The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, told the News Agency of Nigeria that it was a reprisal on the command after it had put a situation under control earlier around Surulere, Baboko and Oja Tuntun areas of the state capital.
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Umahi gave the charge on Friday in Abakaiki while receiving the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the South East zone, Joseph Egbunike, in his office.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that there was fire outbreak in Enorsco Petroleum Filling Station located on Agbani-Akpugo Road on early hours of Friday.
The IGP revealed this on Thursday at a special briefing of State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed this while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Lafia.
Yakasai, while making his presentation at the North West Zone Public Hearing on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Kaduna, canvassed for the strengthening of the Federal Police for optimal performance.
This was said to be part of the oversight functions of the Joint Committee.
Congratulating the Chief of Army Staff, Kalu extolled the virtues of the Major-General, describing him as a gallant and committed military officer with passion for professionalism and national development.
According to the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mariam Yusuf, the joint operation, led by the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad, combed the forest, engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun duel and arrested two of them, while others escaped with bullet wounds.
The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, gave the renewed directive on the enforcement of the ban with effect from Tuesday 25th May, 2021 after a strategic security meeting with the Area Commanders, Heads of Departments and Tactical Commanders held on Monday 24th May, 2021, at the Conference Room, Command Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos.
Manzo Ezekiel, the agency’s Head of Media and Public Relations, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Igbifa was on his way to Abuja on May 25 for a scheduled meeting with the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Office, retired Colonel Milland Dikio, when the incident happened.
Baba, who revealed this at a weekly media press briefing organised by the Presidential Media Team in Abuja on Thursday, said the recovery of the weapons followed the launching of Operation Restore Peace in the South East and South South zones of the federation.
The ages of the three defiled children are eight years, three years, and one and half years.
The suspects: Najimu Ojumola, 42; Monday Olaleye, 25; Kehinde Martins, 34 and Felix John, 27, were arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters that Babaode-Onibuku village was under siege by a group of land grabbers.
This is contained in a statement issued by SP Gambo Isah the spokesman for the police in Katsina.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday
The News Agency of Nigeria had, on Wednesday, reported that the two men; Ayodele Somorin and Oladimeji Josiah, a carpenter, were kidnapped in their homes on May 21.
The pledge was contained in a statement by the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, on Wednesday in Kano.
The Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Garba Dauran, made this known to newsmen in Gusau.