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  • Plateau gov, Mutfwang condemns murder of Fulani leader

    Plateau gov, Mutfwang condemns murder of Fulani leader

    Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has condemned the murder of Ardo Adamu Gabdo, the Fulani leader of Panyam District in Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, who was killed by yet-to-be identified persons.

    Mutfwang condemned the act in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs (DOPPA), Mr Gyang Bere, issued on Saturday in Jos.

    Recall that Gabdo was declared missing by security agencies on September 24.

    But his dead body was later recovered on Thursday, October 5, by troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) at Boi, a border community between Plateau and Bauchi state.

    Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, the Commander of OPSH, recently told stakeholders from Mangu at a meeting that it had arrested three suspects in connection with the crime.

    The governor, who condoled with the immediate family of the ardo over the huge loss, promised to support security agencies to fish out those behind the crime.

    He urged community leaders and traditional rulers at all levels to support government and security agencies in their collective efforts toward a crime-free Plateau.

    ”While we commend the efforts of OPSH for recovering the body of the murdered Ardo, we want to appeal to all residents of our state to be law-abiding.

    ”All criminal acts should be reported to security agencies for swift action.

    ”We are committed to upholding the rule of law in addressing all forms of criminal activities in the state,” the governor said.

    Mutfwang promised to be fair and just to all citizens, irrespective of tribe or religious background.

    The governor further reiterated his determination to introduce policies and programmes that would foster sustainable peace, progress, and prosperity in the state.

  • Four farmers arrested for allegedly killing and dismembering a herdsman in Ogun

    Four farmers arrested for allegedly killing and dismembering a herdsman in Ogun

    Four farmers have been arrested by the Ogun state police command for allegedly killing and dismembering the body of Umaru Aliyu, a herdsman at Ijagunre village in Imeko-Afon local government area of Ogun state.

    According to the command spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, he disclosed that the suspect identified as Akinyele Adebayo, Gbalo Idosu, Abiala Segun and Kareem Fagbemi Lana, were arrested following a report lodged by one Umaru Jakake, who stated that while he and his brother Umaru Aliyu were grazing their cattle at Ijagunre village, they were accosted by one Ojugbele who warned them not to take their cattle near his farm.

    He stated further that upon the warning, they took their cattle to the other side of the bush for grazing. But the said Ojugbele later called two men who started chasing them about in the bush. The complainant further stated that he managed to escape, but the whereabout of his brother Umaru Aliyu is yet to be known since then.

    Oyeyemi added that the case was reported at Imeko divisional headquarters, but was transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments Eleweran for discreet investigation on the order of the Commissioner of Police. The case was assigned to SP Kehinde Beyioku led Homicide section who there and then embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation to unravel the whereabouts of the missing herdsman.

    ‘’There investigation led to the arrest of Kareem Fagbemi Lana, who confessed to the police that it was one Ojugbele who called him from his own farm to inform him of the presence of herdsmen in their farm vicinity, and that he should come and join him to chase them away.

    He confessed further that he also called Abiala Segun, who came with his dane gun and the three of them started chasing the herdsmen. While chasing them, Kareem Fagbemi Lana collected the dane gun and shot one of the herdsmen Umaru Aliyu to death .

    After killing him, they invited Akinyele Adebayo whose farm is nearby and informed him of the incident. It was Akinyele Adebayo who helped them to dismember the body after telling them that he needs the head of the deceased for certain ritual and they all agreed with him to take it .

    They then took the remaining parts of the body to Tamake town and buried it in front of Gbalo Idosu house.The confession of Kareem Fagbemi Lana led to the arrest of three others while Ojugbele is still on the run. The deceased’s head and other body parts have been recovered by the policemen.” Oyeyemi said

    The police spokesperson added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Oladimeji, who commended the Homicide team for the painstaking investigation, has ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing member of the gang to be brought to book.

    He stated that the CP has also ordered that the arrested suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.costed by one Ojugbele who warned them not to take their cattle near his farm.

  • Man, son held for murder of herdsman in Ogun

    Man, son held for murder of herdsman in Ogun

    A farmer in Ogun State, Mr. Kolese Womiloju, 45, and his son, Taiwo Womiloju, 25, have been arrested by police for hacking a herder Abubakar Sidi Usman, 32, to death.

    Father and son were said to have first attacked the herdsman with a ring laced with charm on April 22 which immobilised him and while he remained unconscious, and then inflicted machete cuts on him, killing him.

    The suspects dragged the remains of the herdsman to an abandoned well near the scene of attack and dumped them there.

    It was learnt that the farmer and son had earlier warned the herdsman to pull his herds of cattle out of their area and desist from further grazing on their land but the victim purportedly failed to heed to the warning.

    In the ensuing disagreement, the suspects allegedly struck him with a charmed ring and rendered him unconscious before finishing him off.

    Police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made this known on Sunday in a release, said the suspects were arrested by operatives from the Odeda Divisional Police Headquarters.

    He stated: “The suspects were arrested following a report by one Usman Bello who reported at Odeda divisional headquarters that the deceased who was his younger brother and has a cattle settlement at Gbagba Elewure village has gone missing. Upon his report, s search party was organised for him.

    “Later in the evening, the deceased corpse was found in an abandoned well in the nearby bush where he was thrown into after killing him.

    “The DPO Odeda division, CSP Ajayi Williams led his detectives to the scene where the victim was seen with a deep matchet cut all over his body.

    “Having confirmed that the deceased was murdered in cold blood, the DPO and his men commenced an intelligence based investigation into the case which led to the arrest of the father and his son who also live in the same village with the victim.”

     

     

  • Urhobo leaders call on Buhari to tame spate of killings in Delta communities

    Urhobo leaders call on Buhari to tame spate of killings in Delta communities

    Urhobo leaders under the auspices of Urhobo Renaissance Society (URS) has called on the Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly tame the spate of killings, rape and maiming by armed-wielding herdsmen in Urhoboland, especially in Uwheru Kingdom in Delta State.

    National Chairman of URS, Professor Hope Eghagha, who led a delegation of prominent Urhobo sons and daughters including renowned law professor, Chief (Prof) Joseph Abugu, Prof (Mrs) Rose Aziza, Prof Sunny Awhefeada and Chief Joseph Okoro, made the call on Friday.

    They lamented that the unabated attacks and killings of their kinsmen by herdsmen believed to be mostly foreigners from Chad, Mali, Niger and other African countries without proactive intervention of government is emboldening the hoodlums in their criminal trade.

    URS, a body of renowned academia, businessmen and Urhobo professionals, spoke on Friday during a visit to the graveyard of slain victims of last month herdsmen repeated attacks in Agadama community where the victims were given mass burial on Thursday.

    They had earlier visited the palace of Odion R’ Ode (Ovie) Of Uwheru Kingdom before proceeding to the community town hall and graveyard to pay their last respect to the deceased.

    Prof Eghagha, speaking while presenting relief materials to the people of the affected communities, said URS is working with the apex socio-cultural umbrella of Urhobo Nation, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) to ensure that the killings of Urhobo indigenes by herdsmen is urgently addressed.

    He stated that URS is touched by the gruesome killings and condemned a situation where members of the communities who are predominantly farmers are now scared to visit their farms over fears of being killed, raped or attacked by herdsmen.

    Eghagha, a professor of English Language at University of Lagos (UNILAG) and former commissioner for Education in Delta, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to protect Urhobo people from further attacks and invasion by herdsmen.

    He stressed that Urhobo Nation will not cede any portion of their land through any guise to foreigners or local invaders.

    The former commissioner called on the international community to intervene in the helpless situation of Uwheru Kingdom by directing the Nigerian government to ensure that Urhobo people are protected from herdsmen’ attacks.

    He also appealed to heads of security agencies in the country to diligently investigate and prosecute its men who are alleged to have taken sides with the marauding herdsmen in the attacks against the people of Uwheru Kingdom.

    According to him, “We are here to commiserate with our kith and kin who were attacked by strangers in their land, and during this last attacks ten people lost their lives. The President-General of the community spoke earlier on saying over 80 persons have lost their lives.

    “Sometimes, their wives are raped and killed. You know what it means for your wife to be raped in your presence. People were slaughtered and burnt. This is unacceptable by any standard. By the laws of the land, you cannot bear arms except you are licensed. The people here are defenceless.

    “So, we are calling on the federal government to perform its duties and obligation to Urhobo people specifically towards the people of Uwheru Kingdom by ensuring that security forces protect them. I emphasize; protect them (Uwheru people). The narrative out there is that some of the security forces took sides with the invaders. That is very unfortunate.

    “It’s our view that such persons in our security forces who took sides against our people should be invited and interrogated. Where it’s established that such murderers took sides against our people due sanctions should be invoked against them.”

  • Herdsman arrested for raping 56-yr-old woman to death

    The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a suspected herdsman for allegedly raping a 56-year-old woman to death.

    Although details of the incident were sketchy last night, a source in the community said the suspected herdsman allegedly carried out the act on December 28 at Ufuezeraku, Ugwulangwu in Ohaozara Local Government.

    Police spokesperson Loveth Odah confirmed the incident.

    Details soon…

  • Court remands herdsman for allegedly killing farmer

    An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of a herdsman, Umaru Abubakar, over alleged murder.

    Abubakar, 35, whose address was not provided, is being tried on a charge of murder.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Johnson Okunade, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 13 in Aiyegbaju-Ekiti.

    Okunade alleged that the accused murdered one Elijah Ogor, a farmer.

    He said that the deceased had warned the accused several times to stop rearing cows on his farm but that Abubakar did not yield until the faithful day when he killed the deceased.

    Okunade told the court that Ogor had called his brothers over threats by Abubakar that he would kill him but that before the arrival of the deceased brothers, Abubakar had killed Ogor and escaped.

    According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

    The prosecutor urged the court to remand Abubakar in prison, pending an advice from the office of Ekiti State Director of Public Prosecutions.

    The plea of the defendant was not taken by the court.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, ordered that Abubakar should be remanded in police custody and adjourned the case until Feb. 27 for mention.

  • Court remands herdsman for allegedly killing colleague

    Court remands herdsman for allegedly killing colleague

    An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of a herdsman, Jaye Mohammadu, in Agodi Prisons for allegedly killing his mate over N2,000.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abdulateef Adebisi, said that Mohammadu, 18, should be remanded at the prisons, pending an advice from the Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions.

    However, Mohammadu’s plea was not taken by the court, when his Counsel, Mr Oritshuwa Uwawah, appeared for him.

    The magistrate, however, adjourned the case until Sept. 25 for mention.

    The Police Prosecutor, Cpl. Ojo Bewaji, told the court that Mohammadu and the deceased, Gambo Tashi, 22, worked as herdsmen for one Alhaji Kata at Aba Olode, Kishi in Oyo State.

    Bewaji alleged that the accused unlawfully caused the death of Mohammadu by attacking him with cutlass.

    The prosecutor said that on July 30, Mohammadu and Tashi retired to the camp from the bush after the day’s work.

    “The defendant allegedly accused Tashi of stealing his N2, 000.

    “This resulted to misunderstanding between the defendant and the deceased in the process there was scuffle and Mohammadu used cutlass, while the deceased used his rearing stick to fight.

    “Mohammadu was said to have allegedly matchetted Tashi in the neck which led to his death,’’ Bewaji said.

    He said the incident occur on July 30 at around 12:35 a.m. at Aba Olode, Kishi in Oyo State.

    The prosecutor said that the case was transferred to the State CID at Iyaganku.

    According to him, the offence contravenes Section 316 and of the Criminal Code, punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap. 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State 2000.

  • Troops capture another killer herdsman in Benue

    Troops have captured another killer herdsman in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue, the scene of recurring deadly attacks by herdsmen.

    The name of the captured herdsman was given as Idi Gemu.

    The capture of Gemu, whose AK 47 has also been seized by troops, brings to four the number of killer herdsmen captured in the area in the past five days.

    Many communities in the Tiv speaking areas, including Guma Local Government Area, have seen repeated attacks by herdsmen in recent times.

    Hundreds of people, especially farmers have been losing their lives to recurring herdsmen attacks in communities in North Central Nigeria in recent years.

    The development compounds the problem in Africa’s most populous nation, which has been fighting an Islamic insurgency since 2009.

    There has been no letup in the killing of people in communities in Benue, raising fears that agriculture in Nigeria’s food basket may soon be threatened.

    The Commander of 72 Special Forces Battalion, Lt.-Col. Suleiman Mohammed, told reporters on Wednesday in Makurdi that Gemu was captured on May 1.

    Mohammed said that the three other killer herdsmen were also captured in the Guma Local Government Area on April 26 and that their capture led to the capture of Gemu.

    He said that troops were doing “everything possible” to safeguard lives and property in Benue, advising residents of the state to provide useful information to security agencies.

    But in an interview with newsmen, Gemu said that the Ak 47 rifle recovered from him did not belong to him, saying that the gun belonged to one of his friends, who fled when troops swooped on them.

    Gemu claimed that he was sleeping when the soldiers came and that his friend fled after he sighted the troops.

    He said that he decided to keep the gun for the friend but was arrested with the gun by the troops.

    Meanwhile, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has embarked on an operational visit to troops in some of the trouble spots in Benue.

  • Police arrest suspected herdsman with AK-47 in Enugu

    The Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested suspected cattle herder with one AK-47 riffle and 7.62 ammunition at Isigwe Ugbawka community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state.

    The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Saturday that the suspect was arrested on April 4 at a farmland in the area.

    “The suspected herder is now helping the police operatives in their full scale investigations,’’ he said.

    He said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, had visited the community where he commended residents for their timely and useful information which led to the arrest and arms recovery.

    Amaraizu said that the police boss used the occasion to further release all the state command’s distress/emergency numbers to further strengthen police-public partnership.

    Responding, Chairman, Nkanu East Local Government Area, Ikechukwu Ubagu, said that “there is no tension in the area as farmers are still in their various farmlands’’.

    “The council is assuring the commissioner of its continual partnership with the police,’’ he said.

     

  • Troops arrest herdsman with bullet-proof vest

    Troops on patrol have arrested a herdsman with a locally made bullet-proof and cutlass at Chegba village in Logo Local Government Area of Benue.

    A statement signed by Col. Aliyu Yusuf on Sunday said the suspect had been handed over to the police.

    Yusuf also said that troops during the patrol intervened in a violent clash between hunters and herdsmen in Obi Local Government following a distress call.

    In related development, Yusuf said troops on patrol named Ayem Akpatuma, Cat Race, also seized a locally made pistol with one live cartridge at Gidan Kiya village, Ibbi Local Government Area of Taraba.

    He call on the residents of the areas where the exercise was taking place to continue to cooperate with the troops by providing useful information and to report any suspicious movement to security agencies.