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  • Kano attack: Police in Delta move against reprisal

    Kano attack: Police in Delta move against reprisal

    The Police command in Delta on Friday said it has taken measures to forestall reprisal attack on northerners living in the state following Monday’s suicide attack at a luxury bus park in Sabon Gari, Kano.

    The command said the measures became necessary, especially when it was known that such attacks often spilled over to Asaba from the neighbouring Onitsha, in Anambra.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, Mr. Famous Ajie, said the command had put structures on ground to secure the state against any reprisal attack.

    “The command is aware of the tension and is on top of the matter. We have adopted measures to forestall any ugly occurrence resulting from the Kano incident.

    “We are mindful that if such ugly development is recorded in Onitsha, it will spill over to Asaba.

    “This is because the town has concentration of Hausa community that could be attacked,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the PPRO as saying on Friday.

     

  • Kano bombing: Hausa community flees Anambra

    Kano bombing: Hausa community flees Anambra

    … Mark, Ekweremadu condemn attack

    The Hausa community in Awka and Onitsha are leaving Anambra State for fear of reprisal attack following Monday’s suicide bombing in Kano.

    Apprehension among the Hausa community within the state has heightened in the last few hours and the state police command and soldiers are now trying to stop them from leaving

    Over 20 persons lost their lives during the bombing, while about five vehicles were destroyed.

    Speaking to The Nation on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Emeka Chukwuemeka, said they were pleading with members of the Hausa community not to leave the state, assuring them that nothing would happen.

    Many of them were seen on Tuesday moving their property to the 302 artillery regiment in Onitsha and the police station in Awka.

    However, Chukwuemeka said that anybody who insisted on going would not be prevented, adding that adequate security had been put in place to secure their safety

    One of the Hausa leaders who failed to disclose his name to The Nation said they were packing because the Igbo could retaliate what happened in Kano on Monday.

    Meanwhile, the President of the Senate, David Mark and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday condemned in “very strong terms” the Monday’s attack in the city.

    Mark in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, frowned at the renewed violence at a time Nigerians were heaving sigh of relief that the killings largely perpetrated by the Boko Haram sect seemed to be subsiding.

    He said: “This act is condemnable. It is inhuman and barbaric.

    “This is certainly not part of our culture. This is alien. It is forbidden. We cannot live like this.

    “Something serious has gone wrong in the land. We must do well by returning to the basics.

    “No matter the level of anger in a man’s mind, taking the life of another cannot be a solution.

    “All of us across the divide must join hands to end this carnage in our land.”

    He noted that there exist a number of channels for aggrieved people or groups to express their feelings without resort to killings and destruction of property.

    He further reminded Nigerians to “cultivate the time tested attributes of being our brothers’ keeper at all times.”

    He sympathized with victims of the bomb blast and prayed the Almighty God to heal the land.

     

  • Headmaster, teachers injured in Kano attack

    Headmaster, teachers injured in Kano attack

    Gunmen on Tuesday in Kano attacked a primary school in Hausawa quarters, Kumbotso local government area, injuring the headmaster and two other teachers

    During the raid, the school headmaster and three of his teachers sustained gunshot wounds and were admitted at the Mallam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano.

    The spokesman the state police command, ASP Magaji Musa Majiya, said the gunmen attacked the school on motorbikes at about 8.30am.

    He said the gunmen immediately fled the scene after the attack.

    Majiya said the wounded teachers have been treated and discharged from hospital, while bullet has been extracted from the body of the headmaster.

    He, however, said the headmaster is responding to treatment.

    According to the police spokesman, the attackers stormed the school at about 8.30am when the teachers and pupils were in the assembly ground.

  • Three killed in Kano attack

    Three people have been killed while two others sustained injuries from gunshots by yet to be identified gunmen riding on a tricycle in Kano.

    A police source who confirmed the incident told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Sunday that the attack took place at about 1:30pm.

    “Two people were killed in Hotoro and one other in Dakata area. Two people also sustained injuries during the Dakata shooting.

    “A Muslim and his Christian friend were shot in Hotoro today. Our men have already condoned the two areas and investigation is going on.

    “We appeal to the residents to remain calm and continue to give relevant information to the police to carry out their duties,” the police source said.

    The Vice President, Alhaji Namadi Sambo, was in Kano earlier in the day to commiserate with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, and the people of the state over the attack on the Emir on January 19.

    The Joint Task Force did not answer telephone calls to comment on the latest attack.