The Police High Command in Abuja has paraded suspected members of a criminal gang who specialize in vandalism and theft of rail tracks in the North-West and North-Central parts of the country. Force Public Relations Officer, C.P. Frank Mbah, identified the suspects as forty-two-year-old Idris Lawal; twenty-nine-year-old Abdullahi Musa; and twenty-two-year-old Usman Umar. C.P. Mbah said the…
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of senior police officers from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The directive was contained in a letter to the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, Idowu Owuhunwa, who is a Commissioner of Police. The letter was…
The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of over twenty thousand, three hundred and fifty-six senior police officers to their next ranks. They include nine Commissioner of Police who were promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General, while nine Deputy Commissioners of Police were also promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police. Three Chief…
• Investigate mother, child murder in Ozubulu Police have rescued eight children, including five newborns, from a gang of child traffickers that operates from Oraifite, in Ekwusigo Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP HARUNA MOHAMMED, said pregnant women were among ten suspects who were arrested by the police during the operation. CSP MOHAMMED gave…
• Arrest kingpin, Nkechi Odinye, after three years manhunt • Resuce 16 Boys and Girls • Relatives abandoned rescued children The Anambra Police Command has arrested the leader of a child trafficking gang operating from Obosi, in Idemili North Local Government Area. Lasgidi FM’s Crime Correspondent, NAJITE ATIRENE, gathered that fifty-five-year-old NKECHI ODINYE was caught after being…
The traditional ruler of Abule-Okuta in Bariga area of Lagos State, WASIU JINADU, is locked in a dispute with the State Police Command over the death of his son, TAIWO. Reports say WASIU JINADU is accusing policemen at the Bariga Police Division of torturing his son to death. Late TAIWO was reportedly arrested on Christmas Day after…