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  • JUST IN: Female police officer shot during bloody Ekiti bye-election is dead

    JUST IN: Female police officer shot during bloody Ekiti bye-election is dead

    A Police sergeant, Bukola Olawoye, who was shot during the House of Assembly bye-election for Ekiti East Constituency 1 is dead.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the death of the officer on Tuesday.

    According to the PPRO, the officer died on Monday evening at Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti.

    Abutu added that the officer was shot by a group of thugs that invaded ward 7, Unit 7 during the election which was held on Saturday, March 20.

    “The Ekiti State Police Command, with the deepest sorrow, announces the death of W/SGT OLAWOYE BUKOLA who was shot by a group of thugs that invaded ward 7, Unit 7 during the recent Ekiti East House of Assembly Bye-Election.

    “She died at about 1800hrs today (Monday) being 22/03/2021 at FMC, Ido-Ekiti, after fighting for her life for days,” the police spokesperson said in the statement issued on Monday.

    It also added that the suspects who committed the heinous crime have all been charged to court.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the House of Assembly bye-election for Ekiti East Constituency 1 was held on Saturday, March 23 to fill the vacant seat following the death of Juwa Adegbuyi.

    However, the violence that greeted the poll forced the electoral umpire to suspend the election indefinitely.

    The Governor of the State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in reaction, condemned the violence and ordered the Police commissioner to arrest all culprits and ensure their prosecution.

  • Gunmen kill police officer, soldier in Delta

    Gunmen kill police officer, soldier in Delta

    The Nigeria Police, Delta Command, has confirmed the alleged killing of a soldier and a policeman by gunmen at Oton community in Sapele.
    The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, gave the confirmation by telephone on Monday in Warri.
    “Two operatives were killed, we are investigating the incident and no one has been arrested in connection with the attack,” he said.
    A community source said that the incident happened at a military checkpoint at Oton on Sunday night
    The source added that the victims were killed by the armed bandits who came with a speed boat through the Oton River in Sapele and attacked the military checkpoint.
    “The operatives were repelling the hoodlums when gunshots from the bandits hit the security operatives,” the source said.
  • Oyo Amotekun reacts to member’s shooting of police officer

    Oyo Amotekun reacts to member’s shooting of police officer

    The Oyo State Security Network Agency known as Amotekun has said its officer, Ibrahim Ogundele, did not intentionally shoot a police constabulary, Fatai Yekini.

    The Commandant of the Amotekun corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), said this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday by the media officer of the security outfit, Mrs Ayolola Adedoja.

    Olayanju said Amotekun corps was invited by the police to join them in dismantling a carnival stage, which the police had warned against.

    He said in the process, the Amotekun officer’s gun accidentally discharged itself and the bullet hit the policeman in the thigh.

    He said, “Amotekun operatives were invited by the police to join hands with them to dismantle a carnival stage. The carnival was held against the earlier warnings to the organisers by the police.

    “The carnival stage was dismantled unchallenged. But after this, the gun with Ogundele Ibrahim discharged accidentally and hit the community police officer on the thigh. Yekini Fatai was rushed to the General Hospital in Oyo town where he was treated and has been discharged.”

    I want to state categorically here that there was no feud of any kind between Ogundele Ibrahim and Yekini Fatai to warrant shooting him.”

  • French police officers who beat black producer charged with willful violence – Reports

    French police officers who beat black producer charged with willful violence – Reports

    The Paris prosecutor’s office has charged police officers involved in assaulting a black musical producer in Paris earlier this month with intentional violence, according to a Le Parisien newspaper report on Monday.
    The report said that the officers had been placed in custody. 

    On Nov. 21, Michel Zecler, a black musical producer, was walking in the 17th district of the French capital without a mask, violating the state-backed health protocol.

    The man saw a police car and went into his studio to avoid a fine, but was followed by law enforcement officers, who then physically abused him.
    The French Loopsider news outlet published a video from a security camera showing the beating. 

    According to the newspaper, two of the four policemen taking part in the incident were taken into custody, and the others were placed under judicial control.

    Three officers who were captured by a security camera footage were charged with “intentional violence by a person holding state power” and “forgery in public writing,” in line with the prosecutors’ request.

    The fourth policeman was charged with “intentional damage to health” for throwing a tear gas grenade in the producer’s studio, which he claimed he did out of ignorance of the situation in a bid to assist the detention operation.

    French President Emmanuel Macron has called the incident a “disgrace for France” after he saw the images of the beating.

    The incident was followed by a series of rallies across France on Saturday against the new legislation criminalising the display of images of police troops, which turned into violent unrest.
  • #EndSARS: Wike pledges N20m compensation to each slain police officer

    #EndSARS: Wike pledges N20m compensation to each slain police officer

    Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has announced N20 million compensation each to families of soldiers and policemen allegedly killed by members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo during the EndSARS protest.

    Wike made the declaration on Wednesday during a condolence visit to the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr Joseph Mukan, and families of the slain policemen at the Rivers State Police Command.

    In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, the governor also promised to rebuild all burnt police stations in Oyigbo and vowed to ensure that the IPOB ceases to exist in the state.

    Wike was accompanied by Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, the Commissioner for Information, Mr Paulinus Nsirim, and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor.

    The governor described the gruesome murder of the policemen and soldiers as unacceptable and unfortunate.

    He said that the state government will support the Police to make sure that all IPOB members who masterminded the killing of the policemen and soldiers, as well as the wanton destruction of Police stations in Oyigbo are apprehended.

    “IPOB masterminded the killing of our gallant officers of the Nigerian Police and Army. We want to state clearly that Rivers State Government will support you to make sure that any of the perpetrators of this hideous crime does not go free.

    “Enough is enough. You cannot continue to kill our policemen that have not done anything, who have not committed any crime,” Wike said in the statement.

    According to the governor, the killing of policemen is one crime that the state government will never condone.

    Responding to the gesture, the Commissioner of Police said the governor has demonstrated that he is a compassionate father of the state by his decision to commiserate with the Command and the deceased families.

    He explained that the Police and the Army have taken over all IPOB strongholds in Oyigbo and will ensure that the group cease to exist anywhere within the state.

  • Suspected IPOB members kidnap, kill police officer in Rivers

    Suspected IPOB members kidnap, kill police officer in Rivers

    Hoodlums suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) on Wednesday allegedly abducted and killed a police officer attached to Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters in Port Harcourt at Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State.

    According to reports, the police officer who was on special duty at the Oyigbo area had reportedly taken permission to go and eat around 9:30pm when he was allegedly abducted and taken to a bush path where he was slaughtered by his abductors.

    It was gathered that the abduction led to clash between the Police and people suspected to be members of IPOB in Oyigbo.

    It was gathered that it took combined efforts of officers attached to tactical units like Operation Sting, Anti-Cultism and others to curtail the rampaging IPOB members who later attempted to launch an attack on the Special Police Anti-Robbery Squad base in the area.

    It was gathered that the IPOB members later retreated into neighbouring Abia state.

    Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Rivers state command SP Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the incident, but noted that the full detail of the incident is yet to reach his desk.

    Recall that the Rivers State Police Command had in statement on Wednesday warned IPOB members to stay off the state or face the full wrath of the law.

  • COVID-19: Police officer tests positive in Lagos, sneaks into Ondo for treatment

    COVID-19: Police officer tests positive in Lagos, sneaks into Ondo for treatment

    Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has expressed worries over the level of porosity of the entry points to Ondo state.

    Akeredolu expressed his worries on Saturday after a police officer who tested positive for COVID-19 in Lagos gained entry into the state.

    Akeredolu who revealed this on his twitter handle described the action of the policeman as reckless.

    He said: “Earlier today, I got news of another positive case of #COVID19 admitted to our facility in Akure.

    “The case of this individual who is a police officer is unique. He was tested in Lagos but came to Ondo state while awaiting his results. Upon receiving a positive result, he claimed to have returned back to Lagos.

    “He waited a few days in Lagos to be picked up. When this failed, he panicked and rushed back to Akure for treatment. While we appreciate the confidence reposed in our facilities, We do find it most reckless on the part of the officer of the Law to risk the lives of others.

    “I am most disappointed in the level of porosity of the entry points to the state. The police officer should know better. I have contacted the commissioner of police to double up on securing our entry points.”

  • U.S. citizens confess to killing Italian police officer

    U.S. citizens confess to killing Italian police officer

    Two 19-year-old U.S. citizens have confessed to a fatal knife attack on a Carabinieri police officer in Rome, police said on Monday.
    The alleged perpetrators were arrested after they were located in a hotel room, where police also found the knife believed to have been used in the attack behind a ceiling panel.
    They both confessed to the attack during an interrogation after being taken into police custody.
    “Police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, was fatally stabbed eight times overnight into Friday in Rome’s central Prati district near the Vatican.
    Rega was among several officers involved in a plainclothes operation against two thieves who had stolen a backpack from an Italian man.
    “The thieves had offered to return the backpack to the victim in exchange for 100 euros and a gram of cocaine, after reporting the crime to police, the man arranged a meeting point with the thieves.
    “When the Carabinieri showed up instead, they were attacked with a knife. ”
    Police had previously said that the perpetrator of the stabbing was probably an African citizen, a description that unleashed caustic commentary from the ruling far-right League party.
    However, a police statement did not clarify which of the two teens carried out the attack.

  • Boko Haram attacks military base, kills 13 soldiers, police officer

    The Army have confirmed the killing of thirteen soldiers and a police officer in Yobe State in a Boko Haram attack.

    According to the military, the insurgents lunched two successive attacks on a military formation and an ambush on the Maiduguri/Damaturu high way at about 6.30 pm.

    The statement which was signed by spokesman 7 Div. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu said several insurgents were killed during the attack, just as the others were repelled.

    According to reports, the police officer killed was the orderly to Gov. Gaidam’s ADC who was on a convoy with the governor eldest son on their way back from Maiduguri.

    The governor’s son convoy ran into the insurgents thinking they were military personnels as the were said to have been dressed in military uniform.

    The statement reads; “Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole Monday 24 December, 2018 repelled a Boko Haram terrorists’ attack on a Forward Operational Base at Kukareta in Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe state.

    “The terrorists who attacked the location at about 6. 30 pm met with prompt and fierce response of the vigilant troops who engaged and overpowered them, killing several of the terrorists.

    “Unfortunately however, a soldier was wounded in the encounter.

    “In another encounter, troops of 1 Division on escort duty along Damaturu – Maiduguri road yesterday fought through an ambush staged by Boko Haram terrorists.

    “The gallant troops engaged the terrorists in a fire fight, courageously wading through the ambush.

    “Sadly, thirteen military and a police personnel including a Police officer, paid the supreme price while extricating themselves from the ambush.

    “A clearance Operation to pursue and eliminate the Boko Haram terrorists ambush party is still ongoing.

    “The bodies of the gallant soldiers and the policeman and the wounded have been evacuated. The wounded soldier is currently receiving treatment”

  • Court sentences ex-Texas police officer to 15 years in prison for killing teen – Reports

    Texas jurors sentenced former police officer Roy Oliver to 15 years of jail for murdering a black teenager, local media reported.

    The incident took place in 2017 in Balch Springs, Dallas County.

    Oliver responded to a call from a party and opened fire at a vehicle moving away from the site, hitting unarmed Jordan Edwards in the head.

    Oliver also received a fine of 10,000 dollars, the WFAA broadcaster said.

    Oliver explained his actions by fear for life of his partner officer Tyler Gross, while Gross testified that he did not see threats for his safety, and the car was driving off the policemen.