Gunmen Kill Police Inspector In Niger

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Some yet to be identified gunmen on Monday killed a Police inspector in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, North Central Nigeria.The gunmen who reportedly came on a motor bike opened fire on an advancing police patrol team and in the process killed the Inspector who was leading the team and carted away his rifle. Confirming the incident to Channels Television in Minna, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Richard Oguche admitted that the gunmen took the patrol team by surprise which resulted in the death of the police officer.

Although, Mr. Oguche refused to give the name of the deceased, he revealed that the command has arrested 50 suspects in connection to the attack. He added that investigation was still on-going.

Northern elders part of Nigeria’s problems – Ex-IG

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Former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta
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A former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta, on Wednesday accused members of the Northern Elders Forum of sowing seeds of discord in the country.

Specifically, he accused the elders of causing confusion in the polity in order to discredit the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Responding to a comment credited to the NEF that the Jonathan administration was worse than that of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the former police boss accused the northern elders of being hypocritical in their assessment.

Jimeta said instead of seeking real solutions to the nation’s problems, the elders “chose cowardly path to create confusion and mistrust.”

He said in a statement, “As for the unfortunate comment credited to the Northern Elders Forum that Jonathan’s government is worse than Obasanjo, it is disappointing to note that other Nigerians who should have been steering the course of nation building decided to pull those pillars down by sowing the seeds of enmity and political hypocrisy in order to distract Nigerians from the truth.

“Rather than rolling up their sleeves to actively find solutions to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians, they chose to pull us backward again and force us to play the blame game. The hydra-headed monster of collective responsibility in the nation’s down fall also has thousands of fingers pointing at those who sit in judgment in the Northern Elders’ Forum.”

Comparing the administrations of Jonathan and Obasanjo, he said, “How short is the memory of these Nigerians that they would choose to sweep away the cases of massive corruption that plagued the Obasanjo administration or the flagrant disregard of court judgments?

“What about the elections that brought the violent ethnic and religious crisis? The Jos and Kaduna crises all happened under his watch. Have they so easily forgotten the crisis in the aviation industry that saw a season of death through multiple air crashes?”

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Nigeria’s policemen are least paid in the world – IG

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday said Nigeria’s policemen are the least paid in the world.

The IG made the startling revelation at the opening of the renovated Peacekeeping Hall at the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja.

“This is the only country in the world that police are least paid; this is the only country in the world that the police welfare is least considered.

“Our officers and men have made Nigeria proud at all times and at all places they served and are serving. 

If we were able to do it outside, why are we failing here? We are not able to do it here because of the lack of equipment,” he said.

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