The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has tackled a retired major general of the Nigerian Army, who accused him of not being in control of the police. While featuring on a Channels Television programme last week, Garba Wahab had reportedly said: “rather than improving the improvement (sic), the IGP is sitting down there with […]
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The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to very important persons (VIP). The directive was issued via a police wireless message on Wednesday. This development comes after a two weeks of protests by Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality in the country. In the directive […]
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The inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has urged state commissioners to monitor the conduct of police officers deployed to enforce the lock-down order. Recall that on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a two-week lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement on Thursday, the IGP directed […]
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has disbanded the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) unit in Ogun State. The move followed the extra-judicial killing of Kazeem Tiamiyu, a Remo Stars FC footballer over the weekend. Peter Ogunyonwo, a deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), who represented the IGP, disclosed this on Tuesday, when he accompanied governor […]
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The Edo State Government says it has given directives to the Police and State Security Service to arrest the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole for allegedly violating rally orders. The Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shuaibu, said this in Abuja on Monday while speaking with journalists shortly after the […]
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Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, has ordered the detention of the policemen who invaded the Abuja residence of Edwin Clark, an Ijaw leader. In a statement, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said the policemen, did so without approval from the authorities. Moshood said four police officers were involved in the raid. “The Inspector General of Police has […]
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Suleiman Abba, former inspector-general of police, says the police under him forced former President Goodluck Jonathan to concede the 2015 election to President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that the hero of the election should have been the police. Jonathan had congratulated Buhari while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was still collating results of the election. […]
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Following the order to overhaul the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police Force, the inspector-general of police in Nigeria, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered immediate psychological evaluation on all operatives. Part of the measures include the constitution of a team that would review SARS operations and as well as the appointment of a new […]
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Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to the summon of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris dated July 23. Saraki was asked to appear at the office of intelligence response team (IRT) in Abuja by 8am on Tuesday “for further investigation” into robbery incident that took place in Offa, Kwara state, in April. Reacting to […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met with the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa. The purpose of the meeting was not disclosed but there are speculations that the meeting is connected with the protests by some policemen in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital earlier in the day […]
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