Lagos Mile 2 resident begs for police protection from robbers Hello, My regards to all that have staked their services to ensure the peace, security of lives and property in Nigeria. Personally I want to lay a report on the…
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Nigeria Police Watch is a crowd-sourcing platform that enables citizens challenge and publicize indiscretions by police personnel.
Trigger happy Nigerian police kill Onitsha driver over N20, spark flash riots
By Emmanuel Ogala The Police in Onitsha, the commercial capital of Anambra state, say they have arrested the killer cop responsible for the murder of a bus driver in the city Thursday. The murder, which happened at midday in the…
Robbery attacks masterminded by Nigerian police officers on the rise
By Olatunde Vincent There is an increasing involvement of Nigerian police officers in crime in the country. January 3rd, two corporals attached to the Abattoir police division in Lagos were reportedly arrested for masterminding armed robbery in the state. Their…
Lagosian robbed by Nigeria police officers seeks justice
Olumide Aderibigbe was on his way to buy food with of a friend when armed policemen in mufti robbed them at gun point. He reported to the police authorities but they are not acting on it. Read Olumide’s story: “Around…
Occupy Nigeria Protest killings, Nigeria’s worst since military dictatorship
The fatality figures are wide-ranging, depending on the source, and events leading to the deaths. While labour unions and civil society blame state-related killings of fuel subsidy protesters for more than a dozen deaths, authorities have placed the figure…
Junior police officers accuse Frank Mba, other top police officers of monumental corruption
Some junior police officers in Lagos have written to the Lagos State Police Commissioner accusing a former spokesperson of the Lagos Police, Frank Mba, and other top officers in the command of extorting them in exchange for juicy postings. They…
Lagos police brutalise Lekki toll gate protesters
Officers of the Lagos State Police Command today brutalised defenceless citizens protesting the introduction of a toll gate along the Lekki expressway in Lagos. Eyewitnesses say the police threw caution to the wind as they tear-gassed, pushed, shoved,…
Trigger-happy Nigeria police officer to die by hanging
The Supreme Court has ordered the execution of a policeman, Emmanuel Ochiba, who killed a passerby, Godwin Momoh, along Tafawa Balewa street in Jos, Plateau State, on September 12, 2001. Five justices of the court while dismissing the appeal filed…
Again, Lagos deputy police commissioner fingered in Mushin gang war
It is time the Inspector General of Police calls the deputy commissioner of police, operations, of the Lagos State Police Command to order as he continues to damage the already damaged reputation of the Nigerian Police. Tunde Sobulo is responsible…
Police defraud complainant, threaten to detain him
Police defraud complainant, threaten to detain him Police are good citizens of Nigeria but some are corrupt. I was in a place around 9.00pm, and an engineer asked me to pay for service he didn’t give. I felt so…
Ikeja Police turn away three women bullied, traumatized by hotel owner
When Suzie, a Lagos-based lady and her two friends were bullied by a 52-year old man, they ran to the Area F Police Command in Ikeja for help. But in a narration of the incident sent to us, Citizen Suzie…
Omoku DPO illegally detains, extorts 80-year old of N30,000
I am writing to report the unacceptable work behaviour of the police officers at Omoku police station in River State. The D.P.O detained an innocent old man of 80years (in the cell with criminals), for more than 24hrs and later…