The police in Rivers State have detained an officer and members of his team following the alleged shooting of a motorist, Anthony Obodo, during an altercation in the state. In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Friday, the police spokesperson in the state, Blessing Agabe, said the incident occurred on Thursday and resulted in the death of…
The police in Imo State, South-east Nigeria, say they have arrested and detained four officers filmed forcing a yet-to-be-identified man into their vehicle’s boot. The police spokesman in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. A recent video clip circulating on Facebook showed four officers forcing a man into the boot…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested and detained some police operatives who were filmed assaulting some passengers in Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. The police spokesperson in Abia State, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. How it happened An X user, @BuddyJnrrr, narrated that some police operatives without name tags, on Saturday afternoon,…
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured a court order to detain the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Sijibomi Ogundele, over alleged N5.7billion unexecuted contract. Ogundele is facing investigation following his alleged failure to deliver 22 Smart Green School projects in Enugu State after his…
Emmanuel Uti, a Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reporter, has been detained by the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) annex in Alagbon, Lagos State. Uti was accused of criminal conspiracy and cyberbullying following a report published by FIJ on November 28, 2024, titled, “Lagos Man Paid Expedia Consult’s Beverly Basil N4m for Canada Admission in…
The police have detained some officers for their alleged involvement in the extortion of N2.3 million from a man in Abuja. M.B. Abdulkadir, the spokesperson for the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7 Headquarters in Abuja, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Mr Abdulkadir, a deputy superintendent of police, said the officers, who…
The Nigeria Police Force has placed in custody a female police officer who served as the aide-de-camp to the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, according to Saturday PUNCH. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello, and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital…
Former security aides may face orderly room trial for not arresting ex-gov EFCC appeals order stopping Bello’s arrest, seeks stay of execution The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The ADC was arrested alongside other police…
