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  • Man jailed three years for sexual abuse of three boys

    Man jailed three years for sexual abuse of three boys

    A 28-year-old businessman, Abdullahi Mohammed, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for sexual abuse of three boys.

    Mohammed was sentenced on Friday following his arraignment at a Jos Upper Area Court.

    According to the Prosecutor, Sgt Ibrahim Gukwat, the incident took place on October 22.

    Gukwat said that the accused had been in police custody since then, adding that the case was reported by members of a vigilance group on Nigeria Alikazaure Street.

    The prosecutor said that the vigilance group arrested and bought the accused to Laranto Police Station.

    Gukwat said the accused was caught having anal knowledge of the three boys forcefully.

    “He had three boys at the same time, namely Mustapha Abubakar, 9 years, Umar Usman, 12 years and Haruna Abdullahi, 12 years.”

    Gukwat said during police investigation, it was revealed that the accused was beaten by concerned members of the public.

    ‘’The accused sustained injury from the attack from angry public, but he was taken to the hospital for treatment.”

    On arraignment, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for mercy.

    Gukwat said the offence was contrary to Section 284 of the Penal Code.

    The Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, sentenced the accused to three years imprisonment without an option of a fine.

    Mohammed said the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others.

  • Nasarawa donates 500 mattresses, blankets, to prisoners

    Nasarawa donates 500 mattresses, blankets, to prisoners

    Nasarawa State Government has donated 500 mattresses and blankets to Nigeria Prison Service for prompt distribution to prisons across the state.

    Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) presented the items in Lafia on Wednesday to Mr Ekwere Ekanem, the Comptroller of Prisons in the state.

    Mohammed said the donation was in fulfillment of the state governor’s promise during his visit to the Lafia prison on Democracy Day.

    “Our caring governor has gladly given approval for the purchase of these products to be released to the prison service for distribution to prisoners across the state to alleviate hardship they face in the prisons.

    “I pray that it will prove useful to our prisons in the state, rehabilitate and mould the character of the prisoners in the near future to be responsible and law abiding Nigerians’’, he said.

    Responding, Ekanem expressed joy over the gesture, saying it would add value to the living condition of the inmates.

    “We are indeed very grateful for what we are witnessing this afternoon. When the governor made the pledge, we never anticipated it would be so soon.

    “ This shows the magnanimity and caring heart he posses and we are indeed grateful’’, he said.

    The controller revealed that some of the inmates sleep on bare floor or share bed with other inmates.

    “Some of these mattresses will immediately go to Lafia prisons for distribution and during the week, other prisons across the state will get their share.

    “As i am talking to you, some of these inmates are sleeping on bare floor or sharing; this is not what we want in our prisons,” he said.

  • DSS arrest kidnappers, vandals in Sokoto

    The Department for State Service (DSS) in Sokoto has arrested seven suspected kidnappers terrorising residents of Goronyo- Isah in Sabon Birni local government area of the state.

    The DSS also appealed to criminals to key into the state government’s amnesty programme by surrendering their arms ‎to the authorities.

    “There are incentives and other necessary support for them to be readmitted into the society,” the agency said.

    According to the DSS, the suspects ‎ specialised in kidnapping, armed robbery and cattle rustling, using Dane guns and other dangerous weapons.

    “The syndicate is led by one Abdullahi Mohammed a.k.a Hanaswa of Zangon Arab in Sabon Birni local government,” it added.

    Other suspects arrested by the DSS are – Shabi Dan-Musa, Abdullahi Boka, Isah Aliyu, Sule, Tukur and Ibrahim Maye.

    The agency  also arrested  three suspected cable, solar panel‎ and water equipment vandals.

    They were caught with cables and copper wires worth N8 million.

    ‎Parading the suspects separately on Friday at the state command of the service, the state Director of DSS, Alhaji Tijjani Kafa,‎ said the arrests were made in joint operations with the military between April 15 and April 19 following the abduction of  one Nasiru Aliyu Maigoro.

    “The suspects with the support of Maigoro’s relation kidnapped the victim and demanded‎ for N10 million but finally arrived at an agreed sum of N1 million ransom which was paid to the kidnappers to share among themselves,” the DSS director said.

     

  • NDE to empower 1,232 youths in Niger

    The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Niger says it has concluded arrangements to train 1,232 youths in the state under its Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO).

    Mr Abdullahi Mohammed, the NDE Coordinator in the state, made this known in Minna on Friday while briefing newsmen on the activities of the directorate.

    Mohammed said that the training would be done through the Skills for Job programme, one of the components of YESSO.

    “We have finalised plans to train 1, 232 youths from Chanchaga and Bida Local Government Areas of Niger state for nine month under the skills for job,’’ he said.

    He said that the training would focus on life skills acquisition, vocational/sector specific/technical skills, entrepreneurship skills, internship and apprenticeship.

    The coordinator said that the directorate would be collaborating with a private organisation to give adequate orientation to selected beneficiaries.

    Mohammed said that the orientation courses would expose participants to the overview of YESSO and Skills for Job; project obligations of the trainees and trainees’ expectations.

    According to him, other orientation courses include general safety measures in the workshop and personal behaviours.

    Mohammed said that the orientation courses for participants from Chanchaga would run from March 20 to March 21 at the UK Bello Arts Theatre, Minna.

    “Participants from Bida would, however, assemble at the Bida Town Hall from March 23 to March 24 for the same purpose.

    “Training will commence immediately after the orientation programmes,” he said.

  • NSCDC threatens to arrest errant operatives in Bayelsa

    NSCDC threatens to arrest errant operatives in Bayelsa

    …Warn anti-vandal taskforce against reckless use of firearms

    The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Mohammed, Thursday, threatened to arrest and prosecute officers and men of the outfit indicted for compromising the corps’ rules of engagements.

    Mohammed, particularly, warned operatives of the NSCDC attached to the Taskforce on Oil and Gas in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, against engaging in acts capable of tarnishing the image of the corps.

    Speaking in a meeting involving personnel of NSCDC in the corps’ command headquarters, Yenagoa, Mohammed said the security outfit would not spare anybody going against its rules of engagement.

    The Commandant-General, who spoke through the Bayelsa State Commandant, Mr. Desmond Agu, urged the operatives to conduct their activities in the taskforce with high sense of professionalism.

    He cautioned them against reckless use of firearms insisting that the rules on the use of weapons must be adhered to strictly.

    He said NSCDC frowns on abuse of human rights maintaining that the corps’ code of conduct and ethics relating to the civil populace must guide the activities of the security operatives.

    Addressing the operatives attached to the taskforce, he said: “This meeting is to remind you of the need to conduct your activities with high sense of professionalism and responsibility.

    “The corps is very serious about our integrity and we cannot tolerate any action capable of tarnishing the image of NSCDC. If you compromise our principles, just know that we won’t spare you.

    “We do not tolerate misuse of firearms. So, you must at all times remember our rules of engagement and strictly adhere to them. We have our Code of Conduct and Ethics especially as it relates to the civil populace. We won’t take any violation of human rights in your operations kindly.

    “Anybody who goes against our code of conducts and rules of engagement and uses his firearms indiscriminately will be disgraced, dismissed and prosecuted. We are not joking”.

    Mohammed, however, commended the operatives attached to the taskforce for their sacrifice and patriotism in their efforts to stop sabotage and vandalism of critical national infrastructures in the state.

    He also thanked the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and the state government for their support.

    Mohammed further hailed the Chairman, coordinators and civilian components of the taskforce for risking their lives to safeguard oil installations in the council.

    The meeting was attended by all the unit commandants of the corps in the state such as the second-in-command, DCC Udoeyop; Head of Administration, Idima Austin; Head of Operations, Ogbolo Fredrick and Commandant Anti-Vandal, Okeke Ejione.

    Okeke in his remarks, Okeke said thanked the commandant-general for appreciating the efforts of the state command in safeguarding oil and gas installations in the creeks and swaps.

    He said a civil defender must live above board adding that the corps’ motto, “collect bribe and die”, remained the guiding principle of NSCDC.