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International Student Lands in Hospital After Police Beat Him Up in Kwara + Video

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The assaulted man

Police officers attached to Ilorin F Division Police Station, Kwara State, have been accused of assaulting a young man who committed no crime.

In a viral video, the young man, now in the hospital, said that the police dumped him in front of his hostel after beating him.

The young man, who is also an international student, said that the police arrested him and two of his friends on Tuesday but let one go free because they knew him.

He said the police forced him and his friend into their van before searching their phones, and that when the officers found nothing incriminating on their phones, they asked his friend why he was not into internet fraud.

“They asked him why he was not doing ‘Yahoo’. That was the first question. I told my friend not to answer them. Before I knew it, they started beating me inside the vehicle. They started punching my stomach,” the student said in the video.

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He said that even though he started having attacks because of the punches he received in the stomach, the officers took the two of them to their station, where they confiscated their phones and then threw them into the cell.

He said he became ‘unconscious’ inside the cell and then the officers dumped him in front of his hostel.

“I was so unconscious inside the cell that I couldn’t even feel my legs. Then after about 30 minutes in the cell, they brought me out and said they would take me to my hostel,” he said.

The caretaker of the hostel said in the video that immediately after the police officers dropped the student in front of the hostel, he fell to the ground and lay there.

The caretaker stated that he speedily carried the student on his shoulders to the hospital while the police officers watched him.

FIJ called SP Okasanmi Ajayi, Kwara State Police spokesperson, but his line was busy. He had also not responded to a text message sent to his phone at press time.

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Police nab fake inspector, recover stolen cars

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Rivers State Police Commissioner, Olatunji Dosu

Police nab fake inspector, recover stolen cars

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a fake Inspector who engages in armed robbery and car snatching, among other crimes. 

This was disclosed by the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Olatunji Dosu while parading the suspect among other suspected criminals on Wednesday.

According to the Dosu, Monday Igbali, the fake inspector, was a former sergeant who was dismissed after being charged in a kidnapping case in 2021.

He noted that three fancy cars were recovered from Igbali, who runs a gang of five criminals.

Dosu states, “The command commenced an investigation in response to a report filed on August 11, 2023, by one Fibika Kingsley that his Lexus EX330 had been stolen at gunpoint along Agip Road by five gunmen.’’

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“The investigations led to the arrest of one Monday Igbali, aged 43, a native of Okwuzi in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA of Rivers State.

“He is a former police sergeant who was dismissed after being indicted in a kidnapping case in 2021.

“Since his dismissal, he has continued to parade himself as a police officer, even claiming to be an Inspector of Police, a rank he did not attain before his dismissal.

“He works with a gang of five, with four gang members still at large.

“He has robbed a total of nine cars and sold them for between N1.3m and N2.5m each. He was arrested on March 8, 2024, at his home in Chokocho, Etche, after the police conducted due surveillance following investigations.

“We have recovered three cars from him: a Lexus 330, a Lexus IS250, and a Toyota Highlander.”

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Breaking: Military releases FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji

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Breaking: Military releases FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji

The military has finally released Segun Olatunji, editor of FirstNews, who has been in their custody since March 15.

Olatunji was released on Thursday to Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) General Secretary Iyobosa Uwugiaren and The Nation Deputy Editor Yomi Odunuga under a bridge in Asokoro, Abuja.

It was also learnt that the documents for his release were signed inside a security vehicle with heavily armed operatives.

The security agents were said to be masked and the number plates of their vehicles covered up.

The editor was abducted by armed men in his home in Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos, on March 15.

His family members were kept in the dark on his whereabouts and why he was arrested.

Several groups, including the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild of Editors, almost daily mounted pressure on the government for Olatunji’s release.

On Wednesday, the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute said the journalist was in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).

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BREAKING: Court orders military to release 313 suspected terrorists

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BREAKING: Court orders military to release 313 suspected terrorists

A Federal High Court in Borno State has ordered the release of at least 313 suspected terrorists detained by the military.

The court ordered their release due to a lack of evidence to charge the suspects after the investigation.

Maj. Gen. Buba Edward, the Director of Defence Media Operations, announced this during the operational briefing on Thursday in Abuja.

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He said, “The court ordered the release for want of evidence after the conclusion of investigation and other ancillary matters.

“Accordingly, they would be handed over to the Borno State Government for further action.”

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