Sunday, September 28, 2014

BOKO HARAM AND THE OIL PROSPECTING IN THE NORTH EAST

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Boko Haram Dims Hopes Of Crude Oil Exploration In The North  
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Social and economic development has long been touted as the way to revive the fortunes of Nigeria’s impoverished north and prevent legions of disaffected young men turning to radical Islam.

But Boko Haram violence has scuppered progress, particularly from one potentially lucrative source of revenue — the oil found under the Lake Chad Basin in the country’s far northeast.

Nigeria struck black gold in the Kukawa area of Borno state in 2012, with estimates that 100 billion cubic metres of deposits lie beneath the lake and its arid hinterland.

The discovery raised hopes not just because of its potential to transform the region economically but to also help boost Nigeria’s oil reserves by three billion barrels to 40 billion barrels.

But the former head of the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, said in March that plans to start production had been put on hold because of the conflict.

Geologists, engineers and other technical staff quit while the country’s main oil unions warned workers to stay away, putting paid to extraction and further exploration.

“We have advised our members to avoid the northeast because we don’t want them to be killed by the lawless group,” said Babatunde Oke of the white-collar oil workers union PENGASSAN.

A senior NNPC official said efforts were ongoing to make the region safe for oil workers, against a backdrop of militant gains of towns and villages across the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“For now, the plan is on hold because of the Boko Haram unrest,” he told AFP.

“But the GMD (group managing director) Joseph Dawha is in talks with (the) Nigeria airforce to ensure safe exploration in the Chad Basin.”

Five years of relentless violence in northeast Nigeria has claimed thousands of lives and made hundreds of thousands of others homeless.

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, now the Emir of Kano, said this month that investment in the north was key to preventing radicalisation.

For Mustapha Ibrahim, a political scientist at Yobe State University, oil in particular could help reduce poverty, unemployment and lack of education which fuel radical recruitment.

“We need to address this social malaise to effectively tackle Boko Haram and this can be achieved with the judicious use of money from oil in the Chad Basin when oil production finally starts,” he said.

“The oil money will facilitate job and employment generation, mass education opportunities and other social and economic programmes which will in the long run do away with the factors responsible for the Boko Haram violence raging now.”

Boko Haram wants to carve out a hardline Islamic state in Nigeria but there have been no serious suggestions that its insurgency is driven by oil.

“There is no evidence that Boko Haram or their associates are motivated by a desire for control of oil,” said Andrew Noakes, coordinator of the Nigeria Security Network of analysts.

“The insurgency is driven primarily by ideological, religious, and socio-economic grievances rather than pursuit of financial gain.”

Nevertheless, in the maelstrom of rumours that is Nigerian politics, there have been claims that some northern leaders have been fuelling the rebellion for personal economic gain.

One theory is that no oil extraction can be carried out as long as there is instability in Nigeria’s northeast, giving neighbouring Chad free rein to pump out crude from the shared basins in the region from its side of the border.

If and when the conflict ends, analysts say it will be vital to learn from the mistakes made in the Niger Delta region, where most of the country’s oil is currently produced.

The Delta has been wracked by violence while decades of corruption and mismanagement have done little to improve the lives of ordinary people, despite the billions the industry produces.

“Everything must be done to avoid the resource curse,” said Debo Adeniran, from the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, a pressure group. “Oil should be a blessing rather than a curse.”

Only good governance and accountability will bring the insurgency to an end, according to Ibrahim, warning that the stakes are high for Africa’s biggest oil producer.

“If that is not done Boko Haram may never end,” he said.

“The present crop may be defeated now but in a few years another disgruntled group may rise under different cover because the factors that breed such criminal groups are still with us”.Social and economic development has long been touted as the way to revive the fortunes of Nigeria’s impoverished north and prevent legions of disaffected young men turning to radical Islam.
But Boko Haram violence has scuppered progress, particularly from one potentially lucrative source of revenue — the oil found under the Lake Chad Basin in the country’s far northeast.
Nigeria struck black gold in the Kukawa area of Borno state in 2012, with estimates that 100 billion cubic metres of deposits lie beneath the lake and its arid hinterland.
The discovery raised hopes not just because of its potential to transform the region economically but to also help boost Nigeria’s oil reserves by three billion barrels to 40 billion barrels.
But the former head of the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, said in March that plans to start production had been put on hold because of the conflict.
Geologists, engineers and other technical staff quit while the country’s main oil unions warned workers to stay away, putting paid to extraction and further exploration.
“We have advised our members to avoid the northeast because we don’t want them to be killed by the lawless group,” said Babatunde Oke of the white-collar oil workers union PENGASSAN.
A senior NNPC official said efforts were ongoing to make the region safe for oil workers, against a backdrop of militant gains of towns and villages across the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.
“For now, the plan is on hold because of the Boko Haram unrest,” he told AFP.
“But the GMD (group managing director) Joseph Dawha is in talks with (the) Nigeria airforce to ensure safe exploration in the Chad Basin.”
Five years of relentless violence in northeast Nigeria has claimed thousands of lives and made hundreds of thousands of others homeless.
The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, now the Emir of Kano, said this month that investment in the north was key to preventing radicalisation.
For Mustapha Ibrahim, a political scientist at Yobe State University, oil in particular could help reduce poverty, unemployment and lack of education which fuel radical recruitment.
“We need to address this social malaise to effectively tackle Boko Haram and this can be achieved with the judicious use of money from oil in the Chad Basin when oil production finally starts,” he said.
“The oil money will facilitate job and employment generation, mass education opportunities and other social and economic programmes which will in the long run do away with the factors responsible for the Boko Haram violence raging now.”
Boko Haram wants to carve out a hardline Islamic state in Nigeria but there have been no serious suggestions that its insurgency is driven by oil.
“There is no evidence that Boko Haram or their associates are motivated by a desire for control of oil,” said Andrew Noakes, coordinator of the Nigeria Security Network of analysts.
“The insurgency is driven primarily by ideological, religious, and socio-economic grievances rather than pursuit of financial gain.”
Nevertheless, in the maelstrom of rumours that is Nigerian politics, there have been claims that some northern leaders have been fuelling the rebellion for personal economic gain.
One theory is that no oil extraction can be carried out as long as there is instability in Nigeria’s northeast, giving neighbouring Chad free rein to pump out crude from the shared basins in the region from its side of the border.
If and when the conflict ends, analysts say it will be vital to learn from the mistakes made in the Niger Delta region, where most of the country’s oil is currently produced.
The Delta has been wracked by violence while decades of corruption and mismanagement have done little to improve the lives of ordinary people, despite the billions the industry produces.
“Everything must be done to avoid the resource curse,” said Debo Adeniran, from the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, a pressure group. “Oil should be a blessing rather than a curse.”
Only good governance and accountability will bring the insurgency to an end, according to Ibrahim, warning that the stakes are high for Africa’s biggest oil producer.
“If that is not done Boko Haram may never end,” he said.
“The present crop may be defeated now but in a few years another disgruntled group may rise under different cover because the factors that breed such criminal groups are still with us”.


TB JOSHUA; ENCOUNTER WITH A ' PROPHET '

TB JOSHUA IS A FAKE PROPHET- JACQUES PAUW NARRATES HIS SHOCKING EXPERIENCE, WHILE AT SYNAGOGUE (A MUST READ)

Pauw says Joshua gave him and his camera crew thick envelopes full of hundreds of dollar notes. He said they were at Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations to produce a TV documentary featuring the Prophet and his reported miraculous healing of terminally South Africans. Pauws alleges the “brown envelopes” were to ensure a positive programme was produced.
Read his statement below:
“I was making a TV documentary and my challenge to Joshua was straightforward: allow me to film how you heal Basson (a 25 year old Springbok rugby player who was dying of liver cancer and went to Prophet TB Joshua for healing). If you succeed, I promise I will show it to the world.
When we arrived at Joshua’s compound, the TV team and I were in effect incarcerated. For two weeks, we were forbidden to leave the grounds.
We were told we could not drink or smoke, and had to attend services and events with the pilgrims.
While I stayed in a dormitory with other pilgrims, Basson and his mother set up camp in a private room.
The church took away the young man’s morphine and pain pills.

During our first interview, a softly spoken, affable Joshua said it would be easy to heal Wium because he had nothing but a “little sore” on his liver.
At Sunday sermons, the afflicted lined up with placards stating what condition they needed healed.

There were lines of people seeking a cure for HIV/Aids, cancer and heart conditions, business failures, wandering spouses and dull brains.
A festive, almost joyous atmosphere filled the compound as churchgoers sang, clapped and danced. Evil spirits were cast out and those set free by the Prophet writhed in the dirt while vomiting out the demons.
Joshua prayed for every person in the line and declared them all healed. He ordered them to stop using any medication and trust in God.
Among the pilgrims was Capetonian John Rindel, who was suffering from full-blown AIDS and already had dementia.
He had arrived at the church several weeks before we did, was prayed for by Joshua and declared completely healed.
He had stopped taking his medicine and showed remarkable improvement.

Scientists refer to this as the “placebo effect” of faith healing. A patient can experience genuine pain relief and other ­symptomatic alleviation after being prayed for.
The relief is short-lived and the patient soon returns to his original condition.
On my request, Rindel agreed to go for two independent HIV/Aids tests when he returned to South Africa. Both showed he was still positive. He died a short while later.
The BBC recently investigated the London branch of the church and reported that three women had died after being “healed” and told to stop taking their HIV/Aids medication.
I challenged the pilgrims to provide me with medical proof that they had been healed. None did.
Ruben Kruger died in 2010 just before his 40th birthday.
And Wium Basson? Joshua never prayed for him. He said God had not sent him a message to do so.

The young man left the church broken, disillusioned and at death’s door. He died a few days after returning to South Africa.
Before I left the church, Joshua handed me, and the camera and sound people, thick envelopes full of hundred dollar notes. He wanted to be sure we’d produce a positive programme.
We gave the envelopes back.
A year or so after the programme aired – and generated a massive response from people who called us accusing Joshua of all sorts of misdeeds – the preacher produced a video of a 76-year-old South African man named Moses he said he’d brought back from the dead.
Moses was among a group of South African pilgrims in Lagos when he had a heart attack in the dining room.
Videos distributed around the world showed three pilgrims, one a doctor from Bloemfontein, trying to resuscitate Moses.
They failed, the videos reported, and Moses was carried into another room. Joshua walked in, bent over him and ­commanded: “In the name of Jesus, rise!”
Moses opened his eyes. It later emerged that Moses had been both alive and ­breathing when he was carried from the dining hall. He’d been resuscitated, not resurrected, and clever editing created a fake miracle.

I understand the despair of terminally ill people and why they grasp at final straws. My father died of lung cancer and might well have made the journey to Lagos.
I am just glad he is not here any more to become a victim of a ravenous tick that feasts on the blood of the ignorant, gullible and desperate.”

Pauw says Joshua gave him and his camera crew thick envelopes full of hundreds of dollar notes. He said they were at Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations to produce a TV documentary featuring the Prophet and his reported miraculous healing of terminally South Africans. Pauws alleges the “brown envelopes” were to ensure a positive programme was produced.
Read his statement below:
“I was making a TV documentary and my challenge to Joshua was straightforward: allow me to film how you heal Basson (a 25 year old Springbok rugby player who was dying of liver cancer and went to Prophet TB Joshua for healing). If you succeed, I promise I will show it to the world.
When we arrived at Joshua’s compound, the TV team and I were in effect incarcerated. For two weeks, we were forbidden to leave the grounds.
We were told we could not drink or smoke, and had to attend services and events with the pilgrims.
While I stayed in a dormitory with other pilgrims, Basson and his mother set up camp in a private room.
The church took away the young man’s morphine and pain pills.
During our first interview, a softly spoken, affable Joshua said it would be easy to heal Wium because he had nothing but a “little sore” on his liver.
At Sunday sermons, the afflicted lined up with placards stating what condition they needed healed.
There were lines of people seeking a cure for HIV/Aids, cancer and heart conditions, business failures, wandering spouses and dull brains.
A festive, almost joyous atmosphere filled the compound as churchgoers sang, clapped and danced. Evil spirits were cast out and those set free by the Prophet writhed in the dirt while vomiting out the demons.
Joshua prayed for every person in the line and declared them all healed. He ordered them to stop using any medication and trust in God.
Among the pilgrims was Capetonian John Rindel, who was suffering from full-blown AIDS and already had dementia.
He had arrived at the church several weeks before we did, was prayed for by Joshua and declared completely healed.
He had stopped taking his medicine and showed remarkable improvement.
Scientists refer to this as the “placebo effect” of faith healing. A patient can experience genuine pain relief and other ­symptomatic alleviation after being prayed for.
The relief is short-lived and the patient soon returns to his original condition.
On my request, Rindel agreed to go for two independent HIV/Aids tests when he returned to South Africa. Both showed he was still positive. He died a short while later.
The BBC recently investigated the London branch of the church and reported that three women had died after being “healed” and told to stop taking their HIV/Aids medication.
I challenged the pilgrims to provide me with medical proof that they had been healed. None did.
Ruben Kruger died in 2010 just before his 40th birthday.
And Wium Basson? Joshua never prayed for him. He said God had not sent him a message to do so.
The young man left the church broken, disillusioned and at death’s door. He died a few days after returning to South Africa.
Before I left the church, Joshua handed me, and the camera and sound people, thick envelopes full of hundred dollar notes. He wanted to be sure we’d produce a positive programme.
We gave the envelopes back.
A year or so after the programme aired – and generated a massive response from people who called us accusing Joshua of all sorts of misdeeds – the preacher produced a video of a 76-year-old South African man named Moses he said he’d brought back from the dead.
Moses was among a group of South African pilgrims in Lagos when he had a heart attack in the dining room.
Videos distributed around the world showed three pilgrims, one a doctor from Bloemfontein, trying to resuscitate Moses.
They failed, the videos reported, and Moses was carried into another room. Joshua walked in, bent over him and ­commanded: “In the name of Jesus, rise!”
Moses opened his eyes. It later emerged that Moses had been both alive and ­breathing when he was carried from the dining hall. He’d been resuscitated, not resurrected, and clever editing created a fake miracle.
I understand the despair of terminally ill people and why they grasp at final straws. My father died of lung cancer and might well have made the journey to Lagos.
I am just glad he is not here any more to become a victim of a ravenous tick that feasts on the blood of the ignorant, gullible and desperate.”

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PHOTONEWS; THE CLINTONS AND GRANDDAUGHTER

Proud Grandparents. Bill And Hilary Clinton Show Off Their New Born Granddaughter
Former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary became first time grand parents on September 26th after their only child

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

POLICE BUST ROBBERY GANG LED BY A 55 YEAR OLD RETURNEE




The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday paraded seven suspected members of an armed robbery gang, two of whom confessed to have travelled from Italy and China to lead the gang in Lagos.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the gang members were arrested on Saturday, September 20, in the Ebute Meta, Lagos while they were preparing for an operation.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspects ─ Joel Eghon, Jude Dike, Ifeanyi Onwegbuchi, Solomon Igwe, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Ejike Emegwo and Leonard Afoaku ─ were apprehended with a Toyota Hiace which they had earlier snatched along the Ibadan-Ife Expressway.
According to the police, the bus contained Volkswagen engines, female bags, shoes and motor gear oil, which had been recovered.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro, the Italian returnee, 55-year-old Dike, said he had spent eight years in Italy trying to make ends meet, but returned to Nigeria about three years ago to join the gang.
Dike, who hails from Orlu, Imo State, said he supervised the sale of all the goods stolen by the gang.
Grey-haired Dike said, “I have my stores on Ashogbon Street, Isale Eko, Idumota in Lagos. Before coming to Lagos, I was in Italy for eight years. I was doing drugs runs for many dealers. I came back to Lagos three years ago, where I met Emegwo. We were staying together in Idumota. He was the one who introduced me to the gang.
“When they go on operations, they drop the goods they snatch in my store. I sell them for the gang and share the money out after removing my own gains. When some cosmetics were stolen, my gain was N800,000. On another occasion, my gain was N600,000.”
Dike added that he had been with the gang for about three years.
“At a point, I told them I wanted to quit because I knew I was treading a wrong path, but they threatened to implicate me and I continued,” he added.
For 31-year-old Emegwo, he was working as keeper of a warehouse in Beijing, China and had to leave the country due to poor payment.
He said, “I returned to Nigeria in August 2013. I was working in Beijing, China, in a warehouse. China was not easy. I was not well paid. I came back because my papers were about to expire and I did not want immigration problems.
“I followed them for this particular operation because my wife needed money. She is carrying a still born and we need to pay for an operation. Unfortunately, we had not sold the goods before we were arrested.”
The police revealed that the mode of operation of the gang was to pose as security officials on the highway and flag down targeted drivers for “stop-and-search”. In the process, the suspected robbers would attack their victims.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, said nine rounds of 9mm ammunition, three locally-made pistols and 33 live cartridges were recovered from the gang. He added that the police would continue to fight crimes in the state.
He said, “When I got information about the activities of this gang, I instructed the Special Anti-Robbery Squad team, led by Abba Kyari, to go after the suspects. They have all confessed to several robberies in Lagos, Osun and Oyo states.
“The police in Lagos are going to continue to hunt down criminals and protect lives and property. The suspects will be made to face the full wrath of the law.”

PASTOR ARRESTED FOR RAPING WORSHIPPER IN CHURCH

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Pastor Segun Alawode, 37, of Eternal Sacred Order C & S Church Sabo, Odogbolu, Ogun State, for raping a 32-year-old lady in his church premises at Odogbolu Ogun State.
The victim alleged that the pastor was in a prayer session with her when he asked her (victim) to hold on to some candle stick and suddenly and forcefully pulled off her wears before he eventually had carnal knowledge of her in the church.
The anti-crime team attached to Odogbolu Division of Ogun State Command apprehended him when the victim and her relations stormed the Police Division to notify the Divisional Police Officer of the pastor’s misdeeds and to seek justice through the police.
According to the state’s police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, “the matter is currently at the Anti Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the Department of Criminal Investigation, Abeokuta and medical reports so far received on the matter confirmed that the pastor actually committed the offense and he has confessed to the crime. The matter will soon be charged to court.”

JEALOUS HUSBAND BUTCHERS WIFE IN DELTA


A man who killed his wife over claims of promiscuity has been arrested by the police in Delta State.
Michael Akpore of Urhiephron, Ughelli South Local Government Area was said to have killed his 32-year-old wife, Julie Akpore for allegedly having extra-marital affairs.
Police Public Relations Officer, Delta Command, Mrs Celestina Kalu, in a statement said that the suspect reported himself to the
Jeremi Police Division last Thursday, days after luring his wife to the bush along Iwhrekan/Ekakpamren Road, where he allegedly butchered her.
According to Kalu, the suspect claimed he “killed the wife because she confessed that she was having extra marital affairs. He was promptly arrested, the crime scene visited and corpse of the woman recovered and deposited at the Jeremi Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.

' WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SHEKAU'S DEATH' - DHQ


  sWe Have Nothing To Do With Boko Haram Leader, Shekau’s Reported Killing – DHQ Finally Declares

The military high command yesterday, said that it could not confirm that the high ranking leader of the Boko Haram sect killed by troops in Konduga, Borno State was Abubakar Shekau. This is even as it dismissed as speculation, the reports in some section of the media that Shekau was the one killed by troops. An online media had in a report, which was celebrated by some newspapers, expressed the concern that from all indications, the Boko Haram leader may have finally been killed during the September 17 war of Konduga.

However, the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, in a reaction said that a prominent Boko Haram leader was killed, but it didn’t know if he was Shekau or not. Asked if it was sure that the Boko Haram Commander killed by its troops was Shekau, the DHQ through its Director of Defence Information, DDI, Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, told our correspondent that, “I don’t know.” Olukolade, who ordinarily would have been expected to celebrate the report as victory, rather dissociated the DHQ from it saying, the DHQ had nothing to do with it. Olukolade said: “I hope you know we did not say anything about it, did we?” He however indicated to speak very soon on the dead Boko Haram Commander.

On its part, the Army Headquarters, AHQ, through its Director of Army Public Relations, DAPR, Brig-Gen. Olajide Laleye, said it could not confirm that Abubakar Shekau was dead. Laleye told our correspondent that, “No, I cannot confirm that please.” The Department of States Services, DSS, had some time ago announced Shekau was dead. The DSS had declared that Shekau died of gunshot injuries during a fierce encounter in the North East.

However, shortly afterwards, a senior member of the sect emerged in a video to declare that he was Abubakar Shekau and that he was not dead as claimed by the DSS. But the new character was said by security forces to have been mimicking the said late Shekau, as they, (security forces), appeared very confident that the man that was earlier killed was Shekau.

(Osun Defender)

The military high command yesterday, said that it could not confirm that the high ranking leader of the Boko Haram sect killed by troops in Konduga, Borno State was Abubakar Shekau. This is even as it dismissed as speculation, the reports in some section of the media that Shekau was the one killed by troops. An online media had in a report, which was celebrated by some newspapers, expressed the concern that from all indications, the Boko Haram leader may have finally been killed during the September 17 war of Konduga.
However, the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, in a reaction said that a prominent Boko Haram leader was killed, but it didn’t know if he was Shekau or not. Asked if it was sure that the Boko Haram Commander killed by its troops was Shekau, the DHQ through its Director of Defence Information, DDI, Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, told our correspondent that, “I don’t know.” Olukolade, who ordinarily would have been expected to celebrate the report as victory, rather dissociated the DHQ from it saying, the DHQ had nothing to do with it. Olukolade said: “I hope you know we did not say anything about it, did we?” He however indicated to speak very soon on the dead Boko Haram Commander.
On its part, the Army Headquarters, AHQ, through its Director of Army Public Relations, DAPR, Brig-Gen. Olajide Laleye, said it could not confirm that Abubakar Shekau was dead. Laleye told our correspondent that, “No, I cannot confirm that please.” The Department of States Services, DSS, had some time ago announced Shekau was dead. The DSS had declared that Shekau died of gunshot injuries during a fierce encounter in the North East.
However, shortly afterwards, a senior member of the sect emerged in a video to declare that he was Abubakar Shekau and that he was not dead as claimed by the DSS. But the new character was said by security forces to have been mimicking the said late Shekau, as they, (security forces), appeared very confident that the man that was earlier killed was Shekau.

PHOTONEWS; THE DREAM TEAM?

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

SIX KILLED IN APC, PDP CLASH ON LAGOS ISLAND

Six people were killed and several others injured after members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and the All Progressives Congress clashed in Isale Eko area of Lagos State between Saturday and Sunday.
A police source said the fight started because of President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Lagos on Saturday. Apparently some youth members of the APC were angry over Jonathan’s visit, seeing it as a subtle to campaign in their territory.
Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said it started on Saturday after a Chairman of the National Union Road Transport Workers was allegedly killed by a PDP member.
As of Sunday evening, over 20 patrol vans were on ground and armoured personnel carriers.
The police source said: “Nobody knows what happened for sure. But it has something to do with Jonathan’s visit on Saturday. They said he came to TBS to campaign. The first person was killed on that Saturday. The man is said to be a member of the APC. Members of APC today (Sunday) killed five members of the PDP.”
It was also gathered that one Sego of NURTW, said to be a thug to a former Lagos State governor on the platform of the APC, allegedly organised the men on Sunday and handed them AK47 rifles, after which he led them to where shot and killed the five members of the PDP.
Some angry people were sighted destroying posters of APC near the Oba’s palace on Sunday at Isale Eko.
Police recovered over 16 expended AK47 cartridges and 20 pump action expended cartridges.
It was also gathered that last week the police arrested 15 members of the PDP and charged them to court for offences yet unknown.
Braide said: “On Saturday there was a problem. Someone shot the chairman of NURTW.
“The shooter is said to be PDP member.
“Today, in something of reprisal attack, APC members went to fight and shot two persons.
“They were rushed to the hospital by the police. Security has been beefed up in the area.”

EKITI ATTACK; POLICE ARRAIGN SIX SUSPECTS


Court Attack: CP Summons APC, PDP Chairmen, Arraign Six

Ekiti Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, has summoned the chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, Jide Awe, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Makanjuola Ogundipe, over the Monday’s attack at the State High Court, Ado-Ekiti.

At a peace meeting held in his office in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, the Police boss advised the two parties to talk to their supporters to avoid a reoccurrence of the violence and subsequent disruption of court proceedings witnessed on Monday.

According to a statement by the Ekiti Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Babayemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lakanu charged the party chieftains to prevail on supporters to eschew violent and embrace peace.

“He also reminded the chieftains that the state is greater than any individual hence; no person or group of persons will be allowed to truncate the peace of the state under any guise. The CP vowed to do all that is legally permitted to prevent a reoccurrence.

“The Chairman of APC, Chief Jide Awe and his PDP counterpart, Mr. Makanjuola Ogundipe both agreed that nothing positive can be achieved in the atmosphere of commotion, and therefore, promised to talk to their supporters to be peaceful and law abiding.

“They equally vowed to cooperate with the police by towing the part of justice at all times.”

Meanwhile, the command on Tuesday arraigned six persons arrested in connection with the violence before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court.

They are Raji Wasiu (23 ), Ogunlana (28), Fasusi George (38), Arogbuwa Diya (35), Adewumi Gbenga (30) and Adewumi Kehinde(44).

They were arraigned over a five count of conspiracy to obstruct the cause of justice, attempt to obstruct and prevent the cause of justice, causing disturbance in cause of judicial proceedings, committing an act of intentional disrespect to a sitting judge and malicious damage.

According to the First Information Report, the alleged offences are contrary and punishable under Sections 126 (1 and 2), 133 (3 and 9) and 451 of Criminal Code, cap C 16, laws of Ekiti State 2012.

Police Prosecutor, Cpl.Oriyomi Akinwale, said the accused committed the offence on September 22 at about 12pm at the Ado-Ekiti High Court.

The accused pleaded not guilty.

Upon hearing the bail application by their counsel, Mr. Kola Kolade, and counter argument from Oriyomi, Magistrate Modupe Afeniforo admitted the accused persons to N100,000 bail each and two sureties in like sum.

She added that one of the sureties must be a civil servant on grade level 12 or must be a property owner with evidence of tax clearance.

She later adjourned the case till October 22 for hearing.

Punch.Ekiti Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, has summoned the chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, Jide Awe, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Makanjuola Ogundipe, over the Monday’s attack at the State High Court, Ado-Ekiti.
At a peace meeting held in his office in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, the Police boss advised the two parties to talk to their supporters to avoid a reoccurrence of the violence and subsequent disruption of court proceedings witnessed on Monday.
According to a statement by the Ekiti Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Babayemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lakanu charged the party chieftains to prevail on supporters to eschew violent and embrace peace.
“He also reminded the chieftains that the state is greater than any individual hence; no person or group of persons will be allowed to truncate the peace of the state under any guise. The CP vowed to do all that is legally permitted to prevent a reoccurrence.
“The Chairman of APC, Chief Jide Awe and his PDP counterpart, Mr. Makanjuola Ogundipe both agreed that nothing positive can be achieved in the atmosphere of commotion, and therefore, promised to talk to their supporters to be peaceful and law abiding.
“They equally vowed to cooperate with the police by towing the part of justice at all times.”
Meanwhile, the command on Tuesday arraigned six persons arrested in connection with the violence before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court.
They are Raji Wasiu (23 ), Ogunlana (28), Fasusi George (38), Arogbuwa Diya (35), Adewumi Gbenga (30) and Adewumi Kehinde(44).
They were arraigned over a five count of conspiracy to obstruct the cause of justice, attempt to obstruct and prevent the cause of justice, causing disturbance in cause of judicial proceedings, committing an act of intentional disrespect to a sitting judge and malicious damage.
According to the First Information Report, the alleged offences are contrary and punishable under Sections 126 (1 and 2), 133 (3 and 9) and 451 of Criminal Code, cap C 16, laws of Ekiti State 2012.
Police Prosecutor, Cpl.Oriyomi Akinwale, said the accused committed the offence on September 22 at about 12pm at the Ado-Ekiti High Court.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
Upon hearing the bail application by their counsel, Mr. Kola Kolade, and counter argument from Oriyomi, Magistrate Modupe Afeniforo admitted the accused persons to N100,000 bail each and two sureties in like sum.
She added that one of the sureties must be a civil servant on grade level 12 or must be a property owner with evidence of tax clearance.
She later adjourned the case till October 22 for hearing.
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