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  • Bloody Friday in Gombe as thugs attack Senator Goje’s convoy, five killed

    Bloody Friday in Gombe as thugs attack Senator Goje’s convoy, five killed

    It was a bloody Friday in Gombe State after some thugs attacked the convoy of a former governor of the state, Senator Danjuma Goje.

    Five persons reportedly lost their lives in the attack.

    Eyewitness said the attack occurred when Goje ran into an ambush by suspected political thugs on his way from the Airport after returning from Abuja.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Goje is the Senator representing Gombe Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly and a chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).

    The former Governor was said to be in the State to attend a wedding Fatiha after months of absence from public appearance.

    He was conspicuously absent from the wards, local government and state congresses recently held in the State.

    TNG gathered that incumbent governor, Inuwa Yahaya have been at logger heads with Goje who happened to be his former boss upon assumption of office.

    Goje was absent from all the party stakeholders and traditional rulers endorsement of Governor Yahaya for the second term.

    Confirming the attack Goje’s aide, Lilian Nworie, described the event as unfortunate.

    “He (Goje) left Abuja this morning to attend a wedding. So, this afternoon as they proceeded to the town around the International Conference centre the road was blocked. One of his glasses was smashed,” she said.

    Asked if the Senator had returned back to Abuja, she added: “He returned back to the airport, he can’t return to Abuja because he must attend the wedding. They are currently moving slowly now into the town with security. The wedding is after Juma’at”

    Meanwhile, the State Government, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Julius Ishaya Lepes, blamed Goje for the incident.

    The statement reads: “The former Governor, in his characteristic manner, decided to mobilise thugs from various LGAs armed to their teeth under the pretext of accompanying him from the airport into the State capital for reasons best known to him.

    “Recall that during the last Eid el-Kabir Sallah celebration, the same person sponsored some thugs that threw caution into the wind and went on a rampage, leading to loss of 2 lives. Also just last week at Deba in Yamaltu Deba LGA the same scenario played out at the instance of the Senator.

    “It is sad that Goje has not left his old ways and is bent on bringing back his brainchild (Kalare) to unleash mayhem and bug the peaceful atmosphere of Gombe State.”

    While sympathising with families of the five people killed and those who sustained injuries, the State Government commended security agencies for their timely intervention in bringing the ugly situation under control.

  • Thugs, cultists attack Okonjo-Iweala’s brother, Obi Okonjo II in Delta

    Thugs, cultists attack Okonjo-Iweala’s brother, Obi Okonjo II in Delta

    The Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, HRM Obi Ifechukwude Aninshi Okonjo II, and his convoy have survived a suspected cult attack during a visit to Otulu Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State.

    According to reports, the monarch and his convoy were at the community to offer prayers.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Obi Okonjo 11 is brother of Director-General of World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

    He and members of the Ogwashi-Uku traditional council visited Otulu Ogwashi-Uku at the weekend when the attack took place.

    A statement from the palace signed by Prince Greg Okwumbu, spokesman of the Obi of Ogwashi–Uku , said: “At the end of the visit and when the Obi was departing, cultists and thugs imported into Otulu who were aware of the visit attacked members of the entourage who were at the rear of the convoy.

    “The thugs also attempted to forcefully seize a gun belonging to a law enforcement member who escorted the Obi on the visit.

    “It is important to note that members of the press accompanied the Obi on the visit. Also law enforcement agents from the Office of the Area Commander and the Brigade Command in Asaba were also there at the visit and witnessed everything that happened.

    “The people who sponsored the thugs are known to us and will be brought to justice”.

  • Fayose calls Makinde ‘deadly’ for allegedly sponsoring thugs to attack him

    Fayose calls Makinde ‘deadly’ for allegedly sponsoring thugs to attack him

    The widely reported reconciliations between former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and Governor Seyi Makinde has been thrown into the dustbin as Fayose on Wednesday attacked Makinde, saying he looked quiet outside but deadly.

    Fayose made the revelation in an interview on Channels The former governor was shown a video where some thugs were threatening to kill him at the just concluded PDP’s Southwest zonal congress in Osogbo, Osun State and was asked to comment what the development meant for the PDP.

    Fayose said the people in the video were waiting for him to attend the congress and that they would kill him.

    He identified the spokesman of the PDP thugs to be a transport union chairman from Oyo State, saying they were sponsored by Makinde to threaten him.

    He said this was enough to show the world that if such characters were supporting Makinde, it showed the kind of people behind him.

    “What this gentleman was saying at a time before they came to the venue, they said Fayose, we will kill you, we are waiting for you here, we are going to kill you.

    “This is the chairman of the Road Transport Workers in Oyo State. These people came with governor Makinde’s convoy. Everybody knows, who is this man? Is he the road transport worker in Ekiti?

    “This is enough to show the whole world, if Governor Makinde, a first time two-year-old governor, yet to be two-year-old governor is parading characters like these, it simply shows the kind of people behind him.

    “This is shameful for our party, I take responsibility, in the 21st century, thuggery is shameful for our party. You remember I was in Ondo, these same people came to attack me and I told Governor Makinde, so I am glad the whole world is seeing this.

    “Governor Makinde, he looks quiet but deadly. Parading these people to wait for me there, they are over a thousand and they were saying they would cut my neck if I dare come to the congress and that was why I made up my mind that I must attend that congress. Even if I die there, I die, so I attended the congress, by the time I got there, they fled.

    “So, I don’t think that this is right for Nigeria, it is not right for our party and is condemnable. If anybody wants to do election and you parade 200 buses of thugs, it is sad.”

  • Thugs disrupt PDP North West Congress in Kaduna

    Thugs disrupt PDP North West Congress in Kaduna

    The North-West Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended abruptly on Saturday after it was disrupted by thugs.

    Scores of party faithful had stormed the International Trade Fair Complex in the Kaduna State capital for the exercise which was attended by some PDP chieftains.

    Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and a former National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, were among those present while Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, was absent at the congress.

    The congress was disrupted by thugs midway into the voting process by delegates from the seven states of the north-west region to elect their zonal chairman and other executive members.

    During the violence that rocked the congress, ballot papers and other voting materials were destroyed – a situation that forced most of the party chieftains to hurriedly leave the venue for fear of being caught in the attack.

    The Chairman of the Media Sub-Committee of the congress, Abdulrahman Usman said the fracas was caused by delegates from Kano State over who would emerge as the PDP chairman in the zone.

    He explained that as soon as the exercise was disrupted, the congress was put on hold to avoid further escalation of the crisis.

    Usman, however, said that the leaders of the party would meet to address all pending issues before fixing a new date for the zonal congress.

    Sources said there were two top contenders for the position of the zonal chairman from Kano State, Senator Bello Gwarzo and Muhammad Yusuf.

    Gwarzo is said to enjoy the support of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, who is the leader of a faction of the PDP in Kano.

    On the other hand, Yusuf is said to be fronted by a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who leads another faction of the party in the state.

    Some of the delegates from both factions in Kano, Aminu Abdulsalam, Hamza Safiyanu, and Yusuf Bello, described the disruption of the congress as shameful and undemocratic.

    The PDP zonal congress was held to elect new leaders that would pilot the affairs of the party in the zone for the next four years.

  • Insecurity: Nigeria will be safe when politicians stop using criminals for elections – Yahaya Bello

    Insecurity: Nigeria will be safe when politicians stop using criminals for elections – Yahaya Bello

    Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says Nigeria will be safer and more secure when politicians stop the use of thugs and criminals during elections.

    Bello made this on Wednesday during a monitored programme on Channels Television.

    “When politicians begin to stop the use of thugs, touts, or some group of criminal that is when we will begin to have safety and security,” Bello said.

    The governor also stressed that he won the November 16, 2019 Governorship Poll without the use of ‘boys’ or thugs.

    According to him, political thuggery and use of ‘boys’ during elections was the order of the day in Kogi before he came into power but he “refused to play that kind of dangerous politics.”

    “When I came on board, I inherited a state that was largely divided along several lines. For you to aspire to be anything politically in Kogi State then, you must have what we call ‘boys’ or thugs or touts and then use it to intimidate people during political dispensations.

    “Once the political exercise is over, the so-called boys or thugs or foot soldiers would be abandoned and left to themselves and by that, they breed into something else or a hydra-headed monster that you will not be able to curb at the end of the day. There are several histories, records, and intelligence to that effect across the country.

    “But I refused to play that kind of dangerous or unnecessary politics when I came on board. My ascension to the office is known to everybody across the world. I chose my path immediately and decided to deal with criminals irrespective of political affiliations by simply utilising the laws passed by the Kogi State House of Assembly and the existing security architecture,” he said.

    He boasted that Kogi State “run an open-door policy,” widely embraced by the residents.

    Speaking further on how he was re-elected governor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, Bello said evidence abound to show that he won the election freely

    “I won my election free and square. The police, the DSS, the military, and all law enforcement agencies have their facts. Don’t listen to the lies they peddle out there. When I see those things, I simply laugh and say how I wished they come to Kogi State to see for themselves.

    “There was no time in my campaign that any of my supporters or followers goes into the destruction of billboards, signposts, or installations of the state government, before, during, and after the election. I can say this boldly.”

  • Thugs disrupt security conference in Kaduna, attack organisers

    Thugs disrupt security conference in Kaduna, attack organisers

    Hoodlums suspected to be hired thugs on Monday disrupted a planned conference organised by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) over the rising insecurity in the region.

    The hoodlums invaded the popular Arewa House, the venue of the press conference a few minutes before the event could kick-off, and attacked the organisers of the security conference.

    The hoodlums also destroyed chairs, tables and also smashed windscreens of vehicles parked within the premises of the event.

    Condemning the attack and disruption of the conference by the hoodlums, the national coordinator of CNG, Balarabe Rufai described the hoodlums as enemies of the North.

    He vowed that no amount of attack or threat will stop the Coalition from speaking out against the rising security challenges in the north.

    He explained that the aim of the security conference is for the stakeholders to come together and brainstorm on ways to address the rising cases of banditry, terrorism, and kidnapping that have taken over the northern region.

    He also disclosed that they have identified some known faces among the hoodlums, and will therefore ensure that they are arrested and prosecuted for invading a lawful gathering aimed at discussing issues affecting the northern region.

  • Thugs killed two cops, attacked 5 stations —Enugu police

    Thugs killed two cops, attacked 5 stations —Enugu police

    The Enugu State Police Command said it lost two police officers, who were purportedly murdered by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protest in the state.

     

    The Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Abdurrahman, said this on Wednesday when he paraded before newsmen, 23 suspects arrested for their alleged roles in the violence.

     

    Abdurrahman said the command recovered 13 machetes, a bag containing 36 mobile phones, charms, a gun and N26,175 cash from the suspects.

     

    He said the suspects were arrested in different parts of Enugu metropolis during the protest.

     

    “They were arrested for alleged riotous acts, murder, arson, armed robbery, malicious damage, stealing, obstruction and breach of public peace, amongst other violent crimes,” Abdurrahman said.

     

    The police boss also alleged that the hoodlums burnt down at least five police stations and other properties.

     

    He said, “Emene Police Station was razed down along with two operational Hilux Vans and other vehicles and exhibits.

     

    “Amechi-Idodo Police Station, Akwatta Police Post under the Central Police Station, Maryland Police Post under Uwani Police Division and Phase 6 Police Post, under Trans-Ekulu Police Division, were all burnt down.”

     

    He said the hoodlums also torched the newly-built Nigeria Immigration Service office complex at Emene and stole its office equipment.

     

    “The National Identity Management Commission office building, Emene, was set ablaze.

     

    “Njodo Development Centre, Emene and the Enugu North Local Government Council Secretariat’s security house were burnt, while some office buildings were also destroyed.

    “The University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus’ security house was vandalised,” he said, adding that the hoodlums also vandalised some banks and business premises in the area.

     

    Abdurrahman said the command was ready to carry out the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to reclaim public space and restore normalcy.

     

    “I have directed all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Heads of Tactical and Operational Departments to comply with and enforce the directive to the letter.

     

    “I wish to appreciate the peaceful residents, who have supported us and urge the youths to remain law-abiding and support the command.

     

    “There is no doubt that as a people, we have gone through unquantifiable stress and trauma these past few days.

     

    “But I urge us all to remain calm, vigilant, prayerful and ensure we do not allow these disgruntled and criminal elements to further wreak havoc,” he said.

     

    (NAN)

  • Panic as thugs storm Ibadan senator’s residence, cart away 300 motorcycles[VIDEO]

    Panic as thugs storm Ibadan senator’s residence, cart away 300 motorcycles[VIDEO]

    A myriad of hoodlums in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, hiding under the #EndSARS demonstration, broke into the Oluyole Ibadan residence of the representative of the Oyo Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Teslim Folarin, located at Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, on Saturday.

    TheNewsGuru gathered that the hoodlums crushed the entrance doors and windows of the politician carting away some of his personal effects worth millions of naira.

    The serving Senator confirmed the occurrence on Fresh 105.9FM on Saturday during a phone interview.

    Folarin revealed that no fewer than 300 motorcycles, deep freezers, and food items, which were meant for the empowerment of his constituents, were looted.

    He said, “I am relieved because no life was lost.” He, however, did not confirm if the matter had been reported to the police or not.

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  • Police foil attempts by thugs to loot bank in Anambra community

    Police foil attempts by thugs to loot bank in Anambra community

    Tension gripped Ihiala community in Anambra State on Saturday after thugs engaged men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to gain entrance into a new generation bank.

    According to an eyewitness who confided in TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, the thugs invaded the sloppy community in their numbers and went straight for the bank. However, they were immediately repelled by the gallant officers who engaged them in a gun duel.

    Sensing defeat, the thugs angrily invaded the Ihiala Police Command and set it ablaze.

     

     

  • Commotion as thugs invade warehouse, loot COVID-19 palliatives in Edo

    Commotion as thugs invade warehouse, loot COVID-19 palliatives in Edo

    Thugs on Saturday invaded a government warehouse on Medical Store Road, Uselu, and looted COVID-19 palliatives stored in the warehouse.

    The hoodlums who had earlier in the morning, been stopped by military personnel from carrying out the act, succeeded in breaking the human shield created by the military and entered the store in their numbers.

    No incident of shooting was recorded as the miscreants, mostly youths, carted away food items from the warehouse.

    Sadly many sustained varying degrees of injuries in the ensuing rush

    Similar palliatives warehouses had been looted in Lagos, Jos, Kwara, Osun, Akure, and many other major cities.

    There have been cases of widespread violence and looting in the country as miscreants took advantage of the #EndSARS protests to cause mayhem in the country.