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  • US convoy attack: Joint task force nab 4 ESN commanders

    US convoy attack: Joint task force nab 4 ESN commanders

    A joint task force security operatives has arrested four Commanders of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) over alleged involvement in a recent attack by gunmen on a convoy of United States (US) embassy officials in Ogbaru, Anambra State.

    ESN is the armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which was set up to flush out terrorists herdsmen that have been ravaging the entire South East, destroying farm crops, raping women in their farms and killing others during the eight years of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The group had also been accused of carrying some attacks on security formations especially on checkpoints where security men had turned into extortion point.

    It was gathered that wife of one of the Commanders was also arrested, in the joint operation led by the Commander of the Naval base, Onitsha and the Anambra State Police Command.

    No fewer than four staff of the United States Embassy in Nigeria and security agents were shot dead and their bodies burnt while some were kidnapped in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State on May 17, 2023.

  • 50 Baptist Church members killed in Plateau attacks

    50 Baptist Church members killed in Plateau attacks

    Rev. Keoleh Saleh, the President of the Baptist Conference in Plateau, says that 50 members of the church, including a pastor, were killed in recent attacks in Mangu and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

    Saleh disclosed this to NAN on Sunday in Jos, adding that over 500 of its members were also displaced.

    ”This unfortunate carnage affected the Baptist Church seriously; In Kantoma where we have a big church, we lost over 31 members, including a Moderator.

    ”Twenty three women were made widows on account of the attack. We lost nine members in Jwak Maitumbi, and a member in Kombili.

    ”Most of our members displaced in over 10 local churches are taking refuge in different places.

    ”We have located four centres in Jos metropolis where a family is hosting between 10 to 20 people, and we have over 200 displaced persons in Jos.

    ”We have 50 in Barkin Ladi, over 200 in Salama Baptist Church in Mangu and 78 others that included 44 little children at Bwarak, Pankshin,” he said.

    Saleh explained that in the last one week, the church spent over N3 million to cater for the needs of its displaced members taking refuge in its various local churches.

    ”Within one week, we have spent about N2m to get relief materials, but this is not enough, and our Baptist partners assisted us with N1m to make it N3m. But it is still not enough. We provided foodstuffs, clothing, shoes, mats, blankets and other items,” he said.

    Rev. Israel Akanji, the National President of the Nigeria Baptist Convention, who visited the displaced members, offered prayers and financial assistance to the victims of the attacks.

    He called on government and security agencies to intensify efforts toward bringing succour to the victims and finding lasting solution to the spate of killings in the state and nation at large.

    ”This is a farming season, and the government should think of returning these people to go to their farms.

    ”Whatever we are doing now will not be forever, government should wake up to its responsibility and ensure a safe place for these people to return to their farms,” he said.

  • Again, gunmen kill 2 policemen in Imo

    Again, gunmen kill 2 policemen in Imo

    Gunmen ambushed and killed two policemen at the popular “Okpala Junction’’ at Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo on Saturday.

    The attack came one month after five policemen and a couple were killed at the same junction on April 21.

    On March 27, gunmen ambushed and killed five personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at the same Ngor-Okpala Council Area.

    An eyewitness of Saturday’s murder said businesses in the community quickly shut down as everyone scampered to safety.

    Police spokesman in Imo, ASP Henry Okoye said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammed Barde, had ordered a manhunt for the assailants.

    “It was an ambush; two of our personnel gallantly paid the supreme price while one, shot on the leg is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

    “They were ambushed by hoodlums suspected to be members of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network.

    “In a protracted gun duel that ensued, the hoodlums escaped with various degrees of gunshot injuries,’’ Okoye said.

    He added that one of the operational vehicles used by the hoodlums had been recovered.

    “The vehicle was riddled with gunshots and was smeared with blood.

    “This evidently suggests that our operatives actually gave the hoodlums a fierce battle.

    “The Commissioner of Police has ordered a manhunt for the assailants with a view to arresting them and bringing them to face the full wrath of the law.

    “We are assuring members of the public that sooner than expected, that the perpetrators of the dastardly act will be arrested and brought to book,’’ Okoye stressed.

    He urged members of the public to go about their lawful activities, noting that normalcy had returned to the area.

    “We have equally sent another patrol team to the place to restore security confidence,’’ he said.

  • US convoy: Police confirm nine persons died during attack

    US convoy: Police confirm nine persons died during attack

    Anambra Police Command has revealed that nine persons lost their lives in an ambush attack on the US convoy in the state on May 16.

    The command’s disclosure is contained in a press statement made available through DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra Police Command spokesman, in Awka on Thursday.

    Ikegna said the information about the incident was received by Anambra State Police Command, through an official of the US consulate.

    The command disclosed that through its preliminary investigation, it gathered that the officials of the USA consulate were on a mission to assess the impact of erosion in Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA).

    The statement said the attack took place along Atani/Osamela road in Ogbaru LGA by suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN)/Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB).

    However, the  command disclosed that upon arrival at the scene of the incident, the joint security team sighted and engaged the assailants in a shoot-out but they escaped through a nearby forest.

    Ikenga said the Command continued their search jointly with security forces comprising police tactical teams from the command and troops of the Nigerian Army as well as the Nigerian Navy.

    The PPRO said they raided a camp in Ugwuaneocha community of Ogbaru LGA, which was suspected to be the hideout of the assailants, but discovered that it had been deserted.

    However, he disclosed that two persons of interest have been arrested and they are currently assisting the police in their investigation.

    The statement also revealed that the criminal camp has been razed down by the joint security team.

    The Command listed the following persons as the fallen heroes of the US consulate, Jefferson Obayuwane (RTD DSS personnel), Sunday Prince Ubong, Ekene Nweke, Hassan Etila, Avwuvie Kaye, Monday, Bukar . A. Kabuiki – (Police), Emmanuel Lukpata – (Police), Friday Morgan -(Police), and Adamu Andrew – (Police).

    The PPRO  said that the remains of the deceased persons have all been recovered and deposited in a morgue.

    He said that the state police command and other security agencies are working round-the-clock, in concert with the Government of Anambra State, to find and rescue the missing officials.

    Ikenga urged members of the public to support its effort to get the identities and locations of the culprits, through provision of quality information.

    The Commissioner condoles with the families and friends of the deceased persons.

    He extended his condolence to the USA Consulate over the tragic incident and assured that efforts would be deployed to track down the perpetrators of the heinous crimes and bring them to justice.

  • Aso demonic attack is real, not a fiction -Dr Abati insists

    Aso demonic attack is real, not a fiction -Dr Abati insists

    Dr Rueben Adeleye Abati, the presidential spokesperson during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan and anchor of a morning TV show has spoken on his article about demons in Aso Rock Villa which has remained a reference and reactions to the article he wrote.

    He said, ”that article appears to have become so popular. A lot of people thought it was fiction, but it was not fiction. What I reported in that article – the spiritual side of Aso Villa – is about direct experience in that place. In fact, you will recall that after I wrote that article, some other people gave accounts of their experience in the Villa.

    What I even narrated was not the full story. People were dying, people were losing their loved ones, people were having all kinds of strange experiences. I was simply saying that, yes the presidential villa is a security zone but there are also human beings who go through all kinds of strange experiences.

    It is so bad that it is only the people who are affected who would be able to tell the story. I’m also saying that look, to go there for four years or eight years and go back home in one piece calls for celebration and I wasn’t making up that article. I had the mind that okay, one of these days I will return to that article and rework it, add more to it and include people’s testimonies. Nigerians will think it was fiction and said Abati was giving excuses for the failure or non-performance of the Jonathan administration,” he said.

    He added that, “but here we are, eight years after the fact, nobody is referring to Dr Jonathan as a ‘clueless president’ anymore because Nigerians have been confronted with the true definition of cluelessness. President Jonathan has been vindicated before the very eyes of Nigerians. So, sometimes, people talk about things they don’t know about or what they have not experienced. But part of our training as literary persons is to observe society and as journalists to report society and to give a picture of the society and hold a mirror to the society so that the society can see their reflection.

    “So, I’m sure people who have now also gone to the Aso Villa and who will be excited will have their own stories to tell. Not many of them will come out and say when they were there they were having visions of an encounter with angels except they do not want to tell the truth,” he explained.

    Source tribune

  • Sudanese bloodbath: Nigerian students who could not join evacuation team attacked

    Sudanese bloodbath: Nigerian students who could not join evacuation team attacked

    Armed thugs attacked a group of Nigerian students returning to their hostel on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan as there was no space in the hired buses by the Federal Government.

    Idris Bello, a survivor of the attack, narrated their ordeal over the phone that the incident occurred near Napasha Street at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

    According to him, five of the students were unharmed, but Umar Hudu, a 21-year-old Computer Science student, was severely injured.

    “We normally converge from the morning till evening at the International University of Africa for evacuation.

    Some of us who are not lucky to be evacuated today, returned to their hostels to sleep, before returning to the point the following morning.

    “On our way back home, a group of armed thugs charged at us, attacking us with dangerous weapons.

    “Five of us escaped unhurt but one of us Hudu Umar was severely wounded. He bled profusely as there was no hospital to take him to.

    “I used my little knowledge as a medical student to attend to him, and control the bleeding,” he said.

    Nigeria on Wednesday commenced the evacuation of stranded Nigerians in Sudan by road to Cairo.

    Source: Daily Nigerian

  • Terrorists launch attack at military outpost, kill soldier

    Terrorists launch attack at military outpost, kill soldier

    A soldier was killed in the early hours of Monday when the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists attacked a Nigerian military outpost in the Pulka area of Borno State.

    A security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, who disclosed this in his publication further revealed that the Nigerian troops of 21 armored Brigade Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) Bama area of the state repelled an attack of the ISWAP terrorists on the outskirts of the town in the state.

    Makama noted that the terrorists stormed the town from the Sambisa axis through Yarimari Gana in the early Monday morning at about 0200 hours in an attempt to launch an attack.

    But it was gathered that the troops were swiftly deployed to the scene where they engaged the terrorists at the back of the Bama Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, forcing the terrorists to flee.

    In collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), the Nigerian troops 21-Armored Brigade, Bama and 199 Special Forces Battalion had between April 17th and 20th, 2023, killed 35 terrorists and captured one Alhaji Baana after the security forces destroyed 12 camps of the Boko Haram located in Bama Local Government Area of the state.

  • Hoodlums attack FRSC officers in Bauchi

    Hoodlums attack FRSC officers in Bauchi

    Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC officers were at the weekend attacked a patrol team of the Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on the Bara-Gombe road.

    Though details of the attack were sketchy as of the time of filing this report, a first information report by the RS 12.15 Bara unit of the sector command, disclosed that the attack on the operatives occurred at about 3:05 pm.

    It was gathered that the patrol team had an encounter with a Mitsubishi Pajero, with registration number BAU 976 HB.

    As a result of the encounter, the patrol vehicle was set ablaze and was burnt completely,” it stated.

    It added that the offender had been arrested and was under police custody.

  • Attack on Mahmood Yakubu’s property false – INEC

    Attack on Mahmood Yakubu’s property false – INEC

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked speculations in the social media that a property vandalised by some youths in a video clip, belonged to its Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.

    Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, said Yakubu had no such property anywhere in the world.

    He urged members of the public to disregard the claim.

    “The property being purportedly attacked by some youths in a video clip, circulating on the social media, does not belong to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

    “The INEC Chairman does not own the property in question in either Bauchi or anywhere else around the world.

    “This narrative is indeed the latest in the series of desperate smear campaign efforts by mischief makers. The public should disregard it,” Oyekanmi said.

  • Police order full investigation into attack on Kaduna Governor’s convoy

    Police order full investigation into attack on Kaduna Governor’s convoy

    The Police Command in Kaduna State, said it has ordered full-scale investigation into Thursday’s attack on Kaduna state Governor’s convoy.

    The order is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Jalige, on Friday in Kaduna.

    Jalige said security operatives attached to the convoy have cleared the Bakin Ruwa axis of Rigasa, Nnamdi Azikiwe expressway in Igabi Local Government Area.

    According to him, armed hoodlums, suspected to be members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), attacked law-abiding citizens and had prevented motorists from plying the route.

    He said the hoodlums in a large number were intercepted harassing innocent citizens on March 16, at about 15:35 hours when the convoy of Gov. Nasir El-Rufia arrived at the scene.

    He explained that the hoodlums on sighting the convoy began firing weapons and threw stones which hit several private vehicles along with a few in the convoy.

    “The security operatives professionally contained the miscreants without the use of force.

    “Some of the hoodlums were arrested and investigation is in progress,” Jalige said.