By Kunle Olasanmi and Raphael Ede Police authorities in Abuja have said that about 10,000 corrupt policemen have been dismissed from service from 2005. This is coming as a report claimed that the police in the South-east region make about N1.2…
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Nigeria Police Watch is a crowd-sourcing platform that enables citizens challenge and publicize indiscretions by police personnel.
Extorting officers say IG of Police gets a share in roadblock extortion along Mafoluku and Oshodi Road
May I bring to your notice the high rate of extortion by men of the Nigerian police who claim to be on stop and search along the Mafoluku Road & Oshodi Road. It has become a culture that police men…
Police officers in Iju Ishaga in Lagos terrorise innocent citizens
By Citizen Emmanuel It is becoming quite embarrassing and disheartening that law enforcement agents are becoming lawless themselves. They threaten and harass innocent citizens they are supposed to protect. The most disturbing trend I have noticed is the checkpoint mounted…
Revealed: FCT police in deals with Abuja sex workers
By Citizen Wilson Men of various police divisional headquarters within Abuja and its environs are smiling to the banks in various illegal deals with Abuja commercial sex workers who are banned from operating within the capital by the Federal Capital…
Police in deceitful arrest over Abia gang rape
The police in Abia State said it is interrogating two students of the Abia State University in respect of the widely reported gang rape of a woman believed to be a student of the university. A knowledgeable source within the…
Police kill boy, injure others at naming ceremony
By Emma Ugwueze Enugu — THE mood of joy and celebration during a naming ceremony at Joseph Akpoko Street, Udi-Side, Enugu, yesterday gave way to tears as men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, (SARS) allegedly stormed the occasion and shot…
Police officers at National Assembly gate in extortion spree
By Citizen Keke Nigerians are now suffering again in the hands of Abuja policemen. These officers posted to various entrance gates of the National Assembly to secure the complex against Boko Haram attack are extorting staff before gaining entrance to…
Nigeria Police abusing power in Abuja – PHOTO captured by an onlooker
Nigeria Police abusing power in Abuja Often, police officers in Nigeria covertly decree and summarily execute laws on behalf of the state. Sometimes, victims are killed. In this image captured @babyeenks with a phone, a police officer doles out punishment to the victim…
Another extra-judicial killing by the police in Yenagoa
By Citizen Chukwu This extra-judicial killing in Yenagoa is a reason for Amnesty International to investigate Bayelsa State now. One Ockiya from Nembe was picked up by the operatives of FAMU-TANGBE (anti-crime squad in Bayelsa State) in the evening of…
Three policemen to face trial for alleged murder
Three policemen alleged to have killed three persons at a funeral in Akoko community, Ndokwa West Local Government of Delta State will face murder charges soon, it was learnt yesterday. Commissioner of Police Mamman Tsafe made this known in Asaba.…
“Owerri police saved me from kidnappers”
By Patrick Isip I want to use this medium to commend Nigeria Police for the help they rendered to me at Owerri, Imo State, last month, when I travelled to Port Harcourt. The story goes like this. I boarded…
Police deny authenticity of online video of varsity student being raped
By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In the grainy video, a Nigerian woman repeatedly asks her attackers to kill her as they take turns raping her at a university dormitory. The five men only promise to drive…