By Joe Udo An Inspector of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF on a stop-and-search duty has been allegedly killed by gunmen in Rivers state. Converseer learned that the Inspector was allegedly killed at Eliozu Flyover in the Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of the State. According to a statement by Grace Iringe-Koko, Police spokesperson in Rivers…
By Joe Udo Over a hundred people, mostly youths have taken to the streets of Ughelli in Delta State to protest against Police brutality and extortion. According to Kome Nice, the brutality by the police has become rampant in the state. Sharing videos of the protest on X (formerly Twitter), Kome Nice wrote: “Heavy protest…
By Frank Ulom Officers of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested three persons for allegedly disrupting the ongoing by-election in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the three people arrested were one Barr. Emmanuel Itile and his two younger brothers. The trio, suspected to be political thugs were apprehended by…
By Joe Udo Three senior police officers in the ranks of Assistant Superintendent of Police and Inspector have been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force, NPF for alleged kidnapping and extortion of N4,200,000 from two residents of Aba, Abia State. The erring officers are identified as ASP Daubara Edonyabo, ASP Talent Mungo, both attached to…
By Mo Isa The Nigeria Police Force has been ordered to pay with wife of Chief MKO Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola N50 million damages for violation of her fundamental human rights, including arresting her in her nightgown. The order was given on Thursday (18 Jan….
By Our Reporter A press conference convened on Thursday (18 January 2024) by the National Movement for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance, NMDDGG in Calabar, Cross River State capital, ended on a sour note as police swooped on its President, Goddie Akpama, and whisked him away. He was picked by police officers and taken…
By Joe Udo The Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court in Zuba, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced a dismissed inspector, Haruna Ocheni, to 30 years’ imprisonment for killing a 17-year-old boy. The police charged Ocheni with culpable homicide, not punishable by death. Delivering judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond…
By Frank Ulom The Nigeria Police Force, NPF has released physical and credential screening dates and venue for recruitment into the Force’s General Duty/Specialist (Constables). According to a press release signed by SP Irene Ugbo, Police Public Relations Officer in Cross River on Tuesday, the physical screening date for the ongoing 2023/2024 recruitment is from…
By Frank Ulom A dry cleaner (laundry serviceman), Gabriel James has been arrested for alleged kidnapping by the Police in Cross River. James, who operates a laundry service at Edibe Edibe in Calabar South Local Government Area of the state, was arrested on Tuesday night. He is the third member of a kidnapping gang that…
By Frank Ulom Two persons have been arrested by the police in Cross River over the abduction of the wife of a car dealer, Mrs Aliu in Calabar. CONVERSEER reports that Mrs Aliu was kidnapped in October by the gang who collected a ransom from her husband before being released. However, the kidnappers met their…
