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  • Four arrested for murder in Ogun

    Four arrested for murder in Ogun

    The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four persons for an alleged killing of 52 years old woman, Sidikat Onasanya,  at Imoro village near Ogijo area of Sagamu.

    The suspects –  Adewale Abimbola, Monday Benzon, Mukaila Azeez, and Shodeinde Oluwafemi, who are said to be land grabbers,  were arrested last Wednesday following information provided by Wasiu Onasanya, the deceased’s son.

    Onasanya  complained that he was in the village a day earlier around 9pm when the suspects stormed their area and attacked him with dangerous weapon.

    According to him, while the suspects  were making  effort to abduct him to unknown destination, his mother, the late Sidikatu Onasanya, attempted to prevent them but fell when they shoved down violently.

    The Nation gathered that the woman became unconscious and was quickly rushed to the Mount Zion Hospital, Ikorodu but was confirmed dead by the Doctor.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said upon the complaint of Onasanya,  the Divisional Police Officer,  Ogijo Police Division, Mr Tijani Muhammed, led a team of Policemen to the scene and arrested the suspects after exchange of fire between them and the Police.

    Abimbola added that other members of the gang  escaped into the nearby bush while 23 expended ammunitions and two live cartridges were recovered from the scene.

    The Police Spokesman also said the remains of the deceased have been deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital(OOUTH), Sagamu for autopsy.

  • U.S donates military tents to Nigeria police

    U.S donates military tents to Nigeria police

    The United States on Friday donated eight military grade multi-purpose tents to the Nigeria police for the quick return of civil authorities in communities liberated from the Boko Haram insurgents.

    Ms Rosalyn Wiese, the Director, U.S. International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, presented the items to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, in Maiduguri.

    Wiese explained that the gesture was to support the country toward the re-establishment of civil authorities in communities liberated in the North-East.

    “The U.S. Government is partnering with the Federal Government of Nigeria to support efforts to deploy additional civilian security, particularly the police to the North-East Nigeria.

    “The tents are being donated to the police because many areas have been ravaged by Boko Haram and many public buildings, including police stations and barracks are still being rebuilt,’’ she said.

    Wiese added: “A successful transition to community-oriented policing that focuses on working closely with all members of the community is crucial to building trust, establish relationships and improve communication.

    “We are also working with the Nigeria Police to improve training and equipment for its personnel in the North-East’’.

    She said that the U.S. planned to donate additional equipment and furniture to the police as part of its efforts to ensure restoration of civil authority in the North-East.

    Receiving the items, Idris represented by Mr Yakubu Jubrin, the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Zone 12, thanked the U.S. Government for the gesture and promised judicious use of the items.

  • Police launch ‘Change Begins with Me’ in Bayelsa

    Police launch ‘Change Begins with Me’ in Bayelsa

    The Police in Bayelsa on Friday launched the “Change Begins with Me” campaign of the Federal Government to re-position the force for effective service delivery.

    The Commissioner Police, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, said at the launch in Yenagoa that the initiative was not just a slogan, but a new culture of providing quality service in crime prevention and control.

    Ogunjemilusi charged the officers and men of the command to demonstrate forthrightness in their duties in the spirit of the change mantra.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the campaign has been taken to motor parks, markets and other public places in Bayelsa by the command.

    According to Ogunjemilusi, “the campaign is not just a slogan, it is a new culture aimed at repositioning the force to achieve greater heights by dedicating themselves to the values of professional excellence.

    “It also aimed at re-positioning the force to achieve hard work and civility to members of the public while shunning all acts of corruption.

    “I admonish motorists to embrace change by making sure that their particulars are up to date.

    “I want motorists to begin to say no to the giving of bribe to officers; we have come today, to educate on the need for change; the police need not ask anybody for bribes.

    “You must know that the change begins with you by having correct particulars, not over speeding and disrespecting the rights of passengers”, Ogunjemilusi said.

  • Three barrack buildings to be demolished in Lagos

    Three barrack buildings to be demolished in Lagos

    The Nigeria Police in Lagos State, on Thursday, said three more buildings housing 81 police families would be pulled down at the Highway Police Barracks, Ikeja due to structural defects.

    Mr Maigari Dikko, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), in charge of Works disclosed the plan to newsmen while inspecting a building that collapsed in the same barrack where two persons lost their lives.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), recalls that a Sergeant and a civilian lost their lives on Christmas Day when part of the toilet collapsed while they bathed.

    That building was later pull down on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni.

    The DIG works said he was instructed by the Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris to visit the scene of the incident and also to commiserate with the families of those that lost their lives.

    “We have told some of them to vacate the buildings. The buildings are defective; they have been served quit notice to leave for a long time.

    “We have asked Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos command and the works department to enforce the relocation. We do not want a repeat of the incident in the barracks.

    “The officers affected are not being evicted. They are asked to relocate for the obvious reason of safety.

    “Prevention is better than cure. The force headquarter is not sitting idle.

    “We are working out a plan for a better rehabilitation of all defective buildings in all barracks across the nation. We are going to use our professionals to carry out the works.

    “We are using direct labour to rehabilitate police barracks. The project will commence as soon as the government releases the needed fund’’, Dikko said.

    The DIG said that all police officers affected would be given lodging allowance for relocation as soon as the government released the fund.

    “That is the best we can do for them; we will not just throw them out, we will ensure they have something to relocate”, he added.

    Some of the officers affected, who spoke with NAN on condition of anonymity, were happy about the promise of lodging allowance for their relocation.

    “We will be happy if we have money to move to another accommodation. We are not against the rehabilitation plan of the force.

    “We will also be happy to be re-allocated our apartments after the rehabilitation because barrack is safer for our families’’, they told NAN.

    NAN reports that each block of the two storey buildings accommodated 27 police families of rank and file and some ASPs.

    The Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 2, Mr Kayode Aderanti and Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni accompanied the DIG on the inspection.

  • Troops intercepts two suicide bombers in Maiduguri

    Troops intercepts two suicide bombers in Maiduguri

    Two suicide bombers were on Sunday night prevented by vigilant troops from infiltrating Maiduguri to carryout out an attack.The two bombers according to the Borno State Police Public Relation Office ASP Victor Isuku said they were intercepted about at Geleri village,  5km at the outskirts of northern Maiduguri along the notorious Muna Garage which is prone to frequent suicide attacks.

    ASP Isuku also disclosed that one of the suicide bombers in the process of interrogation decided to detonate her explosive vest killing self and her colleague, leaving three residents injured.

    The statement reads: “At About 2030hrs yesterday, two female suicide bombers were halted to stop for routine check at Geleri village  which is about 5km to Muna Garage, an outskirt of Maiduguri. One of the suicide bombers detonated IED strapped to her body killing her and her accomplice whose IED vest did not explode. Three residents of the area were however injured. The command’s EOD unit rushed to the scene to render the unexploded IED safe. The area has been secured and normalcy restored”.

  • Yuletide: Police move to end gridlock, robbery on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

    Yuletide: Police move to end gridlock, robbery on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

    The Nigeria Police Friday said it would man the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway round the clock to ensure that those travelling for the festive period are safe.

    Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone II, Kayode Aderanti stated this during a tour of the route and inspection of identified black spots.

    He assured that the construction companies carrying out rehabilitation works on the road would remove all road blocks and diversions for easy movement.

    According to Aderanti, the complaints from users of the road was of concern to the Inspector General of Police  (IGP) Ibrahim Idris, who directed that the police in the zone should collaborate with other agencies to bring succor to the masses.

    He said: “We embarked on this mission at the behest of IGP who’s concerned about gridlock and brigandage along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. He directed us to undertake joint interagency inspection to see the way out and put in a good template to ensure millions of people travelling out of Lagos are safe. We cannot pretend things are okay.

    “We are interested in security and free flow of traffic. We are ready to provide security 24 hours daily if the construction workers want to extend their working hours.

    “In order to ensure that our people are safe and happy, we would place patrol vehicles along the expressway to wade off miscreants and criminals. There would be heavy police presence both uniformed and undercover personnel because we understand that crime has no boundary.”

    Continuing, Aderanti who visited Julius Berger and RCC companies to ascertain when they would complete their work, expressed pleasure that the long bridge and Shagamu Interchange would be opened in a few weeks’ time.

    He said: “Julius Berger has promised that they would complete their work on the long bridge and the Shagamu Interchange in a few weeks’ time. That means people would be able to travel with ease as traffic congestion caused by certain diversions would reduce.

    “As for the police, we would collaborate with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and other relevant agencies in Lagos and Ogun for free flow of traffic. We would provide the agencies the needed security for them to do their jobs.

    “We are also going to man all the identified black spots. Collaborate with the construction companies to see how they can block most of the illegal entry and exit points around Warewa.”

    Of the 184 illegal entries and exits identified in October at Warewa, it was gathered that 105 has so far been blocked.

    At the tour were Ogun State Police Commissioner Ahmed Iliyasu, representative of the Federal Ministry of Works Olukayode Popoola and FRSC representative MO Olapade, among others.

    In his remark, Popoola decried the encroachment on right of way, noting the need for the relocation of Mowe Market.

    He also appealed to motorists to exercise patience, so as to minimise the congestion.

  • Police begins investigation into UNN student suicide

    Police begins investigation into UNN student suicide

    The Enugu state command of the Nigeria Police has commenced full scale investigations into an alleged suicide involving a victim identified as Tobechukwu Okeke.

    The incident was said to have happened last Sunday.

    According to the Enugu police command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, the deceased who was said to be a student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a final year student of Agricultural Economics Department and hailed from Awgu in Enugu state.

    He was found hanging with a blue rope tied to his neck on the ceiling fan hook inside his room lifeless.

    The police said it recovered from the scene “a suicide note from the deceased to his friends, relations, linguistics Department of the University of Nigeria Nsukka bidding goodbye to them.”

    Excerpts from the note reads: “I got it all wrong when I rejected Jesus. God gave me wisdom, God gave me all I needed to succeed. I rejected him. My fellow gamblers I am sorry, my fellow lions I am sorry. My family, I let you all down amongst others”.

  • Somalia election: AMISOM needs 4,000 troops

    • 140 Nigeria police prepare for election

    The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has said it will require at least 4,000 more troops  from African countries in order to further liberate remaining regions of Somalia from the dreaded Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabab.

    The need to further decimate the ranks of the terrorist group becomes more needful as Somalia prepares for its first democratic elections in over 20 years in a conflict which has seen millions of the citizens become refugees all over the world.

    Somalia has one of the world’s most complicated democratic processes where clans and family heads elect members of parliament who in turn would elect the President. In the past two months, clans have been electing their representatives to the parliament while the presidential elections will hold before December 2016.

    AMISOM spokesperson in Somalia, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Kibet told The Nation that security for the election is paramount for the AMISOM troops. “Security is calm now even though it is unpredictable, we have been able to drive Al-Shabab out of Mogadishu, but we are yet to liberate Juba Valley from them, also Bakoo and Hiraan and along the coastline.

    “What they are doing now is to carry our insurgency attacks using vehicle bombs and laying ambush for our troops, but we are in control of the situation and hopefully we will be able to drive them out. Currently, we have 21,000 troops and for maximum effect we need to double that but for the immediate job at hand we will need minimum 4,000 troops,” Kibet said.

    As Somalia prepares for the election, a result of which will have far reaching consequences for the fragile peace of the war-torn country, Al-Shabab continues to intimidate and plan attacks to disrupt the process.

    “What they are doing now to stop the election is to intimidate and kill prominent leaders in the country, they acquired Somali National Army uniforms and identity cards but we have been arresting them, we have launched a counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) strategy and more than 70 of them have been discovered.  It is a struggle against a determined enemy, but we are also determined,” Kibet revealed.

    Also more than 140  Nigeria Mobile Policemen will be providing security for the elections, Nigeria has been mainly responsible for rebuilding the Somalia Police Force after the war.

    The spokesperson for the government of Somalia capital Mogadishu, Abdulfatir Oman Halare said the government is optimistic the indirect elections will be successful. “We are ready to hold the indirect elections not only in Mogadishu but also all over the country. The process has been on for a long time and nothing has happened to stop it, the Somali people hate Al-shabab and they have been giving us information about them, we have been arresting them and diminishing their ranks,” he said.

    Even though the city of Mogadishu still bears the ruins of decades of conflict, it was evident the people want to move on to better things. Large political billboards occupy strategic locations in the city and the candidates have been mobilizing the people to vote in an election that may determine the future of the country.

  • Edo 2016: Police deploy marine boats to riverine areas

    Edo 2016: Police deploy marine boats to riverine areas

    …As INEC temporarily relocate headquarters to Edo

     

    The Nigeria Police on Wednesday said they have deployed Marine Boats with their Operatives in conjunction with the Nigeria Navy to man the riverine areas before, during and after the Governorship Election of Saturday, September 10th, 2016.

    This was disclosed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, in charge of operations, Mr. Joshak Habila who was deployed by Inspector General of Police to supervise the Edo state Governorship Election.

    He said the police and other sister agencies will not compromise the sanctity of the election, and therefore warned any trouble makers to stay clear of any polling booth.

    The DIG, operations said their men in collaboration with the Nigeria Navy have effectively trained to monitor the waterways across the state.

    He said their concerns is to ensure that the election is free, fair, credible and conclusive and also ensured that the voters are safe before, during and after the election.

    Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has temporally relocated its Headquarters to Edo state ahead of the September 10Governorship Election.

    This was disclosed by the National Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu at the stakeholders meeting held at SIO events centre, Benin City.

    He said the personnel have been trained to adequately handle election matters, same he said of its ad-hoc staff, adding that the police have already deployed their operatives to all their offices across the state.

     

  • SSS arrest kidnappers in military gear

    SSS arrest kidnappers in military gear

    The men of the Department of State Security Service (SSS), Kogi State Command said on Wednesday that it had in the last few weeks arrested at least 10 suspected kidnappers terrorising the state.

    Six of the suspects have been arraigned in court, while four others operating in full military combat uniforms paraded were to be arraigned on Wednesday.

    Mr. Joseph Okpo, the state command director of the command, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lokoja, said that the command last week arrested four members of a six-man gang that had been terrorizing motorists along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.

    According to him, those arrested included Haruna Saleh, Kabiru Shuaibu, Mumuni Adamu and Tukur Shuaibu, saying they specialised in robbery and kidnapping along major roads.

    He said that they confessed to have been involved in some operations on the Maraba-Jos road, Malufashi on the Zaria-Kaduna and Jaji-Zaria roads, in full military uniform.

    He explained that the suspects were apprehended on their way from Kaduna axis to link up with gang members in Obajana where they planned to engage in fresh operations.

    The suspects he said were already giving leads on the source of the military uniforms, adding that the command has liased with the state command of the Nigeria Police to investigate the source.

    He said upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to have been involved in six operations between the Ramadan period and the day they were arrested.

    He said investigation revealed that most of the kidnappers operating in the state were from outside Kogi, lamenting that they were taking advantage of the geographical location and the route structure of the state.

    He however pledged that the command will continue to partner other security agencies to address the security challenges and “take advantage of the renewed zeal” of the state government to fight crime.