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Makinde Deploys 200 Amotekun Men in Ibarapa

28Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism

Makinde Deploys 200 Amotekun Men in Ibarapa

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde yesterday released a security strategy to be adopted in fighting insecurity and other security challenges facing Ibarapa zone. The strategies, according to the governor, were arrived at after a meeting with security stakeholders, including representatives from Igangan, Ibarapa land and Police Commissioner Ngozi Onadeko. Makinde, who made the disclosure on his social media handle, said the strategies include deployment of additional operatives of the Amotekun Corps; continuous dialogue; documentation of foreigners, enforcement of existing laws and collaboration with federal security agencies, among others. The governor said additional 200 members of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Amotekun will be deployed in Ibarapa and Oke...

FFK Warns Against Arrest of Sunday Igboho

24Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

FFK Warns Against Arrest of Sunday Igboho

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that it would be dangerous, reckless and counterproductive for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to arrest Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who issued a quit notice to Fulani herdsmen in Oyo State. The Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, had ordered the Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho with immediate effect. In his reaction, Fani-Kayode in a post on his verified Twitter handle condemned the move to arrest the activist. He wrote, “It would be dangerous, reckless & counter-productive for Buhari to ARREST or KILL Sunday Igboho. When the Northern youths demanded that Igbos should leave the north no-one was arrested. Why should Sunday be arrested or kille...

23Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Violence, Youths

IGP Orders Arrest of Sunday Igboho

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, over an eviction order on Fulanis in Oyo State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa. He told BBC Hausa the IGP told him on the phone order had been given to the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho immediately and transfer him to Abuja. Igboho had ordered herdsmen in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State to leave within seven days, attributing the spate of banditry and killings in the area to them. The activist was in Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday when Sunday Igboho and his supporters reportedly stor...

Don’t Rely on Politicians to Defend Your Territories, Kanu Warns S’West Youths

23Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Don’t Rely on Politicians to Defend Your Territories, Kanu Warns S’West Youths

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has asked Yoruba youths to defend their land and forests against gunmen attacks. Kanu alleged that politicians could not defend the South-west if the youths rely solely on them for security. The IPOB leader in a statement issued by the groups’ Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, reminded the Yoruba youths that southwest governors did nothing when herdsmen kidnapped and killed a Yoruba leader, Pa Fasoranti's daughter on Yoruba soil. He urged the youth to emulate the Eastern youths who formed the Eastern Security Network, ESN, and take their destiny in their hands. Kanu warned the youth that any attempt to compromise would end the Yoruba nation. The statement partly read, “Which one is herdsmen pe...

Akeredolu Orders Massive Amotekun Recruitment

22Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Youths

Akeredolu Orders Massive Amotekun Recruitment

Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered massive recruitment into the State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps in its second batch recruitment exercise. Akeredolu was the first to launch the Amotekun Corps last year in the South West region to help tackle criminal elements in the state. Categories of officers to be recruitment included regular officers, intelligence Corps and volunteers. Commander of the Corps, Chief Tunji Adeleye, in a statement said interested applicants must be between 20 and 70 years. The Amotekun Corps had helped to stem the tide of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state.

Insecurity Deserves More Attention Than COVID-19 – Bafarawa

21Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Insecurity Deserves More Attention Than COVID-19 – Bafarawa

Dalhatu Bafarawa, erstwhile Governor of Sokoto State has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to channel the proposed N400bn for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines to tackle the deteriorating insecurity in the country. Bafarawa asked the Buhari administration to show more concern on insecurity than the pandemic that had led to the death of 2,000 people. The former governor in a statement issued on Wednesday said northerners and indeed all Nigerians are not happy with the security situation in the country. He said, "The government appears to have abandoned the situation and channelled all its effort to a pandemic that has taken barely 2000 lives in the country. "When I see that things are not going well, I cannot keep quiet. If I keep quiet, other parts of the country would accuse...

Anambra Police Parade Two Teenagers, 12 Others for Illegal Revenue Collection, Armed Robbery

21Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Anambra Police Parade Two Teenagers, 12 Others for Illegal Revenue Collection, Armed Robbery

The Anambra State Police Command has paraded fourteen males suspects who are engaged in illegal revenue collection and armed robbery in different parts of Onitsha. The suspects who were paraded at the Police Area Command Headquarters, Onitsha, were arrested in separate raids by the command's patrol team. Among the fourteen suspects were two teenagers, who were arrested separately at Nkpor Junction and Awada Obosi while robbing people of their belongings with a make-shift gun at night. Twelve other suspects were apprehended at Upper Iweka axis and Owerri Road where they are collecting unauthorized revenues from traders and vehicle owners. The arrest of the illegal revenue collectors, according to the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Muhammed, who spoke on...

Presidency Berates Gov Akeredolu Over Ultimatum to Herdsmen

20Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Presidency Berates Gov Akeredolu Over Ultimatum to Herdsmen

The Presidency has faulted the seven-day ultimatum issued to herdsmen by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, to vacate forest reserve, urging him not to act outside the constitution of the country. The governor had in a statement on Monday issued herdsmen seven days to leave all forest reserves in the state due to high spate of kidnapping in the state. Akeredolu banned the movement of cattle within cities and highways, as well as night grazing. He had said, "Today, we have taken major steps at addressing the root cause of kidnapping, in particular, and other nefarious activities detailed and documented in security reports, the press, and debriefings from victims of kidnap cases in Ondo State. "As the chief law and security officer of the state, it is my constitutional obli...

Reps Propose Three-month Postponement of School Resumption

17Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, Education, Legislature, News, Nigeria, Safety

Reps Propose Three-month Postponement of School Resumption

The House of Representatives has frowned at the decision of the Federal Government to allow schools to resume on Monday despite a spike in cases of COVID-19. The Green chamber alleged that the Federal Government failed to consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that all relevant stakeholders were consulted before arriving at the January 18, 2021, resumption date. The house, therefore, asked the federal government to postpone the resumption of schools for three months, pending implementation of safety measures against COVID-19. This was disclosed by Prof Julius Ihonvbere, Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education and Services in a telephone interview with The Punch on Saturday. He said, “They did not consult us; at least in my c...

COVID-19: NYSC Ignores Osinbajo Report, Mobilises Corpers to Camps

16Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Safety, Youths

COVID-19: NYSC Ignores Osinbajo Report, Mobilises Corpers to Camps

Despite the rising cases of COVID-19 across the country, the Federal Government has once again ignored the recommendation by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo led Economic Sustainability Committee and approved the re-opening of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camps nationwide next Tuesday. The committee had in June 2020 report recommended that while the NYSC programme could go ahead, the three-week orientation camp should be suspended for two years. The report partly read, "Consideration will be given to suspending the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp exercises for at least 24 months while allowing deployment to places of primary assignment. This will ensure that there is no backlog in the national service placement pipeline." It was learnt that when th...