Tag: Edo State

“I’ll resign as gov., if Tinubu doesn’t win” – Okpebholo

Aminu Imam
Edo gov. on Tinubu

Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has openly pledged to step down from office if President Bola Tinubu fails to win the 2027 presidential election. The Governor, who made the declaration while speaking during an interview on  television on Friday, said his confidence is rooted in the development projects currently ongoing in Edo State, which he credited to the support of the Tinubu administration. Okpebholo stated that residents of the state would express their appreciation for the president through their votes in 2027. He argued that visible infrastructure and social projects…

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Were Tinubus boys; we can do and undo – DSS director boasts, while brutalising lawyer

Aminu Imam

A rogue senior operative of the Department of State Service (DSS), in Edo State, on Tuesday, allegedly made boast of his close ties with President Bola Tinubu, as he brutally attacked a civilian lawyer, Douglas Ogbankwa. According to reports, the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the DSS Edo State Command, together with at least seven additional rogue operatives, bragged they were at liberty to do as they pleased because they had the presidents support, even if it meant violating citizens human rights, according to Ogbankwas account of his brutal ordeal…

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2023: “Even if you betray me, I wont get angry” -Tinubu tells Edoelectorate

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has disclosed that he doesnt angry when betrayed, expressing that his response to betrayal is to ignore it and work hard. According to an issued statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu stated this during a town hall meeting in Edo State. He said, We must rescue Edo State. I am ready to work with you. Take lanterns; go from house to house. Dont get angry; anger does not solve problems. Disappointment is an energiser for me. You disappoint me,…

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Edo Train Kidnap: 12 more passengers rescued, abductors hold 2 railway workers

Aminu Imam

Twelve passengers kidnapped on January 7, at Igueben train station in Edo State have been rescued. The State’s Commissioner of Police Mohammed Dankwara, who announced the operation in a statement, yesterday, disclosed that the passengers were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State when armed men struck. The Commissioner of Police said joint security forces, acting on technical intelligence, stormed a forest named Igboha and freed the citizens unhurt. Those rescued are Eunice Esaba, 56, Marian Mowoe, 28, Faith Smart, 42, Precious Egwuje, 28, Obehi Omaben, 39,…

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Edo Kidnapping: ’14 passengers still with abductors – NRC

Aminu Imam

Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, has disclosed that about 14 passengers kidnapped at the Tom Ikimi train station in Edo State were still with the kidnappers. Okhiria, who made the disclosure during an interview on a television programme yesterday, also said approval has not been gotten to acquire sophisticated security systems. On whether lessons were learnt from the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train, he said: We learned a lot from the last attack. We have deployed some systems and improved our security by increasing the…

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Edo Train Terror Attack: Gunmen kidnap more than 30 passengers, NRC staff – Police

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 30 passengers and staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) are believed to have been victims of late Saturdays kidnap by gunmen at the Igueben train sub-station in Edo State. Recall that the Edo State Police Command, at the weekend, announced that scores of travellers waiting to board a train from Igueben, in Igueben local government area of the State to Warri, in Delta State, were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen. The Command, in a press statement endorsed by its spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, stated that the incident happened…

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N35m recovered from robbers who raided Edo banks – Police

Aminu Imam

Thirty-five million Naira has been recovered from the armed robbers that raided four banks in Uromi, headquarters of Esan North-East Local government area of Edo State on Thursday. According to reports, shortly after the robbers fled the scene, Ubiaja youths were able to block Ubiaja Road by the rail line, forcing the robbers to abandon their cash-laden vehicles off the rail line and flee in motorcycles. The vehicles and cash have reportedly been recovered and the money that was recovered was taken to Ubiaja Police station, where the total sum…

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Edo vigilante rescues 28 victims of human trafficking

Aminu Imam

A team of local vigilantes has rescued 28 victims of human trafficking in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The state coordinator, Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network, Oboh Emmanuel Otoide, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the weekend, said the victims, between the ages of 13 and 17 years, were rescued during a stop and search operation by his men. The victims were rescued by our men around 2 a.m on Tuesday along Akpakpava Road in Benin City. Three suspects, including two drivers conveying the victims to their…

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Edo APC: Ramalan heads State Congress holding today

Aminu Imam

Aminu Imam National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), John Akpanudoedehe, yesterday inaugurated the partys State Congresses Committees ahead of the party approach 2023 general elections. In his remarks, the Executive Chairman, ATAR Communication Nigeria Ltd, Alh. (Dr.) Tijjani Ramalan, who heads the Edo State Congress Committee, has promised all Stakeholders that the Committee would conduct a free, fair and credible congress as stipulated in the APC Constitution and Congress Guidelines, as released by the CECPC.

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APC National Secretary Inaugurates State Congresses Chairmen, Secretaries

Aminu Imam

…Ramalan heads Edo State Congress Aminu Imam National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), John Akpanudoedehe, yesterday inaugurated the partys State Congresses Committees ahead of the party approach 2023 general elections. In his remarks, the Executive Chairman, ATAR Communication Nigeria Ltd, Alh. (Dr.) Tijjani Ramalan, who heads the Edo State Congress Committee, has promised all Stakeholders that the Committee would conduct a free, fair and credible congress as stipulated in the APC Constitution and Congress Guidelines, as released by the CECPC.

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