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IG Baba Blasts Police CSP Who Indicted Army In Abduction

IG Baba Blasts Police CSP Who Indicted Army In Abduction

June 2, 2022 5:09 am

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Akali Baba has dissociated the National police security agency from a trending video making rounds on social media.

In a viral footage, a Chief Superintendent attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Abia State Police Command accused Fulanis of kidnapping.

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The officer also declared that the Nigerian Army was working with criminal gangs.

“The Fulanis are kidnapping our people. They go to cattle market to spend the money after collecting ransom. The Army are not helping us”, he fumed.

The CSP made the comments …

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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Breaking: SWAT Team Begins Training Monday - IGP Adamu

Breaking: SWAT Team Begins Training Monday – IGP Adamu

October 18, 2020 3:34 pm

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, said his new Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) team will begin training on Monday, ignoring the din of protests across the country and hashtags of #EndSARS and #EndSWAT in cyber space.

Adamu made the announcement in a statement by deputy commissioner of police, Frank Mba Sunday.

Adamu said the new Police Tactical Team will operate within very high professional and ethical standards, rule of law and dictates of best international policing practices.

In pursuant of the objectives, he said the NPF is partnering …

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 …

\IGP Adamu Bans FSARS From Patrols, Checking Phones

IGP Adamu Bans FSARS From Patrols, Checking Phones

October 4, 2020 2:55 pm

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has banned policemen working for the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) from routine patrols.

Also affected by the ban are members of Tactical Squads of the Force including the Special Tactical Squad (STS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Anti-Cultism Squad and other Tactical Squads operating at the Federal, Zonal and Command levels.

They have all been banned from carrying out routine patrols and other conventional low-risk duties – stop and search duties, checkpoints, mounting of roadblocks, traffic checks, etc – with immediate effect.

In addition, no personnel of the Force is authorised to embark …

IGP Drags Oyetola’s Deputy COS To Court Over $120k Fraud

IGP Drags Oyetola’s Deputy COS To Court Over $120k Fraud

September 30, 2020 11:45 am

The Inspector-General of Police has dragged the Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Abdullahi Binuyo, to a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, over alleged fraud involving $120,000.

Binuyo was charged for conspiracy, fraud, cheating and forgery in a suit numbered CR/975/2020 filed on September 9, 2020.

Rimamsomte Ezekiel, a lawyer in the Legal Prosecution Section of the Force Criminal Investigation Department at the Force Headquarters alleged that Binuyo in January 2017, in Abuja, defrauded one Tunde Ajala and his company, BMA Nigeria Limited.

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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 …

IG Adamu Promotes 4,134 Traffic Warden Officers

IG Orders Redeployment Of Senior Officers, Creates New Offices

July 4, 2020 5:22 am

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting and redeployment of senior police officers in line with the recent presidential approval for the re-organisation of the force.

The Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Mr. Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

Mba said the presidential approval included the creation of an additional Department, the Directorate of Intelligence, expansion of the police zonal structure from 12 to 17, and the creation of two additional FCID annexes.

“The Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) affected by the posting and redeployment are Mr Adeleye Oyebade, Head, …

Nigerians Sign Petition To Arrest IGP Adamu

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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