President Jonathan In Rivers State.

President Goodluck Jonathan, acknowledges cheers from the crowd that gathered at the Portharcourt airport. L-R -  accompanied by Minister of education Hon Nyesom Wike, Presidents son, Hon Andrew Uchendu and Rivers state Deputy Governor.

Rivers State Deputy Governor Engr Tele Ikuru receives a handshake from President Goodluck Jonathan as Rivers State CP Tunde Ogunsakin looks on

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CP RIVERS BREAK 25YEARS JINX ON COURTESY VISIT TO PRISON SERVICE

C.P RIVERS BREAK 25 YEARS JINX ON COURTESY VISIT TO PRISON SERVICE

The Commissioner of Police, CP Tunde Ogunsakin in a courtesy visit to the Controller of Prison, Rivers State Command has break a jinx affecting the Prison Services Operations. In a visit he paid to the Controller of Prison, Mr. Patrick Ondoma at the Mile 4 Area Command of the prison service. The Controller in his speech welcomed the Police Commissioner to the Command and River State. He said Rivers State has been enjoying wonderful peace since his arrival.

 

The Controller eulogized the achievement of synergy the police has been rendering to the prison service. The Controller reef freed to police as the senior brother of the prison services in the security parlance. 

The Commissioner of Police, Compol Tunde Ogunsakin in his speech also praised the efforts of the prison service especially in the areas of preventing crimes and keeping people who the law want remanded and to be reformed for various reasons.

The Controller of Prison, Mr. Patrick in his closing remarks referred to the Police and the Prison Services as part of the triangular judicial system in Nigeria. He welcomed the Compol and especially the jinx he has broken that over 25 years, no Commissioner of Police has deem it fit to visit the Prison Service.

 

The Deputy Controller in his remark said the visit is an indelible mark in the Prison Service and they will like to continue the relationship.

Rivers State Controller of Prisons Service,  Mr. Patrick Ondoma and his men welcoming the Rivers State Police Commissioner, CP Tunde Ogunsakin on his arrival to the Prison Service Command.

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RIVERS STATE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE PARADES VALENTINE ARMED ROBBERS AND KIDNAPPERS

RIVERS CP PARADES 11 VALENTINE ARMED ROBBERS AND TWO KIDNAPPERS

Suspects:       1.  Blaid Usemekhia Herbert

2.     Achebule Amadi

3.     Lawal Ibrahim (Group Leader) was realised on bail in November, 2013.

4.     Godwin Peters

5.     Udo Godswill

6.     Victor Monday

7.     Precious Agiobu

8.     Chinazo Ihesinaula

The Rivers State Commissioner of  Police, Tunde Ogusakin, yesterday,
paraded 11 armed robbers and two kidnappers arrested in Port Harcourt, the
state capital, in different operations.

Ogusakin told journalists at the state command, along Moscow Road, that a gang of armed robbers opened fire on a police patrol team, at 1.45pm, on Friday, February 14, at Ogunabali Area, by St. Patrick Hospital.

Compol Tunde Ogunsakin in his speech said a special team parading on Valentines day saw a bandit of robbers in shooting; this prompted the police to immediately engage them in an exchange of gun fire that lasted for 33minutes. The gang was, however, overwhelmed by the superior fire power of our men who displayed their resilience in the course of the gun exchange.

The gang which was overpowered by the police later ran from the scene leaving behind a grey-coloured Toyota Highlander Jeep, with registration number LSR 825 AP. One Chinoso Ihesinor was arrested while the sum of One Million Naira (N1, 000,000) was recovered from him.

In a separate move, another gang of robbers that was led by one Lawal Ibrahim, a notorious robber who was fingered in a robbery incidence along Shell Quarters in September, 2013 who was on bail by a court of law was also arrested along Umokoro, Rivers State.

Ogunsakin also disclosed that on Monday, February 17, the operatives of the command acting on a piece of intelligence, arrested a suspected kidnapper, David Francis, at Fidelity Bank, along Trans Amadi Road, while trying to withdraw a ransom meant to augment the ransom fee for the release of a victim that was recently kidnapped at Akwa Ibom State.

Francis later led the operatives from the Rivers State Police Command, to the hide-out of his accomplice, Edwin Ekpeyoung, who was arrested after some resistance by armed men from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

The Commissioner of Police emphasized that he will continue to make intelligence-led policing the cardinal point of police operation in Rivers State, adding that "I intend to continue with an aggressive onslaught in the state against criminals until the crime situation is brought to near zero level. The Commissioner of Police advice the criminal to desist or face the wrath of the law.

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