Fear As Security Forces Kill 16 Suspected Gunmen In Aba, IPOB Insists Victims Not ESN
There is palpable fear among the residents of Aba as soldiers of the 144 Battalion, stationed at Ariaria junction, along the Enugu–Port Harcourt expressway, on Tuesday allegedly killed 16 gunmen who engaged them in a fierce gun battle. A military source, however, said it was a joint operation of the Nigerian Army and police which led to the death of...
Buhari Meets Governor Ortom 3 Days After Attack
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, met with the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting came three days after Ortom’s convoy was attacked while on his way to his farm. READ ALSO: Three Suspects Arrested Over Attack On Governor Ortom Buhari has since ordered that the attack which took place on Saturday be thoroughly investigated. Details later…
Killing Of Policemen In The State, Nationwide Worrisome – Abia Speaker Decries
The Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has decried incessant attacks and killings of policemen in the state and across the country, saying it is worrisome. While further adding that it has become a recurrent decimal, the Speaker while reacting to a matter of urgent public importance on attacks on security agents brought before the Assembly...
Attack On Ortom: PDP, Wike Spit Fire, Tell Nigerians To Hold APC, Buhari Responsible If…
Reactions have continued to trail the Saturday attack on Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom by suspected Fulani militia on Benue. The Peoples Democratic Party and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike were outraged, calling on Nigerians to hold the APC led federal government and the President, Muhammadu Buhari responsible if anything untoward happens to the Benue governor. In a statement titled, ‘PDP...
We’re Fighting Boko Haram With Weapons Biafran Army Surrendered To Nigeria 51 Years Ago – Soldier
A Nigerian army officer engaged in the fight against Boko Haram has alleged that soldiers at the front use outdated weapons to fight Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents. He alleged that top army officers, including former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, were using the Boko Haram war as an enterprise to enrich themselves at the expense of their lives. “Some...
Trace Bandits’ Funding Sources Same Way You Did With #EndSARS Protesters, Ben Kalu Charges
Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has challenged the security operatives to trace the source of funding of banditry in the North the same way they went after #EndSARS protesters and closed their funding sources. According to the Reps Spokesperson, there is no way kidnapping of school children by the bandits will take place without funding. Speaking on a...
ESN Receives Funds From Members In 120 Countries – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB said on Monday that there was enough money to fund its security arm known as the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, stated this in a press statement, adding that ESN was funded by IPOB members resident in 120 countries. Powerful was reacting to a statement credited to the Imo...
Nigeria Yet To Defeat Insecurity Because Criminals Are United — Sen. Okorocha
Senator representing Imo West, Sen. Rochas Okorocha has attributed the inability of the country's security forces to defeat insecurity, particularly banditry and kidnapping to the unity of purpose that exists among the criminal elements. He, therefore, lamented that division among Nigerians has hampered the fight against insecurity. Wondering why estimated 50,000 criminals have held over 200m Nigerians by the jugular for...
ESN Has Captured Notorious Fulani Bandits’ Leader Terrorising Benue, Others — Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, says that members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, have captured a notorious leader of a gang of Fulani bandits, identified as Mohammed Isa. Kanu said this in a statement released by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, which was obtained by ABN TV on Monday. In the statement, the IPOB...
Ranch Sambisa Forest To End Farmers/Herders Clashes, Akwa Ibom Senator Tells FG
Sen. Christopher Ekpenyong representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State has recommended that the federal government should encourage security forces particularly the military to rescue the Sambisa forest in Borno State from insurgents and bandits and use it for ranching. Ekpenyoong who spoke weekend, in Uyo while reacting to the worsening insecurity in the country occasioned by activities...
