Acting Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar said on Monday, in Ikeja, that 50,000 officers were being trained in intelligence and crime investigation to check the insecurity in the country.
Abubakar disclosed this when he led top police officers on a courtesy visit to Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, in continuation of his familiarisation tour of police commands in the country.
Abubakar had earlier addressed officers and men of the Lagos State Police Command, stakeholders and traditional rulers.
He said the security situation in the country called for more proactive measures if the nation must win the war against violence.
The police boss pledged that he would restore the lost glory of the police, but noted that this might not be possible without the support of the officers and the public.
Abubakar added: ``At this point in time, any officer that is not willing to embrace the change will fall by the way side.’’
He commended the Lagos State Government for supporting the force, stressing that if other states in Nigeria emulated the state, the crime situation would be drastically reduced.
The inspector-general said that about 300 patrol vehicles would be deployed to the nation’s high ways to replace the dismantled road blocks.
Abubakar promised to strengthen the operations of police institutions to enable them to undertake their responsibilities as officers’ training schools.
Fashola commended the police for their efforts to curb crimes, in spite of insufficient equipment.
He hoped that Abubakar, who had passed through the rank and file to the top, would be in a better position to take the force to a higher level.
The governor urged Abubakar to address issues such as rape, sale of alcohol by those underage, and assault on children and women.
Fashola noted that if such crimes were checked, the society would be a better place.
Police arrest suicide bomber suspect at Force HQ
The Police authorities on Monday in Abuja confirmed the arrest of one Abdulsalam Salihu, wandering in front of the Force Headquarters building, popularly known as ``Louis Edet House''.
Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba however, said nothing criminating was found on the suspect to suggest that he was a suicide bomber.
Speculations had spread round the FCT after the arrest that Salihu was a suicide bomber.
We have commenced investigations into the arrest but so far, there is nothing to suggest that he (suspect) is a suicide bomber,’’ Mba said.
He said the suspect had been taken into custody and that investigations would establish his mission to the Lious Edet house.
Meanwhile, men from the FCT Police Command have arrested one John Akpanum Akalu at the Radio House where the ministers were briefing newsmen on the achievements of their ministries in the past one year.
The police alleged that Akalu, 39, was in possession of three hand grenades and 37 rounds of live ammunition.
He was arrested shortly after the Minister of Youth Development, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, mounted the podium.
Mba urged Nigerians to go about their businesses without fear, assuring them that the police had enough personnel to guarantee their security.
Anambra police intercept stolen truck, arrest 3
The Anambra State Police Command on Monday intercepted a truck laden with alcoholic beverages and spirits worth N10 million being diverted by its driver and two other persons in Onitsha.
The truck and goods, collectively worth about N50 million , belong to a haulage company and was billed for Jos but was allegedly diverted by the driver, Abdul Jimoh, and his two friends to Onitsha.
Felix Kigigha, the officer in-charge of Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the command, confirmed the arrest.
Kigigha said the arrest was made through a tip-off by good spirited individuals who the suspects had contacted to buy the goods and truck.
He said the trio wanted to sell the truck recently bought at the cost of N40 million for N20 million while they offered the alcoholic beverages and spirit estimated to cost N10 million for N2.2 million.
The suspects agreed that they should pay N20 million for the truck and N2.2 million for the drinks before they were rounded-up at Ichie Community near Onitsha, where they stationed the truck,’’ he said.
Kigigha said the police had established contact with the haulage company while the suspects would be charged to court after investigation.
The prime suspect, Abdul Jimoh, told the police said that he wanted to sell the goods and truck to raise money for his trip to Europe, adding that he had obtained passport, visa and other documents for the trip.
One of my friends in Europe encourage me to go into this, since he said that truck driving is lucrative business in Europe and would assist me to get a company to drive for if I make it to Europe next month,’’ Jimoh said.
Communal clash: Benue police appeal for calm
The Police Command in Benue on Monday said the clash between some suspected Fulani herdsmen and the people of Anguha village, Gwer West Local Government Area, had been contained.
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Alaribe Ejike said five villagers were killed in the May 19, clash.
Ejike said no arrest had been made but appealed for calm in the community.
He said the attackers crossed a river at night from Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State to unleash the attack. .
However, he said mobile policemen had been deployed at strategic locations in the area to prevent further attacks.
Ejike appealed to people in the area not to take laws into their hands and promised that the command was addressing the situation and would soon arrest the attackers.
Police arrest suspected gunman in Kano.
The Kano State Police Command says it has arrested one Augustine Effiong, also known as ‘Abubakar Garba’, for allegedly attempting to kill a civilian.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, in Kano on Monday.
Idris said the suspect, an indigene of Akwa Ibom, was arrested on May 18 at Danlasan village in Warawa Local Government area of the state.
The 25-year-old man is an indigene of Akwa Ibom State. He was born and brought up in Maiduguri. He later converted to Islam,” the statement said.
According to the statement, Effiong has during interrogation confessed to have relocated to Kano from Bulunkutu Abuja quarters in Maiduguri, in April this year.
``He confessed to have participated in series of attacks, killings of policemen and military personnel in the state, including the recent attack and killings in Bayero University (BUK), Kano.”
The commissioner said the suspect had been transferred to Abuja.
Gunmen assassinate police officer in Anambra
Gunmen on Monday assassinated a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Emmanuel Ochiobi, attached to the Central Police Station, Onitsha in Anambra.
Ochiobi was shot by two men riding a motorcycle at about 9.30 a.m. on Okosi Street, Onitsha.
According to a police source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the late police officer reported in his office around 9 a.m. and took his vehicle to a mechanic workshop.
``When he got to the mechanic workshop, he was joined by another senior colleague, the Divisional Crime Officer at the Inland Police Station, Onitsha, which is just a few poles away.
``While they were discussing, two unidentified men on a motorcycle pulled up about a pole away and immediately opened fire on the DSP who was backing the road,’’ he said.
He said his colleague escaped unhurt.
Until his death, Ochiobi was the officer in-charge of the Special Anti Robbery Squad in Onitsha.
The death of Ochiobi brings to two the number of senior police officers in the station killed by gunmen in three weeks.
When contacted, Emeka Chukwuemeka, the Anambra Police Public Relations Officer, said he was yet to be briefed about the incident.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Anambra Chapter of the Campaign for Democracy, Mr Uzor Uzor, said the death of Ochiobi was a serious setback in the fight against crime in Onitsha.
Uzor urged Gov. Peter Obi to ban okada riding in Onitsha, adding: ``The call to ban okada riding in Anambra has become imperative with the rising incidents of robbery using motorcycle as the means to escape.
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