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  • Soldiers’ killing: Abia govt. increases bounty to N30m

    Soldiers’ killing: Abia govt. increases bounty to N30m

    Gov. Alex Otti of Abia on Friday announced an increased of the N25 million bounty placed on the killers of five soldiers at Obikabia junction in Aba to N30 million.

    Otti made the announcement when the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hasan Abubakar, paid him a visit in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state.

    Recall that some gunmen had, on May 30, killed five soldiers at Obikabia junction in Aba.

    The governor said that the increase in the bounty was necessary by an addition of N5 million by an indigene of the state based in U.S.A.

    “Interestingly, the government has placed a bounty of N25 million and just yesterday, an Abia son, who also comes from Obingwa and lives in the United States, sent us N5 million to upgrade the bounty to N30 million.

    “So I am happy to announce that the bounty has just been upgraded to N30 million, to encourage anyone that will have useful information that will lead to the apprehension of the criminals,” he said.

    Otti further stated that the state government had also started working with the security agencies to ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the state again.

    He said that government had been working round the clock to ensure that the state remained safe and secure.

    “We also want to thank the intelligence service of the DSS, as they dispatched quite some people here to help us to unravel this case.

    “We are very single-minded about it. We must fish them out and ensure that they get the message that this place is a no-go area for terrorists, killers, kidnappers and other criminals,” the governor said.

  • Alleged brutalisation of minor: Enugu women place N1m bounty on Anambra woman

    Alleged brutalisation of minor: Enugu women place N1m bounty on Anambra woman

    Women from Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State have placed N1 million bounty on an Anambra woman, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who reportedly brutalised her 11-year-old househelp.

    Operating under the auspices of Umuada Awgu Global Association (UAGA), the group also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Okafor to hand herself over to the police.

    The Founder and President of UAGA, Chinemerem Anyi, announced the financial reward for any informant on the fleeing woman’s whereabouts at the group’s news briefing on the matter on Thursday in Enugu.

    According to Anyi, anybody who avails the police, Anambra State Government or other relevant authorities with useful information that can lead to the woman’s arrest will smile home with N1 million from the group.

    She said that Okafor, who hail from Anambra and lived in Onitsha, was accusing the victim of touching the private part of her eight-year-old daughter, while bathing her.

    Anyi, who was flanked at the briefing by other members of the group, said “it beats our imagination that almost three weeks after the woman perpetrated the evil act, the police were still saying that she is still at large”.

    She said that the organisation was beginning to smell a rat, “going by the manner the matter was being handled by the Anambra Police Command”.

    She said that the group also issued the police 48-hour ultimatum to apprehend the perpetrator or incur its wrath.

    She said: “The Awgu women have been resisting the temptation of taking the law into our hands over the matter as civilised people but we warn that such calm disposition should not be taken for granted or weakness.

    “We are heartbroken over the barbaric act and today, we gathered for this important press briefing over the recent brutalisation of our daughter, Miss Happiness Nwafor, by her wicked madam.

    “We are using this platform to call on the woman to better submit herself to the police or other relevant authorities, because no matter where she is, she will be fished out.

    “Our searchlight is on you and we will not rest until justice is served on this matter,” Anyi said.

    The group urged the police and Anambra Government to, as a matter of urgency, imploy every arsenal to apprehend the woman, saying that it was being pushed to the wall over the issue.

    “Okafore has murdered sleep and cannot sleep, she has bitten more than she can chew,” it also said.

    The group, therefore, called on mothers to bear the number of children they could carter for, so as to avoid giving out their underaged children as househelps.

    The group had on February 7, staged a peaceful protest in Enugu, demanding justice for the victim.

    In a related development, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development on Tuesday announced a N2 million reward for any person with useful information on the woman’s whereabouts.

    Okafor allegedly brutalised her househelp, Happiness Nwafor, whom she brought in January to live with her.

    She was reported to have inserted a hot knife into the minor’s private part and also burned her face and buttock with a hot electric iron.

    Meanwhile, the Anambra Police Command has declared the woman, who is said to be at large, wanted.

  • Ogun Govt. places N50m bounty on killers of Finance Director

    Ogun Govt. places N50m bounty on killers of Finance Director

    The Ogun Government has announced a reward of N50 million for any information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) attached to Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s office, Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi.

    Mr Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the State Government, announced the reward in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday.

    According to the statement, Information provided would be treated with utmost confidentiality.

    ”Such information can be sent to the underlisted telephone numbers:
    08037441955
    08033074371
    08081775020
    08034062773
    08032136765. ”

    Recall that suspected armed robbers on Nov. 29 shot dead Oyekanmi, and carted away government funds.

    Oyekanmi had cashed an undisclosed amount of money from a branch of Fidelity bank in Abeokuta, and was heading back to the office when he was waylaid by the gunmen.

    According to source, the gunmen, about five of them, shot the accountant dead at Kuto bridge in Abeokuta and went away with the government’s money.

    It was gathered that Oyekanmi and other aides who sustained gunshot injuries during the attacks, were rushed to the State General Hospital, Ijaye, where the accountant later died.

  • Police place N5m bounty on fleeing kidnapping suspects in Ekiti

    Police place N5m bounty on fleeing kidnapping suspects in Ekiti

    The Ekiti State Police Command has placed N5 million as reward for genuine information on the whereabouts of four suspects over alleged kidnapping in the state.

    ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson in a statement on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, gave the names of the fleeing suspects as Banji Akeem, Samuel Ebira, Dele Jimoh and Dayo Igwe.

    Abutu said the four now at large were mentioned as gang members by other arrested suspects currently in police custody.

    According to him, the suspects were involved in the abduction of prominent Ekiti citizens in the last two years.

    “The suspects already arrested mentioned one Banji Akeem a.k.a Oro, who was earlier arrested by the RRS operatives for the offence of armed robbery.

    “They also mentioned one Samuel a.k.a Samuel Ebira, Jimoh Dele a.k.a Dele Petim, Dayo a.k.a Dayo Igwe and Johnson a.k.a Yellow Okada who are presently at large as other members of their gang,” he said.

    Abutu, said the suspects were arrested through the relentless efforts of the men of the command.

    According to him, the arrested suspects had confessed that they had been involved in various kidnappings in the state.

    “They confirmed to be the brain behind the abduction of one Olowo Bola of Ipoti-Ekiti and the late Chief Abiodun Ajayi, who died from the injuries sustained while he jumped from the kidnappers vehicle, earlier this year, in Ado Ekiti,” he said.

    The PPRO explained that the suspects usually kept their victims in the house of late Chief Ogunremi, located around Water Works in Ado-Ekiti or sometimes Ayere, a forest in Kogi.

    He listed Items recovered from the suspects to include, one Toyota Corolla car, 13 rounds of live cartridges and two locally made double-barrel guns.

    Abutu said that efforts were on to arrest other members of the gang who were at large, hence the N5 million reward for useful information that could lead to their arrest.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the command had on Monday paraded four suspected abductors of a petroleum dealer in Ekiti, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami and wife of late Surveyor-General of the state, Mrs. Dapo Osalusi.

    The suspects was also alleged to have also kidnapped another victim, Olowo Bolaji in Ipoti-Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of the state.

    Abutu while parading the suspects said they were arrested by a team of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the command.

    He said the suspects included the food supplier to the alleged kidnappers and a vulcaniser, who was their informant.

    The command thanked residents who provided the information that led to the initial arrests, promising not to relent in ridding the state of crime.

    “The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Unit of the Police Command in Ekiti has continued its raid and war against kidnapping with another breakthrough recorded in the arrest and parade of four suspected kidnappers.

    “They were apprehended in connection with the abduction of a petroleum dealer, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami in Ado-Ekiti on Jan. 10.

    “The suspects during interrogations confessed to have actively participated in the abduction of the wife of former Ekiti State Surveyor-General, Mrs. Dapo Osalusi and another victim, Olowo Bolaji in Ipoti-Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of the state,” Abutu explained.

  • Anambra: Obiano laments mindless killings in statewide broadcast, places N20m bounty on killers of Chike Akunyili [Full speech]

    Anambra: Obiano laments mindless killings in statewide broadcast, places N20m bounty on killers of Chike Akunyili [Full speech]

    Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has placed a ₦20 million bounty on the perpetrators of the gruesome killing of Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of the late former minister and Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dora Akunyili, and others in the state.

    The Governor said that the sum will be awarded to anyone who is able to provide useful information to track the killers.

    He said this in a special broadcast after an emergency State Security Council meeting at the Governor’s lodge in Amawbia on Wednesday, while condoling with the Akunyili family, as well as families of others who were killed in the attack.

    Governor Obiano condemned the attack, calling on residents to join forces with security agencies to confront the common enemy and protect the state.

    Speaking further, he lamented that between Sunday, September 26 to date, over 10 persons have been killed in various areas of the state.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Dr. Chike Akunyili was killed by the gunmen on Tuesday alongside his driver and a police escort around the Nkpor junction in Idemili North, Anambra State.

    The late Chike was said to have been returning from an event where he received a posthumous award of excellence for his late wife when he ran into the hoodlums at Nkpor and was murdered in cold blood.

    Meanwhile, the Police have visited the scene, as investigations into the incident and several other recent killings are now ongoing.

    Read Governor Obiano’s full address below:

    It is on a very sad note that I address the State today to condemn in very strong terms, the violence that has been witnessed in Anambra in the past few days.
    Since last weekend, some armed persons have unleashed terror with sporadic attacks on innocent citizens in various parts of the State.

    From the briefings I have received from Security Commanders, Offices of some political parties, branded campaign vehicles and individuals occupying them have been attacked with killings and burning of vehicles observed. Other innocent road users have become victims of this menace with many losing their lives and others, their properties.

    Between Sunday 26th and yesterday 28th September, 2021 attacks on citizens at Oko, Agulu, Obosi, Nkpor, Nnobi, Nnewi and other places have left about ten (10) people dead including an illustrious son of this State, Dr Chike Akunyili, husband of late Prof Dora Akunyili who was reportedly gunned down yesterday around Nkpor.

    These are our own people dying every day and for what reason?

    Ndi Anambra, these attacks and accompanying deaths cannot be justified and must stop now.

    I have therefore conducted an extensive security meeting and have directed all Security Agencies to step up and confront this monster ravaging our land. I charge everyone involved in the security architecture of Anambra State to take very seriously, this threat to our livelihood and boldly rise to confront same. Everything that needs to be done will be done and no stone will be left unturned in this effort. My directive to this effect is clear and i urge every security personnel on duty in Anambra State to do his utmost best to secure our people.

    To all citizens of Anambra State and every person living and doing business in our State, I urge you now to join forces with us to confront this common enemy.

    We cannot condone this savagery for any reason whatsoever. I therefore call on all our youths in the State to rise up and protect our communities. Traditional Rulers, Presidents General, Clergy men, Vigilante Groups and all leadership structures must now take responsibility and in conjunction with the Police, Military and other Law Enforcement Agencies, work to restore order immediately.

    To reinforce our commitment and seriousness on this issue, I on behalf of the State Government, wish to announce a twenty million Naira (N20,000,000.00) reward for any useful information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators of these heinous attacks on our State. The people behind this must be unmasked and brought to book. I urge Citizens to report to us, anybody bearing firearm who is not a Security or Vigilante personnel, so we can deal with this monster, once and for all. Call 07039194332 or approach any Security deployment if you have any information. As the Americans say, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

    At this point, I wish to most heartily condole with the families of all those who have lost their loved ones in the course of these senseless attacks. I promise you that we will leave no stone unturned in getting justice for them. May their souls rest in peace.

    Finally, I urge all citizens of the State to unite in this fight against all forms of terror, intimidation and tyranny. We will not succumb to invaders as I am convinced that no Anambra son will indulge in this kind of heartlessness. I warn all those promoting and participating in these violent attacks to leave our State or pay a high price as we will definitely catch up with them.

    To all law abiding citizens and persons living in our State, I urge you to go about your lawful businesses but we must now ALL go to work and take back our State. This is Anambra, the Light of the Nation, where darkness has no place. The events of the last one week will not be allowed to fester and by God’s grace, we shall overcome.

    Thank you and God bless.

  • U.S. sends message to ISWAP over $7m bounty for killing Shekau

    U.S. sends message to ISWAP over $7m bounty for killing Shekau

    The United States of America (USA) has said it will not pay the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) a promised $7 million bounty for killing Abubakar Shekau.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the United States Department Rewards for Justice Program made this known via Twitter on Friday.

    “News reports today indicate that Boko Haram terrorist Abubakar Shekau blew himself up in a confrontation with ISIS affiliates.

    “Hey, ISIS guys. To clarify: no – you are not eligible for the reward for information on his identity or location. That’s not how the program works,” the US Department Rewards for Justice Program tweeted.

    TNG reports Shekau is the leader of Jama’atu Ahl as-Sunnah il-Da’awati wal-Jihad, more commonly known as Boko Haram.

    Boko Haram, which means “Western education is forbidden,” is a Nigeria-based terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the current Nigerian government and replace it with a regime based on Islamic law.

    The group has existed in various forms since the late 1990s. There are reported communications, training, and weapons links between Boko Haram, al-Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al-Shabaab, and al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which may strengthen Boko Haram’s capacity to conduct terrorist attacks.

    Shekau was previously the group’s second-in-command. In July 2010, Shekau publicly claimed leadership of Boko Haram and threatened to attack Western interests in Nigeria.

    Later that month, Shekau issued a second statement expressing solidarity with al-Qaida and threatening the United States. Under Shekau’s leadership, Boko Haram’s operational capabilities grew.

    The group set off its first vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) in June 2011, and has increasingly utilized IEDs in attacks against soft targets.

    Boko Haram’s August 26, 2011 vehicle-bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria marked the group’s first lethal operation against Western interests. At least 23 people were killed, and 80 more were injured, in the attack. A purported Boko Haram spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack and promised future targeting of U.S. and Nigerian government interests.

    On May 1, 2012, less than one week after the group bombed a Nigerian newspaper building in Abuja, Boko Haram issued a video statement threatening more attacks on local and international news outlets, including the Voice of America and Sahara Reporters, a New York-based media service.

    Under Shekau’s leadership Boko Haram has continually targeted young children. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped close to 300 girls from their school in northern Nigeria. In a video message released three weeks later, Shekau claimed responsibility for the kidnappings, calling the girls slaves and threatening to sell them in the market.

    On June 21, 2012, the U.S. Department of State designated Shekau a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224, and placed a $7 million bounty on him.

    However, an intelligence report emerged on Thursday that the Boko Haram leader reportedly died following alleged invasion of the terror group’s stronghold in the Sambisa forest area by a column of ISWAP fighters.

    ISWAP, which had broken away from the Shekau-led Boko Haram faction in 2016 after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), raided the group’s hideout using multiple gun trucks.

    Shekau’s enclave was tracked down by ISWAP using its forces based in the Timbuktu Triangle. His fighters were killed in the process, followed by a long gunfire exchange between the invading group and Shekau’s bodyguards, according to intelligence reports.

    It was gathered that after his bodyguards were subdued, Shekau surrendered and engaged in an hours-long meeting with the ISWAP fighters.

    During the parley, he was asked to voluntarily relinquish power and order his fighters in other areas to declare bai’a (allegiance) to ISWAP’s authority. They had expected Shekau to issue a statement.

    Sources within the insurgency, however, said that Shekau who secretly had a suicide vest on eventually blew himself up alongside everyone present during the negotiations.

    The identities of the people within ISWAP’s leadership who lost their lives to the explosion remain unclear.

    TNG reports Shekau had been the leader of Boko Haram since 2009 following the death of the group’s founder, Mohammed Yusuf. He had been rumoured to have been killed at least four times between July 2009 and August 2015.

    In August 2016, the Nigerian Air Force claimed he had been “fatally wounded” by military bombardments, but the terror group released a video only a month later showing he was alive and in good health.

    The Defence Headquarters could not confirm the killing of Shekau, Nigeria’s most wanted terrorist as at the time of filing this report.

    Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, said the military cannot confirm the development yet.

    The DHQ had while defending repeated claims of killing of Shekau by troops, explained that ‘Shekau’ is a mere title bestowed on the leader of the group and not a name of an individual.

    Meanwhile, Nigerian military has placed all Borno State Commands of the Nigerian Army and Air Force on alert, over possible movement of dislodged insurgents.

  • JUST IN: Wike redeems N30m bounty on dead notorious robber, Bobisky

    JUST IN: Wike redeems N30m bounty on dead notorious robber, Bobisky

    The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has redeemed the N30million bounty he placed on a notorious criminal suspect popularly known in the underworld as ‘Bobisky’.

    Bobisky died at the Rivers police command in Port Harcourt shortly after he was captured by the police.

    Wike while presenting the cheque to the Commissioner of Police Mr. Joseph Mukan on Thursday said that he was elated that the police and members of the public worked assiduously to ensure the arrest of the suspect.

    The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Tammy Danagogo, said that his government would continue to ensure the safety of all Rivers people.

    He said: “Governor Wike will continue to stand by his words, as this is not the first time such redemption is occurring in the state. If we can recall when the Governor made a promise over Don Wani, a criminal who disturbed the peace of ONELGA, all security agencies and citizenry were activated to capture him, and the pledge was also redeemed”.

    He thanked the Police and members of the public for their belief in Wike’s promise to reward all whistleblowers.

    “I thank the police officers for the gallantry in arresting the criminals and I also thank the informants who cannot be mentioned here”, he said.

    In his remarks, Mukan thanked the governor for fulfilling his promise stressing that it was not an easy task as the police murdered sleep and exhibited but professionalism throughout the operation, that led to the arrest of Bobisky.

    He said that the IGP Community Police Scheme was working well in information and intelligence gathering helping the police to reduce crime in the state.

    He assured the people of Rivers State that the Police would not relent in their duties promising to continue to partner with the public to wipe out all criminal elements in the state.

    He promised to capture the remaining members of the Bobisky gang, and also the so-called VIP and his gang terrorizing the Ahoada axis of the state.

  • Oyo police places N500,000 bounty on escaped suspect of Akinyele killings

    Oyo police places N500,000 bounty on escaped suspect of Akinyele killings

    Oyo State Police Command on Thursday announced a reward of five hundred thousand naira (500,000) for anyone with useful information that led to the re-arrest of the escaped suspect arrested in connection with a series of killings in Akinyele local government area of the state.

    Recall that Sunday Shodipe, the prime suspect who was arrested in connection with killings of Barakat Bello, Azeezat Shomuyiwa and including a five-year-old boy identified as Mujeeb had earlier been paraded along with two others on 17th July this year by Enwonwu.

    However, the police in the state said that the suspect has escaped from Police custody.

    In a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer (PRO) Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, Oyo State Police command said the suspect escaped after he was charged to court.

    The police have, however, placed a five hundred thousand naira bounty on Shodipe’s head asking anyone with credible information that will lead to the re-arrest of the suspect.

    Fadeyi in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan implored the general public to aid the re-arrest Shodipe.

    He said, “The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, wishes to state that handsome reward of Five hundred thousand naira only (N500,000) awaits whoever gives useful information for the arrest of the suspected serial killer at Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, one Sunday Shodipe ‘m’ 19yrs who was arrested and paraded at the Oyo State Police Command Headquarters on 17th July, 2020, but later escaped from lawful custody on 11th August, 2020.

    “Consequently, the general public is hereby implored to arrest and immediately hand him over to the nearest Police Station for necessary action. The Command can be contacted on GSM Numbers: 08035632410 and 07066003536.

  • Iran places $80m ‘bounty’ on Trump’s head, eyes White House as target

    Iran is mobilising its citizens to donate a dollar each to raise $80million to be used as bounty for Donald Trump’s head.

    An NBC News reporter, quoted an unidentified organizer for the funeral procession for Gen Qassem Soleimani, as calling on all Iranians to donate $1 each ‘in order to gather an $80million bounty on President Trump’s head’.

    He spoke during a funeral procession for General Qassem Soliemani in Mashad.

    ‘We can attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the American soil. We have the power, and God willing we will respond in an appropriate time,’ the organiser said, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency.

    Earlier on Sunday, Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi threatened to launch an attack on American soil in response to the president’s warning that any strike on American interests in the region will bring massive retaliation.

    ‘When someone declares war do you want to respond to the bullets with flowers? They will shoot you in the head,’ he added.

    Abutorabi’s threat was made during an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, and just days after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Tehran’s overseas clandestine and military operations as head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, was killed on Friday in a US drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport.

    Following massive funeral marches in Iraq, Soleimani’s body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran on Sunday.

    Video from the scene shows a casket wrapped in an Iranian flag being unloaded from a plane as a military band plays and the crowd angrily chanted ‘Death to America’.–

  • Kogi gov places N100m bounty for information on aide’s killer

    Kogi gov places N100m bounty for information on aide’s killer

    Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has promised N100 million reward to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of those that killed Malam Yusuf Adabenege, his Special Adviser on Culture and Tourism.

    A statement signed by Alhaji Abdulmalik Abdulkarim, Director-General, Bureau of Information Services and Grassroots Sensitisation, said that Bello made the promised on Wednesday in Okene, while on a condolence visit to the deceased aide’s family.

    The statement advised anybody with such information to reach the governor directly, through his phone lines, or get in touch with security agencies.

    “Such information can also be channelled through any of the governor’s political appointees,” the statement said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adabenege was killed by unknown gunmen along Obehira road, Okene, at 6:45pm, on November 16. He was killed alongside his driver.

    The statement quoted Bello as expressing deep shock over the incident, vowing that the perpetrators would be brought to book.