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  • Court verdict: Police warn against disruption of peace in Plateau

    Court verdict: Police warn against disruption of peace in Plateau

    Following the Court judgement on March 18th Gubernatorial Election in Plateau State delivered by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Sunday, November, 19, the Plateau State Police Command said it has received credible intelligence which revealed that some hoodlums and criminal- minded individuals are planning to disrupt the peace currently being enjoyed  in the state. 

    In the interest of peace, the Commissioner of Police, Okoro Alawari,  however, issued a stern warning to  such persons to abort their criminal intentions which have the potential of causing chaos and breach of peace in the State. 

    He also urged all members of the public to respect the verdict of the court, maintain calm across the State and refrain from any actions that could incite violence or cause harm to lives and property of the citizenry.

    The CP implores all aggrieved parties to do the right thing by seeking redress in a higher court and allow peace prevail in the state.

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    The Plateau police chief further appealed to parents, guardians and religious and traditional leaders to caution their wards, subjects and  followers against participating in any form of misconduct that may disrupt the peace of the state.

    In a statement by the spokesman of the Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, started that  the Command will not hesitate to deal decisively with any one found culpable in accordance with the relevant laws.  

    CP Alawari, assured the public of the Command’s unflinching commitment to maintaining law and order just as he advised Plateau residents to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses.

  • Police recruitment: PSC rejects 190,741 application

    Police recruitment: PSC rejects 190,741 application

    The Police Service Commission (PSC) has rejected 190, 741, applications for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

    PSC, has said five hundred and seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy four (547,774) applications have so far been received in the Police Recruitment portal which closes next Sunday, November 26, and will be exactly the six weeks mandatory requirement for such exercise by the Federal Character Commission.

    According to a statement signed by the commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, on Sunday, the Portal was opened on the 15th of October 2023, five weeks ago.

    Ani said: “Out of the 547,774 applicants, 358,900 were successfull and have qualified for the next round of the recruitment process which includes the physical, credentials, medicals and strict background checks of the applicants.

    “A total of 84,606 applicants were rejected for over age. Applicants are expected to be between the ages of 18 and 25.

    “Kaduna state maintained its first position as the state with the highest number of applicants with 40,272 with Anambra Still stuck in the last position with 1664. Adamawa State is second with 36,398 applications, Bornu State third with 32,048. Benue State with 31,122 is fourth, Katsina state with 30,202 is 5th, Bauchi State with 30,604 is 6th while Kano with 30,004 is 7th.

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    “Ebonyi State with 2132 applications is next to Anambra from the rear, followed by Lagos State with 2324 applicants. Bayelsa state is 4th from the rear with 2651 while Abia has 2796 and 5th from the rear.”

    The chairman, PSC, Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector General of Police, expressed his satisfaction with the number of applications already received.

    He observed that it is obvious that Nigerian youths have decided to show incredible interest in pursuing a career in the Nigeria Police, a development he said augurs well for the “new Police we are building.”

    He appealed once again to the youths of the South-East to change its indifference to Police work, insisting that embracing anti-government criminal gangs will not lead them anywhere.

    Arase advised that they should be concerned on what becomes of the region in the future as no development can thrive in a terror ravaged communities.

    He noted that the commission will do its best to ensure that the recruitment is strictly based on defined criteria with merit and justice prevalent throughout the processes.

  • Police debunk attack, officers’ killing in Imo community

    Police debunk attack, officers’ killing in Imo community

    The Imo State Police Command has debunked the video making the rounds on social media purporting the attack and killing of police officers at Emekuku in Owerri North Council Area of Imo State on Friday, November 17, 2023.

    In a statement issued in Owerri yesterday by the Police spokesman, Henry Okoye, there was no record of any incident of attack or killing of police officers in Imo State yesterday (Friday).

    The police spokesman said that the incident shown in the viral video happened at Nwofe Road, on the outskirts of Abakiliki Town, adding that the Ebonyi State Police Command had issued a statement confirming the attack, stating further that an intense manhunt was ongoing to hunt down the hoodlums responsible for the dastardly act.

    He said: “The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, calls on the general public to disregard the misinformation as circulated by rumour peddlers and miscreants whose stock in trade is to circulate false information capable of causing panic and apprehension amongst the good people of Imo State.

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    “The CP encourages Imolites to go about their lawful business without any form of fear or intimidation, as the command under his watch is relentless in ensuring the maximum safety and security of the law-abiding residents in the state as well as in sustaining the already established peace and nightlife in the state.”

    The CP beckoned on ‘Ndi Imo’ to continue to cooperate with the police and other sister security agencies in the state by reporting any suspicious person or clandestine activities observed in their vicinity to the nearest police station.

    He also called on the media to continue to cooperate with the command by reporting verified and credible news to the public.

  • Police intensify search for alleged DPO killer, 2Baba, arrest second-in-command

    Police intensify search for alleged DPO killer, 2Baba, arrest second-in-command

    The police are close to apprehending the alleged notorious cult leader, David Okpala Okpolowu a.k.a. 2Baba, accused of spearheading the brutal killing of the popular crime-fighting Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada-East Local Government Area, Bako Angbasim.

    Agbasim, a Superintendent of Police (SP) was killed with his body allegedly dismembered by 2Baba and his dreaded Iceland cult group terrorising Ahoada-East, an area reputed for violent cult activities.

    The police have been on the trail of 2Baba since the incident with the state government placing a bounty of N100m on his head.

    Some of the foot soldiers of the cult leader had either been killed by the police or arrested as the security agency intensified search for the most wanted criminal.

    But progress in the search for him was reportedly made at the weekend with the capture of his second-in-command by the police in Bayelsa State.

    The Bayelsa operatives, acting on intelligence, were said to have rounded up 43-year-old Onyekachi Ikowa at his hideout in Yenagoa, the state capital.

    It was gathered that Ikowa first escaped to Shagamu in Ogun State but later made his way back to Yenagoa, where he hid himself in an undisclosed location.

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    A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Bayelsa State, CSP Butswat Asinim, confirmed the arrest of 2Baba’s second in command.

    Asinim said the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, CP Francis Iduh, immediately ordered police operatives to comb the state and apprehend others hiding in Bayelsa

    The statement said: “Police Operatives in Bayelsa State have nabbed one of the killers of the late SP Bako Angbashim, former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Rivers State.

    “The suspect, one Onyekachi Ikowa ‘m’  43 years, the second in command to TuBaba of the dreaded Icelander cult group, was arrested on 18 November, 2023 based on credible intelligence that he was hibernating in Yenagoa after participating in the callous murder of the late SP Bako Angbashim in September 2023.

    “The Commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Francis Iduh, has charged Police Operatives to fish out any of his cohorts who is hiding in Bayelsa State. He stressed that the Bayelsa Command under his watch would not be safe haven for criminals to hide.

    “The suspect has been handed over to the Rivers Police Command for further investigation.”

  • Man, 30, defiles two-year-old baby, blames act on alcohol

    Man, 30, defiles two-year-old baby, blames act on alcohol

    …as 76-year-old man impregnates 16-year-old girl in Ogun

    A 30-YEAR-OLD man in Adamawa State, Buguwa Kwaji, has confessed to defiling a two-year-old baby girl.

     The accused, who has since been arrested by the police, blamed his action on alcohol.

     The Adamawa State Police Command, which spoke on the case yesterday, said Kwaji, who was apprehended last Sunday, had made confessions in the course of interrogation by police operatives.

     Buguwa, who resides at Aljannaru village in Song LGA where he perpetrated the crime, said he was under the influence of alcohol.

     “After drinking a gin known as voltage on that fateful day, I lay down and the little girl came and started playing on my body. So I raped her because I could not resist the urge,” Buguwa said.

    He was caught in the act by the little girl’s elder sister who raised the alarm, prompting angry neighbours to take him to the police.

    Kwaji is said to be married to a woman who is currently pregnant.

     The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the state Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, had ordered investigation officers to dig into the matter and ensure diligent prosecution.

    In Ogun State, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Adijat Adeleye, yesterday confirmed the arrest of a 76-year-old man for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Abeokuta, the state capital.

    Adeleye, in a chat with journalists, said the accused, David Ogunsanwo, was arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly raping the 16-year-old girl (name withheld) and impregnating her.

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    Adeleye said the suspect would be charged to court, adding that her ministry would follow the case through to ensure that justice is served.

    The commissioner, who expressed worries over the increasing rate of sexual abuse cases in the country, appealed to victims to always speak out.

    She also called on parents to stop withdrawing cases of rape out of victimisation.

    She said: “The incidence of people going to the police, reporting and withdrawing the case is increasing. And we want to draw the attention of all parents that if your child is a victim of violation, report the case to the police and do not withdraw it.

    “We are aware that cases of violation and abuse are increasing. There’s a huge increase in these kinds of crimes, especially against children.

    “When you withdraw the case, it gives the perpetrator the opportunity to continue to do it and also do it to other children.

    “I am making a public announcement to all parents, because our biggest problem is that when things like this happen, parents say they don’t want to make it public.”

  • Imo Police chief vows to stop sit-at-home

    Imo Police chief vows to stop sit-at-home

    The new Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has vowed to work tirelessly to put an end to the unlawful sit-at-home order that has crippled the socio economic activities of the state.

    Speaking at the maiden conference with the strategic managers of the police command yesterday in Owerri, Danjuma said he would restore public confidence and ensure people go about their lawful businesses without fear of being attacked by criminally minded elements in the state.

    “Our presence must be well felt by the populace, we cannot afford to be reactive in our policing approach,” he said.

    “My administration will work tirelessly to put an end to the unlawful sit-at-home order that is crippling the socio-economic activities of the state.

    “We shall re-ignite back public confidence in going about their lawful business without fear of being attacked by dominating the entire security space of the state.”

    He said the command under his watch would embrace an intelligence-based, people-friendly, problem-solving, and proactive community-oriented policing that is rule of law compliant and zero-tolerance for corruption.

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     “It is pertinent to state that we are in an era when the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) is battling with a trust deficit.”

    He urged the police managers to be the vanguard of justice and beacon of hope by ensuring that officers and men under their supervision uphold the highest standards of professionalism, respect the fundamental human rights of citizens, and shun every form of corrupt practice while discharging their lawful duties.

    “Let us work together and courageously stamp out violent crimes and criminally minded elements in the state, most especially the local terrorist group masquerading as the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN).”

    Bayelsa guber: I’d have relocated my mother if Diri lost reelection – Jonathan

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he would have relocated his mother to Abuja if Bayelsa State governor Douye Diri had lost his reelection bid.

    Jonathan expressed confidence that Diri’s victory will make the state safer with the governor’s determination to tackle insecurity.

    He spoke when he visited the governor in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

    His words: “We don’t want to go into an unnecessary crisis in the state. Results have been declared and we believe the election was conducted.

    “We believe the governor won the election and we plead that people should accept it and work with the governor. Let all of us support him so that the state will move ahead.

    “There should be nothing that will push the state backwards. We should think about the development of the state, starting with the issue of peace and security in the state. Within this last period, three years plus, there have been significant improvements in terms of cultism, kidnapping, and so on and so forth.

    “I was saying before this election that if Diri lost this election, I would have relocated my mother to Abuja.”

  • Police hand over 26 illegalaliens to NIS in Edo

    Police hand over 26 illegalaliens to NIS in Edo

    The Police in Edo State have handed over 26  illegal aliens to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), for further investigation and necessary actions.

    The aliens comprising males and females were arrested at Ayua-Uzaire, Etsako West Local Government Area in Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State on November 9 this year.

    It was learnt yesterday by our reporter that the arrest of the aliens followed credible intelligence received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Jattu in Etsako West LGA, who quickly mobilised his men to do the needful.

    Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor, a Superintendent of Police (SP), in Benin, disclosed that the aliens were moved to the custody of the Edo command of NIS on November 13 this year.

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    He noted that when the foreigners were interrogated, it was discovered that they could not communicate effectively in English language, except to identify their countries of origin.

    Nwabuzor said: “The aliens confessed that an unnamed young man brought them to Nigeria, through the Cameroon border.”

    The aliens comprised 16 males and eight females from Cameroon, while the remaining two, male and female, are from Burkina Faso.

    The aliens’ guide, a Nigerian, who claimed to have lived and worked in Cameroon for many years, who simply identified himself as an excavator operator, confessed to having brought the foreigners to Nigeria, to join in escavation at the Edo community.

    Spokesman of NIS, Edo command, Mr. Ki Ake, could not be reached for comment at press time.

  • Imo Police chief vows to stop sit-at-home

    Imo Police chief vows to stop sit-at-home

    The new Imo Commissioner of Police Aboki Danjuma has vowed to work tirelessly to put an end to the unlawful sit-at-home order that has crippled the socio economic activities of the state.

    Speaking at the maiden conference with the strategic managers of the police command on Friday in Owerri, Danjuma said he would restore public confidence and ensure people go about their lawful businesses without fear of being  attacked by criminally minded elements in the State. 

    “Our presence must be well felt by the populace, we cannot afford to be reactive in our policing approach. 

    “My administration will work tirelessly to put an end to the unlawful sit-at-home order that is crippling the socio-economic activities of the State. 

    “We shall re-ignite back public confidence in going about their lawful business without fear of being attacked by dominating the entire security space of the State,” he stressed. 

    He said the Command under his watch would embrace an intelligence-based, people-friendly, problem-solving, and proactive community-oriented policing that is rule of law compliant and zero-tolerance to corruption.

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     “It is pertinent to state that we are in an era when the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) is battling with trust deficit.”

    He urged the police managers to be the vanguard of justice and beacon of hope by ensuring that officers and men under their supervision uphold the highest standards of professionalism, respect the fundamental human rights of citizens, and shun every form of corrupt practice while discharging their lawful duties.

     “Let us work together and courageously stamp out violent crimes and criminally minded elements in the State, most especially the local terrorist group masquerading as the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN).”

  • Police present N2.2b cheques to 613 deceased officers’ families

    Police present N2.2b cheques to 613 deceased officers’ families

    Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has presented a claim Settlement Group Life Assurance and IGP Family Welfare Schemes’ cheques amounting N2.276,110,966.80 to 613 families of police officers who died in active service.

    The IGP presented the cheques yesterday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja to the beneficiaries.

    The life assurance scheme is funded by the Federal Government while the IGP Family Welfare Scheme is funded by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

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    Egbetokun said the cheques covered officers who died between 2020 to 2021; 2021 to 2022; and 2022 to 2023.

    The police boss advised the beneficiaries to use the money for the benefit of the families the deceased officers left behind.

    He said the gesture was part of the IGP’s efforts to sympathise with the families of the deceased and to ensure smoothness in their day-to-day life’s challenges.

  • Yuletide: Police ban use of fireworks, explosives in Ogun

    Yuletide: Police ban use of fireworks, explosives in Ogun

    The Police command in Ogun has banned the use of fireworks and explosives in the state during the Yuletide celebrations.

    SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday.

    Odutola said there had been complaint from residents about their inability to differentiate between gunshots and genuine fireworks.

    The PPRO urged residents to respect the privacy of others.

    ” The state police command is inundated with report indices coming from residents since Nov. 1, especially in Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode, Ikenne and Sango Ota, over the indiscriminate use of dangerous fireworks popularly called “banga”.

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    ”They said that the deafening sound of it threatens the state of peace of mind and triggering anxiety of residents especially amid security concerns.

    ”The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, has henceforth declared a ban on indiscriminate use of explosive fireworks in Ogun State due to residents and the community inability to differentiate between gunshots and genuine fireworks,” she said.

    Odutola added that the commissioner had issued a stern warning to young persons who might want to flout the directive, saying violators would be punished in accordance with extant laws. (NAN)