It is time the Inspector General of Police calls the deputy commissioner of police, operations, of the Lagos State Police Command to order as he continues to damage the already damaged reputation of the Nigerian Police. Tunde Sobulo is responsible…
Category: South-West
Ikeja Police turn away three women bullied, traumatized by hotel owner
When Suzie, a Lagos-based lady and her two friends were bullied by a 52-year old man, they ran to the Area F Police Command in Ikeja for help. But in a narration of the incident sent to us, Citizen Suzie…
Nigerian police officer accused of killing traditional ruler remanded in custody
Wasiu Adesina, the police officer charged with the murder of an Ikorodu chief, has been remanded into custody by an Ebute Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos, the Vanguard reported. According to the reports, Adesina will be kep in custody, pending…
Lagos police fail to respond to distress call by robbery victims
The Lagos State police command on Wednesday failed to live up to its statutory responsibility as its men failed to respond to distress calls from citizens who were being robbed by dare devil armed robbers in Nigeria’s commercial capital. A…
Police officer caught on camera brutalising a passenger in Lagos, Nigeria
It happened right in front of me. A police officer in uniform and one in mufti , stopped the taxi in the picture and asked to see the receipts for the goods in the booth of the cab. One…
Horrifying chronicle of Nigeria Police murders since September
Nigeria has become one huge killing field of defenceless citizens. The killing machine is the Nigeria Police, who think it is no big deal shooting and killing the same people they are paid to protect. This absurd indulgence has existed…
Police in mufti abuse at Okokomaiko area of Ojo Lagos
I like to report the flagrant manner in which our Policemen, especially at Okokomaiko area of Ojo Division is putting on mufti. One can hardly spot them. Only on Thursday, two men believed to robbers attacked a supermarket with a…
12-year-old orphan raped by Nigerian police officer gives birth
A 12-year-old (name withheld), who was allegedly raped by a police officer in Ekiti State Police Command has been delivered of a baby boy. The wife of Ekiti State governor, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi, said this in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday during…
Policeman shoots driver over N20 bribe
By Akinwale Aboluwade Residents of Omi-Adio community, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday protested against the shooting of a truck driver by a riot policeman for allegedly refusing to give him a N20 bribe. Eyewitnesses told our…
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…
Police in Ekiti shot her siblings, killed Tayo and shot six others protesting her killing
By Sulaiman Salawudeen Some policemen in Ido-Ekiti, Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, yesterday killed a girl, Tayo Abe, and injured eight others. Among the injured were two of Tayo’s siblings, who were on their father’s farm when policemen invaded…