Police officers who ran over man in handcuff are facing disciplinary charges - IGP

 

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has disbanded the Technical Police Team that ran a vehicle over a man in handcuffs in Edo State. The incident which was caught on camera occurred in Ekpoma area the state last Thursday, June 29, 2023. In the video, the handcuffed middle-aged man is seen lying on a road while a police vehicle ran over him. 

Two businessmen remanded over the death of a woman in Benue State

 

A Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday July 5, ordered the remand of Terkimbi Mkpen and Terseer Tyovenda, two businessmen accused of killing a yet-to-be-identified woman whose corpse was dumped in a pit. The defendants, both residents of Gboko, were charged with criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.

Prosecution counsel Inspector Godwin Ato informed the court that the case was transferred from the B

Suspected ritualist arrested in Akwa Ibom for possession of a human skull

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed that a suspected ritualist was arrested for possession of a human skull during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo on Friday. 

According to the CP, the suspect, Edu Ime, was arrested at Uraua Ekpa Junction, around Calabar-Itu Highway.

"On 15/05/2023, at about 8:05pm, one Edu Udeme Ime of Mbak Etoi Village, UYO was arrested at

How a sacked domestic worker masterminded the kidnap of his boss - Akwa Ibom CP

The state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi who disclosed this on Saturday 1st of July 2023, that the Akwa Ibom State Police Command had arrested one Prince Thursday Okon, a former domestic worker and two of his accomplices who kidnapped his former boss, Vice Chancellor of a private university in the state.

He further said, Okon connived with his accomplices, Saviour Sunday and Richard Friday to kidnap his

I wont tolerate abuse of office, corruption and community policing must work - IGP Egbetokun

 

New Police Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun has vowed to make community policing work.

The new police boss assumed office at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, June 21 taking over the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force from retired IGP Usman Baba.

IGP Egbetokun warned police officers that he won’t tolerate abuse of office, corruption and misconduct adding that the salaries of constables are already being looked into and will be paid by month end.

Kaduna: I had to kidnap and kill my cousin because I dont have the N1.4m she loaned me - 36yr old uspect

 

A 36-year-old man, Abubakar Halilu, has been arrested by the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) for plotting the kidnap and murder of his cousin.

According to the police, Halilu lured his cousin, a businesswoman, to a kidnappers’ den at Galadimawa area of Kaduna State and had planned with them to kill her so that he would not repay the sum of N1.4 million he owed her. The police say the suspect had driven the victim’s car on the day they were both supposedly