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By Peter Okutu The Supervising Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, South- East Geopolitical Zone, DIG Celestine Okoye, Wednesday said the Nigeria Police was still counting the number of Policemen killed in the South-East region following the #EndSARS protests. The DIG who is also in-charge of Information Communication Technology at Force Headquarters, Abuja, expressed sadness
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SOME roads in Lagos State are gradually being taken over by hoodlums, who pretend to be controlling traffic, owing to the absence of policemen. Sadly, the hoodlums end up harassing and extorting motorists, especially at night.
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By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki The Supervising Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG South East Geopolitical Zone, DIG Celestine Okoye, Wednesday said the Nigerian Police was still collating the number of policemen killed in the South East region, following the #EndSARS protests. The DIG who is also in-charge of Information Communication Technology Force Headquarters, Abuja,
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By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor Seventy-two hours after the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, directed members of the force to occupy space to bring an end to the widespread violence in the country, policemen are yet to heed the order. Investigation carried out in major hot spots and volatile areas showed a noticeable absence
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Delta State Government has constituted an eight-member Judicial Panel of Enquiry to investigate allegations of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state.
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Bandits have killed two policemen and five farmers in two separate attacks in Sokoto and Katsina respectively, police said. Armed gangs, called bandits by locals, regularly raid villages in the North, killing and kidnapping people as well as looting and burning homes. A gang of around 100 gunmen dressed in army camouflage stormed a police
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By Wole Mosadomi – Minna Gunmen have again invaded Shiroro Local Government of Niger State killing two Policemen with two Engineers of the multibillion Naira Shiroro Electricity Dam fatally injured. Four days ago, bandits also invaded Gurmana village in the same local government leaving one person killed and two people kidnapped. Our crime correspondent reliably
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered a full-scale manhunt for the perpetrators of the attack on Isanlu Police station and a commercial bank in Yagba East LGA of Kogi State on 4th June, 2020 which left several persons dead including eight police officers.
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Nine persons, including eight Policemen and one civilian, were feared killed on Thursday in Isanlu, Kogi State when a gang of armed robbers launched an attack on a branch of First Bank in the town.
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Two policemen: Theophilus Otobo, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP and Inspector Oguntoba Olamigoke, attached to Bariga Police Station in Lagos, have been arrested for firing the shot that snuffed life out of a teenager, along with Berger, by the Third Mainland bridge.
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