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Benue gets new Commissioner of Police Commissioner
The Police Command in Benue State on Thursday said Mr Bartholomew Onyeka had assumed duty as its new Commissioner of Police.
This was contained in a statement signed by SP Sewuese Anene, State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi.
The statement stated that CP Onyeka joined the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The officer has served in various states across the country in operational, administrative and investigative capacities.
Some of the positions he held included Commander, Operation Smash; Commander, Operation Rescue; Commander, Operation Festival and Commander, Operation fire for fire, all in Imo Command.
He was also former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Administration, Abia Command; Deputy Commissioner of Police Administration (DCPA), Imo Command; DCPA, Zamfara Command and DCPA, Zone 1 Kano State.
The new CP was promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police on June 3, 2021 and posted as CP In-Charge Force Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
He served as Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command from Nov. 4, 2021 to Aug. 2, 2023, before his posting to Benue State.
He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and Defence Studies Association of India (DSAI).
CP. Onyeka had taken over from CP Julius Okoro and pledged his commitment to protect lives and property in the state.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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