S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).

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 Four people have died after a car was swept away at an overflowing bridge in the Makotopong River near Sebayeng. Police recovered the bodies after a blue Renault Kwid carrying five occupants was pulled into the river during heavy water flow on Sunday morning, 8 March 2026. One passenger escaped from the vehicle and alerted police and emergency services. Police say the car was travelling along the Madiga–Makotopong gravel road when it overturned at the flooded bridge and was dragged into the river. The Provincial Search and Rescue team recovered the first body on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, from Madiga Village. EMS personnel declared him dead at the scene. Search operations resumed on Monday with the SAPS Water Wing Unit, EMS Search and Rescue, the Fire and Rescue Department, and an EMS helicopter. Teams located the submerged vehicle and recovered three more bodies. The victims were identified as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shel...

IGP ORDERS POSTING OF SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS,AS ABIA GERS NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.



IGP ORDERS POSTING OF SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS

- As Abia gets new Commissioner of Police

The Inspector-General of Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has ordered the posting of CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, fdc, to Abia State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the State and CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala, psc, to the Force Headquarters as the Commissioner of Police, Special Protection Unit.

CP Kenechukwu holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Psychology from Anambra State University. He was appointed into the Nigeria Police Force in 1992, and has served in various operational, investigative, and administrative capacities in Ogun, Imo, FCT, Plateau, and Kaduna State Commands. He has attended several tactical and leadership courses within and outside Nigeria, including Policy, Strategy and Leadership Course (PSLC), NIPSS Kuru, Jos; International Course for Police Officers (China) amongst others.

CP Mustapha is a graduate of the prestigious Bayero University Kano (BUK), where he obtained a B.Sc (Hons) in Sociology. He equally holds a Masters degree in law and criminal justice from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. He has also attended several management and leadership courses within and outside Nigeriaa 

The Inspector-General of Police has charged the Senior Police Officers to continue to entrench professionalism and respect for rights of citizens in their new places of assignment. He equally tasked them to pursue the task of ensuring public safety and security in their AORs with renewed vigor, while  calling on the  Government  and good people of Abia state to lend their support to the new Commissioner of Police in his new post.   

CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, mnipr, mipra
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA.
9th June, 2023.
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