A concerned citizen of Bori in Khana Local Government Area,Rivers State has alerted Nigeria Police Watch on a deadly practice that is set to take place any moment from now in his community – an annual ritual killing masterminded by…
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Preliminary Report on the extra-judicial killing of Mr. Samuel Imaikop and four others
‘Extrajudicial Killing in the Police Remains a Shocking Common Occurrence’ NOPRIN CALLS ON EDO POLICE COMMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE KILLING OF THE ‘EDO 5’ KILLED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. Introduction NOPRIN has received disturbing information concerning yet another extrajudicial killing in Edo State…
Police in River state disregard IG, keeps extortion road-blocks
A citizen reporter writes how police in River state continues to mount road-blocks, extorting motorists in the state, despite an order prohibiting road-blocks by the police boss.
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…
Horrifying chronicle of Nigeria Police murders since September
Nigeria has become one huge killing field of defenceless citizens. The killing machine is the Nigeria Police, who think it is no big deal shooting and killing the same people they are paid to protect. This absurd indulgence has existed…
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…
Police extrajudicially kill seven in Akwa Ibom
The police in the Eket Division in Akwa Ibom State today shot and killed seven kidnap suspects in circumstances that remain unclear, according to our sources. Reports by SaharaReporters, a New York-based news portal, indicate that the suspected kidnappers…
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…
Bayelsa policemen kill boy for criticizing extortion at checkpoint
Written by Mike Odiegwu Forlorn and depressed, Mrs. Grace Victor stared at the sky. The woman, who hails from Rivers State, has yet to come to term with the reality that the killing of her son, Mr. Victor Emmanuel, on…
Police kill okada rider over traffic offence
By George Onah Port Harcourt – One person was shot dead and another critically injured, yesterday, by policemen in Ikom Local Government Area of Rivers State over traffic offence. The incident resulted in widespread protest and restricted the movement of…