Tag: Bala Ciroma
FCT Police launch operation to clampdown on tinted vehicles, covered number plates
April 30, 2021 The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Joint Security Team has launched an operation to clampdown on the use of unauthorised covered number plates and tinted vehicles. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the territory, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Yusuf said the team which is ...FCT Police says no attack on University of Abuja
April 28, 2021 The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says there is no report of attack by bandits on the University of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. She said the clarification followed purported reports in some ...CACOVID: FCT minister orders arrest, prosecution of looters
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has ordered the arrest and prosecution of the people who break the FCT warehouse in Gwagwalada Area Council and looted the food items in the store. Bello gave the order during an emergency security meeting with leaders of various security agencies in the city, on Monday in Abuja. The ...#EndSARS protest: 5 cars destroyed as rival youths group clash in Abuja
Five cars were vandalised in Abuja on Wednesday when rival youth groups clashed over the #EndSARS protests. The Commissioner for Police in the FCT, Mr. Bala Ciroma, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said that the incident caused a traffic gridlock around the area. “There were exchanges between groups opposed to the protests and others ...FCT police confirms arrest of Traditional ruler, secretary arrested over murder of officer
The FCT Police Command has arrested the Chief of Ushafa in Bwari Area Council, Alhaji Mohammed Baba, following the alleged killing of a police officer by a mob at his palace. The command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Anjuguri Manzah disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the secretary to the ...Police condemn killing, suicide by inspector in FCT, orders probe into the incident
The Nigeria Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command on Sunday condemned the killing of a Police Corporal by an inspector who later committed suicide in FCT. A statement by ASP Mariam Yusuf in Abuja said the incident happened on Saturday at the Police Divisional Headquarters in Dutse Alhaji area of the territory. She said that ...Tragedy as Police inspector shoots colleague dead, commits suicide
Tragedy struck in the Dutse area of Abuja on Saturday as a police inspector, John Markus, killed his colleague and later committed suicide. The incident which occurred very early in the morning at the Dutse Police Divisional Headquarters also left another police officer injured. The incident occurred as Markus who was said to be on ...Police arrest suspect in Nigeria’s first ever Bitcoin ransom kidnap, $15,000 paid
The Nigerian Police Force, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has tracked down and arrested the main suspect in connection with the kidnap incident involving an exchange of bitcoins worth $15,000 ransom, which was the first of its kind. This is coming as security sources have alleged growing insider connections to most kidnap incidents involving prominent ...Police quiz, detain Abbo as yet another victim opens up
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command confirmed the detention of Senator Elisha Abbo on Thursday, for allegedly assaulting a nursing mother in an adult toy shop in Abuja. Abbo, who went to the command in response to the police summons, was taken into custody as part of investigations into the incident. The FCT Police Commissioner, ...Ogar Jumbo: IGP Orders Conduct of Immediate Autopsy on Cause of Death
IGP, Mohammed Adamu The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has directed the FCT Command Commissioner of Police, CP Bala Ciroma to conduct immediate autopsy to ascertain the cause of death of late Ogar Jumbo, an Assistant Superintendent of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The IGP stated this while commiserating with ...
