SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH.

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 SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH. The Senate today suspended consideration of the highly anticipated State Police Bill and all other legislative business at its emergency plenary session to honour the memory of Hon. Yaya Tongo, a member of the House of Representatives, whose death cast a sombre mood over the National Assembly. The upper chamber had reconvened from recess amid expectations that lawmakers would accelerate action on the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police across the federation, a measure widely seen as a major step in the ongoing effort to reform Nigeria’s security architecture. However, proceedings were cut short after Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the death of Tongo, who represented the Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency of Gombe State in the House of Representatives. Hon. Tongo passed away at Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja on June 12, 2026, following a brief illness. His death triggered a...

READ HOW 4 POLICEMEN ATTACHED TO LAGOS COMMAND,WAS JAILED FOR MURDER IN EDO STATE.

                        According to pressmen,four policemen attached to Special Anti-Robbery Squad,Lagos Police Command,have been remanded in prison,in Benin city Edo stat,for allegedly killing a car dealer,Benson Obode.The four policemen identified as 33 year old Adedeji Adeleke,34 year old Oniyo Musa,33 year old Abena John and thirty two year old Henry Shobowal,who came to Edo state to investigate a report on a stolen car and arrested the late Benson Obode on May twenty first.According to pressmen,it took the family of the deceased 63 days to locate the mortuary where his corpse was deposited.The ATM card of the deceased was collected and over two hundren thousand naira was withdrawn from the account.The state's Commissioner of police,Chris Ezike who briefed journalist on the incident,said the four policemen were arrested after Homicide Detectives from force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department were ordered to take over the case.Ezike said the four policemen were tried,dismissed from the force and charged for murder on October 19.He said the case file has been forwarded to the Department of Public Prosecution for legal advice.

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