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...

RIVERS: POLICE RAIDS DIOBU WATERFRONTS,ARREST 55 SUSPECTED CULTIST. (PHOTO.



Police Raids Diobu Waterfronts, Arrest 55 Suspected Cultist



The Rivers State Police command in the wee hours of Monday and Tuesday raided some waterfront residences in Mile 1 and Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt suspected to be harbouring cultists and arrested about fifty-five suspects, we learnt.


A resident of the area informed our reporter that combined team of personnel drawn from Anti-Cultism, Octopus Strike Force, Mile 1 Police and Azikiwe Police stations all participated in the raid .


The raid comes five days after the warring cult groups in Diobu reportedly agreed to a peace deal last Wednesday and declared cease fire in cult war that claimed some lives.


The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police command, SP Grace Iringe Koko in an interview with our reporter confirmed the raid and arrest of suspects by the Police.


SP Koko however, did not disclose the exact number of persons who were arrested during the raid.


The Police image maker stated that the raid is in connection with the recent cult clashes in the area while adding that the arrested suspects are being profiled and any one found culpable will be arraigned in court at the end of investigation

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