The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday promoted three Assistant Inspectors General of Police and one Commissioner to Deputy Inspectors General of Police. The new DIGs are AIG Dan Mallam Mohammed, AIG Usman Alkali Baba, AIG David Oyebanji Folawiyo and CP Joseph Egbunike. They are expected to represent their geo-political zones in the police management … Read more
Lagos State Police Command has warned Ambulance Operators against plying BRT lanes within the state. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odomosu, psc, FCIA, stated this in a press release titled “Lagos State Police Command Warn Ambulance Operators Against Plying On Brt Lane/Driving Against Traffic.” He said he has noticed the continual disregard to … Read more
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has approved the promotion of 4,134 traffic warden officers to their next ranks, Eko Hot Blog has learnt. Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, the promotion included 65 officers who were elevated to the rank … Read more
Police Nigeria Police Command in Abia, on Tuesday confirmed the rescue of two children allegedly stolen by child-traffickers who lured the children with biscuits and abducted them. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba, that they were still investigating and making contacts to find one … Read more
Rescue The Police in Oyo State say they have rescued a foreigner, Hassan Mills, who was kidnapped on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mills, a Lebanese, was kidnapped by gunmen at about 5:23pm at the entrance of his Panarama Farm at Mekun, Oke Alaro area of Ibadan. The Police Public Relations … Read more
The Oyo State Police Command said its officers are working to free two Indians kidnapped by gunmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. “They were kidnapped along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday and our men are working assiduously to reunite them with their families,” Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olugbenga Fadeyi, told The PUNCH. … Read more
Some police officers who were deployed to the Ondo State to provide security have cried out over non-payment of their allowances two months after the states governorship election. Ekohotblog gathered that no fewer than 30,000 police personnel were deployed to Ondo for the October 10 govenorship election that was adjudged as peaceful, fair and credible. It … Read more
The Niger state Police Command on Thursday disclosed that one of its patrol team had killed a notorious armed bandit known as Zokala. Zokala was known to have been terrorising Beri, Lamba, Kamfanin-waya, Farin-Shige, Bukoki communities and its environs along Rafin-Gora, Kontagora local government area of Niger state. Read Also: Senate Urges Buhari To Reconsider … Read more
Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has told officers of the force not to hesitate to use their firearms when their lives are threatened. Speaking when he visited the headquarters of the Ebonyi police command on Tuesday, Adamu said the police would squashed any violent protests with brute and maximum force. Ekohotblog reports that the … Read more
Police, Protest The Lagos State police command on Monday debunked reports claiming protest against the brutality of the now-dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the force has resumed in the State. “The attention of the Lagos State police command has been drawn to this viral video that some youths staged a protest at Lekki … Read more
The Federal Government on Friday appealed to Nigerians to stop victimizing security personnel, including police officers at their duty post. The government, therefore urged citizens to empathize with and appreciate them instead. This call was made by the Minister Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, while meeting with title editors of Nigerian newspapers in Lagos. Mohammed … Read more
The Rivers State Police Command has paraded three suspects for allegedly carrying out the recent attack on the Universal Christian Church in Diobu, owned by the father of Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike. The church was attacked in the early hours of November the 29th. Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, said the suspects who admit … Read more
The Nigerian police force has described the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of brutality and human rights abuses against the force as “unconstitutional, illegal, null and void and of no effect whatsoever The constitution of the judicial panel has become a subject of litigation. The force has filed … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja appealing for an order stopping the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. Eko Hot Blog reports that the panel … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, disclosed that the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrashid Maina, will be extradited to Nigeria in due course. This was contained in a statement issued by the Force’s Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba in Abuja. The statement read: “Following the arrest of former chairman of … Read more
An independent investigative panel on human rights violations by the defunct SARS unit sitting in Abuja has ordered the police to pay a ₦2 million judgment debt to a complainant, Dr. Martins Iwuanyanwu for denying him access to justice. Iwuanyanwu claimed his right to access justice was violated and he obtained a judgment of the … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force said it has re-arrested four prisoners who escaped from the Oko Prison in Edo State in the wake of the #EndSARS protest. They include Adebayo Opeyemi, Onos Benjamin, Peter Felix, and Hudu Musa. Parading the suspects in Abuja, on Monday, Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, explained that Opeyemi, a dismissed … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 30TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Security officials have been urged to cooperate with social workers by providing assistance to survivors of Gender based Violence (GBV) in getting justice. Speaking at a one- day training on GBV for LGs/LCDAs HOD on Women Affairs Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) and CSOs organised by Lagos State Government with support from Joint … Read more
The police have arrested an officer who was seen constituting nuisance in a video that went viral on social media. A group of people had surrounded the police officer at the Central Bank junction (CBN) in Abuja. “The IG must hear this. This is how you kill people,” someone had said, to which the officer, … Read more
The Nigeria police force says it has promoted 16 officers who lost their lives during the #EndSARS crisis. Nigerians had taken to the streets in October to protest against police brutality and demand for police reform under the #EndSARS campaign. However, the nationwide protest, which began peacefully, took a disastrous turn after hijacked by hoodlums … Read more