by Admin | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Southwest Zone, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo, has rated Ekiti State as having the lowest crime rate in Nigeria, hinging this on the high level of professionalism existing among his men in the State. This is as the Police Community Relations Committee(PCRC) and other stakeholders frowned on the incessant transfer of the Commissioners of Police out of Ekiti police command, saying the scenario always led to the regrouping of criminals to unleash terror on the citizens. The DIG spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting ,where police officers in the command, led by the CP, Alhaji Abdullahi Chafe, were present. Adebanjo saluted the courage of his men in tackling criminalities, urging them to be dedicated to duties and expect commensurate rewards from government and members of the public. “The crime rate in Ekiti is very low, in fact, the lowest in the country. The police anywhere in the world can’t do it alone without the cooperation and consent of the people. You need to work with critical stakeholders to achieve a crime-free society. “The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris is committed to the task of giving our men incentives. Before now, Inspectors used to spend over 14 years before becoming superintend of police, but such has been corrected and other rank and file positions. “Apart from promotion, we are working on the housing scheme for our men to be able to own a house after retirement. We are also improving on the medicals , so that our men who sustained injuries in the course of...
by Admin | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI N423bn spent in six years, execution rate at 12% • Some contractors collected money without going to site The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Usani Uguru, on Wednesday said the Federal Government has uncovered some shady deals by some of the contractors that handled projects in the Niger Delta region between 2009 and 2015. He said while some of the contractors made away with the money paid them without appearing on the sites of the projects, some others managed to implement 12 per cent of the projects they were paid for. Uguru disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the discoveries were contained in a report of an investigation carried out by the ministry on all contracts awarded and projects carried out by the ministry from 2009 to 2015. The late Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan were the Presidents of the country during the period. The minister said the report revealed that over N423bn had been expended in the region by the ministry alone, adding that the amount did not include the sums expended by other intervention agencies. “From this amount, projects execution rate has been at 12 per cent with an average completion rate of a project standing at five years. The impact rate is eight per cent,” he said. The minister said he sought and got the council’s approval to make the report available to relevant government agencies in charge of recovering government assets that were either misappropriated,...
by Admin | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it had arrested five suspected oil thieves in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The Commander, NNS Jubilee, Commodore Saidu Garba, disclosed this to newsmen while handing over the suspects to the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. Garba said that men of the command, during a routine patrol in its area of operation, intercepted two canoes and arrested the suspects with 11, 250 litres of Automobile Gas Oil. He said the arrest followed intensive patrol of the maritime environment, following intelligence information on the activities of oil thieves in the area. Garba reiterated the determination of the command to deal decisively with crude oil thieves, sea pirates, pipeline vandals and other perpetrators of crime within its area of operation. “The command admonishes oil thieves and other criminal elements operating within the maritime environment to refrain from such acts or face unpleasant consequences, as there will be no hiding place for criminals in the state,’’ the commander said. He alleged that the suspects had confessed to conveying the products from Bonny in Rivers to Akwa Ibom. Receiving the suspects, the Akwa Ibom NSCDC Commandant, Mrs Obiagelu Obiagulu, commended the Commander, officers and men of NNS Jubilee for their complementary role in fighting criminality within its maritime environment. “Let me acknowledge the effort of the NNS Jubilee for combating crime within the coastal water of the state,’’ she said. Obiagulu said the command had secured the conviction of 25 persons in the last five months, for various offences. She said that the five suspects would be prosecuted...
by Admin | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday heard that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mohammed Dele Belgore and former minister of National Planning Prof Abubakar Suleiman signed for the N450million they allegedly received from former Petroleum Minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the money was part of $115,010,000 (about N37billion) allegedly shared by Alison-Madueke to some individuals in 36 states during the 2015 general elections. EFCC re-arraigned Belgore and Suleiman on an amended money laundering charge in which Mrs Alison-Madueke was included as a defendant, though “at large”. The commission said they “directly took possession of the sum” and conspired to make cash payment of N450million, which “exceeded the amount authorised by law without going through financial institution”. Testifying at the trial yesterday, an EFCC operative, Usman Zikari, said the money was stashed in a bank’s vault before it was shared among the politicians and some Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officers as gratification towards the 2015 general election. He exhibited a receipt for N450 million which Belgore and Suleiman allegedly signed. Zikari said sometime in 2016, the commission received an intelligence report that three firms and an individual, Adesanya Olaitan, took $89million to the bank on Alison-Madueke’s instructions. The witness added that another aide of the former minister took $25,776,000 to the bank. Zikari said the money was first converted to naira before it was then distributed to politicians, including the defendants. He said in the course of investigation, the bank’s Managing Director was invited for questioning. “During the interview with the MD, it was revealed that in December...
by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI MAKURDI—Benue State Police Command has uncovered an illegal firearms factory at Tse-Tyungu, Kyado District of Ukum Local Government Area; arrested three suspects, with several finished and unfinished firearms recovered. Parading the suspects and the recovered items shortly after flagging off the Show of Strength campaign, which comprise members of security agencies in the state, Benue state Police Commissioner, Bashir Makama, said the discovery was made following a tip-off. He said the prime suspect in the business, now at large, had been into the manufacturing of the weapons for long, which were being sold to buyers in the state and other parts of the country. Explaining the circumstances that led to the discovery, the Commissioner said: “Following the arrest of one Felix at Assasi in North Bank area of Makurdi town on May 24, based on reliable information, the suspect confessed to being a distributor and had sold a locally-made Beretta pistol to one Bishop in Abuja for N40,000. Arrested suspects “During our investigation, the suspect led operatives to the arms factory at Tse-Tyungu, Kyado District, where several types of guns were being manufactured. “Two suspects, 25-year-old Tyowa and 18-year-old Aondoyavenga, were arrested at the plant. Items and exhibits recovered from the factory include one carbon cylinder, one gas cylinder, one Sumec generating set, one Dane gun, one fabricated Beretta pistol, one filing machine, one drilling machine, two saws, one tool box, one jute bag containing tools and a motorcycle.” Makama explained that the command was still investigating the matter, stressing that the police was on the trail of the alleged prime suspect, who reportedly absconded on sighting...
by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a dismissed police inspector, Herbert Mbachu 55, and a soldier attached to 2 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Corporal Sikiru Balogun, 46, for being a member of a criminal gang that specialised in snatching fuel-laden tankers. Seven other suspects, John Precious, 45, Lawal Olalekan 26, Sodiq Onifade, 26, Timothy Ayodele, 53, Oluwadare Segun aka Honourable, 30, Gabriel Olanrewaju, 39 and Gbadegesin Olawale, 45, were also paraded. The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, said the gang was arrested by the command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, adding that no fewer than six trucks had been snatched by the gang. While Mbachu was dismissed by the police for desertion and other professional misconduct, Balogun, with service number 969NA/4310863 is still a serving soldier. Odude said, “Mbachu and Balogun operated using their uniforms. In one of their latest operations, the suspects on April 4, 2017, at about 8am laid a siege for a truck with number plate APC 937 XB, laden with fuel along a bad portion of Sasa road in Ibadan and snatched it from the driver. “The truck had 33,000 litres of fuel in the tank. They also abducted the driver to an unknown destination but dropped him off afterward. The lorry was driven to Efon Alaye and later Ife-Akure road where it was abandoned after disposing of its contents.” The commissioner said discreet investigation carried out led to the arrest of one of the suspects, Onifade, from whom the truck driver’s mobile telephone was recovered. Also recovered from the gang were two Honda Accord cars with number plate AKD...
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