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By Rotimi Ojomoyela A 57-year-old Assistant Commissioner of Police, Okubo Aboye, and his mechanic, Niyi Afolabi, 39, were yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti High for receiving a stolen vehicle from kidnappers. The court also sentenced seven other persons— Solomon Ayodele Obamoyegun 39, Femi Omiawe 40, Damilola Obamoyegun 20, Bose Sade Ajayi 30,
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By Onozure Dania A mild drama played out on Tuesday when a petitioner, Mr. Okoli Agu Abunike, spotted a Police lawyer who assaulted him at the hearing of his case. Abunike had just been cross-examined by police counsel, Emmanuel Eze, when he sought the panel’s permission to speak. Abunike, a father of five, had already
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We didn’t have teargas to disperse protesters who destroyed our station – Inspector By Rotimi Ojomoyela A police officer serving in Ekiti state, Seargent Kolawole Adesina on Tuesday shocked members of the Ekiti judicial panel of enquiry when he said that the papers of his damaged golf3 vehicle he submitted as evidence has expired since
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The hearing in a N50 million damage suit against a Police Officer, DSP Ibrahim Kawu and his father, Audu, over assault on Elder Olusegun Otolorin, was, on Friday, stalled in an Ibadan High Court due to absence of defence witness. The Defence Counsel, Richard Ogunwole, SAN, told the court that the subpoenaed witness, Oniwinde Folorunsho,
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The Benue Police Command on Thursday said unknown gunmen killed a Police Officer and a motorcyclist in Ado Local Government Area of the State. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the officers were ambushed by bandits during their routine patrol. Anene
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Footage has emerged showing a 16-year-old boy appearing to headbutt a police officer after warning him to stay two metres away ‘because he might have coronavirus’. The shocking confrontation according to Daily Mail was filmed in York city centre and shows the teenager shouting at police officers as he is arrested. He then seemingly headbutts
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**As PSC commends Police Conduct By Kingsley Omonobi The Police Service Commission (PSC) disclosed on Sunday that one of the Police Officers deployed for election duties in Ondo state rejected a #50,000 inducement from a group of person’s at a polling unit in Okitipupa to allow thumb printing for voters who failed to turn up.
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By Soni Daniel Attempt by a police officer to separate a fight by two warring groups claiming ownership of an unspecified amount of cash given to them by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, claimed one life in the state on Saturday. The police officer was however promptly taken into custody on the orders of
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By Evelyn Usman For the first time in the history of the Lagos State Police Command, a Woman Police officer, distributed palliatives to over 500 families within Aswani, Okota and Isolo areas of Lagos State, to cushion the impact of the gradual ease of lockdown. Also read: 10 feared dead, 5 abducted, police officer missing
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By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU- Enugu State Police Command on Friday has arrested a 32-year old man, Abdulmuminu Alhaji Sani, for allegedly kidnapping one Sergeant, Sale Shehu, a policeman attached to Three Police Mobile Force Unit, Enugu. According to a statement by the command’s, public relations officers, PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe, the arrest was made by the
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