Police arrests killer of Kwara commissioner of police

The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar says the suspected killers of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu, have been arrested.

Asadu was murdered about three months ago at his Amorji Nike residence in Enugu State.

Briefing  journalists, Wednesday, in Enugu during his official working visit to the state, the IGP said the arms used by the killers during the operation were also recovered by the police.

He said following the confessional statements by the seven persons arrested, the police were on the trail of other collaborators in the murder.

“We have arrested seven of those behind the killing of CP Chinwike Asadu; his killing was indeed a sad incident and that’s why when I visited the family after the incident, I made a promise that we shall stop at nothing to get those behind that dastardly act.

“I am glad to tell Nigerians that of those who took part in the killing, seven have been arrested and arraigned before a court”, he said.

He gave the names of the suspects as Ogechukwu Uzoh, Ogechukwu Nnadi, Ugwuoke Obiora, Okwuosa Anthony, Chukwudi Enete, Davil Elvis Aja and Amobi Nnamchi”.

“These are the seven persons charged for murder; aside the killing of the CP, they also confessed to killing other innocent souls and several acts of criminality”, he added.

The police boss, however declined giving further details on the arrest as well as what could have informed the motive.

On the murder of several policemen by the Ombatse militia group in Nasarawa State, the IGP said the matter was still under serious investigation, stressing that “what happened there is condemnable by any reasonable person. After investigation, we will be able to brief the press adequately.

Earlier, the IGP who commissioned a medical clinic at the Enugu State police headquarters commended the media for their partnership role with the police.

He said several of such clinics were due to be commissioned in the South-East zone of the country

Armed Robbers raid three banks in Kwara.

Armed robbers in their numbers around fifteen past six (6:15pm) on Tuesday evening raided three commercial banks in Omu Aran,the headquarters of Irepodun Local government area of Kwara State.

The robbers were reported to have used explosives to blow off the security doors of the banks.

They are earlier reported to have attacked the police station that was close to one of the commercial banks and shot sporadically at the men and officers of the Nigeria Police on duty,the police vehicle was also reportedly burnt by the armed gang.

A member of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC) who tried to repel the attack according to an eye witness was reportedly shot dead by the gang numbering about fifteen with four cars.

The eye witness account also confirmed two staff of one of the commercial banks dead.

The eye witness account informed that a family member of the OPC man who was shot dead by the robbers approached the Police station and demanded to see the corpse of the deceased was reportedly shot on one of his legs by the Police.

The development led to Hundreds of youth from the town protesting the police action and laid siege on the police station in Omu-Aran.

The youth accused the police of taking no action to stop the robbers.

It would be recalled that banks in the town reopened recently after weeks of closure due to the same development which the Nigerian Police in the area has no answer to on till this evening attack.

A new commissioner for Kwara State command of the Nigerian Police only assumed office last week,he’s Mr Agboola Oshodi Glover.

Explosions and Sporadic gun shots rock Maiduguri again

Coming about three weeks after a gun duel between security forces and some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members, the troubled capital of Borno State, Maiduguri, on Sunday, came under heavy bombardment, once again , as explosions and sporadic gun shots were heard in different parts of the town.
 
Many residents of the affected areas, especially the GRA, were left with no option than to run for cover so as not to be caught up in the crossfire as the explosions became even deafening..
 
 Though details of the incident were still sketchy when filing this report, the explosions were said to have been preceded by a series of heavy gunfire which erupted immediately after a 20-minute downpour .

 The spokesman of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State, Operation Restore Hope, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, could not confirm the development as he did not pick the several calls  made to his mobile telephone.

POLICE: IGP redeploys 11 CPs

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, Tuesday, ordered the redeployment of 11  Commissioners of Police (CPs) to commands and formations across the country.

The IGP’s order followed the recent elevation of some senior officers to the rank of commissioners of police and  retirement of  others in state commands and police formations.

The CPs and their commands are: Agboola Oshodi-Glover, Kwara State; Abubakar Adamu, formerly the DC in charge State CID, Kaduna State Command, is now CP, Enugu; CP Tonye Ebitibituwa was redeployed from Force headquarters as CP, Bayelsa; CP Umaru Shehu, formerly DC, Operations at FCT Command, is now CP, Nasarawa State.

Acting CP Hurdi Mohammed is now CP, Katsina State, Sylvester Umeh moves from Force headquarters to CP Port Authority Police, Eastern Port; Kudu Nma is new CP, Gombe State; CP Saidu Madawaki is CP, Border Patrol; CP Usman Isa Baba is CP, Cooperative; CP Abdulmajid Ali is CP in charge Explosive Ordinance Department while CP Usman Yakubu is CP, Welfare.

The IGP charged the newly redeployed CPs to show commitment in the fight against crime and criminality in their respective new beats.

Culled from Vanguard.

BREAKING NEWS: MEND threatens to resume attacks in Niger Delta on Friday.

The militant group is angered by the jailing of Henry Okah in South Africa.
There was palpable tension in many parts of the Niger Delta as speculations became rife on Wednesday that a militant group in the region, the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, could resume attacks in the country on Friday.
Media reports quote MEND as saying in a statement signed by its spokesman, Gbomo Jomo, that it would commence a series of attacks in the country, codenamed “Hurricane Exodus”, at midnight on Friday.
The statement describes the planned attacks as “a direct repercussion of a forged threat letter contrived by the Nigerian and South African governments purporting to have originated from MEND”.
“The attacks will commence 00:00 Hrs, Friday 05, April 2013 and will be sustained until an unreserved apology is offered to MEND and the Nigerian government shows their willingness to dialogue,” Gbomo is reported to have said in the statement.
MEND said the fake threat letter was used as evidence against their leader, Henry Okah, who was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by a South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Shortly after Justice Neels Claaseen of the South Guateng High Court in South Africa sentenced Henry Okah to 24 years in prison for his
alleged role in the October 1, 2010 bombing incident in Abuja, the group had issued a statement rejecting the sentence.
In the statement signed by “Comrade Azizi,” MEND described the sentence as “the height of injustice to our region and people, which
will be resisted by all means necessary.”
Mr. Okah, as leader of MEND, was found guilty of masterminding the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and an earlier one in Delta State.

multiple explosion rocks Kano again.

The explosions occurred in two different areas of the Nigerian city of Kano.
Two explosions have been reported in different locations in the troubled city of Kano early on Saturday.
Details are still sketchy.

A reporter based in Kano who declined to be named disclosed that the first explosion happened at Hotoro area, close to the NNPC Mega station.
“We are yet to get details of the explosion, but sources around the area said that the explosion was from a car who refused to stop for search at a military stop and search point,” he said.

He said the military patrol team subsequently pursued the car and later engaged the occupants in an exchange of gun fire.

“The car was actually loaded with explosives which was detonated as a result of the heavy gunfire” he added.

The other explosion reportedly occurred at Tishama neighbourhood along the Eastern Bye-Pass Road.

Details about the second explosion is still sketchy. Residents said it was also followed by sporadic gunshots.
The Joint Task Force and the police in Kano were not reachable for comments.
Kano, the commercial nerve centre of northern Nigeria have recently become a priority target for attacks by suicide bombers, and gunmen believed to be members of the terrorist Boko Haram sect.
Details later…

Unknown gunmen kidnapped NTA reporter in Ondo

A female journalist working with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Olubunmi Oke, has been kidnapped.

Olubunmi Oke of NTA was kidnapped by unknown gunmen last night
It gathered this morning that the reporter was kidnapped on Thursday night by four gunmen at her Oba-Ile residence in the Akure area of Ondo State.
She was said to have been whisked away shortly after she drove into her residence after closing from work.
Her whereabouts is still unknown.
I will provide more details as i receive more information on this incident.
 

Kano attack: 90% of northern politicians are members of Boko Haram – CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has reacted to the Monday car park attack in Kano, saying it has exposed the hypocrisy of those canvassing for amnesty for the dreaded Boko Haram members.

The association also called for the intervention of the international community to “deal with suspects once and for all.”

The Public Relations Officer of CAN in the 19 Northern States and Abuja, Mr. Sunny Oibe, alleged that 90 per cent of politicians in the North were members of the sect.

He said, “We commiserate with families of the people who lost their loved ones and they should take solace in God, who is going to fight on their behalf.

“The latest attack has exposed the hypocrisy of the people calling for amnesty for Boko Haram members. It is surprising that they are demanding amnesty for people, who have been killing innocent citizens on daily basis.

“We are sad about it and the latest attack goes to show that they are not ready for any ceasefire. All the people calling for amnesty are part of these problems because they are shielding these people and almost 90 percent of core northern politicians are members of this Boko Haram.”

The Arewa Consultative Forum, a Northern socio-political group, has described the Monday bomb blasts in Kano as sad and shocking.

ACF in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Anthony Sani, on Monday condemned the attack, saying that it was uncalled for.

The statement affirms that, “The attacks at the New Road, Kano Motor Park, Sabon Gari, today is shocking and uncalled, for, considering the pleas by Nigerians and governments that those engaged in violent killings should for purpose of addressing their concerns lay their arms and embrace constructive dialogue.

Also speaking, a civil rights activist, Mallam Shehu Sani, said the attack was a sign that government was not competent enough to protect the lives and property of its citizens.

He added that government should commence meaningful dialogue with aggrieved parties without hesitation.

Executive Director, Civil Societies Legislative and Advocacy Centre, Auwual Musa, said the Kano blasts were condemnable.

Musa said, “All of these security challenges are diversionary. Insane corruption by successive administrations is responsible for what we are seeing now.

“Sadly, like it or not, there are those who are profiting from this mindless bloodletting, they will answer to God almighty on the day of judgment.

“The bomb blast in Kano today is condemnable and an act against God and all humanity.”

Over 60 people were on Monday killed in an explosion that hit a car-park in Kano.

Teachers killed, pupils injured as terrorists attack schools in Borno

Three different schools in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital were on Monday, attacked by gunmen suspected to be terrorists, killing three teachers and injuring three female students.

The separate incidents which took place in the early hours of Monday, resulted in temporary close down of schools in Maiduguri, while parents were seen rushing to various schools to take hold of their wards.
Unconfirmed report has it that three female teachers were killed in the Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Secondary School around Ruwan Zafi ward of the metropolis, in addition to the killing of two teachers in Mafoni Primary and Secondary Schools.

Vanguard gathered that at about 9:10am on Monday around Ruwan Zafi area of Maiduguri, six suspected Boko Haram sect laid ambush to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Secondary School, and shot dead yet to be identified teacher, while three female students sustained injuries from stray bullets.

It was also gathered that at about 11:20am at Mafoni area of Maiduguri, another gang believed to be terrorists stormed Ali Askiri Primary School and shot one Mallam Abdullahi, before moving to Mafoni Day Secondary School and kill a female teacher identified as Hajja Yagumsu.

When contacted on phone, the spokesman of the Joint Task Force, “Operation Restore Order” Lt Col. Sagir Musa said he was compiling the details of the attacks and will respond officially as soon as he was done with the preliminary reports.

Kwara State Governor condemns CP,Asadu’s death

The Kwara State Governor,Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has expressed deep shock over the death of the state’s Commissioner of Police,Mr Chinwike Asadu,describing his death as a great loss to Nigeria Police and the Kwara State Government.

The Governor who expressed his sadness through his twitter handle @Governor_Ahmed said the late CP was a gentleman and a core professional adding that he’s a committed member of his security council.

Governor Ahmed condoled the late CP’s family and the Nigerian Police on the tragedy.

Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed further tweeted “The death of Commissioner of Police C.Asadu reaffirms the urgent need for a collective solution to the national malaise of insecurity”

Mr.C.Asadu was reportedly murdered by unknown gunmen at Amorji Nike,near the densely populated Abakpa local government area within Enugu,the state capital at about 10pm yesterday.

His orderly,Aloha Olaniyi and driver,Oliver Omeh,who were with him at the time of the incident sustained serious bullet wounds and are said to be responding well to treatment at the National Orthopedic Hospital,Enugu.