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  • Peace, Stability Remains Sacrosanct says NPF

    By Rasheedah Makinde

    The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that peace and stability remain their priority for the betterment of Nigerians. 

    The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Abuja Headquarters, FPPRO, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi stated this while addressing newsmen during the presentation of the award to the overall winner of boxing and archery competitions of the 14th Biennial Nigeria Police Game, BIPOGA, 2024 at Ilaji Resort Akaran.

    Mr Adejobi said though there were security challenges in Nigeria, the Police were working assiduously to ensure that crime and criminality were reduced to the barest minimum.

    He said the current security situation in Nigeria was not getting worse but improving due to numerous efforts of the police and collaboration of other sister agencies to ensure that Nigerians sleep with their eyes closed.

    The FPRO said that most of the unfortunate incidents of insecurity being circulated on social media were old stories that were re-circulated to make people believe they were new or current incidents. 

     “You cannot see any conventional media house that will come out with these stories the way we have it on social media.”

    “The security situation in Nigeria is not bad, let’s always analyse the security situation in Nigeria based on empirical facts and not just on speculation,” 

    Mr Adejobi said that the Nigeria Police collate data and has information on the security situation in all its commands in Nigeria and would surely make it known to the Public if the security is worrisome.

     “We have issued a statement to tell Nigerians that most of the kidnapped cases were fake and have given instances and even paraded some suspects for Nigerians to know.”

    “It is not all situations that these incidents are real, some people fake and plan kidnapping to get ransom from their families.”

    “Let’s always differentiate and demarcate between the real and stage kidnap,”

    He explained that the force was not denying the facts that there were isolated cases of insecurity and the force has arrested and neutralized many kidnappers.

    The FPPRO stated further that the police and other security agencies in Nigeria would continue to collaborate and not relent in ensuring peace and security in Nigeria.

    He, therefore, called on Nigerians to continue giving out useful information to security agencies to collectively wage war against insecurity that poses a threat to the nation’s development.

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  • Police Image Makers Bag Awards of Excellence…Force Strategises Ahead of Elections

    The Nigeria Police Force has given Nigerians the assurance of a secured atmosphere before, during and after the 2023 general elections.

    The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba stated this in Ibadan at the opening of the annual conference of the Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officers and Strategic Communication Experts.

    The annual conference with the theme “Strengthening Strategic Communication Towards Police Reforms, Security and Integrity of 2023 Election” was to empower police image makers on matters relating to Election Management, Law Enforcement, and Communications.

    The IGP who spoke through the Deputy Inspector-General,1, of Police in charge of Southwest, Mr Babatunde Kokumo said the programme became necessary considering the task ahead of the elections.

    The IGP said the police public relations officers, remained the image makers of the force, hence the need to be well informed for strategic communication in the discharge of their civic responsibility.

    The Inspector General was of the opinion that training of officers and synergy among other security agencies would guarantee, free, fair and credible elections.

    In a remark, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed described the program as a necessary tool for peace and security.

    Represented by the Director of Production and Documentation in the ministry, Mr Ibidapo Okunnu, The Minister said it was important Police Public Relations Officers were well informed on the significance of strategic communications in dealing with the public, to reduce misinformation and fake news capable of heating up the polity.

    Earlier, In his address of welcome, the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi expressed optimism that the conference would equip officers with the needed skills, especially during the general elections.

    The highpoint of the conference was the conferment of awards of excellence on some police public relations officers who distinguished themselves in the line of duty.

    They include Adewale Osifeso from Oyo and Benjamin Hundeyin from Lagos State.

    The program, being attended by 37 Command Public Relations Officers covering the 36 States of the Federation and FCT, Abuja, 17 Zonal Public Relations Officers, Liaison Officers of Police Formations, as well as the staff officers of the Force Public Relations Department ends on Thursday, 15th December 2022.

    Rasheedah Makinde

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  • Lagos State Police Command Recovers Stolen OGHA Mace

    The police operatives attached to Trade Fair Station of the Lagos State Police Command on Friday recovered the missing mace of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, at Abule-Ado Area of the state at about 8.30am.

    A release by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of Lagos State Police Command, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi says the police operatives worked on intelligence from the members of the community that someone in a moving vehicle, suspected to be a Toyota Siena, threw out an object into the nearby bush and recovered the object which was later identified to be the Ogun State House of Assembly Mace.

    The mace had been allegedly stolen from the House of Assembly compex, Ogun State recently.

    It has been handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Mr Hakeem Odumosu, who later instructed the DCP State CID, Lagos State, Yetunde Longe, to protect the mace and liaise with the Ogun State Police Command on the return of the recovered mace to Ogun State.

    The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu however promised to assist the Ogun State Police Command in the investigation into the incident that led to the recovery of the mace. 

    Abisola Oluremi