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Police in Edo arrest 63-yr-old man for defiling two-year-old baby girl

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Police operatives in Edo State have arrested a 63-year-old man, Sunday Igbinokhuaihe, for allegedly luring a two-year-old girl into his room and defiled her.

The alleged crime happened around Urhonigbe, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect, who is a neighbour to the parents of the girl, reportedly lured the baby into his room with a loaf of bread and then fingered her private part until her hymen got broken.

The mother of the baby, was said to have discovered the abuse meted out to her daughter when she wanted to bathe her.

Following her screaming, the mother probed the girl, who showed her how the 63-year-old man inserted his finger into her private part.

The matter was later reported at Urhonigbe Police Station and the suspect was apprehended.

The matter has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Edo State Police Command in Benin.

Speaking on the matter, the Edo State Police Command’s spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, said that investigation into the matter had been concluded.

He added that the suspect would be taken to court to answer for his alleged crime during the week.

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Police trains, deploys 18,360 community police officers

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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu said on Tuesday that a total of 18,360 community policing officers (CPOs) have been recruited, trained and deployed in different parts of the country.

The IGP disclosed this at a workshop held in Abuja to sensitise members of the public on community policing.

According to Adamu, the recruitment for the CPOs was conducted in two batches with the first consisting of 9,478 and the second, 8,278.

Adamu further stated that a breakdown of the recruitment shows Zamfara as having the highest number with 2,550, while the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has the lowest with 96 officers, adding that Anambra, Borno, Kwara and Osun states are yet to undertake the recruitment and training. He however said that modalities for the exercise were being perfected with their governors.

Continuing, the IGP disclosed that the training ran for four weeks, adding that upon completion, the CPOs were kitted with specially branded police uniforms with identification badges.

He said most of the states had deployed the CPOs to their statutory duty of complementing the police and their communities in building trust, assuring Nigerians of their safety and security by ensuring that the police maintain law and order across the localities.

The IGP also said the force had been receiving special requests from some governors for the recruitment, training, kitting and deployment of additional CPOs to their domains, adding that the governors had made commitments to meeting the financial requirements for the recruitment.

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Police probe Apostle Suleman for allegedly sleeping with pastor’s wife

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Popular cleric, and founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has reportedly come under police probe for allegedly sleeping with the wife of a clergy identified as Mike Davids.

Further claims say that he is also threatening the life of the pastor and denying him access to his children.

The order to begin investigations into the matter was conveyed in a letter made available to newmen on Monday by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, which was addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki, on January 5, 2021.

The letter with Reference number CB:7000/IGP.SEC/ABJ/Vol.515/561, and signed by the Principal Staff Officer II to the Inspector-General of Police, ACP Iliya Doma, accused Apostle Suleman of sleeping with Pastor Faith Edeko, who heads the Abuja branch of the Omega Fire Ministries.

According to reports, the letter is sequel to a petition written by V.C Ezenagu & Associates on behalf of the aggrieved Pastor, accusing Suleman of sleeping with Faith Edeko, after her husband, Pastor Davids, left the church.

The letter titled, ‘Re: Criminal Petition Against Apostle Johnson Suleman for Enticement of a Married Woman; Adultery; Unlawful Criminal Restraint to Access Children and Threat to Life’, reads thus in part; “I attach herewith a copy of a letter dated December 30, 2020 with its attachments received from V.C Ezenagu & Associates on the above underlined subject. The Inspector-General of Police directs that you treat. Accept the assurances of my esteemed regards please.

The petition from Mr David’s’ lawyers read in part, “I met Apostle Suleman in 2003 while I was in school. We became very close and I was eventually ordained a pastor of Omega Fire Ministries on June 9, 2006 by Apostle Suleman and served the church for over 15 years before I exited in 2019.

“My wife was a staffer with NTA Iruekpen, so Apostle Suleman reached out to her that they will need her to build Celebration TV and Rhema for Living. She would have to shuttle between Osun State and Auchi.

“She came back from Auchi to Osun State and said she wanted to tell me that her conscience was pricking her. I asked what it was and she said that while in Auchi, Apostle Suleman lodged her at Uyi Grand Hotel and he came there and slept with her.

“And the moment she said that, the first thing that came to my mind was my daughter. I asked where Michelle was when this happened and she said Michelle was on the bed, pushed aside and I asked, ‘You mean you slept with a man with my daughter on the bed?’. I had to let it go because there was nobody I could tell and I couldn’t fight with Apostle Suleman… I forgave her but the amorous relationship continued. One thing I know is that my wife was hypnotised. This is not the woman I got married to, who I knew for 11 years.”

According to Mr Davids, his relationship with Apostle Suleman soon turned sour after he discovered that his wife was having an affair with Apostle Suleman.

He said that Suleman later suspended him and after the suspension was lifted, he refused to return to the church and then started receiving threats from Apostle Suleman.

However, Mr Davids said that he and his estranged wife remain legally married because their marriage has not been dissolved by a competent court of the land.

He said, “Apostle Suleman has given her a branch of the church in Utako, Abuja to head without permission. I am calling on Pastor David Oyedepo, Pastor Paul Enenche, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Pastor Margaret Idahosa, CAN, PFN.

“Apostle Suleman has damaged my life. I have not seen my wife and children for two years and Apostle Suleman says if I ever go near them, he will have me taken out. I have a video where he said he will make me disappear. I don’t want to lose my life,” he lamented.

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Police arrests organiser of Kwara n*de party

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The Kwara State police command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of one of the organisers of a n*de party in the state, Akinsola Babatunde aka “Mr. White.”

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega, who paraded Babatunde at the command headquarters in Ilorin, said credible intelligence on the gang’s activities led to the arrest of the man in the state capital.

Bagega, who said organisers of the party had advertised the show on social media for prospective attendees, added that they planned to hold the event in lounges, clubhouses and service apartments within the city.

He also disclosed that the organisers of the nude party fixed N20,000 per head as a gate fee for the event.

The police commissioner said: “The immoral and illegal action of Mr. White and his accomplices contradict the COVID-19 protocols and promote crime and criminality.

“Operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau attached to the command carried out a string operation involving tactical undercover and manoeuvre. We played along with them by posing as interested persons.

“We paid the advertised sum of N20,000 to a given bank account. With the other stakeholders’ cooperation, we arrested the suspect while going to withdraw the money from the bank.

“Efforts are ongoing by the state police command to arrest the fleeing members of the gang; the one in custody will be charged as soon as investigation is completed.”

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Police arrests vice-principal for defiling 12-year-old student in Katsina

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The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school vice-principal for defiling a 12-year-old student in the state.

The man, Ibrahim Tukur, who is the Vice-Principal of Community Secondary School in Kadandani, Rimi local government area of the state, was arrested by the police after the student’s father, Ibrahim Sale, reported the matter at a police station in the area.

Sale revealed how the vice-president who is married to three wives sexually abused his daughter and put her in the family way.

During his parade at the command headquarters in Katsina on Wednesday, Tukur told journalists how he lured the girl to his house and had sexual intercourse with her for eight months.

He said: “I am married to three wives. I am guilty of the crime leveled against me. I have been raping her for about eight months now. I used to lure her with N500 or at times N200 or N300 to my apartment where I reside with my three wives. I impregnated her and she gave birth to a baby boy for me.”

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Gambo Isah, also spoke on the matter.

He said: “Penultimate Saturday, at about 16:00hrs, one Ibrahim Sale, of Charanchi LGA in Katsina, reported at Rimi Divisional Police Headquarters, that on the same date at about 10:00hrs one Ibrahim Tukur, ‘m’, aged 38yrs of Kadandani Village, Rimi LGA on several occasions lured his daughter, aged 12, of the same address into his house at the same address and had unlawful carnal knowledge of her.

“As a result, she became pregnant and was recently delivered of a baby through Caesarian Section.

“The State Police Command is worried about the recent upsurge in rape cases across the state and it has become imperative to call on members of the general public, especially parents to always look after their wards.

“Consequently, the Command, under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, is collaborating with relevant stakeholders such as the government, traditional institutions such as religious leaders, women organizations, the media, civil society organization, and trade unions, among others on the need to rid the state of this menace.”

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Police begins manhunt for suspected killers of officer in Rivers

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Rivers State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the suspected killers of a police Inspector in the state.

A 17-man gang had on Sunday night launched a surprise attack on policemen from Borikiri Division in Port-Harcourt and killed the police officer.

The gunmen also injured a few other officers and took away their rifles.

The command’s spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, who disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, has ordered all tactical units in the state to arrest the perpetrators of the heinous crime.

He said: “I can confirm the unfortunate and mindless attack last night on our personnel from Borikiri Division, posted on a Pin-Down Point at Capt Amangala Junction, Borikiri Port Harcourt.

“While on duty, unknown gunmen numbering about 17 launched a surprise attack on them, leading to the death of a police Inspector, while others sustained gunshot wounds.

“The police patrol vehicle belonging to the team was riddled with bullet holes. The corpse of the late Inspector has been evacuated and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.

“In the meantime, the CP has ordered a serious manhunt for the perpetrators, with the marching order to all the tactical units to identify and apprehend them without delay. The area is under close monitoring.”

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Police sergeant arrested in Rivers for alleged armed robbery

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A policeman in Rivers State, Sergeant Ibrahim Odege, has been arrested alongside a 32-year-old Sampson Inomoghe over their alleged involvement in armed robbery in Elekahia community, Port Harcourt Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the policeman and his accomplice entered the community with a motorcycle on Saturday night robbing their victims with a pistol until one of the victims raised an alarm which lead to their apprehension.

Spokesman of the state Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement on Sunday, said, “Operatives of the Elekahia Division on 16/1/2021 at about 2200Hrs responded to a distress call at the Elekahia Housing Estate, where two armed robbers, who were robbing people and dispossessing them of their valuables were arrested.

“The timely arrival of the police led to the arrest of the two armed robbers, who were later identified as Sergeant Ibrahim Odege attached to the Operations Department of the Rivers Police Command and one Sampson Inomoghe ‘m’ 32yrs from Nembe in Bayelsa State, but resides at Rumuokwrushi in Obio/Akpor LGA.

“The duo were arrested at the scene of crime with the following exhibits; three different handsets belonging to their victims and one locally made Bareta pistol. One of the victims, Mrs Doris Elechi, identified them as those that robbed her of her Tecno handset, which is one of the exhibits recovered.”

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Sanwo-Olu orders police to impound vehicles with covered number plate

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo–Olu has directed Rapid Response Squad to impound vehicles with covered number plate in the state.

Head of Public Affairs Unit, Rapid Response Squad, Femi Moliki, in a statement, on Sunday, said six vehicles without number plate had been impounded after the directive.

In the statement titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu orders police to impound vehicles with covered number plate’, Moliki said, “Five of the vehicles have been transferred to the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences. The sixth, a Mercedes Benz, ML 350 was intercepted and impounded in Victoria Island  by the officers of the squad around 9:30 p.m. yesterday (Saturday).

“The driver of the vehicle, one Adam Oluremi, 32, threatened and mobilised a military man to shoot the officers. The officers professionally de-escalated the crisis and successfully towed vehicle to RRS Headquarters.”

Receiving a briefing on the issue, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, directed that the vehicle be impounded and the driver prosecuted, maintaining that “nobody is above the law of the land”.

Meanwhile, RRS Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has charged officers of the squad to be professional in the discharge of their responsibilities, maintaining that they should be civil and firm in enforcing the law.

He urged the officers to be dedicated and not to give room for distractions while on duty.

Egbeyemi stated that law-abiding Lagosians should look forward to a robust relationship, noting that the squad would be uncompromising with criminals.

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Police Arrest Ex-Guard For Stealing Church Offering Box In Ogun.

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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a former guard, Mela Samaila, for allegedly stealing the offering box of the Grace Nations Church, aka Liberation City.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect who worked for the church as a security official, broke into the auditorium.

According to the police spokesman, Samaila, reportedly stole the offering box containing an undisclosed amount of money in the church located at Ojodu Abiodun in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The suspect was said to be arrested following a distress call received by the police at the Ojodu Abiodun Divisional Headquarters from security men on duty at the church.

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To Oyeyemi, the suspect broke into the church around 4am on Thursday, noting that the guards told the police that a thief scaled the fence of the church, broke into the main auditorium and made away with the church’s offering box.

“Upon the distress call, the DPO Ojodu Abiodun division, CSP Eyitayo Akinluwade, quickly mobilised his patrol team to the scene, combed the area and succeeded in arresting the suspect with the help of the security men of the church and the offering box was recovered from him,” he said.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect was once a security man in the church, but was relieved of his duty due to some untoward behaviour.”

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has directed that the suspect be charged to court.

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I was arrested, slapped by police many times in varsity. – Wizkid

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Wizkid, a Nigerian Afrobeats singer, has recounted his experiences with police brutality, saying he was once arrested, harassed, and slapped by operatives in university before he became famous.

The 30-year-old music star brought the revelation to light during a recent interview with Naomi Campbell, an English model.

Wizkid said he was vocal about the recent #EndSARS protest because it was exciting that racism and police brutality gained a place in social discourse.

“I’m so happy that racism and police brutality has become part of our conversations. I felt great seeing what was happening. I’ve been harassed by the police countless times before I could get away from it for being me,” he said.

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“I was in uni. I was harassed; arrested. Of course, I was dealt with, like, slapped by the police so many times. It was normal when that’s not supposed to be normal. For me, the fact that it (EndSARS) happened, I was so overjoyed.

“That’s why I was so vocal about it. It’s something that needs to stop. The kids are already here. We’re already dealing with no electricity, bad roads, bad governance, no jobs, terrible schools.”

According to him, police brutality shouldn’t compound existing problems plaguing the youth in Nigeria.

“When you get out of school and graduate, there’s still no job. The youth are dealing with these things daily. Going outside and getting arrested or being profiled shouldn’t be added to it,” the Afrobeats star added.

“That can be controlled so we need to fix that. It’s a terrible thing, man. People have lost their lives for the most ridiculous things. It was sad. That was just the right time for us to speak up. I will always speak my mind.”

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Police arrest fake Air Force Captain in Katsina

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The Katsina State Police Command on Monday night arrested a fake Air Force Captain, who specializes in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a Nigerian Air Force officer.

The police also rescued 12 kidnap victims in Gatakawa village, Kankara local government area of Katsina State.

The Spokesman of the Katsina State Command, Superintendent Gambo Isa told newsmen through a Press release made available in Katsina, that the arrest of the fake captain was based on credible intelligence

He said’’ the Command succeeded in arresting one Khamis Abdullahi, of W02 Quarters, NDA, Kaduna, a notorious fraudster and a thief who specializes in defrauding and stealing from unsuspecting members of the public, using fake bank transfer alert and similar other tricks’’.

‘’ Nemesis caught up with the hoodlum when he dressed in Nigerian Air force Uniform, bearing the name K. Abdullahi with Captain rank, approached one Muhammadu Isah Girka, a car dealer in Alfrah Motors LTD, IBB Way, Katsina and introduced himself as Air Force Captain who returned from the United Kingdom and posted to Katsina on special duty as a Pilot’’.

‘’ He demanded to buy a motor vehicle, Toyota Corolla S, 2016 Model, blue in color, valued at N5,4m, from the car stand and promised to come later and pay for the vehicle.’’

Gambo further disclosed that the fake captain subsequently invited the car dealer to meet him at the Bank and collect his money for the vehicle and that in the process he deceitfully filled a bank transfer teller for the amount, stamped it with his fabricated fake stamp, and asked the victim to sign.

The criminal later created a fake bank alert of the said amount and showed it to the victim who believes it to be true and genuine and later proceeded to Alfra Motors and took to an unknown destination.

According to the PPRO, the suspect was accosted with the stolen vehicle at Hunkuyi Junction, along Danja to Zaria and was arrested and has since confessed to committing the crime

The Command also announced the rescue of 12 kidnap victims in Gatakawa village, Kankara local government area of Katsina State following an operation led by the Divisional Police Officer, of DPO, Kankara Division, under ‘Operation Puff Adder’ to based on a tip-off

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Ex-IGP decries deployment of ‘200,000’ police officers to guard elites

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A former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has decried the deployment of police officers to guard politicians and other influential people in the country.

Arase, according to a statement issued at the second edition of the national dialogue series of the Political Leadership and Training Institute (POLA), held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday.

He attributed the challenges facing the police to lack of political will to implement the recommendations of past reforms on the force.

The ex-IGP said: “We have about 400,000 police personnel in Nigeria, and 200,000 of those officers are with the political elites. What we are doing in this country is that we are policing the elites. We are not policing security spaces and this is an issue we have to look into.

“Nigeria has had at least four police reforms from committees set up by past leaders but unfortunately, none of the reports of the reforms has been implemented. The reports are just there gathering dust.”

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Hoodlums set ablaze another police station in Lagos

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Layeni Police Station at Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State has been set on fire by suspected hoodlums.

Eyewitnesses confirmed the incident to The PUNCH on Tuesday.

It was also learnt that Pako Police Station is under attack.

Our correspondent also gathered that some hoodlums attacked Ajeromi Police Station but repelled by policemen.

An eyewitness, Ladipo, said at least eight persons were injured.

He said, “The crisis started from Orile Iganmu. People were protesting peacefully and the police shot at them. Later, the boys heard that policemen have killed their people at Iganmu, they also burnt Layeni Police Station.

“There is tension everywhere. We have rushed eight people to the hospital. They were critically injured.”

When contacted on the telephone, the Chief Press Secretary of Ajeromi Ifelodun LCDA, Sheriff Fakunle, said, “Yes, it is on fire. Layeni Police Station has been torched. The incident happened around 11 am.

“At Ajeromi police station, the hoodlums were repelled.”

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FG should begin police reform to end protests

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A former lawmaker, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, has urged the Federal Government to begin the process of police reform to douse the ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality by Nigerian youths.

Ohuabunwa, who represented Abia North in the Eighth Senate, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Saturday.

He said that police reform would help restore public confidence in the police force.

Ohuabunwa also advised the Federal Government to enter into serious negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in order to find a lasting solution to the seven-month-old industrial dispute by the union.

He feared that the two knotty issues could snowball into a monstrous national crisis, if not properly addressed.

He said: “Government should act fast and responsibly to end the agitations. It should take cogent steps to yield to the yearnings of the protesters.

“It is a bad omen for any government to allow aggrieved youths to continue to protest on the streets for days.

“Recall that the Arab Spring, which brought down autocratic regimes in some Arab nations, began this way with aggrieved youths.”

Ohuabunwa described the #EndSARS protests as a spontaneous response to police brutality, which had lingered for many years unchecked.

He expressed concern that there was a nexus between the EndSARS protests and the ASUU strike, saying that idle undergraduates remained ready and willing tools for anti-government protests.

Ohuabunwa noted that resolving the Federal Government-ASUU impasse would help to take the youths off the streets and back to classrooms.

He said that the lingering ASUU strike would have a negative impact on the nation’s education sector and the future of the youths.

“The Federal Government should address ASUU’s demands because lecturers are making a tremendous contribution to nation-building,” Ohuabunwa said.

He warned anti-riot police personnel against the use of force in dealing with protesters, saying that “citizens have the right to peaceful protest as guaranteed in the constitution”.

Ohuabunwa, who is a proponent of restructuring Nigeria, added that the current agitation by the nation’s youths underscored the need for the Federal Government to commence the nation’s restructuring without further delay.

According to him, the current developments in the country have heightened the agitation for the restructuring of Nigeria.

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End SARS: Police lament killing of officers as protests continue nationwide

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The killing of Policemen with their rifles stolen is trending in Delta State. The latest is the killing of a Mobile Policeman, Inspector Gbadura. He was killed at a filling station in Etuwewe junction along Deco road in Warri on Thursday night about 9 pm.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya in a text message confirmed the report this morning.

She said,”True, you already have the same details I have”.

This is coming after a Policeman and a civilian were recently killed at Eku Community in Ethiope-East Local Government Area.

Another Mobile Policeman was also killed on Sunday, October 11 at a shopping mall in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area. He was killed for daring to stop the gunmen who were trying to burgle into the shopping mall.

All of these are happening as the #ENDSARS# protests continues nationwide inspite of the ban on the activities of Officials of the “Special Anti-Robbery Squad” by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.

With the developments, the lives of Policemen seem to be in great danger in Delta State, Nigeria as no one including the media speaks for their interest.

The Divisional Police Officer,”B” Division in Warri, CSP Benjamin Igometi was in a state of mourning when Our Correspondent him over the mobile policeman who was shot dead. He couldn’t speak enough. He was so cold as he managed to confirm the report.

The roads in Delta State are almost lacking in the presence of Policemen on the roads.

After the ban by the IGP that all SARS Officials should leave the roads, about 20 persons were kidnapped along the Ughelli road in Agorfure motors, a commercial tricycle and other private vehicles.

The absence of the Policemen whether good or bad is giving rise to the activities of the criminals in the State and elsewhere in the Country.

In a telephone chat with Our Correspondent in Warri, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Hafiz Inuwa bemoaned the spate of killing of Policemen by gunmen in the State.

CP Inuwa said the police will do all it can unravel the brains behind the killing of Policemen in the State.

While noting that no one is speaking for the interests of the Policemen who are also citizens of the Country as the #ENDSARS# protests, CP Inuwa said the protesters blocked the Onitsha head bridge from the Asaba end yesterday.

He said, he has warned his men not to provoke the protesters who are equally looking for who will provoke them so that they start destroying the properties of innocent Nigerians as well as attacking Policemen in the process.

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IGP sets up new police unit to replace SARS

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has set up a new unit to replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, Tuesday.

The IGP had on Sunday announced the disbandment of the police tactical squad following week-long nationwide protests over its activities.

The statement read: “The Inspector- General of Police, M.A. Adamu, today, 13th October, 2020, in accordance with Section 18 (10) of the Police Act 2020, ordered all personnel of the defunct SARS to report at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, for debriefing, psychological and medical examination. The officers are expected to undergo this process as a prelude to further training and reorientation before being redeployed into mainstream policing duties.

“The medical examination will be carried out by the newly set-up Police Counselling and Support Unit (PCSU), a unit, which henceforth shall engage in psychological management, re-orientation and training of officers of the Force deployed for tactical operations and other duties.

“The unit, which is domiciled with the Force Medical Department and coordinated by the Force Medical Officer, has its membership drawn from amongst psychiatrists, psychologists, medics, pastors and imams, public relations practitioners, civil society and other human rights groups with relevant qualifications and expertise.

“Meanwhile, the IGP has set up a new Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team that will fill the gaps arising from the dissolution of the defunct SARS. Prospective members of this new team will also undergo psychological and medical examination to ascertain their fitness and eligibility for the new assignment.

“They are to commence training at the different police tactical training institutions nationwide, next week. While personnel from the police commands in the South-East and the South-South will be trained at the Counter-Terrorism College, Nonwa-Tai, Rivers State, those from the police commands from the North and the South-West will be trained at the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ende, Nasarawa State and the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ila-Orangun, Osun State, respectively.”

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OCTOBER 1 BRUTALITY!!! POLICE ATTACKED A PHOTO JOURNALIST IN LAGOS

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 Some officers of the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday attacked a photojournalist with The PUNCH, Olukayode Jaiyeola.

Jaiyeola, who was part of journalists covering an October 1 protest in the state, was brutalised at the Maryland area of Lagos.

The incident happened around 12 noon when a policeman, Innocent Adadu, hit Jaiyeola’s head with a baton. Jaiyeola’s colleague and PUNCH reporter, Deji Lambo, who was at the scene, said Adadu hit Jaiyeola with such force that the photojournalist collapsed immediately, with blood gushing out of his injured skull.

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He said Adadu tried to flee into a police vehicle after attacking Jaiyeola but “I grabbed his shirt, insisting that he had injured a journalist.”

Lambo said, “Adadu’s colleagues also tried to shield their own and whisked him into a police vehicle. They also pushed Jaiye into the same vehicle.”

He said Jaiyeola was taken to the Police Clinic in Ikeja, the state capital, where his injured head was stitched.
Jaiyeola’s camera was also seized by police officers during the encounter.

The PUNCH had earlier reported that hundreds of protesters stormed the streets of Lagos on Thursday to express their displeasure over bad governance in Nigeria.

The protesters, mostly youths, lamented that 60 years after the country gained independence from Britain and over 20 years of uninterrupted democratic rule, Nigeria’s socio-economic development has been mired by bad leadership which has denied the masses from enjoying the gains of a sovereign state.

The demonstration, which started around 9.30 am, saw the protesters gathering around Ojota, from where they marched to the Maryland area of the state.

The protesters, who are members of the Coalition for Revolution codenamed #RevolutionNow, were seen chanting songs of solidarity.

They later dispersed when security operatives arrested over 30 of them

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