Ekweremadu: Police detain 4 personnel, 1 NSCDC staff
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by joseph edeh2 he said that he had been into the act of stealing for five years without using gun adding that his colleague dan ali escaped while he was caught1 also arrested according to the force public relations officer acting dcp jimoh mohood is one personnel of nigeria security and civil defence corps nscdc also on duty at ekweremadus home at the time1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that ekweremadu his wife and son allegedly escaped assassination attempt at their apo residence of abuja early hours of tuesday1 nan also recalls that ekweremadu narrowly escaped an alleged attempt on his life in abuja on nov. 17 20151 moshood who addressed newsmen on wednesday in abuja said that the arrested officers were being investigated1 he said that there was no cover-up by the police in the investigation of the crime1 the four policemen and one personnel of the nscdc on duty at the residence of the deputy senate president at the time of the incident have been arrested and detained he said1 the force spokesman said that it was not correct that the police responded after seven hours when the incident occurred1 the police said it had arrested four of its personnel on duty at the residence of deputy president of the senate ike ekweremadu when the alleged assassination attempt on him took place1 update on further investigation did not reveal assassination attempt but a burglary attempt he said1 he added that the investigation so far revealed that the suspects in the case did not have idea thatthe residence belonged to the deputy president of the senate1 moshood said that efforts are being intensified to arrest the second suspect dan ali who escaped from the scene of the crime1 he said that the inspector-general of police ibrahim idris had directed the upgrade of apo legislative quarters outpost to a divisional police headquarters1 others to be upgraded according to him are supreme court kabusa and trademore estate1 he explained that the upgrade was to reduce crime and criminal acts in the affected areas and improve police visibility in the fct1 speaking to newsmen the principal suspect mohammed yusuf 25 said that they only went there to steal and not to assassinate him1 we did not go to the residence of ekweremadu to assassinate him or any body in the house he said1 he said that further investigation had showed that the incident was not an assassination attempt on the life of ekweremadu1

PDP protest: Melaye, Bruce to report to FCT Police Command
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by joseph edeh2 the nigeria police force says sen. dino melaye and sen. ben murray-bruce are to report to the police command in the fct on oct. 8 and not to the igp monitoring unit for investigation as earlier stated1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the force on oct. 5 had invited the duo to report to the igp monitoring unit for investigation for public disturbance in abuja1 nan also reports that the duo who were members of the pdp that protested the outcome of the osun governorship election at the force headquarters on oct. 5 allegedly attacked policemen1 a statement by the force spokesman acting dcp jimoh moshood on sunday in abuja said that the two senators were captured on camera for their roles in the disturbance1 moshood alleged that the duo pushed and hit policemen to forcefully gain entrance into the force headquarters to cause damage to police equipment and government properties1 he said that further investigation was ongoing to determine the level of involvement and culpability of other individuals during the protest1 the spokesman said that the invitation letters have been sent to them for compliance1 the federal capital territory fct police command has the statutory jurisdiction to investigate the matter he said1