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  • Breaking: IGP redeploys Kaduna CP, five others

    The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Kaduna State, CP Ahmed Abdulrahaman and five others.

    CP Abdulrahaman who has been posted to Force Intelligence Bureau at the Force headquarters, will be replaced by CP Aji Janga, who was the CP Bauchi State.

    The IG in a statement by the Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba in Abuja on Wednesday stated the redeployment was part of efforts aimed at rejigging the fight against armed banditry, kidnapping and other sundry crimes across the nation, particularly in Kaduna and other contiguous States.

    The statement reads: “The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, CP Ahmed Abdulrahaman from the State to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

    “CP Aji Ali Janga, who until now was the Commissioner of Police in charge of Bauchi State, takes over as the new helmsman in Kaduna Command.”

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    “Other Commissioners of Police affected by the recent redeployment exercise include: CP Habu Sani Ahmadu, former CP Intelligence, who is now posted to Bauchi Command.

    “CP Omololu Shamsudeen Bishi is redeployed from Benue State Police Command to the Central Criminal Registry (CCR), Alagbon Lagos.

    “CP Mukadas Mohammed Garba moves from the Office of the National Security Adviser to Benue State Command as the new Commissioner of Police.

    “The erstwhile CP in charge of CCR Alagbon, Lagos has now been moved to Force Headquarters, Abuja as the CP in charge of Armament.”

    The IGP charged the newly posted CPs and other strategic commanders nationwide to take urgent steps towards initiating and implementing concrete crime prevention strategies aimed at re-dominating and reclaiming the public space under their watch from the activities of monstrous criminal elements in society.

  • Bauchi election tribunal commences sittings

    The Bauchi State National and State Assembly Elections Tribunal on Monday commenced pre-hearing conference into petitions filed before it by various political parties.

    The Chairman of the three-man penal, Justice Hafsat Andulrahaman, said at the occasion that the tribunal had received 27 petitions.

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    Abdulrahman explained that seven petitions were for the Senatorial, eight petitions for House of Representatives, while 12 petitions were for the state assembly elections.

    She assured the parties that the members of penal would be fair and just during the proceedings.

    Abdulrahman said that the penal would be guided by evidence presented before it to arrive at just decisions.

    NAN

  • 39 suspected criminals arrested in Bauchi as Police launches “Operation Puff Adder “

    No fewer than 39 suspected criminals were arrested in Bauchi State on Thursday as the State Police Command  launches  a special operation code named  “Operation Adder”  to tackle crimes affecting the  state.

    The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, CP. Ali Janga  , said the inauguration of the operation was in compliance with the directive of the  Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar who recently launched the special operation to tackle security challenges such as kidnapping, Armed robbery, and banditry among other crimes along Abuja- Kaduna expressway and other parts of the country.

    Ali Janga made the announcement at the police headquarters , Yandoka road, Bauchi while parading  the 39 suspected criminals arrested in connection with different crimes in the state such as kidnapping, armed robbery and kidnapping.

    Exhibits recovered from the suspects included, 5 Dane guns, 9 cutlasses , 1 sharp knife , 3 motorcycles and 29 blocks of wrapped dry leave suspected to be Indian hemp.

    Others are; two axes, three long sticks, one tiger electricity generator, one ranki and one gario

    The suspects were said to belong to different gang  groups known as Sara Suka, and Babell .

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    Ali explained that the special squad code named “operation Puff Adder” will prevent influx of criminal elements to the state considering the ongoing security operations.

    He said further that the special squad code named “Operation Puff Adder” will be directly under his supervision while all the police units will be involved.

    He mentioned the units as; The Conventional Police , Police Mobile Force (PMF) Counter Terrorist Units ( CTU) Special Protection Unit (SPU) Rapid  Response Squad (RRS) Special Anti – Robbery Squad (SARS) Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) and State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID)

    Janja added that the operation is yielding positive results with the total number of suspected criminals arrested so far.

    “So far the operation is yielding positive results as a lot of criminal activities in the state were nipped in the bud while a total of 39 suspects were arrested in connection with different crimes and exhibits recovered during the operation ”  He said.

    He appealed  to the public for support , cooperation and understanding for the continuous success of the operation.

     

     

  • ‘We don’t have IDPs Camps in Bauchi’

    The Bauchi State Government has debunked report saying Internally Displaced Persons are feeding on onion leafs to survive in one of the IDP camps in the state.

    The refutal was issued on the heels of the report published by an online medium in Bauchi on the 21st April, 2019 publication captioned: “Hunger compels children in Bauchi IDP camp feed on onion leaves.

    The online medium had reported that there was intense hunger as a result of inadequacy of food items in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the outskirts of Bauchi, which has forced adolescent children to feed on onion leaves for survival.

    Addressing newsmen in Bauchi on Monday, the Director Relief and Rehabilitation for the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Kabiru Yusuf Kobi, said there were no more IDPs in the state saying all IDPs were initially relocated to host communities since the era of insurgency. He mentioned one of the host communities as Runde -bin.

    He explained that the insurgency which spread to Borno State has emigrated most people from their ancestral homes. As a result, Bauchi state has had to deal with 2,000 unregistered IDP camps.

    He said the IDPs who were majorly from Maiduguri were hired by the wife of a former head of state Maryam Abacha to work on her farmlands in Bauchi before they decided to make it a dwelling place.

    He added that the state had to accommodate them out of humanitarian feelings as they had nowhere else to go.

    Kabiru said though, the Government is in the process of helping them, there have been several intervention from Non-Governmental organizations to help the so-called IDPs. He listed one of the organization as the Presidential Committee on North East Initiatives, PCNI, who has donated several relief materials.

    “We read a report that IDPs eat onion leaves in Bauchi. That’s not true, they don’t eat onion leaves.  First, we don’t have an IDP camp in Bauchi. When they came to our state, we told them that we couldn’t camp them because we didn’t have the resources to accommodate them. But they chose to stay and farm.

    “They called and got a large piece of land from Mariam Abacha, who happens to be their sister, and they have been farming there since last year. They are not our responsibility, but because we are humans, we are looking at how to integrate them into our communities,” he said.

    Corroborating Yusuf statement, the Chairman of IDPs in the state, Buba Musa Shehu, said the IDPs which came initially from Maiduguri were hired by Maryam Abacha before they decided to make the state a dwelling place.

    He added further that the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, came from Gombe to access their situation last year.

    Musa debunked the purported report as false saying it is not true that they were feeding on onion leaves because aid is been extended to them.

  • Bauchi governor-elect, PDP assemble five SANs, 60 other lawyers in defense of mandate

    The Bauchi Governor-Elect, Sen. Bala Mohammed, yesterday disclosed that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party in the state will engage the services of 5 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, (SANs), 10 other senior lawyers and 50 indigenous lawyers from Bauchi in defense of his mandate at the election petition tribunal.

    The disclosure followed the petition filed yesterday by the outgoing governor, Mohammad Abubakar, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State challenging his victory in court at the last governorship election.

    Addressing journalists shortly after the submission of the petition yesterday at the tribunal, the APC Chairman, Uba Ahmed Nana, said   Abubakar, the gubernatorial candidate of the party at the last election, is seeking justice from the court.

    The governor-elect however noted that though his party is yet to be served a copy of the petition; it is readily prepared to tackle Governor Abubakar and the APC in the foreseeable judicial contest.

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    Addressing newsmen at the Command Guest House in Bauchi, while receiving the group known as the Body of Bauchi Lawyers of Conscience who earlier volunteered to mobilise 50 lawyers in his defense, Mohammed said “The issue of APC taking me to the tribunal is a normal thing; that is why it is provided for in the Electoral Act. I want to use this opportunity to thank my supporters and the people of Bauchi for their show of patience. The petition is nothing to worry about because we have taken necessary measures.”

    “Though we have not been served, once we are served and we see the details, we are going to respond.

    “We are also going to engage our lawyers, about five Senior Advocates of Nigeria, about ten other senior lawyers and 50 Bauchi indigenous lawyers. That is to say the APC petition at the tribunal is dead on arrival due to the support of the Body of Bauchi Lawyers of Conscience (BOBALAC),” he said.

    Mohammed while accepting the offer of BOBOLAC to be part of his legal team said he is highly privileged to be rendered such services by the lawyers of conscience and quality.

  • Gov Abubakar tipped for Bauchi’s ministerial slot

    Outgoing Governor Mohammad Abubakar has been tipped to be the next minister from Bauchi State, the Nation has learnt.

    The national leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) might be hatching a plan B if things fall apart and the governor loses again at the Election Petition Tribunal.

    An APC chieftain in Bauchi State, who spoke in confidence with the Nation Correspondent, said: “It is natural that the Governor is compensated with a ministerial appointment having worked hard for the party in the state and singlehandedly facing formidable forces in the Peoples Democratic Party in the State.”

    The source dismissed any chances of the PDP in the state producing a minister from Bauchi state, saying they stand no chance considering the hard times they gave the governor.

    “PDP cannot produce a minister from Bauchi state. They gave the governor a tough time in the state. The governor will face no challenge if speculation turns out positive.

    “Even the Speaker, Federal House of Representatives cannot influence a minister from the PDP considering his position as an opposition member and he is also not in good terms with the President

    “Stakeholders have been urging the President to give governor Abubakar a ministerial appointment and the governor has not come out to say he is not interested.”

    The source added: “There has been no negative response from him considering the call for him to be made a minister. We can take it that he is ready to serve as minister”

    When asked if the governor already lost all hope of reclaiming his mandate, the source said: “Having congratulated the governor -elect in the state, the governor initially has no motive of challenging the PDP’s victory at the court but having briefed the party hierarchy, they had taken it upon themselves to challenge the victory of PDP.”

  • Bauchi governor to initiate bill for creation of new districts   

    Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar says his administration will soon initiate a bill to the Bauchi State House of Assembly for the creation of new districts and village areas.

    The governor posited that the bill would increase the involvement of the traditional institution in governance, especially in the area of security.

    In a statement signed by the press secretary to the governor, Abubakar Al-Sadique, and made available to newsmen, the governor stated this while receiving reports of the committee instituted to review the creation of districts and village areas by the preceding administration.

    Governor Abubakar who maintained that the committee was given a free hand to carry out the assignment recalled that the government had to constitute the committee to review the exercise following abuse and infractions that led the State House of Assembly to dissolve the new districts early in 2015.

    Abubakar commended the committee for a job well done as he assured the traditional institution of continued respect and involvement in bringing government close the common man.

    The Chairman of the committee, retired Justice Dahiru Saleh added that after carefully examining the issue, the committee has recommended the creation of 50 new districts and 225 new village areas.

    Justice Saleh said the committee had also recommended the creation of 17 new districts and 90 new village areas for Bauchi emirate council which has 17 districts and 90 village areas.

    According to him, Katagum emirate council with 12 districts and 72 village areas is recommended to have 12 new districts and 72 village areas, while Misau with 5 districts and 21 village areas with have 5 additional districts and 21 village areas.

  • FRSC confirms two dead in Bauchi tanker explosion

    The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Bauchi State on Tuesday confirmed the death of two persons in a road crash involving an articulated fuel tanker and a Toyota Hilux truck along Bauchi-Jos expressway.

    The incident occurred two days after a ghastly motor accident claimed 13 lives and injured 6 on Sunday along Bauchi-Gombe road.

    The spokesperson of the  Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi Sector Command,  Rilwan Sulaiman, who confirmed the incident told the Nation that the tanker which was conveying diesel had a brake failure, as a result, the driver lost control and rammed into the truck before exploding.

    He said two persons were burnt beyond recognition in the process while three others sustained serious injuries.

    He added that the injured persons were rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital for treatment.

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    Rilwanu said “the accident occurred at Tashan Durum between a Fuel Tanker with registration number; BSA-664-XA and a government Toyota Hilux with number plate; FG-632-A15. Very unfortunate, the diesel tanker lost control and rammed into the bus and exploded. Two people were burnt beyond recognition. Another three persons were rushed to the hospital”.

    He said sequel to the series of accident along the Bauchi-Jos expressway, the command has embarked on aggressive public enlightenment on how to reduce avoidable road crash among motorists.

    Rilwan, therefore, warned motorist to heed to the Corps’ advice on road safety.

    “Our people need more education on the rules and regulations of roads. If you look at the cause of today’s incident was mechanical failure. Has proper precaution been taken it wouldn’t have resulted to that”, he said.

  • 13 dead, 6 injured in Bauchi auto crash

    The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed 13 persons died in a ghastly auto crash, which occurred about 2:00pm on Sunday afternoon along Bauchi – Gombe road

    The accident involved two vehicles, a Sharon bus loaded with 13 passengers and a Toyota Camry loaded with 6 passengers.

    Six others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

    It was gathered the accident occurred when the two vehicles had a head-on collision.

    The deceased were said to have died on the spot.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Kamal Abubabakar, who confirmed the incident, said the injured are on admission at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital for treatment.

    Abubakar, a Deputy Superintendent of Police said:  “With a heavy heart, the Bauchi State Police Command regret to inform the general public that there was a fatal motor vehicles accident today, Sunday 31/03/2019 at about 14:30hrs along Bauchi-Gombe road involving two vehicles, a Sharon bus loaded with 13 passengers and a Toyota Camry loaded with six passengers.

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    “The accident occurred when the two vehicles were coming towards opposite direction and on reaching a point along the road, they had a head-on collision, as a result all the 19 passengers from the two vehicles were injured.

    “The victims were then immediately moved from the scene by security agents with assistance of good Samaritans to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital for treatment.

    “Unfortunately, on reaching the hospital, 13 passengers were confirmed dead by the medical doctor, while six are still on admission.”

    The PPRO added: “Up till the time of this release, names and address of some of the victims are still unknown.

    “The Command calls on the members of the public whose family member(s) travelled along that road and are still unable to reach them to check at the ATBU Teaching Hospital.”

    Our correspondent gathered that among the casualties were a couple, their two children and younger sister to the man.

    The deceased were said to be descendants of a historic family of a traditional title holder known as ‘Yarin Bauchi.’

    The Public Relation Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Bauchi State Command, who also confirmed the accident, gave the number plates of the vehicles involved as BAU 01 BV and ALK 409 XA.

  • UPDATED: Bala Mohammed wins Bauchi guber race

    The Bauchi state gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Bala Mohammed, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Bauchi state.

    Declaring the winner of the poll, the returning officer Prof. Mohammed Kyari, a Vice Chancellor of the Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola, said that after merging the final results, the APC candidate polled  515,113 votes while his close rival Governor  Mohammed Abubakar of the All Progressive Congress scored 500,625  votes.

    “I professor Mohammed Kyari certified as the returning officer of the March 9, March  23 and March  25 2019, governorship election in Bauchi state hereby announced that  Bala Abdulkadir  Mohammed having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and returned reelected,” He said.

    He said that the total number of the registered voters at the Guber poll were 2,462, 843, the accredited voters; 1,143,019 The total valid votes cast stood at 1,111,406 while rejected votes are 22, 560. Those who cast their ballot were 1,133,966

    He added that the PDP candidate defeated his opponent with 14, 488 votes.

    Ali Pate of the Peoples Redemption Party polled 46, 326 votes while Ahmed Adamu Shuaibu of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP followed respectively with 33, 339 votes.

    Earlier, during the March 9 inconclusive election, Mohammed was credited with 469,512 votes and Abubakar 465,453, with a vote margin of 4059 but the election was declared inconclusive after  the total number of votes cancelled during March 9 election was more than the margin between the PDP candidate, who was leading with  votes and that of the APC candidate.

    At the second ballot, Sen. Bala Mohammed PDP, garnered a total of 6376 votes against his main opponent, incumbent Governor Mohammed Abubakar who polled 5117 votes at the rerun, with a vote margin of 1259 between both parties.

    The total number of registered voters at the rerun was 22,759. Accredited voters are 12, 109, Valid votes, 11, 568 while total votes cast are 11, 979. Rejected votes, 403.

    The rerun election was held in 36 Polling covering 29 registration areas (wards) in 15 affected local government areas.

    INEC had declared the first ballot inconclusive on the grounds that the number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin of lead between the two top political parties.

    The electoral body later announced that it would resume collation when it found out that the number of cancelled votes was tampered with, a decision Abubakar and the APC challenged in court.

    Consequently, the  Federal High Court sitting in Abuja barred the Commission (INEC) from collation of result of the governorship election of March 9 in Bauchi State in an order given by Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday following an ex parte application filed APC and the incumbent governor of the state, Mohammed Abubakar.

    INEC  on Monday  resumed the collation of the results of the election from Tafawa Balewa Local government area which process was halted last week on the ground of  the Court Order restraining the commission , as the  Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday later  gave the  Commission the leeway to continue and conclude the collation of the results of the March 9 , 2019 governorship election in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

    The  Federal High Court in Abuja clearly dismissed the suit filed by the Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume collation exercise in the state’s gubernatorial election.

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    In a judgment delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo.

    Justice Ekwo set aside the order for maintenance of status quo earlier made by the court and ordered INEC to proceed with its activities geared at concluding the governorship election in Bauchi State.

    The result for Tafawa Balewa LGA, a stronghold of the PDP was initially cancelled when the  Collation Officer, Mrs Dominion Anosike alleged she was  under pressure from Party Agents who could not wait for the arrival of a replacement result sheet and decided to collate the result on an available RA result sheet instead of the replacement LGA result sheet.

    Apparently, the Returning Officer, Mohammed Kyari, rejected the regenerated result because it was on a wrong result sheet during her presentation at the State Governorship Collation Centre which led to the declaration of the first ballot inconclusive.

    Meanwhile, the incumbent governor, Mohammed Abubakar has congratulated the governor-elect.

    In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy Ali.M.Ali.He said,

    “I congratulate my brother, Sen Bala on this victory at the polls.

    “I am delighted to note that in-spite of the intensity of the campaigns in our dear state, a peaceful election took place without bloodshed.

    “Let me, therefore, invite the Governor-elect to join me in working out the process of a smooth transition.

    “I sincerely thank the entire people of Bauchi state for their support to my administration and urge them to extend the same to the incoming administration.

    “I also urge governor-elect to caution his supporters to be law-abiding while celebrating since the period of campaigns is now over.