Month: June 2021
An 18-year-old undergraduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has told SaharaReporters how he was beaten by operatives of te Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), who also extorted N5,000 from him in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State. The student was in the Ekiti State capital to visit his brother, an undergraduate of the […]
The Police in Osun on Sunday confirmed the arrest and detention of two of its personnel in a viral video torturing a woman in Iwo, while enforcing the Covid-19 lockdown order in the state. DSP Yemisi Opalola, the Osun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the development in a statement in Osogbo. Opalola said the […]
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered local government officials to flog residents of the state found moving around in public without wearing a face mask. Speaking at a stakeholder meeting on Wednesday, in Abakaliki, the state capital, Umahi reportedly said that it was important for residents to use face masks to halt the […]
One Ifeanyi Okafor, said to be a 20-year-old boy, yesterday, met his untimely death, as a Police Sergeant, Mr. Abu Itam, was said to have shot him (Okafor), dead. The incident took place, at Okigwe-Owerri expressway, close to Okwelle Police Divisional headquarters. The incident which was said to have happened around 5 am generated demonstrations […]
Pandemonium broke out at Agulu, in the Awka area of Anambra State on Tuesday after a bribe-seeking policeman shot dead a businessman, Chinonso Onyeme. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 30-year-old was with his friends in a Toyota Sienna when the incident happened around 1pm. A family member of the father of four, who spoke to our […]
Policemen attached to Operation Burst, the Oyo State anti-crime outfit, have allegedly killed a man at Pete’s Bar and Lounge of the Trans Amusement Park, Bodija Area of Ibadan, during an argument. The man, Taye Adeleke was allegedly shot dead on Monday during an argument over a parking space at the park. PM NEWS gathered […]
A petrol attendant, Chibuisi Okameme, was on Sunday shot dead allegedly by a policeman, Inspector Stanley Asu. The incident occurred opposite the Greenmac Energy Limited filling station on the New Umuahia Road, Ogborhill area of the Aba North Local Government Area of Abia State. PUNCH Metro gathered that a diabetic patient was on his way to […]
”The incident happened when police operatives and members of the Civilian Joint Taskforce attempted to disperse traders who defied the lockdown in those areas. It was gathered that a fight ensued between the JTF members and the traders when the local vigilante group also joined to disperse the traders who converged at a temporary market […]
Security operatives in Calabar, have been accused of beating a taxi driver to death for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. In an evidenced-based video, one, Ayebe Christopher took to his Instagram account to share, see here and write: “WHO said only wear Mask if you’re sick or taking care of a sick person […]
14-year-old Tina Ezekwe was shot dead by a trigger-happy police officer at the Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos State. The incident happened as the police officer tried to arrest a bus driver for defying curfew time and lockdown rules. One Yakubu Musa was also injured by the stray bullets fired by the erring policemen. Action Taken […]
Two youths were on Tuesday shot dead at the New Tire Market Area of Nkpor, Anambra State by the Policemen enforcing the restriction movement over the Coronavirus pandemic. However angry residents of the area embarked on a protest against the shooting to death of two youths by Police over an argument. According to an eye […]
Hundreds of aggrieved women took to the streets of Sapele, Delta State on Wednesday in a peaceful protest to demonstrate their discontent with the extended two weeks lockdown on the state by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over the coronavirus pandemic. The protesting women anchored their grievances on the allegation that the Governor Okowa led government had […]