The Rivers State Police Command has commenced an investigation into allegations of extortion involving a police officer, ASP Omomefe Akin Geoffrey, and other personnel following the circulation of a viral video and reports on social media. The Command said it viewed the allegations with utmost seriousness, stressing that any act of extortion, ...
•DIG Zachariah Fera-Achinyan The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department, DIG Zachariah Fera-Achinyan, has described extortion, human rights abuses and other forms of misconduct by police personnel as clear signs of unprofessionalism and indiscipline. Speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement and cons...
•Comptroller-General, Kemi Nandap Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, has suspended some commanders of the Service operating along the Seme-Badagry corridor over allegations of extortions by commuters and motorists. The NIS boss also ordered an investigation into the allegations, reports Daily Independent...
•Policemen The Edo State Police Command has recovered N300,000 extorted from a furniture maker by the officers attached to the Oba Market Area Command, Benin City. This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Moses Yamu, today. Yamu said that officers involved have been detained and would face [&hell...
•Sex workers Some hookers, otherwise known as commercial sex workers in Benin City, the Edo State capital, today cried out over alleged extortion after they were raided from their trysts around the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin. The sex workers, who were arrested on Monday night during a raid by officials of the Edo State […]...
•Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ajao S. Adewale The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command Abuja, CP Ajao S. Adewale, has issued a firm directive to all officers warning against illegal detention, meddling in civil matters, especially land disputes, and extortion. This follows reports of unlawful detention for bailable offences, extortio...
•Truckers A major protest rocked Lagos ports today, as maritime truck drivers and owners marched from the Lilypond Truck Park in Ijora to the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports. They denounced the alleged extortion rackets and operational inefficiencies that have plagued port access roads, reports The Nation. The protesters, waving placards and ch...
•Police Many residents of Uromi are still skeptical about what would befall them, as life gradually returns to the town, a week after 16 northern travellers, mistaken for kidnappers, were killed by a mob, even as they accused the police of indiscriminate arrest and extortion. This was evident yesterday, which was the market day in […]
A coalition of maritime transport operators, including the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) has issued a three-day ultimatum to the Lagos State Government demanding the immediate disbandment of two committees for alleged extortion an...
A civil society group, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has urged the Police Service Commission to order an independent investigation into the alleged kidnapping, extortion, and abuse of power involving members of the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, reports The Nation. RULAAC’s appeal followed allega...
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