By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has decorated his Police Chief Security Officer (CSO), Othman Abubakar with his new rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP). Performing the familiar function, Gov. Fintiri, who was assisted during the brief ceremony by the Deputy Commissioner of Police –Administration (DCP) Umar Dankombo wished him God’s guidance and success in all his future endeavors. A graduate of Bayero University Kano (BUK), CSP...

…Recovers Tricycle, Sharp knives, Cutlasses  By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ YOLA — The Adamawa state police command has confirmed the arrest of three (3) members of Shilla boys syndicate of zone A, whose criminal network spread across Doubeli, Chinko, and Jambutu in Yola North Local Government Area. The police spokesman in the state, DSP Suleiman Nguroje in a statement gave the names of the suspects as Nasiru Umaru age 18yrs, Adamu Muhammed 32yrs and...

The Adamawa state government will strengthen community policing, hunters and other civilian security outfits in the state, to help the security agencies fight criminality. Governor Ahmadu Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state gave the assurance when he received in the audience the new Police Commissioner Adamu Aliyu Alhaji on a courtesy call in the Government House Yola, Tuesday. “My administration will make the state free of crime and continue to support the security commands in...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ The Police Command in Adamawa State has confirmed the release of the prominent traditional ruler, Ardo Mustafa Ahmadu abducted by gunmen on Monday. The monarch was kidnapped on Monday around 12midnight in Mayo Farang, a few hours after his return from Abuja. Ardo Mustapha is the District Head of Mayo- Farang and Sarkin Noman Adamawa. The Public Relations Officer of the Adamawa State Police Command, Mr. Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the release...

Gunmen had kidnapped Prof. Aliyu Mohammed of the Department of Agriculture, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, and killed his son, Abdulaziz. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the don, who is also the Wazirin Wusasa, was abducted Sunday night at Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna State. Mr. Usman Aliyu, son of the kidnapped professor, told newsmen in Zaria that the incident took place on Sunday at about 10.30 p.m. He said besides kidnapping his father...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ The newly posted Commissioner of Police (CP) in Adamawa State, Aliyu Adamu Alhaji has on Monday  assumed duty with a pledge to “flush out criminals  and criminality in the state.” The new commissioner succeeds Olugbenga Adeyanju who was promoted to Assistant Inspector of Police and deployed to man zone 3, consisting of Adamawa and Taraba States. Speaking to newsmen at  the state police headquarters , Alhaji vowed to work...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This was contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr. Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit substance concealed in two suitcases was the largest single seizure by the Command. He noted that the two unaccompanied and unclaimed suitcases...