Bandits reportedly kill 9, abduct 25 along Kaduna-Kachia road

 

Suspected armed bandits have reportedly killed nine persons and kidnapped twenty-five others along the Kaduna-Kachia road in the early hours of Tuesday.

Those kidnapped, according to sources are mostly women.

Reports said the incident occurred near Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State.

The source explained that he sighted about nine (9) corpses at different spots with a bus conveying Anglican Church members abandoned and its occupants forced into the nearby forest.

He added that those killed were in a truck loaded with firewood, with the kidnapped persons, consisting of 19 occupants of an Anglican Church bus and six others from a Gulf-4 saloon car.

He explained, “There were 19 persons in the bus carrying Church women and Golf-4 car had six persons in it. Those killed were in a truck loaded with firewood.”

As of the time of filing this report, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige, has not responded to calls put to him for enquiries

Police parades 34 suspects, recovers weapons in Cross River

 

Police in Cross River State has paraded 34 suspected criminals and recovered 3 locally made pistols, charms, four red marks and five pointer stick spears.

Other items recovered included three hundred and sixty-eight thousand Naira, Passat wagon car and one hand set.

Parading the suspects and the items, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru Akande reiterated the command’s challenge in dealing with criminal elements.

CP Akande assured the people of the state that the command has been repositioned to tackle security challenges.

“It is evident that the dynamic of modern society has made citizens’ participation in crime fighting inevitable”

The CP cautioned traditional rulers to ensure peace in their domain rather than involving themselves in chieftaincy crisis, noting that he ordered the closure of the Henshaw Town Council for peace to reign.

Buhari terminates IGP Adamu’s appointment, replaces him with Alkali Baba

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as the Acting Inspector General of police.

The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi made this known to State House correspondents on Tuesday.

Usman Alkali Baba replaces Mohammed Abubakar Adamu whose tenure was recently extended.

Recall that Buhari had on the 4th of February, extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police for three months.

NIGERIA Representatives : Another Reps member is dead

 

A member of the House of Representatives, Suleiman Aliu of Lere Federal Constituency, Kaduna State is dead.

Aliu who represented Lere Constituency under the All Progressives Congress (APC) passed on at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna on Monday.

According to reports, he passed away following a brief illness.

His death is coming in the wake of a fatal accident that claimed the life of Haruna Maitala.

WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE results for private candidates

 

The West African Examinations Council has released the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for private candidates.

Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known during a press briefing with newsmen on Tuesday.

Areghan said the examination was designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions to reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines.

“The examination is primarily designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines.

“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight (2,938) candidates representing 40.31 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; out of which One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,396) were male and One Thousand five Hundred and Forty-Two (1,542) were female candidates, representing 47.52%and 52.48 % respectively;

“Two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Five (2,195) candidates representing 30.11 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

“Of this number, One Thousand and Seventy-Four (1,074) i.e. 48.93 per cent were male candidates, while One Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-One (1,121) i.e. 51.07 per cent were female candidates.

“The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2019 and 2020, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 26.08 per cent and 32.23 per cent respectively,” he said.

Imo prison break Crush IPOB members – IGP Adamu orders policemen

 

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday ordered police officers to go after members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Adamu directed his boys to be “ruthless against members of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB).”

He gave the directive during his visit to the burnt Imo Police Command headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Service.

The IGP also charged his men to use their weapons against the IPOB members and “crush them to the last man.”

Some unknown gunmen had attacked the police headquarters and the Correctional Centre in Owerri and freed hundreds of inmates.

The gunmen who operated from 1am to 3am, freed suspects in almost all the cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the command.

Reacting to the incident, the IGP had said operatives of IPOB’s Eastern Security Network, ESN, were responsible for the attack.

 

News : Imo prison attack Criminals will use IPOB’s name to terrorize Nigerians – Deji Adeyanju

 

Deji Adeyanju, a popular Abuja-based activist, has warned that most criminal gang would use the name of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to terrorize Nigerians.

Adeyanju, who is the convener of the Concerned Nigerians right advocacy group made the remark in response to the attacks on government security facilities in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

Some unknown gunmen had attacked the police headquarters and the Correctional Centre in Owerri and freed hundreds of inmates.

The gunmen who operated from 1am to 3am, freed suspects in almost all the cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the command.

Reacting, Adeyanju warned that such an occurrence in the Southeast may be worse than Boko Haram.

In a series of tweets, the activist wrote: “After the Edo jailbreak, it’s almost impossible to pass By-Pass road and many other places in Benin after 6pm.

“The things some of you are supporting in Imo today will have repercussions tomorrow. And many criminal gangs will use IPOB’s name to operate and terrorize the people.

“Something terrible is happening in the Southeast and if care is not taken, it will be worse than Boko Haram. We need a new president urgently who will not divide the country along tribal and ethnic lines.

“When Boko Haram started causing trouble in Borno, some people were celebrating that it was good to fight the injustice they had suffered. Today, the story is different. I hope those celebrating the destruction in the SE today, don’t regret it tomorrow.”