEX warehouse – Police

    We have valid warrant to search AFEX warehouse – Police

    The Nigeria Police Force on Sunday, said it had a valid search warrant to search AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited warehouse in Zaria, Kaduna State.

    The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) recalls that the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh and his predecessor,  Mr Akinwumi Adesina, now AFdB president, accused the Police of raiding the company’s warehouse, carting away N85 million worth of grains.

    The Head of Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit ( PCRRU), ACP Abayomi Shogunle, told NAN in Abuja that , immediately the PCRRU got wind of the allegations from the two ministers, it registered the case on July 15 and began investigation.

    According to Ogbeh on his Twitter page obtained from the PCRRU,  ” The raid on AFEX warehouse by alleged policemen is an attack on our efforts at driving agriculture to attain food security.

    Similarly, Adesina on his Twitter page said, “Sad AFEX Nigeria ransacked by police for no reason. AFEX is a first exchange doing so well to support farmers.

    “The Police in Katsina acted according to the laws of the land in protecting framers who complained that their products worth N66 million was collected from them since January and could not get their balance,he said.

    He said that following the allegation, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, directed the Commissioner of Police (CP) in Katsina, Mr Usman Abdullahi to investigate the allegation.

    Shogunle explained that Abdullahi sent his response and the officials of the company, led by the Managing Director, Mr Ayodeji Balogun were invited by the PCRRU to Abuja.

    He said that after the meeting with the unit, the CP also had a meeting with them where the reason for police action was further explained.

    Shogunle explained that on May 17, a group of traders and farmers petitioned the CP of Katsina, alleging that Diversified Consulting Ltd. represented by Sani Usman and Haruna Abubakar, bought grains worth N 66 million and promised to pay in two to four days in January.

    “From this time up till May, they were unable to get their money after being  paid N10 million by the company leaving a balance of N56 million.

    “Under the Penal Code in operation in Northern Nigeria, such conduct constitutes a criminal Offence as stipulated by the Penal Code.

    “There was a criminal complaint to the police in Katsina, and the police arrested the people involved and charged them to court,”he said.

    He said that one of the suspects was convicted and he confessed to the police and the court accepting that they collected the grains.

    Shogunle said the convict further said that they were unable to pay because the Managing Director of the company was serving a jail term in Kirikiri prison in Lagos.

    He said that upon the confession of the convict that the goods were taken to Kano, Jos and Zaria, the court issued a search warrant for the police to recover the items.

    “The police went to the warehouse based on the confession of the suspect in the court and the complainants identified their produce.

    “Upon reporting to the court, it gave an order to release the produce on bond to the rightful owners who happened to be the complainants in the case.

    “One good thing about produce is that group of cooperative societies have markings on their produce for easy identification,” he said.

    He said that the cases of other set of suspects were still pending in another court in Katsina where they also confessed to the police that they collected some produce from the complainants.

    “Throughout our interaction with AFEX, it has not produced any document to show that the produce belonged to them.

    “AFEX is yet to produce any document to show the source of those products whether they bought them from somebody or group of persons or evidence of transfer of money to show they bought it from somebody,” he said.

    He said that the police would not fold their hands and watch innocent citizens, farmers being cheated or being chased out of business by a big corporation that has refused to pay them their money.

    “The Nigeria Police Force will continue to support the efforts of the Federal Government in ensuring food security and that we have just demonstrated by helping the poor in Katsina recover their produce.

    “We cannot say that people should not express their opinion but they should always find out from the police before making comments like this,”he said.

    The PCRRU was established by the Nigeria Police Force in November 2015, with a mandate to receiving and resolving cases of professional misconduct brought against its officers.

  • Police arrest 40 more suspected kidnappers

    Police arrest 40 more suspected kidnappers

    The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested 40 suspects in connection with Kidnapping and armed robbery in Rijana area of Kaduna State.

    The suspects are : Ali Bello, the leader of the gang, Guma Shehu, a vicious and notorious criminal, Daniel Iwobi, Bashir Haruna, Aminu Mohammed,Buba Takuti, Egwuonu Ogiri, Abba Aliyu and Abdullahi Adamu among others.

    The Force Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood who disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Rijana , said some of the suspects had been identified by their victims.

    He said that items recovered from them include: 10 double barrel guns, two single barrel guns, 30 live cartridges, 10 9mm ammunition and assorted cell phones.

    Others are: wrist watches, jewelries, two magazines, 10 locally made Sub-Machine Guns, three AK 47 rifles, five laptop computers, three Ipads and one revolver pistol .

    Moshood said that in the process of arresting the suspects, the police were able to locate their camp and equally rescue some of their victims.

    “Most of these suspects we are parading today were arrested during the act,” he said.

    The spokesman said that the suspects belonged to different groups that operated at different locations on the Kaduna- Abuja highway.

    The spokesman said the suspects have made confessional statements to the police on the various roles each of them played in the commission of the crime along the route.

    The spokesman said the suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.

    He said that the police would continue to build on the current successes to ensure that the last kidnapper was removed from the Kaduna-Abuja highway.

    He enjoined members of the communities to always avail police with vital information to provide security for them, adding that the operation would be sustained to curtail crime across the country.

    Moshood said that the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, had commended members of the community for their support.

    A resident of the community, Mr Labaran Abu, who spoke to newsmen, called for the sustenance of the operation along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.

    Abu said that the community would have some respite with the coming of the security personnel to the area.

    He said that members of the community were ready to give police all the necessary information for provision of security.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Force had on July 25 begun ‘Operation Absolute Sanity’ on Abuja-Kaduna Highway.

    The team include: Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Squad, Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Intelligence Response Team, Special Tactical Squad, Force Intelligence Branch and Police Helicopters.

    The operations is to complement the on-going Joint Police/Military operations on ground before now.

    The police had also on July 31 arrested 31 suspects at Katari area along the Kaduna-Abuja road.