The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for victims of abuses by SARS returned to work today and took a decision to summon the Inspector General of Police. The Panel wants IGP Mohammed Adamu to appear in connection to a petition by seventy-six-year-old Adewale Adewuyi. The petitioner claimed that the police seized his twenty-six acres…
The three-month extension of the appointment of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been rejected by some Nigerians. Senior lawyers, including Mike Ozekhome, said there was no reason to support the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ozekhome , who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said IGP Adamu has put in the required number of…
The Nigeria Police High Command has condemned the burning of the house of controversial youth leader in Oyo State, SUNDAY IGBOHO. The Inspector General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, has also given his men a marching order to arrest those who set the house on fire yesterday. IGP ADAMU called on the people of Oyo State to assist…
It appears that the Inspector General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, is not aware of the lawsuit filed on behalf of the Nigeria Police Force, seeking to stop the ongoing judicial panels of inquiry into allegations of police brutality. This is because I.G.P. ADAMU has ordered an investigation into the lawsuit which was filed before a Federal High…
Runaway former head of the pension reform task team, ABDULRASHEED MAINA, has been brought back to Nigeria, following his arrest in the Niger Republic. Reports from Abuja indicate that MAINA, who was captured in Niamey, was brought in through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja in the company of security operatives. Force Public Relations Officer, D.C.P…
The Police Service Commission says nine hundred and twenty-five newly recruited police constables did not go through the application and screening processes. The Commission said the nine hundred and twenty-five persons, who were approved by the Nigeria Police Force during the last recruitment exercise, did not take part in the aptitude tests and medical examinations. The affected…