By Laleye Dipo in Minna
The Nigerian military has announced its readiness to carry out a major operation against kidnappers and other undesirable elements in the Kwangai forests of Niger State.
The Former Niger Police Commissioner, Mr. Adamu Usman, disclosed this while speaking at a send forth organised in his honour by the Niger State Police Command following his elevation to the rank of an Assistant Inspector General of Police.
Usman, who said his major regret in his two year stint in Niger State was the inability of the command to flush out bandits from the different forests in the state.
Niger Police Command has debunked reports Registrar of National Examination Council(NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma was assassinated by gunmen in Minna. The Police, in a statement by its spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said the reports are “totally false, untrue and a pure piece of fake news.” Many media organisations had reported Obioma.The Advocate
Man arrested in Niger for allegedly raping 4 minors ― Police
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The Niger Police Command says it has arrested one Festus Okeke of Ishau village, for having unlawful sexual intercourse with four minors in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Adamu Usman, the State Commissioner of Police, who disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Minna, on Wednesday, said police operatives attached to Kafin -Koro division arrested the suspect on April 17, at about 11.00 am.
Usman said that the suspect lured four under-aged girls into his shop at Ishau village, during and after the Easter celebration, and raped them.
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The Niger Police Command says it has arrested one Festus Okeke of Ishau village, for having unlawful sexual intercourse with four minors in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Adamu Usman, the State Commissioner of Police, who disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Minna, on Wednesday, said police operatives attached to Kafin -Koro division arrested the suspect on April 17, at about 11.00 am.
Usman said that the suspect lured four under-aged girls into his shop at Ishau village, during and after the Easter celebration, and raped them.
“The suspect had carnal knowledge of the two girls, while he fiddled with private parts of the other two girls with his finger. The victims are between the ages of 10 years and 13 years,” he said.