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Hits: 115 The second prosecution witness called in the trial of four dismissed officers over alleged torture of five Ikokwu mechanics testified on Friday of how they were tortured. The second prosecution witness called in the trial of four dismissed officers over alleged torture of five Ikokwu mechanics testified on Friday of how they were tortured. The witness, Ifeanyi Osuji, who took the witness box and testified said they were allegedly tortured with machete by the police. He also said the police had collected money on them including phones. The witness said that they were arrested while driving against the traffic on Agip flyover. ....
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the level of borrowing being made by the Buhari- led administration is not unreasonable and is equally not high. Speaking at a media briefing at the State House Abuja on Thursday while reacting to criticism regarding high levels of borrowing by the Buhari-led administration, Ahmed said that Nigeria cannot make progress if it doesn’t borrow to fund the building of its infrastructure. According to her, “the country will not only regress but be left behind if we fail to improve our business environment.” “The level of borrowing is not unreasonable and it is not high. If we say we will not borrow it simply means that we won’t be building major infrastructure until our revenue rises enough and we will regress as a country. ....
Rivers police disbands E-Crack unit Published The Rivers State Police Command has disbanded one of its Tactical Units, Eagle Crack Unit over the illegal activities of its men. The E-Crack Unit became the new Special Anti-Robbery Squad because of their notoriety especially with regard to the violation of human rights. The E-Crack Unit also currently occupies the building of the defunct F0 SARS at Rukpokwu, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The latest incident involved the extortion of three undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt where E-Crack officers led the students to an ATM to make cash transfer of N150,000. ....
Details of how E-Crack officers in Rivers allegedly extorted UNIPORT students at ATM point Published Officers of a Tactical Unit in the Rivers State Police Command, Eagle Crack Unit gave themselves away after an alleged shady operation involving students of the University of Port Harcourt. Three undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt accused officers of the Eagle Crack Unit of extorting 150,000 Naira over allegation that they were internet fraudsters, ‘Yahoo Boys’. An officer of the E-Crack Unit after the alleged false arrest of the students left his mobile phone in the car. One of the victims who identified himself as Victor, a final year student of Uniport told DAILY POST that he and “his friends went out to get food around past 11pm on Tuesday, the 16th of February 2021 around Rumualogu/Alakahia car wash here in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area when the officers accosted us for a stop and search. ....
Vanguard News Translate Home » News » Torture to death: CSOs give Rivers govt 14 days to open trial on accused Police Commander, IPO Torture to death: CSOs give Rivers govt 14 days to open trial on accused Police Commander, IPO On By Egufe Yafugborhi, PORT HARCOURT THE Coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organisations (CCCSO) has given Rivers State Attorney General 14 days to open trial against Superintendent of Police (SP), Benson Abisoye and the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), for alleged torture to death of Chima Ikwunado in Port Harcourt back in 2019. At a briefing Wednesday in Port Harcourt, to express worry over repeated cases of police brutality and extrajudicial murders in Rivers, CCCSO, said it would escalate a second wave of national and global anger on the case of Ikwunado if the Rivers Attorney General and other relevant authorities ignored the two weeks ultimatum. ....