Over 100,000 out of the 330,000 police officers in Nigeria are attached to “few fortunate” individuals – to carry handbags for their wives, chairman of Police Service Commission has revealed. The chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Parry Osayande…
Category: South-South
Businessman sues police chief, drunk corporal for N500million over alleged shooting
By Gabriel Enogholasee An Agbor-based business man, Michael Obi, has instituted a N500 million suit before a Federal High Court in Benin, against the Inspector General of Police and five others, over alleged breach of his fundamental right to…
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…
Police officers at a Port Harcourt station demand N5000 bribe before attending to armed robbery complaints
By Citizen Andy This is my first time of getting to this site, and I like to thank those who created this platform for giving me the opportunity to write this message down. I reside in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.…
Drunk policemen kill three at funeral
By Austin Ogwuda A burial ceremony ended in fiasco at the weekend in Delta State when four armed policemen engaged to provide security during the occasion got drunk and opened fire indiscriminately, killing three persons on the spot. The policemen,…
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…
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,…
Policemen at the Ewet Housing Police Division in Uyo demand bribes before attending to armed robbery
By Citizen Sammy It is only in our beloved country that such things happen! A senior friend of mine was robbed last thursday night on his way back from work. The bandits, who failed in their bid to kidnap him,…
Port Harcourt residents groan under illegal police “toll gates”
By Ukari C.Obene Why does the Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police Force continue to pay lip service towards some of her corrupt officers’ attitude of mounting illegal roadblocks and extortion of money from innocent and law-abiding motorists on the streets…
Court awards N20m against police for parading suspect in public
A Federal High Court in Calabar has ordered the Nigeria Police to pay the sum of N20 million as general damages to Citizen Ottoh Obono for parading him in public before the press on allegations bordering on armed robbery. Delivering…
Police extortion and illegal roadblocks in Port Harcourt
By Ukari Obene Some members of the Nigeria Police Force have continued to mount illegal road blocks on the streets of Port Harcourt with the sole purpose of collecting N50 from innocent and law abiding motorists. These policemen do not…
Amnesty International probes murder of Citizen Uzoukwu by Nigeria Police
The Amnesty International (AI) is investigating human rights abuses against residents of the South-south state of Bayelsa by the Nigeria Police’s anti-crime security outfit, (OFT) in the state. Specifically, it is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Tochukwu…