Tag: Security operatives

Security operatives take over PDP Secretariat after BoT meeting clash

Aminu Imam
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Security operatives have taken control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat, following a heated confrontation between the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) members, Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye over the rightful occupant of the party’s National Secretary position. The deployment included personnel from the Nigerian Army, the Police Force, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who intervened to restore order. Tensions escalated when Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye arrived for a BoT meeting. The situation took a dramatic turn when an aide to Anyanwu forcibly removed Ude-Okoye…

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Imo: Security agents kill 20 IPOB fighters, destroy 50 hideouts

Aminu Imam

Security forces in Imo State have neutralised 20 Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) fighters during a joint operation on March 7. The mission, the second in Orsu Local Government this month and the third in the State, resulted in the destruction of 50 camps, including IPOBs Supreme Headquarters, Command and Control Centre, and military council headquarters. Earlier operations on March 5 and March 2 saw the Nigerian Army and Navy eliminate five and one IPOB fighter, respectively, recovering various weapons and vehicles. However, in an issued statement yesterday, the Director,…

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Imo Election: Security operatives foil attempt to abduct INEC officials, materials

Aminu Imam

Vigilant security operatives in Imo State, yesterday, foiled an attempt by alleged political thugs to abduct INEC officials and cart away election materials in Imo State. It was gathered that the attempt to abduct the Commission officials occurred at a Registration Area Centre, in Amaimo, Ikeduru local government area. It was learnt that the security personnel deployed in the centre quickly repelled the attempt by the thugs to whisk away the INEC officials into their waiting vehicle. At several points of entry into the city, troops with heavy weapons were observed…

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Niger: Security operatives capture 150 AK-47s in terrorist’s house in Minna

Aminu Imam

Security operatives have raid a kidnapper sect member’s house, situated at Gbeganu area in Niger State. According to a security source, the weapons seized from the gunman’s house included: 150 AK-47 rifles, over 3,000 live ammunition, explosives, a rocket launcher and an anti-aircraft rifle from the house. It was gathered that there was a tense standoff between the gunman and the security forces for hours on Tuesday night, where they found the guns and over 3,000 rounds of ammunition and explosives. However, the suspect escaped after blowing down his fence…

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Security operatives set ablaze seized crude oil tanker with stolen oil

Aminu Imam

Security Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, in collaboration with Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, have set ablaze an intercepted vessel carrying barrels of stolen crude oil in the Escravos area of Delta State. The vessel, which was set ablaze by a military helicopter, is allegedly owned by a Nigerian registered company, was heading to Cameroon with the cargo on board when it was apprehended at an offshore location with the captain and crew members on board. According to the Executive Director of Operations and Technical at…

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Insurgency: “Take fight to terrorists hideouts” – Buhari orders security agencies

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari, for the umpteenth time, has reiterated his directive to security agencies to take the fight against insurgency to the hideouts of the criminal elements and ensure they are completely eliminated’. The President, who stated this yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State, also directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and its agencies to come up with specific programmes to address urgent threats posed by explosive remnants in the Northeast region. The President, who issued the directive on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day…

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Security operatives kill over 200 terrorists in Niger

Aminu Imam

Over 200 terrorists have been killed by security operatives in Niger State in the last four days. The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Internal Security, Emmanuel Umar who made this known during a briefing on the security situation in the state said four bandits groups have been operating in the State. He said many terrorists had fled with bullet wounds, calling on the communities to continue to provide credible intelligence to enable authorities to win the ongoing war against insecurity. Umar gave the names of the bandit groups…

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Whereabouts of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili, unknown after home invasion by security operatives

Aminu Imam

On Friday, anxiety and uncertainty surrounded Supreme Court Justice Mary Ekaego Peter Odilis fate and whereabouts, following an alleged illegal siege imposed by security personnel on her Abuja family house. At around 5 p.m. yesterday, Justice Odilis family house on lmo Rivers Street, in Maitama, Abuja, was alleged to have been surrounded by fully armed plain-clothed security men for unspecified reasons. However, security guards monitoring the residence were alleged to have opposed the takeover of the house in the absence of a court warrant or ‘orders from above’. In the…

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Insurgency: Boko Haram kills 1,868 security operatives in two years Report

Aminu Imam

It has emerged that no fewer than 1,868 members of security forces may have been killed in the North-East by Boko Haram between 2018 and 2020. This is contained in a report published by UK-based Tony Blair Institute for Global Change,  titled: ‘Violent Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from the Rise of Boko Haram’.  According to the report, the three years were said to be the deadliest for security agents on the frontline of the fight against terrorists. The figure for the three years is said to be almost equal…

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Commercial motorcyclists, security operatives clash in Abuja

Aminu Imam

Some commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as Okada riders, clashed with security operatives yesterday in Karu, one of the satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja. It was gathered that the crisis erupted when the Okada riders blocked the Nyanya-Karshi Road, leaving motorists stranded. According to reports, the protesters were said to have burnt used tyres on the main road and also attacking security agents drafted to the scene with stones. The development caused panic among residents and passersby who ran to safety. Churches located in the area were…

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