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Why We Negotiate With Kidnappers, Bandits To Free Hostages – IGP

10Nov

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Why We Negotiate With Kidnappers, Bandits To Free Hostages – IGP

Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police, has explained by security operatives sometimes go into negotiation with non-state actors in order to secure the safe release of hostages. He explained that it would be risky to apply extreme force in a bid to free hostages abducted by armed terrorists. Alkali Baba disclosed this when he appeared at the weekly briefings coordinated by the Presidential Media Team in Abuja on Thursday. The Police Chief stated this against the backdrop of more than 80 Chibok girls still in the captivity of Boko Haram, including 29 students of FGC Birni Yauri who remain in captivity several years after their kidnap. He said, “You see, the issue of kidnapping is an issue that borders almost all the security agents, including the military, it is...

Size of Nigeria Armed Forces, Police Inadequate – Osinbajo

21May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

Size of Nigeria Armed Forces, Police Inadequate – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said to effectively secure the country, more people should be recruited into the police and the military. Osinbajo said this in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, during his engagement with delegates ahead of the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress. Answering questions from the delegates and party leaders during the consultation, Osinbajo, who had earlier visited the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, said apart from engaging more hands, the country must also expand its capacity to produce weapons locally. He said, “The size of the Armed Forces is too low for the population of Nigeria. A local government in Niger State, Mashegu, has the land mass the size of South-East states and Lagos State with about a 100 p...

IGP Working On New Police Salary Structure – AIG

22Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, News, Nigeria

IGP Working On New Police Salary Structure – AIG

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Adeyinka Adeleke, has said the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, is working on the implementation of the increment in the salaries and allowances of the police in line with the approval of the Federal Government. Reports say that a group recently threatened that police personnel would embark on a two-week strike starting from March 26, because the approved salary increment had not been implemented. Nigeria Police Reacting to the development, Adeleke, while delivering a lecture to police officers and men of the Ogun and Lagos commands, described the strike threat as fake. He appealed to the police personnel to be calm, law-abiding, steer clear of mutinous action, be focused on their duties and maintain the integ...

Alleged Nigeria Police Strike Action Is Fake News – NPF

15Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security

Alleged Nigeria Police Strike Action Is Fake News – NPF

The Nigeria Police has debunked claims that some officers are embarking on a strike action. According to a statement released on Monday, the members of the public are advised to ignore the fake news. The statement reads: The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a news making the rounds on social media alleging that some members of the Force will be embarking on a strike action with effect from March 26, 2022. The Nigeria Police Force wishes to state unequivocally that the alleged publication is fake and a mischievous attempt by unscrupulous individuals to bring the Force to disrepute, misinform the general public and heat up the polity.It is pertinent to restate that the Nigeria Police Force is a regimented and disciplined organization with laid down rules an...

IGP Warns Officers Against Using Roadblocks To Extort Money

3Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria, Security

IGP Warns Officers Against Using Roadblocks To Extort Money

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, on Tuesday warned police officers in the Federal Capital (FCT) to not use crime prevention measures such as roadblocks and raids for extortion. Baba, who spoke in Abuja at FCT Command during a one-day duty tour, specifically handed this warning to the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), Area Commanders, and Police Tactical Teams, saying their functions as security agents should not create difficult situations for road users and other law-abiding citizens. See Also: Heavy Security Deployment Not To Intimidate Voters, Says IGP, Warns IPOB He said, “We must ensure that they serve the purpose for which they are deployed. Don’t raid because you want to detain people and begin to ask for bail. Don’t be on the road doing stop and...

There’s Nothing Like Money Ritual – Police Warns Killers

16Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Life, News, Nigeria

There’s Nothing Like Money Ritual – Police Warns Killers

The Nigeria Police Force has said there is nothing like money ritual, warning Nigerians to stop killing fellow human beings. Lately, the killing of humans for purported money rituals has become a trend among young Nigerians who are in a hurry to get rich. In Ogun State, no fewer than three cases of ritual killing were reported in the past two weeks. Nigerians were taken aback when 18-year-old Soliudeen Majekodunmi recounted how he, alongside his three friends, beheaded his girlfriend, Sofiat Okeowo and burnt her head in a local pot for money ritual. On Saturday, a couple, 43-year-old Kehinde Oladimeji and his wife, Adejumoke Raji, were arrested by the police for killing a girl, who was a friend to the wife at Leme area of Abeokuta. The head of the victim, they confesse...

Armed Robbers Joining Police, PSC Raises Alarm

1Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Armed Robbers Joining Police, PSC Raises Alarm

The Police Service Commission, PSC, has raised the alarm that many armed robbers are now finding their way into police recruitment camps. The commission’s Chairman, Musliu Smith, raised this alarm during a one-day sensitisation and town- hall meeting on the Police Recruitment Exercise in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. He said, “Part of the challenges the commission discovered during recruitment exercises from 2019 was the academic challenges of the applicants which is a sad reflection on the society. “The society must encourage upright and responsible citizens to apply for recruitment. “If our responsible and upright young ones are discouraged from joining the police, where are we going to source for the police officers of our dreams? “Police and policing are a noble act and deserves the bes...

Lagos Police Warn Against Planned #EndSARS Memorial Protest, Threaten “Wrath Of The Law”

11Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Youths

Lagos Police Warn Against Planned #EndSARS Memorial Protest, Threaten “Wrath Of The Law”

The Lagos State commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned residents of the state to desist from participating in any form of protest planned in commemoration of the #EndSARS protest. The police boss promised that his officers would resist any of such protests. This is contained in a statement released on Monday by Adekunle Ajisebutu, the Lagos police spokesperson. The statement reads: “Credible intelligence at the disposal of the Command has revealed clandestine plans by some youths, individuals or groups to embark on protest today in commemoration of the first anniversary of EndSARS. “Lagosians and indeed Nigerians cannot afford to relive the distasteful experience of last year protest which caused pain, anguish, needless loss of lives and wanton destruction of public...

Police Panel Recommends Demotion For Abba Kyari To Prevent Extradition

28Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

Police Panel Recommends Demotion For Abba Kyari To Prevent Extradition

The probe panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to investigate the erstwhile Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari, over his links with serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, submitted a compromised report, SaharaReporters has gathered. SaharaReporters learnt that the panel found Kyari guilty of some infractions after its investigations but recommended that Kyari should be demoted and not dismissed. Top sources in the Nigeria Police Force told SaharaReporters on Friday that the plot by the police authorities to hand Kyari a demotion was to frustrate his much anticipated extradition to the United States. It was earlier reported that the probe panel set up by the IGP after three weeks of dilly-dallying turned in it...

IGP Recommends Abba Kyari For ‘Immediate’ Suspension

1Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

IGP Recommends Abba Kyari For ‘Immediate’ Suspension

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has recommended the “immediate suspension” of the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, from the Nigeria Police Force. The recommendation states that DCP Kyari’s suspension will be on pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigations into his indictment for alleged involvement in a $1.1m internet fraud by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The IGP, in a letter to the Police Service Commission dated July 31, 2021, noted that the recommendation for the suspension of the officer was in line with the internal disciplinary processes of the Force. A Special Investigation Panel comprising four senior police officers, headed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigatio...