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 Offa, neighbour quarrel over court verdict on land dispute



There is anxiety in Offa and Erin-Ile communities of Offa and Oyun local government areas of Kwara State.
Erin-Ile claimed it got a Supreme Court judgment on December 14, ceding some parcels of land in Offa to Erin-Ile, but Offa community has described its sister community’s claim as false.
Both communities had engaged in bloody clashes over ownership of some land.
Speaking on the judgment, the National President of Erin-Ile Progressive Union, Samuel Olu Alabi said: “In 1973, pursuant to administrative judicial panel, headed Justice Daramola, we got a Supreme Court judgment on December 10, that same year, confirming the boundary of Erin-Ile as far as NEPA office – the present Offa Descendants Union (ODU) and several other places – as belonging to Erin-Ile.Thereafter, there had been some administrative interventions to distort the Supreme Court confirmation.
“Few years after, the Offa community and some other individuals in Offa felt they should litigate the once resolved boundary. Like any other court case, it started from the High Court, and they lost. They appealed to the Court of Appeal and they lost. Finally, they went to the Supreme Court. On December 14, just a few days back, the Supreme Court not only dismissed the appeal, it (also) awarded a cost of N500,000 in favour of Erin-Ile.
“The court also classified the appeal as an abuse of court processes against known legal norms. It confirmed that the Erin-Ile land covers where we know now as the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Avalon Hotel and many other places. That is the background and the summary of the judgment.”
Alabi added that the community would soon swing into action for the enforcement of the judgment.
He said: “We are running a community, not a one-man show. We have already set up a committee to review the judgment. The committee will advise the EPU national body and the Elerin of Erin-Ile on the way forward.
“It will be too hasty for us now to say the steps we will take. We are studying the judgment and, at the end of the day, the whole world will know where we are heading to.
“But, unlike the 1973, when we did not take steps, this time round, we will take necessary steps in accordance with the judgment. When and how we are going to do it is not yet determined. The steps we are going to take include the execution of judgment validly delivered by the highest court of justice in Nigeria.
“There are established procedures for executing a court judgment. This is what we are going to adopt. We will not do anything against the law. Any judgment that is not enforceable is a mere waste of time, and our judges would not deliver judgments that cannot be enforced.
“We must know that there is no appeal after the Supreme Court judgment. Like I said, it is not going to be like a military intervention; the whole world will be told. Our neighbours will be duly advised through newspaper adverts. We will not allow people to work on sentiment and allow least informed people to think Erin-Ile is troublesome and violent.”
The President of Offa Descendants Union (ODU), Alhaji Najim Yaasin, urged the state government to caution Erin-Ile not to cause unnecessary tension by spreading false claims and reports to unsuspecting members of the public.
In a latter to the state government, he said: “Contrary to the claim of Erin-Ile, the Supreme Court did not award any land to Erin-Ile. The land dispute between Offa and Erin-Ile dates back to the Adaramola’s boundary report, which awarded part of Offa land to Erin-Ile.
“That decision was challenged up to the Supreme Court and the court held that the decision could only be varied by the state government based on the law setting up the boundary commission.
“The present case arose from some families in Offa, who want their ancestral land that was wrongly given to some families in Erin-Ile.
“The Supreme Court’s recent ruling struck out the appeal on technical grounds of improper parties before the court and the matter has been settled by previous decision of the Supreme Court.”
The letter reads: “That the Dr Funsho Daramola’s report has been varied by different military governments of Kwara State. In 1975, Col. Ibrahim Taiwo amended the Bamgboye Edict to set aside the Dr Funsho Daramola report and, in its place, set up a committee of traditional rulers, headed by the late Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Zulu Karnaeni Gambari, which eventually fixed the boundary at the crest of the hill between the two community, called ‘Kere Ipinle’; a peace accord was then signed by both communities.
“In 1985, Group Captain Salaudeen Latinwo published an advertorial acquiring some 500 metres on both sides of Kere Ipinle boundary for buffer zone. In 1986, Wing Commander Ndatsu Umoru surveyed the buffer zone with register beacons and deposit, accordingly. In 1997, Col. P. A. M. Ogar (Military Administrator, or MILAD) signed the buffer zone into law and gazetted it accordingly.
“It is now crystal clear that various governments had varied severally the decision of Dr Funsho Daramola report and is no longer valid.
“Offa, therefore, rejects any claim to land by Erin-Ile beyond the present status quo. Offa will not concede any part of its land to Erin-Ile. Offa reiterates its position that the Supreme Court has not awarded any land to Erin-Ile.
“The Kwara State government is hereby called upon to caution Erin-Ile from creating problems where none exists.”
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A motorcyclist and his passenger were on Monday crushed to death in an accident involving a truck and a motorcycle on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
My Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta, said the incident happened close to a Connoil filling station on the highway.
Akinbiyi said that the accident, which occurred at about 6:20 p.m., was as a result of excessive speed and loss of control on the part of the driver of the truck with registration number JJJ 472 XP.
“The truck had hit the motorcycle with no registration number from the back, killing the motorcyclist and his passenger on the spot,” he said.
Akinbiyi added that the truck driver survived the accident while the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
“TRACE is using this opportunity again to admonish drivers, particularly drivers of articulated vehicles, to avoid excessive speed and give consideration to other road users for the safety of all,” he said.

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•Fleeing children, women drown in boat mishap
Fifty-one people, including a pastor of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN), have been killed in an attack by suspected herdsmen.
Our correspondent gathered the incident occurred on Thursday night with villages of Gon, Nzumosu, Bolki, Nyanga, and Bukuto in Numan Local Government Area affected.
Residents said the invaders launched the attack from Abbare, a neighbouring community in Taraba State, burning down much of three of the affected villages.
In what amounted to double tragedy for the affected communities, a boat conveying some 40 women and children fleeing from the attacks reportedly capsized with unspecified occupants drowned.
Adamawa State acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Habibu, confirmed the attacks on five communities.
He however couldn’t confirm the casualty figure, saying police operatives deployed to the council were still being expected to report their findings.

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The Nigeria Police Force has said that its training institutions across the country were decent and of international standard.
A statement by the force spokesman, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, said that the condition of its recruits was decent and also of standard.
“The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a video on social media about the condition of recruits in training at the Police College Ikeja,” he said.
Moshood said that the video was carefully studied and the event was discovered to have occurred about six years ago.
He said that the said video does not represent the recent conditions of the recruits in training at the police college in Ikeja as being speculated.
The spokesman said that the college has been renovated and the condition of recruits in training was decent and standardized.
“The Force, therefore, wants the public to disregard the content of the video in total as untrue, mischievous and fake news. (NAN)

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•Seven Ijaw youths detained for two years arrive Bayelsa
•We were held in underground cell, say ex-detainees
The new leadership of the Department of State Security (DSS) may have started making good its promise to review cases of all detainees in its custody, according to indications yesterday.
Seven Ijaw youths from Bayelsa State who were arrested two years ago and locked up in the organization’s cell since then were yesterday set free in Yenagoa.
The agency’s newly appointed Acting Director -General, Mr. Mathew Seiyefa, told reporters at his maiden press conference two weeks ago that he would review the cases of detainees with a view to setting free those who are not supposed to be held.
The seven Bayelsa men were brought from the DSS Headquarters in Abuja to Yenagoa at the weekend and released to their families who had gathered outside the agency’s office in the state capital to receive them.
Some of the suspects shed tears of joy in the warm embrace of their friends as they walked into freedom.
The suspects looked unkempt with overgrown beards, rough skin and dirty clothes.
One of them, who identified himself as Clinton Ohaigbofa, said suspects held without trial were being massively released across the country.
He hails from Ebedebiri in Ogbia Local Government Area.
He said they were held in underground cells in Abuja and went through untold hardship.
They were never charged to court, he said.
Narrating how they landed in DSS detention, he said: “We didn’t do anything. We were arrested on May 24th, 2016. We were taken to the JTF headquarters in Opolo and were later transferred to DMI, Abuja.
“After interrogation, we were transferred to Defence Intelligence Agency. On August 26, 2016, we were transferred to the Department of State Service, Abuja. We stayed there for over two years.”
Reliving their ordeals in the DSS cell, he said: “They treated us badly. We were held in an underground cell. They gave us little bread in the morning, little rice in the afternoon and a morsel of semovita in the evening.
“Each portion of food cannot satisfy a two-year old baby. They deprived us of everything. They didn’t even take us to court. There was no freedom to even see light. They subjected us to severe punishment. They kept us hungry and deprived us of medication. Suspects are being released massively because of the new DSS boss. I don’t know the actual number released so far. But we thank the new DSS boss.”

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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to wear police uniforms with full identification, pending the launch of new FSARS uniform.
The force Spokesman, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that Idris gave the order at meeting with critical stakeholders.
Moshood said that Idris was represented by the Deputy Inspector-General of police in Charge of Operations, Mr Habila Joshak.
He said that the meeting was convened to brief the stakeholders on the progress made so far in the overhaul of the SARS now known as Federal SARS.
The Police boss said that the overhaul of SARS was beyond rhetoric as strategic reforms were being implemented.
He said that the FSARS operatives had been ordered to desist from attending to civil or commercial matters henceforth and focus strictly on armed robbery and kidnapping cases only.
According to Moshood, the Commissioner of Police in charge of FSARS, Mr Habiru Gwandu, informed the meeting that a human rights desk had been created in the 36 states of the federation and FCT.
He said that the desks would address cases of infractions against members of the public by FSARS personnel across the nation.
Gwandu added that the Police had engaged the services of psychologists and counsellors in the ongoing screening of FSARS operatives.
On his part, the DCP in charge of the I-G’s X-Squad, Amaechi Elumelu, said in the statement that the screening and mobilization of FSARS Operatives would not be business as usual again.
He said that FSARS operatives would undergo through rigorous orientation including human rights training among other screening processes.
Elumelu said that the I-G would soon unveil the Custody Records Management System.
He explained that this system would contain the records of arrests, detentions and welfare details of suspects.
The commissioner said that this system would discourage arbitrary arrest of people and ensure that suspects were charged to court within 24 hours, in compliance with the law.
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Aug. 14, directed the immediate overhaul of the SARS. NAN)

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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has ordered members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to wear police uniforms with full identification, pending the launch of new FSARS uniform.
The force Spokesman, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that Idris gave the order at meeting with critical stakeholders.
Moshood said that Idris was represented by the Deputy Inspector-General of police in Charge of Operations, Mr Habila Joshak.
He said that the meeting was convened to brief the stakeholders on the progress made so far in the overhaul of the SARS now known as Federal SARS.
The Police boss said that the overhaul of SARS was beyond rhetoric as strategic reforms were being implemented.
He said that the FSARS operatives had been ordered to desist from attending to civil or commercial matters henceforth and focus strictly on armed robbery and kidnapping cases only.
According to Moshood, the Commissioner of Police in charge of FSARS, Mr Habiru Gwandu, informed the meeting that a human rights desk had been created in the 36 states of the federation and FCT.
He said that the desks would address cases of infractions against members of the public by FSARS personnel across the nation.
Gwandu added that the Police had engaged the services of psychologists and counsellors in the ongoing screening of FSARS operatives.
On his part, the DCP in charge of the I-G’s X-Squad, Amaechi Elumelu, said in the statement that the screening and mobilization of FSARS Operatives would not be business as usual again.
He said that FSARS operatives would undergo through rigorous orientation including human rights training among other screening processes.
Elumelu said that the I-G would soon unveil the Custody Records Management System.
He explained that this system would contain the records of arrests, detentions and welfare details of suspects.
The commissioner said that this system would discourage arbitrary arrest of people and ensure that suspects were charged to court within 24 hours, in compliance with the law.
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Aug. 14, directed the immediate overhaul of the SARS. NAN)

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Communities of Unguwar Dan-Baki, Sabon-Layi village in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, were on Sunday evening attacked by armed bandits.
The attackers who stormed the village around 7.00pm killed three people and abducted two nursing mothers, one of them an infant of eight days old and five men.
An eye witness, Garba Tanko said: “We were attacked as we are about joining Maghreb (evening) prayers.”
The attackers had a field day and carted away cattle use for animal traction by the villagers in their farms.
The attackers are using a corridors of Kamuku Forest and Kuyambana Forest in Zamfara state to terrorize farming communities in Birnin-Gwari local government territories.
Confirming the incident to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday, Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance, Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari called on the Federal Government to deploy more troops to the area.
According to him, “As the military and police personnel are advancing to secure many parts of our territories from armed bandits and kidnappers especially along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna road as well as Birnin-Gwari-Funtua road, we are calling on the federal government to deploy more security forces to Birnin-Gwari to prevent influx of armed bandits escaping military onslaught in Zamfara state to Birnin-Gwari.”
Meanwhile, Kaduna State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Muktar Aliyu did not respond to calls put across to him to confirm the incident, neither did he respond to text message sent to his mobile line as at the time of filing this report.

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A policeman has allegedly shot dead a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The deceased, Linda Angela Igwetu, was billed to pass out of the NYSC programme today after a compulsory one-year service in Abuja.
She served at Outsource Global Company in Mabushi.
The late Corps member was said to have gone out with her friends, as part of celebration for the completion of her year service.
Narrating what happened, the Convener of
#EndSARS #ReformPoliceNG, Mr. Segun Awosanya said: “She finished at work late at 11 p.m (Tuesday) and joined a few friends for a hangout before their passing out parade scheduled for Thursday (today).
“They left for home around 3 a.m (Wednesday) and was shot at shortly after the checkpoint near Ceddi Plaza by a police officer, identified as Benjamin Peters.
“The bullet hit Angela on her side, by the midriff, and she began losing blood in the open roof vehicle.
“She was rushed to the Garki Hospital but they would not treat her until they saw a police report, despite the fact that the police officers were present. While the deliberation was ongoing, Angela bled to death.”
Awosanya said the case was taken to the Federal Secretariat Police Station.
He also said his group was awaiting the police report on the incident, adding that they had written a petition to the police commissioner and the Force headquarters in Abuja on the matter.
Awosanya also said the case would go to court.
He added: “The police said they saw a convertible car and they did not know those inside. Then, the policeman who shot at them, said that he heard ‘help!’ in his subconscious.
“My question is: even if you heard a cry for help in your subconscious, is the solution to firing at the person who was shouting for help? You could not stop them, double-cross them or find a way to stop the vehicle to be sure everyone was okay; you instead opened fire at them?
“I think this is a lie. They are only trying to cover up their evil acts.”
When The Nation contacted the police, a source in the Force, who pleaded anonymity, said: “We don’t know what actually happened but investigation is ongoing.
“The truth is that our men were at the checkpoint when they heard someone shouting for help from a car that was approaching.
“In responding to that, they tried to stop the vehicle where the deceased was, but the driver zoomed off when they got to the checkpoint. We don’t know the motive behind it, but I am sure a discreet investigation would be carried out to reveal what actually happened.”
Police spokesman Anjuguri Manzah, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), told The Nation on phone that the command was investigating the incident.
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 Mikel Obi's father





The police on Monday rescued the abducted father of Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi, in Enugu.
A statement issued by spokesman of Enugu State Police Command, Ebere Amaraizu, said Pa Michael Obi and his driver, Ishaya John, were kidnapped last Friday along Makurdi – Enugu Road.
The statement read:‎ “The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force through  its operatives of the 9thmile Division on Monday at 2:30 p.m. rescued Pa Michael Obi  and his driver one Ishaya John unhurt in Egede udi forest of Enugu State along old Egede Affa Road in Enugu.
“They were rescued hale and hearty and Pa Michael Obi and the driver have rejoined their family. It was gathered that Pa Obi  was allegedly abducted  along Makurdi -Enugu road  in the afternoon of 29/6/18 on his way from Jos in his grey colored Toyota pardon jeep with registration number MUS 604CG  and taken to unknown destination through the thick forest part of the area.
“It was further gathered that the abductors started calling to demand a ransom of N10 million before the operatives acting on intelligence information swooped on them where a gun duel ensued. This forced the hoodlums to abandon their victims inside the forest and they were promptly rescued.”
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Suspected gunmen have again killed about 30 people in Kabaro and Danmani villages in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
An eye witness, Mr Shuaibu Kabaro, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maru that the suspected gunmen attacked the two communities and the incident was immediately reported to the security agents.
He said three of the bandits were arrested by security agents following the prompt report of the incident to the security personnel.
Shuaibu said, the gunmen in turn went and mobilized more gangs and returned in multitude to carry out the attack which left about 30 dead and many others injured in the two communities.
The Maru Local Government Council Chairman, Alhaji Salisu Dangulbi and the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Mohammed Shehu both confirmed the killings.
According to them, many of the villagers deserted their homes for fear of further attacks which now characterized the mode of operations of the gunmen.
The duo said, with the presence of security personnel now in the area however, many of the villagers had returned home.
The PPRO further explained that units of mobile police working with the military and other security agents were immediately mobilized to the affected areas and that peace and normalcy had been restored.
The police spokesman however said that the actual number of those killed was still being worked on and “until this is done, l cannot give you actual figure at the moment’’. (NAN)
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‘Boko Haram can’t stop us from sending our children to school’






When Boko Haram returned the Dapchi school girls that they abducted one month ago, they left a strong warning to the residents not to send their children back to school again. As if that was not enough, the bigger threat issued was re-emphasized from the testimonies of some of the freed girls that the insurgents told them that should they go back to western education again, they will risk their freedom should they get abducted again.
Many have sat to ponder on the threat as some of the girls even before the threat of the insurgents became skeptical of going back to school having witnessed the black Monday of 19th February when the insurgents stormed their school and carted away with over 100 of their classmates.
With the comments of most of the parents, it is as good as the advice of the insurgents have fallen on deaf ears as the threats did not in any way  deterred the resilience of the parents to continue to educate their children and ensure they accomplish  their dreams.
Musa Kalla, the father of Zara Musa who was also abducted and brought back safely told our correspondent that, “no one can stop me to educate my daughter. It is not possible for me to obey Boko Haram for that kind of advice. God is the creator and the maker of everything that happens in this world. My daughter Isha Allah will continue with her school and become what God has destined her to be,” Musa said.
Kachalla Bukar is the secretary of the Forum of Parents of the missing Dapchi Girls. He  had a good time with the insurgents when they came to Dapchi and  dropped  off the girls including his daughter, Aisha.
He told our correspondent that from the kind of confidence and the weapons he saw the Boko Haram insurgent carried in their vehicles, he is convinced that nobody can stop them to go anywhere they want to go, adding that, “in fact they can even enter Damaturu and abduct girls in any school they want to”.
On whether he is contemplating of hiding to the advice of Boko Haram to keep his daughter at home, Kachalla said, “We cannot send them to that particular school. It’s not safe for us to keep them at home either. There is no security in that school. i can send her to either school in Nguru or Maiduguri or any other state apart from Yobe because,  I have confidence that those guys can come to Damaturu and abduct girls if they want to. I feel that Nguru is safer because there is a barrack there and it has only one road and plenty river unlike Damaturu and  Potiskum that are so porous. There are many roads in Damaturu that Boko Haram will follow and you will not catch them”.
Asked if Government secure the school in Dapchi and makes it safe for the students to return, Kachalla answered, “were they not asked to leave when Boko Haram came?, how will I trust this knid of people again. The same way they left is the same way they will still leave when Boko Haram will come again”.
The story of Adamu Jumbam has no excitement. While the people were rejoicing for the safe return of their daughters, his head was down in grief with many unanswered questions on his mind when this reporter visited his house.
The women were so distraught to speak with the press summoned courage amidst his grief to narrates how sad he felt when it was confirmed that his daughter died during the abduction.
“I was troubled when other girls were seen on arrival but my daughter Aisha was said to have died along with four others on the day of their abduction. All the same, I thank Almighty Allah for this and prayed for the repose their soul. We can say the government has tried”.
Having submitted to the will of God for the death of his daughter Jumbam asked a fundamental question as to the operations of the insurgents in the entire events that played out.
 “The surprising thing is that Boko Haram abducted these girls and still returned then in the heart of the town in  broad day light and went  back freely is absolutely amazing. This troubles our imagination.  How will Boko Haram abducted these teenagers over one month, returned them and nothing was done to them?,” he asked.
Jumbam also added, “We might be regarded as villagers but it’s surprising to us and I wish to say without mincing words that we have been cheated. If government is serious we need to see her seriousness with this abduction saga. But if they feel we are not Nigerians then let it be,” he concluded as he tried to fight back tears from his eyes.
Fatima Abdullahi, the mother of Fatima Abdullahi said she did not go school herself but she can never compromise the education of her daughter.
“Myself didn’t go to school but I know that education is very important for now. It is not possible for somebody to stop the education of my daughter except God says so. What Boko Haram is saying is not possible for us to follow. Our children will continue to go to school. Islam does not forbid knowledge”, Fatima said.
Like Kachalla, Fatima said her daughter will no longer school in Dapchi but she won’t be against any change of school for her.
“We cannot say now because our children are not in our custody but in the custody of the government, but like I said my daughter will go to school even if government decide to return her back to me but not this school in Dapchi because we cannot have any rest of mind if our children are in that school,”.
The growing fear of a possible reopening of Government Girls Science Technical College has continue to burden the minds of the residents and parents especially recasting the mental picture of what they saw on Monday February 19th 2018.
Faiza Mohammed, one of the girls who escaped Boko Haram onslaught at the school on that ill-fated day had told this reporter that  she will not go back to the  school except the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai is the gateman of the school.
Faiza statement underscored the need for authorities to beef up security in the school so as to build confidence both among the students and parents who are at the moment apprehensive of the renewed attacks on schools.
In an attempt to ensure the students don’t miss their examinations especially the Senior Secondary III, the school management has relocated all them to Government Girls College Nguru to prepare for their certificate examination.
A short statement signed by the school management of GGSTC Dapchi reads: “This is to inform the general public that GGSTC Dapchi SS3 students are hereby called to resume back to GG Nguru, on Monday 25/03/2018 in preparation for WAEC Examinations commencing 3/4/2018”.


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From the president’s wife, Mrs Aisha Buhari,
came yesterday words of comfort for the
distraught parents of all abducted schoolgirls.
Mrs. Buhari said she shared in their sorrow and
agony.
She said she shared the agony of especially
parents of the abducted Chibok and Dapchi
school girls.
She spoke in Abuja while delivering a speech she
titled: “Leave Our Daughters Alone’’, to mark the
2018 International Women`s Day.
”As a mother, I share (in) the sorrow and agony
which the parents are going through up to this
moment.
“I am aware of the efforts being made for the
release of the remaining Chibok girls as well as
the recently (abducted) Dapchi girls.
“It is my sincere hope that the efforts will yield
positive results.”
The wife of the President said that the abductions
had further exposed the long-standing evil
perpetrated against women in the society.
Mrs. Buhari called on stakeholders, especially the
media, to stand against the “disturbing issue’’.
”It is a disturbing issue for which we must put
heads together, pray, speak out, show concern
and ensure that the situation comes an end.’’
She called on Nigerians, especially the media, to
join the campaign against all forms of abduction
and maltreatment of the Nigerian woman.
Mrs Buhari said it was unfortunate that
celebration of the 2018 International Women’s
Day came with pains and agony following the
abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls.
She also expressed concern over the use of young
girls by insurgents to carry out suicide bombing.
She, however, congratulated Nigerian women for
successfully marking the Day and prayed for
greater opportunities for the Nigerian woman.
The wife of the President also prayed for women
to have equal opportunities in governance as their
male counterparts.
The wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Dolapo
Osinbajo, said the 2018 event came in a very
happy and worst situation, considering the
progress made by Nigerian team at the winter
Olympic as well as the abduction of the Dapchi
girls.
Mrs Osinbajo also called for equal opportunity to
the women.
The United Nations set aside March 8, of every
year to mark the International Women’s Day.
The event was organised by the National Centre
for Women Development in collaboration with the
wife of the President.

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At least nine persons have been reportedly killed and several others injured during a clash between Christian and Muslim youths at Kasuwan Magani area of Kaduna on Monday.
Several houses were also razed during the fracas.
The state police spokesman, Aliyu Mukhtar, confirmed the incident to journalists.
However, he did not give the casualty figure of the incident.
He said the situation has been brought under control and police was taking inventory of damages that occurred during the clash.
Though there were conflicting reports on the immediate cause of the crisis, sources linked the incident to clash over girlfriends between Muslim and Christian youths in the community.
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 Boko Haram Army









Soldiers fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State have killed five of the terrorists and captured a top commander of the group in the ongoing operation in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad basin.
Colonel Onyeama Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of Operation Lafiya Dole, said in Maiduguri that troops also rescued three civilians and recovered vehicles as well as high calibre ammunition over the last few days.
Besides, the troops reportedly engaged and neutralised a number of insurgents while attempting to escape the military blocking position in one of the cleared enclaves ‘Sabil-Huda’, deep in Sambisa Forest.
Nwachukwu said that the troops recovered one G-III rifle magazine, one life jacket, a light machine gun metal link, four rounds of Anti-Aircraft ammunition, four rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition and three rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition.
“Unfortunately, two soldiers were injured in the process; they had been evacuated by the Nigerian Air Force and are responding to treatment,” he said.
Nwachukwu said that the troops on Friday launched offensive targeting a terrorist’s hideouts up ‘CAMP ZAIRO’, and neutralised a number of insurgents in spite of initial damage caused to their Armoured Fighting Vehicle by Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted beneath the ground.
He said that the troops killed five insurgents; with several others wounded and recovered ammunition at a hideout in Parisu, Sambisa Forest.
Troops of 151 Battalion in conjunction with “7 Division Support Group’ also cleared nine terrorists’ hideouts along Frigi-Izza area.
The director added that the troops also recovered one motorcycle, two bicycles, 10 bicycle tyres, one bicycle, three Boko Haram flags, a solar panel, five drums filled with grain, two mattresses, two grinding machines, three bags of metal scraps, two motorcycle tyres and two underground grain silos.
Also recovered are one AK-47 rifle magazine, 1 dummy rifle, a round of 12.7mm ammunition, 12 empty cases of 7.62mm ammunition, assorted IED materials and a tool box.
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 Governor Abdullahi Ganduje








The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association yesterday welcomed the open invitation  of the Kano State government to cattle breeders to relocate to the state for the purpose of continuing their business.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had said earlier in the week that he is ready to accommodate as many cattle breeders as possible in the Falgore Forest for their business.
Spokesman of the  Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Ngelzama Usman, described the gesture as a welcome development, although it does not sit well with the Gan-Allah Fulani Development Association, a vibrant offshoot of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association (MACBAN).
Secretary General of the  Gan-Allah Fulani Development Association, Alhaji Saleh Bayari, said the offer is neither feasible nor acceptable because the Fulani,like other Nigerians, have a right to live and do business in any part of the country.
He said restricting them to one corner of the country is an infringement on their right.
The Fulani in Enugu State are also not disposed to leaving the state for Kano or any other part of the country.
Their spokesman, Alhaji Sanusi Sambo, said they are at home in Enugu because the people and government of Enugu State are very hospitable and have created a  conducive atmosphere  for them to operate their businesses.
Usman, speaking on the phone, told The Nation that Falani are peace-loving people.
His words: “It is a welcome development because at a time when some people are chasing our members  out of their states, some other governors are opening wide their hands and embracing our members.
“This is not coming from  Kano State alone. Even the governor of Kogi State  has also opened  the door to our members. This goes to show that our members are not terrorists.  Our members are peace-loving people who are going round the country doing their legitimate business.
“They move with their cows which are their only source of livelihood together with their wives and children.
“You don’t  expect a pastoralist who moves about with his family and only source of livelihood to go about fomenting trouble.
“This is the narrative we want the media to be passing on. What is going on in the media is against our members, but we are happy now that the media is trying to balance the whole thing.
“We really appreciate the governor of Kano State and hope that other governors will also do the same.”
In a separate interview, Alhaji Bayari said: “We are quite appreciative of his (Ganduje’s) concern for our people, but if we all continue on that note, we will not have a country.
“We will not have a country, or a nation because it simply means that tomorrow, when you harass some Yoruba  who have  been living in Jos for generations, or some Igbo  living in Kano or Sokoto, their state governors will just tell them to relocate.
“Then, at the end of the day, we would have as many countries as the number of tribes that we have in Nigeria and that would not augur well for us as a country.
“By following Governor Ganduje’s directive, we are going to end up polarizing the country on the basis of sentiments rather than nationalistic feelings and callings.”
Spokesman of the  Miyetti Allah in Enugu  State, Alhaji Sanusi Sambo, said: “As you can see many of us were born here. Many are inheriting the cattle business from their fathers.
“We cannot just relocate to another place. Even though in Kano we may be meeting our people, it will take us long to get used to them.”
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 AIG, Policemen





The Police Force Headquarters has launched an investigation into its personnel’s attitude to work.
The probe it was gathered was aimed at solving the problems of lazy, unprofessional and mischievous policemen in the system.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Mr. Rasheed Akintunde, who dropped the hint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday, when he toured the state formation said there was no room for indolence in the police force.
He said measures had been put in place to address indolence and poor output among the officers and rank-and-file as part of the ongoing reforms in the system.
Addressing the personnel in the state’s police command, Akitunde urged them to be passionate in the jobs boasting that policing is the best profession in the world.
Akintunde, said that a study by the police headquarters indicated that only slightly above 20 per cent of the policemen in the country were active and working.
He said that the police introduced measures to ensure that the other 80 per cent complement the hardwork of the active personnel for effective policing in the country.
He said: “The funniest thing is that only 20 per cent of the police personnel are the ones working, the rest are just there.
“Talking about  20 per cent working; if you look at it well, every ‘big man’ wants his own security, they want 30 men to secure them instead of supporting the whole community by saying we should give resources for police to do the work so that the environment will be secured. They only want security for themselves.
“Even religious leaders want personal security. So after all that, we find that it’s only 20 per cent remaining to guard other places. Even for government’s commission too, they can load 20 units for it whereas they need only seven, so that’s why the 20 per cent comes in.
“That is why when  a DPO visits a station, he identifies those people and starts using them. You go to the Area Command, it is the same thing, the CP, it is the same.”
The AIG explained that effective community policing must be hinged on a three-pronged pillars of sound integrity, hard work and professionalism and  urged officers and men of the command to love their job.
He said: “You must satisfy three conditions to police well. First, you must have sound integrity, your integrity must not be in doubt. You must not bring those bad things into the job.
” The second thing is that you must be hardworking. Policing is not for the lazy persons. You must be ready at all times because you can be called upon at any hour of the day.
“The other part is that you must be professional. You must know what you are doing. Police job is very difficult for those people who don’t have integrity, who  are not hardworking and who are not professional but very simple for a man who have these principles.
“The job is the best; let us put in our best. We are not supposed to be seeing other agencies doing our work if we are doing it perfectly. Agreed, we lack some equipment we are supposed to use. What I am appealing to you is that let us wake up so that we can beat our chest as policemen and say l can do this and that.
“But where we are lazying  about; you see some of us running from pillar to post, looking for possible posting, looking for money that is not there.”
In his remarks,, the Bayelsa state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Don Awunah, thanked the AIG on his building visit but complained that the 4,000 police personnel in the state were inadequate to police Bayelsa due to its deltaic nature.
Awunah said that though there were some pockets of criminal activities in the state, statistics showed that Bayelsa remained the safest state in the  zone at the moment.
Awunah said despite the challenge of shortage of personnel, the command under his supervision introduced high visibility policing with human face.
He stated that the new system was adopted in collaboration with the Counter-Terrorism Unit, Tactical Strike Force, Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Serious Crimes Unit and the Peace and Conflict Resolution Unit.
The Commissioner highlighted some challenges facing the command to include manpower, logistics, working tools and accommodation.
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Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre
Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, says the
Nigerian Army has completely defeated the Boko
Haram insurgents.
Nicholas stated this during the inauguration of the
Nigeria-Cameroun Military Joint Mission on
Saturday in Maiduguri.
He disclosed that his troops under the operation
DEEP PUNCH II had on Friday dislodged and
occupied the insurgents’ tactical ground “Camp
Zairo”.
He disclosed that hundreds of insurgents had
surrendered and several others fled their enclave
while over 100 civilians were rescued.
“My soldiers are in the heart of Boko Haram
enclave that is ‘Camp Zairo”, the gallant troops
have taken total control of Sambisa Forest.
“We have broken the heart and soul of Shekau’s
group, taking over the camp and its environs.
“They are on the run and we are pursuing them
to wherever they go. This time around there is no
place for escape anywhere.
“We had earlier asked those of them that want to
surrender to do so and we are still asking them
to come out and surrender otherwise they are
going to meet it the hard way”.
Nicholas called on the insurgents and abducted
persons in the bush to come out and surrender to
the troops, stressing that they woukd not be
harmed or killed.
Commenting on the meeting, Nicholas said that
the collaboration between the two militaries was
critical to the successful completion of the
counter-insurgency campaign.
“We share information and intelligence to enable
us map out strategies to fight Boko Haram
insurgents in our common borders,” he said.
Also, the Head of Camerounian military
delegation, Brig.- Gen. Djonkep Fredrick, said the
collaboration would strengthen military ties to
enable them win the war against insurgency.
(NAN)

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PDP, Buhari





The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and cabinet ministers of hypocrisy in the handling of the Fulani herdsmen attacks killed 73 people in Benue State.
In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, the party flayed the collective silence of the governors and some serving ministers following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to visit the affected communities.
The party said it is a tragic failure of character and an act of hypocrisy that the same APC governors who, in 2013, unleashed insults on the PDP and its Federal Government for delay in visiting Borno State at the heat of insurgency attacks, have lost their voices now that President Buhari had refused to visit Benue, Taraba or Kaduna to condole the people.
The PDP noted that neither the APC governors nor any federal delegation had visited Benue, Taraba or Kaduna since the unabating killings and traumatizing mass burial of the victims.
PDP said: “It is unfortunate that the same APC leaders, who heavily criticised the PDP and wrongly accused it of staying away from troubled parts of the country, have become dumb under President Buhari despite his daily failures in governance and heartrending indifference to the plight of Nigerians.
“Today, Nigerians are heartbroken to realise that those they thought were patriots and messiahs never had any iota of goodwill towards them.
“The questions are; why have the APC governors and ministers suddenly lost their voices now that President Buhari has refused to visit Benue or shown any form of empathy to the plight of Nigerians? Have Benue and Taraba now become ‘no go areas’ for President Buhari? Indeed, this indifference calls for deeper reflection by Nigerians.
“We challenge the APC governors to have a change of attitude towards Nigerians and at least show that they also are human, especially at this trying time, which the inept APC government has plunged the nation into.”
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