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  • ASUU seeks release of kidnapped don

    ASUU seeks release of kidnapped don

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),

    University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter, has urged the

    Delta State Government to ensure the release of its Commissioner for Higher Education,Prof. Hope Eghagha, from the kidnappers’ den.

    Eghagha taught in the Arts Faculty of the varsity before he was appointed commissioner.

    In a statement by the Chairman of the union, Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, the lecturers lamented the level of insecurity in Delta State and called on the government to reverse the trend.

    The statement reads: “We call on the kidnappers to release Eghagha in good stead and health. He was called from his academic chores here in the UNILAG to serve his community. His plight is most uncalled for and regrettable.

    “We also implore the Delta State government and the police to secure the indigenes of Delta State, which is fast becoming the hub of kidnappers, especially of academics and top government officials and their close relatives.

    “It is obvious that the so-called security in Delta State is more imagined than real.”

    The union commiserated with the family of Eghagha’s aide, who was killed by the kidnappers.

     

  • Delta Commissioner kidnapped, security aide killed

    Delta Commissioner kidnapped, security aide killed

    Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Hope Eghagha was kidnapped on Sunday by suspected gunmen at Abavo, lka South on his way to Asaba to attend 52nd Independence anniversary thanksgiving service.

    His security aide Mr. Innocent Odah, a sergeant was reportedly killed by the suspected kidnappers while his driver  hit by bullets is presently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

    It was learnt that his official car which was riddled with bullets and his telephone handsets were abandoned by the kidnappers.

    The commissioner was driven off to yet unknown destination in the Toyota Camry of the gunmen but there has not been call yet between the kidnappers and the family members.

    When contacted, the State police spokesman Charles Muka confirmed the kidnap of  the commissioner and said he was intercepted by the suspected kidnappers who trailed him from Warri to Abavo.

     

  • Yuguda’s brother in-law kidnapped in Bauchi

    Yuguda’s brother in-law kidnapped in Bauchi

    Gunmen yesterday kidnapped a Bauchi Politician, Alhaji Muhammadu Sade, fondly called Osama bin Ladin.

    Yuguda is away in the United States on a trip with President Jonathan Goodluck.

    The gunmen killed the security guard, fired several shots, before taking Sade away.

    Bauchi State Police Commissioner Mohammed Ladan said: “We are investigating the matter, we have so far arrested one suspect who is helping us in our investigation.”

    Sade,is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State and a very close political associate, is a brother-in-law to Governor Yuguda.

    He is also a businessman and a top car dealer in Bauchi.

    A family member to Sade, Mallam Hafizu Dahiru, said yesterday that his daughter called his wife and informed her that gunmen kidnapped Sade in their residence along Railway road, Bauchi.

    Hafizu said Sade was kidnapped on his way to a nearby Mosque from his house for the morning prayer, at about 5 am.But before they took him away,the assailants shot and killed the security man at the entrance to the house.

    No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnap.

    State PDP Assistant Publicity Secretary, Bashir Bukar Riminzayan, condemned the kidnap.

    He attributed the development to bad leadership saying: “we advised our leaders to be fair and just to all”.

    Riminzayan appealed to security agencies to beef up security in the state and protect lives and properties of innocent citizens.