The Nigeria Police Force has applied to withdraw the federal suit filed against the judicial panels of inquiry set up to probe allegations of brutality and human rights abuses against the force. In a notice of discontinuance filed by Festus Ibude, a police counsel, the Force said it wished to withdraw the suit against all…
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order to stop the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality and human rights abuses of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The NPF, through…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the shootings at Nigerians partaking in the ongoing protests against police brutality in the country by the members of the police force. Speaking during a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, NBA President, Olumide Akpata, said the use of live ammunitions will only aggravate the already tensed situation in the country.…
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Panic gripped Berger Iyana Oworo area of Lagos on Tuesday May 26 after a police officer allegedly shot two people dead for violating the State’s curfew orders. Though the Nigerian Police Force has not released a statement about the incident, it was however, gathered that the victims were a commercial bus driver, a young girl who was a passenger gunned down and bus…
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The Nigerian Police have released picture of the Deputy Police Commissioner, Usman Umar Belel that was killed during a clash between Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN also known as Shiites and the Nigerian Police Force at the National Assembly area earlier today in Abuja. He was reported to have been hit by…
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The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force Jimoh Moshood has said the people calling for the proscription of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) may be armed robbers, The Cable reports. Nigerians on Twitter have, since Saturday morning, with the hashtag #EndSARS, been sharing their experiences, a lot of them featuring extortion and some deaths. Although former vice president Atiku Abubakar has contributed to the…
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Officials of the Nigerian Police Force, 24,000 of them, deployed in Edo State to ensure security of lives and property during the election have been asked to remain apolitical. In a report by Channels TV, a statement issued on Monday by the spokesman for the police, Mr Don Awunah, the Inspector General of Police, Mr…
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The Nigerian Police Force, earlier today, sealed off the Sharks Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,the venue of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Donald Awunah, disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’. According to Awunah, “The warring parties need to follow due…
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Spice TV hostess, Elma Godwin has accused a policeman in Lagos of assault while two other officers looked on. According to her, she was on her way home from Sao Café, Victoria Island where she went to show support for DJ Obi (who is on his way to breaking the world record for longest DJ…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police. This was made known by Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina today. The Acting Inspector-General, who hails from Kutigi, Lavun in Niger State, was born on 15th of January…
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