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Community Policing Child Of Necessity – NBA Chairman
The Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Benin branch, Pius Oiwoh, Esq., has said that community policing is a child of necessity meant to fill the lacuna occasioned by the Federal Government’s inability to police the country.
However, he said that community policing should operate within a holistic legal framework to be able to meet the yearnings and expectations of the populace.
Oiwoh, represented by a member of the NBA, Prince Ehimare Madojemu, spoke at the 2022 Feast of Barracuda (FOB) organised by the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), aka Pyrates Confraternity, Benin 1 branch.
The FOB was themed: “Community Policing: A panacea to insecurity in Nigeria.”
A media consultant and social analyst, Dr Don-Pedro Obaseki, said that community policing as conceptualised by the immediately past Inspector-General of Police is diametrically opposed to vigilante networks.
He disclosed that a situation where an untrained person bears an unregulated firearm is a symptom of a failed state.
While suing for collaboration between the vigilante and the police for enhanced security, he, however, made a case for the profiling and encouragement of members of vigilante, noting that they are more daring to criminals than the regular police.
He expressed the fear that community policing in Edo State will grow into a monster in view of the absence of a regulatory framework.
According to him, community policing thrives prior to the military’s intervention in the governance of Nigeria which led to overriding the thriving community policing.
He faulted the centralisation of policing infrastructure in Nigeria, adding that without devolution, the current security challenge in the country would go from bad to worse.
On his part, a co-pioneer founder of Edo State Vigilante Network, Mr Oboh Emmanuel Otoide, said that community policing in Edo is organised under the Edo State Joint Security Network which was occasioned by the EndSARS protest.
He said that community policing uses environmental intelligence to successfully combat crime.
He advised against the application of political coloration to operate community policing, saying it was capable of undermining successful community policing.
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The Gwagwalada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP. Victor Isuku in his presentation defined community policing as “a philosophy that aims at positioning the police and the public to cooperate on the ground of mutual consultation and partnership at addressing problems of crime and disorder.”
According to him “community policing is a democratic policing, of the people, by the people and for the people.
“Vigilante or vigilantism on the other hand, is the act of an individual or group to uphold and protect the law within their area of responsibility with the backing of the law.”
He said that the dicotomy between the community policing and vigilante is bridge by the fact that security both aim at enhanced security.
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Edo NLC Crisis: Caretaker Committee Drags Rival Exco, Govt To Court
The division in the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), took a new dimension on Wednesday as Prof. Monday Monday Lewis Igbafen-led caretaker committee approached the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division, seeking to affirm its authority and restrain a rival executive from parading itself as the council’s leadership.
Joined in the suit are the Edo State Government, the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, and the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.
In a suit marked: NICN/BEN/12/2026, and filed before the court in Benin, the claimant, Igbafen, acting for himself and on behalf of the NLC Caretaker Committee in Edo State, is challenging the continued occupation of the union’s secretariat and control of its assets by members of the Bernard Egwakhide-led factional State Executive Council.
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The claimants are asking the court to declare that the caretaker committee (Igbafen-led faction), constituted on August 11, 2025, by the NLC national leadership, remains the only lawful authority to administer the affairs of the Edo State Council pending fresh elections.
They further seek a declaration that the continued occupation of the NLC secretariat located at No. 1 Teboga Road, Benin City, as well as the retention of union assets, financial records, and official instruments by the defendants, is illegal and void.
The suit also prays for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from parading themselves as officials of the NLC Edo Council or interfering with the functions of the caretaker committee.
In addition, the claimants are seeking a mandatory order compelling the defendants to immediately hand over the secretariat, vehicles, financial documents, cheque books, and all other properties belonging to the union.
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The caretaker committee further urged the court to restrain the state government and its officials from interfering in the internal affairs of the union, alleging undue support for the dissolved executive.
The claimants further demand N50 million as general and exemplary damages against the defendants for alleged unlawful usurpation of office and acts prejudicial to the administration of the council.
According to court documents made available to our correspondent, the crisis followed the dissolution of the Edo State Council by the NLC National Executive Council on February 27, 2025, over allegations of misconduct, anti-union activities, and constitutional violations.
However, the matter has yet to be assigned a hearing date.
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Transfer: Premier League Clubs Scramble For Dele-Bashiru
Lazio midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is a subject of interest from three Premier League clubs, according to Sky Sports.
Lazio reportedly rejected offers from Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth for the Nigeria international in January.
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La Biancolesti are bracing for more interest in Dele-Bashiru ahead of the summer transfer window, according to Sky Sports.
The 24-year-old has two years left on his contract with the Serie A club.
The attacking midfielder joined the Rome-based club from Turkish Super Lig outfit Hatayspor in 2024.
He has been a regular feature for Lazio this season.
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Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Students To Picket MTN, MultiChoice, Other Businesses
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS South-West Zone D, has announced plans to picket South African companies in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country.
DAILY POST reports that some Nigerians were recently killed in South Africa over the violent attacks.
A statement issued to newsmen by Comrade Adeyemo Josiah Kayode, Coordinator, NANS South-West, Zone D, said that the association is mobilizing to take decisive and lawful action by organizing peaceful picketing and mass advocacy against South African business interests operating in Nigeria.
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“We categorically state that the continued targeting of Nigerians under any guise is unacceptable and must come to an immediate end.
“This will include major corporations such as MTN Group and MultiChoice Group. It is morally indefensible for businesses to thrive in an environment where the lives of Nigerians are protected, while Nigerians are subjected to fear and violence elsewhere.
“This contradiction will no longer be tolerated,” the statement said.
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