Tag: Insecurity

Rail Security: FG mulls surveillance, PPP arrangement for Abuja-Kaduna rail service

Aminu Imam

For the Abuja-Kaduna rail services to resume, Surveillance Cameras and other security gadgets and precautions must be in place for the safety of passengers, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, made this disclosure while briefing State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja. Considering the ugly incidences of the kidnapping of passengers along the route by terrorists, the Federal Government also said it will be insensitive to resume the Abuja-Kaduna train service as…

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Insecurity: ‘Lagos under partial lockdown’ – Police Commissioner

Aminu Imam

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, has said that there was a partial lockdown of the State by security agencies due to the threat of attacks by some unknown gunmen.  Alabi disclosed this in Lagos during the Lagos State Stakeholders’ Forum on Police Accountability (SFPA)’s quarterly meeting and awards, on Wednesday, Alabi, who gave a keynote address on: “Police Community Partnership: Panacea for Effective Police Performance” at the event supported by the ‘Open Society Initiative for West Africa‘, (OSIWA), said that the partial lockdown was for a purpose,…

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Kaduna Insecurity: Group commends troops for clearing terrorist hideouts in B/Gwari forests

Aminu Imam

The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) has commended the gallant security personnel and volunteer security groups for the dislodgement of terrorists’ enclaves in Birnin-Gwari adjoining forests of Kaduna State. In a statement issued by the BEPU Chairman, Ishaq Usman Kasai, yesterday, noted that “Troops, along with local volunteers, have cleared bandits/terrorist hideout around Kuriga/Manini general area in Birnin-Gwari LGA”. He also stressed that in the process six female victims kidnapped from Birnin-Gwari, Kuriga, Gyam and Bagoma towns were rescued. According to the statement, “The Union is indeed elated by the…

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Intelligence Report: Jigawa shut down schools over insecurity

Aminu Imam

The Jigawa State Government yesterday ordered the immediate closure of public and private schools in the state due to insecurity. The State’s Commissioner of Education, Dr. Lawan Yunusa, confirmed the development to newsmen in Dutse, the State capital. According to him, the decision was based on an intelligence report of possible security attacks on schools, especially on border States. When asked about the fate of pupils and students sitting for examinations, Yunusa hinted that an arrangement will be made to re-conduct the exams since the exams were internal and not…

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Enugu: One killed, arms, loot recovered in raid of IPOB/ESN camp – Police

Aminu Imam

The Police in Enugu State have said they raided the camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Agu-Ibeje forest, Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North local government area in Enugu State. The State’s Police Command spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, yesterday said the Command’s tactical squads and ‘Operation Restore Peace’ carried out a tactical and intelligence-driven dusk-to-dawn raid on the IPOB/ESN camp between August 11 and 12. According to him, the raid was in pursuance of the crime-fighting strategies devised by the State’s Commissioner of Police,…

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Between Slaughtered Cattle and Insecurity in Nigeria

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Ishaq Moddibo Kawu. Recently, the video of hundreds of slaughtered cattle, was making the rounds, on various social media platforms. An old classmate posted it on my Secondary School Class WhatsApp platform; and because he neither spoke Fulfulde nor Hausa, he was sufficiently alarmed, to request for translation of what was being said, by the obviously distressed people, in the video. I made a translation of the conversation; but I thought it was proper to provide some more engaging context for the video. There have been circulated in.the recent…

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Insecurity: Terrorists abduct 14 Indians, kill six in Kogi

Aminu Imam

Bandits have reportedly abducted 14 Indian nationals in Ajaokuta LGA of Kogi State. It was gathered that two Indians, two police officers and two drivers were killed when the gunmen struck. The incident reportedly happened around 9:00 pm, on Friday. “They were on their way home from work (West African Ceramics) when the gunmen attacked their Coaster bus yesterday (Friday) night”, a resident of the area said. “Their bus was ambushed by these gunmen. They were able to kidnap 14 Indians. Two police officers providing security to them were also…

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Kaduna Insecurity: Residents flee Birnin-Gwari over incessant bandit attacks 

Aminu Imam

The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) has expressed concern over the mass exodus of residents of Damari town, in Kazage Ward, of Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State as a result of daily attacks by bandits.   According to a native of Birnin-Gwari, Ishaq Kasai, in an issued statement, said the apparent neglect and inaction by government have left the natives with no choice than to relocate from the theatre of war and seek for safer locations to pitch their tents in order to save their lives. “Today, the people…

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Benue State Security outfit: Ortom unveils Community Volunteer Guards; purchase AK-47, others for outfits

Aminu Imam

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday unveiled the state’s security outfit known as Community Volunteer Guards. The new recruits were unveiled during the passing out parade held at IBB Square, Makurdi. Ortom pledged that his administration would legally procure AK-47, AK-49, and other sophisticated weapons for the group. He further said that 500 personnel drawn from the 23 local government areas of the state were recruited in the first batch. The governor said that his administration decided to constitute the security outfit due to the failure of the Federal Government…

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Kaduna Escalating Insecurity: Bandits abduct 50 in Birnin-Gwari

Aminu Imam

The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives’ Union (BEPU) has said bandits had encircled Damari town in the Eastern part of Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State and abducted 50 people. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of BEPU, Ishaq Usman Kasai, yesterday. The statement noted that on Monday, the bandits returned to the town unchallenged, burnt a vehicle, kidnapped scores, intercepted and maltreated people, a serious development that reflects the level of serious insecurity situation facing our community. Kasai said in the last five days, the union has alerted the…

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