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  • Police promote 45 officers for arresting Evans, gang members

    The Police Service Commission, PSC has approved special promotion for 45 police officers and acting appointments for another 13 officers who played major roles in the arrest of a suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumuje Onuoamadike, a.k.a. Evans, and 21 members of his gang.

    The officers are of the Intelligence Response Team, Special Tactical Squad and the Technical Intelligence Unit under the direct supervision and coordination of the IG Monitoring Unit at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

    The commission said it took the decision in Abuja on Thursday, at its 27th plenary meeting which began in Abuja on Tuesday and was presided over by its Chairman, Dr. Mike Okiro, a retired Inspector-General of Police.

    The Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement in Abuja that the promotion and acting appointments were based on “the superlative performance of the officers in the arrest of the deadly gang who terrorised Nigerians.”

    “The promotion and acting appointments were also necessitated by the need to match rank with schedules of duty either being performed or to be performed by the officers and for their acts of gallantry and courage exhibited in the course of duty,” Ani added.

    He quoted Okiro as saying that the new ranks would greatly motivate the officers for improved performance.

    The promoted officers included the Head of the IG Monitoring Unit, DCP Habu Sani, who has been directed to appear before the commission on Friday (Today) for an interactive session in line with the policy for officers transiting to the rank of commissioner.

    Others are two Assistant Commissioners of Police who were elevated to Deputy Commissioner, one Chief Superintendent of Police to Assistant Commissioner of Police, one Superintendent of Police to Chief Superintendent, 16 Assistant Superintendents of Police to Deputy Superintendent and 24 Inspectors to Assistant Superintendent.

     

  • Unbelievable: Gunmen invade police station in Kogi, kill two officers

    Some gunmen early on Tuesday invaded the police station at Gegu village on Lokoja – Abuja road, killing two of the policemen on duty.

    The spokesman for Kogi State Police Command, ASP William Aya, told newsmen in Lokoja that the gunmen also injured one of the suspects in police cell.

    He said that the corpses of the slain policemen had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where the injured suspect is also receiving treatment.

    Aya said that investigation had commenced into the incident which happened at about 2:15 am.

    Meanwhile, some of the villagers told newsmen that the gunmen, about five in number, came on motorcycles.

    The suspects, according to the villagers, immediately opened fire on arrival at the police station, killing two of the policemen on duty and fatally injuring one of the suspects in cell.

    The incident, the villagers said, led to disruption in traffic movement in the ever busy Lokoja – Abuja road.

    Normal traffic movement had since resumed on the road.

  • Withdrawal: Disobey my order, get sanctioned, IGP warns unit commanders

    The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned all police Unit Commanders against flouting the order to withdraw personnel from VIPs as well as political and public office holders in the country.

    The IGP gave the warning at a meeting with the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Special Protection Unit (SPU) and Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) Commanders on Tuesday in Abuja.

    Recall Idris that had on Monday ordered the withdrawal of the personnel from the group of persons which also included business entrepreneurs and those in multinational companies.

    The police boss said that any commander that violates the order would be heavily sanctioned.

    “Sanction awaits any officer who violates the order to withdraw personnel from the above mentioned persons.

    “We want to ensure absolute withdrawal of personnel this time around, any violation will be met with stiffer sanction,” he said.

    He said that CTU personnel were not meant to be deployed to any individual or organisations because of their critical role in the force.

    Idris, who gave Tuesday as deadline for the withdrawal, said that the primary responsibility of the Nigeria Police was to provide security to all citizens.

    “We must face and surmount the security challenges confronting us by all means, “he said.

    The police boss described the frequent attacks on police personnel in the course of their duty in the country as alarming.

    He, however, blamed some of the incidents on police personnel who were not at alert while on duty.

    Idris said that PMF personnel would be deployed to all schools in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa in order to prevent a recurrence of the recent ugly incident at the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe.

    He described the incident as a national embarrassment which must not be allowed to happen again.

    “I will be going on tour of the three states to ascertain the level of compliance so far, “he said.

  • We lose 9,028 officers annually to death, dismissal, retirement – IG

    The Inspector General of Police ( IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris says the Nigeria Police Force loses 9,028 officers to death, dismissal, and retirement annually.

    Idris made the disclosure at the monthly meeting with Commissioners of Police and other top-ranking officers of the force on Wednesday in Abuja.

    The IGP said that the development had seriously affected the manpower of the force.

    He noted that the 308, 000 police workforce was grossly inadequate for the effective policing of the more than 180 million people in the country.

    The police boss said that the country was far below the UN standard of one policeman to 400 persons adding that the Federal Government had approved the recruitment of 6,000 policemen into the rank and file.

    “The issue of manpower is one problem the Nigeria Police Force is facing,” he said.

    On the attachment of policemen to private persons, Idris said that the force would review it to ensure that they worked for the general public.

    “There is a need for us to have a police that will work for the generality of Nigerians,” he said.

    He said that he had directed police commissioners and zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, to compile the number of policemen attached to individuals in the country.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 directed that police personnel attached to unauthorized and some prominent persons in the country be withdrawn and deployed to confront the security challenges in the nation.

    The Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Mike Okiro, said that more than 150,000 policemen were attached to unauthorized persons and Very Important Personalities (VIPs) in the country.

    He said that the meeting was aimed at having a comprehensive resolution on the issue of illegal firearms in the country.

    Idris noted that the alleged arming of militia groups by state governments and individuals was not in the interest of the country.

    He urged the commissioners of police to embark on campaign against illegal firearms in their various commands.

    Idris said that plans were underway to construct an armoury for the storage of illegal firearms seized from militias across the country.

    He said that the force had taken several measures to check security challenges across the country.

  • Police dismiss two officers for alleged involvement in cultism

    The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has dismissed two police officers for his alleged involvement in cultism.

    The Commissioner of Police, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, disclosed this on Tuesday during a visit to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Onofiok Luke, and the leadership of the House.

    Ogunjemilusi said the two officers were currently facing trial.

    He did not, however, give out the identity or the rank of the dismissed officers.

    The police chief told the speaker that over 60 suspected cultists have been arrested recently in the state, with 17 of them charged to court, while others were still being investigated.

    Ogunjemilusi, who said he was in the Assembly to seek collaboration and support from the legislature towards crime-fighting, told Mr. Luke that the police in the state did not have adequate operational vehicles.

    He appealed to the state lawmakers to desist from the practice of covering the license plate number of their vehicles to enable the police track down culprits whenever a crime is committed.

    The speaker assured the police chief of the lawmakers’ readiness to partner and support the police.

    “I want to give you our commitment that we are ready to work for the peace, order, and security of lives and property in Akwa Ibom State,” Luke said.

    “Let the long arm of the law takes its course, anyone caught involving in cultism should not be spared.”

    Luke, who expressed the lawmakers’ readiness to review the state’s anti-cultism law, requested the police commissioner to forward a memo to the House on the areas of the law that he thought should be reviewed.

    Akwa Ibom state has been bedeviled of late with cult-related killings and violence.

  • Stop oppressing members of the public, police chief warns officers

    Stop oppressing members of the public, police chief warns officers

    Mr Kayode Aderanti, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). in charge of zone 3, has warned Policemen against harassing and oppressing members of the public.

    Aderanti, whose zone comprises Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba States, gave the advice on Wednesday in Gombe, in an address to officers and men of the Gombe State Command of the Force.

    He reminded the policemen that they were public servants paid with tax payers’ money, and declared that it was incumbent on them to protect such tax payers instead of oppressing them.

    Aderanti, who was on a working visit to the north-eastern state, also warned the policemen against corrupt practises. and stressed the need for patriotic, diligent and selfless service to the nation.

    Earlier in his welcome address, the police commissioner in Gombe, Mr Olukolu Adesino, had appealed to the Inspector-General of the Force to facilitate the commencement of academic activities at the newly established Police Secondary School, Nafada.

    “The state government has donated a school to the police for that purpose, but the place needs to be renovated.

    “I am appealing to you, to use your office, to facilitate the commencement of academic activities in the school.” he said.

    He said that the command was in dire need of additional officers because those transferred had not been replaced.

     

  • Police dismiss three officers for reckless shooting

    The Lagos State Police Command have dismissed two Sergeants and a Corporal attached to Amukoko Division for reckless use of firearms.

    Sergeants Saturday Osaseri (25759), Segun Okun (359075) and Corporal Adekunle Oluwarotimi (496833) were dismissed after an orderly room trial convicted of breaching the Nigeria Police’ rules of engagement.

    According to police spokesman, Chike Oti, a Superintendent (SP), the dismissed Non-commissioned Officers (NCOs) committed the offence on January 11, at about 9:30pm at Ifelodun Street, Amukoko.

    Oti said they disproportionately responded with bullets fired from their weapons at some youths alleged to have hurled stones, sticks and bottles at them.

    He said the actions of the dismissed NCOs led to the death of one of the youths, while another was injured.

    Oti said: “They were arrested, detained and tried immediately on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi. The guilty verdict was passed on them by the adjudicating officer who considered that the officers did not appreciate the situation critically and ought not to have applied maximum force on the unruly youths.

    “The officers would be charged to court next week, while a duplicate copy of the casefile would be sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecution( DPP) for legal advice.

    “Sequel to the above occurrence, the Commissioner of Police has directed all Area Commanders and DPOs in the state to warn their men against misapplication of force. He further warned that officers must abide by the Rules of Engagement (ROE) as stipulated in Force Order 237.”

  • Nigerian Customs set to retire 577 senior officers

    The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) is set to retire 577 of its high ranking officers.

    This was revealed in a circular signed and released Sulaiman M.S.J, Comptroller Establishments, on behalf of the Comptroller General, Hameed Ali.

    According to a circular titled ‘CIRCULAR NO/HRD/2017/003-LIST OF OFFICERS/MEN FOR STATUTORY RETIREMENT IN YEAR 2018’, those listed included a Deputy Comptroller General, an Assistant Comptroller General, 11 Comptrollers, 27 Deputy Comptrollers, 27 Assistant Comptrollers and 23 Chief Superintendents of Customs.

    Last week, the service National Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, in a statement released the names of promoted and redeployed officers.

    Amongst those promoted in acting capacity were Isa Talatu Mairo to Deputy Comptroller-General Tariff and Trade; Amajam Bukar, Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone C, elevated to the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General, Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection; and David Elisha Chikan as ACG (Human Resources and Development).

    “The CGC charged the affected officers to see their appointments and as opportunities to contribute their best towards consolidating the gains of the ongoing reforms in the Service,” Mr. Attah said.

    Other rank and file officers listed on the retirement notice include five Chief Inspector of Customs Terminal (CIC T); 21 Chief Inspector of Customs (CIC); 21 Superintendent of Customs (SC); 36 Deputy Chief Inspector of Customs (DCIC); 23 Deputy Comptrollers (DCs); 121 Assistant Chief Inspector of Customs (ACIC); four ACIC1; 131 Deputy Inspector of Customs (DIC); and one Assistant Superintendent of Customs 11.

    Others are 83 Senior Inspector of Customs (SIC); two Chief Customs Assistant (CCA ‘T’); 18 Inspector of Customs (IC); six CC; three Assistant Inspector of Customs; two Senior Customs Assistant (SCA); and one Customs Assistant (CA).

    The affected officers are to be disengaged either on the basis of mandatory 60 years of age or 35 years in service, in line with the civil service rules.

    According to the NCS, those affected are expected to furnish the headquarters with their notice of retirement on or before the end of March this year. The management also insisted that all those due for retirement must proceed on the mandatory three months pre-retirement leave, starting March 2018.

    The retirement circular reads in part, “I am directed to forward the attached list on the above subject as a Pre-Retirement notice to all affected officers, adding “all affected officers due for retirement in 2018 are to disengage from active service and proceed on three-months pre-retirement leave, three months to the effective date of retirement.

    “All affected officers are to ensure compliance and forward their three months pre-retirement notice to the Comptroller General of Customs accordingly.

    “Any observed error, omission or legitimate complaints should be forwarded to the office of the Comptroller General of Customs on or before 31st March, 2018.”

  • Navy announces new appointments of officers

    Navy announces new appointments of officers

    The Nigerian Navy (NN) has announced new appointments and re-appointments of officers for effective and efficient service delivery.

    The Acting Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Suleman Dahun, a Navy Capt., disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

    Those appointed, Mr. Dahun said, include: three new Flag Officers Commanding (FOCs) namely: Akinjide Akinrinade for the Logistics Command, Oghara, Delta, Matthew Emuekpere for the Eastern Naval Command, Calabar, Cross River, and Saleh Usman who took over at the Central Naval Command, Yenagoa, Bayelsa.

    The appointees are all Rear Admiral.

    The acting director added that the appointment also affected 27 other Rear Admirals.

    “These are: Rear Adm. Begroy Ibe-Enwo who is reappointed at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja as the Chief of Naval Transformation, Rear Adm. Victor Adedipe is appointed Director of Plans at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja.

    “While Rear Adm. Peter Onaji is taking over as the Chief of Naval Safety and Standard at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja and Rear Adm. Dogara Albehu is now the Director of Training at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja.

    “Rear Adm. Micheal Ebe is assigned the Director of Plans, Naval Headquarters, Abuja, while Rear Adm. Aliyu Lawal is taking over as Director Equipment Standardisation and Harmonisation, Defence Headquarters, Abuja.

    “Others are Rear Adm. Uchenna Onyia who is now the Director of Administration at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja and Rear Adm. David Adeniran is reappointed the Commander Naval Drafting, Apapa, Lagos State,” he said.

    As well as Tanko Dakwat, a Rear Admiral, who is now the Admiral Superintendent Naval Ordinance Depot, Lagos State, Ahamefule Eluwa, Rear Adm., was reappointed Moderator at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Plateau.

    He said further that the appointment also affected Rear Adm. Dolapo Kolawole, as the Director of Policy at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja. Rear Adm. Mike Okonkwo as the Chief Staff Officer at the Logistics Command Headquarters, Oghara, Delta.

    Others are: Rear Adm. Shuwa Mohammed as the new Director of Armament Supplies, Naval Headquarters, while Rear Adm. Segun Adebari is the new Group Managing Director at the Navy Holding Ltd., Abuja.

    As well as Rear Adm. Abubakar Al-Hassan as the Director of Transformation at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja. Rear Adm. Obed Ngalabak as the Admiral Superintendent Naval Doctrine and Assessment Centre, Lagos State.

    Others are: Rear Adm. Abraham Adaji who was reappointed Director of Operations at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja. Rear Adm. Jatau Luka as the new Chief Staff Officer at the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters.

    While Rear Adm. Ibikunle Olaiya was reappointed as the Director of Naval Intelligence at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja.

    “The appointment also include: Rear Adm. Kamarudeen Lawal who is appointed the Director of Transformation at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja, Rear Adm. Abdullahi Adamu as the Director of Combat Physical Training, Naval Headquarters, Abuja.

    “While Rear Adm. Oladele Daji who is redeployed to the Western Naval Command Headquarters, Lagos State, as the Chief Staff Officer. Rear Adm. Maurice Eno as Director of Research and Development at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja.

    “Others are: Rear Adm. Saidu Garba now the Director of Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, Naval Headquarters, Abuja, as well as Rear Adm. Barabutemegha Gbassa as the Fleet Commander, Headquarters Eastern Fleet, Calabar, Cross River.

    “As well as Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim now the Director of Manning at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja, while Rear Adm. Muhammad Nagenu as the Fleet Commander, Headquarters Central Fleet, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,” Dahun said.

    The acting director said further that the exercise also saw the redeployment of 95 Commodores to various commands, units, and establishments.

    (NAN)

  • 2019: Avoid ‘political temptations’ from politicians, parties – IGP warns officers

    The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday warned police officers to avoid temptation from political actors as the 2019 election draws near.

    Describing the election year as “critical,” the police chief urged police personnel to be professional and steadfast.

    He made the call during the last meeting of the year with commissioners of police and other senior officers in Abuja.

    And, contrary to claims that the police has continued to disobey court order which asked it to unseal the Peace Corp headquarters building located in Jabi area of Abuja, Idris said the Force has appealed the court order.

    He said police has asked the court to stay the execution of judgment on the matter.

    He said the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would now focus on violent crimes.

    On the 2019 election, he said: “Officers should be aware that from next year, we are entering a critical phase in the political space of this country and this critical phase include most of the election that would be conducted.

    “Officers should be steadfast and obviously do their best to ensure that wherever you find yourselves, that you do your utmost best to ensure that the political situation be handled maturely and orderly.

    “We have to avoid temptations wherever we find ourselves. Try to avoid temptation from political actors and other people that may try to tempt you at the cost of having a smooth election.

    “We need to be professional, especially in the coming years when election would be conducted.

    “Our job is a difficult job because we are close to the civil population more than any security agency and I think at various levels, CPs should imbibe it in their officers the need to be very available and professional with the civilian population because they have trust in us and we have to serve the interest of the generality of Nigerians in ensuring that we have a fair and just election.”