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  • Impending strike: AIG urges Kogi workers to be peaceful

    Impending strike: AIG urges Kogi workers to be peaceful

    Following the impending nationwide strike on Wednesday, Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 8, has appealed to Kogi workers to be peaceful in their protest.

    The AIG made the appeal during a meeting with Labour Leaders in Lokoja on Tuesday.

    Ishola explained that the meeting became imperative following the police desire to see that the strike was violence free.

    “This meeting is aimed at appealing to you, the organised Labour, to conduct yourselves within the context of the law as you commence your strike on Wednesday.

    “This is because we don’t want a situation where hoodlums may seize the opportunity and hijack the process to unleashed violence on the state,” the AIG said.

    On his part, the State Commissioner of Police , Onuoha Bethrand, commended the AIG for the prompt meeting and allayed fears that hoodlums could hijack the process.

    The CP also appealed to the Labour Leaders to collaborate with the Security Agencies so as to deny trouble makers the opportunity to strike and disrupt the peace of the state.

    Bethrand, however, assured the workers of adequate Security deployment during the protest.

    On his part, the Kogi Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Amari Gabriel, assured the AIG that organized Labour in the State were law abiding citizens, who will do their best to ensure a peaceful protest.

    “You should know that we are obeying the National directive for all the State Chapters to embark on a nationwide protest.

    “I am assuring you that the Labour Union will appear in their uniforms while those who don’t have uniforms would be issued with tags for easy identification,” he said.

    Also, the Kogi TUC Chairman, Comrade Ahmed Sule-Tijani, said “the purpose of the protest is to let the government know that Labour is the hope of the common man.”

    Sule-Tijani also assured of a peaceful protest in the state.

    Other Senior Police Officers present at the meeting include DCP Atabor Nosa-Festus, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Administration Zone 8 Headquarters, Lokoja, and ACP Ajao Olusegun, Assistant Commissioner of Investigation, Zone 8 Headquarters, Lokoja.

    Others are ACP Sunday Omonijo, Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations, Zone 8 Headquarters, Lokoja, as well as Comrade Opaluwa Eleojo, Vice Chairman, NLC, Kogi State, among others.

  • I-G orders posting of 86 DCPs, 206 ACPs to commands, formations

    I-G orders posting of 86 DCPs, 206 ACPs to commands, formations

    The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of 86 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and 206 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to commands and formations nationwide.

    The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

    He said the deployed officers would deputise other senior ranking officers in the discharge of critical administrative, investigative and operational policing duties for an effective and citizen-led policing.

    Adejobi said the order was to strengthen and catalyse national security mechanisms to improve policing system across the country,

    He pledged the commitment of the force leadership to continually embark on initiatives to improve internal security in the country.

    Adejobi said the I-G had called on the newly posted officers to ensure a strategic display of experience, commitment to service, respect for fundamental rights and evolve effective strategies for crime control.

    The I-G also urged the officers to put in their best towards the achievement of the force strategic policy objectives with utmost level of professionalism, community-oriented public service and compliance with the rule of law.

  • IGP assures of maximum security before, during and after 2023 general elections

    IGP assures of maximum security before, during and after 2023 general elections

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has assured Nigerians that there will be maximum security before, during and after the 2023 general elections.

    Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, relayed the assurance while briefing newsmen on the forthcoming Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers on Friday in Abuja.

    Adejobi said Baba convened the conference and retreat with the theme: “The imperative of a Nigeria Police strategic plan for peaceful elections,” scheduled to take place in Owerri, Imo.

    He said the conference was part of Baba’s continuing efforts to adequately prepare officers and men to play more effective and efficient role in the management of election security.

    He said the conference was expected to strengthen the resolve of strategic police managers and members of other security agencies involved in 2023 electioneering process to put their best foot forward.

    This, he said, was to accomplish free, fair, credible and secure general elections.

    “In line with the commitment of the President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure free, fair, credible and peaceful elections, and transfer of power in 2023, the Nigeria Police Force has outlined a schedule of programmes.

    “These include training of officers across board to enhance the capacity of officers and men to respond to threats to the general elections and adequately manage national security.

    “The quest to secure the electorate and the electioneering process for free, fair and credible elections has been a mandate of the Inspector-General of Police’s administration since inception in office,’’ he said.

    Adejobi added that the police had embarked on deliberate measures and policy drives to give election security management priority of place with necessary and continuous training and capacity development.

    He explained that the police, as the lead agency in internal security, had remained unrelenting in ensuring that the people experienced a friendly policing system.

    The system, he said, would be a perpetual threat to villains and to other purveyors of crime and criminality.

    He said also that the Inspector-General of Police had inaugurated a special operational action plan code-named “Operation Restore Peace’’ for the stabilisation of security order in the Southeast geopolitical zone.

    The special operation, according to him, is instrumental in managing the delicate security situation in the zone.

    Adejobi also told newsmen that Baba launched “Operation Sahara Storm’’ in Sokoto to combat banditry in the northern parts of the country, and launched other operations on the basis of necessity.

    He reiterated the commitment of the Nigeria Police to synergise with the military and other security agencies in ensuring the return of peace to all troubled spots in the country.

    Adejobi urged politicians to play by the rule of electioneering and shun acts of violence and crime.

  • Why Osinachi’s husband is yet to be charged to court over death of wife- IGP

    Why Osinachi’s husband is yet to be charged to court over death of wife- IGP

    The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has given reason why Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, is yet to be arraigned in court amid accusations fingering him in the death of his wife.

     

    Disclosing this on Wednesday, while receiving the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Kedem Tallen, OFR, in his office at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja, the IGP noted that the command has approached the National Hospital, Abuja, for post-mortem examinations on Osinachi’s corpse to ascertain the cause of death.

     

    The IGP added that after the post-mortem examination results, the deceased husband will be charged to court if it’s established that he is responsible for her death.

     

    Reports say the Minister’s visit to the IGP bordered on the plight of women in Nigeria, particularly in relation to gender and domestic-based violence.

     

    Reacting to the death of Osinachi whose demise triggered a public outcry, the IGP noted that the untimely death is heart-breaking, particularly as information from sources close to the family and independent witnesses fingered her husband, Peter Nwachukwu, as being responsible for her death.

     

    He stated that the FCT Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred, arrested the deceased’s husband at about 5pm on Sunday 10th April 2022 at their residence in Lugbe, Abuja.

     

    The suspect is currently in detention at the FCT Police Command even as investigations are still ongoing.

     

    Reiterating his commitment to ensure that cases of domestic violence, sexual and gender-based violence, rape, and other social vices are accorded utmost attention, the IGP promised to bring perpetrators to justice according to the provisions of extant laws.

  • IGP Usman Baba sacks 9 policemen over strike action

    IGP Usman Baba sacks 9 policemen over strike action

    Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Wednesday, approved the dismissal of nine policemen planning to spearhead a strike action by the Nigerian police.

     

    The sack order was conveyed in a police signal issued by the Commissioner of Police Provost, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

     

    The nine policemen (two Inspectors, five Sergeants and two Constables) are: “AP/No. 245800 – Insp Nanoll Lamak; AP/ NP 287568 – Insp Amos Nagurah; F/No. 271367 – Sgt Onoja Onuche; F/No. 442680 – Sgt Franklin Agughalau; F/No. 495378 – Sgt Emmanuel Isah F/No. 508168 – Sgt Adesina Ismail; F/No. 508282 – Sgt Osoteku Ademola; F/No. 525839 – Police Constable Ehighamhen Favour Ebele and F/No. 528222 – Police Constable Ubong Inem.”

     

    The signal said the men were dismissed from service following their orderly room trial for planning and coordinating a strike within the ranks and file of the police.

     

    The offenders were said to have been identified and subsequently arrested after their phone calls were tracked.

     

    The planned strike by members of the Nigeria Police Force was to condemn the poor conditions of service.

     

    The wireless message, which was addressed to various state police Commands, read, “Be informed that following the conclusion of the orderly room proceedings of the undermentioned Inspectors, rank and file for the offences of discreditable conduct, improper conduct, breach of confidence, to wit: planning, organising, coordinating industrial strike within the ranks of the Nigeria Police Force;

     

    “Commissioners of Police Commands and formations concerned are to warn the men accordingly, to dekit them and eject them from the police accommodation and facilities where applicable and revert accordingly; delete subjects from IPPIS payroll immediately.

     

    “The Commissioner welfare to delete subjects from police nominal roll accordingly. Treat as very important.”

  • DSS, IGP, Service Chiefs are not in charge of security in Nigeria – Primate Ayodele

    DSS, IGP, Service Chiefs are not in charge of security in Nigeria – Primate Ayodele

    Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday, said the Department of State Services, DSS; Inspector General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba, and Service Chiefs are not in charge of security in Nigeria.

    In a statement by his spokesman, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele accused the country’s security network of corruption, adding that the security operatives have lost grip of the country’s security.

    He warned that “if care isn’t taken, 2023 will be consumed by the insecurity faced in the country.”

    Citing the Abuja-Kaduna train attack incident, the clergyman said security operatives need to be queried because they are yet to make any arrest more than 72 hours after the attack.

    According to Primate Ayodele: “The security situation of our country should not be allowed to get out of hand towards election because there is still danger ahead. The DSS and Army need to be queried on the airport and train attack; something is wrong, which they need to report. It’s more than 72 hours, and no arrests have been made on it. If a prominent politician was among the victims, unnecessary arrests would have been made; there is serious corruption in our security network.

    “The IGP, Service chiefs are not in charge at all; we are running an empty country. I’m speaking as the Lord directs not out of a biased mind. They don’t know what to do; they are weak and tired. This is not banditry; it’s terrorism. These things can consume 2023 if not handled with care and I foresee it extending to other parts of the country if it’s not curtailed now.”

    He revealed that there are people behind the security crisis in Nigeria but they have not been addressed.

    Ayodele said the crisis would start extending to other parts of the country, and when it does, Nigeria will be a total mess.

  • AIG Zone 5 tasks newly promoted officers on professionalism

    AIG Zone 5 tasks newly promoted officers on professionalism

    The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Zone 5, Lawan Jimeta, on Tuesday tasked newly promoted officers in the zone on professionalism and commitment to efficient and effective policing.

    Jimeta gave the charge in Benin while decorating the three newly promoted officers serving at the headquarters of the zone comprising Edo and Delta.

    He also charged the newly elevated officers to see their promotion as the work of God as “promotion comes from above.”

    The AIG reminded them that they must remain professional, committed and dedicated as promotion came with additional responsibilities and challenges.

    He congratulated them and prayed God to grant them wisdom to shoulder the responsibilities of their new ranks.

    Jemeta also appreciated the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba, and the Police Service Commission for the recommendation and subsequent promotion of the officers.

    According to him, the promotion will go a long way in boosting the morale of the officers and enhance their productivity.

    Newsmen reports that the officers decorated with their new ranks included DCP Charles Dike.

    Dike, until now, was the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Zonal Criminal Investigations Department, Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin.

    Others promoted were CSP Oweikpo Pere, the Zonal Provost Marshal as well as SP Blessing Evbakhavbokun, the 2IC, General Investigation, Zonal CID, Benin.

    Responding on behalf of the promoted officers, Dike thanked God Almighty for considering them worthy of elevation to their next ranks.

    He also thanked the AIG for finding out time to personally decorate them and promised to work harder, in line with professional ethics and constitutional provisions to justify the confidence reposed in them.