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  • Adamawa cholera deaths now 13

    •434 cases recorded

    The number of deaths in the Adamawa State cholera outbreak has risen to 13, with cases rising to 434, the Ministry of Health has said.

    The Information Officer, Mr. Abubakar Muhammed, confirmed this in a statement yesterday.

    The statement reads: “The total number of cases reported from Mubi North and Mubi South councils as at  May 26 is 434, with 13 deaths.

    “While the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is 3.0 per cent; Mubi North has 211 cases and seven deaths, equivalent to 3.3 per cent CFR.

    “Mubi South has 223 cases and six deaths, equivalent to 2.7 per cent CFR.”

    The Principal Medical Officer of Mubi General Hospital, Dr. Ezra Sakawa, however said most infected patients had been treated and discharged.

    Mubi was hit by cholera two weeks ago, a development experts linked to contaminated water.

    About 90 per cent of residents get their water from vendors, who source water from boreholes meant for irrigation along the bank of River Yedzaram.

  • Cholera outbreak: 42 new cases recorded in Adamawa

    Forty-two new cases have been recorded in the cholera outbreak in Adamawa State.

    Director of Public Health Dr Bwalki Dilli said the number of those infected in Mubi had increased from 134 to 176.

    Dilli told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that no other death was recorded besides the initial 12, adding that they got sufficient drugs from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF for patients at Mubi General Hospital.

    “The outbreak is still contained within Mubi North and Mubi South councils,” Dilli said.

    Chairman of Mubi North Musa Bello lauded health officials for their prompt intervention and called on the public to provide support and cooperation.

    Bello said the outbreak started following a downpour that flooded water sources, particularly wells in rural communities.

    He called for more personal and environmental hygiene, particularly stopping open defecation.

    About four persons reportedly died following the outbreak at Wailari settlement, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State.

  • Adamawa: Bindow, Nyako, others hold parallel congresses

    TWO different groups yesterday held parallel congresses in Adamawa State.

    The development may have further polarised the party as one of the groups is enjoying the support of Governor Jibirilla Bindow while the other is reportedly co-sponsored by former Governor Murtala Nyako and ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal.

    While the governor’s group held its congress at Mahmudu Ribadu Square, Nyako/Babachir faction held theirs at Lelewal Hotel.

    Speaking earlier, the chairman of the Nyako group’s congress, Hassan Turaki, a former speaker of the state Assembly, said that the Bindow’s  group- led congress would not see the light of the day at the end of the exercise.

     

     

     

  • Troops kill 10 bandits in Adamawa

    The Nigerian Army said yesterday that 10 bandits had been killed in Numan, Adamawa State by troops who were on clearance operations in the general area.

    The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Texas Chukwu, said in a statement that one of the bandits was captured alive and was being interrogated by the police.

    Brig-Gen Chukwu said: “Troops conducting clearance operation in Numan general area of Adamawa State has neutralised 10 armed bandits following an encounter.

    “The ten bandits were neutralised during an operation which lasted for one hour.

    “Items recovered include 18 motorcycles, two Dane guns, one Sub Machine Gun, one double barrel, four cartridges, thirteen rounds of 7.62mm ammunition NATO special, and one cutlass.

    “Also, one of the bandits, Adamu Umar, was captured during the operation.

    “Preliminary investigation is ongoing.

    “Meanwhile, the suspect and the remains of the 10 bandits neutralized have been handed over to the Nigeria Police.

    “The general public is hereby advised once again to always report any suspicious activities to the law enforcement agents for prompt action.”

  • Troops kill 10 bandits in Adamawa

    Troops in Adamawa have killed 10 armed bandits and captured one other in an hour encounter with them in the Numan general area of the state.

    According to a statement by Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations on Friday, the lone captured bandit and corpses of the neutralised ones had been handed over to the police.

    He named the captured suspect as Adamu Umar.

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     Chukwu listed items recovered from them as 18 motorcycles, two dane guns, one sub machine gun, one double barrel, four cartridges, 13 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition NATO special and one cutlass.

    NAN

  • APC Congress: 10,000 forms issued to candidates in Adamawa–Official

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa said yesterday that over 10, 000 forms had been issued to candidates for today’s ward congress in the state.

    Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, the state organising Secretary of the party, who disclosed this in Yola while briefing newsmen on the exercise.

    NAN quoted Lawan as saying that while women and physically challenged candidates were given the forms for free, others had to pay N10,000 for chairmanship and N2,000 for other positions.

    “We started issuing the form yesterday when it arrived and so far we have issued over 10,000 form.

    “Women and physically challenged are given forms for free and many of them have collected and still collecting,” Lawan said.

    He said that the challenge being faced was that of some stakeholders trying to make bulk purchase of the forms for their supporters.

    “Instruction from the party is that each individual should come for his form, but some people are coming with teller of over a million Naira they paid into party account for bulk purchase of the forms,” Lawan said.

    He noted that the committee to handle the congress had just arrived from Abuja and would soon be in the party secretariat to meet with stakeholders.

    Also speaking to newsmen on the congress, an APC chieftain, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, said he was at the party secretariat with other stakeholders on fact finding mission regarding the congress.

    “What we heard is fairly encouraging. We hope to contribute towards ensuring a hitch-free and transparent congress,” Ribadu said.

  • Herdsmen: Lawmaker urges FG to establish IDPs camp in Numan

    Mrs Sodom Daniel, Member representing Numan State Constituency in the Adamawa House of Assembly, has appealed to the Federal Government to establish an Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp in the area.

    Daniel made the appeal on Friday in an interview with our reporter in the Numan area of Adamawa.

    The lawmaker, an APC member in the House, said that the camp could carter for many internally displaced persons in the area including victims of the recent attack.

    She said that continuous attacks on the communities within Numan Local Government Area had rendered many people homeless.

    She called on concerned citizens and groups to come to the aid of the victims of this perpetual human degrading status.

    “It has become a serious matter of worry as we wake up from time to time to observe increasing number of displaced persons resulting from incessant attacks on our communities in Numan by herdsmen.
    “I am appealing to the Federal Government to establish an IDPs camp that would cater for this growing number of internally displaced people.

    “This crisis started in November 2017 till date my people have been displaced, even today,  on Thursday I visited some of the villages that came under herdsmen attack resulting in the killing of over 30 people.

    “Many people have been rendered homeless as a result and that makes life so devastating.

    “I am also calling on well meaning Nigerians, donor agencies, philanthropists and many other groups to come and assist us in tackling this enormous humanitarian task,” she said.

    Daniel also called on the Federal Government to compensate the victims of these heinous crimes.

    She regretted the level of devastation of those affected communities, adding that the level of damages to property in the community could not be quantified.

    The legislator also appealed to the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the crisis, and also urged the security agencies to put in more efforts to safeguard lives and property.

    She regretted that the bandits had earlier issued a threat for the recent attack that claimed over 30 lives in the area.

    She, however, commended the security agencies for their patrol on the villages but urged them to do more.

    NAN recalls that three villages in Numan Local Government Area came under attack of people suspected to be herdsmen.

    The attack claimed several lives and destroyed property worth billions of Naira.

  • NDLEA destroys 14,360 tonnes of hard drugs in Adamawa

    The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) on Monday, destroyed 14, 360 tonnes of illicit drugs in Yola, Adamawa.

    Mr Yakubu Kibo, the State Commander of the agency who made the disclosure during public destruction and burning of the illicit drugs said that the development followed the unrelenting efforts by the command officers.

    “Today before you we have 14,360 tonnes of hard drugs seized from March 2015 to September 2017.

    “The drugs are made up of Cannabis Sativa, Cough Syrup with Codeine, Tramadol tablets and capsules, Cocaine among others,’’ Kibo said.

    He said that the monetary value of the drugs was estimated at about N517 million.

    The NDLEA boss in the state also said that between the periods under review, the command arrested 502 suspects, adding that 236 of them were convicted and sentenced to various jail terms.

    “In addition, two vehicles, uncompleted building belonging to notorious drugs dealers were forfeited to the Federal Government.”

    Kibo also said that 180 drug dependent persons were counselled, treated and rehabilitated across the state.

    NAN

  • Insecurity: Police arrest 500 suspects across Benue, Taraba, Adamawa

    The Nigeria Police Force is poised to effectively curb insecurity across the federation and close to five hundred suspects have recently been arrested across Benue, Taraba and Adamawa states, Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood has said.

    “Honestly we are dealing with the situation head on, that is why we deploy strategies to prevent much more than to be reactive and we are engaging the communities because there is no way you can police in isolation, that is why we are championing the cause of community policing.

    “Though these crises occur but we have prevented far many more than the ones that have occurred.

    “That is why every hand must be on deck; across the world, police alone don’t resolve issues that lead to crime, the communities are very important to assist the police in doing so.”

    According to Moshood, there is a special directive from the Inspector-General of Police aiming to reinforce police special operations through the release of more personnel from the protection of VIPs and police administrative duties.

    “We call for calm because the Inspector General of Police has directed all Commissioners of Police in state commands and the AIGs, along with all their personnel, to be on red alert.

    “They have also been directed to take more personnel from administrative tasks so that we will have more personnel to deploy for operations.

    “The withdrawal of personnel from the VIPs is enabling us to have more men to deploy.

    ‘We are using more of our technical and intelligence-gathering platforms; we have made a lot of success and the most important thing around this time is the mopping up of illegal fire arms and prohibited weapons from wrong hands and this effort has been largely successful across the country.

    “This will help us to have a firm grip on the herders and farmers clashes and other kinds of killings that has been occurring but most importantly, the community is the centre-piece of our crime prevention strategy as we speak,” he said.

    Identifying potential causes of further breaches to security, the police spokesman noted that some mischievous elites are seeking to exploit the problems in certain areas by giving it some ethno-religious colouration that can inspire worse violence.

    “The threat to security is taking different dimension, some people what to manipulate the threats and give it different colourations so that it can become a widespread crises across the country and we call on people to be peaceful and calm and report suspicious movements to the police.

    “However, there is need for people who want to take advantage of the situation for political gains to know that it will not do them and the nation any good.

    “Mischievous politicians should know that the security of everybody is paramount.

    “We discourage people from going on vengeance or reprisal mission and to allow the police to investigate thoroughly; the most important thing at this time is that people should be more vigilant.

    “The police deployment is thorough; we have increased the numbers being deployed not only to Benue but to all those other flash points.

    “Aside from those handed over by the military and other agencies, we have arrested close to 500 across north central states where we have this problem. We have so many successes from Benue, Taraba and Adamawa.

    “We have arrested about 500 suspects that are involved in killings of innocent Nigerians; we are making progress but we want people to trust and have confidence in us that will do much more and we are not resting on our oars.”

  • NGO trains 300 Adamawa traditional rulers on conflict resolution

    Managing Conflicts in Nigeria (MCN), an NGO, has trained no fewer than 300 traditional rulers, comprising District, Village and Ward Heads, on conflict resolution in Adamawa.

    The State Team Leader of MCN, Mr Abdulkadir Bello, made this known to our reporter on Monday in Yola.

    Bello spoke at a capacity building programme on conflicts resolution for traditional rulers and community leaders in Adamawa and Mubi Emirate Councils.

    He said the programme organised by Green Horizon, was funded by European Union (EU) and managed by the British Council.

    Bello said the traditional rulers were trained on traditional justice system in areas of mediation skills to handle conflicts such as land disputes, destruction of farm produce by cattle and inheritance, among others.

    The Technical Leader of MCN, Dr Ukoha Ukiwo, explained that the training was designed to strengthen community level conflict management mechanism, and enhance reconciliation and stability within communities affected by displacement, among other objectives.

    Speaking on behalf of Adamawa and Mubi emirate councils, the Dan Galadima of Adamawa, Alhaji Lawal Ribadu, and the Madaki of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Wambai, lauded the programme and re-iterated the commitment of the traditional institution to ensure the programme succeeded in addressing conflicts in their respective domains.

    Giving a breakdown of success so far recorded by the programme in the two benefitting emirates, Prof. Aminu Gurin of ABU Zaria said 457 disputes between January and March, this year

    According to him, the disputes comprised 213 from Adamawa emirate council and 244 from Mubi emirate council.

    He urged other traditional institutions to key into the programme to achieve sustainable peace and development in the country.

    NAN