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  • Just in: Gunmen kill candidate in Venezuela election

    A candidate for the new body in ongoing Venezuela election – at southeastern town of Ciudad Bolivar, 39-year-old lawyer Jose Felix Pineda, was killed from multiple shots fired by assailants on Sunday.

    According to prosecutors, he was killed after the hoodlums broke into his home overnight.

    He was the second candidate to be murdered, after the July 10 death of another, Jose Luis Rivas, as he was campaigning in the northern city of Maracay.

    Deadly violence highlighted the tensions over the vote called by beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro despite months of demonstrations and fierce international criticism.

    He is gambling his four-year rule on the 545-member citizens’ “Constituent Assembly” empowered to dissolve the opposition-controlled congress and change laws as it reforms the nation’s constitution.

    AFP

  • One dead, 10 injured in London mosque terror attack

    • I want to kill all Muslims, says London mosque attacker

    One man has died and 10 others were injured when a van was rammed into worshippers in a terror attack near a London mosque, before the driver is said to have screamed: “I’m going to kill all Muslims”.

    The van driver – described by witnesses as a large white man – was detained by members of the public after the incident in Finsbury Park early on Monday that police said had “all the hallmarks of terrorism”.

    The white van ploughed into pedestrians as the area was busy with worshippers attending Ramadan night prayers in Seven Sisters Road at 12.20am.

    A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is in custody.

    The man who died is believed to have been an elderly worshipper who was already receiving first aid from members of the public after collapsing. It is not yet known if his death was caused by the attack, police said.

    One witness described being surrounded by “bodies” in the wake of the attack outside the Muslim Welfare House, yards from Finsbury Park mosque.

    Another said the attacker shouted about killing Muslims as he was held by local people. He his alleged to have said: “I did the job… I done my bit”. Witnesses claimed he added: “I’d do it again, I’d do it again.”

    Prime Minister Theresa May is chairing a meeting of the Government’s Cobra emergencies committee at 10am and is expected to give a statement outside 10 Downing Street afterwards.

    Culled from Telegraph.co.uk

  • Robbers kill 4 policemen in Osun

    Robbers kill 4 policemen in Osun

    Armed robbers on Tuesday killed four policemen in multiple bank robbery attacks in Iwo, Osun, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

    The attacks, which were targeted at three banks on Bowen University road, Iwo, were said to have been carried out at about 4.p.m.

    Confirming the robbery to the, the police spokesperson, DSP Folashade Odoro, said the incident claimed four policemen.

    Odoro said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, as well as top officials of the police and DSS were presently in Iwo to deliberate on how to apprehend the hoodlums.

    NAN reports that the incident led to pandemonium in the community as students and other residents were reported to have been injured as they scampered for safety.

  • Police investigate killing of youth by policeman at Lagos hotel

    The police in Lagos State are investigating the alleged killing of a youth by a mobile policeman on the premises of a hotel in Alimosho Area on Thursday.

    The policeman, attached to Erico Belisima Hotel on Olowologbon Street along Akowonjo-Egbeda Road, allegedly shot and killed the youth, identified as Niyi.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the youth had gone to the hotel with some friends to locate one of the guests, who allegedly owed him some money.

    A source said Niyi and his friends allegedly laid siege outside the hotel gate in order to accost the guest on his way out of the premises.

    The source said the presence of the young people attracted the attention of a hotel worker, who questioned them but receiving a beating instead of explanation.

    The worker’s cry for help attracted policemen attached to the hotel, NAN learnt.

    NAN further learnt that an argument ensued between the youths and policemen, who intervened, and as a result, a policeman allegedly shot Niyi in the leg.

    The policeman allegedly gave a chase to the injured Niyi who was trying to escape, and shot him in the head, NAN further learnt.

    The shooting caused a pandemonium in the area as people scampered for safety, witnesses said.

    “The news of his death spread like a wild fire as angry youths stormed the hotel and caused damage to the structure while five cars belonging to customers of the hotel premises were vandalised.
    “The angry youths also attempted to set the hotel ablaze but the quick response of the men of the Rapid Response Squad and other units of the Lagos State Police command, prevented them,” a source said.

    Some persons arrested in connection with the incident have been moved to Shasha Police Station, while the Area Commander, Area M Command, Idimu, of Nigeria Police Force, ACP Austin Akika, guarded the area.

    ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Lagos State, said he was awaiting briefing from the Divisional Police Officer of the Area before making further comments.

  • Police IG never ordered anyone to kill Gov. Wike

    Police IG never ordered anyone to kill Gov. Wike

    The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike’s claim that Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris ordered the Rivers State Police to have him killed.

    The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood disclosed this in a press release issued on Sunday.

    Wike made the allegation in an interview with The Punch on April 9, headlined, “IG Has Given CP A Mandate To Kill Me – Wike.”

    The Nigeria Police Force dismissed the claim as unfounded.

    “To clear doubts from the minds of the good people of Rivers State and other well-meaning Nigerians that must have read the story and set the record straight, the Force is under obligation to inform the public on the facts of the matter.

    “There was no time, either recently or in the past, that the Inspector-General of Police gave an order or assignment to the Commissioner of Police of Rivers State or any police officer anywhere in the country to kill His Excellency, Barrister Nyesom Wike, the Executive Governor of Rivers State,” the statement said.

    “His Excellency should put into cognisance national security and that of the people of Rivers State as against any personal, political or group interest, and resist the use of personal grudges, grouse and sentiment to attack the hard earned personality of the Inspector-General of Police to cast aspersion on the statutory roles of the Force in ensuring utmost protection of life and property of all Nigerians,” the Police Force said.

    The Force added that it is duty-bound to tell the public that Wike and his office are shielded by 221 police personnel. This detachment consists of an Aide-de-Camp, Chief Security Officer, Unit Commanders from the Special Protection and Counter-terrorism units, respectively, an escort commander, camp commander, administrative officer and 54 Inspectors of Police.

    The team also includes 136 sergeants and 24 corporals.

    “Obviously, the total number of 221 police personnel attached to the Governor of Rivers State is more than the strength of some Police Area Commands formation in some States of Nigeria. This is done to ensure optimum safety and protection of the Executive Governor of Rivers State. It is also factual to state that Mr. Wike has not, at any time, reported or brought to the notice of the Inspector-General of Police any security breach or lapses from these police personnel attached to him till date,” the Police Force added.

    It further described as false the claim that nine Commissioners of Police have served in Rivers State in the last two years, saying the state has had only three since the appointment of the Inspector-General of Police.

    “The first Commissioner of Police was redeployed to a higher duty post when he was promoted to the rank of a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, while the second died after a brief illness on admission at an Indian hospital. The third is the current Commissioner of Police in Rivers State,” the statement read.

  • IG ordered Rivers Police Commissioner to kill me – Wike

    Governor of Rivers, Chief Nyesom Wike has said the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has mandated the Commissioner of Police in the state, Zaki Ahmed to kill him.

    The governor who said this in an interview with The Punch said the commissioner was on a mission to eliminate him.

    Wike said, “He (the CP) told me he is going to do a professional work and I told him, ‘You, a professional work?’ You can’t be independent and can’t do a professional work. The inspector general of police has given him instructions on what to do. The inspector general has told him he must cage the Rivers State governor. He shouldn’t come and tell me he wants to do any professional work. Who is he to say that?”

    Wike said the CP could not have a mind of his own since he was under instructions.

    “Which mind? Before he was posted here, he was told what to do. They don’t post people based on competence but loyalty; someone who will do their bidding. Do you know that we are the only state that has had about nine commissioners of police in just two years?

    “When he (the CP) was going to be sent, there were about three of them that were called, and interviewed. They said they were going to kill me. They took this one who said he would be diplomatic about it. We know. This police commissioner has an agenda; I can’t be deceived. I’m not saying he should go; let him stay. He has been given an assignment to kill me. No problem. No man dies two times.”

    When queried that the IGP couldn’t have ordered a police officer to kill someone, especially a governor, Wike responded by saying, “This inspector general of police said so. Yes, I’m telling you (the truth). The inspector general of police, who removed my security details without letting me know until when I was going out and realised that I had no security personnel. What is the implication of that? When a supposed chief security officer of a state wakes up in the morning and realises that he has no security personnel attached to him, what do you expect? What’s the implication? Danger!”

  • People once advised me to kill my ailing son – Wife of Kogi Governor

    People once advised me to kill my ailing son – Wife of Kogi Governor

     

    Wife of Kogi State Governor, Mrs. Amina Bello has said members of her immediate family once advised her to kill her sick son.

    The governor’s wife recalled how her son, who was suffering from cerebral palsy made her become a laughing stock among family members.

    She made this known in a chat with journalists in Abuja on Thursday.

    She said, “I was advised to inject my son with harmful substance and some people advised me to take him to the village.

    “There is also the stigma which starts from your immediate environment. People will be whispering when a child with special needs or his parents are around.

    “This has made a lot of parents to live in depression.

    “This is the reason why some parents choose to live in denial and lick up such children.

    “Before you set up a school, it must be accessible to these children with special needs. You must have special teachers or therapists in every class and of course you should be certified fit to open a school for special needs children.

    “Government needs to provide wheelchairs for physically-challenged children and enforce that schools discriminating against the children should be shut down.

    “Schools which discriminate against children who are living with physical and developmental challenges should be shut down,” she added.