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#EndSARS: CSOs seek subpoena for accused police officers in Anambra, A’Ibom

#EndSARS: CSOs seek subpoena for accused police officers in Anambra, A’Ibom

…As petitioner dies before case is heard …Bayelsa panel receives 35 petitions By Luminous Jannamike & Onozure Dania The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, yesterday, called on the #EndSARS Judicial Panels of Inquiry in Anambra and Akwa Ibom states to subpoena operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, who shunned their invitation to appear […]

#EndSARS hoodlums killed 22 police personnel, destroyed 205 stations ― IGP

#EndSARS hoodlums killed 22 police personnel, destroyed 205 stations ― IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has affirmed that officers of the Nigeria Police Force acted professionally, exercised commendable restraints and some paid the supreme price for peace during the recent protests and ensuing violence in some parts of the country. The IGP made this observation following report by Amnesty International dated […]

Police officers in Oyo decry non-payment of Ondo election allowance

Police officers in Oyo decry non-payment of Ondo election allowance

Some Police officers  in Oyo State deployed for the Oct. 10 Ondo State governorship election have decried non-payment of their allowances, 19 days after the poll. The officers who spoke on condition of anonymity made their plight known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan. One of the officers said the […]

Police officers suspended over India gang rape death amid protests

Police officers suspended over India gang rape death amid protests

Five police officers have been suspended for their role in handling an alleged gang rape of a young Dalit woman in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, as protests over the incident continued on Saturday. The men suspended include the police chief of Hathras district, where the 20-year-old woman was assaulted on September 14 in a field […]

Octogenarian drags police officers to court over alleged N300,000 extortion

Octogenarian drags police officers to court over alleged N300,000 extortion

By Harris Emanuel A 90-year-old man, Obong Ene Iso has slammed a suit against some police officers over alleged extortion amounting to the sum of #300,000 and unlawful detention. Obong Ene in the suit stated that one Chinedu Eme of AIG Zone 6 Monitoring Unit Police Zonal Office Calabar and other officers extorted various sums […]