The Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Dr Nancy Katu-Ogundimu has commended the efforts of the University’s new Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bernard towards advancing scholarship in the institution. Speaking during the Department’s maiden lecture, the first to be hosted by the University at its old Senate Chambers, Katu-Ogundimu said that the lecture series is aimed at encouraging the conduct of quality research and knowledge sharing among teaching staff of the University as well as providing feedback mechanisms to evaluating what the Department represents.
The Department’s Head presented a paper titled FAKE NEWS PERCEPTION AND HOSTILE MEDIA BIAS: ARE THE LINES BECOMING BLURRY? encouraged staff and students of the Department to take advantage of the opportunities the academic engagement offers them for career progression and self-development. She disclosed that; “Apart from this lecture series, my Department will soon unveil what I term Cohort Writing Groups where teams of staff whose areas of research interest align are expected to collaborate to advance the conduct of quality research for the benefit of the University and humanity at large.”
Presenting his goodwill message after the lecture, the Head of Department of Theatre Arts of the University, Dr. Solomon Obidah described the presentation as fascinating and congratulated the Department of Mass Communication for the feat recorded.
The event ended with an interactive session where students of the Department and staff of the University in attendance had the opportunity to ask questions and make contributions.
The six agrieved aspirants said they have agreed on consensus candidates.
Some aspirants have resolved to present a consensus candidate to challenge Tajudeen Abbas, the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the seat of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The aspirants, all members of the APC, who have come together as the Coalition of Progressive Speakership Aspirants (COPSA), include Deputy Speaker Idris Wase, Muktar Betara, Sada Soli, Aminu Jaji, Yusuf Gagdi and Miriam Onuoha.
They dropped the hint on the consensus arrangement on Saturday during a meeting with a faction of the minority caucus at the Transcorps Hilton in Abuja.
The G7 met with the minority caucus led by Fred Agbedi, a member of the PDP from Bayelsa.
Mr Soli, while speaking on behalf of the group, said a consensus candidate will be announced very soon, and all the members of the group would support the candidate He said the lawmakers will not allow the imposition of candidate on the 10th House, adding that their candidates for the two positions will be announced next week.
We have a consensus candidate already – Gagdi Mr Gagdi, in a statement issued after the meeting, said the group has agreed on consensus candidates for speaker and deputy speaker. However, he did not disclose the names.
“The G7 met with Greater Minority and agreed on consensus candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker but we will not mention the names yet. We reached an agreement based on the best choice of people that will be acceptable to the majority of all parties involved. We have formed this alliance to resist all attempts by external forces to impose leadership on the 10th House of Representatives. Be rest assured that the next leadership of the House will emerge from us,” he said.
Our medium reported that the APC adopted Mr Abbas and Ben Kalu as speaker and deputy speaker respectively. The decision of the ruling party has been trailed by protests from other aspirants who have formed the coalition also called the G7 to fight Messrs Abbas and Kalu. However, on Wednesday, the coalition suffered a major setback as Alhassan Doguwa, the current majority leader of the House, pulled out of the race and endorsed Mr Abbas.
The National President ,Mwaghavul Development Association (MDA) , Sir Joseph Gwankat (KSM) Makaman Panyam, has disclosed that at least no fewer than 20,000 people were displaced in 20 villages of Mangu Local Government Council of Plateau State with over 120 reportedly buried in a mass grave for unprovoked attacked by suspected pastoralists mercenaries employed in neighboring countries of west Africa to fight and grabbed land for future grazing in Middle-Belt States .
MDA President Joseph raised alarm over the influx of foreign mercenaries in Plateau Central villages crossing to the northern parts wrecking havoc by harvesting women and children in late hours of night marauding .
He stated this at Plateau State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists ,NUJ, at the Press centre Jos.
“We are Nigerians. This association is the apex body of our tribe or ethnic nationality. We are located in Plateau State, within the Central Zone of the State and are among the 56 ethnic nationalities of Plateau State and one of the minority tribes of Nigeria.
Although our people are highly mobile, we do not have any home other than our ancestral land where we are indigenes. We are surrounded by other ethnic nationalities of Plateau State and all other ethnic nationalities of Nigeria including major tribes of Nigeria and tribes of some foreign countries are represented in our land. In a sense we are a miniature Nigeria,he explained .
According to him ,”Our community people are basically farmers; business people and civil servants. We have a long history of peaceful coexistence with other Nigerians and foreign nationalities.
OUR VALUES, ACTIONS, AND FEARS we draw inspiration from our cultural values and Nigeria’s constitution which sets values for her citizens. Some of values include among others peace,justice, dialogue, love, fear of God, hard work, unity, interdependency, education, accountability, transparency, discipline, truthfulness, rule of law etc. As much as possible we have taken advantage of all societal agents of socialization to train our children to be patriotic, respect sanctity of life, and observe fundamental human rights of others as well to ensuring that their personal conduct reflects Nigeria’s core values.
Joseph said those who refuse to conform to our national ethos and values are often subjected to prescribed discipline of our National Constitution and other extant laws of the land . important which we are because our behaviors are largely . was severally referred as one of the most peaceful Area in Nigeria. We pride ~ourselves as people of peace. As a matter of fact, we have never left our land In search of perceive enemies to attack and kill them. But enemies of the state have consistently mobilized themselves at national and sub national level to come and attack smaller tribes like ours, and by such acts reconfirm the fears of insecurity and marginalization of minority groups of Nigeria at independence.
MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICTS IN MWAGHAVUL CHIEFDOM Conflict is intrinsic to every society including ours. Over the years, however, we have largely leverage on traditional institutions of our communities as well as formal platforms for the management of conflicts, diversity and to dispense justice. Because we hate violent conflicts, we work towards conflict transformation and do attribute some of our socio economic and political progress to the positive and creative management of past conflicts.
It is important to let you know this because; we have a rich community experience in the management of conflicts and appreciate the place of conflict in the development of our society. Yet we abhor violent conflict. We also have great respect for our cultural and formal institutions, particularly because of their place in ensuring social harmony and building of a progressive society. At all levels we abhor and sanction dysfunctional behaviors.
CHALLENGES OF MANAGING VIOLENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN FULANIS AND MWAGHAVUL PEOPLE We have always managed conflicts between our members and Fulanis in our communities. We facilitate peace with our neighbors by developing trust and right attitude towards them. The Fulanis living in our communities are perceived extended members of our families because of our mutually beneficial economic activities. Besides, our own Fulanis speak Mwaghavul in addition to adopting some of our cultural ways of life. Out of trust, we buy and keep our cattle with them. In some cases, we have intermarried with them. Although cultural ‘integration between us is slow, there is no doubt that some level of integration is happening. Why should we fight with such a people? Like in other parts of the state, some forms of ·conflict may occur between individual herder Fulani men and some individual farmers but such conflicts unity leaders. Never in history did we ever witness violent conflicts between the two communities as we have witnessed in the last two decades.
Although this experience is not unique to us, we wonder why such a beautiful and peaceful relationship is turning sour. We too have observed the participation of foreign mercenaries in a conflict with a people we feel obliged to protect. Although it is generally believed the Fulani violence against us is not unconnected to armed proliferation, we strongly feel we have never been a thread to them. We have therefore continued to wander why such a beautiful relationship could turn sour to a point of war where their kinsmen at Continental, National and Sub-national levels are mobilized with lethal weapons to fight an unjust war against us as a result of a conflict we can easily resolve on a table or through normal judicial actions.
The mobilization and involvement of a 45m to some Fulanis worldwide against individual ethnic nationalities whose populations are only in thousands is not only unjust but an agenda for ethnic cleansing and land grappling. It is curious to also note the relationship between violent conflicts and solid mineral deposits in minority areas of Nigeria. Although. these postulations may need further investigations to establish the veracity , they have generally increase our fears and suspicions concerning the possibility for a peaceful coexistence considering the surge of violent conflicts being orchestrated by Fulanis against us and other minority groups in Plateau state.
The point being made here is that violent conflicts in our land is needless and may be linked to deep economic interest .The only capital we have left is our ancestral land: No group is ready to surrender a capital that is basic to survival to any other interest group we won’t either! Those being used to orchestrate violence against us have demonstrated that they have alternative homes, but we don’t. TWO DECADES OF SPORADIC VIOLENCE AGAINST MWAGHAVUL PEOPLE
Towards the end of December 2014 a violent conflict erupted between our youths and Fulanis in the Mangu District of our Chiefdom. This follows the killing of our member whose head was dismembered and the killer traced to a Fulani man. This was such a painful death. We tried to convince our angry youths that two wrongs don’t make right. Unfortunately, what started as violence by one individual against another individual soon turned into a full 6 ate Directorate stopped that war.
The humanitarian situation is overwhelming and pathetic. People are either squatting with relatives, neighbors, in Churches and other available public places. They need food, toiletries, medication and places where they can rest their heads. There is trauma and psychological depression. There is fear of even their safety where they are taking shelter as the threats spread across the Local Government.
These are beyond the Mwaghavul Development Association and Mangu Local Government Council. We are therefore seeking for help from spirited individuals, Corporate Organizations, NGOs and the International Communities to help ameliorate the suffering of our people are going through at the moment. We must reiterate Government take immediate steps to end this callous killing and destruction of lives and properties in the land. This is the primary responsibility of Government to its citizens.
Government must take immediate step to facilitate the return of all persons that have become refugees in different IDP Camps by reconstructing their homes and providing security for them as well. Otherwise, they won’t be able to go back and continue with their farming activities.
The re-admittance and reintegration of the killer herdsmen into our land again if it will be at all should be facilitated by an NGO or any a f gency of Government and at the cost of governance.
blown war between our . . . . communities. Happily the intervention of National Orientation Agency Plateau State Directorate stopped that war. The two communities resolved not to engage themselves in any kind of violence again. What has happened to that history? Why cant we learn from it?
, we want the world to know that what is happening to us can best be described as genocide. It is systematic and deliberate ethnic cleansing of minority tribes in Nigeria and we cannot allow this to continue. We are calling on our people to arise and defend yourselves, your God-giving land and properties with all that you have. We will not leave our land of heritage, this is the only place we can call our own; we have no any other place to run to. The humanitarian situation is overwhelming and pathetic. People are either squatting with relatives, neighbors, in Churches and other available public places. They need food, toiletries, medication and places where they can rest their heads.
There is trauma and psychological depression. There is fear of even their safety where they are taking shelter as the threats spread across the Local Government. These are beyond the Mwaghavul Development Association and Mangu Local Government Council.
We are therefore seeking for help from spirited individuals, Corporate Organizations, NGOs and the International Communities to help ameliorate the suffering of our people are going through at the moment. We must reiterate Government take immediate steps to end this callous killing and destruction of lives and properties in the land. This is the primary responsibility of Government to its citizens RECOMMENDATION
Government must take immediate step to facilitate the return of all persons that have become refugees in different IDP Camps by reconstructing their homes and providing security for them as well. Otherwise, they won’t be able to go back and continue with their farming activities.
The re-admittance and reintegration of the killer herdsmen into our land again if it will be at all should be facilitated by an NGO or any a f gency o Government and at the cost of Government.
3) Government should take over full responsibility of educating children below age 10 children who have lost both parents as a result of this conflict, while arrangements made for those SS3 students whose WAEC Exams were disrupted as a consequence of this conflict
4) The State Police has demonstrated low capacity and political will to secure minority tribes in Nigeria, hence we strongly recommend for state policing in all states and communities in Nigeria.
5) Security agencies should build synergy with our community people to secure their families.
The integration of the Vigilantes and hunters Association into the state Operation Rainbow may assist in information and proper protection of our people. 6) Government must create a special court to dispense justice between conflicting communities which will always help in nipping some conflicts before they escalate.
7) NEMA/SEMA must urgently mobilize resources immediately to address the situation of the victims and the hosts of the victims.
We wish to encourage our people to remain state fast, firm and unshakeable in the defence of our land. We have never left our land in the pursuit of any perceived enemies to attack and kill them but enemies of the state mobilize themselves at Regional, National and sub-national levels to attack us. Those who have died have paid the supreme price – May their souls rest in peace.
GOVERNOR LALONG, COL. SANI BELLO, ABDULSAMAD RABIU, OTHERS BAG HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREES AT IBB UNIVERSITY 4TH CONVOCATION
Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum Simon Bako Lalong was among eminent personalities that were confered with Honorary Doctorate Degrees at the 4th combined Convocation ceremony of the Ibrahim Babangida University Lapai (IBBUL)
While Governor Lalong was bestowed with the Doctorate Degree of Administration (Honoris Causa), former Governor of Kano State and elderstatesman Col. Sani Bello, Chairman BUA Group Abdulsamad Isiyaku Rabiu and Chairman Urban Shelter Ibrahim Aliyu also recieved Doctorate Degrees in various areas.
Speaking at the event, the Governor said it is a humbling experience for him and fellow awardees who have been considered worthy of this rare gesture.
He thanked the Governing Council and Management of the University for the awards saying it is a motivation for them to do more in service to humanity.
He commended Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State who as Visitor to the University has done a lot to improve the quality of teaching, research and indeed the fortunes of the University.
He said “As Visitor to the Plateau State University Bokkos in the last 8 years, I understand the challenges associated with managing State universities which are filling a great gap that existed in the search for higher education in the country.
Despite the challenges of funding, State universities have proven to be resilient and capable of competing with their peers around the country and the world at large”.
He said when he came into office, the State University was closed down by the immediate past Governor Jonah Jang. However, he reopened the University and put it back to the path of growth and development.
“Today, we are proud of our achievements having graduated many students and organised 7 Convocations. Recently, the University added 5 new faculties of Health Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Law, Agriculture and Education. The School of Post Graduate Studies has also taken off while a Teaching Hospital has been earmarked in Shendam and is nearing completion. As we exit in a few days, we are leaving behind a very vibrant University” he said.
While commending IBBUL for the giant strides attained over the years, Lalong said education remains the best way to remove ignorance, fight poverty and uproot barriers to peaceful coexistence.
He challenged Nigerian Universities especially in the North to focus on technology and skill development as the region is full of resources that are yet to be harnessed for the benefit of the people.
He said through the efforts of the Northern Governors Forum, oil and gas exploration has commenced in the region which requires expertise.
Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello and Visitor to the University said the University has steadily grown and is making waves in research within and outside the country.
He said his administration has invested a lot of funds in both physical infrastructure and manpower development to ensure that the University sustains its performance and rating as one of the best in the country.
He congratulated the graduands whom he said have done well and persevered to study and graduate with the capacity to contribute to national development.
Chancellor of the University and Emir of Minna Alhaji Umar Farouk Bahago said the University has been making efforts in expanding its capacity for teaching and research in areas that are critical to the development of the State and nation at large.
Vice Chancellor of IBBUL Prof. Abdul Kassim said the University has grown not only in student population, but in infrastructure and manpower.
He said over the years, there has been breakthrough research that have put the institution in the limelight and also attracted grants.
The Vice Chancellor appreciated the support of the State Government as well as friends of the University who have done well to assist the school in various ways.
Governor Lalong later commissioned a road in Mai Kunkele Local Government Secretariat in Minna constructed by the administration of Governor Abubakar Sani Bello.
Dr. Makut Simon Macham Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State. 20th May 2023.
President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on Friday, 19, May, 2023, commissioned the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Command and Staff College, Jos, Plateau State and inaugurated 500 Course 1 participants, nominated from various commands and formations of the Corps across the nation.
The President who was ably represented by the former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), GCFR, commended the CG and the Corps for its steady growth and urged full compliance with the demands of the training program.
“I encourage all participants to ensure they maximise the opportunity afforded them by the training and ensure they exhibit high level of discipline during the course and in the discharge of their duties.
“The command and staff college will provide you with the knowledge and opportunity you need to progress in your career.
“It will make you more disciplined, professional, and proactive on the job and your service to the nation” the President said.
Speaking during the inauguration of the course 1 participants, the Governor of Plateau State, RT. Hon. Barr Simon Lalong, said that the Corps’ contribution to peace building in the state informed his decision to construct and donate the command and Staff College to the corps.
The Governor expressed optimism that the Command course will further enhance effective performance of duties and improve the regimental orientation of personnel of the Corps.
“I am optimistic that the training meant for the participants will further emboldened them to contribute their quota in a professional manner that will bring about peace in the state and the country,” Lalong said.
The Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, OFR, appreciates President Muhammadu Buhari, for providing the enabling environment for the Corps to thrive.
“I thank Mr president for the provision of logistics support and for believing in the existence of the service as a full fledged paramilitary agency of the Federal Government.
“The Corps has been working in tandem with your vision of providing security for citizens and protecting critical national assets and infrastructure and we will sustain this feat without disappointing you,” CG said.
Dr Audi appreciated the Executive Governor of Plateau State for constructing and donating the NSCDC’ Command and Staff College as part of his legacy projects.
He assured him that the Corps remained joyfully committed to the provision of safety and security of lives and property of the good people of Plateau State and Nigeria as a whole.
The CG urged the pioneer participants of the career progression development course at the Command and Staff College to be disciplined, committed, loyal and dedicated.
“As participants of course 1, you are going to be a model and a point of reference to others that will come after you.
“Make sure you exhibit the highest level of discipline, be hardworking, determined and committed to the growth of the Corps and the unity of Nigeria.
“The college is birthed as a result of lack of career progression development courses in the service which upon my assumption of office, i vowed to introduce to professionalise the service,” the CG reiterated.
“The college offers command courses for middle cadre officers and advanced command courses for senior officers,” the CG explained.
The CG congratulated all the course 1 participants and wished them success as they undertake the course.
Signed:
CC OLUSOLA ODUMOSU DIRECTOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS, NSCDC NHQ, ABUJA.
A senior officer of the Nigerian Army recently received more than one-quarter of a billion naira from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
This medium exclusively obtained a copy of the two-page letter written to the Army authority and the screenshot of the N270,000,000 credit alert enclosed as evidence.
Colonel MS (surname and service number withheld) addressed a memo dated April 14, 2023, to the Commandant of the Army War College (WU Bassey Barracks) in Asokoro, Abuja.
Titled “Request For Investigation Into The Payment Of Large Sum of Money Into My Salary Account”, he recalled receiving the money on April 3.
The Colonel’s bank account was credited with N270,000,000 paid through the CBN Alert System (reference number withheld).
The officer explained that he decided to call the attention of his superiors due to the alarming rate of fraud perpetrated in some government institutions.
“Sir, to the best of my knowledge, my emolument is by no way close to the amount paid, and I am not entitled to such payment from the CBN.
“Additionally, going by the current trend of financial fraud and sharp practices by various institutions, this raises alarm and concern for me,” he wrote.
The Colonel urged the Commandant to uncover the motive behind the payment “to formally reverse it to the Federal Government coffers”.
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has commissioned some projects executed by his administration. The Governor was in Riyom to commision the General Hospital and trauma centre.
Thereafter, he commiserated the Riyom mini water treatment plant before proceeding to Vom to commission the revived Kuru Genery which was moribund for over 30 years.
He was also at the Mineral House to commission the facility in Bukuru where he said he was happy that the business of mining was being made formal for the benefit of the State.
He also commissioned the Lalong Legacy primary school in Bukuru and named a hall after the Da Gwom Rwey Gyel who was elevated recently to 2nd class stool after 54 years as District Head.
Also commissioned are the NewMap erosion control in Chonongpong, and Standard Polo Roundabout, Rwang Pam Road network.
He then proceeded to the Dominos Pizza in Jos to commission the facility which he said was a prove that businesses have returned to Plateau.
He also commissioned the City Line printing machine in Nigeria Standard as well as the new NUJ Secretariat Complex in Jos which he said was his way of thanking the media for their support over the years.
On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to commission other projects such as the British-American Flyover and Dualisation to Lamingo Junction Roundabout. Others are the New Diagnostic Centre at the Plateau Specialists Hospital Jos as well as the NCDC Command and Staff College Jos.
Former Nigerian Head of State General Yakubu Gowon will also be part of the commissioning while the President Court of Appeal Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem will commission the new High Court Headquarters Complex Jos and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre and Multi-Door Courthouse.
Dr. Makut Simon Macham Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State. 19th May 2023.
COURT OF APPEAL NEVER DISMISSED HON. YAKUBU SANDA’S APPEAL; GROUP KNOCKS ABOK
The attention of the APC Plateau State has been drawn to Fake News report making the rounds on the Social Media platforms that the Court of Appeal sitting in Jos on Friday 19th May, 2023 dismissed the Appeal filed by the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly Hon. Yakubu Sanda & 12 others, against the controversial Judgment of the High Court of Plateau State of 3rd May, 2023 which purportedly restored to Office the former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly Hon. Nuhu Abok, even when the said Abok, upon decamping to the PDP, had long ceased to be a Member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, since 22nd March 2022, when, by the Votes and Proceedings No. 46 his Jos East State Constituency Seat was declared Vacant, in line with the provisions of Section 109(1)g and (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, on Friday 19th May, 2023, owing to the presence of the Respondents in Court, merely stepped down the Hearing of Motion Ex-parte filed by the Appellants opting instead to hear the Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction which the Court Fixed for hearing on Thursday 25th May, 2023, while at the same time directing Parties to maintain the Status Quo.
For the avoidance of doubt, Hon. Yakubu Sanda remains the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly having on 4th May, 2023, immediately after the High Court Judgment of 3rd May, 2023, filed a Notice of Appeal and a Motion for stay of Execution and Injunction to restrain the Judgment Creditors from enforcing the Judgment.
Hon. Abok Nuhu, the former Speaker and now a non-Member and pretended “Speaker of the House” of Assembly can never again be Speaker of the House he has ceased to be a Member of, until (perhaps in the future) he is re-elected as a Member of the House, because Speakership is predicated on Membership!
It would be recalled that Hon. Abok Nuhu, upon decamping to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ceased to be a Member of the Plateau State House of Assembly when, upon his Letter of resignation being read on the Floor of the House, by the Votes and Proceedings No. 46 of 22nd March 2022, his Seat was declared Vacant by the House in compliance with the provisions of Section 109(1)g and (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Furthermore, it is false to assert, as the PDP has been busy doing, that the Judgment of the High Court in the Case on Appeal, is a Declaratory and not an Executory Judgment. How can a Judgment that granted amongst others, Exemplary Damages against the Defendants in the sum of N20 Million; a Mandatory Injunction against the Clerk and the Plateau State Government to recognize Abok as Speaker and restore to him the privileges of his Office and an Order of Perpetual Injunction against the Defendants / Judgment Debtors be said to be Executory?
No one should be deceived, the status quo which the Court of Appeal ordered to be maintained is that Hon. Yakubu Sanda, remains the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly because he has duly Appealed the judgment and filed a Motion for stay and Injunction against Abok and his co-travellers seeking to restrain them from enforcing the Judgment.
Finally, from the Semi-literate letters and tone of the Fake News Story in circulation, it will surprise no one that the desperate Abok Nuhu himself personally wrote and planted the Story. It should interest the People of Plateau State to know that Abok Nuhu has been, using the record of their past shady financial dealings to blackmail the Clerk of the House who is the Signatory to the House of Assembly Accounts, and has succeeded in having Hundreds of Millions of Naira paid to him (Abok Nuhu) in purported satisfaction of the controversial Judgment Debt, notwithstanding the fact that the Judgment cannot, for now, be enforced through the Courts due to the pendency of the Appeal and Motion for stay and Injunction!
We advise Abok, the non-Member but pretended “Speaker of the House”, not to be in a hurry to spend the money (proceeds of blackmail) so far paid to him by the Clerk of the House, but to warehouse the funds illegally taken from the House Accounts as the day of reckoning is coming! It is in Abok’s own interest to await the decision of the Court of Appeal on 25th May, 2023 when the Motion for Interlocutory Injunction is slated to be heard.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed!
Ambassador Haggai Choji Usseni APC VANGUARD FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE.
IGP CONDEMNS CALLOUS ATTACK ON U.S CONSULATE CONVOY IN ANAMBRA
Orders Prompt, Arrest, Investigation of Culprits, Warns Non-State Actors
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, CFR, has condemned in its totality the callous attack on a United States Consulate convoy and the killing and burning beyond recognition of seven (7) persons including US Embassy local staff and Police Mobile Force Officers, and their vehicles, as well as the likely abduction of two (2) others, at Atani Osamale Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, who were visiting the area to assess its proneness to erosions as part of their humanitarian efforts.
The IGP, while expressing astonishment at the attack, described it as a clear indication of the attackers’ and/or non-state actors’ callousness and an act of wickedness to humanity, most especially to their kinsmen who have been considered to enjoy aids and palliatives from the attacked diplomats. The act is indeed evil and inhuman.
The IGP has ordered an immediate full-scale investigation into the attacks and has charged the investigative team to ensure the culprits and their sponsors are arrested and brought to book at the earliest possible time. Similarly, the IGP warns all non-state actors to cease their nefarious actions as the Nigeria Police Force, in synergy with other security agencies, will not hesitate to clamp down on them and their sponsors to rid the nation of their unpatriotic and disruptive activities.
In the same vein, the Inspector-General of Police, while commiserating with the US Consulate on the brazen murder and abduction of her local staff, and the families of the officers who paid the supreme price, assures that all hands are on deck to ensure the rescue of those abducted. The IGP while expressing the openness of the NPF to working with all foreign presence in the country to ensure the security of their assets and personnel, assures that the Nigeria Police is committed to the safety and security of all and sundry, including visitors and diplomats within the country.
CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, mnipr, mipra, FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA
BARRISTER CALEB MUTFWANG GRIEVES OVER ATTACKS ON FUNGZAI, KUBWAT VILLAGES IN MANGU LGA
Plateau Governor-elect, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, has received with rude shock the bloody attack on Fungzai and Kubwat villages in Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area.
Among those killed in the Tuesday attack were several persons including women and children.
Mutfwang, in a message of comfort, condemned in totality the attack which also left several persons injured and houses with valuables worth millions of naira destroyed.
He appealed to security agencies to raise up to their constitutional responsibility of protecting and securing citizens, particularly rural dwellers.
The Governor-elect, who is heartbroken over the renewed attacks, urged security agencies to collaborate within the ambit of the law and apprehend the perpetrators to face the full wrath of the law.
He admonished communities to strengthen community relations and activate internal security mechanism such as the vigilante groups and hunters assoc
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