An FCT High Court has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, to pay N1 million each to four men for detaining them for more than 14 days as approved by a remand order, thereby violating their fundamental human rights.
The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, a civil society group, has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, and the Inspector-General of Police over alleged brutalization of a resident of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has ordered Special X-Squad Teams to commence the removal of all such illegal blockage and other obstructions on public highways and roads.
Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has said that the Police force will recruit at least 10,000 personnel every year to boost its operations.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has sent in Police Special Forces to the troubled areas in Southern Kaduna in order to prevent the violence there from further escalating.
