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My predecessors left with 22 police vehicles, says Arase.

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Solomon Arase, former inspector-general of police (IGP), has revealed that Mohammed Abubakar and Suleiman Abba, his predecessors, took 22 vehicles of the force away at the end of their service.

According to PUNCH, Arase said this in response to the claim of Ibrahim Idris, the incumbent IGP, that he took 24 vehicles while retiring.

Back in July, Idris had said Arase illegally took away 24 vehicles, and that he had written to him to return them to avoid sanction.

Arase had denied doing so, and in turn accused his successor of vilifying him.

But in a letter dated December 1, Arase advised Idris to avoid engaging in acts that could bring any past occupant of that office to public ridicule.

Arase pointed out that in his time, he ensured that Force Order 295 was put in place to protect ex-IGs from being demeaned.

He said it was in the spirit of this order that he desisted from ridiculing the last two IGs before him even though he knew that they each went away with 13 and nine police vehicles respectively when leaving office.

Arase said rather than denigrate Abba, who he succeeded, he indeed initiated actions and bought a brand new bulletproof jeep for the sacked IG despite the fact that Abba’s administration left a debt of N28bn for him to contend with.

He urged Idris to put the integrity and honour of the Nigeria Police Force first in any action he might want to take so that the force would not be exposed to public ridicule.

“I expect that former occupants of the office of the Inspector-General of Police should not be demeaned. This explains why Force Order 295 was emplaced by the force management under my leadership as acknowledged in your letter in reference,” he wrote.

“In spite of the emplacement of this order and despite the fact that my two immediate predecessors left office with 13 and nine vehicles of different makes and models respectively, I never pressurised either of them to return any of such vehicles neither did I engage in any act that was capable of bringing them to ridicule as being done to me of late by a force I dedicated my life to serving up to the highest level.

“Rather, it is on record that I went the extra mile to source for funds and initiated actions towards purchasing a brand new bulletproof jeep for my immediate predecessor, even after his retirement from service. This was done notwithstanding the fact that I inherited and had to manage a huge debt profile of about N28bn, which limited the financial base of the force at the time.”

Abubakar retired in 2014, while former President Goodluck Jonathan sacked Abba in April 2015.

IG Deploys 5000 Policemen For Bayelsa Governorship Re-run Election

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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase has deployed over 5,000 policemen for the Nov. 9 Bayelsa governorship Supplementary election in seven Local Government Areas.

 
This is contained in statement issued by the Force spokesperson, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja on Wednesday.

 
It said that adequate security logistics and manpower have been strategically deployed to achieve a most conducive electioneering atmosphere.

 
The statement said that a Deputy Inspector-General of Police had also been deployed to supervise security arrangements during the election.

 
It stated that he would be assisted by an Assistant Inspector-General of Police and three Commissioners of Police.

 
The statement said that extensive security operations had began in the state, including the deployment of detectives and surveillance helicopters for aerial patrols.

 
It said that gunboats and speed boats would complement the Police Marine Unit to convey security personnel and election materials to riverine communities.

 
The statement said that armed personnel from Police Mobile Force, Special Protection Unit as well as Counter Terrorism Unit were on ground to support the ongoing security operations in the State.

 
It stated that the I-G had placed a ban on movements in and out of the LGAs where elections would hold with effect from 6 a.m. to 6p.m. on the day of the election.

 
The statement said that the measure was to restrict the influx and movement of undesirable and criminal elements in and out of the affected Local Government Areas before and during the election.

 
It enjoined the citizens to come out enmasse to exercise their civic right, as the Police, assisted by other security agencies, would provide adequate security for them.

 
The statement advised them to shun violence and all forms of thuggery, as the full weight of the law would take its course on anyone apprehended.

 
It regretted any inconveniences that road users and the general public may suffer as a result of this restriction.

 

 

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IG Orders Strict Monitoring Of Firearms Usage By Officers

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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase, on Wednesday called on senior police officers to monitor strictly the use of firearms and ammunition by officers under them.

 

The Force Police Public Relations Officer (FPPRO), ACP Olabisi Kolawole, disclosed the I-G’s order in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

 

Kolawole said the order was sequel to some alleged killings by drunken and trigger-happy policemen in different parts of the country.

 

He said that Arase expressed sadness over unlawful killings and restated the need for Assistant Inspectors-General, Commissioners and Area Commanders of various commands and units to monitor strictly the usage of firearms.

 

According to him, police personnel are supposed to account for arms and ammunition signed out to him or her to the supervisor.

 

“No policeman is allowed to dispense any bullet without accounting for it to the supervising officer. No police man is allowed to kill unlawfully. It is an offence to be drunk while in uniform and carrying gun.

 

Policemen have been trained on how and when to use the fire arms,’’ Kolawole told NAN on telephone.

 

“They are not allowed to shoot indiscriminately. Policemen attached to anybody can only use firearms if the person they are attached to is in danger.

 

It is wrong for a policeman attached to an individual to start shooting into the air in a party or any other function where nobody is under threat.

 

Any one caught doing so unlawfully will face the law. The supervising officers are advised to monitor their men because they will answer questions if anything goes wrong.’’

 

On the policemen that have allegedly killed, the police boss said they would face the law after dismissal.

NAN recalls that within the last one week, a drunken Police Sergeant killed three friends and himself in Lagos, while another killed three persons in Enugu State.

 

 

(NAN)

Nigeria Police Force Set To Establish A Complaint Response Unit

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Inspector General Of Police, Solomon Arase has approved the setting up of a Complaint Response Unit (CRU). The 24/7 multi-platform which will be officially launched on Friday, November 13, is aimed at promptly addressing real time complaints, concerns and queries regarding activities of officers and men of the Nigerian Police Force.

 

Briefing journalists at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, CSP Abayomi Shogunle, Officer in charge of (CRU) said the initiative is “community- oriented complaint management system” and is aimed at winning public trust and confidence as police forces all over the world are becoming more open to the citizens and the public.

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He also noted that the Unit is designed to provide a veritable platform for the public, to report rising cases of professional misconduct by police officers, such as torture, extortion, and taking undue advantage of the public.

 

CSP Shogunle added that the unit will be operational in all the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with the central control Room situated in Abuja Nigeria.
“What the police leadership has done by establishing this unit, is to send a signal that…the era of impunity is over, and that professional misconducts by police officers will no longer be tolerated, and they are not supported by the management of the Nigeria Police Force.” Shogunle said

 

“It is also to show that necessary actions are being taken by the force to ensure that the gap that existed between the police and the citizens, are closed up.”

 

CSP Abayomi Shogunle also disclosed that the unit would be composed of detectives from all over the federation; Investigators, Provost departments, while every police station will have an officer from CRU attached to it to treat injustices meted out to Nigerians by the police and report back to force headquarters within 24 hours.

 

 

CSP Abayomi Shongunle who is the Officer in-charge, Further explained that, the establishment of the unit was part of the Inspector General of Police’s strategic policing plan to use cutting edge technology such as smartphones and internet.

 

Measures to protect the identity of the complainant, detecting false information and ensure that complainants get justice.

He stressed that every report will be verified, investigated and feedback to the appropriate quarters. He assured that the posters and flyers will be in all police stations and would be in all three major Nigerian languages and pidgin English.

 

(NAN)

 

Nigeria Police Force reduces governors’ security detail from 150 to 62

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The Nigeria Police has reduced the number of security detail attached to Governors in obedience to the admonition of President Muhammadu Buhari for it to prune down the number of personnel attached to VIPs.

 

This followed the reorganisation of the functions of police officers and men, which has led to police security attached to the governors being reduced to a maximum of 62 men – which is a unit – from the 150 policemen which some governors used to have to secure them.

 

Disclosing this in Lagos over the weekend, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase expressed worries that too many of their officers and men were doing jobs other than their core police duties, yet they were being promoted.

 

 

“When these people now have to be deployed from these special assignments back to their core duties, they may have lost touch,” he said.

 

He explained that this necessitated the decision to withdrawal security from unauthorised persons who use police orderlies for personal aggrandisement rather than as a result of a real threat to their lives. Such people, he said, should find other ways to secure themselves.

 

Arase further disclosed that deployment of policemen for guard duties had ensured that out of the about 305, 000 policemen engaged by the government, only about 150,000 were available for core duties.

 

“Nigerian Police Force Needs Financing To Carry Out Recruitment” -IG

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The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said the Force is making moves to raise funds to recruit more Nigerians into the organisation.

Arase said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a world media briefing to announce the forthcoming National Summit on Security, put together in conjunction with the Sun Newspapers.

The IG, who was represented by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said Nigerians desired a mass recruitment of personnel to bridge the huge deficit of policemen to secure the large population in the country.

He pointed out that the summit would address issues affecting the police, adding that the aim of the event was to let the nation know that everyone had a role to play in policing the country.

Arase said, “We are making moves for funding to embark on recruitment. Recruitment is good for everybody, it will help the general system. So many youths who are not employed can be recruited and the more number we have, the better.

“But the emphasis of this summit is that every Nigerian is actually a policeman; you have a role to play; there is no way you are going to have policemen enough to police the country. There are many issues plaguing this country now and I know that if you solve the security aspect, a lot more will be appropriately dealt with.”

In another development, the police have renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with the authorities of a private university, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State.

According to a statement by Ojukwu, the move became necessary due to the desire of the IG to equip police officers with “the knowledge that will put them ahead of criminals, in fields such as intelligence and security studies.”

Police Arrest Ikorodu Bank Robbers

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Four members of the robbery gang that raided two banks in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on 24 June, have been arrested, the police claimed.

The gang had robbed First Bank and a new generation at Ogolonto and carted away huge sums of money.

The police in Lagos in the aftermath of the public outrage triggered by the robbery and the manner of escape via the Ikorodu lagoon, offered a N5 million reward for information.

Scene of the bank robbery in Ikorodu

But no sooner after the robbery, one of the suspects ran into a military checkpoint on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. He was on his way to Okitipupa. But after the soldiers found in his bag bundles of crisp naira notes, still wrapped in CBN nylon, he was promptly arrested.

The soldiers alerted the Lagos command on the development.

The Lagos Command under Kayode Aderanti raced to pick the suspect.

Further interrogation led to the arrest of three other members of the gang.

There is certainly more work to be done as witnesses had said the gang members were about 12, led by a young woman, with an estimated age of 20.

Ahead Of May 29, Police Boss Beefs Up Security Around Key Installations Nationwide

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered that security be beefed up around key and vulnerable installations ahead of the 29th May inauguration.

According to a statement issued by the Police Spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, Zonal Assistant Inspector Generals (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CP) in States were specifically ordered to take steps to protect critical infrastructure like mega filling stations, major hotels, National/State Houses of Assembly and the Eagle Square.

The Police said this has become imperative to ward off possible plans by insurgents to carry out widespread violence and coordinated attacks on those installations and public places ahead of the handover.

According to the statement, the insurgents may be planning to undermine the Presidential/Governorship inauguration/swearing-in ceremonies nationwide.

Arase also read the riot act to all Police Officers, saying the force will not condone any act of corruption or indiscipline.

Addressing Officers and men of the force in Abuja, the IGP said that the force is working towards improving the welfare and working conditions of policemen, warning that anyone caught sabotaging the efforts of the force will be made to face the full weight of the law.

He urged policemen attached to politically exposed persons to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times.

–Huhuonline

Meet Nigeria’s New Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase

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Solomon Arase, the new Acting Inspector General of Police,  was, until his appointment, the Head of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department,

The apex intelligence gathering arm of the Nigerian police,  the Force CID is the only arm of the police that provides Intelligence on Crime and National Security.

Mr. Arase enlisted into the Nigerian Police in 1981 after graduating from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1980, with a degree in Political Science.

A lawyer, Mr. Arase also has a Bachelor of Law degree and Masters of Law from the University of Benin and University of Lagos respectively.

He attended the Nigerian Law school and was called to the bar in 2000.

He also has a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan.

Mr. Arase has served in various commands and formations of the Nigerian police, including being the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State.

He was also an Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Bureau.

He served at the United Nations Mission in Namibia and is a Fellow of the Nigerian Defence College.

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