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BREAKING: Herdsmen Kill Two, Set Amotekun Vehicle Ablaze in Ondo

12Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security, Terrorism

BREAKING: Herdsmen Kill Two, Set Amotekun Vehicle Ablaze in Ondo

No fewer than two persons reportedly lost their lives when some suspected herdsmen attacked the men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps. The incident occurred on Thursday in Sanusi Village, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that those who lost their lives were a farmer and a member of a vigilante group whose identities were yet unknown as of the time of filing this report. The operational motorcycles and vehicle of the Amotekun Corps were reportedly set ablaze by the bandits too. According to a report by the Punch Newspaper, the attack occurred when the Amotekun men and other security agents were carrying out the order of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to flush out the herdsmen who are illegally occupying the forest re...

Amotekun Arrests Truckload of Armed Fulani Herdsmen Heading To Ogun, Lagos

10Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism

Amotekun Arrests Truckload of Armed Fulani Herdsmen Heading To Ogun, Lagos

Officers of Oyo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun, have intercepted a truck loaded with no fewer than 80 men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to a report by Sahara Reporters, the Amotekun corps stopped the men, who were loaded in a truck, and a quick search revealed some bows, arrows and daggers in the vehicle. Apart from that, sources told newsmen that about 25 motorcycles in the truck also had cows. Upon interrogation, the men were reported to have told the Amotekun operatives that they were going to Lagos and Ogun States. The search was said to have attracted residents who trooped to the scene, but to avoid crisis, the security agents were said to have led the truck and its occupants to the police ...

Refrain From Divisive Comments, Lai Mohammed Tells Politicians

7Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Refrain From Divisive Comments, Lai Mohammed Tells Politicians

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked political and religious leaders to restrain from divisive comments. Mohammed also called on citizens to resist any calculated attempt to cause division and instability in the country. He disclosed this while speaking on a radio programme monitored by NAN. The minister said the country’s security challenges are surmountable, urging the citizens to refrain from statements and rhetorics that could exacerbate the situation. He said, “We are calling on all Nigerians to resist any agenda by anybody to threaten the unity and peaceful coexistence in the country.” “We have always lived together peacefully for long as Hausas, Yorubas, Ibos, Fulanis and so on, and we have always resolved our differences amicably. “l want t...

I’m Confident Terrorism will be Forgotten Soon in Nigeria — Adeboye

6Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Nigeria, Religion, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Violence

I’m Confident Terrorism will be Forgotten Soon in Nigeria — Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, expressed confidence that terrorism will soon be forgotten in Nigeria. He spoke at the virtual February 2021 Holy Ghost Service of the church with the theme, ‘God Bless You (2)’. According to him, whatever has a beginning must have an ending, adding that every force laying siege on Nigeria would be disappointed. The 78-year-old cleric said, “I don’t know the kind of crisis you have because if anybody had a crisis, Job had one. Physically, he had a crisis. Materially, he had a crisis. Maritally, he had a crisis, even the wife said curse God and die. And when it comes to his friends, everyone of his friends tried to put a blame on him –this problem can only come on you because you must hav...

IPOB Berates Facebook for Blocking Nnamdi Kanu

4Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Communication, Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Press Statement, Safety, Security, Terrorism

IPOB Berates Facebook for Blocking Nnamdi Kanu

The Indigenous People of Biafra has decried the blocking of the Facebook account of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement by the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday, the group described the action as despicable and petty. While accusing the Federal Government of having a hand in the conspiracy, IPOB described Facebook as an accomplice of mass murder. The statement read in part, “We strongly condemn this attitude of Facebook managers in Lagos and Abuja who collude with corrupt Nigeria government officials to suppress free flow of information via their platform. “This unconscionable and reprehensible attitude amounts to partnering with perpetrators of human rights abuses and other criminal activities masterminded by the Nigeria State against innoc...

4Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Sunday Igboho Begs Ooni for Forgiveness

Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has asked for forgiveness from the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi for alleging the monarch failed the Yoruba nation during his recent visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. Igboho, in virtual meeting tagged: Townhall with Yoruba in Diaspora, said the Ooni disappointed the Yoruba people for not telling Buhari the truth about herdsmen killings in the South West when they met. But in a viral video on Wednesday evening obtained by The Nation, Sunday Igboho said he had spoken with the monarch on phone and begged him for forgiveness. Igboho, who denied insulting the monarch, said: “I did not insult the Ooni. “The killing of my people by Fulani herdsmen and the way our fathers in Yoruba land are handling the i...

Okezie Ikpeazu Charges Security Agencies To Arrest Killer-herders

3Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Safety, Science

Okezie Ikpeazu Charges Security Agencies To Arrest Killer-herders

Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has urged heads of security agencies to arrest killer-herdsmen in the state. A statement by Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi-Kalu, condemned the recent destruction of farmlands by cows grazing openly in violation of extant laws. It also condemned the activities of criminal herdsmen suspected to have masterminded the recent kidnap around Abia North. According to the statement, Ikpeazu has directed security agents to bring to justice all those involved in the criminal activities. It reads: “Government has activated all relevant components of the state security architecture to ensure the safety of lives and property of citizens, residents and visitors. “We, therefore, call on the people to go about their legitimate businesses without f...

We Do not Have Chibok Girls with Us —Irabor

1Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Violence

We Do not Have Chibok Girls with Us —Irabor

The Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Leo Irabor, says there are no freed Chibok girls in the custody of Defence Headquarters. He spoke in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Sunday when he, alongside, other commanders, paid their first operational visit to the theatre of the Boko Haram war. Boko Haram insurgents had on April 14, 2014, attacked a Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno, and took away over 276 schoolgirls from their hostels. Rescue efforts and negotiations between the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the insurgents led to the release of 107 in batches – one in May 2016; 21 in October 2016; and 82 in January 2017 – leaving 112 in captivity. However, there were reports of late that some of the 112 Chibok girls regain...

Seven to Eight Kidnappers Arrested Are Fulanis – Sultan of Sokoto

30Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Seven to Eight Kidnappers Arrested Are Fulanis – Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto, HRH Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said that though seven to eight kidnappers arrested in Nigeria are Fulani, but that doesn’t mean every Fulani is a criminal. He stated this on Friday at a meeting of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association (MACBAN), The Nation reports. He said that it was unfounded to label all Fulani criminals because of the acts perpetrated by a few of them. He said, “I am a Fulani, and I am not a bad man. I am also not a criminal. Those engaged in one forms of crimes or another are across the country. It is not proper to refer to any tribe to describe individuals' crime. “For example, when they collected N10m, where and how do you spend this amount in the bush? The money is back in the city. I have told the Inspector General ...

Sule Lamido Berates Tinubu, Fashola Over Treatment of Fulani

29Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Sule Lamido Berates Tinubu, Fashola Over Treatment of Fulani

Sule Lamido, a former Governor of Jigawa State has called out the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, claiming he has been indifferent over the alleged attack on Fulanis in the Southwestern region of the country. He disclosed this on Thursday in Kano while receiving 27 newly elected local government chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, in Jigawa at his office, Vanguard reports. Lamido expressed displeasure with the treatment of Fulanis in the country, alleging that they are being persecuted, especially in the especially the southwestern because they are Buhari's tribe. He also criticised the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, his counterparts in transportation and labour ministries, Rotimi Amaechi, and Chris Ngige for not defending Fulanis in their...