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  • Dapchi girls’ abduction: Declare state of emergency in North East, Clark advises Buhari

    Dapchi girls’ abduction: Declare state of emergency in North East, Clark advises Buhari

    Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to declare full state of emergency in the North East.

    Clark said this would enable the security agencies to finish the fight against Boko Haram terrorists unhindered.

    Speaking on the recent adoption of over 100 students from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, the former federal commissioner for information argued that anything short of full declaration of state of emergency in the North East would not yield the expected result.

    He declared that a state of emergency where a sole administrator is appointed for at least six months would do the work.

    He said a sole administrator, unlike a political leader, would take decisive action on the matter.

    Clark described the abduction as a national embarrassment because it affects all irrespective of party affiliation.

     

  • Dapchi girls’ abduction: Extend your search to neighbouring countries, FG tells Army

    The ongoing search for the 110 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, has been extended to the neighbouring countries, the Federal Government has announced.

    In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said top military and security officials on Thursday travelled to the North-east to add more urgency to the search, which has now been extended beyond the North-east theatre.

    The officials include the nation’s top military officer and Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas; Chief of Army Staff; Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai and the Director-General of the Department of State Services,
    Alhaji Lawal Daura.

    They joined the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who had earlier relocated to the North-east, as well as the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd), who has also visited the theatre.

    The Federal Government had earlier released the names and other details of the 110 girls who have yet to be accounted for, following the attack on the GGSTC, Dapchi, Yobe State, on 19 Feb. 2018.

    The panel set up by the Federal Government to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the girls was inaugurated on Thursday by the NSA.

  • Boko Haram: Osinbajo condemns abduction of women, says it is “atrocious, cowardly”

    The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday condemned the recent “atrocious and cowardly” abduction of women in Borno State.

    He also sympathised with the families of the abducted women, and assured that the federal government will spare no efforts to ensure the safe and speedy return of all the victims.

    He therefore directed Nigeria’s military and intelligence agencies to take all necessary steps including coordinating with the country’s international partners to rescue the abducted women, as well as ensure further tightening of security in and around Borno State.

    Boko Haram terrorists had on June 20 ambushed a convoy travelling under military escort along Biu road in Borno State and abducted 14 women.

    Some of the travellers, including a police officer and a soldier were killed in the ambush.

    The sect on Monday released a video showing some of the women asking the government to negotiate their release.

    The video showed about 10 of the women who appeared traumatised but well kept.

    In a statement by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, on Wednesday, Mr. Osinbajo said “the Buhari presidency assures that the ongoing efforts of security agencies, including the establishment of additional military and police bases in parts of the country, as well as the improved intelligence gathering will continue, and commends some of the recent significant breakthroughs in combating kidnapping and banditry in the country”.

     

  • Osun Speaker condemns abduction, murder of Permanent Secretary

    Sequel to the abduction and murder of a Permanent Secretary in Osun on Friday, Mrs Kemi Kolawole the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam, has called on the Federal authorities to provide adequate security on the nation’s highways particularly the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja Expressway.

    He spoke against the backdrop of the killing of Kolawole and her driver, on Okene-Abuja highway by some suspected kidnappers.

    “It is painful and shocking,” the speaker said in a statement on Saturday in Osogbo signed by Mr Goke Butika, the Chief Press Secretary.

    Salaam decried the spate of killings and insecurity particularly on Okene-Abuja road and urged Kogi and the Federal Government to take urgent steps to find the killers of the permanent secretary and her driver.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that until her death, Kolawole was the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Governor’s Office.

    Kolawole was travelling to Abuja from Osogbo on an official assignment on Thursday when the hoodlums kidnapped and killed her and dumped her body at the roadside.

    The deceased was scheduled to attend the inauguration of Justice Abiola Adewemimo as one of the judges of the Industrial Court.

    “ I condole with the families of the deceased and pray that God will grant them rest; I also comfort their loved ones, relations and dependants.’’

    The Osun Head of Service, Mr Sunday Owoeye, has also described the deaths as a rude shock.

    Also, the Forum of Permanent Secretaries in the state commiserated with the families of the deceased, the state public service and the Osun Government on the loss.

     

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