Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has hinted that those coming into the Force may be subjected to a psychiatric test. He also added that this may apply to serving officers too. Arase made this disclosure on Tuesday at the Nigeria Police Force Health Policy Revalidation meeting in Abuja. According to the police chief,…
Some residents of Egbeda and its environs have cried to authorities to come to their aids over the constant harassment they suffer in the hands of men of the Nigeria Police, who don’t respect their fundamental human rights. These residents, in a recent report published by Punch, urged the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase,…
Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal has ruled that the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase must produce Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Tribunal on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 to answer allegations levelled against him. The Judge ruled after resuming from a short adjournment on Monday, September 21, 2015 that…
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has named Acting ACP Olabisi Alofe Kolawole as the new Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO. Kolawole’s appointment was announced Friday in Abuja via a press statement issued by Deputy Force spokesman, CSP Abayomi Shogunle. She is taking over from Emmanuel Ojukwu, who is now the Commissioner of Police,…
Over the period, the police authorities have stressed that the payment for bail at police stations is illegal. Again, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has stated that it is improper for police officers to request for money from suspects for bail. Arase warned that he will no longer accept such from his…