The House of Representatives has taken steps to strip the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the power to appoint and deploy state commissioners of police (CPs). It has vested the power in the Police Service Commission (PSC), which is to ensure that such appointment and deployment is done in line with the Federal Character … Read more
…To Sue Him For Criminal Libel, Misinformation And Defamation Of Character The House of Representatives has referred the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere to the Police and the Department of State Security (DSS) for criminal investigation and to activate processes for requisite redress against Ikenga over the allegation … Read more
Conflicting figures have emerged following an attack by gunmen at Itakpa community in Benue State. The deaths were recorded when a group of armed men wearing military uniforms invaded Obi Local Government Area of the state. They were said to have attempted to kill the lawmaker representing Obi State Constituency in the Benue State House … Read more
Eleven men who allegedly ganged raped a 12-year-old girl in Jigawa have been arrested by the state Police Command. Spokesman of the State police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri confirmed the arrested to newsmen in Dutse. He said the incident occurred at Limawa quarters in Dutse local government area of Jigawa State. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/05/31/biafra-rememberance-day-my-generation-will-achieve-the-biafraexit-nnamdi-kanu/ … Read more
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Kamoru Ajibola, for reportedly chopping off the wrist of his mistress’ husband during a scuffle. Ajibola was arrested alongside his friend Ismailah Mohammed, who was accused of helping in chopping off Tunde Ajayi’s left wrist. The incident reportedly occurred in Amuda Oba area of … Read more
A teenager, Sadiq Abubakar-Ibrahim, has undergone surgery at the National Hospital, Abuja after he was shot by policemen attached to the Special Tactical Squad. EkoHotBlog learnt that the victim was performing ablution around 1pm in his place of residence in the Gwarinpa area on Monday, May 18, 2020, when the policemen scaled the fence into … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday announced that it had arrested the Divisional Police Officer, Ilemba Hausa Division, Yahaya Adesina, who allegedly killed an officer. Adesina allegedly shot one of the police personnel attached to the station, Sergeant Onajide Onalaja, while dispersing a crowd in the Ilemba Hausa area of the state. Also read: Police … Read more
The Lagos state police command on Thursday disclosed that Okoro Charles (pictured), an inspector attached to Ikotun division, has been apprehended for allegedly killing Fatai Oladipupo, a resident. Confirming the arrest in a statement, the command’s spokesman, Bala Elkana said the inspector was undergoing interrogation and would be dismissed if found guilty. Elkana disclosed that … Read more
As part of its effort to enforce the partial lockdown, the Lagos police command on Tuesday arrested more than 50 essential workers. The arrests were at the behest of Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, who issued a directive that anyone found on the road after 8pm, essential worker or not, should be arrested. This development … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command suspects a foul is on the alert following the sudden reappearance of a lady, Margaret Ikumu, who was declared dead and buried by her friends in the state. According to her relative, Tony Iji, in a petition to the Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, the family became aware … Read more
The Police Command in Ogun has warned residents against flouting the ban on inter-state movement, put in place to prevent further spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Public Relations Officer (PRO), of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the warning in an interview with Newsmen, in Ota, Ogun, on Monday. Oyeyemi said that the warning became … Read more
The police in Lagos have arrested a 50-year-old man Tyndale Ede for incestuous behaviour. Eden was alleged to have been having the carnal knowledge of his 19-year-old daughter since she was 11. Eden was arrested on May 9 after his wife lodged a complaint by at Ikotun Police Division. It was learnt that the suspect’s … Read more
A LASTMA official was allegedly beaten to a coma by a police officer while he was on duty in Apapa, Lagos. According to the daughter of the LASTMA official, her father, Roland Fuludu, was beaten by SP Femi, a police officer attached to the Apapa Zone 13 of Lagos State. She said her father objected … Read more
An Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. According to News Express, the senior police officer whose identity was not disclosed has been taken to the isolation centre. “he has been taken to an Isolation Center in Abuja on Friday,” the media outfit quoted … Read more
An Indian pharmacist died and his boss was left hospitalized after the pair drank a self-made COVID-19 chemical concoction in an effort to treat coronavirus, police said Saturday. The men worked for a herbal medicine company and were testing their treatment, a mix of nitric oxide and sodium nitrate, at a home in southern Chennai … Read more
Self-acclaimed Pastor Otobong Emerson who allegedly abused three siblings, ages 6, 7, 9 and another girl aged 11 simply identified as Christabel, has blamed the act on the devil. Pastor Otobong Emerson was to have repeatedly had carnal knowledge of the kids between December 2019 and February 2020. The suspect was said to have confessed … Read more
A 29-year-old man, Christopher Dauda, has been remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly burning his mother-in-law’s house. A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, ordered his remand on Thursday. Chief Magistrate Abdulaziz Ibrahim, ordered that the accused be remanded in the Kafanchan Correctional facility. The police charged Dauda with criminal trespass, mischief by … Read more
The Lagos state police command has ordered the removal of some checkpoints in the state to ease transportation of essential commodities and workers. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, gave the order on Wednesday in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana. Also read: COVID-19: I’ve Not … Read more
Kano state has yet again recorded another death of a high-profile figure. An assistant commissioner of police, Atiku Nagodi, is dead. According to TheCable, Nagodi, who was the squadron commander, 9 police mobile force, Kano, died on Monday. Kano has become the the hotbed of strange death in the past couple of weeks, with over … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu on Sunday said 27 policemen have been assaulted in the course of enforcing COVID-19 lockdown across the nation. According to the statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the IGP was reacting to a viral video that showed a woman identified as Kehinde Afolake … Read more