Tinted Glass: Despite Reps Demand For 90 Days Grace Period, FCT Police Say Enforcement Remains

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1 year ago

December 19, 2024

The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Olatunji Disu, has said the command would sustain impounding vehicles that have tinted glass.

Naija News reported that the House of Representatives, during plenary, last week, demanded the FCT Police Command to withhold enforcing the ban for 90 days.

The House’s resolution followed a motion of urgent national importance brought by Honourable Mukhtar Tolani Shagaya.

Shagaya said though the FCT Police Command banned tinted glass on vehicles to combat insecurity, its enforcement was affecting the economy of many homes and commercial vehicle drivers.

However, Disu, in a video interview from the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, on Wednesday morning, said tinted glass ban enforcement continues.

Disu explained that the enforcement has helped to reduce instances of one-chance robbery in the capital city.

The FCT Police Commissioner emphasized that about 20 vehicles impounded by officers for one chance have tinted glasses.

“We are going to sustain it and then by now you see that the usual complaints we have had about one chance has gone down. In fact, for the past one or two weeks, we have not had even one case of one chance happening because our officers have been deployed.

“We have changed our tactics and we have been picking them almost every day. We have been able to remove close to 20 vehicles used by One Chance operators from operations. So that means over 20 groups of people operating one chance robbing innocent citizens have been removed from circulation.

So that is a thing of joy. So if you notice that this crime has gone down definitely the reason is obvious all the risks and the arrest we have made.

And then I will not fail to mention that all the vehicles recovered from one chance all of them have something in common, they have tinted glasses.

There are new things we are beginning to discover, people tinting their vehicles completely even the screen the windscreen are also tinted

“So this is giving us concern, it evades visibility. So we wonder how you will be able to see clearly maybe that is why they cut small holes by the two sides of the window for visibility,” Disu said.

IPOB group cancels sit at home on Nnamdi Kanu’s directive

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58 minutes ago

February 8, 2026

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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says it has cancelled its sit at home order across the South East.

The group announced the decision in a statement on Saturday, saying it followed a directive from its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

According to IPOB, Kanu instructed the leadership to suspend the action in the interest of peace and the return of normal economic activities in the region.

The group said the move is aimed at easing hardship on residents and allowing businesses, schools and other daily activities to run without disruption.

IPOB urged people in the South East to go about their lawful activities. It also reaffirmed its commitment to non violence and peaceful engagement.

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Gunmen k!ll President General of Ogidi community and one other in Anambra.

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1 day ago

February 7, 2026

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Unidentified gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have k!lled a community leader and one other person in Anambra State.

The President-General of Ogidi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Ikwuka Okoye, popularly known as Anumili (pictured above), was k!lled on Friday, Feb. 6.

The attack was alleged to have been carried out by members of a rival cult group in revenge for the de@th of their leader, who was arrested and k!lled by local security operatives.

During the attack, which took place at the School Field, Ogidi, another man whose identity has yet to be ascertained was also gunned down.

The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a press statement on Saturday.

Ikenga said the incident is allegedly linked to the recent capture and k!lling of a known notorious cultist within the community.

He said, “The Anambra State Police Command regrets the murd£r of the President-General of the Ogidi community and one other person. The incident, which occurred on the evening of February 6, 2026, at the School Field, Ogidi, is allegedly linked to the recent capture and k!lling of a known notorious cultist within the community.

“Following the report, police operatives swiftly took over the scene of the incident and commenced investigations. The command is currently working with eyewitness accounts and other available intelligence to identify and arrest the perpetrators.

“The Anambra State Police Command assures members of the public that all efforts are being intensified to bring those responsible to justice.

“Residents are urged to remain calm and cooperate with the police as investigations continue.

“Further developments will be communicated in due course.”

Police bust syndicate behind nude photo blackmail in Lagos

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2 days ago

February 6, 2026

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Men of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, have apprehended three suspects who allegedly run a cyber blackmail and extortion scheme in the state.

According to the spokesperson of the unit, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, the suspects get a hold of their victims explicit photos and then threaten to release them if a ransom is not paid.

He said that the suspects, two males and a female, were apprehended after a petition was filed by a complainant who reported being repeatedly threatened by unknown individuals demanding money.

“The complainant received several phone calls in which the callers threatened to release her nude photographs to the public if she failed to pay them. Acting out of fear and emotional distress, she transferred money to the suspects.

The situation escalated when the suspects demanded an additional N10 million, prompting her to formally petition the police,” he said

The police imagemaker state dthat upon receipt of the complaint, the Commissioner of Police, PSFU, Mr Kayode Ojapinwa, ordered the immediate deployment of operatives to investigate the matter.

“The investigation led to the arrest of the three suspects. Investigations revealed that one of the suspects gained unlawful access to the complainant’s mobile device and fraudulently transferred her nude photographs to his own device. Further findings indicated that he conspired with the other suspects and other accomplices currently at large to demand and receive money from the complainant in several tranches,” he said

According to him, the suspects are currently in police custody and are expected to be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.

The image maker said that investigations were ongoing to apprehend other fleeing members of the syndicate and to recover all proceeds of the alleged crime.