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Aug

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2022

IGP Usman Alkali: Attacks on police personnel will no longer be tolerated

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The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali has ordered various commandos across the country to begin prosecuting individuals who assault their personnel. A statement from force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi revealed that the IGP said an attack on its officers is an affront to the rule of law. His directive comes just a week after a social media video of a police officer being sexually abused by a civilian went viral. In the video, the civilian is seen holding and dragging the armed officer who he said was driving against traffic in Lagos. Nigerians came out to condemn the act on Twitter…

Abba Kyari: Drug baron with 103 bank accounts nabbed at Lagos airport

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested Chief Afam Ukatu, who it described as the billionaire drug baron behind the N3bn tramadol deal involving a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former leader of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. A statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, said he was arrested “after months of surveillance and evading arrest.” According to Babafemi, Ukatu, who is the chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies, was nabbed onboard a flight to Abuja at the MM2 terminal of the Lagos airport, Ikeja, on Wednesday, April 13. He said, “Investigations…

Police exhumes four dead bodies from septic tank, arrests suspect in Rivers

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Police in Rivers State has arrested one Anthony Ndubuisi, a notorious kidnapper and serial killer. The police also confirmed the recovery of four decomposed bodies buried in a septic tank in the compound of the kidnapper. The arrest was made by the operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, in a Sting Operation at about 1pm on Monday Ndubuisi, a native of Ngo-Okpala in Imo State, resides at Umuebulu Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The suspect who was arrested through intelligence reportedly confessed to have carried out several kidnappings and killings of his hapless victims, including three foreign nationals and…