by Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigeria Police Force says it has sanctioned 20 personnel involved in corruption between January 2016 and June 2017 in four states. A report obtained from the Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, indicated that those sanctioned served in Enugu, Abuja, Ogun and Lagos commands. It indicated that 10 police officers were dismissed during the period, one given severe reprimand, one demoted, and eight given other forms of punishment. The report showed that 4, 342 complaints were received by the unit during the period under review, out of which 3,602 were amicably resolved and 318 pending. It added that 422 complaints received by the unit were discovered to be false. According to the report, the 106 distress calls received by the unit during the period under review were not part of the complaints captured in the report. The unit was established in November 2015 to receive and resolve cases of professional misconduct brought against police personnel. (NAN) See graph...
by Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has flagged-off food distribution in five local government areas of the state. The food items were donated by the Federal Government to cushion the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Governor also used the opportunity to inspect various ongoing projects in the health and education sectors in the local government areas. Governor Kashim also visited troops of the the Multi national joint task force in Baga, who are fighting the Boko Haram insurgents around the Lake Chad general area. Addressing the displaced persons in Baga, governor Shettima assured them of government efforts towards ending the Boko Haram crisis and promise to ensure that, their wellfare remained paramount in his administration’s goal. Shettima also urged the internally displaced persons to continue to pray for the state and northeast in general, stressing that, “prayer is the weapon that can help our gallant soldiers to have total victory over the insurgents.” SOURCE: DAILY...
by Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and Superintendent, James Omafuaire, has been kidnapped along with his wife and a customer at his Ikpeshi quarry site in Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo State. The retired police officer is an octogenarian and a native of Akperhe-Olomu in Ughelli South LGA of the state. His younger brother, Akpokona Omafuaire, is a senior photojournalist at Vanguard Newspaper. Mr. Omafuaire was kidnapped along with his wife, Victoria Omafuaire, and a customer at the site, but his wife was released shortly after her kidnapping. Our correspondent gathered that the kidnappers have established contact with the victim’s son, Charles Omafuaire, and have demanded a ransom of N25 million. Confirming the N25 million ransom, a family member of the victim, Christy Omafuaire Atie, said “Pa James Omafuaire was supervising his workers at his quarry site in Ikpeshi near Auchi when the Fulani herdsmen with guns kidnapped him, his wife and a customer.” She said that the kidnapping has caused severe panic in the family and she urged the police to rescue her father or to appeal to the kidnappers to lower their ransom demand. Source: Sahara...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Niger State Police Command on Monday arrested one Abubakar Suleiman with 88 bundles of fake dollars, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. The command’s spokesman, SP Abigael Unaeze, while parading the suspect before newsmen in Minna, said Suleiman and three others at large conspired and took his father-in-law to an unknown place in Kogi State under the pretext of curing him of his sickness. The spokesperson said the suspect, who was arrested with a bag containing 88 bundles of fake dollar notes, confessed to the crime. She said that the command had commenced an intensive investigation into the matter. In a related development, Unaeze said the command had arrested six suspects with 86 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana, 11 Diazepam packs, one packet of big bond and a box of matches. According to her, detectives attached to the command also recovered one AK47 rifle with 25 rounds of 7.62 ×39mm live ammunition abandoned by a gang of armed robbers. She added that this followed a distress call that robbers numbering five were operating in the residence of one Dr. Amandi Akorbumdu of Bosso area of the state. Unaeze explained that the police detectives attached to the Bosso division swung into action and gave them a chase; as a result, the robbers fled and abandoned the items. The police spokesperson said that all the suspects would be charged to court after investigation. She appealed to the members of the public to assist the command by providing useful information about the movement of criminals to the nearest security office for prompt...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A popular Bishop of the African Church, Rt. Revd. Samuel Ojo, yesterday narrated how he escaped abduction by the whiskers. He also lamented the killing of his Chaplain, Revd. David Ayeola, by suspected kidnappers in Ekiti State. It was reported that Ayeola was kidnapped by gunmen while travelling with the bishop, his wife and the driver. The police were attempting to rescue the 26-year-old cleric when he was shot dead by the gunmen, who immediately fled the scene. The kidnappers had demanded N100m ransom, but the church offered N500,000. Recounting the attack that led to the capture of Ayeola, he said, “My in-law, an indigene of Ayegbaju Ekiti, had died and my wife, the chaplain, as well as my driver followed me to the village last Tuesday in preparation for the burial. “We went to my hometown in Imojo Ekiti. Around 6pm, we left the village to return to Ayegbaju, venue of the burial. However, when we got to a place between Imojo and Oye Ekiti, some masked gunmen emerged from the bush, blocked the road and started shooting continuously. “Our driver attempted to turn back, but he discovered that members of the gang were also coming from the back. He suddenly drove into the forest. Myself, my wife, the reverend, and the driver ran into the bush. I told them to run for their lives and we fled in different directions. I crawled in the forest like a snake for hours.” He explained that he and his wife, together with the driver, later emerged in another town at different times, from where they informed villagers and...
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