Some of the newly promoted officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) after the decoration with their new ranks in Ibadan, recently.

Three policemen, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)  were said to have lost their lives while battling hoodlums who attacked the residence of the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jerry Needam in the early hours of yesterday.
Two other police officers and a security guard who suffered serious gunshots in the attack that is suspected to be either a kidnap or assassination attempt, were said to be receiving treatment at a private hospital in Port Harcourt
According to Needam, the incident which is the third highly organised politically motivated plot on his life, occurred at his residence in Port Harcourt, during which scores of armed men engaged the Police in a fierce gun battle, leaving the compound, rooms and vehicles riddled with bullets.
Reports said the daredevil men stormed his residence in the wee hours of Tuesday morning and shot sporadically to gain entrance into the compound.
During the incident which lasted for over 2 hours, Mr. Needam was said to have put a distress call to the Police who promptly arrived his residence and engaged the gun men in a fierce gun battle.
Mr. Needam speaking shortly after the incident said he believes that the mastermind of the suspected kidnap and assassination attempt are his political opponents who desperately want him silenced following his strong political views and his penchant for speaking the truth.
Meanwhile, Needam, who has had interactions with the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, over the incident expresses confidence in the ability of the Command to investigate the matter and fish out those behind the assassination attempt on his life and entire household.
While commending the prompt response of the Police to the distress call and their demonstration of professionalism in the encounter with his assailants, the PDP Media Aide sympathized with the Police command and the families of the deceased policemen, praying that God would give them the fortitude to bear the loss of their beloved bread winners.
He also expresses gratitude to God who saved his life and his family in all of these incidents and to all friends and well-wishers who on hearing the news of the incident, called to show concern and to wish him God’s protection.