The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), from the Service of the Nigeria Police Force, pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigations.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by CP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer on Saturday.
Men of the Zimbabwean Police force have
arrested an editor and senior reported of one of the privately owned
Media agencies in the country, NewsDay Newspaper, for ‘undermining’ the
President, Robert Mugabe. The arrested journalist, Wisdom Mudzungairi who was arrested
alongside the senior reporter for the news agency, Richard Chidza were
incriminated based on a story in which the news agency claimed the
Zimbabwean president was ‘in fresh health scare’.
Angry youths have set ablaze the Magazu Police Station in
Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, following a misunderstanding
between the police and the people of the village.
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria that the
misunderstanding followed an alleged death of a suspect from the area,
Ibrahim Muhammad, in police custody.
The eyewitness, who spoke anonymously, told NAN that the suspect was detained for allegedly stealing a cell phone.
According to him, Muhammad’s death angered the youths of the village who turned violent and set the police station ablaze.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Shehu Muhammad, confirmed the incident.
Muhammad said the State Police Command was already compiling a report on the mayhem.
A
40-year-old businessman, Cosmos Ajibo, who allegedly raped
a 10-year-old girl, was on Monday charged before a Magistrates’ Court
sitting in Kano.
The prosecutor, Insp. Junaidu Aminu, told the
court that one Barira Isyaku reported the case to Takai Police Division
on Jan. 19.
Aminu said that the accused committed the offence on
Jan. 19, at about 5.00p.m in Unguwar Tsamiya Quarters, Takai Local
Government.
He said that the accused had dragged the girl to his room when she went
to buy biscuit from his shop and “forcefully had unlawful sexual
intercourse with the victim, which caused her harm.”
The offence is punishable under Section 283 of the Penal Code.
Ajibo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of rape, and his counsel, Mr Casmir Agbueze, applied to the court for bail.
Senior Magistrate Kabiru Abubakar, granted the accused bail in the sum of N300, 000 with one surety in like sum.
He said both the accused and surety shall deposit two recent passport photographs with the court.
The case was adjourned to Oct. 20, for mention.
A 28-year-old man, Deji Ayoola, who was
arrested by the police in Lagos State for theft, has allegedly stolen
money from the policewoman interrogating him.
THE SUMMONS learnt that Ayoola
was being interrogated at the Rapid Response Squad office in Alausa,
Ikeja, on Saturday, when he allegedly stole N1,200, which fell from the
policewoman’s pocket.
The suspect had earlier been arrested by the men of the RRS in the Ojodu Berger area for allegedly stealing from a commuter.
Our correspondent gathered that Ayoola
allegedly stole a wallet, containing N14,500 from the commuter,
identified as Ayodele Akerele, before he was arrested.
It was gathered that after the police
took Ayoola to the RRS office for questioning, a sum of N1,200 fell from
the policewoman, who had removed her mobile phone from the pocket.
When the money dropped on the floor, Ayoola allegedly picked it, but was exposed some minutes later by another suspect.
Ayoola, said, “It was the devil who pushed me into the act.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the suspect had been transferred to the
Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences
(Enforcement) Unit, for prosecution.
A group of bandits suspected to be ritual killers on Sunday stabbed a woman identified as Mrs. Comfort Jackson to death.
The incident happened in Rumuekini community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Mrs. Jackson, who was recently delivered of a set of triplets, was allegedly murdered at her husband’s residence in Rumuekini.
A source in the area, who gave his name simply as Mr. Jonathan, disclosed that the unknown killers broke into the home of the deceased and stabbed her to death with a knife.
Jonathan told Southern City News that the babies were abandoned by the killers after executing the dastardly act.
He added that the killers also opened Comfort’s stomach and removed her intestine after killing her.
Jonathan noted that neighbours only came out later to meet the lifeless body of the woman in a pool of her blood, alleging that the victim’s husband had just travelled before the incident occurred.
The source said the incident had been officially reported to the Choba Divisional Police Headquarters.
A senior police officer at Choba Police Divisional Headquarters, who also confirmed the killing, added that investigation had commenced into the circumstances that led to the murder.
But as at press time, the Rivers State Police Command had yet to confirm the incident as calls made to the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, were not answered while a message to his mobile phone was not replied.
Niger State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed that businessmen
and entertainers are not constitutionally entitled to private Police
protection in the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in an interview
with our correspondent in Minna, said that the primary role of the
Police is to protect lives and property of the people. “We are not part
of anything short of that,” he said.
Elkana said, “If you look at the bulk of our men, they are being
deployed on patrol duties. We don’t even have enough, not to talk of
giving businessmen and entertainers private police protection.”
He, however, said that there are classes of individuals who, by virtue of their positions, are entitled to Police protection.
Such classes include governors and tehir deputies, chief judge of states, high court
judges, Speakers Houses of Assembly, local government chairmen, and former heads of State.
Pop star Chris Brown was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly
weapon on Tuesday after a daylong standoff and search at his Los
Angeles home that began when a woman called 911 in the predawn hours,
police said.
Brown,
27, denied any wrongdoing in posts on Instagram before he was taken
into custody and said he had woken up to find police outside the
property in the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles' San Fernando
Valley.
"He
is being transported to robbery homicide, where he will be arrested for
assault with a deadly weapon, Lieutenant Chris Ramirez of the Los
Angeles Police Department told reporters at an impromptu media
conference outside Brown's home.
Ramirez
declined to elaborate on the charges against Brown, saying an
investigation was still under way. Earlier TMZ.com and the Los Angeles
Times reported that the singer had pointed a gun at the woman, who later
left the property.
Police
who responded to the 911 emergency call at around 3 a.m. spent hours
surrounding the home before obtaining a search warrant and beginning a
search of the sprawling premises in the early afternoon.
During
that search, TMZ posted a photo of Brown standing on the front porch
with a police officer and his attorney, Mark Geragos. Geragos could not
be reached by Reuters for comment.
"I
don't sleep half the damn night I just wake up to all these ...
helicopters, choppers is around, police out there at the gate," Brown
said in a video he posted on Instagram as police were stationed outside
his house.
"What
I do care about is you are defacing my name and my character and
integrity," he added, saying he had done nothing wrong and criticizing
police actions.
"I
don't care y'all going to stay playing with me like I'm the villain out
here, like I'm going crazy ... good luck when you get the warrant or
whatever you need to do. You're going to walk right up in here and
you're going to see nothing you idiots," he added.
In
2009, Brown assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna, and in 2015 finished
a lengthy term of probation, community service and domestic violence
classes.
The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP),Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has
ordered that successful candidates into the ongoing recruitment must go
through polygraph test ( lie detector).
He said apart from general background check, biometrics, medical,
physical examination, aptitude, oral and psychological tests, the lie
detector test was compulsory.
Mr. Idris gave this directive while reviewing the exercise so far and
expressed satisfaction with the progress made in recruiting 10,000
personnel into the Nigeria Police Force. The IGP said no candidate will
be admitted for training at the Police Academy and Colleges without
undergoing the prescribed tests.
A statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr. Don
Awunah said the polygraph test is aimed at ensuring that candidates are
not of questionable character and their behaviours conform with standard
rules of behaviour expected of an officer to be recruited into the
force.
The Police Academy and other training colleges across the country will
be equipped to carry out the necessary tests. The force is determined to
ensure that the current recruitment conforms to acceptable standards
necessary for an ideal officer the Nigerian people deserve.”
A notorious suspected fake prophecy syndicate that specialized in
working with some owners of religious ministry to confirm a certain
prophecy in order to win more members for ministries and churches were
on 19th August and 20th August 2016 nabbed at Holy Ghost park axis and
popular P&T axis of the state by the operatives of the central
police station of the Enugu state police command of the Nigeria police
Force.
According to statement issued today August 21, by the Command, the
suspects identified as Obi Ejike from Ubaho Okija in Ihiala local
Government Area of Anambra state, Kuku Mary from Ijebuode Ogun state,
Oluwakemi Joy from Ojo Lagos State, Nwosu Chizoba from Umunze in Anambra
state and Peter Uchechi from Ebonyi state were nabbed on their way to a
church/Ministry in Abakiliki and in Enugu to join in the fake prophecy
deal.
It was further gathered that luck ran out of the syndicate as
confusion broke out at a bus stop between them leading to some arguments
and consequently attracted the attention of security operatives very
close to the arena who suspected the scenario and intervened and on
instant inquiry,the duo of Obi Ejike and Oluwakemi Joy were speaking at
variance but further interrogation conducted immediately revealed that
they are in for nefarious activities and eventually the other group
billed for Abakiliki church/ministry prophecy were trailed and nabbed
at P&T bus stop while waiting for bus to Abakiliki.
One of the suspects Peter Uchechi(F) maintained that they were
recruited in large numbers and kept in house at Onitsha, Anambra state
from there they shuttle to various states of the country to confirm a
prophecy for the purpose of winning more souls for the said church or
ministry and that they are usually paid through their coordinator who
hired the house and kept them there.
According to her, they can be detailed to go to any state but the
number of the link man in the said church/ministry is usually provided
to them for easy connectivity on arrival and that they usually dialogue
with the link man to the pastor of the church/ministry on the shape
the job will take. She went ahead to reveal that they usually state
their names,nature of problem they have and other necessary information
which is given to the pastor of the church/ministry for his guidance
and during the prophetic hours,she will be among the people with the
said problem that will come out.
The pastor then using the said information prophecy and she confirms
that before the congregation and she will be touched and she will fall
and the pastor proclaims the problem is all over and that she has
received her healing and that way,members of the congregation will
believe that the pastor is powerful and a man of God and this will
attract more members to the church.
"Some Pastors use us to grow their church/ministry and we
are paid later through our coordinator depending your role." concludes
Uchechi.
On his part, Obi Ejike confirmed their illicit deal and maintained
that he works hand in hand with the coordinator and he is the link of
the people for Abakiliki and Enugu Job. He maintained that he joined
the lucrative Prophecy job after he lost his business to the activities
of fraudsters in lagos and then decided to relocate to Onitsha where
he joined the prophesy deal and recruitment of candidates. He however
was remorseful on the ground that he was not doing a moral thing. Nwosu
chizoba from Umunze equally corroborated all the stories as told by
Uchechi peter and Obi Ejike pointing out that she is a mother of one
which she begat out of wedlock before joining the business which she
initially started at Abuja before moving to Onitsha.
Oluwakemi Joy and Kuku Mary, both mothers of four children each and
separated from their husbands joined the lucrative business through
their friend who linked them to the coordinator.
The Police Service Commission said it
had shortlisted 110,469 applicants for the aptitude tests commencing on
Monday in all the states of the federation and the Federal Capital
Territory.
The PSC Chairman, Dr. Mike Okiro, who
addressed newsmen on Friday in Abuja, explained that all the categories
of applicants shortlisted for recruitment into the police would write
the examination at designated schools in their states.
He gave the breakdown of the applicants
as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police – 22,454 – made up of 10,290
for general duties and 12,164 specialists; Cadet Inspectors – 24,456 –
made up of 11,639 for general duties and 12, 817 for specialists and
Constables – 63,559 – comprising 40,492 for general duties and 23,067
for specialists.
Okiro explained that state governors had
been asked to place advertisements on radio and television to inform
their citizens about the examination and the venue.
He said 115 applicants were arrested for
breaches ranging from document forgery to impersonation and others,
adding that they had been handed over to the police for investigation
and prosecution.
According to him, some candidates were
screened out for being over-age, falsifying or forging documents, tattoo
marks, and having physical deformities, among other issues.
The PSC chairman denied coming under
pressure to favour some candidates, stressing that the commission
adhered strictly to laid down requirements.
He said, “The commission adhered
strictly to the requirements in terms of qualifications and physical
features. Many applicants who failed to meet these requirements were
dropped.
“The screening exercise will start on
Monday with the aptitude test for Cadet ASPs for both general duty and
specialists. On Tuesday, it will be the turn of Cadet Inspectors, also
for both general duty and specialists. The Constables from both cadres
will take their turn on Wednesday.”
He explained that the results of the
paper tests would be out within a few days, assuring that no one would
see the questions until the exams day.
Okiro warned state coordinators against compromising, stating that they would be held responsible for any breach of the rules.
No
fewer than 30 girls are raped by men old enough to be their fathers in
Katsina State monthly in the recent past, the Commissioner of Police in
Katsina, Abdullahi Usman has disclosed.
Briefing newsmen yesterday
in the state police command headquarters, Usman lamented that most of
the victims were under aged girls, particularly in rural communities.
He
frowned that the police were having tough time arresting the menace due
to the reluctance of parents and relatives of most victims to cooperate
with detectives in their investigations.
The
CP therefore cautioned parents to monitor the movement of their young
girls as the police perfect measures to arrest the trend.
He also
disclosed that the command in synergy with other security agencies
recovered 20 Dane guns, three AK 47 rifles, five pistols, 85 assorted
live ammunition and 49 expended shells among other dangerous weapons
last month from suspected criminals.
On cattle rusting, Usman
revealed that no fewer than 2, 151 animals were recovered from suspected
rustlers in nine local government areas that are most vulnerable to
cattle rustling.
Meanwhile, the CP had inaugurated an eminent
persons’ forum as part of community policing strategy to help in
mitigating security challenges in the state.
The forum comprising
retired civil servants, religious leaders, civil society groups,
traditional and community leaders would among others assist the police
in mediation and social control during security challenges in any part
of the state.
Three
female human trafficking victims namely: Esther Frank, 17; Chinyere
Ude, 19; and Happiness Igwe, 20 have been rescued by operatives of the
police Special Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Asaba at a hideout on Okpanam
Road, Asaba.
The Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna
Ibrahim, told reporters yesterday in Asaba that the victims, who are all
with advanced pregnancies, told the police they were brought to the
hideout by a lady, Uju Okonkwo, a suspected fake nurse working at
Chinonso Hospital, Nkpor in Anambra State, for the purpose of selling
their children after delivery.
Ibrahim said after intensive
surveillance by operatives following a tip-off by a whistleblower, Uju
and a suspected fake lawyer, Mr. Ezurum Joseph, who provided the hideout
where the victims were harboured, were arrested last on August 2.
The police boss said the suspects were helping law enforcement agents in investigation and would soon be arraigned in court. Also, a pastor, who allegedly raped a minor, was arrested by the police in Delta State.
The pastor, who owns a church in Asaba, was apprehended for allegedly defiling an eight- year-old girl in his residence.
The
Police Commissioner explained that on Wednesday July 20, the victim and
other children, including the pastor’s children were playing when the
cleric ordered everyone, including his children to go outside the
compound to play, while he invited the victim into his room and had
carnal knowledge of her.
Ibrahim noted that as a result, the
victim started experiencing severe pain in her private part after a week
and consequently, reported the incident to her parents.
In
another development, a lecturer at the, Delta State University (DELSU),
Abraka, who was accused of sexually harassing his student, has been
arrested by the police.
Ibrahim disclosed that the female student,
had reported that the lecturer, who is also her course adviser, had
threatened that if she refused to yield to his sexual demands, he would
make her carry over some of her courses.
According to the police
commissioner, on Tuesday, July 19, during the Mathematics examination,
she told the randy lecturer that she had accepted her proposal, but
before then, she had reported the matter at the police station in
Abraka.
He explained that based on the complainant’s feigned
acceptance of the suspect’s demand, she was taken to a hotel in Abraka
on Thursday, July 21, where detectives were invited.
He was arrested in the hotel room after he had already undressed.
Generator fumes on Saturday killed a man
identified by his neighbours as a policeman, and his lover, suspected
to be a member of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in
Anambra State.
The name of the policeman could not be ascertained as of press time, but his lover’s name was given as Ifeoma.
Ifeoma, a mother of five and the
policeman, a father of three, were found dead on Sunday, in an apartment
at Ezinifite Okpuno, Awka-South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
It was gathered that the policeman’s family lived in Lagos, while his lover’s family stayed in Awka.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Ifeoma
told her husband that she was going to attend a church vigil, but ended
up at her lover’s house, which was nearby.
A source said, “The woman spent the
night with her police lover until a labourer, who was to work for the
policeman, came in the morning and discovered their dead bodies.
“The labourer then rushed out and alerted neighbours.
“The neighbours followed him to confirm
the incident, before a relative intervened and locked the gate,
preventing people from further going inside the apartment.”
Some neighbours interviewed by our correspondent said the victims might have been killed by generator fumes.
One of them said, “There was the sound
of a small generator throughout the night in his apartment. But at about
4am, it went dead; maybe the fuel got finished.
“The policeman lived on the third floor
of the house. As a policeman, he hardly stayed around, but each time he
was around, everybody would know, because he would run his generator all
through the night. Everybody called him ‘Officer’, but I think he was
an inspector.”
When our correspondent arrived at the
scene of the incident at about 10am on Sunday, sympathisers gathered in
clusters at the gate of the three-storeyed building, discussing the
incident.
The building, it was gathered, belonged to the younger brother of the deceased policeman.
After a long wait by residents, who
wanted to catch a glimpse of the dead bodies, security men, comprising
local vigilantes, the police and men of the NSCDC, arrived at the scene
and dispersed the crowd.
The security operatives later took away the corpses in an ambulance.
When contacted on the development, the
state Police Public Relations Office, ASP Nkeiru Nwode, said, “With due
respect, the man in question is not a member of the Nigeria Police Force
and the woman’s identity is yet to be ascertained.
“I have not yet been fully briefed on the story. As soon as I get the details, I will communicate with you, please.”
Three
female human trafficking victims namely: Esther Frank, 17; Chinyere
Ude, 19; and Happiness Igwe, 20 have been rescued by operatives of the
police Special Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Asaba at a hideout on Okpanam
Road, Asaba.