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PDP Advises Buhari To Fight Insecurity With Technology

Killings: Buhari not doing enough - PDP chieftain, Aderinokun mulls fighting insecurity with ICT - Daily Post Nigeria
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),has advised  President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy technology in the fight against terror, banditry, and other crimes, pointing out that the apparent failure of intelligence to track attacks by bandits and follow up on them is a clear failure of the intelligence community.
The National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus,who gave the advice at a press conference in Abuja,also  said that efforts should be made towards partnership with foreign governments and miscellaneous entities for the war efforts.
He advocated the need for the establishment of a state police and implored  all citizens to support the quest for state police as is the tradition in other federations.
He added:”Mindful of the current plethora of vigilante in various parts of the country, which have not been enabled to carry out all the elements of effective policing, we call on the governors of the 36 states, the leadership and members of the National Assembly, the Speakers of the State Assemblies, relevant agencies of government, to occasion a summit for a one-stop shop regarding the creation, structure, and management of state police.
“In spite of the concerns over state police, it is doubtful that 36 state police services can be easily overwhelmed, as is the case now with the unitary police. Besides, any challenges can be addressed through legislative framework to make abuse extremely difficult, if not impossible,” he said.
Demanding that all culprits connected to insecurity should be brought to book, the PDP National Chairman said, “all culprits, who have levied war on Nigeria, should be brought to book. It is unfathomable that several mass kidnappings have been successfully staged with the culprits not being held to account. It is a shameful irony that a few bandit leaders that have been taken out were killed by rival gangs and not our security agencies.
“If Sheik Gumi could detect and engage the bandits, we do not understand why our security agencies cannot track, arrest, and prosecute them.”
The party also called for the creation of National Boarders Protection Force to secure the borders, stressing that: “this will include an integrated border protection system that will draw personnel and equipment from existing armed service and Immigration
“We cannot continue to watch while terrorist and bandits continue to levy war on our nation, through our porous borders. This borders force should be equipped with reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, prevention, and enforcement. It should therefore have air, sea, and land capability.
“There must be a synergy and cooperation among the armed services, strategically and operationally. There is no reason a theatre Commander should not have within his control the deployment of the Air Force, the Army, and the Navy in his operational area.
“The administration of President Buhari should completely shed weight on arrogance, lack of respect for Nigerians and its pretences of being an island of integrity.
“He should begin to engage the citizens directly. He should address the nation on the various issues escalating tension in the land and pushing the nation farther to the tips of precipice.
He expressed disgust  that the only economic management tool known by this government is just mind-boggling borrowing.
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Why Nigerians Cry For  Secession – CDHR

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The Committee for Defense of Human Right (CDHR) has said that  Federal Government’s insensitivity to the issues of marginalization and human rights abuses was  responsible for increased  yearning for secession in the country.
Dr.Osagie Obayuwana,the National President of CDHR, said  that it was a fact that marginalization and human rights abuses have widened the call beyond Biafra to Oduduwa Republic, the Middle Belt and the Lower Niger Congress.
According to him: “The high-handedness with which these issues have been suppressed makes it not surprising that the rebellion would extend to attacks which Nigeria has witnessed in recent times, on the symbols of the state considered oppressive, like the police, the soldiers, the correctional Facilities and customs.
He said that Buhari engaged in pretence to secure office, which is now used to actualize a narrow Fulani agenda, which according to him is a crisis prone misadventure, doomed to failure, but which unfortunately may consume Nigeria, if not abandoned.”
He spoke on  the request by the President that the headquarters of AFRICOM be moved from Germany to Africa, Obayuwana,saying the development was a mere desperation.
He added : “This is an act of desperation that is not properly thought out. It portends the handing over of Nigeria’s sovereignty to the United States of America at this stage of our national history. It is bemusing how the government on whose laps the challenge of consolidating the unity and integration of Nigeria and Africa lies, which has in our view woefully failed in this historical assignment, can imagine that it is American soldiers that can come to the rescue.”
“Buhari’s call gives an insight into how poorly he defined the problem, and to imagine that the sense of injustice felt by the South-East, South-West, South-South and Middle Belt, as well as the poor in the North, can be wiped out by American military might, is troubling.”
Online Editor by — May 4, 2021 in Law/Human Rights 0
CAN Battles Boko Haram With Prayers

Rev. Dr. Mathias ECHIODA CAN Chairman Niger State Chapter | Christian Association of Nigeria
 Christians in Niger state have concluded arrangements to hold  a three days prayer for God’s intervention in the  worsening security challenges bedeviling the state which has claimed so many lives and  properties.
Rev. Matthias Echioda,the Niger state chairman of the, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN),  who disclosed this in Minna,explained that  the special intercessory prayers is to call on God to have mercy on Nigeria, Niger state in particular and ‘Save our land’ from agents of darkness.
“We are embarking on three days prayers starting on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and Christians from the two Local Government Areas that make up Minna the state capital; Chanchaga and Bosso will be comverging in Minna for the prayers”.
Echioda, who expressed optimism in the powers of prayers said, “The move has become necessary especially now when the Governor has come out publicly to say that the federal government is not saying anything concerning the increasing security siege.The special prayers is expected to held simulteneously across the 25 Local Government Areas. Chanchaga and Bosso will be in Minna while 23 others will be at various Local Government headquarters”, the CAN chairman further explained
Meanwhile,fears have  grip residents of Minna, Niger state capital and its environs following rumours of the infiltration of suspected members of Boko-Haram into Minna, enroute to Zungeru in Wushishi Local Government.
The suspects were said to have alighted from a commercial vehicle and approached some Tricycle operators (keke-Napep) and started negotiating on how to be conveyed to Zungeru.
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Council Insists On Regulation Of Teaching

MUST A TEACHER REGISTER WITH THE TEACHERS' REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA? - Naija Legal Talk
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has said efforts to regulate the teaching profession and prevent it from being open to quacks  necessitates its stringent qualification examinations.
Registrar of TRCN,  Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, who said this, noted that having qualified teachers in all schools across the country, holds the key to Nigeria’s development.
Ajiboye,who spoke at a one-day Capacity Training Workshop for Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN), expressed that teachers are critical to the human and capital development of every nation and as such their qualification and standard process must be accorded the highest form of scrutiny.
He maintained that  the introduction of teacher qualifying examination and the mandatory licencing of teachers before they can practice have exposed the quacks in the sector.
He said  Nigeria can only develop and improve if it increases the quality of its teachers as well as the methods of teaching and learning in schools.
”A situation where anyone whether qualified and unqualified is free to stand in front of a classroom to teach is sheer anarchy and Nigeria is already paying a big price for that neglect of the sector, ” he added.
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APC Claims Membership Strength Now 40million

APC claims over 40 million members registered - AFTNEWS
The All Progressives Congress (APC),says its membership strength in the country has hit  over 40 million.
John James AkpanUdoedehe, APC Caretaker Committee Secretary,who disclosed this  when a team of  non -career Ambassadors paid a courtesy visit on the leadership of the Party in Abuja,attributed the development   to Yobe State governor and Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning  Committee  (CECPC),  Gov Mai Mala Buni, whom he said has ushered in peace in the party after a long drawn post formation crisis.
He said:”We are blessed to have focused and gentle Chairman. When he came on board, we lost ground. Under his leadership we have regained what we lost and gained more. We had a membership strength of 12 million. I want to inform you your Excellencies, under his leadership the APC has moved to about 40 something million today.
“Since the creation of this party, we have never enjoyed peace and tranquility that we are enjoying. He has brought in some kind of calmness. We are blessed to have him.  He is accesssable. He read your speech before you came and he granted everything you requested. That is the kind of Chairman we have”.
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Family Of Slain Job Seeker Seeks Justice

Akwa Ibom state government pays condolence visit to family of slain job seeker, Ini Umoren; vows to ensure justice is served (photos)
The family of late job seeker, Miss Iniubong Umoren has cried out  to the Akwa Ibom Government to ensure that the killer of their sister is brought to book.
Elder brother to the deceased, Mr Ukeme Umoren made plea when the Governor Udom Emmanuel  paid an unscheduled visit to commiserate with the family in Ndot village in Oruk Anam Local Government Area .
He   lamented that they lost their parents while in secondary schools and struggled on their own to get education to university level to ensure a better tomorrow. Adding that the late Iniobong was their youngest
According to him, late Iniubong was awaiting her call up letter to proceed for national youth service when she met her untimely death.
He appealed to the state government to ensure that perpetrators of the heinous crime were brought to book as this will be the only succour  to the family.
“We welcome the Government of Akwa Ibom State into the family of late Ephraim Umoren. It is so pathetic to us, we are heart broken that our younger sister struggled so much to get education to University level to ensure better tomorrow.We sent our younger sister to school and she was waiting to get her call up letter to proceed to her National Youth Service assignment.
“She went to look for a job to keep herself going, pending the call up letter, but the dream is shattered, we have lost our sister. However, I want to thank the government for coming to sympathise with us in the difficult moment.We are asking for one thing, that we are orphans, our parents left us while we were in secondary schools, we’ve struggled and all of us are now graduates.
“All we want is justice for our sister. Whoever, that is involved in this atrocity should be brought to book. I know the youngman could not have done this alone. There are people behind the scene that sent him on this errand. We appeal to Akwa Ibom State Government that whosoever is involved in the gruesome murder of Iniubong Umoren should be brought to justice. We want Justice for late sister, she was the last child in the family,” Umoren said.
He commended the state government, and  pleaded that  his family should not be abandoned during the critical period.
In his remarks, Governor  Udom Emmanuel who was represented by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem sympathised with family and described the ugly incident as tragic and pathetic to a young girl who went out to earn a living.
“This is a very tragic development, lest than an hour ago His Excellency called me because he is out of the state on official duty. He is extremely unhappy about this development, that a young girl of that age going out seaching for a job to earn a living in the cause of doing that this tragedy struck. The Governor is so sad about this and has sent me to come here and console with the family,” he said.
Online Editor by — May 4, 2021 in Law/Human Rights 0
Senate  Queries NOA Over N2bn Cash Advances To Staff

Senate Queries NOA over N2bn Cash Advances to StaffTHISDAYLIVE
Senate Committee on Public Accounts has criticized the National Orientation Agency (NOA) over payment N2 billion as cash advances to some members of staff, which was not retired.
It  also faulted the agency for disbursing the sum of N129 million cash to some members of staff instead of paying the money direct into their accounts as stipulated in Circular on E-payment Ref  No. TRY/A8&B8/2008 OAGF/CAD/026/VOL.11/465  dated  22nd  October,  2008 .
 Senator Mathew Urhoghide,who chaired the committee  based the query on the 2016 report of Auditor General of the Federation, which is being considered by Senate Committee.
He said the agency did not attached the vouchers used in spending the N2 billion to the documents submitted to the Committee, but only presented Journals to justify the expenditure, which was not acceptable by the lawmakers.
The Director- General of NOA, Garba Abari,  pleaded for more time for the agency to look for relevant vouchers supporting the expenditure.
But a member of Committee, Senator Peter Nwaboshi asked the agency to explain which emergency programme warrants the need to take N129 million cash to a venue.
The officials of the agency were unable to give cogent response to Senator Nwaboshi question, which generated a heated debate on the query.
The committee, however, yielded to the request of the Director General of the agency for more time to address issues raised in the query.
The committee  adjourned the meeting with NOA till 27th May, 2021 in order  to prepare adequately.
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Governors Must Respect Judicial Autonomy-NBA

Judicial Autonomy: Governors must respect constitution ― NBA - Vanguard News
 The Ado-Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) insists that the 36 state governors must respect the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the contending issue of full autonomy for the Judiciary.
The body regretted that the closure of courts across the country had not only debased the country’s democracy, but negatively affected the fortunes of the legal practitioners, urging the governors to swiftly accede to the request of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to resolve the conundrum.
The NBA, Ado Ekiti Branch, said these in Ado Ekiti at a news conference marking the 10th Annual Law Week being held in honour of a Legal Icon, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN).
The Branch Chairman, Mr Adeyemi Adewumi gave the theme of this year’s Law week as: “The 21st Century Lawyer: Integrating Business Skills with Legal Knowledge”
He  urged the Federal Government to convene a roundtable discussion, where all stakeholders could meet, ruminate and proffer solutions to the senseless killings and kidnappings of innocent Nigerians.
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Kwara  Traveller Caught With Fresh Human Parts

Kwara traveller caught with fresh human head, hands - Punch Newspapers
The police in Kwara State, has arrested a man caught with a fresh human head and hands concealed in a bag in a commercial bus travelling from Ajase-Ipo to Ilorin.
Kehinde Moses,24, confessed that the head and hands were that of a man he identified as Mohammed, who was allegedly murdered for ritual purposes in Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ajayi Okasanmi, said Moses’ partner  escaped bolted when police personnel stopped the vehicle for search on the road.
He said: “Today, May 3, 2021, around 6.30am along the Ajase-Ipo/Ilorin Road, a team of Operation Harmony on stop-and-search duty stopped one suspected commercial bus and in the process of searching a bag, one boy took to his heels, while his partner was held; the bag was searched and a freshly severed head and hands of a boy were discovered.
“In the course of interrogation, the suspect confessed that he and his fleeing partner killed the victim named Mohammed in Ajase-Ipo for ritual purposes.
On the strength of the discovery, he said  commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega, directed the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department to thoroughly investigate the case and arrest anybody connected to this heinous crime.
He added that the suspect, Kehinde John Moses, took a team of investigators to where the body was dumped for the purpose of recovery and subsequent transfer to hospital for autopsy.
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Lagos Police Arrest 11 Cultists,Traffic Robbers

11 Suspected Cultists, Traffic Robbers Arrested In Lagos - Global Times Nigeria
The  Lagos State Police Command has arrested 11 suspected cultists and traffic robbers for terrorising and dispossessing members of the public of their valuables in the Ikeja area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the suspects were arrested following a distress call from a victim, adding that the suspects confessed to the crime during interrogation.
According to him: “The command has been arresting traffic robbers, who terrorise and dispossess innocent people of their belongings in the state, while many of them are being kept at bay due to the consistency and commitment of the command to tackling the menace and other forms of criminality in the state.
“In furtherance of the command’s anti-crime measures, the police operatives attached to the Strike Team of the command, on May 1, 2021, around 2pm, arrested 11 suspected cultists and traffic robbers, who were attacking and dispossessing innocent people of their belongings at the Railway Crossing, Ikeja Along, Lagos.
“The operatives, who responded to a distress call from one of the victims, raced to the area and arrested some of the suspects in action, while others were arrested at their hideouts around Ikeja Along. They have confessed to the crime. The suspects also revealed that they attack their targets with iron rods, guns, cutlasses and charms during operations.”
He  stated that investigation led to the arrest of an accomplice, Idris Adamu, adding that efforts were on to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.
The PPRO said, “In the course of police investigation, the suspects revealed one of their receivers, one Idris Adamu, 42, who was immediately arrested at the Alade Market. A gold necklace of one of the victims and many other suspected stolen items like phones, necklaces and watches, among others, were recovered from him.
“Other victims of their robbery operation on the said date have been identified and are assisting the police in their investigation. The police operatives are presently interrogating the suspects in order to extract more information on their mode of operations, membership and accomplices so as to apprehend other members of the gang and those who conspire with them in committing the dastardly act in the area and across the state.
“The suspects are Sadiq Masaki, 22; Oladimeji Olatunbosun, 24; Adam Hassan, 21; Tunde Afolayan, 24; Michael Ademola, 22; Olamide Johnson, 20; Abiodun Opeyemi, 22; Oluseyi Agbaje, 21; Daniel Ayomide, 20, and Adebayo Tobi, 21.
“The CP has ordered that the Strike Team profiles the suspects and go after their gang members and conspirators as the command will not spare anyone, who engages in any act of criminality, no matter its magnitude.”
The  Lagos State Police Command has arrested 11 suspected cultists and traffic robbers for terrorising and dispossessing members of the public of their valuables in the Ikeja area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the suspects were arrested following a distress call from a victim, adding that the suspects confessed to the crime during interrogation.
According to him: “The command has been arresting traffic robbers, who terrorise and dispossess innocent people of their belongings in the state, while many of them are being kept at bay due to the consistency and commitment of the command to tackling the menace and other forms of criminality in the state.
“In furtherance of the command’s anti-crime measures, the police operatives attached to the Strike Team of the command, on May 1, 2021, around 2pm, arrested 11 suspected cultists and traffic robbers, who were attacking and dispossessing innocent people of their belongings at the Railway Crossing, Ikeja Along, Lagos.
“The operatives, who responded to a distress call from one of the victims, raced to the area and arrested some of the suspects in action, while others were arrested at their hideouts around Ikeja Along. They have confessed to the crime. The suspects also revealed that they attack their targets with iron rods, guns, cutlasses and charms during operations.”
He  stated that investigation led to the arrest of an accomplice, Idris Adamu, adding that efforts were on to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.
The PPRO said, “In the course of police investigation, the suspects revealed one of their receivers, one Idris Adamu, 42, who was immediately arrested at the Alade Market. A gold necklace of one of the victims and many other suspected stolen items like phones, necklaces and watches, among others, were recovered from him.
“Other victims of their robbery operation on the said date have been identified and are assisting the police in their investigation. The police operatives are presently interrogating the suspects in order to extract more information on their mode of operations, membership and accomplices so as to apprehend other members of the gang and those who conspire with them in committing the dastardly act in the area and across the state.
“The suspects are Sadiq Masaki, 22; Oladimeji Olatunbosun, 24; Adam Hassan, 21; Tunde Afolayan, 24; Michael Ademola, 22; Olamide Johnson, 20; Abiodun Opeyemi, 22; Oluseyi Agbaje, 21; Daniel Ayomide, 20, and Adebayo Tobi, 21.
“The CP has ordered that the Strike Team profiles the suspects and go after their gang members and conspirators as the command will not spare anyone, who engages in any act of criminality, no matter its magnitude.”
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