Category: Security

The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to the untenable allegation by the security agencies that IPOB was responsible for the assassination of former presidential aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak on his way to Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri Imo State.

We therefore state without equivocations that IPOB knows nothing about the said assassination. In the first place, what threat did the late Gulak constitute to our cause to warrant his elimination? We had nothing in common with him and could not have in any way killed him.

Had the late Chief of Army Staff Attahiru’s plane crashed in the East, definitely, the so-called Intelligence Agency would say it was IPOB that shot down the plane and everyone in Fulani controlled Sharia core North would believe it.
For us, linking IPOB with the assassination of Gulak is simply to pitch the East against the core Islamic North as a cover and justification for another round of pogrom against Easterns living in the North.

We are only after the restoration of Biafra. Assassination of politicians is not part of our agenda otherwise we would have killed the Efulefu politicians in the Eastern region sabotaging our struggle.

We are in mournful mood ahead of the May 31st Biafra Remembrance Day in honour of our fallen heroes. The terrorists in security uniform looking for any slightest opportunity to blackmail us should not cash in on the sit-at-home order given by our Leader for our fallen heroes. The order is for Monday and not Sunday. People were freely moving about on the streets of Biafra without any molestations by IPOB and there was no way we could have singled out Gulak for attack because we a non-violent movement.

Once again we urge the illiterate and clearly unintelligent agencies masquerades as intelligence agencies we have in Nigeria to please leave IPOB out of their messy incompetence. We challenge Aso Rock to Institute an independent panel of inquiry to investigate the incident and expose those behind this gruesome murder of an innocent man.

Our hearts go out to the family of Gulak. May his soul rest in peace.

Kano State Commissioner Of Police Announces That Any Fulani Coming To The State Must Now Obtain A Letter Permit From The Police In The State They Are Coming From, Or Will Be Stopped And Sent Back To Wherever They Came From

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Dikko, has on Wednesday, said that all Fulani herdsmen entering the State henceforth, must get clearance from the Police Command of the State where they are leaving for Kano, Page 36 learnt.

Addressing Journalists shortly after an emergency Security meeting with Heads of Security Agencies in the State, at his office, Dikko said that any Fulani herdsman that enters Kano State without a clearance, would be turned back immediately.

He maintained that the decision is part of the Security arrangements that have been made by the Command, in a bid to maintain peace and security in the State.

His words: “Today, in the morning, I had a meeting with the Leaders of Fulanis. There are two issues here, Fulanis who are now coming in with their cattle and what have you… So, when we heard about that information, we discussed it with other Security Agencies.

“At the meeting I had in my office this morning with Leaders of Fulanis from Kaduna, Katsina, and Jigawa, I asked them to give us whatever information to block whoever that is coming in without necessary authorisation from the Police of the State they are coming from.

“So, there must be a sort of letter, showing that they are coming to Kano from that State. So, anyone who comes without clearance from our Police formations, from the State they are coming from, will definitely be stopped and turned back to where they came from.

“We will not accept anybody coming here illegally. We may not know the kind persons they are. They may be criminals. They may be bandits or other bad people. So, we will not accept it here in Kano.”

The Commissioner of Police also reaffirmed the commitment of the Command in providing adequate security to all citizens and foreigners residing in the State.

He maintained that the Command is working tirelessly in ensuring synergy with other Security Agencies in Kano, towards ensuring maximum security of lives and property.

The Commissioner noted that they mapped out Security strategies towards ensuring security of Expatriates who are conducting legitimate businesses in the State.

He noted that Kano being the commercial nerve centre of Northern Nigeria, has over 5,000 Expatriates residing in the State, for business and other related matters.

Dikko also said that the Command would soon start arresting Blacksmiths who produce and sell dangerous weapons, such as cutlasses, machetes, swords, and knives, to thugs.

He warned that any Blacksmith found wanting, will be charged with aiding thuggery.

The Police Commissioner added that the Command has concluded arrangements of expanding the anti-Daba Unit, with the sole aim of curtailing thuggery in the State.

Nigeria is expecting 12 Tucano fighter planes from the US as part of efforts towards fighting insecurity in the country.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele said this on Tuesday while fielding questions at the end of a two-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja.

Emefiele, lamenting Nigeria’s growing security challenges, said the economy would be greatly affected if the menace is not tackled.

Federal Government (February 2018) confirmed that it had placed an order for 12 Super Tucano aircraft at a cost of $496 million.

According to Governor Hope Uzodimma, the unknown gunmen arrested by the police and currently undergoing questioning over violent attacks perpetrated by the so-called unknown gunmen, are non-Igbo criminals. The governor revealed that these criminal elements were apparently hired and imported into Imo State and other parts of the Southeast to disturb the peace of the State and disrupt economic activities in the State.
He however stopped short of naming or classifying those behind the hiring of these criminal elements.

This revelation, coming from no less a person than the chief security officer of the State has gone a long way to dispel the belief in many quarters that the ongoing security operations across the Southeast meant to smoke out these hoodlums is targeted against Igbo youths.

We should rather be thankful to the security operatives for helping to rid Igbo land of these terrorists who have in the past few months desecrated our land by spilling the blood of many innocent people, destroyed properties worth billions of Naira and cost us billions of Naira in capital flight. I believe that no reasonable Igbo man would take any action that would hurt his investments and disrupt his business, therefore, the governor’s claim that most of these hoodlums are not Igbos is plausible.

Already, reports from security agencies from across the Southeast are encouraging. In Anambra yesterday, the hoodlums who attempted to set INEC office ablaze suffered heavy casualties as the police successfully repelled them and these attacks are becoming less frequent. We should support security operatives to quickly rid our land of these foreign elements who are hell-bent on setting Igbo land ablaze.

DSP Loveth Odeh, Command’s Public Relation Officer (PPRO) told journalist on Tuesday in Abakaliki that the pictures were not in connection with a suicide bomber.

“There is no bomb explosion in Ebonyi, but regrettably, this morning, one of our mobile police personnel attached to Afikpo on special duty was wounded by teargas.

“The officer mistakenly hit a teargas hung on his belt, and unfortunately, the device exploded and wounded him and he died.

“The lifeless body, the man in the picture is Inspector Idi Aminu, attached to 32 PMF Abakaliki but on special duty at Afikpo.

“So, there is no bomb blast or explosion in Ebonyi. The general public should disregard the information,” the PPRO sai

The suicide bomber was approaching the eke ukwu market in afikpo on a mission to record more deaths, the bomb exploded in his body on reaching a primary school called Amaizu Amangbala that is 3 poles, near to his destination before the Gods of the land intervained.

Information gathered is that the Fulani residents orchestrated the plan in a revenge mission over the disappearance, ban, and consumption of cow meat in the area.
Shortly after the incident the Nigeria security agency drove to the scene with armoured tanker and forcefully evacuate the body to unknown destination.

National President of one of the umbrella bodies of herdsmen, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Abdullahi Bello Bodejo has said he is about going to marry an Igbo girl from Enugu State and become an in-law to Igbo.

Bodejo disclosed this in an interview with a National daily, the Sun.

According to him, his firm belief in the country’s unity influenced his decision.

He also disclosed that his aunt was happily married to a Rivers State man, adding that the union is blessed with ten children, including Kate, Ndidi and Kingsley, amongst others.

His firm belief in Nigeria’s unity, he said was threatened by such directives as issued by Southern Governors banning open grazing in the region.

According to him, such negates the spirit of the constitution as envisaged by the country’s founding fathers, including Zik, Awo, Ahmadu Bello, etc.

He reiterated his position that the Fulani were not constrained by boundaries or borders and urged herdsmen to ignore the directive by the Governors and graze their cattle in any part of the country they find themselves.

Gunmen have abducted a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State.

It was gathered that the attackers broke into the court around 3pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge.

Katsina is one of the states most affected by terrorism and banditry in Nigeria’s North-West region.

Northern governors have been meeting in Kaduna to discuss matters that favour the North for a long time now.

For the first time, Southern governors met in Asaba, Delta State, to discuss matters that would favour the South.
Do you know that Northerners are kicking against the resolutions of that meeting?

So Northern governors have the right to meet but southern governors don’t have the right to meet?
Why is North afraid of unity of the South? –
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe.