Anambra: Police berate INEC, say ‘emulate Ghana Electoral Commission’ – The Punch
January 15, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · View Comments
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday come down hard on the Independent National Electoral Commission, asking it to emulate Ghana on how to conduct free and fair elections.
But in a swift reaction, the electoral body said it should not be blamed for electoral woes bedevilling the country.
The altercation between the two organs of government came at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, where the leadership of the Force met with INEC officials.
The meeting was to deliberate on how the February 6 governorship election in Anambra State would be free and fair.
The Police had said that it would be better for the electoral body to learn from the Ghana Electoral Commission on how to conduct an acceptable election, but INEC said the blame should be on the general uncompromising win-at-all-costs attitude of the Nigerian politicians.
Police buy 150 dogs for N37 million – Daily Trust
November 18, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · View Comments
N37 million was spent by the Nigeria Police to purchase 150 trained security dogs and their accessories this year out of the N50 million budgeted for it, Police Affairs Minister Ibrahim Lame said in Abuja yesterday. He said capital appropriation was given for the procurement of assorted dogs to resuscitate the police force’s Dogs Section.
He said contracts were awarded for 150 trained police dogs, 250 choke chains, 250 leaches, 200 grooming brushes, 200 grooming combs and 200 kennel collars, all of which were supplied.
The Minister spoke at the Annual Ministerial Press Briefing which is the first to be organised by the Ministry since it was demerged from the Ministry of Interior in 2008.
At the occasion, Lame justified the expenditure saying, “The Dog Section of the Nigeria Police which had proven to be effective in areas of crime detection, riot control and sniffing duties (for narcotics and hard drugs) at the airports between 1963-1984 witnessed a sharp decline and total collapse from 1985-1991. In fact by 1992, there was no single dog in the kennels of the Nigeria Police Force.”
