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Court Rejects IGP Plans To Stop Free Nnamdi Kanu Protest, US Warns Citizens https://ift.tt/Ds7UFJr #Breaking News #Abuja #Biafra #Kanu #Nnamdi #Sowore #US ©October 17th, 2025 ®October 17, 2025 5:51 pm Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday apparently rejected the plans by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun to stop the upcoming Monday, October 20th planned mass protests by Nigerians to demand the release of the detained Biafra Republic agitation leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, but, according to the organiser of the protest, Omoyele Sowore, after the Judge initially declined to grant the Nigeria Police Force an ex-parte motion to stop the planned protest in the open court, the "Federal High Court judge, Justice Umar reportedly granted the motion in chambers, imposing a ban on protests at Aso Rock Villa, National Assembly, or Unity Fountain in Abuja, we await a certified true copy of the order, which our lawyers will review, the protest remains unstoppable", while this is ongoing, the United States, US Embassy in Nigeria has warned America citizens to be far from the protest areas and limit their movements in the Nigeria capital city, Abuja, saying, the planned protest may lead to disruptions and violence. #OsazuwaAkonedo

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Court Rejects IGP Plans To Stop Free Nnamdi Kanu Protest, US Warns Citizens https://ift.tt/Ds7UFJr Breaking News Abuja Biafra Kanu Nnamdi Sowore US ©October 17th, 2025 ®October 17, 2025 5:51 pm Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday apparently rejected the plans by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun to stop the upcoming Monday, October 20th planned mass protests by Nigerians to demand the release of the detained Biafra Republic agitation leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, but, according to the organiser of the protest, Omoyele Sowore, after the Judge initially declined to grant the Nigeria Police Force an ex-parte motion to stop the planned protest in the open court, the "Federal High Court judge, Justice Umar reportedly granted the motion in chambers, imposing a ban on protests at Aso Rock Villa, National Assembly, or Unity Fountain in Abuja, we await a certified true copy of the order, which our lawyers will review, the protest remains unstoppable", while this is ongoing, the United States, US Embassy in Nigeria has warned America citizens to be far from the protest areas and limit their movements in the Nigeria capital city, Abuja, saying, the planned protest may lead to disruptions and violence. OsazuwaAkonedo

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Court Rejects IGP Plans To Stop Free Nnamdi Kanu Protest, US Warns Citizens https://ift.tt/Ds7UFJr #Breaking News #Abuja #Biafra #Kanu #Nnamdi #Sowore #US ©October 17th, 2025 ®October 17, 2025 5:51 pm Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday apparently rejected the plans by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun to stop the upcoming Monday, October 20th planned mass protests by Nigerians to demand the release of the detained Biafra Republic agitation leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, but, according to the organiser of the protest, Omoyele Sowore, after the Judge initially declined to grant the Nigeria Police Force an ex-parte motion to stop the planned protest in the open court, the "Federal High Court judge, Justice Umar reportedly granted the motion in chambers, imposing a ban on protests at Aso Rock Villa, National Assembly, or Unity Fountain in Abuja, we await a certified true copy of the order, which our lawyers will review, the protest remains unstoppable", while this is ongoing, the United States, US Embassy in Nigeria has warned America citizens to be far from the protest areas and limit their movements in the Nigeria capital city, Abuja, saying, the planned protest may lead to disruptions and violence. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Police Officers Operating As Criminal Gang Arrested In Edo https://ift.tt/GWEHQ69 #Aduwawa #Agbonika #Disu #Edo #Rilwan #Teboga #Igp #Police Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF has announced the arrest of some serving and already dismissed police officers who worked together as a criminal gang terrorizing members of the public in Edo State, the state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika who made this known in a press release made available a few hours ago, said the arrest was a major breakthrough against the suspected criminal elements pretending to be law enforcement officers to perpetrate heinous crimes within the state capital, Benin City and its environs, it may be recalled that there have been outcry by residents in Edo state that law enforcement officers are committing or participating in criminal activities in the state, specifically, in August 2025, some of policemen alongside some civilians were accused of abducting a resident in Benin City, the syndicate was said to have used a silver Toyota Yaris to terrorise citizens, seizing their phones and belongings through intimidation and armed robbery, in December 2025, four policemen were accused of extorting ₦980,000 from a local artisan, Goodness Onyeka, after assaulting him, earlier in September 2025, the Edo State Police Command reportedly recovered and returned ₦300,000 extorted from a furniture maker by officers attached to the Oba Market Area Command in Benin City, May 2025, six officers, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, were summoned to Abuja after a viral video showed them demanding either ₦5,000 or 5 litres of fuel from motorists for lacking Electronic Central Motor Registry, e-CMR proof—a policy that had actually been suspended then, also in August 2025, six officers were disciplined for extorting ₦2 million from members of the National Association of Seadogs near Benin City after they reportedly used a Point of Sale, POS, machine to withdraw the funds unlawfully. #OsazuwaAkonedo

@osazuwa.akonedo Police Officers Operating As Criminal Gang Arrested In Edo https://ift.tt/GWEHQ69 Aduwawa Agbonika Disu Edo Rilwan Teboga...

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