Author: Ishaq

“Finally, while commending efforts of our security volunteers and security forces stationed in our area, we are calling on all citizens and residents of Birnin-Gwari local area to be extra vigilant and expose those informants that connive with kidnappers in our respective communities.”

To fear? We chased retreating BH fighters not realising they were sucking us into an ambush, by the time we realised it, we were pinned down. We called for air support while we held our ground. Over 2 hrs of gunfire & no backup meanwhile the closest air assets were not up to
30 minutes away by air. The CDS at that time could order combat helos to go evacuate his immediate family because he had intelligence his village would be overrun by insurgents. Much to learn from an NSA that arranged the purchase of drones that crashed on their maiden flight?

The tragedy that occurred on the way to Gwoza was said to have been committed by Boko Haram members on the road from Maiduguri through Gwoza to Adamawa state.

“These agents of darkness are enemies of our common humanity and they don’t spare any victim, whether they are Muslims or Christians, and therefore, we shouldn’t let them divide us and turn us against one another.

“In order to clear ambiguity and to set the record straight, on the 25/12/2019 at the residence of Emeka Eze ‘m’ of Umuokwu village Alor, a DSS personnel whose identity is yet unknown attached to a VIP allegedly fired gun shot at a cow in a bid to stop it from escaping but the bullet missed target and allegedly hit one Nnaemaka Nnabuenyi (a domestic staff of the said engineer) popularly known as Onyeocha and the victim died on the spot. The incident was not reported to police.

The governor also said that all the family members and close relatives of the patients and staff of St. Vincent Hospital be quarantined at the South-East Virology Centre, for close medical observation.

“In another encounter at Fadama Village, the criminals’ flag hoisted on a tree was captured and immediately lowered after the troops had effectively subdued the criminal insurgents with superior fire power forcing them to flee in disarray.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Spokesman of Kebbi state police command, DSP Nafiu Abubakar, says the bandits came into the communities from Zamfara state and rustled many cows, and later shot two people to death before disappearing into the forest before the arrival of security operatives.

“There was a ruling by Justice Binta Nyako that an officer should not be held liable for actions taken in exercise of his office and based on orders of a superior, more so on the order of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

They asked your family to pay a ransom of something in the region of N20m. After days of negotiations it came down to N1.5m but your family could only raise N900K after selling your farm produce and receiving donations from friends and relations.

The statement read in part: “The Presidency wishes to clarify the release on bail of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 elections, Omowale Sowore.

In addition, the party used the Christmas occasion to call on Nigerians to embrace peace and shun violence, stating that neither Christianity nor Islam espouses violence. It also urged the Christian compatriots to pray to God for Nigerians to continue living in peace and unity.

“Two persons died,” Bulama Talba, a Borno government spokesman said in a statement, after visiting the Biu general hospital where casualties were being treated on Tuesday.

“The two defendants are enjoined to observe the terms of their bail and refrain from engaging in any act that is inimical to public peace and national security as well as their ongoing trial which will run its course in accordance with the laws of the land,” Malami said.

“The gunmen opened fire on the soldiers and the soldiers replied. It was a heavy shootout. The Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) positioned in from of the house, made a u-turn blaring siren to join his men behind the house. The soldiers while engaging the gunmen at the back of the house were not aware some gunmen were coming into the house on land. Those gunmen on foot shot dead a soldier and shot another in the leg. The gunmen, escaped after sighting the APC moving to reinforce the soldiers. The gunmen abandoned a boat filled with blood. The gunmen suffered heavy causalities because at the jetty blood was everywhere and some watching from inside the house saw the gunmen moving some bodies of their colleagues into another boat.”

The police confirmed the abduction took place at about 10:30pm on Sunday at the Commissioners’ quarter in Opolo axis of Yenagoa, the state capital.

During the attack, residents of Damaturu say sporadic gunshots were heard along Damaturu-Gashua-Babbangida axis around 5:30pm, forcing them to remain indoors for their safety.

The Nigerian Police with the Buhari government were being blamed by some Nigerians today for being indifferent to the attack unleashed on PDP member and activist, Deji Adeyanju by hoodlums in Abuja.

“An investment of N20 billion in housing development would not only provide housing for low and middle income earners but would also generate a lot of employment, direct and indirect labour.

He said that troops engaged the insurgents “with the timely arrival of air taskforce and that troops “are on top of the situation’’.

“Preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased Inspector fired a shot at the Corporal leading to his death and injuring a Deputy Superintendent of Police before he committed suicide.