You Must Leave Ebonyi Now, New CP Warns Criminals
The new Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police (CP), Aliyu Garba, has warned criminals to leave the state, as he is in the state to ensure robust policing. Issuing the warning after taking over from Sule Maku, who was transferred to Special Protection Unit (SPU), Force Headquarters (FHQ), Abuja, Garba noted that he was assuming duty to tackle insecurity in the...
Amnesty For Bandits Way Out, Northern Group Insists
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged the Federal Government to support Sheikh Ahmed Gumi’s initiative by granting amnesty to bandits terrorising the region. Spokesperson of the coalition, AbdulAzeez Suleiman, in a statement yesterday, called on Fulani herdsmen living in the southern part of the country to relocate if their safety could not be guaranteed in their host communities. According to...
Treat Bandits The Way You Treat Niger Delta Militants, Sheikh Gumi Insists
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, has asked government to treat bandits the way its treats Niger Delta militants by offering them Amnesty. The cleric further urged the government to give 'blanket Amnesty’ to the marauding bandits to end the orgy of killings in the North. Speaking to newsmen after his meeting with the bandits and Niger Governor, Gumi advised government...
Ohanaeze Youths Seek Amnesty For Eastern Security Network
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has called on the Federal Government to begin moves to grant amnesty to Eastern Security Network (ESN) a wing of IPOB the same way amnesty to bandits has occupied a front burner in national discourse. The council also called on the federal government to recruit the officers of ESN into mainstream community vigilante network. Speaking with...
Again, Gunmen Besiege Zamfara School, Abduct Over 300 Students
Some gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A staff of the School, who begged for anonymity, said the bandits arrived in the school around 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated the students. He narrated that some of...
Tension As Over 40 Security Agents Attempt To Arrest Sunday Igboho [VIDEO]
There was pandemonium along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday when a joint team of policemen and the Department of State Services attempted to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho. According to a viral video, Igboho, who is topless, is seen with his men daring the security operatives to “do their worst” before they drove off. According to...
Treat Roaming Herdsmen As Criminals, Gov. Obiano Orders Police
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has ordered a fresh headcount of herdsmen in the state. The governor gave the order on Tuesday during a one-day stakeholders’ security summit at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka, the Anambra State capital. Obiano, who said there was a headcount last year, maintained that after the new census, police and other security...
Despite Peaceful Environment, Abia Yet To Benefit From Oil Companies — Ikpeazu
Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed regret that despite peaceful atmosphere the state as one of the oil-producing states has offered oil companies, it has not benefitted meaningfully. According to the Governor, Abia has the record of being the most peaceful Oil Producing State as oil-producing communities in the State have not had any face-off with oil companies...
You Have Few Weeks To Restore Security, Buhari Tells Service Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has told service chiefs that they have just a few weeks to restore security in the country, ABN TV learnt. Speaking after decorating them with their new ranks at a ceremony in the presidential villa, Abuja on Friday, he charged military top brass to speed up their actions in freeing the country from the current state of...
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...
