Tag: police brutality
Lagos CP redeploys DPO for detaining man who recorded police harassment
Commissioner of police, Lagos State Hakeem Odumosu has ordered the immediate redeployment of Francis Ani, the divisional police officer, Onipanu police division and some...
Nigerian George Nkencho shot dead by Irish police buried
The funeral of a Nigerian George Nkencho, who was shot dead by the police in Dublin, Ireland last year, held on Saturday.
Ten people attended...
Bride-to-be Ifeoma Abugu: Panel orders police to release corpse for burial
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel on Wednesday ordered the police to release the corpse of Ifeoma Abugu who died in the custody...
Amotekun sacks operative for shooting man dead in Ibadan
Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun has dismissed Kazeem Afolabi for shooting dead a bystander in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
Amotekun commandant Olayanju Olayinka...
Amotekun operative shoots policeman in Oyo
An operative of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has been arrested for allegedly shooting a policeman.
The incident occurred over the weekend...
FG demands probe of Nigerian killed by police in Ireland
The Federal Government through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has demanded justice for a Nigerian George Nkencho, 27, killed in Ireland.
In a statement...
Police detain cop accused of killing Keke driver in Rivers
Police in Rivers have arrested and detained a policeman who allegedly killed a commercial tricyclist at Rukpokwu area of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area.
Rivers police...
Chaos in Rivers as policeman ‘kills’ Keke driver
Rukpokwu community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has been thrown into chaos following the alleged killing of a tricyclist popularly called...
Widow of vendor killed by Gbajabiamila’s aide disowns family over N500m...
Josephine Okereke wife of the newspaper vendor Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, who died from a gunshot fired by an aide of to the Speaker of the...
Policeman shoots teenage girl, two women in Bayelsa
Police in Bayelsa have arrested a policeman who shot two women and a teenage girl in Edepie-Etegwe area of Yenagoa the state capital.
A statement...