The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) is a network of 46 civil society organizations committed to promoting police accountability and respect for human rights in Nigeria. It was established in 2000 to provide opportunity for civil society involvement in police reform, and the promotion of safety, security and justice in Nigeria.
NOPRIN carries out its mandate through monitoring, field research and investigation, documentation, publication, campaign and advocacy.
Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) has received some shocking information about the alleged partisan role of law enforcement officials in the Jos mayhem, which is exacerbating the violence and the attendant bloodletting and destruction. NOPRIN hereby calls on the IGP to order a prompt, impartial and exhaustive investigation into the allegations of partisanship and criminality by police officers.
NOPRIN wishes to bring to the attention of the IGP the particular report of the role of one ACP Usman Dagogo who is alleged to be using police resources to protect and rescue his fellow Moslems while targeting and killing non-Moslems. We reproduce hereunder, the full text of information we received from a source at the Police Staff College, Jos.
‘On Tuesday, 19/0109 some Hausa Moslems from Police Staff College under the command of ACP Dagogo went to Jos Town with their vehicles, with arms bringing two the college Hausa Moslems. Some with wounds to the college clinic for treatment. The ACP was not authorize by any authority to do so. He took some staff and course participants with arms by 12 pm of Tuesday for illegal patrol where they were opening fire on non-Moslems in Jos town. As they were going around to rescue their fellow Hausa Moslems to PSC compound which is not known as refugee camp. But non Moslems were not allowed into the PSC compound by ACP Dagogo.’
‘On Monday the authority of Police Staff College directed every staff and course participants no matter your rank, that is everybody is confined to the barracks. Because of the riot in Jos. Where some Hausa Moslems attacked some Christians while worshiping at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Nassarawa Gwom, Jos by 10 am Sunday 17.012010. It will be recalled that the cause of the attack was because of the testimony given by the Yoruba and Igbo on Friday and Saturday at the Justice Ajibola’s Panel on December 28 riot in Jos.’
‘ACP Usman Nagogo, he was warned that night of Tuesday when he changed from police uniform to Moslem dressing with arms for easy identification by his Hausa Moslem.’
NOPRIN hereby urges the IGP to urgently order a full investigation into this very disturbing allegation of the role of ACP Dagogo and others who may be involved in such criminal undertaking. If they are found to be culpable, they should be subjected to appropriate and adequate disciplinary measures in accordance with the law.
Okechukwu Nwanguma
Program Coordinator
08064974531
Diego
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CANDID TALK
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kenda
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Ahmedoo
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chimby
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HASSAN A.M
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Sanusi N
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S abdul
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IKOTU
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Nuruddeen Hussain Magaji
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Wakili Nda
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ISIKAN.UKANKAN
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path follower
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controlcorruption
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controlcorruption
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Geox
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Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) has received some shocking information about the alleged partisan role of law enforcement officials in the Jos mayhem, which is exacerbating the violence and the attendant bloodletting and destruction. NOPRIN hereby calls on the IGP to order a prompt, impartial and exhaustive investigation into the allegations of partisanship and criminality by police officers.
NOPRIN wishes to bring to the attention of the IGP the particular report of the role of one ACP Usman Dagogo who is alleged to be using police resources to protect and rescue his fellow Moslems while targeting and killing non-Moslems. We reproduce hereunder, the full text of information we received from a source at the Police Staff College, Jos.
‘On Tuesday, 19/0109 some Hausa Moslems from Police Staff College under the command of ACP Dagogo went to Jos Town with their vehicles, with arms bringing two the college Hausa Moslems. Some with wounds to the college clinic for treatment. The ACP was not authorize by any authority to do so. He took some staff and course participants with arms by 12 pm of Tuesday for illegal patrol where they were opening fire on non-Moslems in Jos town. As they were going around to rescue their fellow Hausa Moslems to PSC compound which is not known as refugee camp. But non Moslems were not allowed into the PSC compound by ACP Dagogo.’
‘On Monday the authority of Police Staff College directed every staff and course participants no matter your rank, that is everybody is confined to the barracks. Because of the riot in Jos. Where some Hausa Moslems attacked some Christians while worshiping at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Nassarawa Gwom, Jos by 10 am Sunday 17.012010. It will be recalled that the cause of the attack was because of the testimony given by the Yoruba and Igbo on Friday and Saturday at the Justice Ajibola’s Panel on December 28 riot in Jos.’
‘ACP Usman Nagogo, he was warned that night of Tuesday when he changed from police uniform to Moslem dressing with arms for easy identification by his Hausa Moslem.’
NOPRIN hereby urges the IGP to urgently order a full investigation into this very disturbing allegation of the role of ACP Dagogo and others who may be involved in such criminal undertaking. If they are found to be culpable, they should be subjected to appropriate and adequate disciplinary measures in accordance with the law.
Okechukwu Nwanguma
Program Coordinator
08064974531
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Diego
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... wallahi, if wat i'm posting is a lie may God strike me dead..............wat happen in Kuru jenta, Kuru babba,Sabon Gidan foron and Tintin was genocide of highest oder..dos dat attacked us and killed hundreds in sabon gidan foron are known 2 us..i can count many muslims dat were killed in front of there wives and children in sabon gidan foron alone and wallahi we knw dos dat killed them..eg Friday[real name] the self acclaimed war lord killed Mallam Abdullahi in front of his wife Saude and children...it pains me dat we, d victims are now been seen as the aggressors..surely,truth will prevail oneday. |
CANDID TALK
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... EVERYBODY KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT NIGERIA, BUT PREFER THAT WE SHOULD KEEP KILLING SO FAR WE ARE WINNING. PRAY IT DOES NOT HAPPEN THAT YOUR WIFE OR HUSBAND OR CHILD IS CAUGHT IN ALL THESE BLOODLETTING. YOU SURE CHANGE YOUR LANGUAGE. |
kenda
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... Mr Controller or coodinator whatever your name is have you ever heard of Dagogo jack? those are rivers name i dont even think yours nigerian, you see people like you and the former police boss and the owner of the redio station in jos are the samething for spreading lies and one side story hearsay that push people into violence. You are nothing but big Dummy and trouble maker you should be locked up for spreading false information that result in loosing inocent lives. |
Ahmedoo
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... i think the problems with majority of nigeria's southerners or non muslims is there gross lack of objectivity and sheer misinformation as portrayed in the above revelations. what is obvious is that the hausas are not agitating for the domination of plateau state as wrongly or ill intentionally accused. but, jos is hausas and remains so and countless academic works of its sociopolitical history by prominenet national and international authorities support this. what the so called ACP is accused of doing would have been legendary and shpuold be given a national honor for protecting some nigerians form the terrorism by other nigeria which is a constitutional obligation to both civilians and armed forces alike. if we cannot tell ourselves the truth, then i pity for this country coz when things went out of hand then we will know for how lond the muslims have remained patient and restrained cos in violence there is no any monopoly. somalia is an example. Gog save naija. |
chimby
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... The problem with Nigerians is that we know the truth but we always hide from the truth. I am not from Jos and don't need to come from Jos to know the truth. And what is that truth, the Hausa/Fulani wants to take over Jos and the indigenes are resisting it with all they have got. We really need to tell ourselves the truth. Can a Plateau man become the local government chairman in a Northern state? Absolutely no way. |
HASSAN A.M
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... MR COORDINATOR WELL DONE I THINK YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE COORDINATING ANY THING BECAUSE FROM YOU STATEMENT YOU HAVE TAKEN SIDE AND AS TRUE NIGERIAN YOU SHOULD VARIFIED YOUR INFORMATION FIRST AND WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU I DON'T THINK ANY THING GOOD WILL COME OUT OF OUR POLICE. |
Sanusi N
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... Mr. program coordinator or who ever u call ur self... are u really in this country? do u really watch TV or read the national dailies? is like u slept just after the former police commissioner made that baseless statement and just woke up with these... its so unfortunate we still have people like you. sahara reporters should have shown u the picture of the house where it all started. and i think the same thing that happened to the police comm. should happen to u. |
S abdul
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... I urge Nigerians to have some sense of objectivity when we deal with this sad riot. Anyone with an ounce of humanity will feel very distressed by the brutal murder (and subsequent disposal of these bodies)of the victims at Kuru. If we continue to condone this primitive action simply because the victims are not our tribes or from our religion,then we're debased and subhuman. Blind hatred is like cancer,it destroys your humanity and ultimately consumes you. We must rise above this primordial instinct and condemn any heinous crime irrespective of the identity of the transgressors. |
IKOTU
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... I have just read the unfortunate piece by Okechukwu Nwanguma who claim to be the program cordinator of NOPRIN. Its unfortunate that as a young man you are treading the path of dishonour.How can a program cordinator of more than 1 organistaion write this kind of comments? How on earth do you find allie hands to publish this on the net through Sahara? though we wouldn't have known your intellectuall capacity of being so low and the organisation you lead.Where ever genocide/masacre has taken place (being in Russia,Sri Lanka, or Kuru Karama Jantar) any right thinking person should condemn it because life is sacred and one cannot hide on the guise of religion or ethnicity to support henious crime such as what is happening in Jos and specifically kuru karama jantar village where innocent lifes of women ,children, men were butchered,burnt and dumped on well and sewage.its despicable ,I cried when Saw the picyure on BBC and Aljazeera |
Nuruddeen Hussain Magaji
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... You too NOPRIN should be investigated because of your baseless and bias report which can only fuel our anger on you. You never mention the Kuru karama massacred by your christiant allies and you now com whith a fallacious report craping as if it was christiant killed only during the crisis also your fabricated cause of the crisis wich is clearly unaccertain by the authourities. Remember that if you push us to our last patience we can react the way you want it, God forbit. Islam is our religion. |
Wakili Nda
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... Okechukwu Nwanguma or whatever you call yourself, your report has shawn that you are siding one particular religion but i want you to be carefull because this kind of report will do more harm and cause hatred in the mind of the people your are siding. Please we nigerians need peace and harmony, we need to be one and not divided. |
ISIKAN.UKANKAN
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... PLEASE IF I MAY POINT OUT A FEW INCONSTITENCES,THE NOPRIN REPORT SAYS ACP NUSMAN NAGOGO QUITE DIFFERENT FROM DAGOGO,SO HIS BEHAVIOUR NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.IF HE HEROICALLY RESCUED PEOPLE THEIR RELIGION NOTWITHSTANDING HE SHOULD BE COMMENDED.BUT IF HE DEFENDED A PARTICULAR PEOPLE WHILE ATTACKING THE OTHERS HE SHOULD BE TRIED. I ALSO WANT THE HUMAN RIGHTS PEOPLE TO BE NONPARTISAN,I AGREE THAT BOTH THE CP AND THE GOC SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.IF ANY OF THEM INCITED AND TOOK PART IN ACTS AGAINST ONE SECTION IN THE PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT THEY SHOULD BE TRIED. I CALL ON THE AUTHORITIES TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE GOC JUST AS THE COMMISSIONER WAS REMOVED AND BRING IN NEUTRAL PERSONS. |
path follower
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... Shame! This ACP from whatever part of the country he comes must be commended for gallantry and patriotism. His alleged action, if it is true is a path of honour which all responsible public servnts should be encouraged to emulate for saving the lives of innocent peace loving lives whose offence was nothing but simply they are of a particular hated stock. If any complain should be made, it is the irresponsible and highly partisan stand of the Plateau State Police Commissioner, who even before detail of the genesis of the crises emerges, but he came out openly to take side. Thanks for the international coverage of the genocide by BBC, VOA, Aljazeera, RFI etc. We heard that the bigot COMPOL is being investigated by the ICHR, INTERPOL and others for possible prosecution for his direct participation in abetting and supervising an act of genocide. |
controlcorruption
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... @geox.You seem to know this ACP Dagogo and what transpired on that day. So tell us more as a patriotic Nigeria. We need to address this Jos problem for once to avoid these senseless killings. |
controlcorruption
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... @geox.You seem to know this ACP Dagogo and what transpired on that day. So tell us more as a patriotic Nigeria. We need to address this Jos problem for once to avoid these senseless killings. |
Geox
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... Absolute nonsense! ACP Dagogo is a christain for Rivers State. Do you expect him to bring the oppressors to continue attacking the oppressed in the police college? The ACP should be commended for taking this bold step inspite of the apparent failure of Police Command in the state. |
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