Category: South-South

Crime alert! Annual ritual killings in Bori community to commence soon

A concerned citizen of Bori in Khana Local Government Area,Rivers State has alerted Nigeria Police Watch on a deadly practice that is set to take place any moment from now in his community – an annual ritual killing  masterminded by…

Preliminary Report on the extra-judicial killing of Mr. Samuel Imaikop and four others

‘Extrajudicial Killing in the Police Remains a Shocking Common Occurrence’ NOPRIN CALLS ON EDO POLICE COMMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE KILLING OF THE ‘EDO 5’ KILLED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. Introduction NOPRIN has received disturbing information concerning yet another extrajudicial killing in Edo State…

Omoku DPO illegally detains, extorts 80-year old of N30,000

I am writing to report the unacceptable work behaviour of the police officers at Omoku police station in River State. The D.P.O detained an innocent old man of 80years (in the cell with criminals), for more than 24hrs and later…

Ijaw group berates Nigeria police IG’s silence on murder of Victor Emmanuel

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…

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…

Nigerian government under fire for not acting on extrajudicial murder of boy who questioned police extortion

  The Federal Government has come under intense criticism for refusing to take action on the reported killing of a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a police officer at a checkpoint in Yenagoa, Bayelas State recently. Victor was shot dead after…