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MAXWELL DUL WAS A POLICE OFFICER NOT AN ARM ROBBER WITNESS TELLS PANEL.
MAXWELL DUL WAS A POLICE OFFICER NOT AN ARM ROBBER WITNESS TELLS PANEL.
By: Our Reporter
A witness, Mr. Ndam Tokbe before the Independent Investigative panel on Human Rights Violation by the Defunct SARS and other Units of the Nigerian Police Force Thursday told the IIP-SARS that Maxwell Dul who was extra judicially killed was a police officer.
Tokbe who was led in evidence by DG Dashe, a complainant and counsel in the matter narrated how it all happened on that fateful day.
According to the witness sometime in February 2019 while in his office at Apapa in Lagos he received a call that Maxwell was arrested and was told to come to the police station at the Railway for more details .On reaching the station he (Tokbe) was informed by Maxwell’s colleagues that Maxwell was arrested the previous day.
Furthermore, the witness said he was told by the officers that Maxwell was hit by a bike man who was riding his bike on one way, he insisted on arresting the bike man and taking him to the police station for breaking traffic rules.
On the other hand the witness narrated that the bike man raised an alarm that Maxwell wanted to collect his bike and this attracted the attention of the public.
Meanwhile, the witness told the panel that Maxwell was taken to Denton Police station upon his arrest and he went there in the company of other police officers who are his colleagues to identify him.
“But after staying the whole day they were not allowed to see him. They left to return the next day and upon returning the next day they were told the case has been transferred to SARS in Ikeja”, the witness stated.
According to him, when they returned the next day they were told at SARS that Maxwell was dead.
According to the witness, when they asked for his corpse they were told that it had been deposited at mainland hospital, Yaba, Lagos state and the case file transferred to Panti, Lagos for further investigation. He said the police asked him to mobilise them for the case to be reopened. At Panti the witness said they asked for the corpse and were told he is an armed robber therefore the government will bury the corpse.
However, the witness said after much ado, the police gave him a written letter stamped with the deceased photograph and he used it to identify the corpse at the hospital.
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Tkobe said he did identify that it was indeed Maxwell but he said he noticed bruises on the body and one of his eyes was opened the other closed which he said was as result of torture.
Also testifying before the panel the deceased sister Maryamu Maxwell told the panel that she was told by her uncle that Maxwell her brother is dead.
According to her she quickly called upon Mr. Ndam Tkobe and DG Dashe Esq to confirm the news.
Leading her in evidence, Mr. Dashe said she brought out an identity card with photograph to show that the deceased was indeed a police officer, which he as the counsel decides to tendered to the panel as an exhibit.
Chairman of the panel who was represented by Garba Tetengi SAN has asked the police to produce all the respondents in the matter to enable the panel to unravel the truth.
Meanwhile the police have asked for an adjournment to enable them open defense and the matter was adjourned till 1st of December 2021.
MAXWELL DUL WAS A POLICE OFFICER NOT AN ARM ROBBER WITNESS TELLS PANEL.
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Investments in circular economy have the potential to increase forex earnings- NESREA DG
Investments in circular economy have the potential to increase forex earnings- NESREA DG
By: Michael Mike
The Director General of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Prof. Innocent Barikor has affirmed that investments in the circular economy value chain have the potential to increase the country’s foreign exchange earnings.
Barikor made this statement recently during a meeting with the management of a plastic packaging recycling (rPET) company, Sonnex in Lagos.
He assured the team that the Nigerian government prioritizes circular economy, noting that the draft National Environmental (Plastic Waste Control) Regulations soon to be gazetted is one of the efforts to strengthen the legal framework for circular economy implementation in Nigeria.
He said: “Circular Economy falls under the Presidential priorities for the Federal Ministry of Environment, and the Minister is very keen on the success. Apart from tackling the problem of waste, green jobs have been created .
“The pellets and flakes you produce and export also generate foreign exchange. The Plastic Waste Control Regulations are awaiting official gazette and once gazetted, we would have connected the dots of the framework to implement circular economy in the plastic sector. We are deeply committed to ensuring the success of Circular Economy.”
Earlier, the Managing Director, Anil Mohinani intimated the NESREA boss on the process for the production of recycled PET bottles (rPET), whilst also highlighting the challenges faced by investors in the sector .
He listed some of the setbacks to include lack of a legal instrument to compel manufacturers in the food and beverage sector to embrace food-grade rPET, unfriendly policies by some foreign companies, and insufficient awareness .
“Europe and America create barriers to protect their international recycling business. There is unfair competition. In some countries such as Kenya, there is encouragement to invest in rPET recycling because there is a regulation in place,” he added.
Investments in circular economy have the potential to increase forex earnings- NESREA DG
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected ISWAP terrorists have killed the chairman of the hunters’ group in Garjang village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday.
The victim, identified as Habu Dala, 53, was abducted from his home by the terrorists, who took him through Mulharam to Forfot villages in Damboa LGA.
Villagers mobilised in search of Dala and later found his corpse bearing gunshot wounds.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and the hunters’ group visited the scene.
The remains were evacuated to the General Hospital, Damboa, where he was certified dead and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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