The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Intelligence Response Team to ensure the safe rescue of the Afenifere Youth Leader, Prince Eniola Ojajuni, who was kidnapped on February 17, 2025, while travelling to Abuja. He also directed the team to prioritise Ojajuni’s safe rescue. In a statement released on…
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and its chairman, Mr Hashim Abioye, have filed a lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, at the Federal High Court in Osogbo over the alleged illegal detention of the commission’s staff and the sealing of its office. Also joined in the suit, numbered FHC/OS/CS/41/2025, is the…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, of plotting to assassinate Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke. At a press briefing on Wednesday at the party’s Secretariat in Osogbo, PDP Chairman Sunday Bisi claimed that Egbetokun intentionally deployed Special Forces to escort “miscreants” into local government…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has vowed that those responsible for the violence that erupted in Osun State on Monday, leading to the loss of lives, will be brought to book. Egbetokun made this known as he ordered the deployment of tactical squads to restore peace in the state following the local government crisis….
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says 3,907 weapons did not go missing from its armoury during the tenure of Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police (IGP). On Tuesday, the senate committee on public accounts queried the NPF over the missing firearms. The disappearance of the ammunitions was contained in a 2019 report issued by the…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a stern warning to officers of the Nigeria Police Force against carrying rifles while dressed in civilian attire (mufti) and engaging in human rights violations. According to a statement released on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the IG gave the directive…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has instructed all police officers affected by the recent directive from the Police Service Commission (PSC) to disregard the order. The PSC had directed officers who have served 35 years or reached 60 years of age to retire immediately. A wireless message from the office of the…
The Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, on Thursday defended the continuous stay of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in office, saying it is legal and lawful. Fagbemi, who is also the Minister of justice, disclosed this in a statement he personally signed. He said Egbetokun’s appointment which took effect from October…
A former presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC) and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore led a protest seeking the sack of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. Sowore led the protest on Thursday, January 30, shortly after he was granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. He was granted…
Convener of the #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore has been arraigned by the Nigeria Police Force on charges of cybercrime before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court Abuja. Sowore had honoured the invitation of the police on Monday, January 27, 2025, when he was questioned at the Force Criminal Investigation Department. He was subsequently…