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…
Category: Harassment
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…
Nigerian Police Inspector Investigated For Allegedly Raping 15-Year Niece
Police authorities in Zamfara State have commenced investigation into an allegation of rape levelled against a police officer, Abdullahi Ibrahim, attached to the Maradun police division. A police source who craved anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the suspect…
Police disrupt Ogun governor’s event with tear gas
By Kehinde Akinyemi Hell was let loose Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, as a careless canister of tear-gas released by a member of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) caused a stampede among the mammoth crowd at the inauguration…
Police detain teenage housewife in place of fleeing husband
By Amina Alhassan & Misbau Bashir When 17-year-old old Najaatu Salisu got married to Malam Janaidu Hashimu two weeks before the start of the just-concluded Ramadan, little did she know that her freedom was in danger. Though she is…
From across Nigeria, a litany of complaints against the police
Some of you recently sent us text messages complaining about issues against the police, reporting crime or commenting on police actions and conducts. We have published some of your complaints and comments below. You are encouraged to send us…
In Itigidi, Cross River State, commercial motorcyclists groan under extreme police extortion and harassment
By Citizen Isah The activities of policemen in Itigidi, Cross Rivers State, should be put to check. On a regular basis, police personnel on roadblocks extort money from motorcyclists plying that route. The officers mercilessly harasses every motorcyclists that drives…
“Policeman brutalised me because my wife refused to date him”
By Eniola Akinkuotu With an injury at the back of his head and bruises on his body, Afolabi Ojediran cut the picture of a man who was attacked by hoodlums. But he was not. Rather, he was beaten up by a…
The Other (Bad) Side of Nigeria’s Policing
At 10pm on June 7, 2005, six people aged 21 to 25, met the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Danjuma at a nightclub in Area 11, Abuja. They were Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Isaac Ekene, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony Nwodike…
Outrage in Akwa Ibom as police “extrajudicially” murder two vigilantes
Activists in Akwa Ibom are up in arms against the police in the state over the controversial murder of two members of a community vigilante group who reportedly offered to lead cops to a crime scene. Full narrative of incident,…