Category: Harassment

Nigeria Police Officers in Lagos robbed me at gunpoint – Folorunso

I write to report an abuse perpetrated by some police officers in Lagos state; it happens in Lagos almost on a daily basis but this time, I was the victim. At about 4.30pm today (16-Dec-2013), we were accosted by four…

Rights violation: Court indicts IGP, awards 4MN as damages to victim – PUNCH

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday indicted the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigerian Police Force for violating the rights of a businessman. The court also awarded N4 million as damages to the businessman, Mr Usman Baba,…

Several cases of people being unlawfully molested by officers of the Nigeria police force had gone unnoticed and unreported. Eniola Samuel Daniel went through an awful experience in the den of a police officer he identified as Fegbon Olabode on…

Police abandon trigger happy cop’s victim in hospital – Daily Trust

Family members and friends of Joseph Martin, a man allegedly shot on the leg by a mobile police officer, Oludare Ariyo, on October 19, 2013, complained yesterday that he has been abandoned at the Nigerian Air Force Hospital along Airport…

Senate directs police IG to prosecute police officer who raped 2-year-old – PREMIUM TIMES

Senate President Mark expressed disappointment over the failure of the police to provide information on the cause of action it took since the incident was reported The Senate has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to prosecute Cpl.…

Nigeria police, traffic officers engage in public brawl in Gombe– PREMIUM TIMES

Nineteen people were feared injured in the brawl. About 19 Traffic Marshals working for the Gombe State Government on Tuesday sustained various degrees of injuries in clashes with a group of police officers in the state Babaji Dunama, General Manager…