Tag: IGP
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JUST IN: NBA drags Buhari to court for extending IGP’s tenure
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a suit to challenge the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that President Buhari had last week Thursday approved a three months extension of the IGP’s tenure having due for retirement on Monday, February 1.…
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Buhari’s extension of IGP’s stay in office is within law – Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari acted in accordance with the law in extending the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Malami said the president acted within the timeframe stipulated by the constitution and…
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Laws, enforcers, principles and principalities – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa There are people you meet who not only leave a lasting impression on you but also change your perspectives on issues or particular institutions. I had a cynical view of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, until I met Yomi Onashile. I was from 1990-92, Secretary of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ,…
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BREAKING: Police react to claim IGP paid N2bn for tenure extension
The Nigeria Police says the three months extension of tenure of the Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, is strictly the prerogative of the President. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the clarification followed reports in some sections of…
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IGP orders AIGs, CPs, to ensure full enforcement of Buhari’s COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, on Monday ordered the Assistant Inspectors General of Police in the seventeen (17) zonal commands and their constituent Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, to carry out full enforcement of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Health Protection…
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IGP begs doctors to treat bullet wound victims without police report
Save life first even if it’s an individual, suspected robber or kidnapper, or bandits
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Trending video: Igboho praises Obasanjo, Soyinka, other prominent Yoruba leaders for backing call for herders exit in Yorubaland
Yoruba rights Activist, Sunday Adeyemo is popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said he is not intimidated by the threat of arrest. Igboho had asked herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo to leave within seven days following reports of the killing of some indigenes. He had blamed herders and Fulanis, especially…
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Arresting Igboho will escalate tension, Fayose warns IGP, Makinde
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has cautioned against any attempt to arrest Sunday Adeyemo, a youth activist popularly known as Sunday Igboho. He told Oyo governor Seyi Makinde and Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, that arresting Igboho would escalate tension in the South-West region. Recall that the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhumadu…
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BREAKING: Sunday Igboho dares IGP’s arrest order, insists on exit of herdsmen in Yorubaland
Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has broken his silence over the order given by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for his arrest. Igboho caused tension in the country when he ordered the Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government of Oyo State to leave the area within seven days. At the expiration of…
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Fulani quit notice: IGP orders arrest of Sunday Igboho
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, over an eviction order on Fulanis in Oyo State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa. He told BBC Hausa the IGP told him on…