Despite the proscription of police road-blocks by the Inspector General of Police, many officers still indulge in the crime across Nigeria. An Okada man says he lost N8,000.
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Killer cop shoots colleagues dead, takes own life in Adamawa Nigeria
A policeman went berserk and shot two of his colleagues before shooting himself at Lala Village of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Adamawa, Aderenle Shinaba, who confirmed the incident, said that the policeman,…
Court fines Nigeria police for detaining Abuja bound opposition politicians
Members of the political party were brutalized and turned away from Abuja by police officers in Lokoja. But a court in the city has asked the police to pay for its executive lawlessness.
Trigger happy Nigerian police kill Onitsha driver over N20, spark flash riots
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…
Trigger-happy Nigeria police officer to die by hanging
The Supreme Court has ordered the execution of a policeman, Emmanuel Ochiba, who killed a passerby, Godwin Momoh, along Tafawa Balewa street in Jos, Plateau State, on September 12, 2001. Five justices of the court while dismissing the appeal filed…
Police corporal rapes 3-year-old
Irmiya Musa, a police corporal serving with Dakatsalle Police division in Bebeji Local Government area of Kano State, Irmiya Musa has raped a three year old minor at Sabon-Gari quarters of Dakatsalle, Daily Trust newspaper is reporting. A reliable source…
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…
Nigeria Police boss, Ringim, says bail fees charged at police stations are illegal
The Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has stated that it is illegal for police officers to demand and collect money from families of locked up suspect for their bails. Police officers frequently demanding bail fees to release locked up…
Collecting bribe is in my blood, says dismissed policeman caught impersonating
By Oluwatoyin Malik Call him Sergeant Mathew Julius or Inspector S. Edo, you will be still be speaking about one and same person. The man in question, whose real names are Timothy Adigun and who was dismissed from the Nigeria …
Police officers and their talents for sniffing N20, N50 notes
There is something exotic about the smell of money. The naira, especially, has its own allure which drives even supposed men of reason (judges, for instance, are knowledgeable and men of reason) insane. But it appears that only men of The…
These police officers get heavily drunk on duty then extra- judicially murder or mistreat citizens
KRocks Hotel, Jos. 8:46 pm, Sat 24 September 2011. Two police officers wearing winter jackets on their uniforms hurried in with AK 47 rifles dangling from their shoulders. They marched directly to the outdoor bar, as if on cue.…
“Police ignored complaints about my son who threatens to kill me and use his mother for ritual”
Baldwin Ujor lives with his family in Karu, a suburb of Abuja. He however has lost peace at home because one of his sons grew recalcitrant since 2003. Mr. Ujor says he has had a long running battle with his…