Frustrated, Gov. Hope Uzodinma Says He Can’t Guarantee Security In Imo
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has declared that he cannot guarantee security in the state if left alone. After meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Uzodimma told newsmen that stakeholders, including traditional, religious, and political leaders, must engage more with the people to restore normalcy in the beleaguered state. According to him, former political...
My Directive To Security Operatives To Shoot Anyone Wielding AK-47 Stands – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos reiterated that his directive to security agencies, to shoot any person or persons found illegally wielding AK-47s and other assault weapons, remains in place. The President also vowed that his administration will act firmly and decisively ‘‘against any and all persons fomenting or carrying out attacks on our Police Force and other security personnel.’’ The...
Biafra: HURIWA Blasts Buhari For Referring To All Igbos As IPOB
Human Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has said that Muhammadu Buhari is not worthy to be called the President of Nigeria. HURIWA also claims President Buhari’s method of keeping mute and confining himself to the comfort of the villa appears to be the best option since his recent comments are divisive. The rights group said the President must henceforth return to...
Insecurity: Withdraw Troops From Igboland, Onyeka Onwenu Begs Buhari
Human rights activist and former Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Women Development, Onyeka Onwenu, on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the Nigerian troops deployed in South East and dialogue with secessionist agitators in the region. The request was a result of the outcry over alleged extrajudicial killings of Igbo youths by the security...
Please Surrender, Embrace Peace — Army Begs Boko Haram Terrorists
The Nigerian Army has urged remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists to surrender and embrace peace. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. A.A. Eyitayo, made the call at a feast organised for journalists by the army on Sunday in Maiduguri. Eyitayo, who is also the Commander Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, said the recent military onslaught against...
Open Grazing Our Heritage, If You Stop Us We Attack — Fulani Jihadists Warn Okowa
Residents of Asaba, Delta State capital, were, Sunday, thrown into confusion, following a threat letter by Fulani jihadists to attack the capital city over Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s support for the ban on open grazing in the southern part of the country. The threat letter, which was pasted in some parts of the state, including the premises of Living Faith Bible...
Alleged Military Invasion: FENRAD Urges Ikpeazu To Address Violent Unrest, Disturbances In Ohafia
A human rights and pro-democracy group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) has decried what it called skirmishes between some unidentified group and the military in Ohafia on Friday, June 11, 2021 which it says has led to the invasion of Ohafia by security agencies. FENRAD in a statement issued on Monday by the Executive Director, Comrade Nelson...
How ‘Unknown Gunmen’ Allegedly Beheaded Imo Lawmaker’s Gateman, Set House Ablaze
A gateman working at the home of Imo Assembly member representing Orsu state constituency, Ekene Nnodumele was in the early hours of Wednesday, beheaded by “unknown gunmen.” The attack took place at the hometown of the lawmaker, in Orsu local government area at about 02:15 am. Apart from the gate man whose head was cut off by the “unknown gunmen” the...
Imo Police Promise Criminals Hard Times, Take Insecurity Fight To Communities
The Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Abutu Yaro, has ordered the immediate deployment of Police Special Forces to the hinterlands in order to reinforce the security forces patrolling those areas. This came as a result of the recent shift of criminal activities to some parts of the rural communities following the major defeat suffered by the criminal elements...
Because Of Buhari’s Govt, ESN Will Continue Operations In South East — Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has stated that the Eastern Security Network, ESN will continue to operate in the south-eastern part of the country. ESN is the militia arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. In a statement on Wednesday, Kanu accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of ‘killing and abducting Biafrans. He wrote;...
