Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has warned that it is implicating to be seen with flags of other countries while on protest. Egbetokun also warned Nigerian youths to desist from accepting foreign flags from agents of destabilization. He stated this during a press briefing on national security on Tuesday amid nationwide protests against…
The Senate has passed an amendment Bill which seeks to enable a person appointed to the office of Inspector-General of Police to remain in office until the end of the term stipulated in the letter of appointment. A Bill for an Act to Amend the Police Act and for related matters (SB. 551) was presented…
The Nigeria Police Force has said the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has no business meddling with land cases or other civil matters. According to a statement issued, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, also refuted the allegations made against Egbetokun in connection with a land dispute involving one Bilikisu Aliyu and…
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an immediate suspension of the July 29 plan to commence the enforcement of the e-Central Motor Registry (e-CMR). The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Adejobi said the suspension was to give ample opportunity for…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the enforcement of the digitalized Central Motor Registry beginning from July 29, 2024. This, according to the police boss, is to modernize and digitize the motor vehicle registration system, bolstering the nation’s safety and security framework. The e-CMR is an advanced, real-time online repository of motor…
Following the destruction of farmlands belonging to Oge Community and burning of farm produce such as Yam, Cocoyam, Maize and Cassava by suspected agents of Ayegunle community in Akoko, Ondo state over land tussle, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has been urged to urgently intervene to avoid a bloodbath. Already, the Oge Community/Kingdom…
The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission, has called on President Bola Tinubu, to relieve the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over his alleged meddlesomeness in the recent recruitment of police constables. While speaking to newsmen today in Abuja, the union also alleged that some top officers within the Nigerian Police Force,…
Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has ordered the Inspector General of Police, the Police Service Commission and three others to pay a housewife in Uyo, Peace Ekom Robert, the sum of N200 million as damages for her unlawful arrest and detention. The presiding judge, Justice Ntong Ntong gave the order today in a…
The Nigeria Police Force have said the Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has never withdrawn police officers attached to important personalities in the country. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, clarified that the IGP only withdrew Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel from certain important personalities. According to Adejobi, the…
The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP). Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this after police council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The Bauchi governor also said that President Bola Tinubu, who chaired the police council meeting, intervened in the…