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  • 5 die in Anambra club shooting

    5 die in Anambra club shooting

    The police command in Anambra, has confirmed the killing of five persons after Sunday’s shooting at a nightclub in Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

    The state Commissioner of Police Aderemi Adeoye, said this when he spoke with NAN on Tuesday in Awka.

    Adeoye said that the victims included two members of a local vigilance, a bouncer, and two fun seekers.

    He said that the owner of the club was also abducted by the attackers.

    Adeoye described the incident as unfortunate and vowed to hunt down the perpetrators.

    “We got a distress call at about 2a.m., Monday, the DPO Oba Division led police officers and members of local vigilance group to the scene, but the attackers had already fled the scene.

    “The police Rapid Response Squad from Awkuzu was on patrol in the area from 6 p.m., to midnight before moving to other parts of the state and the incident happened after the team left the area.

    “Five persons were killed, they include, two vigilance group members, one bouncer and two clubbers.

    ”The owner of the hotel was abducted in the process,” he said.

    Adeoye said that the police had yet to make arrest on the incident, adding that investigations had commenced to unravel the attackers.

    “We have seen a pattern; the gang was responsible for a similar incident where the victim’s body was dismembered about two weeks ago in Ihiala.

    “We have an idea of the axis they are operating from, we are going to crack them down, no arrest has been made and investigation is ongoing

    “Oba has always been a flashpoint because of the thriving nightlife, lots of hotels, and strategically located, so we intend to deploy additional assets and personnel to that axis, especially this yuletide, to make sure criminals do not make life miserable for people,” he said.

    ‘’The decay in values is not strange to the people but unfortunately, we have to live with the consequences, this is one of the reasons why the public enlightenment agencies were created.

    “Community leaders, religious leaders should step up the campaign against immorality, unnecessary show of affluence, and criminality.

    “Investigation has shown that most of the money you see on display in night clubs are not legitimately earned, most are proceeds of crime, so we all have work to do, a law enforcement agency, we will continue to do our part.’’

    Mr Chidozie Nwangu, a native doctor known as ‘Akwa okuko tiwara aki’ was kidnapped in his hotel room in Oba in July in a similar attack which resulted in the killing of two security guards.

  • Reps seeks prosecution of NDLEA officers in alleged killing of 2-year-old

    Reps seeks prosecution of NDLEA officers in alleged killing of 2-year-old

    The House of Representatives has called for full investigation and prosecution of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency officers involved in the shooting and killing of a two-year-old boy, Ivan Omhonrina

    The resolution followed the adoption of a motion jointly sponsored by Rep. Onose Omhonrina (PDP-Delta) at the plenary in Abuja on Tuesday.

    In his motion, he recalled that on July 13, a two-years-old Omhonrina, who was returning from school
    tragically lost his life due to a stray bullet fired by NDLEA in Asaba, Delta.

    He said, his younger brother Eromosele Omhonrina was also shut in one of his eyes.

    He als noted that on April 4, a 17-year-old boy, Ibuchim Ofezie, a resident of Agingi Community of Bassa Local Government Area of Jos was killed by some police patrol operatives attached to “C” Division of the Command.

    According to him, on 28 May, Bakare Demola was shot dead by Mr.Kabiru Odejimi, a Police officer of the Nigerian Police Force in Oregun, Ikeja area, Lagos State.

    He said innocent Nigerians had been either injured or lost their lives due to stray bullets fired by law enforcement officers in the country.

    He said if urgent intervention to proffer a lasting solutions and end such recurring killings of innocent Nigerians by stray bullets were not checkmated, citizen would continue to sustain injuries and could led to eventual loss of lives.

    He said the reoccurring killings of innocent Nigerians by stray bullets posed significant risks and consequences for individuals, communities, and the nation.

    He said it was imperative that immediate, and decisive actions were taken to address the issue, restored trust, protect human rights, and ensure the safety and well-being of all Nigerians;

    Adopting the motion, the House resolved to refer the matter to the  House committee on Human Right and National Security and intelligence

    The House also urge the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP) to take over the investigation and prosecution of the officers involved in the shooting and killing of Omhonrina

    The house urged the IGP to ensure that the perpetrators were brought to book, while urging NDLEA and all other law enforcement agencies to provide regular training and sensitisation programs for their officers.

  • NDLEA reacts to shooting incident in Delta

    NDLEA reacts to shooting incident in Delta

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it is investigating the shooting incident during raid on a drug joint at Okpanam area of Asaba in Delta.

    This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy (NDLEA) Mr Femi Babafemi on Saturday in Abuja.

    Babafemi said that a stray bullet from the weapon of an NDLEA officer was reported to have hit a young man who eventually died while undergoing treatment in a hospital.

    He said that the NDLEA Chairman, retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, set up the investigation panel consisting top officials from the national headquarters, after receiving initial briefings on the incident from the Delta Command.

    Babafemi said that the chairman directed the investigators to immediately proceed to Asaba, to establish the actual facts of the case.

    According to him, the NDLEA has been in touch with the family of the decreased.

    Babafemi also reported the initial brief on the incident given to the Chairman by the Delta command.

    “Team of NDLEA operatives carried out an intelligence-based raid of the joint of a notorious drug dealer located at Okpanam area of Asaba at about 1600 hours on Thursday July 13.

    “And in the process of the operation, a Toyota Camry 2008 model, light blue colour at the scene suddenly zoomed off and knocked down one of our officers who is currently in critical condition, undergoing treatment in a hospital.

    “In a bid demobilise the car and prevent it from escaping, another officer fired a shot aimed at the tyre of the car, which eventually escaped.

    “While the injured officer was rushed for treatment, the officers got reports of a stray bullet hitting a young person and immediately located the father of the victim, followed him to the hospital and supported in facilitating his treatment but unfortunately died in the process.

    “We’re in touch with the family to provide necessary assistance while we conclude our investigation of the incident.

    “We will like to assure the family and members of the public that we’ll get to the root of the case and take necessary action.”

  • Worshippers, security guard killed in synagogue shooting

    Worshippers, security guard killed in synagogue shooting

    At least three people were killed after a security guard began shooting near a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.

    The attacker was also dead.

    According to the Tunisian Foreign Ministry, the Ghriba Synagogue visitors killed were a 30-year-old person from Tunisia and a 42-year-old person from France.

    The third death was a security guard killed by the attacker, who was also a security guard.

    The Interior Ministry said that late on Tuesday the attacker killed his colleague, seized ammunition and then opened fire randomly at security posts in the vicinity of the synagogue, where pilgrims are currently visiting. Security guards fired back killing the attacker, the ministry said.

    Four civilians and five security personnel were also injured.

    The synagogue was cordoned off and an investigation is underway to determine why this “this treacherous and cowardly attack” occurred, the Interior Ministry said.

    The synagogue was hosting the festival for the Jewish holiday Lag Baomer, which is attended every year by many Jewish locals as well as pilgrims from Israel, France and other countries.

    Lag Baomer, the Jewish festival of joy, traditionally interrupts the mourning period between Passover, which commemorates the liberation of the Jews from Egyptian slavery, and the harvest festival of Shavuot.

    According to Israeli media reports, around 1,000 people were in the house of worship during the crime. Extra tight security is in place during the festival every year.

    Videos circulated on social media appeared to show panicked people running through a neighbouring building to the synagogue while gunshots were heard.

    According to the Jewish community, only about 1,800 Jews still live in Tunisia, most of them on Djerba.

    In the middle of the 20th century, there were still 100,000 Jews in Tunisia.

    In 2002, a suicide attack targeted the synagogue, leaving 21 dead, including 14 German tourists.

    In 2015, the North African country saw a string of attacks that hit the tourism industry – its main source of income. Most of the attacks were claimed by extremist militia.

  • Police fires three officers for firing gun shots to celebrate artiste in Katsina

    Police fires three officers for firing gun shots to celebrate artiste in Katsina

    The Nigerian Police has summarily dismissed three officers for firing gun shots to celebrate an artiste in Katsina.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the officers were dismissed after being seen in a viral video in Katsina State, firing their weapons in celebration of a famous artist.

    According to the statement, the officers were tried and found guilty of misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline and wastage of live ammunition.

    ” It listed the officers involved as Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, Sergeant Abdullahi Badamasi and Sergeant Isah Danladi.

    “The punishment to the officers is to serve as a deterrent to others as the police will not tolerate any form of misconduct or unprofessionalism from any officer irrespective of his or her rank.

  • Police arrest 5 personnel for allegedly shooting civilian in Jos

    Police arrest 5 personnel for allegedly shooting civilian in Jos

    The Police Command in Plateau have arrested five of its personnel attached to its C Division for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old boy, Ibuchim Ofezie, in Jos.

    DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos.

    According to reports, In a bid to enforce the ban on operation of commercial motorcycle in the state, the personnel visited the terminus market and started chasing those illegally operating.

    In the process, they started shooting the illegal operators and a stray bullet hit Ofezie, who was sitting in his shop at the market.

    He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Bartholomew Onyeka, who condemned the incident, said that the affected personnel would be sanctioned after proper investigation.

    ”The command condemned the killing of one Mr Ibuchim Ofezie, a resident of Agingi Community of Bassa Local Government Area, by some obdurate police patrol operatives attached to our “C” Division.

    ”The Police Commissioner, who described the incident as a paradox, asserted that police officers are empowered by law to bear firearms to protect the lives of the citizenry and not to take lives with them.

    ”In order to ensure that the erring patrol team do not evade justice, the commissioner has immediately ordered their arrest.

    ”The five personnel in the patrol team have been arrested and are currently being investigated at our Homicide Section of the Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the command,” he said.

    Alabo said that the commissioner assured the family and friends of the deceased and indeed Plateau residents in general that suspects would be thoroughly investigated and justice would be served.

    The PPRO promised that the outcome of the investigation would be made public.

  • FCT Police commence investigation into Kubwa shooting, abduction

    FCT Police commence investigation into Kubwa shooting, abduction

    The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commenced investigations into a reported case of armed robbery, shooting and abduction of some persons in Kubwa area of Abuja.

    A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh on Wednesday in Abuja said the incident occurred on Tuesday at Relocation Estate, off Arab Road in Kubwa.

    She said the prompt response by operatives of the command led to the rescue of three victims and recovery of firearms and ammunition, including one AK47 rifle and 25 rounds of ammunition.

    Adeh said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects invaded the estate at about 7:30 p.m. and started shooting sporadically where two persons were affected.

    “While departing the scene, the suspects left with four victims, possibly, to enable them evade arrest by the police response team deployed to the area.

    “The two gunshot victims were immediately rushed to the hospital for medical attention, but unfortunately one of them was confirmed dead by a doctor in the hospital, while the other is responding to treatment,” she said.

    Adeh enjoined residents of the area to remain calm, adding that the command had deployed intelligence and other operational asset to fortify security in Kubwa and its environs.

    She said investigation was on to identify the suspects and bring them to book.

    Adeh also urged the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious situation through 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.

    She added that residents should also reach out to the command’s Public Complaint Bureau via telephone number 09022222352.

  • Presidency reacts to shooting on Buhari’s convoy in Katsina

    Presidency reacts to shooting on Buhari’s convoy in Katsina

    Following the attack on convoy of cars conveying the Advance Team of security guards, protocol, and media officers ahead of President Buhari’s trip to Daura for Sallah, the Presidency has described it as sad and unwelcome.

    Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

    He said the attackers opened fire on the convoy from ambush positions but were repelled by the military, police and Department of State Service personnel accompanying the convoy.

    ”Two persons in the convoy are receiving treatment for the minor injuries they suffered.

    ”All the other personnel, staff and vehicles made it safely to Daura,” he furtherstated.

  • Police officer goes on shooting spree in Enugu, kills five, injures four

    Police officer goes on shooting spree in Enugu, kills five, injures four

    The Police Command in Enugu State has confirmed five persons dead after a police cop attached to a company went berserk and attacked a compound within a neighbourhood in Enugu metropolis.

    The police also said that four persons sustained serious injury as a result of the attack that took place on Sunday at about 9:30a.m. in Golf Estate, GRA of Enugu.

    The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on his behalf by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu.

    Aliyu said that the police cop had been arrested and taken into custody pending the conclusion of investigation.

    “The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, has ordered the deputy dommissioner of police in-charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to carry out thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident.

    “The incident involved a police inspector attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 9, Umuahia, Abia and said to be on duty at a lottery company located within the Golf Estate.

    “The commissioner, who made the order after visiting the hospital where four of the persons said to have sustained gunshot injuries are receiving treatment.

    “Five others, whose injuries were critical, have been confirmed dead by doctors on duty and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy,’’ he said.

    The state police boss also directed the swift conclusion of the investigation of the incident to aid further necessary actions by the police authorities.

    Meanwhile, the commissioner had sympathised with the family and friends of the dead to remain calm and cooperate with the command in the ongoing investigation.

    He called on eye witnesses at the scene of the incident to volunteer useful information that would aid the thorough and swift conclusion of the investigation.

  • Shooting disrupts reunion of freed Zamfara schoolgirls with parents

    Shooting disrupts reunion of freed Zamfara schoolgirls with parents

    All the 279 Zamfara schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week were on Wednesday reunited with their parents, in an emotional event overshadowed by chaos and shooting by security forces.

    According to a AFP reporter who witnessed the handing over, mobs began throwing stones at officials outside the school in the remote village of Jangebe when the girls were returned after officials’ insisted on a formal handover before parents could leave with their children.

    One person was shot in the stomach when security personnel opened fire and was carried away by others in the crowd.

    “Four people have been shot dead in the confusion,” Jangebe resident Bello Gidan-Ruwa told AFP by phone after leaving the village.

    The tally could not immediately be confirmed with official sources.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG recalls that the school girls were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen but released them early Tuesday.

    Since their release, the students had been in government care in state capital Gusau, receiving medical treatment before being returned to the school to be handed over to their parents.

    There were tears and hugs from parents and relations as the girls arrived in buses, but officials and security personnel insisted on ushering the children into the dining hall.

    Anxious parents were outraged by officials’ insistence that the girls must be handed over to the local chief of Anka district, Attahiru Ahmad Anka.

    “It is infuriating for (officials) to say they had to finish their speeches before handing over our children to us. This is outrageous,” one mother told AFP as she led her daughter away.

    “They know the roads are insecure but they didn’t care. If we leave late and are kidnapped with our daughters again, the girls’ rescue will make no sense.”

    There was chaos in the hall as parents grabbed their children and stormed out to the consternation of the officials.

    Shooting by the security forces began when the crowd began pelting a convoy carrying regional parliament speaker Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya with stones as it tried to leave the village.

    Despite the chaos, the girls and parents were happy for their release.

    “I’m extremely happy to have been rescued from our captors,” Aisha Jamilu, a student, told AFP.

    “I thank God for saving us from them. It was a horrifying experience I will never forget.”

    She added that she would leave up to her parents the question of whether to resume her studies and run the risk of a second kidnapping.

    “Even if I don’t go back to the same school I can be transferred to another one,” Jamilu said.

    Muhammad Sani, father to two of the girls, said he was “delighted” to see his daughters again.

    “I can’t say express how happy I’m. I didn’t cry when the girls were kidnapped but I couldn’t hold my tears when I saw them today. They were tears of joy.”