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…
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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…
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…
A Lagos police chief abets thugs, says a resident
A Lagos resident has accused the deputy commissioner of police operations, Tunde Sobulo, of promoting brigandage in the state. In a narration sent to the Nigeria Police Watch, the resident explained how Mr. Sobulo commune and encourage thugs in…
Nigeria police increase bribe fees as Christmas approaches
Thursday evening on my way home at Akanimodo going to Ikorodu road Lagos. The police men at the junction stopped my bus drive and ask him for the money: POLICE: Oya wa the money DRIVER: Take The driver now brought out fifty…
Nigeria police officers caught on camera sorting bribe proceeds
It is an open secret that officers and men of the Nigerian police are terribly corrupt. And almost everyone in the force is on the game. Citizen Adekunle Alli was able to catch a team of corrupt officers on camera…
Police officers attached to bank in Nigeria extort money from motorists
I will like to appeal to my country (Nigeria) police officers to please stop extorting the commercial vehicles and okadas. Any of them found wanting should face the music than taking money from them. The other day, I was going…
Three Nigeria Police officers on trial for murder of Bayelsa’s Victor Emmanuel
Three police officers attached to the Bayelsa state command have been arrested and given an orderly room trial in connection with the last Sunday murder of Victor Emmanuel in the state. Victor was on Sunday murdered in cold blood before…
Ijaw group berates Nigeria police IG’s silence on murder of Victor Emmanuel
Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the failure of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to respond to the killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a policeman at a check-point in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last week, as an embarrassment to…
Reps’ committees to investigate extrajudicial murder of Victor Emmanuel
By Victor Oluwasegun and Dele Anofi, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed their displeasure at the interception and arrest of some indigenes of Osun State from gaining access in to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by men of…
Nigerian government under fire for not acting on extrajudicial murder of boy who questioned police extortion
The Federal Government has come under intense criticism for refusing to take action on the reported killing of a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a police officer at a checkpoint in Yenagoa, Bayelas State recently. Victor was shot dead after…