Tag: Police Officer
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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#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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Herdsman kills police officer in Kebbi– Official
The Police Command in Kebbi on Thursday confirmed that a suspected herdsman had killed a policeman, Umaru Danladi, at Kaoge in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state. It said the herder, Babuga Kuaara, had already been arrested for the alleged offence, adding that the policeman was attached to the Kaoje Police Division in Bagudo…