Crime
POLICE ACCUSES COMPLAINANT OF ACTING ON HEAR SAY OVER THE DEATH OF A VICTIM
POLICE ACCUSES COMPLAINANT OF ACTING ON HEAR SAY OVER THE DEATH OF A VICTIM
By: Michael Mike
Counsel to the police at the Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian police Mr. Malik Taiwo has accused a complainant before the panel of being coerced to testify before it.
Mr. Taiwo while cross examining the complainant on the case of alleged extra judicial killing however said he was not at the scene of incident hence cannot act as if he witnessed it.
He therefore pointed that everything contained in the petition the complainant had before the panel were hear say, following the narration of the complainant.
responding the complainant Mr. Charles Ogu confirmed that he was not there but he receive a call by his father in-law who happens to be the father of the decease. According to Mr. Ogu his in-law narrated to him what transpired at the scene of the incident.
When asked by the panel if he knows where the corpse of the deceased is, Mr. Ogu told the panel that he was informed that the then Governor of Imo state had ordered for mass burial of the entire corpse at that time.
Testifying before the panel, Mr. Ogu narrated how it all happened in March 2004 when the victim Chibuikem, a trader was travelling from Onitsha in Anambra state to Okigwe in Imo state. On reaching Okigwe, he boarded another vehicle going to Owerri and on the way according to him, they ran into a chaotic scene involving the police in the convoy of the Governor, shooting at some suspected Members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
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The incident, he noted, compelled the driver to stop and all the passengers ran out of the vehicle in different direction to seek for safety including the said chibukem who took cover at a nearby shop.
Narrating further Ogu stated that Chibukem was heard shouting “My head my head “he was said to be hit by a stray bullet from the men of the Nigerian Police. Ogu stated further that the victim kept screaming “I am not a member of MASSOB but a trader from Ndianiche the son of Mazi Emeka Nkaru”.
However, according to Mr. Ogu police on the convoy came and carried him to their waiting van, and when they could not stop him from shouting and crying for pain, he was shot on the chest and he died.
Meanwhile, the complainant told the panel that some eye witnesses at the scene of the incident, having heard and seen what transpired traced the parents of the victim to their town and informed them of the death of their son.
Moreover, the Father of the deceased Mazi Nkaru followed the informants to the scene of the son’s death, thereafter he visited several police stations looking for the body of his son and later located the corpse in the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre Owerri. He immediately requested the corpse which was denied them till date.
Hence Mazi Emeka, his wife and family members tried all they could to secure the corpse of late Chibukem but to no avail and they later died out of frustration and shock.
A second witness in the matter Mr. Samuel Oyinkalu corroborated the testimony of the complainant. He narrated how he traveled to Owerri severally in the company of his father now late and other family members to retrieve the corpse but all plea to the police fail on deaf ears.
The matter has been adjourned to 29 March 2022 for adoption of written address.
POLICE ACCUSES COMPLAINANT OF ACTING ON HEAR SAY OVER THE DEATH OF A VICTIM
Armed Bandits Attack Maikwama Village in Katsina, Four Killed
By: Zagazola Makama
A violent attack by armed bandits occurred in Maikwama Village, Dandume Local Government Area, Katsina State, on the night of April 5, 2025.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the assailants, riding on motorcycles, stormed the village around 2305hrs, initiating a ruthless attack on the residents.
The security forces engaged the bandits in a fierce gun battle, forcing the attackers to retreat. However, the attack left four people dead, and two others sustained bullet wounds.
The injured victims have been taken to a nearby medical facility for treatment. Authorities are intensifying efforts to apprehend the bandits responsible for this tragic attack.
Armed Bandits Attack Maikwama Village in Katsina, Four Killed
Two Men Killed by Angry Mob in Sandamu, Katsina State
By: Zagazola Makama
Tragedy struck on April 6, 2025, in Katsayal Village, Sandamu Local Government Area, as two men, Gaddafi Isah, aged 35, and Badamasi Isah, aged 30, were brutally attacked and killed by an angry mob from Yakawada Village.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the two victims had driven their father’s vehicle to the outskirts of Katsayal Village to practice driving when they were accused by the mob of stealing livestock.
In a violent response, the mob surrounded the men, beating them severely, resulting in various degrees of injury.
The victims were rescued by the security forces who were deployed to the scene and rushed to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Sandamu for treatment, but they were later confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
The vehicle the men were driving was also damaged during the altercation.
Police have launched an investigation into the incident, and efforts are underway to apprehend the perpetrators responsible for the attack.
Two Men Killed by Angry Mob in Sandamu, Katsina State
Nigerien Troops Arrest Wanted Azawad Militant Leader, Inkinane Ag Attaher, at Border
By Zagazola Makama
The Troops of the Niger Armed Forces have arrested Inkinane Ag Attaher, a key figure in the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), at the Niger-Nigeria border during a coordinated intelligence-led operation carried out between April 3 and 4, 2025.
Intelligence sources, told Zagazola Makama that the suspect, a former Malian army officer who deserted to join separatist and terrorist-linked networks in the Sahel, was intercepted while attempting to enter Nigeria to meet some contacts.
Ag Attaher, who has long been on the radar of regional security services, is alleged to have played a strategic role in the training and equipping of FLA fighters with kamikaze drones, and in coordinating external support for terrorists groups.
ISWAP terrorists have intensified the use of Chinese made drones to carry out attacks in Military formations in Nigeria, prompting security agencies to ask the questions “where are the terrorists acquiring drones and training”?
Security reports indicated that Ag Attaher has maintained close ties with Akli Shikka, under whose coordination several FLA militants were sent to Ukraine for advanced combat and drone warfare training. In return, Ukrainian instructors were reportedly deployed to different parts of the Sahel to train fighters.
The suspect was seriously injured during a drone-handling session on February 13, 2024, and was later evacuated through Mauritania for treatment, security sources revealed.
A founding member of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), Ag Attaher also served as an advisor to its leader, Bilal Ag Acharif. He is believed to have played a prominent role in destabilization campaigns targeting countries of the Sahel.
He has also been linked to several deadly attacks in Mali, Burkina, including the bombing of a passenger boat in Timbuktu that killed dozens of civilians, as well as coordinated assaults on military installations.
Security agencies further alleged that Ag Attaher acted as an informant for the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), particularly during the mass killings reported in 2022 across Menaka and Gao regions in Mali.
The Nigerien military described his arrest as a “significant breakthrough” in the ongoing efforts to dismantle transnational terrorist networks operating across West Africa.
Nigerien Troops Arrest Wanted Azawad Militant Leader, Inkinane Ag Attaher, at Border
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