​· As Police Arrest 50 Notorious Criminal Suspects, recover 27 Assorted Rifles, 2,720 Ammunition, Others

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has charged Police Operatives across the country to sustain the tempo in the ongoing operationalization of Operation Restore Peace in the country. The IGP, who noted that the special operation is remarkably assisting in rolling back the negative trend of crimes in the country, commended Police operatives for the recent arrest of fifty (50) notorious criminal suspects for their involvement in different crimes including kidnapping, banditry, unlawful possession of firearms, trading in illicit drugs, amongst others. Twenty-six (26) sophisticated firearms including 13 AK47 rifles, 4 SMGs, 4 locally made revolver rifles and 2720 ammunition of different calibre are some of the exhibits recovered from the suspects.

Notable among the cases is the arrest of three (3) of the key suspects involved in the abduction of students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, Kaduna, by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad (STS). The suspects are Ishaku Lawal, Muazu Abubakar and Adam Bello. Investigations by the Police team revealed how Muazu Abubakar a.k.a Datti ‘m’ 27years, the principal suspect, carried out surveillance of the Bethel school and strategized with his other gang members before they attacked and abducted the students. Ishaku Lawal who was also arrested in connection with the incident, revealed how Ahmadu a.k.a Yellow provided the firearms and ammunition they used for the operation. One AK47 rifle was recovered from each of the suspects. Investigations into the case is still ongoing.

Also arrested, is a prolific highway robbery syndicate that have been linked to about fifty (50) armed robberies along major highways in the South-West region of the country. The leader of the gang, one Mohammed Mode a.k.a Basullube from Gugu in Kwara State, revealed to the Police team how he masterminded and led other gang members, Abdullahi Mohammed from Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Musa Adamu from Otte Vilage, Kwara State and Abdullahi Ali from Orita Gambari in Oyo State, all within age bracket of 21 – 27 years, to carry out the series of highway robberies before their eventual arrest.

Similarly, Police investigations into the recent spate of break-ins and theft in places of worship in the Federal Capital Territory and other contiguous States to the FCT, led to the arrest of three (3) members of a gang that specialized in theft of musical instruments from churches. The suspects revealed to the Police team how they broke into over fifty (50) churches. The suspects include one Monday Akawu ‘m’ 39yrs who impersonates personnel of the Nigerian Army to enable the gang move the stolen items to their intended criminal receivers and Joseph Orazulike ‘m’ 35yrs who is a receiver of the stolen items. Over thirty (30) specialized musical equipment and other electronic gadgets stolen from different churches were recovered from the suspects.
The IGP, while appreciating citizens for their support, which no doubt has ensured the successes recorded in the fight against crimes and criminality in the country, reiterated that the Force will intensify efforts toward improving public safety and security in the country.

All the suspects will be charged to court on completion of investigations.

CP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER

The Nigerian Army (NA) has taken cognizance of a video clip currently making the rounds on the social media, where a female officer was seen dehumanizing a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Calabar, Cross River State. This act is not only condemnable, but unprofessional and against established precepts of discipline in the NA.

The NA has remained undoubtedly the pride of the nation, a symbol of national unity that has consistently being in the vanguard of respect for the fundamental human rights of the citizenry. It is against this premise that the NA condemns this unimaginable level of infraction by a personnel in its ranks. The NA therefore, condemns in strong terms, this act of gross misconduct. Undoubtedly, the officer’s actions has caused the NA monumental embarrassment and is highly regrettable. This unfortunate act of indiscipline does not in anyway represent the NA and will not be condoned in its entirety.

For the records, the ugly incident happened in 13 Brigade, Calabar. The Brigade Commander immediately instituted an investigation and the officer involved has been identified and sanctioned on the interim and would be made to undergo regimental orders (trial) in line with the extant provisions of the Armed Forces Act. The submission that the Brigade attempted covering up was therefore misleading, as the NA remains a professional force that has zero tolerance for indiscipline amongst its personnel.

The NA wishes to reiterate and assure the general public that such infractions would not be tolerated from its personnel.

The NA also reassures that the rights of the citizenry is sacrosanct and must be respected by all personnel of the NA, as any form of infraction will be severely dealt with.

Therefore, the general public is enjoined to continue to report such infractions, as Human Rights Desks in all formations of the NA are emplaced to deal decisively with such erring personnel.

The NA further wishes to tender unreserved apology to the victim, her family members, friends, National Youth Service Corps and to Nigerians in general for the unwholesome treatment meted out to the Corps member.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Buhari Administration is taking loans in order to build world class infrastructure that will benefit generations of Nigerians and reverse the massive infrastructure deficit in the country.

The Minister stated this in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday at a town hall meeting to address the vandalism of power and telecommunications infrastructure in the country.

“Naysayers have recently ramped up their criticism of the Buhari Administration for borrowing. These critics are insincere. We are not borrowing for recurrent expenditure or to pay salaries. We are borrowing to build world class infrastructure that will benefit generations of Nigerians. And we have a lot to show for the loans we have taken.

“Today, the standard-gauge rail lines between Lagos and Ibadan as well as Abuja and Kaduna are running well. Today, we have new airport terminals in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port Harcourt. Today, the Itakpe-Warri rail line that was abandoned for decades is running,” he said.

Alhaji Mohammed, who said currently there are well over 13,000km of federal roads under repair, rehabilitation and reconstruction, emphasized that there is a road project in every state of the Federation.
“Today, we have started the countdown to when the 2nd Niger Bridge, which successive administrations have built only on paper, will be completed. The list of projects we are handling with the loans we obtained is long,” he said.

” It is an irony that those who are criticizing us today performed abysmally in terms of modernizing our infrastructure, even when they served at a time when our earnings were multiples of what we get today. Had they embarked on the kind of infrastructure development we are currently engaged in, perhaps there would have been no reason for us to borrow as much as we are doing now.

”We will not be deterred by the antics of those who believe they can play politics with everything,” the Minister said.
He said despite a drastic drop in revenues and competing priorities, especially that of battling insecurity, the federal government has invested heavily in providing new infrastructure, as well as reconstructing and rehabilitating existing ones.

Alhaji Mohammed observed that in recent times, however, such laudable efforts of the government were being thwarted by some unpatriotic citizens through wanton destruction of critical infrastructure, thereby depriving the greater citizenry – for whose benefits these projects and services are provided – from enjoying them.
“Railway tracks are being subjected to wanton vandalism, bridge railings are being removed, manhole covers are being pilfered, and so are critical aviation, power and telecommunications infrastructure. The consequences of such unpatriotic action and behaviour, aside endangering the lives of fellow innocent citizens, include the toll it takes on the government’s limited revenue to replace, rehabilitate or totally reconstruct such destroyed infrastructure,” he said.

The Minister said the town meetings on the protection of infrastructure were meant to create in the public mind that government property are indeed citizens’ property and so must be protected for the benefit of all; sensitize communities especially those where infrastructure are located to be conscious of the import of such and protect them as well as expose, arrest and prosecute all those who engage in buying pilfered infrastructure items, along with those who bring to them to sell.

In his address on the occasion, the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, thanked the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Mohammed, for promoting participatory democracy through the town hall meeting series, which he described as a veritable platform for citizens’ engagement and public sensitization.

He said Borno State had been in total darkness for about nine months due to the nefarious activities of the Boko Haram terrosists, who bombed high tension cables and other power infrastructure.

The Governor commended President Buhari for coming to the rescue of the state by directing the NNPC to establish a gas power plant to service the citizens as well as for the plan to set up a 150 megawatts solar energy plant in the state.

Dignitaries at the town hall meeting included the Deputy Governor, Mr. Umar Kadafur; Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, Senator Danladi Sankara; the Minister of State for Agriculture, Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri; Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Mr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz; Executive Commissioner Technical Services, Nigeria Communications Commission, Mr. Ubale Maska; the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai, and other traditional rulers, and the Chairman, Borno Elders Forum, Alhaji Bulama Gubio.

Segun Adeyemi

The Federal Government has alerted the general public to heightened security activities preparatory to the events marking the country’s 61st Independence anniversary.

The alert was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

The Minister however urged residents of the Federal Capital Territory and its environs not to panic and to go about their legitimate activities.

”Residents are enjoined to report suspicious persons and movements to the security agencies through the following numbers: 09-6305396,
08031230631, 08032003557 and 122,” he said

Segun Adeyemi
Special Assistant To The President (Media)

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the measures introduced by the Katsina State government to address the menace of banditry and sundry crimes are yielding results.

The Minister, who spoke at an interactive media session on security in Katsina on Tuesday, noted that the presentation of the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Masari; the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, and the Head of Civil Society Organizations in the state, have attested to the fact that the measures have drastically reduced banditry and kidnappings in the state.

”We are here with at least 20 journalists to get first hand information on the great efforts of the Katsina State government and other affected states in the North-west to combat the menace of banditry and sundry crimes. There is no doubt that the table is turning against the bandits, since Katsina and other affected states came up with a number of novel measures that got the bandits boxed in, and the military stepped up its kinetic approach.
”Unfortunately, these positive efforts have not received the kind of media attention given to the banditry,” he said.

Alhaji Mohammed stressed the need for the media to provide positive coverage of the successes resulting from the novel measures in order to encourage the frontline states in the North-west, security agencies and the Federal Government to continue with the current efforts to stamp out banditry and other crimes in the area.

“We believe these efforts should be trumpeted, not just for the sake of trumpeting them, but as a way of encouraging the states involved, the security agencies that have been risking it all to ensure that we are all safe and the federal government that has done

so much, especially in the procurement of platforms, to put the military and other security agencies in a better stead to tackle not just banditry and kidnapping but also terrorism,” he said.

The Minister, who said the Federal Government is very concerned about the banditry and kidnapping bedeviling the North-west, expressed the confidence that the new platforms acquired by the military will curtail banditry and terrorism in the country.

He expressed delight at the role being played by the traditional rulers in the state, and said the temporary inconveniences caused by the shutdown of telecommunication services could not be equated with the wanton destruction of life and property by the bandits.

In his remarks, Governor Masari said the shutdown of telecommunication services in the state had crippled the nefarious activities of informants of the banditry while making it difficult for kidnappers to demand ransom from the families of kidnapped victims.

The Governor said the ban on the sale of petrol in jerrycans along border communities, closure of animal markets, ban on the sale of fairly used motorcycles, closure of Junction Motor Parks and the ban on night bread baking, among others,l are some of the steps taken by the state government to end banditry in the state.

He said the frontline states in the North-west have also agreed to employe 3,000 vigilantes, who will be trained by the police to complement in security agencies in the communities.
The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Kabir Usman, who commended the Governor for the innovative ways to improve security in the state, enjoined the Minister to sustain the initiative of providing a positive narrative on the fight against insecurity in the country.

Other dignitaries at the media interactive session include members of the State Executive Council, the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar Farouk, District Heads in Katsina and Daura Emirates, the Grand Khadi and heads of security agencies