Bandits Kill APC Chairman In Katsina State

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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, Abdulhamid Sani Duburawa, has been killed by suspected bandits.

Daburuwa was killed on Sunday afternoon at about 2:45pm after gunmen besieged Sabon Garin Dunburawa Village where he hails from.

He was said to have travelled to the community to attend to some family matters. 

He was shot multiple times while in the village.

According to a source, the assailants came from a forest on a motorcycle and opened fire, killing him on the spot.

His body, it was learnt, had been deposited at the General Hospital in Batsari.

Katsina State has seen recent upsurge in activities of bandits in the last one month, leading to the loss of many lives and displacement of hundreds. 

 

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Military Officer, First COVID-19 Death In Bayelsa State

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Bayelsa State on Friday recorded its first Coronavirus death. 

According to the state COVID-19 Task Force, the deceased was a military personnel in his forties.  

SaharaReporters gathered that the victim is Major Iyida of the Military Police, Operation Delta Safe. 

Iyida was isolated at Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, after he tested positive for the virus and was said to be in stable condition. 

His health suddenly deteriorated and he developed severe respiratory distress, leading to his death. 

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Nigeria's Ruling Party, APC, Accuses Local Media Of Underreporting Killings Under President Buhari's Administration

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Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, has accused the country's media of not fairly reporting killings in the society. 

The party said that the number of killings that had occurred under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was extremely higher than what was being reported in the media.

The APC made the comments on one of its Twitter handles managed by Philip Obin on Sunday in reaction to a story by SaharaReporters.

Muhammadu Buhari

SaharaReporters had earlier reported how Bandits attacked a village in Katsina State, leading to the death of three persons and the destruction of valuables.

Commenting under the SaharaReporters' post, the APC said, "Over 200 killed in Erei, Biase LGA of Cross River State and Nigerian media and @HQNigerianArmy are silent because it's not Southern Kaduna or North-East?" 

To buttress its claim, the APC attached gory pictures of distressed persons to the Twitter post.

Over 200 killed in Erei, Biase LGA of Cross River State and Nigeria Media and @HQNigerianArmy are silent because it's not Southern Kaduna or North East?

See https://t.co/3Hj96IvrJL pic.twitter.com/85xi30Fzcs

— APC Nigeria (@APCNigeria) May 31, 2020

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SERAP Gives Buhari Seven Days To Account For All Foreign Loans

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been given a seven-day ultimatum by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project to provide details of all loans obtained by his government since May 29, 2015, including details and locations of projects, which the loans were spent on.

SERAP said if Buhari failed to comply within seven days, it will take all appropriate legal actions under the Freedom of Information Act to force him to comply.

In a letter to President Buhari, SERAP urged him to set up an independent audit of all loans to resolve any allegations of mismanagement and corruption.

The letter was also sent to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed  and Director-General of Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha.

Buhari had last week sought the National Assembly’s approval for a fresh loan of $5.513bn to fund the 2020 budget deficit, critical projects, and support some states.

The letter by SERAP read in part, "While access to loans can provide indispensable resources, the mismanagement and squandering of any such resources would be counter-productive. Nigerians should no longer be made to repay debts incurred in their name but which have not benefited them in any manner, shape or form.

"Any unresolved allegations of mismanagement, bribery and corruption in the use of loans would continue to deprive millions of Nigerians access to basic public goods and services, and would leave your government without the resources to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

“We would be grateful if the requested information is provided to us within seven days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter. If we have not heard from you by then, the Registered Trustees of SERAP shall take all appropriate legal actions under the Freedom of Information Act to compel you to comply with our request.

“We urge you to ensure that those suspected to be responsible for any mismanagement and corruption are promptly referred to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for further investigation, and where there is relevant admissible evidence, prosecution.”

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Over 30 Dead Bodies Decomposing In Bush After Kajuru Attacks, Southern Kaduna Residents Say

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President of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Jonathan Asake, has said that over 30 dead bodies of victims of the attacks by armed bandits in Kajuru under Southern Kaduna were decomposing in the bush.

He said security agents had not gone to the affected communities to retrieve the bodies, adding that over 60 people were still missing after the attacks.

He disclosed this at the weekend in Rimau village where many displaced victims were taking refuge at a primary school.

He faulted claims by the police that the attacks only took place in two communities (Ungwar Rana and Gonarogo) on May 12 and 13. Southern Kaduna attack

He revealed that over 15 communities were attacked in the area contrary to the claim by the police.

Asake said, “As of now, many of the people that were killed in the attacks, their dead bodies are still there. Four people cannot go there and recover their dead bodies. 

"In fact, over 30 people that they said have been killed are still in the bush. People have not been allowed to go and recover their dead bodies for burial.

"The bodies are already decomposing and no security person has gone there to recover these bodies.”

Asake added that one of the assailants, who was identified as Audu Makau, coordinated the attack and is from Tampole also known as Laduga.

Asake vowed that Southern Kaduna Indigenes would resist any attempt by any group to displace and force them out of their lands irrespective of the worsening security challenges in the state.

When SaharaReporters contacted spokesperson for the police in the state, Muhammad Jilge, he said the information was not true and that the command was not aware of such report. 

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Lockdown: 30 Persons Arraigned In Court In Ondo For Flouting Curfew Order

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At least 30 persons in Ondo State have been arraigned before a mobile court sitting in Akure, the state capital, for contravening the dusk-to-dawn curfew order of the state government to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 

The violators were arrested by the state’s COVID-19 Special Task Force led by its Chairman, Mr Doyin Odebowale, in different locations of the state mostly in Ogbese area.

They were handed over to the police for disciplinary actions before being arraigned before Magistrate Bukola Ojo.

Twenty-four persons out of the violators had earlier pleaded guilty to the offence and were later pardoned by the court. 

Counsel to the accused persons, Utenwojo Salihu, applied for their bail and prayed the court to always hold such cases behind closed doors. 

In her ruling, Magistrate Ojo sentenced the violators to community service for seven days by cutting grass for two hours around Ogbese Market.

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RRS Arrests 19-year-old YabaTech Student Over Nude Photos Of Nigerian Musician, Salawa Abeni

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Operatives of Rapid Response Squad have arrested a 19-year-old student of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, for allegedly blackmailing Nigerian musician, Salawa Abeni, with her nude pictures.

The suspect, Olufowoke Oladunjoye Emmanuel, a resident of Brentfield Avenue, Peace Estate, Magboro, Ogun State, was arrested on Thursday by the decoy team of the RRS.

Oladunjoye in his statement to the police, confessed to having been the mastermind behind the ploy to publish some nude pictures of Abeni in exchange for money, adding that he was alone in the scheme. 

He said he found the nude pictures in a memory card which he picked up on the floor in YabaTech sometime in November 2019.

He added that after downloading the nude photographs of the musician on his phone, he picked up her mobile number from her Instagram page.

He said, “On 1st of April, 2020, I chatted her up and also called her after sending a few of the photos to her online. My intention was to negotiate with her for few bucks and for me to destroy the photographs.

“I thought everything was going on fine until the following day when I heard the news of the blackmail over the radio. I was with my mother, she was even cursing the blackmailer unknown to her that I was the brains behind it.

“I immediately sneaked out, destroyed the memory card and threw my mobile phone and SIM card into a nearby wetland in Magboro. Since then, I never mentioned it to anyone and called Madam Salawa Abeni about it again.”

Lagos State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, stated that no individual would be allowed to commit a crime in Lagos from any state or escape to other states in Nigeria to evade arrest.

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Policeman Shoots Colleagues Dead In Lagos

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A policeman on Sunday reportedly shot and killed his colleagues at Onikan area of Lagos State.

The yet-to-be named policeman attached to the Federal Inland Revenue Service, opened fire on his colleagues following an argument.

In a trending video, the officer was seen screaming incoherent words, a development suggestive of a possible mental illness. 

It was gathered that immediately after shooting his colleagues, he hijacked their operational vehicle and drove straight to Akoka in Yaba around 5:00am where he attempted to access a compound but couldn’t and started shooting sporadically. 

Residents of the area said no fewer than 30 bullet holes were counted in an apartment, corridor and ceiling of the premises.

Lagos State Police spokesperson, Bala Elkana, said investigation into the matter had started, adding that a statement would be released soon.

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Truck Driver Arrested After Barreling Through Minneapolis Protest

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