The Ibrahim Shekarau- led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, at the weekend, insisted on producing the state chairman of the party or nothing else.
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In a letter to the Chairman of Caretaker Committee Mai Mala Buni where they outlined their conditions, Shekarau and other factional leaders of the party equally tasked the party to cede 55 percent of the party structure to them while conceding 45 percent to the Governor’s side.
They also demanded that the reconciliation committee or any engagements on of the party’s dispute in the state must not be chaired by the Governor as he was a party to the disagreements.
While imploring the party to do the needful to redeem the situation, they announced that they would no longer participate in the reconciliation process except all the appeals filed by the Governor’s side were withdrawn from the courts.
Meanwhile, in an interview with the BBC, Hausa Service, Shekarau objected to the proposed composition of the caucus of the party at the local government level as proposed by national headquarters, saying that the category of some people designated as caucus at this level contravened the APC constitution.
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“The Chairman does not have the mandate to amend the provisions of the constitution. We strongly rejected the guidelines” he stated.
Meanwhile, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has extended a warm welcome to committee’s member coming from Abuja to oversee the harmonization exercise in the state.
A statement signed by Mohammed Garba, Information Commissioner in the state, said that they have concluded all the necessary arrangements to receive other of the committee for the reconciliation meeting in the state.
The committee has as , Sardaunan Kano, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, Governor Bello Matawalle, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Senator Abba Ali.
Garba, quoted the governor, as saying that a venue has been secured for the meeting scheduled to begin on Friday, February 11, 2022 in the state capital.
He assured of the National Secretariat of the APC and party stakeholders in the state of the committee’s readiness to give a voice to all concerned with a view to bring unity and progress in the party in the state and the nation in general.
A former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul'aziz Yari, has been flown to the United Kingdom in a wheelchair.
Yari was in a bad shape medically when he was brought to the airport ahead of the six-hour-long flight to the UK on a British Airways aircraft.
“Yari is flying to UK on British Airways flight for a medical trip. He was even brought in a wheelchair,” a source at the airport confirmed to SaharaReporters on Saturday morning.
The 54-year-old politician was governor of Zamfara State from May 2011 to May 2019.
In April 2021, Yari was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged illegal financial dealings and misappropriation of funds.
Before then in February of that year, he was also grilled by EFCC operatives in Lagos after which the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the final forfeiture of funds belonging to him domiciled in Zenith and Polaris banks.
Among alleged financial infractions against Yari include the sum of $56,056.75 reportedly lodged in his with Polaris Bank; N12.9m, N11.2m, $303m, N217,388.04 and $311.8m said to be kept in different Zenith Bank s in his name and companies.
The Presidency on Thursday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari is in a last minute consultation with critical stakeholders as he races against time to take a decision on the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill (2022).
Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Babajide Omoworare who made the disclosure said he has it on good authority that Buhari is vigorously meeting with the Attorney-General of the Federaton, Abubakar Malami and other key stakeholders on the Electoral bill.
Omoworare made the disclosure at a one-day Policy Dialogue organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration with West Minister Foundation for Democracy, WFD, in Abuja.
The Presidential aide however noted that Buhari is inclined to sign the reworked document this time around especially as all the grey areas raised by him in the rejected Electoral Act Amendment Bill (2021) have been attended to by the National Assembly.
Omoworare’s assurances that Buhari will sign the document before the expiration of the 30 days allowed by law was however not enough to douse anxieties among various discussants at the policy dialogue.
Giving credence to Omoworare’s statement that Buhari is in high consultation; organizers said the Attorney General had graciously asked to be excused from the public conversation as he was still consulting with the President on the matter.
Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega was not particularly impressed at the seeming delay on the part of the President to sign the Electoral bill, 11 days after reitting the document from the National Assembly.
Even more displeasing to the former INEC boss is what he described as a growing lack of sense of urgency by both the executive and the legislature to complete work on the Electoral Bill.
He said Nigeria cannot continue to dilly-dally much further on the Electoral bill and go into fresh elections in 2023 with the same old laws.
The snail pace of work on the Electoral bill is beginning to have a toll on INEC’s preparation for the General elections next February as confirmed by INEC Chairman, Professor, Yakubu Mamood.
The INEC Chairman who was represented by his Chief Technical Adviser, Professor, Bolade Eyinla said with the new Electoral law still being awaited; the commission has not been able to come up with clear cut guidelines for the conduct of the elections.
He said INEC and not the Executive nor the National Assembly should initiate proposed amendments to the Electoral laws as it is being practiced in neighbouring Ghana.
The Executive Director, YIAGA Africa and the Proponent of Not-Too-Young-To-Run, Samson Itodo who ed in the conversation virtually believed that the current document before President Buhari was good and has all the essential ingredients to enhance the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral system.
He shared in the sentiment expressed by Omoworare that President Buhari is favourably disposed to the Electoral bill this time around and will deliver it as legacy to the Nigerian people.
Earlier in their opening remarks, the Director General National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Abubakar Sulaiman and his co-organizer and Country Representatives, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), Adebowale Olorunmola believed the document awaiting Presidential assent will be the game changer to Nigeria’s record of flawed elections.
The attention of imo state government has been drawn to rumours making the rounds that the Executive Governor of the state, His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma has ed the presidential race.
There is no truth whatsoever in those speculations which are the handiwork of a desperate and idiotic opposition hell bent on distracting the governor from delivering on his mandate to imo people.
The Governor has neither contemplated contesting for the presidency nor informed anyone of such intention.
Apart from being preoccupied with the delivering of democracy dividends to the people and making their lives meaningful, Uzodinma is committed to serving out his tenure satisfactory.
Imo people and all political associates of the governor nationwide should disregard the malicious rumours as a vain attempt to smear the name of Uzodinma.
Signed
Hon Declan Emelumba
Commissioner for Information and Strategy
A former legislator, Aminu Tukur and an ally of former Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Honourable Aminu Tukur has described Chief Ahmed Bola Tinubu who is aspirating to contest or the presidency not fit to rule Nigeria.
Tukur made his position known in an interview with journalists in Bauchi while reacting to the aspirations of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Tinubu to fly the ticket for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 presidential election.
“I don’t look at Tinubu in of the failure in him, not the personality,” he stated.
“When my people were being exterminated in the South West, I am specifically saying the Fulanis, I have not heard Tinubu say a word.
“That made me to consider him a tribal bigot rather than a nationalist. I don’t have confidence in Tinubu”
The fiery lawmaker, who represented Lere/Bula constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, maintained that no amount of persuasion will make him change his mind towards Tinubu.
“This is my position and nobody can force me to accept him. I consider him somebody who is not a nationalist,” he stated.
“If anybody from any corner of this country will be killed without recourse to justice, Tinubu who is a father.
“He is supposed to make pronouncements and we never heard him say anything. At the end of it that Dugbe market episode in Ibadan we all knew what happened. Have you ever heard him say anything about it? That is unfortunate”
He advised the APC not to consider fielding Tinubu.
“I will advise the APC not to Tinubu’s ambition,” he warned.
“Maybe they (APC) should feed the Vice President. I consider him to be upright and up and doing. I see a nationalist in Osinbajo and I honestly I have confidence in him”
On why he returned to APC with Dogara though he was a fierce critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, istration, Tukur’s said his position about the Buhari’s istration has not changed.
“Returning or not returning, we are still objective in our criticisms of Buhari,” he explained.
“Honesty as far as I concerned I maintain my position that Buhari has failed. This is my position. I am a bonafide member of the APC and a person that is well known by the president but believe me this is not the Buhari I know when he was wearing the military khaki. He is no longer for any position and we have every right to choose.”
Over 12 thousand of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led by its immediate past chairman in Plateau State, Latep Dabang have dumped the broom to take shelter under the umbrella of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Also on the list are the former member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Nanpon Tom and former State Assistant Secretary of the APC, Binkur N. and their ers.
The defectors were received by the party during the Langtang Mega Rally 2022 tagged “The Great Movement.”
Speaking to journalists shortly after receiving the PDP flag at the Langtang North LGA Township Stadium, Dabang boasted that the PDP will take over the State come 2023.
He called on all right-thinking people in the state who are in APC to return to the PDP, saying the “APC is not a quality party”.
Dabang also said, “By the grace of God, PDP will win the forthcoming Pankshin South State Constituency and Jos North/ Bassa Federal Constituency bye-elections slated for 26th February 2022.
“I have a full assurance that the PDP will win because I don’t have any doubts in my mind, in the two bye-elections, PDP will win, Plateau people will say bye-bye to APC”, he assured.
The former chairman who decamped alongside other APC political bigwigs said, he will deploy his political arsenals against the APC in the state to ensure the party’s victory.
In his remarks, the chairman of the PDP in the State, Chris Hassan said the party received over 12,000 APC into its fold.
His words, “Our assignment starts from Langtang North LGC, from there we will take PDP to the Government House in Rayfield, come 2023.
“With the defection of these heavyweights from APC to the PDP, we expect total victory in the 2023 general elections in this State.
He added that in the coming weeks, there will be another rally in Jos the State Capital, where the National leadership of the party will receive all those who decamped from APC to the PDP in the State.
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced the reconstitution of the technical crew of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, with Augustine Eguavoen staying as Interim Technical Adviser while former Nigeria World Cup star and former U20 Boys’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke drafted in as immediate assistant to Eguavoen.
This was disclosed in a statement from the country’s football house on Monday.
Part of the statement reads, “One of the most garlanded footballers to have come out of Nigeria, Amuneke scored both goals that won Nigeria the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations final match against Zambia in Tunis, scored the goal that won Nigeria and Africa’s first Olympic football gold medal in 1996 and played in the 1994 and 1996 FIFA World Cup finals, scoring two goals in USA ’94.
“As coach, the electrifying winger qualified Tanzania for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt and led the Taifa Stars in the finals. He is a Member of both the FIFA and CAF Technical Study Groups.”
The statement also quoted the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi as saying, “The NFF Board has approved a recommendation of the Technical and Development Committee retaining Augustine Eguavoen as Technical Director/Technical Adviser (interim) while Emmanuel Amuneke becomes the Chief Coach of the Super Eagles. Salisu Yusuf will be the 2nd Assistant Coach/Chief Coach of the CHAN team and Joseph Yobo will be 3rd Assistant while Aloysius Agu remains the Goalkeepers’ Trainer.
“We acknowledge and appreciate the interest that Mr Jose Peseiro has shown in Nigeria Football during our very cordial discussions and have absolutely no doubt about his capacity. We believe that perhaps in the future, there could be an opportunity to work with him. However, in view of the positive performance of the Super Eagles at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations which has given hope to Nigerians and boosted our confidence in the present coaching crew to qualify us for the World Cup in Qatar, we have decided to accept the recommendation of the Technical and Development Committee to retain the Eguavoen-led coaching crew and strengthen it with the addition of Emmanuel Amuneke.”
The reconstitution comes after the Super Eagles’ outing at the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon, and ahead of the potentially –explosive FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off round against the Black Stars of Ghana next month.
Bank records obtained by Peoples Gazette have exposed connections between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s law firm SimmonsCooper Partners to Bola Tinubu’s money-laundering front, Ocean Trust Limited.
The records show that on April 26, 2013, Ocean Trust Limited transferred N25,001,050 into SimmonsCooper Partners bank with UBA, contradicting SimmonsCooper’s categorical public denial in July 2019 that it never had anything to do with Ocean Trust in any capacity and for any reason. The firm also cleared Mr Osinbajo of any knowledge of Ocean Trust’s existence.
SimmonsCooper Partners, a white-shoe law firm headquartered in Victoria Island, was named as one of Mr Osinbajo’s businesses when presidential spokesman Garba Shehu listed assets of President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice in September 2015.
In 2018, ex-Alpha Beta Consulting managing director Dapo Apara came out with corruption and money laundering allegations against Mr Tinubu, a ruling party chief and 2023 presidential contender. Mr Osinbajo served as the attorney-general of Lagos when Mr Tinubu was governor between 1999 and 2007. Mr Osinbajo started SimmonsCooper Partners with other associates in 2007.
Ocean Trust was specifically mentioned in Mr Apara’s court documents as one of the firms allegedly used to siphon funds from Alpha-Beta, the controversial Lagos tax contractor whose financial activities have come under scrutiny amidst ongoing publications by The Gazette.
Following Mr Apara’s allegations, The Gazette obtained bank documents that showed how Mr Tinubu was moving billions from Lagos coffers into Alpha Beta and subsequently into Ocean Trust, a company without any traceable address.
Between January and June 2019, Ocean Trust summarily moved N16.4 billion from its operations s into a fixed deposit , all domiciled at Wema Bank, our findings showed. The transactions were carried out by Yemi Adefarakan, executive director and group financial officer of Continental Broadcasting Service, owners of TVC News and other related media subsidiaries in Lagos and Abuja.
Additional bank documents showed how TVC’s 2013 expansion was financed with funds from Ocean Trust, an onshore shell venture that renders no services. Jonathan Zwingina and Kehinde Durosimi-Eti, two of the three people whose names appeared on company registration filings of Ocean Trust, denied knowledge of the firm when reached by The Gazette. Mr Adefarakan is the third name on the CAC filings.
Mr Apara said Alpha Beta received over N150 billion from Lagos, with most of it going into Ocean Trust. Mr Tinubu continues to deflect questions about his interest in Alpha Beta, but behind the scenes funds transferred to the firm from Lagos government s have been directly traced to his family , business interests and political cronies.
The Gazette confronted SimmonsCooper with the evidence via telephone calls, emails and letters for several weeks, but the firm declined comments.
The Gazette reached out to Abidemi Oseni-Oduntan, a former partner at the law firm that had handled its bank s. He initially itted knowledge of Ocean Trust, but afterwards called back to say he didn’t know of Ocean Trust and threatened to deal with our newspaper should this story be published. Bidemi Oseni-Oduntan, Managing Director/CEO, CoreStep Microfinance Ban
Abidemi Oseni-Oduntan handled bank s of SimmonsCooper when Ocean Trust paid the law firm.
The Gazette also reached Babatunde Irukera, a former partner at SimmonsCooper until 2017 when he was appointed to lead the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCC). Mr Irukera declined to confirm or it knowledge of Ocean Trust throughout his years at SimmonsCooper despite repeated efforts to make him take a categorical position.
A spokesman for Mr Osinbajo declined comments about the newly-uncovered evidence linking Ocean Trust to SimmonsCooper at the time the vice-president was a senior partner there.
A spokesman for Wema Bank did not return requests seeking comments about the bank’s involvement in moving billions for a company that exists only on papers — or whether the transactions were reported to federal authorities.
Two peas in a pod
Last month, Mr Tinubu announced plans to run for president in 2023, saying he had informed Mr Buhari of his readiness to succeed him. About a week earlier, Mr Osinbajo also informed the president of his intention to take the top job.
Both camps have been pitted against one another in recent weeks, with Mr Osinbajo’s adviser Babafemi Ojudu publicly denouncing for Mr Tinubu, a decision he said had earned him criticism and attacks from the politician’s ers. Composite of Osinbanjo, Tinubu and Ojudu
But notwithstanding their political differences ahead of a close primary contest later this year, Messrs Osinbajo and Tinubu are still widely seen as allies, especially given their steep history, said anti-corruption and political analyst Shola Olubanjo.
“What these latest revelations tell us is that both Tinubu and Osinbajo are two peas in a pod,” Mr Olubanjo said. “They have both been working together as partners for many years and Nigerians should not be deceived.”
After concluding his tenure as Lagos’ attorney-general, Mr Osinbajo continued to serve Mr Tinubu in several capacities, including as political and legal aide. His loyalty was rewarded in 2015 when Mr Tinubu nominated him as running mate to Mr Buhari.
“If they can be that close, then you know they will go to any length to cover up the shady deals they’ve done together,” Mr Olubanjo said. “Whatever they do in the coming months to get the presidential ticket, no one should expect them to open long-buried secrets of each other’s corrupt practices.”
Three residents told BBC Hausa today that 13 villages in the Birnin-Gwari area have been forced to pay terrorists N45m for their safety. A man who paid N200k said the ransom was raised by levying each household, with some having to borrow. They initially resisted to pay, but had to bow down when the terrorists invaded a wedding ceremony and abducted women and children.
They used that attack as a demonstration that they could assault anywhere they like and killed one person as the last warning. The villagers were left with no option but to give in.
The police have arrested one Abdullahi Usman, a senior immigration officer, over his alleged role in the invasion of the residence of Mary Odili, a supreme court judge.
On October 29, security operatives invaded the Odili residence in Abuja to enforce a search warrant issued by a magistrate court in Abuja over allegations of illegal activities happening at the house.
Documents seen by TheCable, however, revealed that the warrant presented by the security operatives bore a wrong address.
On November 11, the police paraded 14 persons in connection with the invasion.
Frank Mba, police public relations officer, while parading the suspects, accused them of forging documents that were used in securing a search warrant.
Among those arrested are Lawrence Ajodo, said to be a “fake police officer”; Stanley Nkwazema, identified as a journalist, and an Islamic scholar.
However, THISDAY newspapers refuted the claim that Nkwazema works for the media organisation.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, has also denied being responsible for approving the search on the Odili residence.
According to the Punch, Mba confirmed the arrest of the immigration officer while adding that all the suspects will be arraigned in court in Abuja this week.
“Yes, it is true. An immigration officer was also arrested. Approval has been given for all suspects to be arraigned,” Mba said.
Sabinus has revealed why he wasn’t at Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s meeting hosting skit makers.
The Nigerian online comedian, in an interview with HipTV, said the timing was not right for the meet-up.
Osinbajo had, on November 2, received a delegation of skit makers at the presidential villa in Abuja.
As photos of the event surfaced on social media, it stirred up condemnatory remarks hinged on how authorities in Nigeria leverage the fame of comedians and entertainers to advance their political campaigns.
In the chat, Sabinus, whose real name is Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, said he was invited but failed to attend because of what he described as “wrong timing”.
“I was invited for it but I don’t think this is the right time for it, truth be told. For a while, we’ve been asking that police brutality be stopped. This is something they’ve been promising us. But right now, it’s still going on,” he said.
“When it comes to campaigns, they come close to talk to us. But when they get into office, they’re far away.
“Then we have to come to them. It’s very wrong. They should come over and fulfill their promises. Going to meet them, for me, is a no.”
In an interview with TheCable Lifestyle, Sabinus had spoken of his long-term plans to transition into Nollywood.
A businessman, Mr. Ifeoluwa Oluwo, Thursday, narrated to a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, how Chidinma Ojukwu the murder suspect in the case of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, sold the deceased’s laptop to him.
He said that he bought the laptop from the first defendant for N495,000, on June 18, two days after the body of Ataga’s body was found at the short service apartment in Lekki.
The witness told the court that it was after he bought the laptop that he saw her (defendant) on social media regarding a murder case.
He said as soon as he saw that it was the customer he bought the laptop from, he ensured that all her documents were kept handy.
Oluwo stated this in the ongoing trial of Chidinma Ojukwua a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos and two others over Ataga’s murder.
Ojukwu is standing trial alongside her sister, Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri.
The witness said he deals in the sales of phones, laptops and accessories at Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, and has been in the business for five years,
Oluwo, who is the third prosecution witness (PW3), was led in evidence in chief by the Lagos State prosecuting counsel, Mr. Yusuf Sule.
… back in June
Chidinma, had on June 13, requested for the short service apartment where Ataga was found dead and left the apartment on June 15, before Ataga’s body was discovered on June 16.
The witness who testified before Justice Yetunde Adesanya, and identified the first defendant (Chidinma) a customer, who made a purchase of a phone on April 30 and also made a sale of her laptop on June 18, at the same office.
He told the court that they buy and sell brand new phones and fairly used phones.
Oluwo said: “On June 18, she(Chidinma) sold me a laptop for N495,000, after negotiations and market value comparison.
“In order to make a sale you have to submit some documents and fill form: your government identification card, driver’s license, international port, voter’s card, NIN.
“You also have to fill a form which includes email, phone number, house address, full name.
“It will also contain the full value of the item, for that day, the name of the item and the serial number of the item.
“This is what we do to customer if there is any issues,” he said.
‘She said she had 2 laptops and needed money to pay bills’
He said that he inspected the laptop physically, but that he was unable to access it initially.
Oluwo said: “I asked her (first defendant) to unlock the laptop and she did.
“So I conducted my internal observation which included speed performance, the circle count of the battery and general functionality.
“After that I, proceeded to ask questions: do you have a receipt for this laptop?
“She stated that it was a gift from her boyfriend, and that she has two laptops and needed to sell one to pay for some bills.
“I conducted a check on a website for my market evaluation. I confirmed the value of the laptop. It was $1,000 to $1,200.
“The exchange rate of Dollars as at that time was N400 to N450.
“She wanted to sell for N600,000. We were able to negotiate for N495,000, which I initiated from my bank to hers.”
When asked if the first defendant produced the receipt of the laptop, Oluwo further told the court that she was not able to provide the receipt as she insisted that it was a gift from her boyfriend.
The witness said: “After the sale of the laptop, we saw her face on social media, regarding a murder case.
Police probe
“Few days later, the Police from State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, invited my Manager, Olutayo Abayomi.
“A call was made to me by someone else in the office, that he has been invited to the police station. So I proceeded to the station to find out why.
“When I got to the Police Station, I discovered that it was in connection to the laptop we bought from Chidinma on June 18.
“We both made a statement detailing how we came about the laptop and how we made the purchase.
“We gave the police the documents of the former owner, which included a copy of her voters’ card, a copy of our form, all receipts which already have her information, regarding the laptop,” the witness said.
Asked if he can detect that a product is a stolen item, he said no.
“There is no way we can detect that a phone or laptop was a stolen one,” he said.
During cross-examination, the first defendant’s counsel, Mr. Onwuka Egwu, asked if he was shown any documents, receipts or proof of ownership to show that the laptop was not for the first defendant at Panti. He said no.
Justice Adesanya adjourned the case to November 29, for continuation of trial.
The three defendants were arraigned on October 12 on a nine-count charge preferred against them by Lagos State Government.
The first and second defendants were alleged to have conspired and murdered Ataga on June 15, by stabbing him several times with a knife on the neck and chest.
The recent attacks on travellers along the beleaguered Abuja-Kaduna highway were carried out by Boko Haram, DAILY NIGERIAN can authoritatively report.
On Sunday, the terrorists abducted an unspecified number of engers and killed a notable Zamfara politician, Sagir Hamidu, at point called Kurmin Kare along the highway.
The terrorists returned the following day near same spot, and almost the same time to open fire on travelers and abduct dozens more.
But a top intelligence source in Abuja told DAILY NIGERIAN on the condition of anonymity that the recent attacks were carried out by Boko Haram terrorists, who are now setting up camps in Kaduna and Niger forests.
“Based on an intercepted intel, the Boko Haram terrorists are behind these recent attacks at Kurmin Kare area along Abuja-Kaduna highway.
“They are also the ones who are abducting people around Mashegu and Shiroro in Niger State. They are trying to establish themselves around the area, so they embark on abductions to raise money for logistics.
“You know they under heavy bombardment in their enclaves in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Chikun, Igabi and other places. So after fleeing from these locations, they now camped at some points not more than 50 to 60 kilometers away from Abuja-Kaduna highway.
“From these points, they use motorcycles to travel. There is a stream along the road where they keep the motorcycles and travel on foot through a thick forest to perpetrate the attacks,” said the source.
According to him, security agencies as well as Niger and Kaduna State Governments have been alerted of the development and efforts to decimate them.
He also said that the Boko Haram terrorists are now working in concert with bandits to abduct and attack people.
Spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, could not be reached for comment at the time of filing this report.
Gunmen have attacked and burnt a police Divisional headquarters in Arondizuogu in Ideato Local Government Area of Imo state.
The attack which happened around 2:00 am on Tuesday left one of the police officers on duty dead.
Sources in the community disclosed that the attack left the Divisional Police Officer of the Division with a broken head after he was attacked by the invaders.
Also, a Sienna vehicle attached to the division and DPO’s personal vehicles were vandalized by the gunmen.
“Gunmen have attacked the Arondizuogu Divisional Police Headquarters. They burnt and killed one of the police officers. The attacked at the odd hours and left the DPO with a broken head. They gave him matchet cuts and vandalized his Jeep and a police sienna vehicle belonging to the division,” a source who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent.
The police spokesperson for the command, Micheal Abattam, confirmed the attack to our correspondent in a text message and added that the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, had ordered an investigation into the attack.
The police spokesperson wrote, “Yes. The is on his way there.”
Rights activist and Lagos chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC), Kunle Ajayi, says the hoodlums’ attack during the #EndSARS protests were led by an aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye, also known as Zulu Authority.
“The Chief thug of Lagos state currently serves as SA on sport to Governor Sanwo-Olu. He is known as Zulu Authority,” Mr Ajayi said.
Speaking at an EndSARS report press conference on Monday, Mr Ajayi alleged that the disruption of the protests by hoodlums was not that of obscure facts since the perpetrators are from the government and very well known by name.
“Those responsible for these attacks are known by name and they are controlled by the Tinubu hegemony. The Chief thug of Lagos state currently serves as SA on sport to Governor Sanwo-Olu, he is known as Zulu Authority.
“He controls a network of thugs including Nelson Ekujimi, Gbenga Soloki, Rasaq Olokooba, Debo Adenira, and one of the most recognized faces of the #EndSARS hoodlums, Rasheed Adigun who was rewarded with a Venza car in place of prosecution,” Mr Ajayi said.
He was responding to questions regarding the recent attack on one of the testifiers at the Lagos #EndSARS which took place yesterday.
Also responding to the same question, Dele Farotimi, a lawyer and activist said “The lady attacked was one of the persons in safe houses in Lagos between October last year when they witnessed the incident to March this year.
“Still, when they got out, they were attacked and the attackers are not ambiguous. They came to send a message and we must respond clearly,” he said.
Mr Farotimi who had in February written a petition to the State Security Service (SSS) and the police in Lagos over threats to his life, said the government is constantly found culpable in threats against dissenting citizens, especially #EndSARS protesters.
“In February this year, I submitted a petition on threats to my life to the DSS and the police. It took a month before the DSS ed my lawyer to say it is not within their authority that the police will handle it.
“The police invited me about a month later, I adopted the petition and adopted it the Nigerian way because they had to be mobilized.
“They still haven’t gotten back to me to date and we later discovered that a serving police officer was among those plotting my murder,” Mr Farotimi said.
Also commenting, Adesina Ogunlana, a lawyer to #EndSARS victims said, “Those who attacked the lady are not thieves or rapists. They didn’t take anything from her.
“They came to a message and left the lady for dead. We are convinced that there will be triumph of Good over evil.”
Nollywood Actor, Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe is dead.
He was reported dead on Monday morning a few weeks after he celebrated his birthday.
He had battled ill health in the last few years following his release from detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency due to suspicion of being a drug courier.
Omidina was a pioneer in the Nollywood, the Nigerian movie industry and was a well loved and regarded comedian who left his mark in the industry.
He lost his wife, Mosurat Omidina, popularly known as Moladun Kenkelewu a few years ago.
Kamsi Ibeh, an #EndSARS protester, has been stabbed by unknown armed men for appearing before the Lagos State Judicial on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters.
Ibeh is one of the protesters who witnessed the carnage unleashed on young persons protesting against police brutality at the Lekki Tollgate.
She had appeared before the as a witness and agitated for justice for victims of the massacre that happened on October 20, 2020.
But on Sunday evening, a few days after appearing before the , Ibeh was attacked while returning from work.
“Last night, I was attacked on my way back from TNS by three guys whom I thought were ersby,” Ibeh said in a gory video capturing herself and her blood-stained wounds, obtained by FIJ.
“We were standing at the bus-stop waiting for a vehicle, only one of them to shed light on my face. One said, this girl from , shebi an una sabi , una no wan step back abi?“
She said the assailants wanted to kill her for agitating for justice for victims of the Lekki massacre.
“They said if they killed me, they would see how I would continue to agitate for justice. So, I told them I don’t know what they’re talking about. They started hitting me,” she said.
“See my back, see my leg. They started cutting me like I am a thief. I survived by the grace of God because I thought I would die at that bus stop.”
In a 309-page report submitted to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos, the itted that soldiers shot blank and live ammunition at armless protesters with the intention to kill and maim them.
Rahmon Adedoyin, the ‘educationist’ and business mogul who was arrested over the strange death of Timothy Adegoke in his hotel, may be enjoying VIP privileges at the headquarters of the Osun State Police Command.
A source close to the deceased’s family told FIJ that Adedoyin does not spend his night in a cell as the police made the public believe.
“We have it on good authority that Rahmon Adedoyin does not spend the night in police detention where he is supposed to be till the police conclude their investigation,” the source said.
“He does not sleep in the cell. He spends the night at a special quarters inside the command and then returns to detention in the morning.”
FIJ placed several calls to Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson of Osun police, but they were not answered. A text message sent to her was also not responded to.
On Wednesday, FIJ reported that Adedoyin was arrested and detained by men of the Osun State Police Command in connection with Timothy’s death.
Subsequently, relatives of the deceased accused Adedoyin of sending one of his lawyers to them for peaceful resolution of the case.
ISWAP terrorists have attacked the hometown of Engr Abddullahi Musa Askira, the Deputy Speaker of Borno State House Assembly in Askira Uba.
PRNigeria gathered that the attack was carried our at Chan Chan Dana Community in Askira Uba.
An intelligence source said that the ISWAP terrorists disguised as visitors in the morning to survey the area before the attack.
“After realising that security personnel and soldiers were not within the vicinity, they started shooting in the air and destroying every structures on sight.
2020 Edo Guber Polls: EFCC Arraigns Man for Allegedly Duping APC of N70m in Borno
The EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 arraigned one Tope Jimi Fagun before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-two count charge of impersonation and obtaining N70, 000,000.00 (Seventy Million Naira) by false pretence.
The defendant allegedly presented himself as Pastor Ize Iyamu to one Alhaji Bukar Dalori and fraudulently induced him to deliver the said sum under the pretext that the money was meant to aid the All Progressives Congress 2020 gubernatorial election campaign in Edo State.
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Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced Abdulsalam Adinoyi (35) to death by hanging.
In his judgment, Justice Ogunmoye said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant, thus, implying his culpability in all the charges against him.
Adinoyi was charged and arraigned on five count charges bothering on Armed Robbery, Murder, Terrorism and unlawful possession of firearms, contrary to sections 1 (2) (a) and 3(1) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap C16, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, also Sections 316 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012 and Sections 11 and 12 of the Ekiti State Kidnapping and Terrorism (Prohibition Law), 2015.
According to the charge, Abdulsalam Adinoyi who hails from Okene in Kogi State, between 22nd of December, 2016 and 20th March, 2017 while armed with a gun, attacked and robbed Sergeant Gana Jiya and other Police Officers at Check Point in Oye Ekiti, murdered Sergeant Gana Jiya on the spot while other Police Officers on duty sustained serious degree of gun wounds and carted away two AK-47 Assaulted Riffle, launched terrorism attack on people of Ekiti State and his environs, confessed to being a member of Boko Haram and unlawfully in possession of an AK-47 Assault Rifle among others.
”The sole issues for determination are accordingly resolved in favour of the prosecution. The defendant is hereby found guilty as charged, he is accordingly sentenced to death by hanging in counts 1, 2 and 3, may Almighty God have mercy on his soul. He is also sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in count 4 and ten years imprisonment in count 5 with N10,000.00 as an option of fine, he concluded.’’
In his confessional statement, Adinoyi said, of his group named Abu Uwais and Aminu a.k.a. Idi-Amin, now at large were planning for an operation, when Police Officers came to his house, it was searched and the AK-47 an Assault Rifle was recovered among other items.
To prove his case, the Prosecutor, Gbemiga Adaramola called five witnesses including Police officers who were at the scene while exhibits tendered included an AK-47 Assault Rifle, statement of the defendants and the victims, photographs, Compact Discs containing Boko Haram trainings, 5 Sim Cards and packs, Flash drives, empty bullet shells, medical reports among others.
The defendant spoke in his own defence through his counsel and called no witnesses.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials for next Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra to the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
The INEC team, led by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information, Voter Education and Publicity Committee of the commission, Festus Okoye, are currently in the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) distributing the materials to the LGAs.
Officers of the 12 Field Engineering Regiment of Nigerian Army, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State on Friday, 29 October 2021 handed over 20 suspected internet fraudsters to the Ibadan Zonal Copmmand of the EFCC. The suspects were arrested during a raid conducted by the Nigerian Army at Ijagun, Odogbolu area of Ogun state.
The suspects are Azeez Hameed Busayo, Olubor Chuks Winner, Amusa Abdulhakeem, Osoko Adesola David, Diyaolu Daniel Damilola, Olunlade Quadri Olamilekan, Amaje Kelly Armstrong, Akorede Olaleye Tope, Owonifari Niyi Sanwiyu. Others are Ganiyu Olamide Sodiq, Onasanya Taiwo Adeniyi, Ajayi Muhaymin Adesola, Asenuga Ridwan Ayotomiwa, Bamgboye Tobiloba Quadri, Ayede Opeyemi Oluwaseun,Oseni Abolore Ismail, Olaniyan Mayowa Emmanuel, Akanni Qudus Olaleye and Onasile Abiodun Sunday.
powerfulguy: 4:23pm On Feb 12, 2022 
