Crime
N5.2BILLION CLAIM BY PETITIONER NOT OUR HEADACHE, POLICE COUNSEL TELLS PANEL
N5.2BILLION CLAIM BY PETITIONER NOT OUR HEADACHE, POLICE COUNSEL TELLS PANEL
By: Michael Mike
Counsel to the police Mr. Fidelis Ogobe told the Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other Units of the Nigerian Police Force that they will not oppose the N5.2 billion naira claim by a petitioner, Ifechukwu Okolie, provided he can prove his case of unlawful arrest ,detention and extra judicial killing beyond reasonable doubt.
The police lawyer noted that no amount of money can be enough for the loss of life of any individual even as he however prayed the panel members to use their discretion in the circumstances to decide what is just.
According to Mr. Ogobe this became necessary owing to the fact that the complainant was not able to prove that those who abducted the victim were indeed Men of the Nigerian police force.
While concluding his defense, Ogwobe told the panel to hold that the petitioner’s counsel failed to link the alleged abduction of his father to extra-judicial killing, saying that it is settled in law that where there is no wrong there is no remedy.
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Ifechukwu Okolie Iduh a complainant before the panel had asked to be compensated to the tune 5.2billion for police brutality.
Mr. Okolie in his prayers before the panel demanded the police to compensate him with the sum of N100 million being compensation for all manner of in human and degrading treatment meted to his father, Paulinus Okolie Iduh while he was unlawfully detained for eight months by SARS Awkuzu in Anambra state.
The complainant is also demanding the sum of N100 million being compensation for the alleged malicious prosecution on which Paulinus was later discharged and acquitted.
Additionally, the complainant asked that the sum of N5 billion should be paid to him as compensation for the abduction and eventual extra judicial killing of his father.
In his testimony before the panel the complainant narrated how his father, Paulinus Okolie Iduh, a freelance journalist, writer and proprietor of Gods intervention computer secondary school Azia, In Ihiala local government area of Anambra state was arrested in March 2013 by officers of the defunct SARS in Akwuzu.
According to the complainant the victim was brutally tortured starved of food and water; adding that he was severally threatened with execution in order to extract information from him and for the victim to accept the allegation of kidnapping and robbery etc.
Narrating further the complainant told the panel that he severally went to Akwuzu SARS where his father was kept to demand for bail but all efforts proved abortive he said.
Meanwhile the complainant also noted that he was directed by the IPO in the matter to desist from coming to check on his father as he may be killed sooner or later having failed to avail the police of the truth.
However, the victim fell sick in the custody of police without adequate treatment and after spending eight months in police custody he was charged to court and remanded in Nkisi prison for four months and was later discharged and acquitted.
The complainant said afterwards, the victim was warned by the police on that fateful day and threatened before he (the complainant dropped his father at Azia junction in Ihaila LGA of Anambra state to board a vehicle to Abuja where he had secured an invitation with the National Assembly to unveil his book, “the shame of a nation”, which aims at exposing the activities of Akwuzu SARS, before he was abduction.
The matter has been adjourned for a report of the panel.
N5.2BILLION CLAIM BY PETITIONER NOT OUR HEADACHE, POLICE COUNSEL TELLS PANEL
Yobe: Police warns public property vandals to desist or face the wrath of the law
By: Our Reporter
Yobe State Police Command has placed security surveillance measures around public properties, especially electricity power distribution cables around the state.This is akin to numinous reports of vandalization of electricity power transformers distribution cables and other important edifice.
The Command succeeded and arrested one of the notorious Vandals who specialised in vandalization of electricity power distribution transformers cables in Damaturu and other nearby towns.
Thus, on 16 May 2024, at about 1300hrs personnel, of C Divisional Police Headquarters, intercepted One Saminu Garba aged, 23 years old, of Maiduguri Borno State. The suspect was arrested among two other syndicate members who evaded arrest and fled. The command has begun a swift chase to arrest them soon. The suspects, were namely : Audu Ismail and Abba Mohammed of the same state. The suspect confessed to having vandalized an electricity transformer situated at the state low-cost via Gujba Road , Damaturu. In the midnight of 16th May 2024
The Commissioner of Police, CP Garba Ahmed, warned perpetrators to desist or face the full wrath of the law while reiterating the commitment of the command relentless efforts towards untoward criminal activities in the state. However, he urges good members of the public to report suspicious activities of such types of miscreants to the nearest police station, and those who buy stolen vandalized properties stiffer sanctions will be meted out on them accordingly.
Yobe: Police warns public property vandals to desist or face the wrath of the law
Army troops gun down Mallam Muhammad, ISWAP Commander incharge of VBIED
By: Zagazola Makama
The troops of Operation Desert Sanity III, Operation Hadin Kai have nutrialised Mallam Muhammad, ISWAP top Commander in-charge of Vehicle Bomb Improvised Explosive Device(VBEID) in Sambisa Forest.
Muhammadu was nutrialised on May 14 after the made gradual but unprecedented incursions into the insurgents’ dens in Ukuba and Njimia in Bama Local Government Area.
The terrorists kingpin operate a major fabrication workshop where he made Person Borne Improvised Explosive Device(PBVIED) Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosives Device(VBIED) Road Side Borne Improvised Explosive Device(RSBIED).
Muhammadu had sent many under age children into suicide bombing after conscripting them into believing that when they died they will go to heaven. Among those that he used as human bombs were his three children.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the troops also intercepted a vehicle that was already armed with explosive which was designed to target advancing troops.
Despite the obvious challenges of difficult terrain, IED threats the troops continue to maintain the momentum, remaining focused and determined to pursue and decimate the fleeing terrorists.
Army troops gun down Mallam Muhammad, ISWAP Commander incharge of VBIED
Crime
Operation Lake Sanity 2: Troops Neutralise one Terrorist, Thwart Boko Haram Logistics Movement
Operation Lake Sanity 2: Troops Neutralise one Terrorist, Thwart Boko Haram Logistics Movement
By: Babagana Wakil
As part of the ongoing Operation Lake Sanity 2, troops of Sector 2 Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) based in Bagasola, Chad, conducted an ambush on 13 May 2024. This operation took place on Litri Island, situated on the border between Chad and Nigeria in the Central Lake Chad, resulting in the neutralization of one terrorist. The troops were able to recover several items from the operation, including one AK 47 rifle, 2 x magazines, one unexploded ordnance device, a mobile phone, and other personal belongings. This marks a blow to terrorist capabilities in the area.
Complementing this success, on 11 May 2024, troops from 19 Brigade Sector 3 MNJTF disrupted a logistics movement by Boko Haram terrorists in the Burwarti area of Kukawa LGA, Borno State, Nigeria. The ambush led to the capture of 2 motorcycles, one Baofeng radio, 4 bags of millet, and various miscellaneous items. Following this operation, on 12 May 2024, a clearance operation from Burwarti to Daban Masara resulted in the intercept of a civilian vehicle by troops. The vehicle, driven by Mr Baba Ado, carrying passengers and empty baskets towards Daban Masara, was found 6km east of Burwarti. After a thorough search and interrogation, Mr Baba Ado, who was on the 19 Brigade’s watch list, was detained for further investigation.
Adding to these successes, on 13 May 2024, the Nigerien Gendarmerie in Sector 4 MNJTF located in Diffa, Niger Republic, seized petroleum products concealed within sacks of maize cereals. This operation, conducted about 5km from the main road on the outskirts of Diffa town, thwarted an attempt to smuggle these products past security checkpoints, products that were destined for terrorist groups operating within the Lake Chad Basin.
These collective efforts significantly undermine the logistical and operational capabilities of terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin region. The MNJTF remains committed to eradicate the menace of terrorism and restore peace and security to the region.
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