Crime
Kuchikau Neighborhood Accuses NSCDC of Terrorizing Community

Kuchikau Neighborhood Accuses NSCDC of Terrorizing Community
By: Balami Lazarus
The recent demolishing of a building situated and being at Bernard Obande Neighbourhood Kuchikau phase (1) Masaka district belonging to Mrs. Blessing Ejjike has raised doubt and suspicious of the involvement of Nigerian Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officers in this matter.
It was gathered that one Alhaji Yakubu Rimi Gambo allegedly connived with some officers of NSCDC of Nasarawa State Command led by an officer named Nnjokwu Prince T. who came with armed men and a bulldozer to carry out a demolishing exercise on a property belonging to Mrs. Blessing.
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Phase 1 being a peaceful quiet neighborhood and well secured, had her officials and elders of the Neighborhood Security Watch who approached the NSCDC officials to intervene and also demanded to see the court order authorizing the demolishing of the said structure but were greeted with stiff resistance from the men of the NSCDC.
This situation later resulted in violence where some members of the neighborhood were injured.
Investigations by NEWSng reveals that Nnjokwu Prince T. ordered his men to physically assault and tear- gas the members of the community who came to intervene in the matter.
“This has resulted in a stampede causing injuries to some members of the community who came out to support their own.
“We in this neighborhood community have been highly terrorized this morning by armed squad led by 3- star NSCDC officer whose name tag reads Nnjokwu Prince T. without showing any official authority…. or offering the needed explanation to our neighborhood Chairman had his phone ceased along with those of many others.” A Community Leader in the neighbourhood told NEWSng
Further findings by NEWSng indicated that such is common and associated with the off.cers and men of the NSCDC Nasarawa Command in settling disputes as such.
According to the Community, Alhaji Yakubu Rimi Gambo is said to have been using this public security/ civil organization for his dirty deals as such called on the Command to do the needful and put a stop to such act by the officers and men it degenerated to crises in the area
Kuchikau Neighborhood Accuses NSCDC of Terrorizing Community
Crime
Bandits kill 12 in Kwara community attack

Bandits kill 12 in Kwara community attack
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected bandits on Sunday attacked Hybrid Force camp in Oke Ode, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara, killing 12 people.
Zagazola learnt that the attack occurred at about 8:50 a.m. when the gunmen stormed the community.
Troops from a patrol base in Babanla were immediately mobilised to the scene, but the attackers fled before their arrival.
A search of the area by the troops led to the discovery of 12 lifeless bodies comprising nine vigilantes and three civilians killed during the attack.
The corpses of the deceased were evacuated to Oke Ode Police Station while troops restored calm in the area.
The source said the general security situation in the area remained calm but unpredictable.
Bandits kill 12 in Kwara community attack
Crime
Again suspected Boko Haram insurgents return to Kirawa with damnation

Again suspected Boko Haram insurgents return to Kirawa with damnation
By: Bodunrin Kayode
Boko Haram Insurgents have again attacked Kirawa a border community in Borno state killing a civilian joint task force (CJTF) member and wounding several others in the process.
The Boko Haram insurgents ambushed the commuters driving into Kirawa a community in Bama council area and killed the CJTF in the process.
To punish some of the commuters further for fleeing away from the scene of the ambush, the insurgents burned down some of their vehicles before returning into the bush unchallenged.
After the attack died down, some motorists and passengers who sustained different degrees of injuries were treated in nearby clinics.
Sources revealed that trouble started when six vehicles loaded with food items and other luggages were ambushed and set ablaze by the insurgents along the Pulka-Kirawa road on Friday last week.
Senator representing Borno South, Mohammed Ndume reacting to the incident called on the military authorities to deploy more troops to safeguard the entire communities around Gwoza council area and Cameroun.
There is only one forward military base (FOB) in Kirawa and it is dominated by the Multi national joint task force MNJTF of mostly Camerounian troops mandated to pin down kirawa on both sides of the divides of the two countries.
A lot of the Intel policing of the community is done by CJTF even as families are still awaiting the rescue of a schoolgirl, Aisha Muhammad that was kidnapped by the insurgents a month ago when this very base was overrun leaving sorrow tears and blood in the community.
Again suspected Boko Haram insurgents return to Kirawa with damnation
Crime
Police investigate killing of pastor in Delta

Police investigate killing of pastor in Delta
By: Zagazola Makama
The Police Command in Delta has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Pastor Oputeh Monday, aged 59, who was killed by unknown assailants in Umuebu community, Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state.
Sources said that the case was reported by the deceased’s son, Oputeh Joshua, aged 26, who told police that his father had left home early for his farm along Amai/Umuebu farm road and instructed them to meet him later with a motorcycle.
“On their way, they heard gunshots and rushed into the bush where they discovered the lifeless body of their father lying on the ground with his head chopped off.
“Detectives from Obiaruku Division visited the scene of the crime and evacuated the corpse to Medisar Mortuary, Obiaruku, for preservation and autopsy,” the sources said.
The sources that preliminary investigation had commenced, while confidence-building patrols were ongoing in the affected area.
Police investigate killing of pastor in Delta
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