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  • Gunmen abduct varsity lecturer in Katsina

    A lecturer at the Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State, Abubakar Idris,  has been abducted by gunmen.

    Spokesperson for the Katsina State police command, Yakubu Sabo,   said the lecturer was abducted on Friday in his Kaduna residence.

    Sabo said the Barnawa police division informed the command that two unknown persons gained entry into Idris’ apartment to whisk him away.

    According to him, patrol teams led by the DPO quickly moved to the scene but the hoodlums had escaped with the victim.

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    He said investigation later revealed that the victim was likely trailed by the hoodlums “while returning home at about 01:00hrs”.

    “The unidentified men forced him to enter his ash-coloured BMW car with registration number not yet known and zoomed off to an unknown destination,” he said.

    “The command is currently making efforts to apprehend the fleeing suspected criminals and rescue the victim.”

    Last month, gunmen had abducted a director with the Sharia court of appeal in the state, killing her son.

  • Gov Bagudu assures Corps members of security, welfare in Kebbi

    Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has assured corps members of adequate security and better welfare. Bagudu gave the assurance at the swearing in ceremony of the NYSC batch A at the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ) Orientation Camp in Dakingari, Suru Local Government Area on Monday.

    ”The government of Kebbi State on its part will do everything within its capacity to ensure a conducive and secure environment during and after the orientation course.

    ”Kebbi State is known for peace, your safety here is assured.

    “I have directed various security agencies in the state to double their efforts towards ensuring adequate law and order,” he said.

    Bagudu, represented by the Head of Service, Alhaji Abubakar Idris, said NYSC had remained a beacon of hope for the nation’s development.

    According to him, it has enlightened graduate youths who prior to the inception of the scheme are strangers to diverse culture and traditions of others parts of the nation.

    The governor urged corps members to be law abiding citizens and partner with Kebbi to secure the environment.

    He said that his administration would improve on the general welfare of the corps members in the state.

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    Bagudu also urged them to respect the social and cultural beliefs of the community they were posted to serve.

    Earlier, the state Coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Lawal Turawa, said that 2,216 corps members had registered for the three weeks orientation comprised of 1,156 males and 1,105 females.

    Turawa said that the corps members would undergo orientation on skills acquisition and entrepreneurship during the orientation.

    He said that the aim was to make them self-reliant and employers of labour rather than job seekers at the end of the service year.

  • Reps: IGP on annual leave while country “burns”

    Reps: IGP on annual leave while country “burns”

    That the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Idris, could commence his annual leave while there are security crises in the country is a source of wonder to the House of Representatives.

    Douye Diri, chairman, Adhoc Committee investigating the ‘purported  harassment, intimidation and threat to life’ leveled against the IGP by DCP Abduyari Lafia, via a petition sent to the House has said.

    The lawmaker was surprised that the IGP could not appear at the hearing after two invitations sent to him.

    He said: “it is worrisome for the President to grant three weeks leave to the IGP at this time that the country is experiencing crisis and the security situation is becoming very bad.”

    The Legal Adviser to the IGP had said Idris embarked on three weeks leave following the approval President Muhammadu Buhari.

    He also noted that the petition being investigated by the Adhoc Committee is already before a Court hence any presentation by the IGP will be subjudice.

    He also presented the Court’s summon from the IGP and the petitioners.

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    The Adhoc committee members expressed displeasure over the IGP’s attitude to the issue of security of lives and property.

    They urged the Police to stop treating the Committee with disdain, noting that the sensitive matter before the Committee could drag the Police institution into public disrepute.

    The committee members however resolved to mandate the IGP to appear in person, on a day to be communicated.

    The Lawmakers also note that the Court’s summon will enable the Committee to decide whether it could proceed with the investigate hearing.

    While ruling, The panel’s chair noted that if the Speaker deems it fit, the Court proceedings can not impede the issue being investigated, as provided by the Standing Rules of the House.

    “The matter the Committee is investigating has to do with corruption, harassment and threat to life, between a junior police officer and a senior police officer which when brought to the public domain is not good for the image, credibility and the integrity of the police institution.”

    The Adhoc Committee also invited Mike Okiro, chairman of the Police Service Commission who via a letter sent to the Committee argued that the issue is before the Court.

    “Most times when government agencies and institutions are invited, they look at the Committee of the National Assembly with disdain, and when a vote of no confidence is passed on them, they complain,” the lawmaker said referring to the letter sent to the committee.

  • Police panel to investigate Ife’s ethnic clash

    The probe panel setup by the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Idris, to investigate the communal clash which occurred in Ile-Ife between some ethnic groups, arrived  Osun on Saturday

    Osun Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, confirmed the arrival of the Hammed Bello – led panel  in the state to newsmen in Osogbo.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Idris had appointed Bello, Commissioner in charge of Military Police at the Force Headquarters, to head the panel.

    The panel is to look into the immediate and remote causes of the clash and submitted its findings to the police authorities for appropriate action to prevent future occurrence of the incident.

    The team is expected to visit leaders of the ethnic groups involved in the conflict as well as pay courtesy visit on the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in his palace, and other stakeholders in the city.

    Odoro told newsmen that apart from investigating the cause of the conflict, the panel would also work out how to ensure cordial relationship between the groups in conflict.

    She said detectives were still on the trail of some suspected culprits, adding that 10 persons had been arrested and were assisting the Police in their investigation.

    According to her, relative peace has returned to the city, with anti-riot policemen and other security operatives fully on ground to ensure that there is no breach of the peace. (NAN)