Muhammed O. Awwal

@policeng_cru

[POLICE COMPLAINT @PoliceNG_CRU]

IGP Warns Nigerians: Both Police Officers Demanding Bail Money And Those Paying Will Face Prosecution

The Nigeria Police Force has issued a strong warning against the collection of money for bail, declaring that both officers who demand or accept such payments and individuals

[Asznee @Asznee_0101]

@PoliceNG_CRU God bless CRU

[POLICE COMPLAINT @PoliceNG_CRU]

@PoliceNG_CRU Affirms Rising Public Trust For @PoliceNG.

#PoliceIsYourFriend #NoToImpunity

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@TunjiDisu1 @CspIniedu @SPAwuFidelisJ

[POLICE COMPLAINT @PoliceNG_CRU]

Fighting impunity to a standstill is the core mandate of @PoliceNG_CRU under the leadership of the 23rd indigenous Inspector-General of @PoliceNG, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc (+), NPM.
#NoToImpunity
@TunjiDisu1 @CspIniedu @SPAwuFidelisJ

[Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG]

🚨 TRENDING TODAY: NPF 48HR OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES 🚨

Kindly find below the Top 15 State-by-State Executive Summary of @policeNG Operational Successes for 21st and 22nd October, 2026:

1. KANO STATE: ARREST OF 7 SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF AK-47 RIFLE, AMMUNITION AND KIDNAP PROCEEDS
✅ Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad arrested 7 suspects at Bawaje Forest, Bebeji LGA.
✅ Exhibits recovered include 1 AK-47 rifle (Breech No. 9490) with 1 magazine and 18 rounds of live ammunition, 2 motorcycles, 33 cows, 30 sheep and ₦730,500 cash suspected to be kidnap proceeds.
✅ Tracking efforts are continuing for the fleeing principal suspect and gang members.

🔹 Status: SCID Bompa Investigating.

2. KOGI STATE: ARREST OF TWELVE (12) SUSPECTED CULTISTS
✅ In compliance with Operation Order No. 25/2026, Area Commander Ajaokuta led a joint intelligence-led flush-out operation to identified cultists’ hideouts.
✅ Twelve suspects were arrested during the raid.
✅ The suspects have been transferred to VCRU Lokoja for discreet investigation.

🔹 Status: VCRU Lokoja Investigating.

3. ZAMFARA STATE: RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED VICTIM / NEUTRALIZATION OF ONE BANDIT
✅ Combined security teams rescued Labaran Bawa unhurt and reunited him with his family in Maguru Village, Kaura Namoda LGA.
✅ In a related operation at Ruwan Doruwa Village, Maru LGA, operatives engaged armed bandits in a fierce gun battle, neutralizing 1 bandit and forcing the rest to flee.
✅ Continuous pursuit is ongoing to rescue other abducted victims and arrest the culprits.

🔹 Status: SCID Gusau Investigating.

4. DELTA STATE: RAID / RECOVERY OF FIREARM AND TWENTY-FOUR ROUNDS OF LIVE CARTRIDGES
✅ Operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit (SAKU) Sector III Ubuluku raided the residence of Richard Nmorsi (62) at Ekuku-Agbor Community, Ika South LGA.
✅ Execution of a search warrant yielded 1 serviceable locally fabricated single-barrelled firearm, 24 live cartridges and substances suspected to be Indian hemp.
✅ The suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

🔹 Status: SCID Asaba Investigating.

5. LAGOS STATE: DISMANTLING OF CAR THEFT SYNDICATE / RECOVERY OF THREE VEHICLES
✅ Tactical operatives arrested Abayomi Shuaibu (31) and recovered an unregistered Toyota Camry from his possession.
✅ Follow-up investigation led to the arrest of an alleged receiver, Salisu Abdulazeez, at a hideout in the Satellite Area.
✅ A search of the hideout yielded two additional suspected stolen vehicles: a Toyota Corolla (Reg No. SMK-312-JN) and an unregistered Hyundai Sonata.

🔹 Status: SCID Panti Investigating.

6. IMO STATE: ARREST OF SUSPECTED IPOB/ESN TERRORIST / RECOVERY OF FIREARM
✅ Acting on a distress call, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in synergy with DPO Ikeduru raided an uncompleted building at Obinekele Amata Community, Ikeduru LGA.
✅ Prosper Victor (27) was arrested, and a search yielded 1 locally-made revolver pistol with 1 live ammunition, 1 live cartridge, hard drugs and criminal charms.
✅ The suspect confessed to membership in the Neo Black Movement of Africa (Black Axe).

🔹 Status: SCID Owerri Investigating.

7. EBONYI STATE: ARMED ROBBERY ARREST / RECOVERY OF FIREARM
✅ Detectives acting on credible intelligence raided a criminal hideout at Isimkpuma Okpoto Forest, Ishielu LGA.
✅ Iseh Ndubuisi (30) was arrested, and 1 locally-made double-barrelled pistol with 1 live cartridge was recovered.
✅ The suspect is linked to a series of armed robbery incidents along the Abakaliki/Okpoto/Enugu Express Road.

🔹 Status: SCID Abakaliki Investigating.
8. BAYELSA STATE: ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS / RECOVERY OF PISTOL
✅ Police operatives on routine stop-and-search duty along Mbiama–Yenagoa Road intercepted and arrested Abi Daniel (17) and Doctor Fabor (21).
✅ One locally fabricated Beretta pistol was recovered from them.

🔹 Status: SCID Yenagoa Investigating.

[POLICE COMPLAINT @PoliceNG_CRU]

LIVE: #Sensitization ongoing in Lagos Nigeria 🇳🇬 as Head of the @PoliceNG_CRU SP @SPAwuFidelisJ personally led his team together with Eagle Crime Awareness and Prevention Initiative (ECAPI) to sensitize Nigerian.
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[Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG]

🚨 TRENDING TODAY: NPF 48-HOUR OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES 🚨

Kindly find below the Top 10 State-by-State Executive Summary of @policeNG Operational Successes for the last 48 hours, covering 20th–21st October, 2026:

1. OGUN STATE: RESCUE OF 11 GHANAIAN NATIONALS FROM HOSTAGE SITUATION

✅ Following actionable intelligence received from INTERPOL Abuja, the Police Anti-Kidnapping Team in Ogun State stormed a hideout in Sagamu and successfully rescued 11 Ghanaian nationals who had been held hostage.

✅ Preliminary investigation revealed that the victims had been lured into Nigeria by a fellow Ghanaian under the pretext of assisting them to process Canadian and Spanish visas, after which they were allegedly extorted of 40,000 Ghana Cedis each.

✅ The operation demonstrates the Police capacity for cross-border intelligence cooperation and rapid intervention against organised human-trafficking, hostage-taking and extortion networks.

🔹 Status: SCID Eleweran Investigating.

2. IMO STATE: ARREST OF KIDNAPPING SYNDICATE KINGPIN / RECOVERY OF AK-47, PUMP-ACTION GUN AND 22 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION

✅ Following the earlier abduction of 20 prospective NYSC members along the Owerri–Onitsha Road and their subsequent rescue, Police operatives launched a sustained intelligence-led follow-up operation.

✅ The operation resulted in the arrest of MAMUDA DAHIRU, 26, identified as a suspected kingpin of the kidnapping syndicate, at his hideout in Assa, Ukwa East LGA, Abia State.

✅ The suspect reportedly confessed to participating in kidnappings across Mbaitoli, Owerri West and Ohaji/Egbema LGAs, subsequently leading Police operatives to a forest hideout between Irete and Umuguma.

✅ Police recovered one AK-47 rifle, one magazine loaded with 19 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, one pump-action gun and three live cartridges.

🔹 Status: SCID Owerri Investigating.

3. BENUE STATE: RESCUE OF EIGHT KIDNAPPED VICTIMS / ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS

✅ Police Tactical Teams comprising personnel from 80 PMF, 50 PMF, 37 PMF, Operation Zenda and Civil Protection Guards successfully stormed a kidnappers' den in Onyangedе.

✅ The operation resulted in the rescue of eight kidnapped victims, including Rev. Fr. John Otache, Ameh John, Mrs. Catherine Olekwu, Justina Abah, Hope Oda and Adams Oda.

✅ The rescued victims were immediately conveyed to the Teaching Hospital, Otukpo, for medical attention, while two suspects were arrested in connection with the kidnapping operation.

🔹 Status: SCID Makurdi Investigating.

4. KOGI STATE: RESCUE OF 10 ABDUCTED PERSONS / RECOVERY OF VEHICLE

✅ Police and military personnel responding to an attack on a Toyota Hummer Bus along the Kabba–Ayere Road engaged the armed attackers and successfully rescued nine occupants of the vehicle.

✅ Two victims sustained bullet injuries and were evacuated to hospital for medical treatment, while the vehicle was recovered and taken to the Police Station.

✅ Following intensified bush-combing and search operations, one additional abducted victim was rescued unharmed, bringing the total number of rescued persons to 10.

🔹 Status: SCID Lokoja Investigating.

5. IMO STATE: ARREST OF 10 SUSPECTED IPOB/ESN MEMBERS / RECOVERY OF WEAPONS AND EXHIBITS

✅ Police operatives, working in synergy with the Imo Vigilante Group and acting on credible intelligence, arrested 10 male suspects alleged to be members of IPOB/ESN enforcing an illegal sit-at-home order and threatening residents in Orlu.

✅ The arrests constitute a significant intelligence-led intervention aimed at disrupting organised criminal activity and restoring freedom of movement and lawful economic activity in the area.

✅ Police recovered machetes, an axe, knives, face caps and other incriminating exhibits from the suspects.

🔹 Status: SCID Owerri Investigating.

[Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG]

🚨 NPF 24HR OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES 🚨

Kindly find below the Top 10 State-by-State Executive Summary of @policeNG Operational Successes for 20th October, 2026:

1. BENUE STATE: RESCUE OF EIGHT KIDNAPPED VICTIMS / ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS

✅ Tactical teams comprising Police and other security personnel successfully rescued eight kidnapped victims from a kidnappers’ den in Onyangede, Otukpo LGA.

✅ Two suspects were arrested in connection with the incident, while the rescued victims were taken to the hospital for medical attention.

🔹 Status: SCID Makurdi Investigating.

2. KOGI STATE: RESCUE OF TEN ABDUCTED VICTIMS / RECOVERY OF VEHICLE

✅ Police and military personnel successfully rescued nine occupants of a vehicle attacked by armed assailants along the Kabba-Ayere Road.

✅ One additional abducted victim was subsequently rescued unharmed, bringing the total number of rescued persons to ten.

✅ The attacked vehicle was recovered, while intensive bush-combing operations continue to apprehend the fleeing perpetrators.

🔹 Status: SCID Lokoja Investigating.

3. TARABA STATE: NEUTRALIZATION OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF FIREARM AND 15 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION

✅ Following credible intelligence, troops of the Nigerian Army traced an identified member of an armed robbery syndicate to his hideout, where he engaged the troops in a gun duel and was neutralized.

✅ One English-made pistol and 15 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered.

🔹 Status: SCID Jalingo Investigating.

4. SOKOTO STATE: FOILED ARMED BANDITS ATTACK / RECOVERY OF 20 RUSTLED CATTLE

✅ PMF personnel and community guards successfully engaged and overpowered armed bandits who attacked Dukuma Village, Binji LGA.

✅ The bandits fled into the nearby forest, abandoning all 20 rustled cattle, which were successfully recovered.

🔹 Status: SCID Sokoto Investigating.

5. LAGOS STATE: ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF FIREARM AND FIVE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION

✅ Police operatives responding to a distress call successfully arrested one of three armed suspects who broke into a residential building at Satellite Town.

✅ One Beretta pistol loaded with five rounds of 9mm live ammunition and a mobile phone were recovered from the suspect.

🔹 Status: SCID Panti Investigating.

6. AKWA IBOM STATE: ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF TWO FIREARMS

✅ VCRU operatives, acting on intelligence, raided an identified location in Ifa Atai and arrested a suspected member of an armed robbery syndicate.

✅ Two locally-made pistols, one expended cartridge, two machetes and bottles containing substances suspected to be charms were recovered.

🔹 Status: VCRU Uyo Investigating.

7. EBONYI STATE: ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT / RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS

✅ MOPOL 32 personnel on beat duty at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Abakaliki Branch, successfully arrested a suspected armed robbery suspect who gained access to the bank premises after scaling the perimeter fence.

✅ A bunch of keys and an ATM card were recovered from the suspect, who is currently in custody.

🔹 Status: VCRU Abakaliki Investigating.

[DSP Maureen Chinaka LLB, anipr @MaureenChinaka]

ABIA POLICE COMMAND, ECAPI PARTNER TO STRENGTHEN POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC COMPLAINT RESPONSE

Today, 19/10/2026. The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, psc(+), mnips, JP, received a delegation from the Eagle Crime Awareness and Prevention Initiative (ECAPI), led by its South East Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Hillary Uche Nwaogu, at the Command Headquarters Umuahia.

The visit aimed to strengthen collaboration between ECAPI and the Command by extending to the state level the existing partnership between ECAPI and the Complaints Response Unit (CRU) at the Force Headquarters. The partnership seeks to enhance public awareness, engagement and effective complaint response mechanisms.

During the visit, Mr. Nwaogu introduced the initiative and outlined its objectives, expressing ECAPI’s commitment to supporting the CRU of the Command in promoting police
accountability, responsiveness and effective public complaint management.

In his response, CP Afolabi welcomed the delegation and commended ECAPI for its efforts towards crime awareness and prevention. He reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to the Inspector-General of Police’s vision of accountability, professionalism, intelligence-led policing and community policing.

The CP further emphasised that the Command welcomes constructive feedback from members of the public, noting that such feedback helps improve service delivery, strengthen accountability and ensure more responsive policing. He assured the delegation of the Command’s readiness to work with ECAPI towards enhancing public trust and promoting a safer Abia State.

[Aliyu Giwa @aleeygiwa]

In 1955, twenty women walked through a door that had never been opened before.

On 13 October 2026, history was made when IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu served as Chief Launcher in Port Harcourt for “The Origin of Police Women in Nigeria.” The book, authored by Dame Stella O. Okuyiga, DCP (Rtd.), one of the original twenty women who joined the Force in 1955, fills an important gap in the record.
After seventy-one years, the story of one extraordinary woman is finally in print.

The IGP recalled meeting Dame Okuyiga while serving as Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, when she shared her commitment to completing this work. He remembered that conversation.
On 13 October 2026, he ensured the book’s launch took place.

He described the publication as an important contribution to institutional memory and a record of courage that must be preserved. He emphasized that women serving today in investigation, intelligence, tactical operations, and leadership build on the legacy of those who came before them.

Our Mummy (Dame Okuyiga) expressed deep fulfillment, knowing her story will be preserved in Police libraries and training institutions, inspiring future generations of officers.

Mummy (Dame Stella Okuyiga), you joined a Force that had never before welcomed a woman in uniform.

You stayed. You served. You documented it all.
Because of your example, future women in the Force will never question whether they belong.

[Daso @nk_daso]

Another beautiful day to make peace visible.

[FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER @CspIniedu]

🚨 TRENDING TODAY: NPF 24HR OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES 🚨

Kindly find below the Top 10 State-by-State Executive Summary of @policeNG Operational Successes for 18th October, 2026:

1. KANO STATE: ARREST OF ARMED BANDIT / RECOVERY OF AK-47 RIFLE AND AMMUNITION

✅ Police operatives intercepted and arrested one Ibrahim Alhaji Rabi'u of Yardoka Village, Kubau LGA.
✅ Upon search, one AK-47 rifle with 18 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from his possession.
✅ The rifle is suspected to have been used in a kidnapping and ransom collection operation involving one Alhaji Kabiru of Falgore Town.

🔹 Status: SCID Bompa Investigating.

2. ENUGU STATE: RESCUE OF ABDUCTED MEDICAL DOCTOR

✅ Following sustained pressure, intense pursuit, and search operations by Police patrol teams, an abducted medical doctor, Dr. Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu (53), was released unhurt.
✅ The victim was rescued at Nachi along the old Enugu-Oji River Road and has been debriefed and reunited with his family.
✅ Manhunts for the fleeing suspects continue.

🔹 Status: SCID Enugu Investigating.

3. ADAMAWA STATE: REPELLING OF TERRORIST ATTACKS / RESTORATION OF NORMALCY

✅ Joint security forces successfully engaged and repelled Boko Haram terrorists advancing from Kopre Hills to attack a Military FOB at Tella Bala Village, Gombi LGA.
✅ Similarly, combined operatives of the Military, Police, Civilians, TTF, and Forest Guards repelled a large group of terrorists that attacked Garha Dutse Village in Hong LGA.
✅ Normalcy has been restored to both areas, with continuous patrols ongoing.

🔹 Status: SCID Yola Investigating.

4. LAGOS STATE: FOILED 'ONE-CHANCE' ROBBERY / RESCUE OF VICTIM

✅ Operatives responded to a distress call at Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, rescuing a 27-year-old female victim who boarded a Kia Rio saloon car and was being robbed by 'one-chance' operators.
✅ The victim bravely resisted and raised an alarm upon sighting the police van, causing the suspects to abandon their mission and flee.
✅ The operational vehicle was successfully recovered to the station.

🔹 Status: SCID Panti Investigating.

5. ZAMFARA STATE: SWIFT RESPONSE TO ARMED BANDITRY / MANHUNT LAUNCHED

✅ Police Tactical Teams, Military, CPG, and Vigilantes were swiftly mobilized following an attack by armed bandits at Kofar Fada Area, Kaura Namoda LGA.
✅ The bandits shot and killed two victims, Nura Lawali (32) and Nasiru Kasimu (35), before fleeing the scene.
✅ Corpses were evacuated to the General Hospital for autopsy, and a rigorous manhunt for the culprits has commenced.

🔹 Status: SCID Gusau Investigating.

6. ONDO STATE: ARREST OF TWO NOTORIOUS CULT MEMBERS

✅ Operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad arrested two notorious Eiye secret cult members terrorizing Owo Town.
✅ The suspects, Bayode Oluwarotimi (aka 'Aruu') and Adedeji Adeola (aka 'Adex Cash'), were apprehended following actionable intelligence.
✅ Efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing gang members.

🔹 Status: SCID Akure Investigating.

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[CP Abayomi Shogunle, Ph.D., 𝘧𝘴𝘪 @YomiShogunle]

This is the COOL VIBES “Sho-Bobo”, not the PROFESSIONALISM #DrSho.
I told my mentees: Have a version of you Working hard to deliver desired organisational goals ✨🔥, and also the Relaxation at 100% Steeze version 💫💥- these two versions must remain as two parallel lines. 🌼😁

[Zee🇦🇷 @Elozino__]

The world sees a superstar, his son sees Dad. 🥹❤️🦅

[POLICE COMPLAINT @PoliceNG_CRU]

The CRU is available 24/7 to receive and resolve complaints of police misconduct & accolades from all parts of Nigeria. All cases MUST have DATE, TIME and PLACE of occurrence.
Call: 09133333785, 09133333786 08057000001, 08057000002 SMS/WhatsApp:O8057000003 Twitter: @PoliceNG_CRU.

[CP Abayomi Shogunle, Ph.D., 𝘧𝘴𝘪 @YomiShogunle]

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[CP Abayomi Shogunle, Ph.D., 𝘧𝘴𝘪 @YomiShogunle]

INEC Chairman Inaugurates Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC) for Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections in Abuja, today.
L-R: CP. Abayomi Shogunle, PhD, fsi (#DrSho), a member of the committee representing the Nigeria Police Force; Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, INEC Chairman; and INEC National Commissioner, Rear Admiral Jamila Malafa (Rtd.), the Chairperson of the Committee. 🇳🇬

[Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG]

OFFICIAL BOOK LUNCH: THE ORIGIN OF POLICE WOMEN IN NIGERIA BY DAME STELLA O. OKUYIGA, DCP (Rtd), JP, NBVM https://t.co/bslDmdj9pG