The people of Kano State will be voting on Saturday, January 16, 2021, to elect Local Government Council Chairmen and Councilors. Ten thousand officers and men of the Kano State Police Command will be on duty to monitor the local government elections. This was announced by the Police Public Relations Officer, ABDULLAHI HARUNA, who is a Deputy…
• Woman identifies her father in trending video of Police killings during EndSARS protest The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality has added Wednesdays to its sitting so as to complete its assignment within six months. At today’s sitting, CSP ADEKUNLE HAKEEM ADETOKUNBO appeared as a police witness in the case of FELICIA OKPARA,…
The Lagos State Police Command has filed charges PETER EROMOSELE ADENE, including alleged breach of public peace, over the EndSARS protest. ADENE pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read to him before the Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court. The case was adjourned to January next year, while ADENE was allowed to continue to enjoy…
The Police High Command has been criticized over the withdrawal of policemen attached to some important personalities. Former member of the National Assembly, Senator MAGNUS ABE, who was also affected by the decision, said it was wrong for the action of the police to have been announced to the public. Senator ABE, who is from Rivers State,…
More reactions are trailing complaints against the Police Federal Anti-Robbery Squad and the intervention by the Police High Command. PDP’s 2019 Presidential Running-mate, PETER OBI, has called for caution in the clampdown on the police special tactical units. PETER OBI said the ban on F-SARS patrols, roadblocks and stop-and-search are good, but Nigerians need to be assured…
A dismissed policeman, identified as OLOGUNOWA OJO, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for killing one TAIYE AKANDE in Ajah area of Lagos State over four years ago. Justice OLUWATOYIN TAIWO of the Lagos State Special Offences Court found OJO guilty of the crime, which he committed on February 3, 2016. At the time he…