…the truck driver was negotiating a diversion placed on the road by a construction company rehabilitating the road Tragedy truck on Monday in the Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State when a truck driver crushed two officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Report available to The Daily Vendor indicates that the policemen were conveying
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot and killed four policemen at a checkpoint in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The incident reportedly happened in the early hours of Thursday, February 25. It was gathered that the gunmen ambushed the unsuspecting policemen at Ayanmbat community near Idundu in the Aka Efa area of Calabar.
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Petitioner identified as Sulaimon Badmus on Saturday appeared before Osun State Panel of Inquiry investigating police brutality and extra judicial killings to demand N125million compensation alleging that three police officers killed 8 passengers and robbed them of their business capital at a checkpoint. The petitioner said the three policemen namely; Benjamin Oyekhire; Jimoh Michael and
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The Police Command in Delta has confirmed the killing of two of its officers by gunmen, along Ugbolu-Illah road in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Ali, confirmed the killing to newsmen on Tuesday in Asaba. He said that the police however killed two of the
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Following the alleged plan to carry out another round of #EndSARS protest, armed policemen and soldiers have been deployed at the Lekki toll plaza, Lagos. Several motorists informed The PUNCH that the security operatives were deployed around midnight. The Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, did not respond to calls on Monday morning. However, both
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has told operatives to safeguard themselves from any form of attack. He said that operatives have the right to protect their lives against danger. The IGP spoke on Friday during an assessment tour of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Abuja, where he also encouraged the operatives who
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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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Enugu Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad AbdurRahman has deployed a total of 450 personnel of the Command to Edo State for Election Duty ahead Saturday polls. A statement by the Enugu Police Public Relations Officer ASP Da.iel Ndukwe said the action was In compliance with the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu directive on the
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Suspected armed robbers have attacked policemen at Egbu in Owerri and Owerre Nkworji in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State , respectively The robbers attacked the policemen at Nkwerre on Monday , gave a sergeant machete cuts and snatched his service rifle . Our correspondent learnt that the armed robbers set ablaze the
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