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‘Boko Haram Planning To Attack Abuja, Jos’, IGP Cries Out

May 21, 2021 4:07 pm

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba has disclosed that credible intelligence available to him shows that there is a plan by Boko Haram terrorists to attack major cities in the country, particularly Abuja and Jos, Plateau State.

This was contained in a circular issued by the IGP and signed on his behalf by the Acting Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa.

The IGP told the commissioners of police in Abuja and Plateau State to be on the alert.

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The circular said an intelligence report at the disposal of …

Police Warns: Return Looted Firearms

November 9, 2020 5:41 am

The board set up by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to measure the level of damage to police formations during the #EndSARS protest has warned hoodlums who carted away firearms from 205 police stations in 17 states to return them or face prosecution.

The committee has also raised the alarm that the looting of the weapons at the end of the year when the rate of crime is potentially high is dangerous.

Chairman of the nine-member committee, Commissioner of Police (CP) Abutu Yaro, also urged …

IG Retains Solid Stand, Orders Personnel To Resist Violent

IGP Retains Solid Stand, Orders Personnel To Resist Violent

November 8, 2020 4:37 am

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, yesterday, issued a strict warning that “henceforth, any form of attacks on police facilities and public and private assets as well as any life threatening assault on police personnel and citizens in the guise of any form of violent protests must be firmly responded to within the dictates of this constitutional provisions”.

Coming on the heels of a potential resurgence of the #EndSARS protests, Adamu, for the umpteenth time, maintained that the Nigerian Police Force would resist violent and riotous …

IGP Inducts New Board To Calculate Police Losses

November 7, 2020 6:51 am

The Inspector-General of Police Mr Muhammed Adamu has constituted a 9 -man committee to assess and evaluate police losses during the EndSARS protest.

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The Committee consists of,a Commissioner of Police; a Deputy , CP Abutu Yaro, as the Chairman, DCP Atayero Patrick, Vice Chairman and

SP Adedeji Julius as Secretary. Other six are :ACP Sulaiman Gulma,ACP Samuel Dang, CSP Kehinde Ope,SP Chijioke Kalu,SP Ajibade Sunday and DSP Mahmud Haruna as members of the Committee.

The IGP said :”The Team has three weeks within which to submit its report.It should

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IGP Redeploys DIG, AIG To New Departments Respectively

November 3, 2020 9:13 am

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has approved the posting of Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Sanusi Lemu, and Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, as DIG in-charge of the Department of Operations and acting DIG in-charge of Finance and Administration, respectively.

The deployment of the senior officers was sequel to the retirement of DIGs Abdulmajid Ali and Abduldahiru Danwawu, after the completion of their statutory years of service.

The IG equally approved the posting of AIG Mustapha Dandaura as the Force Secretary and member of the Nigeria …

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IGP Adamu To Policemen: Defend Yourselves In Face Of Danger

October 30, 2020 4:11 pm

Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has told policemen to defend themselves in the face of physical danger, saying they are also human whose lives must be protected.

Adamu, spoke on Friday during an assessment tour of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.

He said the unity of this country lies in the support that is given to police officers.

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He said if the police are demoralised, the tendency was for criminals to take over the public space.

He said the country relies on policemen to make sure …

IG Promotes 16 Officers Killed In EndSARS Riots, 82,763 Others

PSC Wants IGP To Hand Over 2020 Police Recruitment Exercise

October 24, 2020 5:51 am

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has asked The inspector-general of police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu to handover the ongoing recruitment exercise of police constables and cadets in compliance with the order of the court of appeal.

The police service commission had challenged the powers of the IGP to recruit 10,000 police constables into the force.

Inyang Ekwo, a federal high court judge, Abuja on December 2, 2019 dismissed PSC’s suit for lacking merit.

A three-man panel of the appellate court on September 30, 2020 led by Olabisi Ige ruled that the IGP and the NPF lack powers to recruit constables into …

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Kaduna Massacre: Resign IGP Over Killing Of Christians

May 13, 2020 10:36 am

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has charged the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu to resign immediately, following incessant killings of Christians in Southern Kaduna.

HURIWA, a frontline activist group, said IGP Adamu should either “resign or be sacked” over his failure to protect the mostly Christian community of Southern Kaduna against armed Fulani attackers.

The group made the call while condemning the latest Fulani herdsmen attack in the farming community of Gonar Rogo in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

It was reported that the armed herdsmen targeted mostly children and women, who

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Abia Killing: IGP Removes CP, Sets Up Investigative Panel

April 22, 2020 7:17 am

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has removed the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Okon Ene over the killing of one Ifeanyi Arunsi by the police at Ebem Ohafia area of the State.

The IGP condemned the glaring unprofessional conduct and misuse of firearms by a policeman last Friday which led to the killing and destruction of government property and operational assets of the Nigeria Police Force.

Ene has been replaced by a new Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede as he is redeployed to Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Adamu, has thus set-up a Special Investigation Panel headed by the …