The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a stern warning to officers of the Nigeria Police Force, urging them to refrain from unlawful and prolonged detentions. In a statement released on Sunday, Egbetokun stressed that officers found violating constitutional provisions related to human rights will face severe consequences. “The IGP emphasized that adherence to […]
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has restated the ban on public parade of crime suspects by the Nigeria Police. The iteration came as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, yesterday, announced the recovery of 19 stolen vehicles in the territory. A statement by force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, said […]
US President Joe Biden on Monday issued pre-emptive pardons to former Covid-19 advisor Anthony Fauci and retired general Mark Milley to shield them from “politically motivated prosecutions” under the Trump administration. In an extraordinary move in his last hours in the White House, Biden gave similar pardons to members, staff and witnesses of a US […]
The Inspector-General (IG) of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Sunday paid an unscheduled visit to Ilorin in view of the death of a man reportedly tortured to death by the police. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 35-year-old Jimoh Abdulquadri was said to have been tortured to death by some policemen at the Kwara […]
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a directive prohibiting arbitrary arrests, harassment of youths, and the checking of mobile phones by Police officers nationwide. A document, signed by the Department of Operations at the Force Headquarters, warned that officers and their supervisors who violate the directives will face serious consequences. Titled “Order […]
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has granted the request of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arraign a former lawmaker for Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Andy Uba, on a two-count charge bordering on alleged N400 million fraud. Justice Ekwo fixed February 18, 2025, to take the plea of […]
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, has accused the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, of complicity in the recent burning of two local council secretariats in Rivers State. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Frank conveyed his condolences […]
The brewing tension over insecurity ahead of the September 21 governorship in Edo State deepened, yesterday, as Governor Godwin Obaseki and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Aziegbemi bickered with the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over alleged bias of the police against the PDP. The bickering came as the IGP said […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted against the anti-hunger protesters, Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Inspector General of Police, Department of the State Service, DSS, and the Chiefs of Army and Defence Staff. The suit filed by about 17 Nigerians against the last nationwide protests was thrown out […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said that a notorious kidnap kingpin was killed, and two abductors were arrested during an operation to rescue the 20 abducted medical students. Speaking while handing over the students to their Vice Chancellors in Abuja on Sunday, Egbetokun added that the arrested suspects were in custody. Media recalls […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to, in compliance with the order of court, immediately fish out, arrest and bring Mallam Hudu Yunusa Ari before the court for prosecution. The party asserted that delay in his trial has created bad precedence and encourages impunity. Recall that the […]
Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and sought for a court injunction to stop Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, Speaker of the Niger State Assembly from marrying off 100 orphaned girls. Correspondents recalls that the Speaker recently announced his plans to marry off the orphaned girls. The orphans reportedly […]
The service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, are before the House of Representatives. The service chiefs include the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states during governorship elections scheduled to hold on November 11, 2023. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the restriction would be effective from 12:01am to 6pm on […]
The Acting Inspector–General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun on Monday affirmed the decision on the withdrawal of Police Mobile Force (PMF) officers from Very Important Personalities (VIPs). Egbetokun said there is no going back on the policy. Reacting to recent news circulating regarding the possible reversal of the PMF reform policy, a statement issued by the Force […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has decorated Kayode Egbetokun as the new acting Inspector General of Police. Shettima performed the short ceremony in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday Among his previous appointments, the new acting IGP had served as Commissioner of Police in Lagos State. Shettima was assisted with the decoration by […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a valid court order. A judgement delivered by Justice M. O. Olajuwon, held that the IGP should be put in prison and detained in custody for a period of three months, […]
Alkali Usman, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the police has no criminal case against the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Usman also told the court that Tinubu had no pending petition and was not a suspect to the Nigeria Police, hence, could not be put on […]
