Unknown gunmen have attacked a military checkpoint in the Amangwu axis of the Amasiri-Owutu-Edda highway in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident on Friday in Abakaliki, the state capital.
Ukandu said the attack occurred in the early hours of Friday.
“The information reaching us from Owutu Police Division reveals that some hoodlums attacked a military checkpoint on Friday morning.
“It is not yet certain if there were casualties. The attack was carried out by suspected gunmen in the area, who operated with motorcycles,” he added.
Unknown gunmen attack Military checkpoint in Ebonyi
Unknown gunmen attack Military checkpoint in Ebonyi
Police release all arrested Lagos #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters
The Police Command in Lagos State has said it is presently not holding anyone for participating in the ongoing protest against hardship in the state.
The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos, stated that no protester was in its custody.
“All protesters arrested on Thursday were released same Thursday.
“The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, called the State CID to order for their release,” he said.
One of those leading the protests, Inibehe Effiong, had told the gathering at Gani Fawehinmi Park that no fewer than 12 protesters were arrested on Thursday.
Effiong, however, later corroborated the police spokesperson’s claim that all those arrested had been released.
He commended the police and other security agents for their professional handling of the protest in the state.
The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters on Friday gathered in front of Park in Ojota for the second day.
NAN reports that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police was present at the protest to supervise and prevent any potential takeover by hoodlums.
The Commissioner of Police was reported to have provided water and snacks for the protesters.
The protesters earlier suspended their agitations for a while to observe Jumat prayers at the park.
NAN
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Gunmen attack military checkpoint in Ebonyi
Gunmen in the early hours of Friday attacked a military checkpoint on the Amangwu axis of the Amasiri-Owutu-edda highway in Edda local government area of Ebonyi State.
The spokesman for the state police command, Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abakaliki.
He said: “Information reaching us from Owutu Police Division reveals that some hoodlums attacked a military checkpoint on Friday morning.
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“It is not yet certain if there were casualties. The attack was carried out by suspected gunmen who operated with motorcycles in the area.”
Ebonyi and other states in the South-East have had several attacks on security agents in the last three years with about 100 officers killed during the period.
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BREAKING: EndBadGovernance: Nigerian Military threatens to step in as protests continue
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has threatened that the Nigerian Military will step in and quell the ongoing hunger protests if security breaches continue.
Musa said this while speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday.
Nigerians took to the streets from Thursday, August 1, showing their grievances against hunger and high cost of living in the country.
However, there have been cases of looting and destruction of properties in some states.
Musa said, “We are supporting the Police all through. We are just on standby. The Police is doing a good job; they are handling the situation for now.
“Unless it breaches beyond what they can handle, then the military will step in.
“The military is on standby and we are watching day and night.”
BREAKING: EndBadGovernance: Nigerian Military threatens to step in as protests continue
Nigeria’s defence chief warns military will step in if violent protests persist
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday, warned that the military would step in to assist the police and other security agencies if the violent protests in some parts of the country get out of control.
The CDS gave the warning while briefing journalists on the activities of the protesters resorting to violence in some parts of the country.
He said the military had been on standby providing support to the police and other security agencies since the beginning of the protest, adding that they would not stand by and watch things get out of hand.
The CDS said the military was determined to ensure total peace in all parts of the country with the support of all Nigerians, urging all to understand the government.
“Monies that are meant for development will have to be used to repair the destruction thing so that we can move forward.
“So instead of doing that, we should come together to make sure nothing is destroyed,” he said.
Musa urged Nigerians to look up to their local government and their state governments.
“I want to appeal once again for the support of all Nigerians, the federal government, the state government and local governments and let us avoid anything that will bring mayhem within our communities.
“We have seen the level of destructions that were carried just yesterday and you can imagine if this continues for so long.
“The armed forces and the entire security agencies will not stand by and see that to continue.
“We want to warn those that are in the house, those that don’t want to listen. We will not fold our hands and see our country destroyed.
“We will take action and the action will be taken professionally. Anyone that is caught will be taken to the courts to be dealt with,” he added.
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We are not aware of abducted ex-Rep’s killing – Delta State Police Command
The Delta State Police Command has said it is not aware of the alleged killing of Joan Mrakpor, also known as Ada-Anioma, a former member of the House of Representatives who was abducted by gunmen.
There were reports that Mrakpor had been killed by her abductors. It was also reported that her dead body was seen dumped in a part of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, said the are false, adding that the ex-Delta State commissioner’s abductors had not made any contact.
“The team of security personnel deployed to the bank of the River Niger in both Asaba and Onitsha to verify her death or release returned without success,” the police spokesman said.
Kidnapers had on Tuesday forcefully abducted Mrakpor from her church in Asaba, after killing a police orderly and driver attached to her.
We are not aware of abducted ex-Rep’s killing – Delta State Police Command
Looters targeted CAN relief rice, not govt’s
The Christian Association of Nigeria in Edo State has refuted claims that the rice looted during a recent incident in Urora, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, was supplied by the Federal Government.
CAN Chairman, Dr. Irekpono Omoike, clarified at a press conference on Friday at the Chancellery of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin, the state capital.
He said the vandalised residence where bags of rice were looted by hoodlums in Urora, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state is owned by a vendor of the state CAN Implementation Committee for the Christian Feeding Programme.
He also said that the rice was part of a state government-funded relief programme aimed at assisting vulnerable Christians.
He said the initiative, in its second phase, involved distributing two billion naira worth of rice to various Christian groups.
He said, “There is a very important issue to correct a wrong notion that is circulating that the rice being distributed by the State Government is rice supplied by the Federal Government and re-bagged. This is misinformation. It is a very wrong notion that needs to be corrected.
“Earlier this year, the Edo State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria had a meeting with Governor Godwin Obaseki where he shared his concern on how to reach out to vulnerable persons and the poor who are bearing the hardship of the economic downturn in the country.
“After the meeting, an implementation committee for the Christian Feeding Programme was set up where we designed a programme on how to reach out to the poor with food palliatives. The governor released the 1st batch of the funding for the programme, which is 1 billion naira to purchase rice to be distributed. This was done and in May 2024 we flagged off the distribution of the first phase at the Baptist Convention Ground in Benin City.”
He said in the first phase of the programme 60,000 bags of 10kg rice were distributed, noting “In Edo South, 27,000 bags were distributed to the LGAs through the churches in Edo South, while in Edo North we had 18,000 bags distributed. In Edo Central, we had 50,000 bags. The total that was distributed in that first batch was 60,000 bags of 10kg rice.
Omoike noted, “For the second phase, another batch of 1 billion naira was released by the governor to replicate the exercise. We purchased another consignment, distributed it through the structure of CAN. This process is ongoing since the month of July. In the last few days, we have successfully distributed to all the churches that did not receive the 1st batch across the 18 LGAs.
“In this batch, we were able to reach 56,250. There’s another consignment in this last phase, just as we did in the 1st phase, meant for churches not under CAN, since this was really done in partnership with CAN.”
According to the Secretary of CAN Implementation Committee for the Christian Feeding Programme, Reverend Osagie Ehrunmwunse, “the truck in the viral video where bags of rice were looted belonged to a logistic company distributing the rice, explaining that the truck supplying down from Ekpoma had a breakdown the previous night.
He noted that the rice was meant for the Seventh Days Adventist, Latter Day Saints, vulnerable children, orphanage, widow among others.
“In an attempt for us to take that rice for safe keeping, that was when the products were looted by hoodlums. So that was exactly what happened on Thursday morning. Where the incident happened was not exactly a government warehouse. It is the house belonging to one of the suppliers of the rice for distribution.
“We are happy that nobody died in the process, or got injured. But like Mr. Chairman was responding, it is disheartening to know that people have to twist the information by saying it’s federal government rice.”
Protest: Police detains 81 suspected thugs in Sokoto
Police operatives in Sokoto have detained 81 individuals posing as protesters in the state.
The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmad Rufai, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Sokoto.
Rufai praised the swift action of the police and dedication to public safety.
He said: “The police in collaboration with other security agencies in the state successfully apprehended 81 miscreants.
“These individuals disguised themselves as peaceful protesters.”
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The spokesman added that the protest which began early Thursday morning under the close security watch turned violent at about 3:00 p.m.
“Billboards and iron railings on some major roads within the state were vandalised.
“However, to maintain law and order, the joint patrol team made the arrests.
“The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr. Ali Kaigama, acknowledged the rights of residents to protest but condemned the destruction of public infrastructure,” he added.
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Adopt sit-at-home approach, Anambra industrialist tells #EndBadGovernance protesters
As the #EndBadGovernance protest across the country enters its second day, an Anambra State-based industrialist, Chief Johnson Okolo, has asked protesters to adopt the “sit-at-home” approach as a form of expressing their grievances against the Federal Government’s “unfavourable” policies.
Okolo, while addressing journalists in Onitsha, the commercial centre of Anambra State, on Friday, in reaction to the impact of the protest so far, stated that Ndigbo and the South-East did not join the protest because past protests have not been favourable to the region.
He insisted that other geopolitical regions of the country should join the South-East zone in their weekly Monday sit-at-home protest if they really regard the zone as part of Nigeria.
He further noted that another reason the South-East zone did not participate in the ongoing hunger protest is because other regions did not support the South-East in its weekly Monday sit-at-home, which he said has lasted almost two years.
Recall that the Monday sit-at-home was declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra in 2021 as a protest to press for the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The industrialist further contended that the South-East zone has been calling for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, complaining of marginalisation and a shortage of states in the region, but nobody listened.
He said, “So, what are we protesting for? The South-East zone is already in protest. Doesn’t it mean that all this while they have been protesting, is not enough for them? Let Nigerians, for the first time, join the South-East to protest by observing a weekly Monday sit-at-home.
“The Ndigbos have been protesting but nobody has listened to them. The leader of the Yoruba freedom group, Sunday Igboho, was detained because he protested marginalisation against his people, but he has been released. Nnamdi Kanu has been in prison up till now because he said he doesn’t believe in one Nigeria.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo, both individually and collectively, all ministers in the South-East, including opposition governors, have called for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, but the Federal Government has refused. It means we are not part of Nigeria.
“If all Nigerians could join the South-East to protest by observing a weekly Monday sit-at-home, it would be more effective than a hunger protest. But, for the South-East to join the hunger protest will cripple their already existing protest because, after the hunger protest, Nigerians will go back to their businesses and we will continue Monday’s sit-at-home protest.
“What I am saying is that the South-East should not join the hunger protest because they are already protesting. If Nigerians truly believe that Igbos are part of Nigeria, let them join the Monday sit-at-home.”