ENUGU — The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Police Command, CP Ammani has described a viral video of an alleged helicopter dropping a hundred unknown persons at a hilly side Coal camp in Enugu state as fake and disinformation. The State Police Command writes, “Following the receipt of a viral video, with female voices alleging, in a mixture of Igbo and English languages, that in the afternoon hours of 14/10/2022, helicopters dropped unknown persons, numbering...

A probe panel established by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that investigated the activities of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has recommended the dismissal of 25 officers of the squad for their roles in the violation of the rights of some Nigerians. The panel also recommended payment of compensation to 39 petitioners amounting to N438.88m for extra-judicial killings and 7 others for enforced disappearance. Recall that the panel was inaugurated on October 21,...

Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has advised Nigerians against assaulting a police officer in the uniform. CSP Adejobi in a three-part thread on Twitter said a ‘civilian’ has no right to retaliate even if an officer on a uniform ‘slaps’ them. While explaining that assaulting an officer on the uniform is a disrespect to the nation, and is punishable under the criminal law, he...

The Minister of Police Affairs says it has received no fewer than 431 complaints from citizens against the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force between July and September 5, 2022. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this while explaining the efforts of his ministry and the NPF at ensuring discipline among police officers. He however said 304 complaints had been resolved with 81 punishments awarded to erring police officers. “Recently, attention has been...

The Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC) and former Inspector General of Police of Nigeria (IGP) Musiliu Smith have resigned. Smith is expected to hand over to Retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi representing the judiciary at the commission. The commission and the Office of the Inspector-General of Police had been at loggerheads over which body has the right to conduct the recruitment into the Force. The PSC had advertised recruitment for constables and urged interested applicants to...

The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba has cautioned against the assault on police officers across the country. According to him, the police force would no longer tolerate attacks on officers in the line of duty. Baba made this statement in response to the recent videos showing police officers on duty having squabbles with citizens that surfaced on the internet. The inspector-general of police said the trend is illegal and an affront to the rule...

ENUGU — CP Ahmed Ammani, new Commissioner of Police Enugu State Police Command has pledged to combat existing and emerging acts of crime and criminality in Enugu State while soliciting citizens’ cooperation, especially in the area of timely sharing of credible information and/or intelligence. CP Ammani took over from CP Abubakar Lawal and assumes duty as the 27th Commissioner of Police of the Command; CP Lawal is redeployed to Kano State Command. The new CP...