The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the probe of the policemen who allegedly arrested D’banj’s rape accuser, Seyitan Babatayo. The IGP gave the order in a letter signed on his behalf by his Principal Staff Officer, DCP Idowu Owohunwa and addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki. The IGP’s letter was sequel to a petition written by Seyitan’s lawyer, Ojoge, Omileye and Partners. In the IGP’s letter titled “Re: Petition …
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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami to restore Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi’s security details. The directive came in a letter issued by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operations, Force headquarters Abuja and addressed to Salami. The memo with Ref. No CB: 2002/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL/77/168 was issued on Monday June 29, and signed on behalf of the IGP by Austine Agbonlahor, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police. This is coming after Ajayi accused …
Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Salami Amidu Bolaji has denied allegation of withdrawing the police escort attached to the Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi. Ajayi had alleged that Bolaji endangered his life, that of his family and aides by withdrawing his police escort few days after he announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and also had a heated argument with him (Bolaji) for stopping him from leaving the state house in Akure, Ondo State …
The National Security Adviser, Babagana Mongunu, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Muhammed Adamu, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Magaji on Wednesday June 17 visited Katsina over increased attacks by bandits in communities in the state. The security team were led by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Sanusi Buba to General Muhammadu Buhari Government House where they held a closed-door meeting with Governor Aminu Masari over the recent wave of banditry and other crimes in …
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has said that 717 rape incidents have been reported to the police across the country from January-May this year alone. The IGP made this revelation while speaking with state house correspondents after himself, the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, and the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, met with President Buhari this morning over the increasing incidence of rape cases. The police chief said 799 suspects have been arrested so far, 631 …
First lady, Aisha Buhari, is currently the number one trending topic on Nigerian Twitter after she took to the platform to ask the Mohammed Adamu, inspector general of police (IGP), to release her aides from detention. According to SaharaReporters, Sabiu Yusuf, a nephew to President Buhari who also serves as one of his Personal Assistant, had traveled from Lagos to Abuja on Monday, June 8 and drove straight to the villa where he resides but he was denied access by …