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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...

Nigeria in a State of Emergency – Buhari to New Service Chiefs

27Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Nigeria in a State of Emergency – Buhari to New Service Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, told the nation’s new service chiefs that the nation is in a state of emergency, hence the need for them to be patriotic, and serve the country well. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke during the first meeting he had with the service chiefs after their appointment on Tuesday. The statement titled “President Buhari charges new service chiefs” indicated that the service chiefs were led to the meeting by the Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (retd.). The service chiefs are the Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Leo Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Major-General I. Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral AZ Gambo; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal ...

I Don’t Know You, Sunday Igboho Tells Ojudu

26Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

I Don’t Know You, Sunday Igboho Tells Ojudu

A popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has denied ever having anything to do with a Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Babafemi Ojudu. Ojudu, in a piece titled “The Sunday Igboho I knew” on his on his Facebook page on Monday, alleged Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) chieftains hired Igboho to disrupt the 2009 Rerun Governorship Election in Ekiti State. He said he was able to win over Igboho after series of meetings. But told reporters at his residence in Ibadan on Tuesday after a fire incident at one his buildings in the Soka area of Ibadan he had no dealing with Ojudu. He said the presidential aide was a liar. He said: “I have been hearing reports about a man called Femi Ojudu. I don’t know this man. He said ...

Akeredolu’s Quit Notice to Fulani, Constitutional – Falana

25Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Security

Akeredolu’s Quit Notice to Fulani, Constitutional – Falana

Femi Falana, SAN, has said that the order given by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State asking herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state within seven days is legal. Falana in a statement issued on Sunday said the governor was within his constitutional rights to issue such order. He cited Section 42 (1) (e) and (g) of the Forestry Law of Ondo State which provided that whoever in any forest reserve, except with authority in writing of the prescribed officer, digs, cuts, turns or cultivates the soil or makes a farm or plantation; pastures cattle or permits cattle to trespass or trespasses in any part of forest reserves in which trespass shall be prohibited by an order of the governor. The human rights lawyer stated that the Presidency was hasty in issuing a statement last we...

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...

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.

19Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Nigeria, Terrorism, Violence

Gunmen Kidnap Travellers in Osun

Gunmen on Sunday night abducted travellers on Omoh/Erin-Ijesha road in Ori-Ade Local Government of Osun State, according to a report by The Nation. It was gathered that the hoodlums waylaid the travellers and took some of them to a nearby bush near Ori-Oke Omoh, while others were left on the scene. The Nation learnt that one of those abducted escaped from the gunmen and informed security operatives about the incident. The Corps Commander of ‘Amotekun Corps’ in Osun State, General Bashir Adewinbi, confirmed that travellers were kidnapped on Sunday. “We did not know how many people that were abducted by the gunmen, but we have drafted operatives to the scene to rescue the victims,” he said. Police spokesperson Mrs. Yemisi Opalola confirmed the kidnap, saying one of the a...

Ekiti Govt. Includes N550m Budget For drones Used To Fight Kidnapping, Banditry

18Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Communication, Crime, Economy, Finance, Information Technology, News, Nigeria, Terrorism, Violence

Ekiti Govt. Includes N550m Budget For drones Used To Fight Kidnapping, Banditry

Ekiti State Government has said efforts are on to procure sophisticated drones as part of efforts to boost surveillance, expose criminal hideouts and combat insecurity. Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning Mr. Femi Ajayi disclosed this at the weekend during the breakdown of the 2021 Appropriation Law with a budgetary provision of N109.666 billion. He said the government projected N550 million to purchase the drones as part of plans to tackle armed robbery, banditry and kidnapping. Ajayi added that N1.4 billion has been set aside to fund the Ekiti State Security Network code-named ‘Amotekun Corps’ for the security outfit to live up to its responsibility. He said the government budgeted N8billion for social services, covering education, health, gender empowerment, social...

18Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Nigeria, Terrorism, Violence, Youths

Three Robbery Suspects Arrested in Osun

The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested three suspected robbers who hijacked two articulated vehicles and robbed the occupants along Osu-Ile Ife expressway in the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Osogbo by Commissioner of Police Olawale Olokode. Olokode said the suspects were arrested on Thursday about 4am by a patrol team of the Joint Task Force and police who were alerted to the operation of the suspects within the axis. “On January 14, at about 4a.m, a suspected gang, fully armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, invaded Osu-Ile-Ife Expressway. “They attacked innocent motorists plying the road and hijacked two different trucks at gunpoint. “One Iveco Truck marked DTM 113 AX, loaded with toiletries and one DAF 75 truck marked JJJ 445...