The Ebonyi State Police Command said it has arrested three police officers for alleged illegal possession of arms.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Moses Ndagi, during an interactive session with journalists in Abakaliki.

The CP said that the officers were arrested in Abakaliki.

He said: “our men searched their vehicle as they were about entering the town, discovered the weapons and arrested them.
“They claimed to be policemen, although not serving in the state. Investigation is ongoing to ascertain their mission in the state.

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The House of Representatives yesterday unanimously adopted a motion calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram sect without further delay in order to put an end to the renewed spate of attacks in the country.
Adopting a motion on matters of urgent national importance sponsored by Rep. Ibrahim Olaifa (AC, Oyo), the lawmakers said it was in the interest of the nation to seek an end to the violence that recently assumed an alarming frequency.
In his motion, Rep. Olaifa argued that if the same government had given amnesty to Niger Delta militants there was no reason why it should not extend same to Boko Haram members because they too are Nigerians who deserve to be treated as such.
“We have continued to lose lives and property everyday but there is nothing to lose if we engage these people in dialogue and offer them amnesty. They are Nigerians and we know that poverty pushed some of them to engage in violence. We should turn them to peaceful human beings instead of treating them as goats. Nigeria has nothing to lose,” Olaifa said.
When Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal who presided over the session put the motion to a voice vote, it was unanimously adopted without further debate.
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And some charlatans are somewhere calling for grant of amnesty to these bloodsuckers.people that take the lives of their fellow beings without reason.I keep on wondering if the time has not yet come 4 Northerners to rise against these Vampires.

what do you expect from people that are behind what is happening in the country. just because the president is not from the Northern extraction that is why these beasts swore to make things difficult for him. they forgot that Nigeria is nobody's birthright.

it will be a terrible decision with dire consequences. i will advise the Nigerian government to build refineries before it thinks of any increment.

Words of a disgruntled man who has just been dumped by his associates. But this development shows how unserious and uncordinated this people are. Honestly I don't see them giving PDP headache in 2015 in as much as I pray 4 a coalition capable of wrestling power from them.

walygy: He is a big fool someone speaking from both mouth,imagine as @ 2011 he was the head of the merger with the ACN and ANPP now he count them as rogues and thief,why is he then associating him self with them I pity those people worshiping in this church. Ask him how he makes his money.

Eze Okoro, a 46-year-old man in Lagos was recently shot dead by drunk Nigerian Police officers in front of his house at 1, Oguntolu Street, Ijaiye, Ojokoro area, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria. But the police have denied taking part in his murder.

The policemen, according to sources, had been drinking for about six hours at a hotel nearby before they gunned down the man while he was enjoying evening breeze in front of his house after work .

After shattering his waist with bullets, the policemen who were said to have come from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, forcefully took his corpse away and dumped it in a mortuary at Yaba.

P.M.NEWS gathered that they did this after the Ikeja mortuary officials insisted that before his body could be deposited there, they must fill certain forms, which they refused.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting of Okoro were still strange to the residents who told P.M.NEWS that there was no violence or robbery in the area that warranted such police action.

According to Okoro’s wife, Mrs Ugo Okoro, her husband, who is a businessman, returned from work on the fateful day, and because there was no electricity supply, they went and relaxed in front of their house to enjoy some breeze before going to sleep.

She said their family friend, Chinedu Nwanu and his wife, Nneka Nwanu, who is heavily pregnant, also joined them outside.

Ugo said it was not up to five minutes after she left them and went into their apartment that she heard gun shots and the residents started running in all directions.

She said while the commotion was going on, she heard her husband, who was wearing a pair of shorts and simple shirt, shouting that he was not a robber and was explaining to the policemen that he was just relaxing in front of his house.

“Nneka also fell down and started shouting that she was pregnant and showing the police her husband who was beside her. She was allowed to leave with her husband and one of the policemen shot my husband in the waist and he died on the spot,” Ugo narrated.

P.M.NEWS gathered that after they shot Okoro, they forcefully took his body away, perhaps to cover up their heinous act.

Sources told P.M.NEWS that the team of policemen had arrived a popular hotel in the area beside Okoro’s house in a Sienna bus with registration number KJA 280 BD and were drinking heavily in the hotel from 4p.m. till 10 p.m. before the incident happened.

Police sources claimed that the man was shot in error during a gun batttle with armed robbers in the hotel, a claim disproved by Okoro’s wife and relatives.

Even the hotel management told P.M.NEWS that there was no shootout between the police and robbers as claimed by the police and that they did not know their mission in the area that day.

The hotel sources, who pleaded for anonymity, said they only noticed the unusual presence of policemen which caused panic in their hotel.

One of the sources said that the policemne did not disclose their mission. Rather they were there having their drinks for several hours.

The source said it was later that they heard gun shots outside and residents including workers of the hotel started running for safety and that after some time, he got to know that they had shot and killed Okoro.

He insisted that there was no robbery incident in the area that day.

Okoro’s younger brother, Innocent, said he was informed about what happened and he immediately contacted other members of the family and they started searching from one police station to another for his corpse.

He said they went to many police stations and commands and to their greatest suprise, they all denied having anything to do with the incident.

Innocent said the search lasted for three days and there was no information whatsoever before they contacted a top police officer who made the police to open up.

He said the police then asked him to go to Yaba mortuary and search for Okoro’s corpse. And when he got there he discovered that the corpse was dumped there as an unidentified corpse.

He said the corpse was brought back to Ikeja General Hospital mortuary where he filled the necessary documents.

Innocent expressed shock about what happened and the way the police treated the whole matter by not even contacting the family because they knew he was an innocent resident they killed for no reason.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/03/19/man-gunned-down-by-drunken-cops/

this mallam and his allies are seriously going nut as the day goes. i don't know why they like making fun of everything even when human lives are involved. how on earth is the bomb blast in Kano related to GEJ. the day of reckoning is near for El rufai and co.

pls i need to know the type of dish it uses.

that is just it. these people see the presidency as their birth right that is why they are busy sponsoring these boys. but nemesis will soon catch them.

Boazizzy08: honestly, i will go with 99.9%. they think Nigeria is their father's empire.

peckhamboi:

Na Sango go strike all of you the 40 laptop crew, Where are PrettyRita, Olanlere and others?

@Op He made a lot of sense regarding the Alamiesiegha issue, he said we might as well legalise corruption.

its well with your soul.but I pity u,Wen the govt settles him, u will be left out.use ur head!

What do you expect from a man who in the past use to critise Gen BUHARI and suddenly he now supports his candidature. As far as am I am concerned, he has no atom of honesty in him.

The Failure of State Governments and Traditional rulers in North to address the rising spate of terror ravaging the region despite receiving huge allocations from the Federal Government for Security vote is no longer news.
But notwithstanding, the general failure and incompetence exhibited by these northern leaders, every sane living creature will not stop wondering why these State Governments and Stakeholders have refused to use their own initiatives to bring lasting Peace to those troubled regions. For instance, what Abia State Government in its capacity did when Kidnapping was trending in the State despite been excluded from the Federal Governments amnesty program.

so we should take that as an excuse ?

Clerverly:

He stopped attending NSC meeting when it became obvious your paymaster has soiled his hands

The recent call by the Sultan of Sokoto and some Northern elders for Government to grant amnesty to the Boko Haram sect still amazes vast majority of Nigerians who are totally disappointed with Northern traditional rulers based on their failure and negligence in discharging their supposed role of maintaining peace and security within their domains. no doubt many have posited in recent time[b][/b] that Northern elders and traditional rulers are fueling terrorism in the North.

In the past, traditional institutions headed by chiefs, Emirs, Ezes among others who exerted full executive, legislative and judicial powers in their different domains and exerted sovereign control over their people. they manage affairs, resolve tension and administered justice in the society. they also assist in checking the influx of illegal aliens in their domains or quickly report any breach of peace to security agencies.

They served as a link between the rural people and the government. They assist the government in political education and socialization of the rural people. They acted as the custodians of the traditional religion, arts and culture of the people. They explained the customs and tried to preserve it. Traditional rulers even initiate development projects and secure the support of both internal and external development agents for the execution of these projects.

Despite the Above highlighted perceived roles of traditional heads, the reverse has been the case prompting my inquisition of "what efforts Northern rulers and Elders have made in addressing the present menace of terror in their domain ?".

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday came out to defend the commission’s guidelines for the registration of new political parties, stating that the process is first come first serve, while at the same time, explaining that the All Progressive Congress (APC) is not known to the commission.

Also the commission said that the implication that there is already a group with the name African Peoples Congress (APC) that has submitted its documents for registration as a political party, means that the coalescing of opposition political parties to form the All Progressive Congress (APC) acronym must be changed to avoid confusion.

In the same manner, INEC said that it would not like to be drawn into discussion with the former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari who is alleging that the commission is a cesspool of corruption.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/inec-registration-of-political-parties-is-first-come-first-serve/141842/

It is no doubt that the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) over time has destroyed more lives and properties than they were suppose to protect. the recent ordeals of a banker and Mobi Okparaku, a Nigerian ex-international, who was a member of the dream team that won gold in football at Atlanta '96, in the hands of the NPF shows how inefficient, crude, uncivil and unprofessional these men are.

Mr Tayo Akanmu is a banker; when he finished at work on Friday, 15 February, 2013, he had one thing in mind—to get to his home safely. He had even bought a chicken for his children, unknown to him that the innocent kids would not enjoy the chicken as he would not even see them that night. Not only did Mr Akanmu fail to get his deserved hugs and ‘thank you daddy’ from his children that night for the chicken, he lost N250 million to other competitors and, worst, his freedom to move or drive wherever he liked for more than 13 days now. The story of Mr Akanmu is the story of the Nigerian people, a story of violence against civilians. Mr Akanmu could have been a victim of police brutality.

While speaking to crime&security on his hospital bed, where he had been since 15 February, he said he drove through Mokola-UCH road that night, heading for Gate Area of Ibadan around 10:30 pm, when he saw three policemen in front of Orita Mefa Baptist Church. “They were trying to stop me and I was already too close to where they stood, close to a bump. So as to avoid hitting a car that was parked, I had to swerve off before being able to park a little distance beyond where they stood. As I was parking, one of them came to the clearing side, asking for my particulars. As I was attending to him, still at the wheel, another policeman had come towards the driver’s side, asking me to reverse and park behind the vehicle I avoided hitting.

But the third one cocked his gun, shouting at me to reverse and park behind the vehicle. I told him to be patient as I was already giving my particulars to his colleague. That was it. He hit me on the mouth; seeing blood come out of my mouth, I wanted to step out to ask why he hit me and then a punch landed on my chest,” Mr Akanmu narrated his ordeal.

“At that point, I held his shirt, asking for his superior and why he should brutalise me for no cause. Before I knew it, the three of them pounced on me and then, they began to hit my right knee with the butts of their guns. I fell down weeping, with the lady who was with me crying and begging them to leave me while another man was cautioning them that civilians should not be brutalised. I was beaten to a point that I passed out,” he continued.

When asked what step he had taken after regaining consciousness, he noted that he could no longer drive and he did not know how he and his car, a Honda CRV 2001 model, were taken to the Yemetu Police Station which was close by. “I saw their DPO and talked to him about the callous acts of his boys, but they had lied against me that I slapped them. The DPO asked for my company ID and my driving licence and I tendered them and he asked them to release me so I could go to a hospital or my house, but I could not drive. I asked the DPO to take me to the University College Hospital. I was brought here on the night of Friday, 15 February and my leg was operated upon. As I speak, I have spent nearly N400, 000.”

Written on Mr Akanmu’s face was agony, the agony of a father who has been separated from his children, the agony of a husband separated from his wife and the agony of a banker who was close to winning a N250 million account from one of the state governments in the South-West. “It is unfair for innocent citizens to go through this kind of humiliating and callous treatment in the hands of people expected to protect them. I told the DPO how much I spent on policemen and how much I respected them. This brutalisation has cost me greatly. I was supposed to get N250m for my company the Monday after that incident, but here am I struggling to get my leg back to normal. They have made lose a lot of money. As a banker and a marketer, imagine how much I would have made for my bank in the past 11 days. This is really unfair,” he lamented.

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/6660-this-is-unfair-police-brutality-has-cost-me-millions-banker-it-s-a-lie-police

MOBI OKPARAKU

The 1996 Olympic Football Gold Medalist, Mr. Mobi Oparaku, was Thursday afternoon brutalized by about seven armed policemen for yet to be disclosed reasons.

The ugly incident played out at about 1.35pm, near 5 Rotibi Street, Owerri, which houses media organizations in the municipality.
At the end of the ordeal,Mr. Oparaku had a bleeding mouth, a torn T-shirt and myriad of pains emanating from the serious beating he received from the rampaging policemen led by one Inspector of Police, Mr. Ochiang.

When Vanguard immediately sought an explanation on why his men brutalized Oparaku, the police inspector declined comment and ordered his men to enter the vehicle and left the bleeding footballer to his fate.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/police-brutalize-96-olympic-champion-mobi-oparaku/

this ppl av lost focus. they should look 4 a way and bury their heads in shame.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission on Tuesday in Abuja took its campaign against corruption to the nation’s universities, with a vow to prosecute lecturers and administrators who sexually harrass students.

The commission also said it would invite proprietors of illegal satellite campuses for questioning and make them face prosecution if their explanation for running such “cash factories”, despite warnings by the National Universities Commission, were not satisfactory.

The chairman of ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, stated this at a news conference and presentation of its University Systems Study Review jointly undertaken with NUC where he gave an executive summary of the rot that had eaten deep into the university system.

He said some of the negative trends in the universities included delay in the take-off of lectures by lecturers; continuation of illegal operation of satellite campuses by universities; lack of due process in the appointments and promotion of university staff members; racketeering in the allocation of bed spaces to students and undue stagnation of certain persons in certain positions.

This, he noted, tended to lead to unhealthy developments in the university setting.

Ekpo said, “We have looked at the policy which will be circulated on the growing case of sexual harassment. No student in any Nigerian University will be forced to engage in any immoral activity. We will address this issue and put a stop to it. Any lecturer who indulges in it, will be prosecuted accordingly.

“We’ve looked at a policy in a particular university and sanctions would be applied. The details would be circulated within the week. Students must not be forced into immorality because of marks or other favors.”

According to him, ICPC has taken up some of the other components of the responsibilities of the Commission.

He said, “Part of the responsibility of the Commission is the Systems Study of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and give directives on how to correct those shortfalls. The battle against corruption is a global collective agenda.”
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Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have saved a Nigerian studying in Malaysia from premature death.

The 31 year old suspect, Dike Chibuzor Vitalis, was caught in possession of 1.430kg of white crystalline powder that tested positive for methamphetamine on his way to Malaysia where drug trafficking attracts death penalty.

He was intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos during the screening of passengers on a Qatar Airline flight following the discovery of the drugs in his luggage.

Dike could have joined other Nigerians in death row in that country if not for the intervention of the anti-narcotic agency.

The suspect who hails from Orlu, Imo State said that he was promised $4,000 to deliver the drugs in Malaysia. In his words, “I was asked to take an empty bag to Malaysia for a fee of $4,000.

When I got to the airport, the drug was discovered. That was how I got involved”.

Speaking on the arrest, the NDLEA Airport commander, Mr Hamza Umar, explained that the drug was concealed inside the bag.
“The drug was industrially packed in a way that we have to cut the sides of the bag open with a knife to discover the drug. It will take a professional to detect the drugs” Hamza explained.



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