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  • Suspected assassins kill husband, wife in Jigawa

    Suspected assassins kill husband, wife in Jigawa

    The Police in Jigawa have confirmed the murder of husband and wife in Malammadori Local Government Area of the state by suspected assassins.

    ASP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Command, confirmed the incident in Dutse on Monday.

    Shiisu said that the incident occurred on Nov. 13, at about 2:30 a.m., when suspected hoodlums stormed the residence of the deceased in Kebberi village and shot them dead.

    He alleged that the suspected assassins shot dead the deceased, identified as Alhaji Musa and his wife, Hajiya Adama.

    The PPRO added that the suspects did not steal or take anything from the residence of the victim, who was the Manager of Three Brothers Mill, Malammadori.

    “That on Nov. 13, at about 0230hrs, unknown hoodlums stormed and trespassed into the house of one Alhaji Musa, Manager, Three Brothers Rice Mill, shot him and his wife Hajiya Adama all of Kebberi village in Malammadori LGA,” the PPRO said.

    According to him, two handset packages were recovered as exhibit from the scene, adding that five suspects are being interrogated.

    Shiisu added that efforts were on to arrest the fleeing culprits and bring them to book.

  • Four assassins of Haiti President Moise killed, two arrested

    Four assassins of Haiti President Moise killed, two arrested

    Four suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were killed by police on Wednesday night — and two others were arrested, Haiti’s police chief, Léon Charles said.

    Three police officers were held hostage and freed in the takedown, he said, according to a report by Associated Press.

    Moïse, 53, was assassinated in a gun attack at his home outside Port-au-Prince around 1 a.m. Wednesday.

    First lady Martine Moïse was also wounded in the attack. She has been flown to Miami, Florida for treatment. She is said to be in critical, but stable condition.

    Bocchit Edmond, Haiti’s ambassador to the US, in an interview with Reuters described the assassins as “well-trained professional commandos” who were feared to have already fled the country.

    Edmond also called the assassins “foreign mercenaries” who tried to pass themselves off as agents of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

    Following the assissinatoin of Moïse, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph closed Haiti’s borders and enacted martial law in the already-unstable country that is plagued by gang violence, surging inflation and political protests.

  • My wife killed by burglars, not assassins — ex-CP

    My wife killed by burglars, not assassins — ex-CP

    Mr Ibezimako Aghanya, a retired Commissioner of Police has said that his wife, Mrs Eunice Aghanya, was killed by burglars and not hired assassins as being speculated.

    Mr Aghanya stated this on Monday when governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, paid him a condolence visit at his residence in Makurdi.

    Mr Aghanya said his wife’s last communication with any family member was on Friday around 12:30pm.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police had on Saturday confirmed the gruesome murder of the retired CP’s wife in her Makurdi residence by unknown persons.

    Aghanya said that it was evident that those who killed his wife were burglars who probably knew her very well and therefore killed her to cover up any trace.

    He said that as a retired CP with vast experience in security, he should know that the killers were not assassins but thieves who came to rob her and unfortunately killed her.

    According to him, the incident is not another case of assassination and also not related to his work as Benue CP 18 years ago.

    He narrated how the burglars came through the ceiling to carry out the operation.
    Aghanya added that people forced the door open on Saturday only to discover her dead body on the ground.

    “I believe that someone came into the house to steal and when she came back into the house and met the person, the person probably knew her very well and decided to kill her to cover all evidence.

    “It is not a case of hired assassins. It is not related to the work I did here 18 years ago as CP. My wife is a strong woman who always refused police escort even when I was CP,” he said.

    He said insecurity was not peculiar to Benue and that each state has its own peculiar security situation.

    In his remarks, Ortom while condemning the killing described Mrs Aghanya as a lively woman who to his knowledge had no issue or controversy with anyone.

    Ortom said his administration would support security agencies with everything possible to ensure that those who carried out the gruesome murder were apprehended.
    “Whatever act that finally led to her killing I condemned it,” the governor said.

    He appealed to the Federal Government to urgently resolve the issues between the Police Service Commission and Inspector General of Police so that the presidential directive of employing 10,000 police personnel yearly will materialise.

    “We need security personnel.
    “Our population has overgrown the ones on the ground.

    “But in the interim, let our people be our brother’s keepers,” he said.

  • JUST IN: Ex-Kogi council chair dies few days after assassins’ attacks

    JUST IN: Ex-Kogi council chair dies few days after assassins’ attacks

    Former chairman of Dekina Local Government Area in Kogi, Adejo Akowe, is dead.

    According to sources, the council chairman died on Saturday (today).

    Akowe until his death was a chieftain of the APC.

    He died following an injury from an attack from unknown gunmen. He would be buried according to Christian rites as would be announced by the family.

    The former chairman was last week attacked in Ayingba. He was admitted at the Lokoja Specialist Hospital before he was moved to National Hospital Abuja, where he died on Saturday.

    He died at National Hospital, Abuja at about 21:20hrs of Friday 16th October 2020, exactly the same time, hours and day he was attacked and shot by some unknown assassins at Domibite restaurant in Anyigba.

    Late Adejoh Akowe, was said to have attended the just concluded APC primary election that affirmed the candidacy of Hon. Prince Ishaq as the flag bearer of the party APC in Dekina town.

    He returned to Anyigba late night of Friday on 9th of October, and went to Domibite to eat, was said to have been shot by the unknown gunmen that night.

    He was immediately rushed to Maria Gorretti Hospital, Aynigba.

  • BREAKING: Suspected assassins kill PDP chairman in Delta

    Suspected assassins have reportedly shot dead the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ward 4 (Olomu Ward 1) in Ughelli South council area of Delta state, Mr. Paul Onomuakpokpo.

    According to reports, the incident occurred about 7pm on Wednesday, along Ogoni Road, near the palace of Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom.

    The victim said to have died on the spot received several bullets from his assailants.

    His vehicle, a Toyota Camry, also bore bullet marks.

    Details surrounding the killing were still sketchy as at the time of filing this report.

    It was however learnt that the hoodlums fired sporadically into the air and ensured that the victim died before leaving the scene.

    Meanwhile, the Delta State Police Command has confirmed the development.

    The commissioner of police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa said, “it is true. The corpse has been deposited in a morgue. And we are investigating the matter.”

  • EFCC sent assassins after me, says Patience Jonathan

    EFCC sent assassins after me, says Patience Jonathan

    Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of sending assassins after her.

    Mrs. Jonathan said she had survived two of such attempts but urged the House of Representatives to quickly intervene before the EFCC would succeed in the alleged plot to eliminate her.

    In a letter written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) & Co, Mrs. Jonathan said, “There have been assassination attempts, at least twice, between February and April, 2017, against our client ostensibly by the operatives of the EFCC along the Yenagoa-Mbaima Road, Bayelsa State, in furtherance of its unlawful actions against the former first family.”

    Patience also accused the anti-graft agency of bugging her telephone lines, adding that agents of the commission had been sending threatening text messages to her.

    The former President’s wife said, “The EFCC and its agents have repeatedly bugged the personal telephones of our client and her relations through its many operatives and has inundated her with numerous threatening calls and text messages.”

    She said apart from the EFCC, other agencies of the government, like the Federal Inland Revenue Service had intimidated her and also stated that National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has been frustrating her.

    Patience alleged that officials of the FIRS stormed her hotel in Bayelsa State two months ago and vandalised its properties.

    Mrs. Jonathan added, “On May 3, 2017, officials of the FIRS, in a convoy of about 20 trucks and over 70 personnel, raided our client’s NGO – Aridolf Jo Resort Wellness and Spa Limited – situated at Kpansia Expressway, Bayelsa State, and orchestrated a massive destruction of personal properties belonging to our client without any lawful court order or search warrant and caused mayhem there under the guise of trying to collect unpaid taxes without following any due process provided by law to do so.”

    She stated that apart from her bank accounts, the commission had frozen those of her relatives and her NGOs which she said were only carrying out charity work for the benefit of Nigerians.

    Patience said the anti-graft agency had also seized properties belonging to her NGOs.

    Meanwhile, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Monday, said the allegation by Mrs. Jonathan that the agency was harassing her was misleading and spurious.

    The NDLEA also stated that the former President’s wife’s allegation was an attempt to take issue with the agency as it had no case against her.

    Mrs. Jonathan had petitioned the House of Representatives through her lawyer, Granville Abibo, alleging that she was being subjected to continuous harassment by the EFCC and the NDLEA.

    But the anti-narcotic agency, in a statement on Monday by its Head, Public Affairs, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said any individual, found culpable of drug trafficking and other related offences, would be duly prosecuted by the agency irrespective of his or her status.

    Ofoyeju said, “Mrs. Jonathan’s allegation is spurious and misleading. NDLEA has no case against the former First Lady. It is rather surprising that the agency was mentioned in her petition when she is not being investigated.

    “The NDLEA remains committed to the fight against drug cultivation, trafficking and abuse. It will not harass but those who violate the provisions of the Act, no matter their status, shall not go unpunished.”