The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore, alleged that the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has been removed from office. Sowore claimed that Egbetokun had been replaced by a senior officer currently serving at the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, FCIID, in Lagos. He, however,…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Nkechi Eze, as the first Director of the newly established Directorate of Force Medical Services. In a statement on Thursday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said Assistant Inspector-General of Police Eze’s appointment follows the recent upgrade of…
The Nigeria Police have reactivated the issuance of Tinted Glass Permits, TGP, nationwide using a digital platform. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. “The Nigeria Police Force, under the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has reactivated…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun today expressed worries over what he termed the “unwarranted and unethical” practice of transferring ongoing cases and the misuse of public offices by certain officers. The IGP warned that any officer found engaging in the indiscriminate transfer of case files or misusing their office will henceforth “face…
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…