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Police Intimidation: ActionAid Nigeria Demands charges against Damola Olatunji be dropped
Police Intimidation: ActionAid Nigeria Demands charges against Damola Olatunji be dropped
By: Michael Mike, Abuja
ActionAid Nigeria has called on the Nigerian Police Force to intensify actions against Police intimidation, brutality, and the gross violation of the rights of Nigerian citizens.
Speaking in Abuja, the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Ene Obi said: “ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) is appalled by the actions of members of Oke-Odo and Area P Police Station in Abule Egba and Ayobo respectively, leading to the arrest of one of ActionAid Nigeria’s Social Justice Influencers, Actor and Director, Damola Olatunji and his Assistant.
“We have been following the unfolding events with keen interest and it is important to state that the arrest and court charges against Mr. Olatunji are unnecessary and merely a show of force and power.”
Confirming the situation that led to the arrest of ActionAid’s Social Justice Influencer, Ms. Obi said the facts of the situation as recounted by Mr. Olatunji are:
Whilst held in traffic along Abule-Egba road, he witnessed and spoke against Police intimidation and harassment of a motorcycle rider, popularly called Okada in Lagos. This led to his harassment and eventual arrest.
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Obi noted that Damola and his PA recorded their own harassment with their phones and were further assaulted as a result. The Policemen slapped the Assistant, seized his phones and both were manhandled and arrested like common criminals.
She said both have now been charged to court, albeit, presently on bail of N500,000 each and two sureties.
Obi reiterated that: ‘‘Nigerians should feel safe to speak up against injustice and security agencies should desist from using brute arbitrary power and control as instruments for brutality, harassment, and intimidation. The Nigerian Police Force shouldn’t be portrayed as an agency for intimidating and harassing the public.
She said: “ActionAid Nigeria demands that the charges against Mr. Damola Olatunji and his Assistant in this case, be dropped with immediate effect. The situation need not degenerate into a show of power between citizens and a Security Agency.
ActionAid Nigeria is watching and monitoring this case closely and will continue to speak against this illegitimate arrest and unwarranted assault on its citizens.’’
Police Intimidation: ActionAid Nigeria Demands charges against Damola Olatunji be dropped
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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VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Aisha, daughter of Shehu Aliyu, an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria, and Muhammad Jalal, son of former Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Talban Minna, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
The solemnisation, led by the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, alongside other Imams, featured prayers for the couple’s blessings.
Vice President Shettima stood in for the bride, while Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu represented the groom, culminating in the presentation of the dowry and the formal tying of the marital knot.
The event was graced by prominent dignitaries, including former Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki, Katsina State Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe, the Emir of Borgu, Niger State, Muhammad Sani Dantoro among many others.
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