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3 Mar

Flash: Police In Ibadan Arrest 5 Suspected Boko Haram Members

Posted by newsbytesnow in News. Tagged: Agriculture, Boko Haram, Ibadan, Insecurity, Jos, Police, Terrosism. 1 Comment

Five men suspected to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram were yesterday arrested in Ibadan by policemen from the Oyo State Police Command at around 12.30 am at Jagan Community in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state.

Report say the five men arrived from Jos Friday night.

They are being detained at the Kajorepo Police Station along Ojo-Iwo road.

A man who makes a delapidated building his abode had immediately alerted leaders of the community, who called the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Kajorepo Police Station, Friday at about 11.30pm, when he noticed four hefty sharing his home.

When interrogated, the suspects said they were in Ibadan on the invitation of their kinsman identified as Baba Jennifer, a security personnel at the 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Adekunle Cantonment, Ojo who also corroborated that the men had travelled from Jos in search of farm job.

A police source who pleaded anonymity said that the suspects are being investigated in the hope that useful information will be gathered to assist the police in their investigation and to determine their mission to the state.

He also assured they would be released if nothing incriminating is found on them at the end of the investigation.

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26 Jan

Flash: 5 Fresh Human Heads Found in Fulani Rep’s House

Posted by newsbytesnow in News. Tagged: Abuja, Arrest, Communal Clash, Crime, Fulani, Jos, LGA, Plateau, Police, politics, Rep, Unrest. 1 Comment

A shocking find of five fresh human heads has been made in the residence of former Special Adviser to the immediate past Chairman of Mangu local government area of Plateau State, Alhaji Saleh Abershi, who is also a representative of the Fulani in Mangun ward.

Different versions of the story have it that Abershi was a Boko Haram accomplice who tip off was given on before he was swooped on by security agents while another version has it that an arrest of a Boko Haram suspect who allegedly mentioned his name led to special agents from Abuja storming his residence where the human heads were found.

It was gathered that following a security tip off, over five hilux vans conveyed security men all the way from Abuja to raid his residence. Saleh was subsequently arrested and whisked to Abuja.

Confirming the incident, the current Chairman of Mangu local government, Isah Shikben described the incident as revealing, urging residents to remain calm and allow security operatives do their jobs.

Meanwhile, Plateau State Government has condemned the recent resurgence of violent attacks in some parts of the state “just when the state had been enjoying steady peace for some time”, describing it as unprovoked, and deliberately aimed at plunging the State into larger and perpetual theatre of conflict.

In a statement by the Commissioner of Information, Mr. Abraham Yiljap, the state said the recent attacks have resulted in the loss of many lives especially, and caused pain among the people.

The statement added that “the latest attacks in some parts of Jos South, Barkin Ladi and Wase Local Government Areas appear deliberately aimed at plunging the State into larger and perpetual theatre of conflict.”

The state however said it is in consultation with security agencies to adopt various measures to stop it from spreading.

“Government has also directed Local Government Management Committee Chairmen of the affected areas to adopt specific pro-active measures to douse tension and maintain the peace of the areas.

Courtesy This Day

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10 Jan

Flash: 2 Dead In Fresh Jos South Attack

Posted by newsbytesnow in News. Tagged: Insecurity, Jang, Jos, Plateau. Leave a Comment

A fresh attack in Du district of Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, home town of state governor Jonah Jang, by suspected gunmen left two people dead in the area.

Although the Special Task Force on Jos crisis code named “Operation Safe Haven” denied knowledge of any dead in the attack, a reliable source said yesterday in Jos that two people lost their lives in the process.

Besides, Special Task Force (STF) also paraded nine suspects for illegal possession of weapons in Du village of Jos South LGA.

STF spokesman, Captain Salaisu Mustapher, while parading the suspects before newsmen at the STF headquarters, said that at about 10:20 pm on Tuesday, men of the STF received a distress call through one of the recently launched emergency telephone numbers to the public about sporadic gunshots heard around Du , Shenba and Bisichi villages in Jos South LGA of the state.

“Our troops combed the area and arrested the nine suspects in four different cars with Plateau State Polytechnic student ID card , Plateau State Universal Basic Education ID card, voters cards and wraps of Indian hemp,” he said.

According to the STF, the vehicles include a Vento with registration number Ah454 BLD Plateau, a Vectra, AA 87MLF Katsina, a Mercedes Benz, EC 210 LND Lagos, and a Honda, AG 718 Plateau.

Also recovered from the suspects is one AK 47 rifle, one FN rifle, one submachine gun (SMG), one locally made revolver, one locally made long revolver with bayonet, a knife and two rounds of .9mm ammunition.

The STF further said its investigation revealed that the suspects acquired the weapons from various sources within the state and exchanged gunfire with some gunmen who came to rustle cows in Du village.

Courtesy Leadership

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21 Nov

Flash: Plateau Lawmakers Jumped Fence To Escape From Protesting workers

Posted by newsbytesnow in News. Tagged: Governor, Jos, Labour, Legislature, Plateau. 2 Comments

The protest by members of labour unions in Plateau State over the non-payment of their seven-month salary took a new dimension on Tuesday as the workers invaded the state House of Assembly.

It was gathered that the workers, who began the protest on Monday, the same day the ultimatum given to them to resume work by Governor Jonah Jang expired, marched to the Assembly complex to register their grievances.

No sooner had the lawmakers sighted them than they abandoned their offices and fled in different directions.

Many of them were said to have scaled the wall to escape the wrath of the workers, who were not satisfied with the manner the lawmakers had handled the seven-month old strike.

Others, including the Speaker, Mr. John Clark, were said to have locked up themselves in their offices.

The workers also marched along some major roads in Jos, a development that resulted in heavy vehicular movements in the city.

Dressed in black attire, the protesters carried mock coffin and placards with inscriptions like, ‘pay us before we bury you’ and ‘Rest In Peace’.

One of the workers, Joshua Mathew, said they were not in the complex to attack the lawmakers, but to register their grivances.

He said, “We are not in the complex to attack the members of the assembly; we only came to submit oral petition because we had sent memos to the lawmakers several times for them to intervene in our plight, but we never got their response.”

He expressed dismay that the lawmakers abandoned their responsibilities to chase shadows.

Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mrs. Nanle Shingle, denied that the lawmakers jumped fences to escape.

She said the Assembly was not in session when the workers came.

Courtesy Punch

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