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  • Allow us live in cattle market – Northern Community begs Otti

    Allow us live in cattle market – Northern Community begs Otti

    The Northern Community in Umuchieze Cattle Market in Umunneochi Local government Area of Abia has appealed to Gov. Alex Otti to allow them to reside inside the market.

    The traders, who are predominantly dealers in cattle, made the appeal at a news briefing in the market on Wednesday.

    They also reacted to the government’s claim that it discovered a large number of decomposed and headless bodies as well as “countless skeletons” in the market located at Lokpanta in Umuchieze.

    The governor announced the weird discovery during his Sunday’s parley with newsmen.

    Otti, who had expressed concern over the state of insecurity at the Umuennochi/Isuikweato axis, said that the market had become a den of criminals and kidnappers.

    He had insisted that the government was going ahead with its plan to make the market non-residential.

    He therefore ordered the traders to live with the natives in the neighbouring communities.

    Reacting to the order, the Spokesman for the community, Buba Abdullahi, expressed their dissatisfaction with the government’s position.

    Abdullahi debunked the government’s claim that the market was littred with decomposed corpses and skeletons and that the market harboured criminals.

    He also blamed the media for their failure to investigate the allegation before publishing.

    He described the government’s allegation as an alibi to execute its premeditated plot to chase them away from the land they had occupied since 2005.

    He further alleged that part of the plot was the recent demolition of houses in the market.

    Abdullahi put their population at 15,000, saying that they occupied about 80 hectares of the land that was donated to them by Orji Kalu-led government.

    According to him, if the government would fence the market, demolish our houses and ask us to go and live in the neighbouring villages, it means it has automatically chased us away from Abia.

    He said: “We northerners are peace-loving and very accommodating.

    “This is the reason there are many southerners in the North doing their businesses without harassment and threats of eviction.

    “It is unjust, unfair and ungodly for anyone to prevent any Nigerian from staying in any part they so desired in Nigeria.

    “There is a general misconception that the northern community is harbouring criminals, but all the brothels, rooms, beer parlours, night clubs and lodging accommodation recently demolished belong to the natives.”

    Abdullahi said that it would be a “tactical mistake for us to relocate to communities in Umuchieze,” considering the prevailing high rate of crime in the atea.

    He said that some of them were also victims of the heavy crimes and criminalities taking place around the area.

    He expressed their readiness to collaborate with the state government toward finding a lasting solution to the security challenges in the area.

  • ONDO: Police debunk rumour of another 6 killed

    Ondo State Police Command has debunked rumour of six persons being shot dead at the Sabo Area of Ondo town of the state on Wednesday night by gunmen.

     

    The Command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, made this clarification in a statement signed and tagged: “Attack on Hausa Community; An Unhealthy Rumour To Stir Still Water.”

     

    The PPRO said the attention of Ondo State Police Command had been drawn to fake news being peddled by mischief makers to cause panic, tension and strife in the state.

     

    Odunlami said the Command wished to state clearly that there was no reprisal attack on the Hausa Community at Sabo area in Ondo town or any part of the state.

     

    “On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, there was an attempted robbery on a J5 vehicle marked MKA – 469 YJ carrying Onions and Potatoes coming from Zaria enroute Ore, had a stopover at Ondo town and was attacked by men of the underworld around 0110hrs.

     

    “In the cause of this attempt, the robbers shot the driver, while the motor boy escaped with bullet injury, a motorcyclist alongside the pillion and a passerby were also hit by stray bullets.

     

    “It is however disheartening that these peddlers who are out to achieve no good, did not confirm the story before spreading this falsehood as the victims involved in this failed robbery are from Yoruba, Igbo and Northern extraction,” she said.

     

    Odunlami said that an investigation had since commenced and effort was ongoing to arrest the assailants.

     

    “On this note, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Oyeyemi Adesoye Oyediran, urges the people of the state to remain calm and disregard the fake news, as the rumour mongers are out to stir unnecessary chaos and disrupt the peace of the State.

     

    “This is also to warn the peddlers of this fake news to desist as the command will not fold its arms and let them shatter the peace being enjoyed in the state,” PPRO added.

  • Three feared killed as thugs, Hausa community clash in Ede

    Three feared killed as thugs, Hausa community clash in Ede

    Ede community in Ede North Local Government Area of Osun state was Wednesday thrown into pandemonium when a notorious cult gang attacked Hausa community.

    Three persons have been reportedly killed while many are suspected to be injured.

    It was gathered that the suspected thugs attacked some Hausa traders in the community with various kinds of weapons.

    According to a resident of the town, who spoke to our correspondent under the condition of anonymity, the thugs were led by the second-in-command to a notorious thug, simply Identified as Rasheed Oko-Ilu, whom the police had declared wanted over a series of criminal allegations.

    During the clash, three of the hoodlums were killed, including their leader.

    When contacted the Seriki Hausa in Ede, Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim who confirmed the attack, said the thugs attacked both Yoruba and Hausa traders in the market.

    He added that the thugs have been terrorizing the people of the town, including the Hausa, adding they have been disrupting the peace of the community.

    Seriki added that some properties were stolen, while many commodities were destroyed by the thugs.

    “The situation is calm now. We thank the Commissioner of Police for the quick intervention and the OC anti-cultist, the boys have been with us for days now to keep everything calm. We thank the Governor too and the Ede community people for their support,” Seriki said.

    The Osun police command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola said some hoodlums invaded Sabo community and carted away motorcycles owned by Hausa resident in the area.

     

     

  • Food vendor kills customer over 10 naira in Ogun

    Food vendor kills customer over 10 naira in Ogun

    A food vendor known as Hamidu was arrested by Ogun state police for allegedly killing one of his customers at Arepo along Mowe-Ibafo, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun state.

    It was gathered that the deceased, Musa, bought a cup of tea from Hamidu and paid N40 insteadof normal fee of #50 and this got Hamidu infuriated.

    In a bid to get the balance from Musa, an argument broke out and it resorted into a fight between the two of them.

    Eye witness say, Hamidu punched Musa in the chest and he fell down on the spot.

    A member of the Odua People’s congress (New Era), in Arepo, Olayiwola Ogunsolu mentioned that Musa had died before help could come her way.

    “On getting to the spot, we saw that someone had died and when we enquired what happened, we were told that the tea seller there killed him over his refusal to pay 50naira for a cup of tea. We immediately called the Warewa Police Station and when two policemen came from the station, the Hausa community resisted them.

    “We called the DPO of Warewa Police Station and he sent reinforcement. The police later took the suspect away.” He said.

    One of the the relatives of the deceased narrated how Musa was killed over 10 naira.

    “Musa went to buy a cup of tea but he had 40naira instead of 50naira. This got the seller angry and they started fighting. The tea seller, who is not really well known under the bridge here though some people said his name is Hamidu, punched Musa in the chest. He fell and died. Some of our people intervened. The police came and took the tea seller away.” He said

    Usman Shehu, the leader of Arepo Hausa community declined comments, feigning ignorance of the incident.

    “Such an incident would not have passed me by as the head of the Arewa community in this place,” he added.

    Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Public Relations officer promised to give a detailed pieces of information on the incident at a later time.