Tag: Police
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Police recover missing teenager in Delta
The acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), of the command, DSP Bright Edafe disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Warri. Edafe said that the 13-year-old boy was in the custody of the command. According to him, the teenager hailed from Agu-Achara Community in Ishielu Agba Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi. Edafe said…
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Corpse of missing 13-year-old boy recovered from well – Police
The corpse of a 13-year-old mentally challenged boy, who went missing on Saturday in Danzomo village, Suletankarkar Local Government of Jigawa, has been recovered. This is contained in a statement by ASP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Police Command, in Dutse, on Tuesday. Shiisu the corpse of the deceased, identified as…
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Retiring AIG tasks police operatives to be open in discharging their duties
Mr Austin Agbonlahor, outgoing Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 16,Yenagoa, has urged officers and men to be diligent in discharging their duties. Agbonlahor gave the charge at a send forth organised for him by the zone at the Banquet Hall of the Bayelsa Government House, Yenagoa on Sunday. The retiring AIG is the…
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Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers in Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun said that two suspected kidnappers were killed in a shoot-out with its personnel around Itori area of Ewekoro of the state. The command`s Spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known in a statement on Monday in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi said that the suspects met their waterloo after the police…
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Police rescue abandoned 9-month-old girl child in Ebonyi
Police said in Abakaliki on Saturday that they have rescued a nine-month-old girl abandoned at Ebonyi Riverside in Ezzillo Community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi. This is contained in statement issued by police spokesman in the state, DSP Loveth Odah. He stated that the child was sighted by a farmer on Friday and…
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Zamfara: Army, Police synergise on anti-banditry fight — GOC
The Nigerian Army and the Police in Zamfara have begun collaborating in the fight against banditry and restoring security in the state, the GOC, 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Maj.-Gen. Uwem Bassey has said.Bassey, also the Force Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Zamfara Commissioner of Police,…
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NCoS to work closely with police to enhance security gains
Enugu State Command, says it will partner the Nigeria Police Force to sustain security gains achieved in the state. The Controller of Corrections in Enugu State, Mr Godwin Onokohwomomo, disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu when he received the new Commissioner of Police, Mr Lawal Abubakar, in his office. Onokohwomomo also pledged the command’s commitment…
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Police assures UNICAL of security on campus
The Cross River Police Command has assured the management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) of adequate security by its personnel on campus. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Aminu Alhassan, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Calabar. He said this when he received the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of UNICAL Governing Council, retired Gen. Martin Luther-Agwai,…
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Police arrest 8 suspects over vandalism, other criminal offences in FCT
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it arrested eight suspects over vandalism, “one chance”, impersonation, cultism and drug peddling in one week. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, Mr Babaji Sunday said this at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja. He said the arrests were made within…
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Police arrest suspected gunrunner with 2 AK-47, pistol in Kogi
The Police in Kogi have confirmed the arrest of one Mohammed Bako with two AK-47 rifles, a locally fabricated pistol and 41 rounds of ammunition. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, DSP Williams Aya, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja. Aya said Bako was intercepted…