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  • BREAKING: One confirmed k!lled, others injured as youths clash in PH, LG Secretariat

    BREAKING: One confirmed k!lled, others injured as youths clash in PH, LG Secretariat

    One person has been reportedly killed and several others injured following a clash at the Port Harcourt Local Government Secretariat, in Rivers State.

    Violence erupted on Tuesday morning when a group of youths stormed the secretariat, resisting attempts by the police to take over the building.

    The incident follows the directive by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a few hours ago, in a state broadcast that Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) should assume leadership of the 23 council areas following the expiration of the three-year tenure of elected chairmen, vice chairmen, and councillors.

    The youths, allegedly backed by supporters of Governor Fubara, were met with force by the police.

    Gunshots were allegedly fired as expended shell casings can be seen in the video below. The youths, who appeared to be unarmed, expressed outrage at the police’s use of force, questioning why they were being targeted.

    The crisis stems from a court ruling recognizing a three-man House of Assembly, which annulled the tenure extension granted by the 27-member Assembly loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike.

    Despite the ruling, the chairmen had insisted on remaining in office for six more months, prompting Governor Fubara to declare their tenure expired on June 17.

    On Monday, a similar incident happened as youths took over secretariats in Degema and Asari-Toru councils, demanding the exit of the chairmen and officials.

  • Unknown mother dumps baby at entrance of Kwara LG Secretariat

    Unknown mother dumps baby at entrance of Kwara LG Secretariat

    Hajia Ramat Seriki, the Chairman of llorin East Local Government Council of Kwara, has expressed readiness to adopt a baby abandoned at the entrance of the council secretariat in Okeoyi.

    The baby, a female, was abandoned by a yet to be identified person.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some residents of Okeoyi and staff of the council discovered the new born baby girl smartly put on a piece of cloth at the entrance of the secretariat.

    NAN also reports that when the chairman of the council was informed of the incident, she arrived at the secretariat, took the abandoned baby to the Motherless Babies Home, under the state Ministry of Social Welfare.

    Seriki, in an interview with NAN in llorin on Saturday, described the action of the unidentified mother of the abandoned baby as callous, barbaric and unacceptable.

    She said all effort to identify the mother of the baby proved abortive, stating that the baby has been delivered to the Motherless babies home at NNPC Pipeline Road in llorin.

    The Chairman expressed her readiness to adopt the baby if the yet to be identified biological mother refuses to claim the baby.

    “I am fully ready to adopt the baby by signing all necessary documents if nobody claims her within the next three months,’’ she said.

    Seriki said that she would be providing all necessary items for the upbringing of the baby while at the Motherless babies home, pending when she would formally adopt her.

    When contacted on the issue, Hajia Hafsat lbrahim, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare, confirmed that the abandoned baby was now at the Motherless home under the ministry.

    She said any arrangement on her adoption by anybody would follow due process at the ministry.

  • Hoodlums invade Ekiti LG secretariat, destroy properties

    Hoodlums invade Ekiti LG secretariat, destroy properties

    Suspected hoodlums on Monday attacked the Ikole Local Government secretariat in Ekiti destroying properties estimated to be worth several millions of naira.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspects under the guise of #EndSARS protesters vandalised vehicles belonging to the local government, newly renovated office of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and that of the Nigerian Peace Corps.

    The premises of the local government was littered with wooden sticks, stones and broken bottles used by the hoodlums to destroy the government properties.

    Some members of staff of the local government who spoke with NAN correspondent expressed their dismay at the level of damage caused by the hoodlums.

    One of the staff, Mr Bisi Ogunjobi said that the hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful protest were heartless and destructive.

    Ogunjobi said that he never expected the protesters to vent their anger on the local government secretariat and destroy the offices and vehicles belonging to the government.

    He charged the youths to embrace peace and desist from destroying government properties and looting of people’s shops.

    The Public Relations Officer of the council, Mr Thaddeus Olajide, said that he was shocked when he saw the level of damage caused by hoodlums in the secretariat.

    Olajide said that the vehicles and office windows that were destroyed would cost the local government a lot of money to repair, particularly now that governments at all levels were experiencing paucity of funds.

    He appeal to the youths to give peace a chance and desist from destroying government properties.

    Reacting, the Chairman of the council, Mr Sola Olominu condemned the action of the hoodlums who destroyed government properties.

    “It is sad to see the level of damage caused by hoodlums who claimed to be protesting against the government to end the activities of SARS.

    ” The local government vehicles were destroyed, the windows of the offices were destroyed, offices of the FRSC, Peace Corps were also destroyed.

    “I want to appeal to our youths to calm down, they were protesting that SARS should be disbanded and the Federal Government granted their request, but destroying government owned properties is not good at all,” he said.