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  • Guber poll: Edo CP debunks alleged ties with Wike

    Guber poll: Edo CP debunks alleged ties with Wike

    The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Nemi Iwo, has dismissed allegations linking his deployment to the state to the influence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike as baseless.

    A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, on Monday in Benin quoted Iwo as describing the claims as “baseless” and “mischievous”.

    Iwo said his deployment was a routine administrative procedure within the Police Force.

    “It’s laughable to suggest that the deployment was influenced by the FCT Minister. I don’t have any personal or professional ties with him.

    According to him, associating with the FCT Minister is a thing of pride, but it is pertinent to clear the air that our  paths have never crossed in any way.

    “The CP is not an electoral umpire as such, I cannot determine the outcome of an election as more senior officers, including two DIGs, AIGs, CPs and other senior officers have been deployed to supervise the conduct of Edo election.

    “Moreso, the innovations adopted by the INEC does not accrue any powers or privileges to the Police to influence the outcome of any election.

    “On this note, the command condemns this mischievous news and wish to urge the good people of Edo State to disregard the unfounded story,” he said.

    He, however, reassured the public of the command’s commitment to neutrality and professionalism in the upcoming governorship election.

  • Ondo: Police warn against activities that can disrupt peace

    Ondo: Police warn against activities that can disrupt peace

    Police Command in Ondo State has warned against any activity that could disrupt the peace in the state.

    CP Asabi Abiodun, Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, gave the warning in a statement the command’s spokesperson, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, on Monday in Akure.

    According to Abiodun, the attention of the command has been drawn to the intention of some persons to stir trouble in the state.

    “The intelligence unit of the police through underground findings reported that the protests will be with a singular aim of causing chaos in the state.

    “It could further lead to breakdown of law and order that will disrupt the activities of the good people of the state.

    “The Police will take into cognisance, chapter four, section. 40, of the constitution to respect the rights of the people.

    He, however, said that the command will not fold its hands and allow the rights of others to be trampled on, while upholding the rights of some others.

    “I am using this opportunity to advice the people in the state not to be swayed by the action of a few, who want to raise unnecessary dust,” he said.

  • Man cuts off friend’s wrist over girlfriend battle

    Man cuts off friend’s wrist over girlfriend battle

    A 21-year-old man, Usman Danladi, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command, for cutting off his friend’s wrist with a machete while fighting over a girl.

    In a statement on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the incident occurred at Auta Balefi community, in Karu Local Government Area of the state.

    According to the statement, “On September 16th, 2022, at about 4pm, information was received that one Jibrin Abdullahi, a 25-year-old man who hails from Kaduna State, but a resident of Karu LGA, Nasarawa State was attacked and his wrist, chopped off.

    “Upon receipt of the information, Police operatives attached to Goshen City Division, led by CSP Eunice Ogbadu, swiftly raced to the scene and rushed the victim to the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, for treatment.

    “Consequently, intensive manhunt for the perpetrator of the dastardly act was instituted. The effort of the investigators paid off on September 17, 2022, when the prime suspect, one Usman Danladi, a 21-year-old man, also known as ‘Murderer,’ was arrested.

    “Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime but claimed that the victim earlier assaulted his girlfriend, Aisha, and when he confronted him, a fight ensued and in the process, he attacked the victim with a machete.”

    Nansel said the Commissioner of Police, Adesina Soyemi, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, for further investigation, after which the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.

  • New Enugu CP urges supervisory officers to ensure professionalism

    New Enugu CP urges supervisory officers to ensure professionalism

    The new Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Ahmed Ammani, has charged supervisory officers to ensure the professionalism of officers and men under them for optimal discharge of their duties.

    This appeal is contained in a statement issued by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu on Wednesday.

    Ndukwe said the commissioner gave the directive during his maiden CP’s Conference of Supervisory Officers of the command at the Senior Police Officers’ Mess, Enugu on Tuesday.

    He said the commissioner noted that the directive was part of the avowed commitment to actualise the mandates of the Nigeria Police; the policing vision and mission of the Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman.

    The police spokesman said the commissioner also assured of his commitment to do everything within his powers to ensure adequate motivation of personnel for enhanced performance.

    “I am warning against acts of incivility and disrespect for the fundamental human rights of citizens by police officers and anyone found wanting will be sanctioned accordingly,” he quoted the commissioner as saying.

    The police spokesperson said the conference was attended by the Command’s management team members, area commanders, divisional police officers, commanders of tactical and operational teams as well as heads of sections/units.

  • Police arrest Anambra girls over alleged blackmail and stealing

    Police arrest Anambra girls over alleged blackmail and stealing

    Two women and two men have been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command over alleged blackmail and stealing.

     

    The suspects were identified as Okechukwu Ogoejiofor (male), 36; Nonso Nwizu (male), 34; Esther lfeanyichukwu (female), 21; and Obianuju Nduba (female), 20.

     

    The state police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects used social media to lure unsuspecting men into fake love and friendships and thereafter, took the victims to a room, where one of the female suspects, Nduba, engaged them in foreplay.

     

    Ikenga noted that in the process, other members of the gang forced their way into the room, took nude pictures and videos of the victims, and forced them to transfer huge sums of money to their accounts.

     

    He said the suspects threatened to publish the nudes on social media if the victims failed to comply.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that sometime last month, no fewer than 184 newly-passed out 2020 recruits joined the Anambra State Police Command.

     

    The personnel were intakes from Police College, Oji-river, Enugu State.

     

    The state Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, while addressing the recruits at the Command headquarters, Awka, said the success of police officers were dependent on the quality of their character, discipline and professionalism.

     

    Echeng charged them not to engage in any act that was unedifying to their good names and that of the Nigeria Police Force.

     

    He commended the Inspector-General of Police, Baba Usman, and his management team on the initiative of manpower development and deployment of these officers in line with the concept of community policing principles.

     

    He also said with the deployment, the Command was more motivated in enhancing public safety and peace in the state.

     

    Present at the event were the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, DCP Aderemi Adeoye; Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Finance and Administration; DCP Peter Ozigi; and Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Anietie Eyoh, among others.

  • Kuje Jailbreak: Kaduna Police command arrest another escapee

    Kuje Jailbreak: Kaduna Police command arrest another escapee

    Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested one of the prisoners that escaped from the Kuje prison jailbreak.

    The Command’s spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, identified a 60-year-old Ali Shuaibu, an indigene of Kano, as the escapee that was rearrested in Kaduna on Saturday while on transit to his home state (Kano).

    He said the suspect opened up to them and that he escaped from Kuje Medium Security Correctional Centre when it was attacked by ISWAP terrorists.

    The spokesman noted that the Kaduna state commissioner of police had issued a directive that every suspect should be properly interrogated before being transferred to Kuje correctional center.

    “Sequel to the Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command’s directive to all tactical commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) to mount purposeful surveillance across all inlets to Kaduna State in response to the recent infamous Kuje jailbreak as instructed by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman, the operatives without prejudice to existing crime prevention measures, responded effectively which has started yielding a positive result with the arrest of a suspected escapee on the 17th July 2022 at about 1930hrs.

    “The suspect, one Ali Shuaibu, 60yrs of age, and an indigene of Kano State was apprehended by the Police Operatives at a location in Kaduna, while on transit to Kano based on actionable intelligence. The suspect on preliminary investigation revealed that he is part of the inmates who escaped during the recent attack on the Kuje medium security correctional center.

    “The Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, CP Yekini A. Ayoku psc (+), mni, directed that necessary protocols be carried out before handing the suspect over to the Nigerian Correctional Service for proper placement. He further tasked Officers not to relent in their effort to effectively tackle all forms of crimes and criminality in all critical areas of the State.”

  • 65-year-old Ogun landlord arrested for alleged child abuse of his tenant’s 11-year-old twin brothers

    65-year-old Ogun landlord arrested for alleged child abuse of his tenant’s 11-year-old twin brothers

    Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the case of the landlord, Samuel Adekoya, 65, arrested for alleged child abuse and physical molestation of his tenant’s 11-year-old twin brothers, Taiwo Enoch Olishe and Kehinde Emmanuel Olishe, be thoroughly investigated.

     

    The landlord man was arrested on Friday, in the Ijebu-Ode area of the state, after the mother of the twins, Gbenisola Olishe, lodged a complaint at the Ijebu-Ode Police Area Command.

     

    The woman had reported that, while she was away for a business, she was called on the phone by a good Samaritan informing her that her landlord had “tied her children’s hands and legs like goats, dragging them on the ground with the rope after he had beaten them with cable wire.”

     

    Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement that the suspect was also seen “video-recording the cruel act while carrying it out.”

     

    Oyeyemi quoted the mother as stating that “the twins sustained varying degrees of body injuries as a result of the wicked act meted on them by the landlord.”

     

    According to him, the Police Area Commander in Ijebu-Ode, ACP Adeniyi Omosanyin, had immediately detailed some policemen to the scene where the two boys, “who were met tied down on both legs and hands, were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment.”

     

    He said the suspect was also arrested and taken to the station.

     

    “On interrogation, the suspect explained to the police that he was informed that one of the twins excreted within the compound,” Oyeyemi said.

     

    The police image maker explained that when the landlord was asked to take policemen to where the excreta was, “he said the boy has already washed it.”

     

    It was gathered that one of the twins is currently on admission at Ijebu Ode General Hospital due to injury he sustained while he was being dragged on the ground by the suspect.

  • ANAMBRA: Seven in-laws in jail for stripping widow naked in public

    ANAMBRA: Seven in-laws in jail for stripping widow naked in public

    Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Echeng Eworo, has confirmed the remand in prison of seven in-laws to a widow, whom they allegedly stripped naked following accusation that she killed her husband in Aguleri community.

     

    The victim was stripped naked and paraded round the community by her in-laws, as curses were rained on her for allegedly causing the death of her husband through adultery.

     

    CP Echeng, on Tuesday, said the seven persons were also remanded in prison, adding that the Anambra State Police Command had continued the search for other suspects involved in the act.

     

    He stated these during a courtesy visit by the Ultimate Business Women and Farmers Association of Nigeria at the police headquarters in Awka.

     

    The CP said those involved in the torture of the widow would face the full wrath of the law, stressing the need to protect the dignity of womanhood.

  • KANO: 17-year-old boy plucks out eye of Almajiri boy for disappearing charm

    KANO: 17-year-old boy plucks out eye of Almajiri boy for disappearing charm

    A 17-year-old boy, Isa Hassan, on Wednesday, forcefully plucked out the right eye of a 12-year-old Almajiri boy, as an ingredient needed for the preparation of a disappearing charm.

     

    The incident occurred at Sheka Quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano after the 17-year-old boy lured his victim to a nearby bush, where he tied him standing upright and plucked out his right eye, with a sharp knife, and abandoned him to bleed to death.

     

    Explaining the circumstances behind his action, the suspect said he desperately needed the charm to overpower bandits, who often terrorize him and his friends in the Bauchi State forest each time they are searching for charcoal, which they produce by felling and burning trees in the forest.

     

    According to him, my friend Sani Abdulraham hinted me that his grandmother, (107-year-old) Furaira Abubakar, a herbalist can help me prepare the charm to make me invisible to the gunmen terrorising us in the forest.

     

    Thereafter, he said, the old woman asked him to produce a human eye, as an ingredient to prepare the charm for him.

     

    However, Furaira, while speaking to newsmen at the Kano Police Command Headquarters in Bompai, denied having any knowledge to prepare disappearing charms.

     

    She admitted that she is an herbalist, who assists people, with herbs but does not engage in producing disappearing charms.

     

    While confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Command, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said shortly after the police received the disturbing report, the Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, raised a team that rushed the victim to the hospital, where a medical doctor confirmed that his left eye was forcefully removed, with an object.

     

    Kiyawa stated that the suspect was arrested after the police trailed and apprehended him, adding that he has since confessed to committing the crime.

     

    He added that his confession also aid the arrest of the 107-year- old woman, whom he claimed, sent him to get the eye.

     

    Abdullahi further stated that the case has been transferred to the CID Department for discreet investigation, at the end of which the suspects would be charged to court.

  • Kaduna gets new CP

    Kaduna gets new CP

    Mr Abdullahi Mudassiru, the new Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State, has assumed office.

    Mr Mohammed Jalige, Public Relations Officer of the Command, in a statement on Monday in Kaduna, said that Mudassiru took over from Mr Umar Muri who had been promoted to Assistant Inspector-General.

    The new commissioner hails from Katsina State and holds a Bachelor of science degree in Political science from the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto.

    He was enlisted into the Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on 3rd March, 1990 and trained at Police College Kaduna.

    Mudassiru has served in several Commands and Police formations in various capacities among which is the Officer in Charge of the Abia command of the defunct Anti-robbery Squad.

    He was equally at a time a Unit Commander in the Police Mobile Force, a Divisional Police Officer in Tudun Wada, Kaduna and several other Divisions across the country.

    At the strategic managerial cadre of the Force, he was Area Commander in wudil, Kano State, Ijebuode, Ogun State and Ahoda, Rivers State, the statement added.

    The statement quoted Mudassiru as charging officers and men of the Command to be focused in the responsibility of maintaining law and order without jettisoning professionalism.