By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Police Force, Cross River State Command has called on members of the public to come identify and collect their properties or loose them. The Command through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo in a release in Calabar urged claimers/owners to present original documents for verification and collection between January
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As the Justice Simon Amobeda of Federal High Court (2) Calabar, Cross River State get ready to rule over the modification of the ruling granting the Prosecution request to mask its seven (7) witness this morning (Tuesday) a combined team of security operatives (all armed) have taken over the Court premises. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting and redeployment of 13 Assistant Inspectors General of Police to various zones and formations across the country. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, announced this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the posting and redeployment followed the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Chief Magistrate Court which sat in Calabar, the Cross River State capital (Court No. 23, Garden Street) presided over by His Worship, Magistrate Eno Iyamba Esq. has on Tuesday held that Police Officers are incompetent to file criminal charges before any Court in Cross River State of Nigeria. In Charge No.
On Friday, October 4, the bail application filed by journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo, was refused by a Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda. In denying him bail, the court ordered that he be remanded in prison custody pending the conclusion of his trial
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda has granted leave for the Nigerian Police to detain legal practitioner, Mr. Joseph Odok for 45 days. The Police had arrested Mr. Odok at his Abuja residence on September 26, 2019 and he has since been detained at
By Jonathan Ugbal An Army Corporal, Awotayo Femi attached to 707 Special Force Brigade in Makurdi, Benue state and six others are said to be cooling their feet in detention now after they allegedly killed a Police Inspector, Christopher Achong in Bekwarra local government area on Friday. Police sources say Mr. Achong was on patrol
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana recently promised to confront the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, over the prolonged detention of a Journalist, Agba Jalingo by the Cross River State Police Command. Falana, who was the guest speaker at the 20th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture with the