The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
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The group also canvassed for the procurement of state of the art equipment for all the security agencies.
Earlier on Wednesday, Fabiyi staged a protest demanding the bail and release of Baba Ijesha who has been held by the police for allegedly molesting a minor.
Asekun had been on the wanted list of the agency following the recent arrest of some traffickers and drug seizures linked to him. The long arm of the law however caught up with the wanted baron at about 9.40pm on Friday 7th May, 2021 while trying to board a Virgin Atlantic airline flight to London, United Kingdom at the Lagos airport.
The development which was hailed by cross section of officers and men of the agency also saw the creation of additional Regional Directorates, State Commands while the existing liaison offices have been upgraded with a view to enhancing their performances.
The NSCDC Commandant in Imo, Michael Ogar, disclosed this while interacting with newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday.
The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Uchenna Orji, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki on Wednesday.
All the Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers have also been put on red alert, while the Bomb Disposal Unit of the command has been directed to comb all the prayer grounds and recreation centres across the state.
The Divisional Police Officer, Sapele Division, CSP Harrison Nwabuisi, had received a report that Emekume had been kidnapped in his Lexus SUV with registration number RSH 716 AX.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
A police officer, PC Edogi Bassey was killed by the heavily armed hoodlums in the attack that took place at about 6.30am on Wednesday.
One of those who shared the video on Tuesday was former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode
The Ekiti Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda said the inmates who were granted clemency by the governor were serving various terms for offences such as stealing and housebreaking.
The suspects: Aondoaseer Terseer, alias Bob Tsetse, 23, and Orkashima David, alias Cash Money, 22, were also said to have led police detectives to the shallow graves where the remains of six of their victims, including their wives, were buried
This was revealed in a statement by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday
Iheka, a legal practitioner, made the call during an interactive session with newsmen in Owerri on Tuesday
This was contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, on Tuesday in Katsina
PRNigeria gathered that the police arrested the suspects at different locations after intelligence gathering.
A shoot-on-sight directive, it noted, is tantamount to an order to extra-judicially exterminate innocent citizens, which it said runs contrary to all accepted conventions and protocols on the rules of engagement.
The council’s request is contained in a statement in Owerri, co-signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Chris Akaronye and Juliet Dim.