Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the failure of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to respond to the killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a policeman at a check-point in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last week, as an embarrassment to…
Category: Harassment
Reps’ committees to investigate extrajudicial murder of Victor Emmanuel
By Victor Oluwasegun and Dele Anofi, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed their displeasure at the interception and arrest of some indigenes of Osun State from gaining access in to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by men of…
Police extrajudicially kill seven in Akwa Ibom
The police in the Eket Division in Akwa Ibom State today shot and killed seven kidnap suspects in circumstances that remain unclear, according to our sources. Reports by SaharaReporters, a New York-based news portal, indicate that the suspected kidnappers…
Abuja police molest female journalist over photos
Men of the Nigerian police force attached to the task force of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on demolition exercise at Wuse area of the city on Wednesday molested a female journalist for taking photos of the demolition exercise.…
Oyo, Lagos residents want police to call corrupt Inspectors Damina Yahaya, Jeremiah to order
A resident of Okeho in Oyo State, who gave his name as Akin, has called on the police authorities in the state to caution one Damina Yahaya, a police officer attached to the police formation in the town. In an…
Fayemi calls for prosection of policemen who killed 27-year-old lady
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called for the immediate prosecution of the policemen allegedly responsible for the death of a 27-year-old lady, Miss Tayo Abe, shot dead at a family farm in Orin-Ekiti on Oct. 20. The late…
Nigerian bullied by a top police officer is seeking your advice
Gabriel Onifade rendered computer repairs services to a police Supritendent at Area D (Olosan) police station at Mushin in May this year. His services were worth N21, 000 but the police officer paid him on N10, 000 at the time and…
Police ransack The Nation’s Abuja office
Police detectives Wednesday morning ransacked the The Nation’s Abuja office following the arrest of four editors of the paper on Tuesday. Two of the arrested editors, Managing Editor, Northern Operations, Yusuf Alli and Head of Abuja Bureau, Yomi Odunuga…
These police officers are busy taking bribes, extorting motorists along the Ekiti – Abuja route today
A passenger travelling in an ash-coloured Peugeot 505 GR saloon car is watching from his back-seat position how police officers on roadblocks are forcing his driver to pay between 50 and 60 naira illegal tolls. Although almost all the officers,…
Police lawyer admits torturing of suspects by cops is illegal, blasts colleagues
The Officer-in-Charge, Legal Department, State Criminal Investigation Department, Ogun State Police Command, Mr. Jacob, has described as illegal the torture of suspects by policemen. Popogbe, who spoke at the monthly lecture organized by the command in Abeokuta on Friday, also…
Court Stops Proscription Of Peace Corps By Police
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday declared the proscription of the Peace Corps of Nigeria by the Nigeria Police as null and void. The Chief Judge of FHC Justice Ibrahim Auta, who delivered the judgment, said that the police had not given…
Police officers in Iju Ishaga in Lagos terrorise innocent citizens
By Citizen Emmanuel It is becoming quite embarrassing and disheartening that law enforcement agents are becoming lawless themselves. They threaten and harass innocent citizens they are supposed to protect. The most disturbing trend I have noticed is the checkpoint mounted…