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IG Adamu Promotes 4,134 Traffic Warden Officers

IG Adamu Promotes 4,134 Traffic Warden Officers

December 18, 2020 2:16 am

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has promoted 4,134 traffic warden officers to their next ranks.

Mr Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
According to the statement, the promotion included 65 officers who were elevated to the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Traffic, 245 officers to Assistant Superintendent of Traffic II, 138 officers elevated to Senior Traffic Warden, as well as 3,683 personnel promoted to Grade I and three personnel from Grade III to Grade II.

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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 …

Details Of IGP Muhammed Adamu's SARS Dissolution

Details Of IGP Muhammed Adamu’s SARS Dissolution

October 11, 2020 10:14 am

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been disbanded. Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, made the announcement on Sunday afternoon.

This follows days of nationwide protest against the police operation.

Nigerians, mostly the youths, had taken to the streets of major cities to protest SARS’ brutality while the hashtag “ENDSARS” has trended for days on social media.

But disbanding the unit on Sunday, the IGP ordered all officers and men of the now defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad to be redeployed with immediate effect.

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According to the Adamu, the dissolution of SARS was …

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

IGP: Politicians Arming, Deploying Thugs For Edo, Ondo Polls

August 30, 2020 2:42 pm

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has raised the alarm over the ongoing arming and movement of thugs by politicians in preparation for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.

The polls are scheduled to hold on September 19 and October 10, 2020, respectively.

The IG stated that the Election Security Threat Assessment Reports submitted by the Commissioners of Police from both states in a meeting held on August 25 also revealed the use of inciting statements during political campaigns.

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He said the report also identified a …

Afe Babalola petitions IG, Adamu over death of Ibadan businessman in police custody

Afe Babalola petitions IG, Adamu Over Death Of Businessman

July 28, 2020 5:35 am
A legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, on Monday, petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, over the arrest and death of one Mr. Kehinde Omotosho.

Babalola in a petition made in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, alleged that Omotosho was arrested and detained by some officers of the anti-cultism unit of the Oyo State Criminal Investigation Department last week.

The legal luminary further explained that Omotosho was detained for six days without trial, the arrest which led to his death in police custody.

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Babalola in a petition signed by

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Release My Aides In Your Custody – Aisha Buhari Tells IGP

Release My Aides In Your Custody – Aisha Buhari Tells IGP

June 13, 2020 4:47 am

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to immediately release her aides.

Mrs. Buhari stated this in a series of tweets on Friday.

The aides were reportedly detained based on the orders of the Chief Security Officer to the President, Idris Kassim.

Sahara Reporters had reported that a top aide to the President, Yusuf Sabiu aka Tunde, who had recently returned from another state, refused to self-isolate but forced his way to the Presidential Villa.

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Mrs. Buhari’s aides …

Buhari Govt Under Fire Over Police Clampdown On Journalists

Buhari Govt Under Fire Over Police Clampdown On Journalists

May 28, 2020 6:32 am

The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has charged the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to stop the Force from treating journalists as criminals.

Giwa asked the IGP to end the impunity “because we are not under military regime.”

He made the call while stressing that journalists have not been treated in a respectful and considerate manner since President Muhammadu Buhari took over government.

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Recall that the police personnel under the IGP Squad had on Tuesday arrested DAILY POST’s Delta State

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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 …

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IG Police Orders Clampdown On Illegal Use of Siren

February 4, 2020 4:04 am

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, yesterday ordered a clampdown on illegal use of siren, revolving lights and spy number plates.

Adamu also directed the Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and FCT to impound all vehicles using illegal spy number plates, siren and revolving lights and ensure diligent prosecution of offenders.

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The IG gave the order at a meeting with the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, in Abuja.

The IG said the practice was illegal and poses monumental security risks to …

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