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  • Just In: 119 inmates escape as rainstorm destroys prison, 10 recaptured

    Just In: 119 inmates escape as rainstorm destroys prison, 10 recaptured

    The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) FCT Command, on Thursday said 119 inmates escaped from the Suleja Custodial Centre, in Niger State.

    This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by Mr Samson Duza, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command.

    The FCT command is in charge of Kuje and Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centres in Abuja and Niger.

    Duza explained that the incident followed a rainstorm that destroyed the Suleja facility on Wednesday night.

    He said the service had immediately activated its recapturing mechanisms, in conjunction with sister security agencies.

    According to him, the downpour has also wreaked havoc on the surrounding buildings and part of the custodial facility, including its perimeter fence.

    ”This gave way to the escape of a total of 119 inmates of the facility.

    ”But with the help of sister agencies, we have recaptured 10 of them and taken them into custody, while we are in hot chase to recapture the others.”

    Duza stated that the Service was mindful  that many of its facilities were built during the colonial era, and had become old and weak.

    He said in view of this, the service was making frantic efforts to see that all ageing facilities gave way for modern ones.

    ”This is evidenced in the ongoing construction of six 3,000-capacity ultra-modern custodial centres in all the geo-political zones in Nigeria.

    ‘‘This also includes the ongoing reconstruction and renovation of existing ones,” he said.

    The FCT spokesman assured the public that the command was on top of the situation, and urged residents to go about their businesses without fear or hindrance.

    He also enjoined the public to look out for the fleeing inmates and report any suspicious movement to the nearest security agency.

  • Escaped lion strolling streets in neighbourhood, triggers panic

    Escaped lion strolling streets in neighbourhood, triggers panic

    A lion ran loose in a major Pakistani city for the second time this year, officials said on Wednesday, shedding light on the craze for exotic pets.

    For hours on Tuesday, the 20-month-old male lion strolled the streets in a congested neighbourhood of Karachi, police official Sheraz Nazir said.

    Children screamed and adults fled in fear, said Mukhtiar Soomro, a wildlife officer who was part of the team that captured the animal.

    “It took our team at least two hours to confine the lion to a parking lot and then capture it in a cage,” Soomro told dpa from Karachi.

    “It was a first-of-its-kind incident in Karachi.

    “Planning and executing an operation to capture such a huge and dangerous animal was a frightening experience,” the official added.

    No one was mauled.

    A video shared on the social media showed a man shouting to others to run as the animal slowly walked along the pavement.

    The lion was handed over to the city’s zoo and a criminal charge was being filed against the owner for keeping a wild animal in a residential area.

    This was according to another wildlife official Mumtaz Ali.

    “The owner can face a fine of up to 300,000 Pakistani rupees (around 1,000 dollars) and imprisonment up to three years,” he added.

    Pakistan’s wildlife laws allowed private citizens to establish mini zoos, but keeping a lion or tiger as a pet in a residential area is a crime.

    But these laws are often ignored.

    In February, a leopard ran loose from a neighbourhood near Islamabad and it took wildlife rangers several hours to capture it.

  • [Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: God will always make a way of escape

    [Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: God will always make a way of escape

    By Oke Chinye

    Read: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13

    Meditation verse:

    “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God  is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but  with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to  bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

    It is often said the only thing that is constant in life is change. What this means  is that we have little control over certain events, and so life can suddenly  happen. Things can happen suddenly that disrupt the normal course of our lives.  However, no matter how badly disrupted our lives and plans become, God can  never be taken by surprise. He always makes provision for you to overcome any  disruption. You may however fail to see the provision due several reasons some  of which are:

    If you keep focusing on the problem: Yesterday is not ours to recover, but  tomorrow is ours to win or lose. Look to God and ask Him to show you the route  of escape to that problem. Psalm 123:2 says “behold, as the eyes of servants  look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her  mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy on us”.

    If you refuse to step out of your comfort zone and move forward: Due to fear of  the unknown, we stay rooted in the same spot even when God has shown us  what to do to navigate the problem. God had to rebuke Moses; “why are you  crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! (Exodus 14:15, NLT). God had  already guaranteed them a safe passage to the promised land. Yet as they  approached the red sea, with Pharoah and his men behind them, they were  afraid and kept crying out to God. They choose to keep their eyes on the problem  instead of on God.

    If you desperately hold on to old plans, you will not be able to create a new way.  When things fall apart, something new can rise to replace it. Collapse does not  only mean devastation, but it can also mean opportunity. Life is a lively process  of becoming. If your previous plans have been disrupted due to an unexpected  occurrence, make new plans. Until you try, you may never know.

     

    IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

    For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

    or call +2348155525555

    For more enquiries, visit: www.rockteachingministry.org.

  • NDLEA raises alarm over Abba Kyari’s plan to escape

    NDLEA raises alarm over Abba Kyari’s plan to escape

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday, alleged that suspended Deputy Police Commissioner, DCP, Abba Kyari, plans to escape from Nigeria.

    NDLEA claimed that Kyari planned to flee Nigeria to avoid facing punishment for his crimes.

    The agency raised the alarm while urging an Abuja Federal High Court not to grant Kyari bail.

    In a 21-paragraph counter-affidavit, the agency argued that Kyari would “escape and had the capacity to interfere with witnesses.”

    The Director, Prosecution and Legal Services, Joseph Sunday, stated this while adopting the counter-affidavit before Justice Emeka Nwite on Monday.

    NDLEA had linked Kyari and four former members of the Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, to an international drug cartel.

    The former IRT boss was caught alongside the four officers after they attempted to bribe an agent of the NDLEA with $61,000 to facilitate the release of seized cocaine.

  • 3 bandits, soldier allegedly escape from army custody in Lokoja

    3 bandits, soldier allegedly escape from army custody in Lokoja

    Three bandits, including a soldier detained for refusing to fight Boko Haram in Borno State, have allegedly escaped from army custody at Chari Maigumeri Barracks, Lokoja, Kogi State.

     

    The soldier was said to have been moved from Maiduguri to Lokoja when he resisted fighting Boko Haram insurgents and detained alongside three suspected bandits.

     

    The incident was said to have happened on Sunday night when Lokoja witnessed its first rain in the year.

     

    It was gathered that the army has intensified effort to recapture the escaped bandits and the soldier.

     

    “The Army is making frantic effort to arrest the four suspects. From what we learnt, the soldier was seen with a rifle as he aided the escape of the three bandits.

     

    “He has been in our cell here, waiting for when he will be tried. Unfortunately, when it rained heavily on Sunday, the soldier used the opportunity to escape when officers on duty were asleep.

     

    “As I speak to you, the army has mounted surveillance in every entry and exit point of Kogi State to ensure the escapees are re-arrested,” a source said.

    The Public Relations Officer, Command Army Record, Chari Maigumeri Barracks, Lokoja, Kogi State, Lieutenant David Adewusi, however, denied knowledge of the escape.

     

    He said: “I have no comment to make as I am not aware of anything like that.”

  • NIGER: Gunmen attack wedding ceremony, kill 8 people

    NIGER: Gunmen attack wedding ceremony, kill 8 people

    Gunmen have attacked a wedding ceremony in Niger State and carted away money, abducted bride, killed eight people while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

    The gunmen, who were said to be numbering over 100, also invaded 10 communities and sacked residents in Lavun Local Government Area of the state.

    A resident of Ndakogitu community who prefers to be anonymous said the bandits also attacked a wedding ceremony where they abducted the bride and another girl.

    “They came into our community and went to the venue of a wedding, they stole all the monies realized at the wedding ceremony, including other valuables were also snatched.

    “The rampaging gunmen also said to have rustle a number of cattle belonging to the villagers.

    The attack which lasted all through Saturday night to Sunday displaced over 5,000 persons.

    According to a source who spoke to our correspondent, the terrorists went to different communities shooting at residents who were scampering for safety.

    After the attacks, the terrorists were said to have left with rustled cattle but were unable to escape with them as the only bridge linking the community with Akare had collapsed leaving them with no option but to abandon the cattle and escape.

    The vigilance group in the communities however mobilized themselves and confronted the bandits who eventually killed six of the locals as a result of them being ill-equipped.

    The attack have however forced the people in the affected communities to flee their homes, while those who had earlier gone to the nearby market at Batati have not return home for fear of being attacked by the gunmen.

    When contacted, the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Internal Security, Emmanuel Umar, confirmed the latest attacks but said he was yet to get the details of the incident.

    Some of the communities attacked includes Egbako, Ndaruka, Ebbo, Ndagbegi, Tshogi, Gogata and Ndakogitu, all in Lavun local government.

  • [Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: God will always make a way of escape

    [Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: God will always make a way of escape

    By Oke Chinye

    Read: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13

    Meditation verse:

    “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

    It is often said the only thing that is constant in life is change. What this means is that we have little control over certain events, and so life can suddenly happen. Things can happen suddenly that disrupt the normal course of our lives. However, no matter how badly disrupted our lives and plans become, God can never be taken by surprise. He always makes provision for you to overcome any disruption. You may however fail to see the provision due to several reasons.

    If you keep focusing on the problem. Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. Look to God and ask Him to show you the route of escape to that problem. Psalm 123:2 says “behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy on us”.

    If you refuse to step out of your comfort zone and move forward. Due to fear of the unknown, we stay rooted in the same spot even when God has shown us what to do to navigate the problem. God had to rebuke Moses; “why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! (Exodus 14:15, NLT). God had already guaranteed them a safe passage to the promised land. Yet as they approached the red sea, with Pharoah and his men behind them, they were afraid and kept crying out to God. They choose to keep their eyes on the problem instead of on God.

    If you desperately hold on to old plans you will not be able to create a new way. When things fall apart, something new can rise to replace it. Collapse does not only mean devastation, but it can also mean opportunity. Life is a lively process of becoming. If your previous plans have been disrupted due to an unexpected occurrence, make new plans. Until you try, you may never know.

     

    IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Dcns Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

    For Prayers and Counseling email rockteachingministry@gmail.com

    or call +2348155525555

    For more enquiries, visit: www.rockteachingministry.org.

  • UNIBEN bursar escapes kidnap as gunmen murder NSCDC officer

    UNIBEN bursar escapes kidnap as gunmen murder NSCDC officer

    The Bursar of the University of Benin, Mr Victor Imagbe, on Thursday, escaped being kidnapped by gunmen, who attacked his house at Ogheghe along the Sapele Road, Benin.

    But an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ugiagbe Alex Osaghae, who was on guard duty at the home of the bursar, was killed by the gunmen, who also made away with his service rifle.

    A source at the Edo State Police Command confirmed the sad incident, adding that investigation aimed at nabbing the perpetrators had started.

    It was gathered that the gunmen came to Imagbe’s house around 2.45am and opened fire on the NSCDC officer, killing him on the spot.

    Osaghe’s corpse was said to have been deposited in the mortuary of the Central Hospital, Benin.

    The Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command of the NSCDC, Mr Ogbebor Efosa, also confirmed the incident.

     

  • Kwara foils Covid-19 patients’ plot to escape from isolation centre

    Kwara foils Covid-19 patients’ plot to escape from isolation centre

    The Kwara Government’s intelligence network has uncovered plot by some COVID-19 patients to escape from the state isolation centre at early hour of Friday.

    The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and spokesman to the state COVID-19 Committee, Rafiu Ajakaye made this disclosure in a statement in Ilorin.

    Ajakaye said that the attempt was promptly foiled, leading to arrest and return of the patients who had already scaled the fence.

    He said the government was shocked that some of the persons involved were among the imported cases, who intentionally violated the interstate lockdown and entered the state.

    According to him, security has been further beefed up at the isolation centre to avoid future occurrence.

    The state government had noted that COVID-19 was not death sentence and there was no reason for anyone to escape and put their lives and that of others at risk.

  • Lagos speaks on alleged plans by coronavirus patient to escape

    Lagos speaks on alleged plans by coronavirus patient to escape

    Lagos State Government has debunked news making the round that the index case of Corona Virus Disease isolated at the Lagos Mainland Hospital tried to escape.

    State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who debunked the news while giving an update on the index case at the Mainland Hospital on Saturday said the patient has never expressed any desire to leave the facility to the doctors and nurses who looks after him.

    “I have spoken to him myself, he is doing very well, he is comfortable; he was comfortable yesterday and he is comfortable today”, Abayomi stated.

    The Commissioner noted that the patient was initially kept in a single isolation room for his privacy when he was brought in because part of the facilities at the Mainland Hospital were being renovated. He added that the patient has subsequently been moved to one of the newly renovated wards.

    “We were renovating part of the facility, so we kept him in a single isolation room for his privacy but we have subsequently moved him to one of our completed wards recently renovated with full complements of facilities, so he is right there now and he is comfortable.

    “As of this morning, his condition has improved, he hasn’t developed new symptoms but he still got a mild fever and we will be running test to see what the situation is with the virus in his body and as soon as we get a negative screen, we will keep him for another two or three days and repeat the test to make sure that there are no more virus particles in his saliva and that means that he will not be contagious. Then, we give the OK for him to be released back into the community,” he said.

    Responding to the news of an uber driver who had contact with the index case and reported to have gone at large, Abayomi described the news as fake and untrue, stressing that nothing of such happened.

    Answering question on the vulnerability of health workers who works at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, he responded that the staff at the facility have been specially trained to deal with patients who have pathogens of high consequence.

    “They are experts in infection prevention and control and they do not go into the isolation unit without full personal protective equipment. This is a specialist facility and there is no level of carelessness going on in this facility.

    “The staff here including the staff in the bio-safety level laboratory are well trained and certified biosecurity specialist, so there is no unprofessionalism in this environment”, Abayomi said.

    On the issue of availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the Commissioner assured that a stock of several hundred kits are available at the mainland hospital, adding that PPEs have also been distributed to all the general hospitals and major primary health care facilities.

    “So we are stocked up for now, if we need to buy more, we know exactly where to get it, so we are not worried about PPE supply.

    While restating that the State government is prepared to contain and break the circle of transmission of the virus, he explained that the Lagos State Government have been building capacity for any biosecurity threats to Lagos since the Ebola virus incident of 2014.

    “We have been preparing since Ebola incident of 2014 and as soon as Lagos was certified Ebola, we have been building capacity. This is evident in the level of sophistication in some of the facilities here at Mainland hospital. We have not been sitting down or relaxing, we don’t want to experience what happened in 2014 again, so we are ready and we will continue to build that capacity year by year”, Abayomi stated.

    The Commissioner disclosed that the reformation plan for the Mainland hospital is a step by step process but very advanced, adding that new facilities are being designed for the hospital with the ultimate goal of making it a centre of excellence for infectious diseases with a large capacity for isolating patients if there is any major outbreak.