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Tag: Kolade Adeyemi

  • LG, bus operator’s dispute lingers in Kano

    New road Luxury park operators in Kano now load passengers along the roadside, following the sealing off of their park by Fagge Local Government authorities over a disagreement bordering on imposition of exploitative charges on East and West bound buses.

    Addressing reporters in Kano on Wednesday on the development, the leader of the Luxury Bus owners, Chief Uche Megwalu, who is a co-founder of the association, disclosed that despite the monthly remittance of N300, 000 monthly by the Luxury Bus Owners Association to Fagge Local Government, the new revenue collector’s Group MD, Muhammadu Sanusi Umar has just imposed a fresh N12, 000 daily fee on each fully loaded bus departing the park for its respective destination.

    Following the imposition of the fresh charges, a development, which did not go down well with the Luxury Buses Association, its leadership made fruitless efforts to reach out to the Revenue Collecting MD to rob minds and amicably resolve the pending dispute but regretted that the MD has remained evasive.

    Meanwhile, the impending situation has compelled the Luxury Owners to commence loading South East and Westbound passenger’s right in front of the sealed gate, thereby resulting to a perpetual hold-up on motorists, plying the New Road route to link Airport Road and environs.

    For a peaceful resolution of the lingering clash between the Luxury Bus Owners and the Revenue Collector, the Leadership of the Luxury Bus Association, led by Chief Uche Megwalu is calling on all stakeholders to give peace a chance, so as to amicably resolve the impasse.

    According to Megwalu, the crisis started from the Fagge Local Government Chairman, who imposed charges, more than the agreement reached between the LG and the Luxury Bus Owners Association.

    ‘’We have an agreement with the Local Government Chairman, which was signed by both parties in 2001. We reached an agreement with Fagge LG to relocate St Stephen’s Church, original owners of the park and compensate them, which we are part and parcel.’

    “Unfortunately, our agreement is N30, 000 per month, translating to N5, 000 per bus to our surprise, he imposed N12, 000 daily per bus, a situation that informed our decision to contact him for an amicable resolution of the dispute but unfortunately, he was nowhere to be found.

    “Instead, he contracted the revenue collection to a private collector to be collecting N12, 000 daily per bus, that in essence is the cause of the lingering crisis.’’

    Already, Megwalu told newsmen that the Luxury Bus Association has instituted a legal action, but disclosed that no date has been fixed to commence hearing from the parties on the dispute.

     

  • Man 70 arrested for armed robbery

    Man 70 arrested for armed robbery

    Alhaji Muntari Nasiru (70) has confessed at Kano state Police Command that he took to armed robbery to sustain his three wives and 11 children.

    Muntari also told Journalists at the Bompai Police headquarters that he just got married to his last wife aged 13, adding that he engaged in armed robbery to cater for their needs.

    According to him, “I have been in this business for three years.”

    The Command’s image-maker, DSP Magaji Musa Majia who spoke to newsmen on behalf of his boss, Muhammad Musa Katsina said on February 22, 2016,  a victim of armed robbery reported to the police that a gang of four armed men robbed him of possession.

    “Our Ambush Squad immediately went into action and arrested one Nura Aliyu and Alhaji Muntari Nasiru aged 70, who actively participated in the operation,” adding that, “they confessed to the crime and mentioned the other members of the syndicate and the Command have spread its dragnet; and I assure you that they will soon be arrested.”

    Majia further noted that the 70 -year old man before going into armed robbery managed a farmland in the area where they take hard drugs, plan their operations and proceed to perpetuate their heinous acts.

    Also the command equally paraded a six-man armed robbery gang who invaded the house of a resident at Yan Awaki, Unguwa uku, threatened him and carted away property and cash valued N1, 286,000.

    Amongst the items recovered from the armed robbery gangs, are fabricated revolver pistols, six cartridges, two motorcycles, one generator, one blackberry, N1900 counterfeit currency and three DVD.

    Others items recovered are a toy gun, two laptops, five wrist watches, seven wrappers, nine ear rings,  Samsung plasma TV, two computers and among others.

  • Security agents avert bloody clash over seized Beer truck in Kano

    The quick intervention of security agents averted what could have been a bloody clash in Sabon Gari area of Kano state, when irate youths trooped out in their large numbers, trying to prevent members of the Kano HISBAH from impounding a truck loaded with beer and other assorted intoxicants.
    It all started along France Road on Monday, when a truck loaded with alcohol drink from Kaduna escaped been impounded, but luck however ran out of the driver who was intercepted along France Road by Ibo Road by the HISBAH.
    In the process of impounding the drinks by members of the HISBAH, some youths suddenly trooped out in their attempt to prevent the truck loaded with beer from been arrested by members of the HISBAH which degenerated into a hot argument between them.
    Pandemonium however broke out between the irate youths and members of the HISBAH board, as both claimed that the goods is already in their territory and the HISBAH has no right to arrest the truck loaded with beer.
    As temper rise, the HISBAH started smashing the windscreen of the truck and also deflated all the tyres before the intervention of the security agents who resolved the matter.
    However, at the end of it all, the HISBAH members were allowed by the security agents to tow the truck to their headquarters.
    All efforts by The Nation to get the side of the HISBAH board proved abortive as at the time of filing this report.

  • Gunmen kidnap Lawmakers’ stepmother in Kano

    The stepmother of Salisu Ibrahim Ririwai, the member representing Doguwa constituency at the Kano State House of Assembly, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.

    Confirming the incident to The Nation through a telephone conversation on Monday in Kano, Ibrahim said the hoodlums stormed Ririwai town, near the notorious Falgore Forest on Thursday night, and abducted his stepmother, Hafsat Abubakar.

    “My stepmother, Hajiya Hafsat Abubakar, was in her room when they invaded the house on the fateful day”, he said.

    He said the suspects had since demanded for N50 million ransom from the family.

    While confirming the incident, Muhammad Katsina, Kano state police commissioner, noted that four suspects had already been arrested in connection with the incident.

    “We have arrested four persons in connection with the issue and they are cooperating with us.” Katsina said.

    “Their intention was to kidnap the member because of his closeness to the big shots in the state.” He said all the suspects were Fulanis who hitherto engaged in cattle rustling. “We are making efforts to rescue her alive,” he added.