Delta State Police Command yesterday announced a ban on all public processions and protests of any kind across the state without the express permission and protection of the police.
In a statement on Tuesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mr Akali Baba Usman, said the ban was advised by the determination of the police “to safeguard public safety.”
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has in a secular directed that policemen should forthwith stop accessing people’s mobile telephones illegally.
Abayomi Shogunle, the Officer in Charge of Complaint Response Unit of the force said this on his tweeter handle.
@YomiShogunle: IGP CIRCULAR TO @PoliceNG COMMANDS: Ban Illegal Accessing of Mobile Phones. Protecting Rights to private&family life, contact @PoliceNG_CRU
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Solomon Arase, to appear before it on Feb. 8, 2016 to show cause why he should not be committed to prison for contempt.
The Kogi State command of the Nigeria Police, on Tuesday, paraded 21 suspected criminal including kidnappers, armed robbers and a masquerade that have been terrorising the people of the state in recent time.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Williams Aya, who paraded the suspects at headquarters of the command in Lokoja, the state capital, alleged that one of the suspects in the guise of celebrating masquerade festival stabbed one Ishak Yusuf to death.
Security expert, Mr. Ona Ekhomu, has urged the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to exercise caution in handling pro-Biafra protests.
Ekhomu noted that if these agitations were not handled properly handled by the country’s security agencies, it could result into more violence in the country.
The Presidency on Saturday has said it stands by the position of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, on the ongoing pro-Biafra protests in some states in the South-East.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in an interview.
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, on Wednesday ordered reinforcements to the southeast, after protests by pro-Biafran groups and an apparent attempt to blockade a key bridge in the region.
Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase said he had ordered the deployment of extra officers “to reinforce security” in areas where demonstrations were occurring.
The Senate has summoned the Inspector-General of Police Mr Solomon Arase, over the incessant spate of kidnappings in different parts of the country.
The Police Boss is to brief the Senate on the steps the Police is taking to address the problem.
The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Solomon Arase, on Wednesday said about 90,000 police officers and men of the force have lost their lives since the insurgency started four years ago.
Arase made the disclosure to journalists shortly after addressing men and officers at the police command headquarters in Sokoto.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, says enough is enough for the youths from the eastern part of Nigeria parading themselves as promoters of Biafra.
The IGP, who spoke to Channels Television on Sunday, cautioned the youths against obstructing the peace of the land.
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