IGP orders immediate removal of Kogi State Commissioner of Police

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris,has ordered the immediate removal of Kogi state Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Janga.

The IGP asked the CP Esa Sunday Ogbu, Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja to immediately proceed and take over as the new Commissioner of Police of the State.

The Police in a statemet signed by ACP Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer Force headquarters on Wednesday said the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim was dissatisfied with the circumstances surrounding the escape of six (6) suspects including two (2) Principal Suspects (KABIRU SEIDU A.K.A OSAMA, NUHU SALISU A.K.A SMALL) who indicted Senator Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu in a case of Conspiracy and Unlawful possession of Prohibited Firearm already filed at the Federal High Court, Lokoja which came up in court today (Wednesday).

The IGP also ordered the transfer out of the state the Commander FSARS in the State, the Divisional Police Officer ‘A’ Division, Lokoja and other Police officers implicated in the escape of two suspects that named Sen. Dino Melaye as the supplier of guns.

The Police in Lokoja on Wednesday said that the two suspects that named Sen. Dino Melaye as the supplier of guns to them had escaped from custody.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ali Janga, disclosed this at a press conference in Lokoja.

Janga said that the two suspects, Kabiru Seidu alias Osama and Nuhu Salisu alias Small, escaped at about 3:21 a.m. at the A Police Division in Lokoja where they were being kept in lawful custody.

According to him, four other suspects escaped along with Seidu and Salisu, bringing the total number of fleeing suspects to six.

He said both Seidu and Salisu escaped on Wednesday when they were supposed to be arraigned before a Lokoja Federal High Court alongside Melaye and Mr Mohammed Audu who was also named by the suspects as their sponsor.

The commissioner identified Aliyu Isa , Adams Suleiman, Emmanuel Audu and Musa Mohammed as four other suspects that escaped from custody.

He said that 13 policemen comprising five operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and eight conventional policemen on duty when the incident happened had been detained for interrogation.

“The 13 police officers who were on duty when the incident occurred were defaulted and detained for interrogation,” he said.

Janga also stated that the names of the six fleeing suspects and that of Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu had been sent for watch listing by the Interpol for immediate arrest anywhere they are found.

He appealed to residents to assist the police with useful information on the whereabouts of the suspects by reporting to the nearest police station.

The police enjoined members of the public to go about their lawful businesses as the command was in full control of the situation and determined to provide adequate security for lives and property . 

Source: Vanguard

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Abduction: Buhari vows to sanction Buratai, IGP, other service chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the security chiefs that any laxity that leads to abduction will be viewed very strongly.

The president gave the warning at the State House in Abuja on Friday while receiving the freed Dapchi schoolgirls.

 

Meanwhile Buhari has said that his administration will give unconditional amnesty to insurgents willing to lay down their arms.

The president said the security agencies would not hesitate to deal with those seeking political gains from the abduction.

He also asked the security agencies to ensure that there is no repeat of students' abduction .

Earlier, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura, had said that the social media and utterances of those incompetent to speak on the matter almost marred efforts to rescue the girls.

He also said that almost all the freed Dapchi schoolgirls had one skin infection or the other for norlt bathing for one month.

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IGP Shifts Date For Withdrawal Of Policemen Attached To VIPs, Others

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has temporarily halted the withdrawal of police personnel attached to VIPs, companies, and others, three days after ordering the withdrawal.

The enforcement of the withdrawal will now continue on April 20, 2018, and not immediately as initially announced, the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement on Thursday.

According, the statement, the IGP decided to shift the date for the withdrawal after meeting with the commanders of the Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit and Special Protection Unit on Tuesday.

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“This is to enable the Force to carry out a thorough assessment of the current deployment and carry out appropriate withdrawal,” the statement read in part.

The IGP had on Monday ordered the recall of the policemen after public outcry over the deployment of many police personnel to private individuals at the expense of other Nigerians.

In view of the shift in date, the IGP directed the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operations of the Force, to direct all the commissioners of police and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police in the states and zonal commands across the country “to halt the withdrawal, revise and return those already withdrawn to their duty posts pending the new date of 20th of April, 2018”.

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Political and public office holders, as well as public and private companies throughout the country, will be affected by the withdrawal.

The IGP said those who currently have police officers attached to them “may be provided (the officers) after the expiration of the period, if found worthy from the Special Protection Unit of the Force but should apply for re-validation through the Commissioner of Police of the State they are domiciled before the expiration of the new date of 20th April 2018”.

According to the police, the move is part of the renewed commitment to guarantee the protection of lives and property across the country.

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