The Inspector -General of Police (IGP) , Mohammed Adamu , has set up the Special Weapons and Tactics Team that will replace the disbanded Special Anti- Robbery Squad . The prospective members of the new team , who would undergo tactical training next week , will undergo a psychological and medical examination to ascertain their
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The Inspector -General of Police , Mohammed Adamu , has announced the disbandment of the Special Anti -Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force .Adamu announced this in a live broadcast on Sunday .The announcement came after days of online and offline protests against the brutality and extra- judicial killings by SARS operatives nationwide .
Read moreThe Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Adeleye Olusola Oyebade who is heading the police operations at the Ondo State governorship election coming up today, (Saturday) has said that the leadership of the force under IGP Mohammed Adamu will not leave any stone unturned in its bid to ensure a
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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, yesterday warned Commissioner in charge of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, state police commissioners and Zonal Inspectors-General of Police that they will be held liable for misconduct of SARS operatives in their areas of responsibility. This came as operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, narrowly escaped death
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Following the ban of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) routine patrol, Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has commended the decision of Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Channels TV reports that Nigeria’s second in command disclosed this on Sunday, October 4, while speaking to State House reporters at his residence in Abuja. While describing
Read moreThe Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu, has banned the personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). The police force in a statement signed by PPRO, Frank Mba demanded that all stop and search duties and patrols by SARS be terminated with immediate effect. This is following the nationwide outcry by Nigerians over the
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Students of the Imo State University said to be involved in the sex-for-marks viral video against one of their lecturers Professor Victor Njoku of the chemistry department, would now face the Inspector General of Police, Mohammad Adamu, for failure to submit prove against Njoku’s involvement in sex-for-marks allegations. This was the decision taken Friday in
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The River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Friday night the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had ordered him to leave Edo State ahead of Saturday governorship election in the state. The governor, who disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television, added that he demanded an explanation from the IGP on why he should
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed the hotel where the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is lodging in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, has been surrounded by over 300 policemen. This allegation was made by the party’s chairman in Rivers State, Akawor Desmond. Wike is in the state to monitor the
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A Chief Magistrate in Onitsha, S.N Emejulu, has demanded a letter from the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, to continue hearing on murder charge against two defendants, Afam Obiekezie, (a.k.a. Kapuyaukwu) and Tochukwu Emmanuel. Recall that the Magistrate’s absence on several occasions stalled hearing on the matter until Wednesday when the accused persons were arraigned. When
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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has expressed the immense gratitude of his administration to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, for approving the permanent site of the Police Area Command Headquarters, Orba, in Udenu Local Government Area of the state, to enhance the security of the area and its jurisdiction.
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The Inspector General of Police , Mohammed Adamu , has deployed the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Research and Planning , Adeleye Oyabade , to supervise the general security arrangement for the Edo State governorship election holding on September 19 . Oyabade is expected to be assisted by an Assistant Inspector General
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Mohammed Adamu, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has failed the second time to produce Vijah Opuama, a governorship candidate in the November 2019 Bayelsa state election, before a federal high court in Abuja. The Judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo had on August 3, 2020, and subsequently on September 2, ordered the production of the detainee in
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The wife of Vijah Opuama, the Liberation Movement candidate in the last Bayelsa governorship election, Cherry Opuama, has asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu to release her husband, according to a report by SaharaReporters. It was gathered that Opuama was arrested within the premises of the election petition tribunal in Abuja, on August
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A petition by the National Christian Elders Forum to the inspector General of Police calling the attention of the Police to arrest and prosecute one Ardo Bulama for treasonable felony was faulted and was called a misrepresentation by the Fulani leaders in Kaduna state. This came after the National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has petitioned
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