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  • Shallow grave found in Lagos pastor’s home

    Shallow grave found in Lagos pastor’s home

    •Police deepen probe

    The police in Lagos yesterday claimed that shallow graves were discovered at the residence of 70-year-old Prophet Emmanuel Adeyemi arrested for chaining his son and 27 others.

    Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni who confirmed the allegation said the place was raided following a tip-off that the suspect traded human parts to ritualists.

    He claimed that Adeyemi who was arrested alongside his first wife on Friday, buried some dead persons in the swamps and three others at his residence.

    Owoseni said: “We got a tip-off that they were people he buried in that compound and he confirmed it during interrogation.

    “Because the area is swampy, the suspect had allegedly buried some people in the swamp and about three others in the house.

    “When we asked him of their identities he said it was some of his patients that were brought to his home from the hospital, after they were given up for dead, who finally died in his care and were buried in the swamp.

    “When we also queried him on the claims that he used the body parts of the deceased to sell to ritualists, he swore that he was only a traditional healer and not a human parts seller.”

    Owoseni said Adeyemi was earlier invited for questioning after it was discovered that he put his son in chains.

    The Commissioner said the suspect claimed he chained the teenager, Toba Adedoyin Adeyemi in order to cure him from stealing.

    He said: “When we got information that a teenager was locked up in a house, the area G Commander invited the suspect, who claimed that his son was known for stealing and so he locked him up in chains to cure him of stealing.

    “While we were still on that case, we got another credible tip off that there were other people chained up in that same house. Of course, we carried out a raid and confirmed the allegation to be true.

    “But before then, we had contacted the Lagos State Government because we don’t have the facility to keep the rescued persons. His claims now that he was arrested is  that he is a herbalist, but why didn’t he tell us that when we first invited him to the station over locking up his stepson? He only told us that he wanted to cure his son of stealing.”

    It was gathered that one of the victims who was feeble and had sores was currently on admission at a hospital, while the others were moved to the state rehabilitation centre.

  • Lagos pastor chains son, 27 others

    Lagos pastor chains son, 27 others

    A 70-YEAR-OLD ‘pastor’, Emmanuel Adeyemi, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly chaining his son and 27 others.

    Adeyemi was arrested alongside his first wife, at his Oyinbo Unity Estate, Olamidun Close, Yakoyo, Oke-Ira, Ojodu residence, after he was accused of putting his son, Toba Adedoyin Adeyemi, 17, in chains and starving him of food.

    Thirteen children and 15 adults were rescued from the premises with an inscription, “Mimo Mimo Mimo Safulaijah”, situated in a valley at the estate.

    But when The Nation visited the church, some of the pastor’s client was seen weeping over his arrest.

    Two men and an aged woman who sat on a bench claimed that the suspect has been healing people of various ailments including mental disorder, diabetes, stroke and spiritual attacks.

    The woman, Mosili Nosiru, who wept profusely, explained that her son, Mohammadu Tijani, was among those taken away by security forces.

    She explained that the boy, who was a university undergraduate, has been battling with mental disorder for eight years.

    Mrs Nosiru said: “It has been on and off since eight years. He has finished Quaranic School. When it stopped, he gained admission but the problem started again. So, we brought him to this place and he was healed. But he relapsed and we brought him back.

    “He has been here for over one year and he was getting better before government officials came and took them. They told us they have taken our children to Ikorodu. Now, I can’t see my son,” she sobbed.

    One of the men who claimed to have come from Ondo State to meet the suspect, disclosed that the ‘pastor’ has been healing him from ‘spiritual arrows’.

    The man who did not disclose his name said he knew the suspect about two months ago after he was attacked spiritually, adding that it was the man who saved his life by taking the arrows away.

    “I have been coming here for about two months. I knew him after someone introduced me to his place. The man is a ‘doctor’. He heals people with herbs and sacrifices. He does not do anything bad. He is also very generous. Arrows were sent into my body but he helped me and removed them. If not for him, I would have been dead. So many people, including big men come here for spiritual work,” he claimed.

    The suspect’s second wife, Tope Adeyemi, appealed to the government to release his husband, insisting that he only tied Toba because he wanted to deliver him from a wandering spirit.

    The expectant mother said the suspect felt the spirits he cast off his clients were affecting his son who usually ran away from home to an unknown destinations for several months.

    “His father chained him on Thursday so that he can do three-day deliverance on him. The deliverance would have been completed on Saturday but on Friday morning, policemen from Area G came here and arrested my husband.

    “He chained Toba because he is always running away from home. The other time he ran to Shagamu and after sometime, he was brought home. One week later, he ran to Ibadan and he was found after one month. The last one was to Powerline. He ran from home and went to Powerline. He stayed there for two weeks and was brought home.

    “His father became worried because he used to be a very gentle boy. So, he chained him because he believed that it was a spiritual attack and wanted to do three-day deliverance on his son. My husband is not a criminal. He does not do anything bad. He only heals people and helps people. He has licence for the business. They should please release him”, Mrs. Adeyemi said.

    Most of the rescued victims looked malnourished with some of them severely ill.

    Confirming the incident, the command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent (SP) said: “Further search of the premises led to the discovery of other people chained by the suspect. Total number of 28 persons, comprising, six adult males, nine adult females, seven female children and six male children were rescued and taken to protective custody.”

    “Suspect has been arrested and currently undergoing interrogation as the command is working assiduously to get the root of the occurrence.”

  • Police parade 41 ‘kidnappers’, others in Abuja

    Police parade 41 ‘kidnappers’, others in Abuja

    •Troops kill ‘kidnappers’ in Bauchi

    The police in Abuja yesterday paraded 41 suspects for kidnapping, car snatching, and other crimes.

    The suspects included Isah Aliu, Labaran Abubakar, Abdullahi Ishaq, Adamu Mohammed, Muazu Nasiru, Tella Adamu, Mohammed Adamu, Murtala Usman, Yusuf Waheed.

    Others were: Bashir Mohammed, Nelson Nyan, Peter Attah, Michael Bembi, Salisu Isah, Alh Isah Musa, Ibrahim Yusuf, Emeka Nnate, Mohammed Abubakar, Mohammed Abubakar, Hashiru Tukur.

    Items recovered from them included 13 motorcycles, six cars, nine wristwatches, knife, Ipad, two mobile phones, television set, DVD player, game station and armoured cables.

    Commissioner of Police in  FCT Muhammad Mustafa said the arrest and recovery followed proactive intelligence, hard work and discreet operations by the command.

    “Some suspects were paraded initially for kidnapping their victim from Maitama and taking her to an inn in Sokoto State, where she was held hostage before she was rescued by policemen.

    “The FCT Police Command has arrested other members of the syndicate, who were at large. Among those arrested is a notorious car snatcher and gang leader, who recruits the hoodlums and supplies them arms and ammunition.

    “The command has intensified efforts to recover the victim’s Toyota Rav4 and one other Toyota Venza, all parked at the gang’s hideout in Niger Republic,” said.

    Mustafa enjoined residents to be cautious when parking, even as he urged them to install tracking devices in their cars.

    Also, troops of 33 Brigade at the weekend killed three kidnappers in Bauchi State.

    According to the Acting Director of Public Relations Col. Sani Usman, this followed incessant cases of robbery and kidnapping in the areas.

    He said the troops carried out the fighting patrol at Dutsen Mairama and around Dogon Ruwa settlement within Lame/Burra forest of Toro and Ningi local governments.

    “During the encounter, three kidnappers were killed and their camps destroyed. The troops also recovered arms and ammunition, including empty shells,” he said.

    Usman said the troops would continue to carry out such clearance operations in known hideouts within Bauchi and other states to deny criminals freedom of action.

     

  • Police arrest gynaecologist for ‘drugging, raping’ patients

    Police arrest gynaecologist for ‘drugging, raping’ patients

    •’Four SANs trying to pervert justice’

    The police have arrested a gynaecologist for allegedly drugging and raping some of his female patients.

    The alleged rapist, Dr. Kalu Nwachukwu, is a consultant gynaecologist at Life Point Medical Centre in Utako district, Abuja.

    The 47-year-old doctor, according to the police, usually drug his victims before taking undue advantage of them.

    The police also said some victims of the suspects were married women, adding that he has a child with one of them.

    The police noted that some lawyers are trying to shield the alleged rapist from conviction.

    Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muhammad Mustafa said: “On August 4, acting on a report of the unethical conduct of Dr Kalu Nwachukwu, a consultant gynaecologist, who was reported to take undue advantage of his women patients, police operatives attached to the command swung into action leading to the arrest of the suspect.

    “In his statement, the suspect confessed to have had sexual affairs with some of his women patients who come to him for treatment or consultation in his office and other locations.

    “Investigations also showed that the suspect uses drugs to induce his victims in order to have intercourse with them, therefore corroborating the allegations against him.

    “He is in prison. He has to be stripped of his licence and as part of our investigation, we have written to the Nigeria Medical and Dental Council (NMDC) and he has been arraigned in court.”

    On those trying to shield the suspect from conviction, the commissioner said: “I learnt that four Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) are trying to take him away from prison but we are going to do our best to gain conviction because it is a serious case of somebody abusing the ethics of his profession.

    “We seize this medium to advise the public to ensure they carry out thorough background check on the credibility of doctors they intend to engage as personal or family physicians.”

  • Police arrest gynaecologist for drugging, raping patients

    The police have arrested a gynaecologist for allegedly drugging and raping some of his female patients In Abuja.

    The alleged rapist, is a consultant gynecologist at Life Point Medical Centre, Utako, Abuja.
    The 47 year old doctor according to the police, usually drugs his victims before taking undue advantage of them.
    The police also disclosed that some of the victims of the suspect are married women. The doctor is said to have had a child with one of his victims who is married.
    The Police also alleged that some lawyers are trying to shield the accused  from conviction.
    Speaking about the suspect’s operation, the Commissioner of Police in charge of  FCT, Muhammad Mustafa said: “On 4th of August, acting on report of the unethical conduct of one  a consultant gynecologist who was reported to have been in the habit of taking undue advantage of his female patients who come to him for treatment or consultation in his office and other locations, Police operatives attached to the Command swung into action leading to the arrest of the suspect.
    “In his statement, the suspect confessed to have had sexual affair with some of his female patients who come to him for treatment or consultation in his office and other locations.
    The CP added: “Investigations also revealed that the suspect uses drugs to induce his victims in order to have intercourse with them, therefore corroborating the allegations brought up against him”.
    On the present status of the suspect, CP Mustafa said: “He is presently in prison. He has to be stripped of his license and as part of our investigation, we have written to Nigeria Medical and Dental Council (NMDC) and he has been arraigned in court.”
    On those trying to shield the suspect from conviction, the CP said: “I learnt that four Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) are trying to take him away from the prison but we are going to do our very best to gain conviction because it is a very serious case of somebody abusing the ethics of his profession.”
    The CP while urging members of the public to be careful said: “We seize this medium to advise members of the public to ensure they carryout thorough background check on the credibility of the doctors they intend to engage as their personal or family physician”.

  • Police recruitment: Aptitude test begins today

    The Police Service Commission ( PSC) will conduct aptitude test for shortlisted applicants for recruitment into the police today.

    This is contained in a statement by its Mr Ikechukwu Ani, head, Press and Public Relations, yesterday, in Abuja.

    Ani said coordinators for the exercise were already in their states of deployment to ensure success of the process.

    He said commission Chairman Mr Mike Okiro had advised successful applicants yet to receive invitation via e-mail, to check their names at the police command headquarters in their states.

    He said the list containing names of invited applicants were pasted in all state command Headquarters.

    The spokesman said the commission would ensure that no successful and qualified candidate would be left out.

    PSC shortlisted 110,469 of 338,250 for the aptitude test from 991,438 applications received.

    The 110,469 applicants comprise 22,454 for Cadet ASPs, 24,456 for Cadet Inspectors and 63,559 for Constables.

  • Rape victim’s ordeal and police

    Reports of the abduction of Dr.Ime Stephen, uncle to the 15-year old school girl, Mary Udo, allegedly raped at gunpoint by a police Inspector in Akwa Ibom State, represent the apogee of the travails of the family since the rape incident took place.

    It is at once a dangerous development that calls for the immediate intervention of the Inspector-General of Police as insinuations are very high that the incident has an uncanny link with the rape saga.

    Before his abduction, Citizen Stephen had reportedly escaped assassination attempt at his village house at Nyaodiong, in the MkpatEnin Local Government Area of the state. He had also petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Murtala Mani, alleging threat to his life, that of his family members, attempted arson on his new house and malicious damage of property.

    He also had cause to visit the CP penultimate Friday to complain of frequent attacks on him and how to get justice for Udo. Before his latest fate, the victim was pressing hard for the matter not to be swept under the carpet after refusing to accede to entreaties from some clergymen and police officers sent to him by the Divisional Police Officer DPO to let the matter go.

    Those sent to him by the DPO of the MpatEnin local government were said to have persuaded him to pipe down on the grounds that the incident was not only a big shame to the offending Inspector but the police establishment he represents. But as things stood, Citizen Stephen would not allow the matter go apparently in deference to the rape victim who had said “it was a harrowing experience. There is nothing on earth that would make me forgive the inspector”.

    The little girl’s feelings are understandable given that the inspector not only allegedly raped her at gunpoint while returning from church but detained her for three harrowing days and made the family to cough out N10, 000 before setting her free. That is the height of criminality unexpected of those paid with taxpayers’ money to protect the society. It is a big scandal that by now ought to have attracted deserved attention from the police authorities.

    It is bad a thing that a police officer of that rank could degenerate to such a bestial and criminal level of raping a school girl returning from church at gunpoint. Worse still, he also had the temerity to detain her for three days and forced the family to pay N10, 000 for her safety. These are enough to ruffle public sensibility in saner societies.

    In an issue as serious as this, the minimum expectation is for the accused to be made to face the full weight of the law without delay. But all indications have not pointed to this direction. For, it is about a month now the incident happened without the public being availed the benefit of any serious action taken against him. Rather, what we find is an attempt by the police to paper the matter as vividly indicated by the emissaries they sent to the victims’ uncle.

    Unfortunately, Udo’s family would not have such things covered up because it could encourage policemen to take laws into their hands in anticipation that the system would have a way of protecting them. This column identifies with the Udo family in condemning this singular rape incident and the lawlessness that followed. It cannot and should not be swept under the table. It is a very heinous offence with prospects of further denting the image and credibility of the police force.

    It is trite that the course of the police force will be better served when it distances itself from the criminal activities of its men and officers by taking decisive steps to discourage the resort to criminality. Even if the police had need to apologize to the victim’s family for the bestial treatment meted to their daughter, that should not in any way detract from the fact that the accused must still be made to pay for his sins.

    The accused inspector whose name up till now, is being shielded by the police should immediately be made to face the music for the unmitigated disgrace he is to the institution. That way, we will be sending the right signals that those who abuse their positions of trust for self-serving reasons will not go scot free. That is the lesson that must be underscored most poignantly in the instant case.

    Curiously, the abduction of Stephen has added another dangerous dimension to the matter. This is especially so given that before his latest ordeal, he had escaped an assassination attempt to his life. He had also alleged threats to his life, that of his family, attempted arson on his new house and malicious damage of his property. All these were documented in a petition he sent to the state Commissioner of Police CP.

    Ironically, not much is known of the response of the CP to these allegations before the man was finally abducted from his house by masked gunmen who broke through the wall from the backyard. Neither is there any evidence of the provision of police protection to the man in the face of the serial threats to his life and that of his family.

    And until the CP speaks on the latest development, the impression we get is that the command did not take seriously the copious complaints of the human rights activist. But if the police did not take seriously the issues raised in the petition, the abduction has shown very vividly that either it underestimated the weight of the matter or turned a blind eye to it for inexplicable reasons.

    For whatever reason, it is sad that the fears of Stephen have come true. If the police had taken the matter seriously, they would have responded positively by building some form of security around the Udo family. Had that been done, we would have saved the police institution the embarrassment of having to contend with the reality of this abduction despite repeated complaints and allegations of threats to life and property.

    That is the burden the police has to shoulder given the latest development. It also suffers vicarious responsibility of having to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that this abduction is not in any way connected with the family’s insistence that justice must be done in the case of the inspector that raped, abused and extorted money from the innocent school girl.

    There is no better way to demonstrated this than a quick apprehension of the marauding gang that abducted Stephen. With the smashing of the gang and freeing of the rights activist, we will be demonstrating to the world very unambiguously that the cries of the witch at night had nothing to do with the death of the child in the morning. That is the uncanny reality that has been elevated to the fore by the unfolding events surrounding that rape case.

    It is important that the police authorities get to the root of the matter to demonstrate very clearly that the current twist is not in any manner linked to the family’s insistence that the offending inspector must face the wrath of the law. A quick apprehension of those criminals will not only disabuse insinuations of complicity but further shore up the waning public confidence in the ability of the police to protect and treat information given to them with utmost confidentiality.

    We now run the risk of allowing the impression fester that those charged with the security of the citizens can trample on and serially abuse such privileges and get away with them. That is the point where the predicament of Stephen now leaves us. We must work to reverse this ruinous tendency by promptly apprehending the abductors and secure Stephen’s freedom. The IG must act now to extricate the police from it actions or inaction that led to the current pass. But nothing untoward should happen to Citizen Stephen.

  • Residents accuse police of conspiring with ‘land grabbers ‘

    Policemen attached to the Mobile Force (PMF) have been accused of aiding land grabbers to dislodge residents of Sapata community in Lekki from their homes.

    The residents, who cried out to the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris as well as the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for help, claimed that over 250 shanties were destroyed by suspected land grabbers allegedly accompanied by over 25 armed mobile policemen.

    According to a 97-year-old woman, Florence Oriyomi Oja-Okomo, the incident occurred on June 27, adding that those who led the policemen were two civilians she identified as Gbenga and Tokunbo.

    Mrs. Oja-Okomo, who claimed to have lived in the community for her entire life, said that they were not allowed to collect their properties.

    She claimed: “Over 250 families have been displaced by some powerful and wealthy people who came into our community with bulldozers. They demolished our makeshift homes.

    “This community has existed for over 200 years. My forefathers lived here and were fishermen. When I was growing up, this place was not accessible to vehicles. But now that development has come, different people have started struggling to take over our possessions.

    “Currently, there is a matter in court between the Oja-Okomos and Ojomu families over land ownership. The worst part is that the people who came here to destroy our homes and chase us didn’t come from the Ojomu clan.

    “I was shocked when a group of policemen, led by Gbenga and Tokunbo, came with bulldozers to demolish our homes. We were told that a powerful family has bought the land, even as we are in Appeal court with the Ojomu family and Lagos State Government. Is it possible that a family could encroach on a land that is in the court? Who sold the land to them?”

    A retired policeman, Felix Oja-Okomo, said his grandfather discovered the place when it was a thick forest, accusing those demolishing their homes of being dishonest.

    Felix said: “The people demolishing our homes have not specifically told us who they are working for. This shows that those claiming to have bought this place are not honest. They are just land grabbers, assisted by a few powerful men in Lagos; by men, who believe that they can suppress the truth and take over other people’s properties.”

  • Padding: Dogara, others must face panel – Police

    Padding: Dogara, others must face panel – Police

    •Grills Gabajabiamila for over one hour
    •NASS Clerk has one-week deadline to submit draft and final copies of 2016 budget

    THE Police are on course to interact with Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives on the alleged padding of the 2016 budget after resumption of the National Assembly from its current recess, The Nation can now reveal.

    Also lined up for the proposed interaction are Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun, Chief Whip Ado Doguwa, and Minority Leader Leo Ogor.

    Saddled with the assignment is the Police Special Investigative Panel which, according to sources has had a session with House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila.

    Gbajabiamila who had been out of the country said on Friday that he was offering himself to the law enforcement agencies for probe over the budget padding allegation.

    Although his name has not featured among those listed by the sacked chairman of the House Committee of Appropriation, Abdulmumini Jibrin, who spilled the beans, sources said the police panel had a “comprehensive session with the House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday for over one hour.”

    The panel has asked the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani Omolori, to submit the draft and final copies of the 2016 Budget to it within one week.

    A highly placed source familiar with the development said: “We are going to interrogate the Speaker and the three principal officers implicated in the main petition of the erstwhile Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin.

    “Once they return from recess, we will ask them to report. Already, a letter of invitation has been served on them. It is still subsisting.

    “The initial argument is that the Speaker is the nation’s number four citizen and the modalities of summoning him ought to be different. But we have checked the statute books, neither Dogara nor any of the principal officers has immunity from investigation and prosecution.

    “We have not foreclosed investigation into the alleged budget padding. Whoever is talking of any other solution than this ongoing probe might be referring to another platform.”

    The source said the commitment attached to the investigation accounts for non-reopening of the office of the Appropriation Committee in the House which was locked following the budget padding allegations and the counter allegations.

    “Until we have conducted substantial investigation, the office will still be firmly locked by security agencies. That is a strong room of exhibits,” the source said.

    Asked of the extent of investigation, the source added: “We have got sufficient documents for preliminary investigation which is already in progress.

    “The Clerk of the National Assembly has up till next week to submit the draft and final copies of the 2016 Budget to the panel.

    “All we need now is to interact with the four principal officers immediately they return from recess. If they fail to report, the law has a provision for taking card of such.”

    The source confirmed that 10 chairmen of committees in the House will take their turn after the four principal officers.”

    On the appearance of House Leader Gbajabiamila before the SIP, the source said: “Although Jibrin did not mention his name in his petition and addendum, he had audience with us on Friday for over one hour.

    “It was a comprehensive session which provided more insights into the workings of the House. We hope other leaders in the chamber will emulate him.

    “Gbajabiamila came in voluntarily and we took his statement, which is a loaded document on oath.”

    Dogara said last week that he was not above the law following the barrage of criticisms that followed his initial statement that no one could probe what he does on the floor of the House as a member and Speaker.

    He denied reports that suggested that he could not be investigated or prosecuted over the scandal.

    He also said reports credited to him as saying padding was no offence under the law were untrue.

    He said his comments on the alleged budget padding were a misrepresentation with and Nigerians now seeing him as insensitive to their feelings.

    His Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan said: “while responding to questions at the Civil Society Dialogue at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja on Thursday 12th August, Dogara made reference to Sections 3, 24 and 30 of the Legislative Houses ( Powers and Privileges ) Act to buttress the point that the legislature while carrying out its constitutional responsibilities is protected by law.

    “He did not say or mean that he is above the laws of the land or that he is shielded by the law or has immunity for any infractions of the law.

    “This clear restatement of the law has been twisted by sections of the media to mean that neither security agencies nor the courts could investigate or prosecute or try him!

    “This is most uncharitable and a deliberate and calculated attempt to pitch the Speaker against the Nigerian public and paint him as lawless.

    “As an Officer in the Temple of Justice, Dogara not only owes unalloyed allegiance to the Judiciary but also to the institutions of law enforcement. He indeed swore to an Oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    “Dogara should not be portrayed as insensitive or arrogant as this is contrary to his true nature of humility and humaneness that has endeared him to his colleagues and Nigerians.”

     

  • Police arrest two officers for mounting roadblocks in Bayelsa

    Police arrest two officers for mounting roadblocks in Bayelsa

    Two officers working in the Bayelsa State Police command have been arrested for mounting roadblocks against the directive of the Force Headquarters.

    It was gathered that the new state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, ordered the arrest of the unidentified indicted officers following an investigation.

    Ogunjemilusi, who confirmed the arrest at the weekend said it would send strong message to other officers and men of the police in the command.

    He reiterated that roadblocks had been cancelled across the country including Bayelsa by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).

    He said the arrested officers would be sanctioned adding that they could be demoted to serve as deterrent to others.

    He said the police were only allowed to adopt targeted or sporadic stop-and-search aimed at specific crime in policing the highways.

    The police boss said he had passed an instruction that any person who stops a vehicle must write detailed reports about his discoveries.

    He said: “Roadblocks have been cancelled by the IGP and I am here to declare to you that in Bayelsa State also roadblocks have been cancelled.

    “What is permitted is targeted stop and search aim at specific crime or a sporadic one aimed at preempting some criminal elements based on information. It is not the usual blocking the road and checking vehicles anyhow.

    “I have passed the instruction that any such vehicle stopped henceforth must be recorded. You must write a report about the vehicle, the number, colour and why you stopped it.

    “Every man on the road must come back every evening and make that report. If you are not able to do that, it means you have gone on an illegal duty and you will be sanctioned. I came about a week ago. Already we have arrested two officers.”