Security authorities have arrested all Joint Task Force (JTF) personnel captured in a viral video linked to alleged extortion and misconduct along the Obowo axis of Imo State. The officers, who were part of a joint security patrol in the area, are currently in detention while investigations continue.

According to an official update from Imo police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, once the investigation is concluded, the affected personnel will be handed over to their respective security agencies for appropriate disciplinary action in line with established procedures.

The arrests followed widespread public outrage after a video surfaced online showing what appeared to be uniformed officers harassing and extorting civilians at 7 and a Half Amanze Junction, Obowo. The footage was shared by a man who accused the operatives of operating like criminals while disguised as law enforcement officers.

In his account, the whistleblower detailed multiple incidents allegedly captured in the videos. He claimed that officers were seen stopping young men, forcing them to hand over their phones and checking private content, including banking applications. In another clip, an officer was allegedly filmed inside a Hilux vehicle while confiscating a traveller’s laptop during a roadside check. A separate recording reportedly captured an officer asking a colleague to confirm money allegedly extorted from a victim.

Describing the situation, the whistleblower said:
“Some of the footage from 7 and half Amanze Junction, Obowo, Imo State, where criminals disguising as officers operate. An officer in the back of a van with several young boys standing. He’s going through their phones one by one, even opening banking apps.

That is criminal and illegal. An officer inside a Hilux seized a traveler’s laptop while checking papers. What legal right does any officer have to stop a traveler and confiscate a personal laptop? An officer asking the one inside the van to confirm the money he extorted from a traveler. In his exact words: ‘You don confirm the money?’”

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The student filmed engaging in a confrontation with a lecturer at Rivers State University has been detained and video shows him locked up following the incident.

Now, an eyewitness has narrated what led to the altercation between the lecturer – a former Deputy Vice Chancellor – and the student.

The eyewitness said: “Yesterday while some year 1 students of computer engineering was just sitting free in their class doing nothing, a senior colleague student of theirs entered to share the gospel briefly with them and to encourage them on how to have high flying success as students and believers, which is a normal thing to do as a fellowship

“While this was going on, suddenly a lecturer from the department of physics entered. By name Prof Benjamin Senibo Pepple (former DVC) of the school.

“He started harassing the student in question and assaulting him, slapped him couple of times and dragged his shirt. He then eventually called CSO on the student and the student was arrested by the school security in their cell from morning till night through out the day

“So if a fellowship president can be assaulted like this, what then becomes the fate of the masses, ordinary students in such intense persecutions.

“Please we call on well meaning body to help us intervene and also petition that lecturer.

“They said that is how this lecturer in question has been bullying christian leaders on campus directly with his hand since. And no one is doing anything to him. Please help us.

“And also for the detained student who is in sick conditions now after the detainment.”

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Security personnel at General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport in Ilorin, Kwara State, apprehended a suspected stowaway on Wednesday who tried to leave the country by hiding under a departing aircraft.

The suspect, identified as Segun Martins, was caught at exactly 3.02 p.m. after gaining unauthorized access to the restricted airside area of the airport.

Authorities said Martins was found at the base of an Overland Airways aircraft as it was taxiing for takeoff.

On his verified 𝕏 handle, the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Michael Achimugu, disclosed that the suspect had tried to conceal himself between the aircraft’s tyres in a desperate bid to escape the country.

He confirmed that the man was immediately arrested and handed over to personnel of the Airport Police Command for interrogation and further investigation.

Achimugu said, “At approximately 1502 hours, a male, identified as Segun Martins, gained unauthorized access to the foot of an Overland aircraft that was about to taxi for takeoff and attempted to conceal himself between the aircraft tires.

“Ground security apprehended the individual. He was immediately handed over to the Airport Police for further investigation.

“Mr Segun Martins stated that he believed the aircraft was bound for the United States of America and intended to escape by hiding on the aircraft.”

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