Gunmen on Tuesday killed a ticket collector in Ekiti State.
Eyewitnesses told journalists that the man was issuing tickets to commercial motorcyclists near the Oke Isa Roundabout in Ado-Ekiti when he was shot dead by the assailants.
The hoodlums fled from the scene after the incident.
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The spokesman for the Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident.
He said the command has commenced an investigation into the killing.
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Police arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Benue
Police operatives in Benue have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Otukpo local government area of the state.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday in Makurdi.
Anene said the suspects were arrested at a motor park in Otukpo on Monday.
Eyewitnesses said the suspects were intercepted early Monday at a motor park while attempting to board a vehicle to Makurdi.
The suspects allegedly received ransom from their victims and were on their way to Makurdi, the state capital, when they were arrested.
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Police raid IPOB camp in Anambra, arrest four
The Anambra State Police Command said it has raided a camp belonging to members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network located in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.
A statement on Tuesday by the state police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, also noted that four suspects were arrested.
Ikenga said the police-led Joint Security Force in Aguata carried out the operation following information received over time of planned attacks on security agents and innocent citizens by the dreaded group.
He said, “The Police-led Joint Security Force in Aguata on 17/6/2024 intercepted four suspected ESN militia in Ufuma, Orumba North LGA in Anambra State. The arrest is following information received over time of planned attacks on security agents and innocent citizens by the dreaded group.
“Among the four suspects arrested is one Maduabuchi Nwafor a.k.a. Omenkpo ‘M’ aged 32 years, a native of Ufuma. He has been identified as one of the native doctors who prepares criminal charms for the group and uses his shrine for initiation ceremonies and meeting points for the criminals.
“Also, one of the suspects’ name withheld who is already assisting the police with information confessed to be one of the gunmen dispatched by the group to enforce the illegal sit-at-home on May 30, 2024.”
He added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Nnaghe Itam, has ordered investigations to be widened and deepened to identify hideouts of the insurgents seeking to “destabilise and truncate development in the state”.
“The CP assured Ndi Anambra that the police command under his watch will continue to serve the people selflessly and will jealously protect the sources of its information to protect informers from harm,” the statement added.
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BREAKING: Fubara summons Security Council meeting amid rising tension in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to ensure that peace prevails in the state while protecting his supporters, who he said stand for truth.
Fubara made this pledge while addressing newsmen shortly after a State Security Council meeting with heads of security agencies at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
The governor emphasized that any attempts to arrest his supporters on trumped-up charges would not be tolerated.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Nelson Chukwudi, Fubara reiterated that the law is clear on tenure extension for elected local government chairmen.
Fubara said, “Let me also say this: I’m also aware that there is a grand plan to come and arrest some of our supporters.
“This time around, you have to pass through me to arrest them because I don’t think there is anything that any of those people following us has done. Rather, they are standing on the side of truth.
“If it will cost us our lives to stand on the part of truth, we will do that. And I will be the one that will lead the course.”
He further said, “Let me assure everyone, more especially, the great and peace-loving people of Rivers State: the law is the law. The law has said that there is no extension of tenure.
“The court said so, and whoever that is assuring anybody anywhere of whatever, I advise them to desist from it because peace is what we need in this State.
“I assure everyone of you that whatever it takes to make sure that we maintain peace and order, we are not going back on that.”
Fubara explained that the State Security Council meeting was convened due to rising tensions following the expiration of local government chairmen’s tenures.
“It’s really unfortunate that we started hearing some disturbing news from some LGAs of invasion of council secretariats, and it is really unfortunate. So, we have called the Security Council Meeting so that the needful will be done.
“We are also aware that our enemy is also planning a lot of things. But we will not fall into that plot. We will not also allow him or them to destroy the peace that we are enjoying in the state.”
He thanked the people for their support, and urged everyone to continue to remain law-abiding for the unity and progress of the state.
BREAKING: Fubara summons Security Council meeting amid rising tension in Rivers
Fubara convenes security meeting over Rivers LG crisis
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Tuesday, convened a high-level security council meeting with heads of security agencies.
The security meeting, which took place at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, was in response to escalating political tension in the state following the expiration of the tenure of the local government chairmen in the state.
The closed-door session focused on recent disturbances at local government secretariats and the overall security situation in the state.
Addressing reporters after the closed-door meeting, Fubara said the meeting with the security chiefs was to devise effective strategies to prevent further invasions of local government offices.
The governor added that one of the agenda of the meeting was to ensure the stability and continuity of governmental functions across the state.
Fubara, therefore, warned the immediate past council chairmen against planning to unlawfully return to their previous positions.
He stated, “It is crucial that we respect the rule of law and the democratic transitions that uphold our governance structures.”
Fubara raised the alarm over an alleged plot by his political adversaries to target and arrest his supporters, promising to safeguard all residents of the state and their properties.
He added, “Anyone attempting to make such arrests will have to confront me directly.”
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NCAA spokesman tags Keyamo critics ‘puff puff sellers’
The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Michael Achimugu, has dismissed criticisms against the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the recent ratings of Nigeria aviation at the recently concluded International Civil Aviation Organisation which conducted the Universal Security Audit Programme-Continuous Monitoring Approach.
In its security outcome, ICAO, the apex international regulator of global civil aviation operations rated Nigeria to have scored 71.04 per cent, a rating which had been tackled by some aviation experts.
In a strongly-worded report by Public affairs analyst, Iliyasu Gadu, berated the minister for the ratings saying, “ From an all-time high score of 96.03 per cent when the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) conducted the Universal Security Audit Programme-Continuous Monitoring Approach (USAP-CMA) in June 2015 to 71.04 per cent in the recently concluded audit in March 2024.
“This precipitous 25 per cent drop in the ratings is bound to raise serious concerns among stakeholders in the aviation sector with severe consequences for this critical sector of the nation’s economy.”
Reacting on Tuesday, Achimugu stated that Nigeria would have scored 30 per cent if not for the ‘leadership skills and dexterity from both Keyamo and the Acting Director General of the NCAA, Chris Najomo.
Achimugu further described as mischievous, comments by commentators that both the Minister and DG, NCAA were responsible for the alleged ‘poor ratings’ of the country.
He explained that the duo of the minister and the NCAA acting DG, came into office some months ago and went to work immediately to improve on the deteriorating infrastructures and poor remunerations of workers they met on assumption of office.
Achimugu said, “Six months ago, we met a dilapidated industry with poor infrastructure. The security and safety issues did not start in the last six months. Had it not been for the tireless efforts of the Honourable Minister and the DGCA, what we met on the ground would not have scored 30% in the audit.”
“Going by what was on the ground when Keyamo and Najomo assumed office, the current score is a substantially good showing, a miracle if I must say. The narrative being pushed out is just part of the larger strategy to push out Keyamo and Najomo from office. It is the handwork of paid mercenaries who have just one task.”
He further stated, “The ICAO auditors praised our performance during their final briefing at the NCAA. They even mentioned a scenario where they complained about an absent infrastructure but, to their pleasant surprise, it had been made available the very next day! They said that only Nigeria moves at such a pace in the face of criticism. If the ICAO experts were pleased, who are these puff puff experts to try to deceive the people?”
The NCAA publicist, however, added that he is aware of a team in the media with the mandate of ensuring the minister is either removed from office or moved to another ministry.
He then insisted that he would resist every attempt to deceive the Nigerians.
Speaking further, the Director explained, “We have actual Intel about a media team being commissioned to cause continuous chaos until Keyamo is either removed or moved elsewhere because certain people want to take back ownership of the contracts they were busy allocating themselves and family members while critical infrastructure was growing dilapidated.”
“Keyamo did not become one of the starboys of this administration by doing nothing. He spent his first six months unbundling the rot in the system. Sadly, the rot runs so deep that six months are not enough to scratch the surface.
“They know this and it is why they are relentless in their fight. But the Minister and the NCAA will do everything to sanitize aviation. We are working and it is evident.” The NCAA image maker further stated.
Nine killed, 78 injured in 13 crashes during sallah – FRSC Zone 11
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Zone 11 Command comprising of Osun, Ondo and Oyo States on Tuesday said nine deaths were recorded in 13 road accidents which occurred within its jurisdiction during the first three days of the Sallah holiday.
The command also said 78 others who sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crashes involving 21 vehicles and 128 people, were swiftly conveyed to hospitals across the zone, while 41 other persons were rescued without injuries during the period.
Reviewing activities in the first three days of the command’s special operation for Sallah, which started on Friday covering major routes within its jurisdiction in a statement obtained in Osogbo, Osun State capital, the Acting Zonal Commanding Officer for the Zone, Leye Adegboyega, further said the Corps deployed a total of 3,018 personnel, 57 patrol vehicles, five ambulances and two heavy-duty tow trucks, during the period.
According to him, personnel from the command covered about 65 major routes across the zone daily to ensure good visibility to reduce avoidable speed-related crashes, while standby rescue teams were also stationed across all commands in the zone for quick response to distress calls from accident scenes.
The statement read in part, “The 2024 Eid El Kabir Sallah Special Patrol Operation is scheduled to be held between Friday 14th and Friday 21st June 2024 across the country. Zone RS11 Osogbo of the Corps, which comprises Osun, Ondo and Oyo States, has keyed into the mission of the Operation, which is to ensure free flow of traffic, minimize the occurrence of RTCs, provide prompt rescue services in the event of crashes and ensure timely clearance of obstructions on all major roads and the critical corridors across the 3 states of the Zone during and after the Sallah festivities.
“For the Zone to achieve the mission of the Operation, a total of 3,018 Personnel (comprising 2,155 Regular Marshals and 863 Special Marshals), 57 Patrol Vehicles, 5 Ambulances and 2 Heavy Duty Tow Trucks have been deployed across the component commands. Included in the roads we cover daily are the following Critical Corridors to which we give particular attention: Ibadan-Lagos Expressway, Ibadan-Ife Expressway, Ife-Ilesa Expressway, Ilesa-Ipetujesa-Akure Expressway, Sagamu-Ore-Benin Expressway, Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway.
“In the first three days of the operation, we have achieved the following: i. The arrest of 737 traffic offenders who were duly contravened for 766 various traffic offences that may otherwise have led to avoidable RTCs. ii. Execution of 219 various Public Enlightenment activities across the news media, motor parks, churches, mosques and other public places, to drive home the road safety message and create public awareness of the need for safety consciousness.
“iii. Provision of prompt rescue services for the victims of 13 RTCs which involved 21 vehicles and 128 people, out of which 9 unfortunately lost their lives and 78 others sustained varying degrees of injuries and were swiftly conveyed to hospitals across the Zone where we sustain cordial relationship, for treatment. 41 other persons were rescued alive without injuries and continued their journeys.”
Adegboyega appealed to the general public and all road users to use the roads responsibly and contribute their quota to a reduction in the loss of lives and valuable properties.
Kano Emirate tussle: Federal, Industrial courts lack jurisdiction on chieftaincy matters
Human Rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Tuesday, said the Federal High Court and the National Industrial Court have no jurisdiction to determine chieftaincy matters.
Falana, in a statement he personally signed, which was obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, accused both courts of separately conferring, “jurisdiction on themselves to determine chieftaincy matters.”
Falana described both decisions as, “highly erroneous” as they cannot be justified under sections 251 and 254(C) of the Constitution. Adding that both courts conveniently overruled the judgments of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal on the subject matter.
He said, “The intervention of the Federal High Court in the dispute arising from the deposition of Emir Ado Bayero & Co. as well as the restoration of Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is a brazen repudiation of the decision of the Supreme Court in the celebrated case of Tukur v Government of Gongola State (1987) 4 NWLR (117) 517 where it was held that “The question raised in this claim is not a fundamental right question.
“As in the first prayer, the right to be Emir is not guaranteed by the Fundamental Rights provisions of the Constitution and the Federal High Court has no jurisdiction whatever in the matter. The Court of Appeal was, therefore, not in error of law to hold that the Federal High Court has no jurisdiction to grant the two reliefs.
“Since the apex court has said that the right to be an Emir is not a fundamental right under chapter four of the Constitution, the Federal High Court sitting in Kano ought to have declined jurisdiction to continue to entertain the dispute over the chieftaincy matter in Kano. In any case, the allegation of infringement of the fundamental rights of the Applicants is an ancillary claim to the substantive reliefs emanating from the deposition and reinstatement of the embattled emirs.”
In FCMB Plc v Nyama (2014) LPELR-23973 AT 19-20, the Court of Appeal held that: “Now it is settled that where an application is made under the fundamental Right (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, a condition precedent to the exercise of the court’s jurisdiction is that the enforcement of fundamental rights of the securing of enforcement thereof should be the main claim and not the accessory claim. Where the main or principal claim is not the enforcement of fundament right, the jurisdiction of the court cannot be properly exercised under Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules.”
A Federal High Court in Kano last week ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the human rights violation case filed by the dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and senior councillor, Aminu Dan’agundi, following the reinstatement of Emir Muhammad Sanusi II.
The court issued an ex-parte order preventing Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano from reinstating Sanusi until a substantive suit against the reinstatement is resolved.
The order also opposed the abolishment of four emirates—Bichi, Gaya, Karaye, and Rano—under a bill previously passed by the state House of Assembly.
Ending his submission, Falana said, “I submit, with profound respect, that section 254(C)(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended has not conferred jurisdiction on the National Industrial Court to hear and determine chieftaincy matters.
“However, a traditional ruler who was deposed by a state governor without fair hearing is not without a legal redress.”
Kwara doctors seek recruitment of more personnel
The Association of Resident Doctors, General Hospital Ilorin, in Kwara State, has appealed to Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq to recruit more medical personnel for the facility.
The association made the call on Tuesday in a Sallah message sent to the governor.
The Resident Doctors, in the statement jointly signed by the President and Secretary of the association, Dr Usman Abubakar and Dr Audu Charles, respectively, drew the attention of the governor to the shortage of medical personnel in the hospital, saying that “there is an acute shortage of medical staff in the hospital, which has hindered services rendered in some departments of the hospital.”
It said, “Since the General Hospital, Ilorin is now a Teaching Hospital, it has become pertinent to address germane issues which will help the Teaching Hospital take off successfully and allow it to have smooth operations for the benefit of all in Kwara.”
The doctors, however, congratulated AbdulRazaq on milestone achievements of the administration, especially on malaria control and passage of the Kwara State Teaching Hospital Bill among other laudable achievements.
“While congratulating you, on these achievements, we want you not to relent, on your commendable efforts to make Kwara a shining star amongst other States in the country,” they said.
The association also pointed out the issue of the Medical Residency Training Act, saying it has come of age to domesticate the Act.
“This will allow the Resident doctors in the State to have better research and training opportunities in order for them to offer the best medical services to the people.
“We know as our leader, you will help look into them as they require very urgent attention.
“The entire members of the Association heartily wish Governor Abdulrahaman Abdrazaq, Barka da Sallah as we celebrate this year’s Eid Adha,” the Association said in the statement.
Recall that the state governor recently signed a bill which upgraded the state General Hospital to Kwara State University Teaching Hospital.
Prioritise citizens’ welfare, group urges govt
The Gombe Network of Civil Society on Monday called on government to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians.
The Chairman of the group, Yusuf Ibrahim, stated this in a statement while felicitating with Muslims on the Eid el-Kabir.
He urged the government to ensure policies are implemented with the best interest of citizens.
He said, “We call on the government at all levels to implement citizen-friendly policies that prioritise the welfare and well-being of all Nigerians. It is crucial that policies are designed and executed with the best interests of the people in mind, ensuring that every citizen has access to basic amenities, quality healthcare, education, and economic opportunities.”
While extending its congratulations to the Muslim community on the occasion of Sallah, Ibrahim added, “As we celebrate this significant event, we pray for peace, prosperity, and unity in Gombe State and our beloved nation, Nigeria. Sallah is a time for reflection, gratitude, and community. It reminds us of the values of sacrifice, compassion, and generosity. We encourage all citizens to embody these values in their daily lives and to work together towards building a harmonious and inclusive society.”
He disclosed that the group remains steadfast in its commitment to fostering a better life for the citizens of Gombe State and Nigeria, adding that it would continue to advocate for good governance, accountability, and sustainable development.
“Our dedication to supporting the voiceless and vulnerable communities remains unwavering, and we are committed to working collaboratively with government bodies, civil society organisations, and the private sector to achieve our shared goals.
“As we celebrate Sallah, let us also recommit ourselves to the collective effort of nation-building. Together, we can create a brighter and more prosperous future for all,” he said.
