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...

ANAMBRA POLICE RESCUES A PREGNANT WOMAN ALLEGEDLY DETAINED IN A SECURITY OFFICE AT OKIJA. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 ANAMBRA POLICE RESCUES A PREGNANT WOMAN ALLEGEDLY DETAINED IN A SECURITY OFFICE AT OKIJA


_As CP Itam frowns at the act of detaining and inhuman treatment of suspects by some AVG members in the State_


The Anambra State Police Command has rescued a pregnant woman allegedly detained over a case of stealing by her husband in a Security Office at Okija.


The report of the incident was intercepted in a trending video by the State Commissioner of Police *CP Nnaghe Obono Itam* as he ordered rescue operations and an investigation into the report.


Meanwhile, the *CP* frowns at such acts of indiscriminate detention and inhuman treatment of suspects by some members of the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG). He assured that the root cause of the incidents would be addressed to avert future occurrence. He also initiated necessary moves with relevant authorities to checkmate the excesses of the few unprofessional AVG members in the State. 


*SP Tochukwu Ikenga*

Police Public Relations Officer,

Anambra State Police Command.

Awka.


*15th January, 2025*.


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