Tag: IGP
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Insecurity: Nigerians are heavily under policed, IG Egbetokun tells lawmakers
…says it’s 1000 Nigerians to a policeman The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun during an interactive session with House of Representatives has revealed that Nigerians are heavily under policed. The IGP who made this disclosure before members of the House in its sectoral intervention said: “In Nigeria it’s one policeman to 1000 Nigerians and…
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November 11 Polls: Groups calls on INEC, IGP to prosecute officials involved in election fraud
A group known as the Civil Society Organization CSO has called on the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun,to investigate and prosecute electoral officials involved in various forms of electoral fraud during the just-concluded off-cycle governorship election in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo State.
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Reps furious with Service Chiefs, IGP for ignoring their scheduled session
The House of Representatives is angry over the absence of the service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, at an interactive session scheduled to hold on Thursday during plenary. The security chiefs failed to show up but sent their representatives. Recall the House had last week scheduled a sectoral debate with the…
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Court hammers IGP, PSC, others with N200m fine over unlawful arrest of housewife
Justice Ntong Ntong, the presiding judge at the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, has ordered the Inspector General of Police, the Police Service Commission, and three others to pay Peace Ekom Robert, a housewife in Uyo, the sum of N200 million as damages for her unlawful arrest and detention. This judgment was delivered…
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IGP orders investigation into attack on NLC President, Ajaero
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an investigation into circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Joe Ajaero.
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Falana urges IGP to arrest, prosecute police officers who brutalised NLC President
Senior lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest and prosecute police officers who allegedly brutalised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero in Owerri on Wednesday.
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IGP Egbetokun sets up gun licensing, regulations committee
Olukayode Egbetokun, the acting Inspector-General of Police, has announced the establishment of an ad hoc committee that will be responsible for the comprehensive review of firearms licensing and regulations by the Nigeria Police Force in line with the Firearms Act and other extant laws, in the interest of public safety and general security. The police…
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IGP Egbetokun laments gruesome murder of Rivers DPO
Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) has condemned in totality the gruesome murder of the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) Ahoada Division in Rivers State, Bako Angbashim. Recall that the DPO was killed on Friday night by gunmen suspected to be cultists terrorizing the area. According to a viral video, the slain DPO was…
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IGP inaugurates police complaints response unit in Lagos
The Acting Inspector- General of police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun on Wednesday, inaugurated the first Complaints Response Units (CRU) in the Police Command Ikeja, Lagos. Egbetokun said the purpose of the CRU was
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Promotion in Nigeria Police will be based on merit, says IGP
The Acting Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Kayode Egbetokun, says promotion in the Police Force will henceforth be based on merit. Egbetokun stated this while addressing officers and men of the Kano State Police Command on Friday.