More than two years after he was declared missing, the court has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to pay a sum of N20 million to the family of a Police
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The family of Emmanuel Gene, a police constable attached to the Ogun State Police Command, has blamed a Divisional Police Officer, Kazeem Solatan, for his disappearance.
They also faulted the police command over its failure to rescue their family member.
Hoodlums had attacked some policemen in Ijebu-Igbo on December 1.
The gang was also reported to have abducted four policemen and shot Solatan in an attack on the security operatives at Aba Tuntun, a community in Ijebu-Igbo, in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
It was claimed that the traditional ruler of the community had earlier petitioned the police, complaining that some people in his domain were in possession of firearms, which they used to terrorise the villagers.
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The family of a policeman, Constable Emmanuel Gene, have cried out over the failure of the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command to rescue their missing son, more than a week after he was allegedly abducted.
The missing officer, an indigene of Tube, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State is serving at the Ijebu-Igbo divisional police headquarters.
DAILY POST reported on Saturday that some villagers in Aba Tuntun, a remote village in Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun had attacked the police, who were in the community to arrest some hoodlums.
The Command confirmed that five policemen were kidnapped by the said villagers but Gene is the only one yet to be rescued.