The trending story of the murder of Afrobeat singer Mohbad and the controversy it has stirred compel a re-examination of the functionality, effectiveness, efficiency, professionalism and integrity of the Nigeria Police. The Mohbad case and others before it warrant a critical interrogation of some questions: is the Nigeria Police, as an institution, functional and ruled by professionalism and discipline? Does it have a track record for being prompt, thorough, impartial, honest, transparent, fair and diligent, in handling crimes and other incidents?
There is a grand plot at the Anambra State command of the Nigeria Police Force to kill 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Nnamdi Daniel Emeh, and to make excuses that he was trying to escape from cell, SaharaReporters has learnt. Top sources told SaharaReporters on Friday that some police officers planned to gun down the whistle blower instead of arraigning him in court because of the “volume of information” at his disposal which could implicate several police personnel.
A coalition of civil society organisations in Nigeria has asked the Nigerian police to release 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Nnamdi Daniel Emeh. Emeh was recently declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force on February 20, 2023 for allegedly impersonating an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Anambra State. He was said to have been arrested in a joint operation by INTERPOL operatives in Benin Republic and Nigeria on Friday, March 3, 2023.
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has written the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali over the arrest of a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Nnamdi Daniel Emeh. Emeh was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force on February 20, 2023, for allegedly impersonating an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Anambra State. He was said to have been arrested in a joint operation by INTERPOL operatives in the Benin Republic and Nigeria on Friday, March 3, 2023.