Crime
Yobe: Community Leader Advocates for Establishment of Rehab Centre At NDLEA Office In Potiskum
Yobe: Community Leader Advocates for Establishment of Rehab Centre At NDLEA Office In Potiskum
By: Yahaya Wakili
It has been observed that there is a need to establish a rehabilitation center in the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the Potiskum area office.
The observation was made by a community leader in Potiskum, Alhaji Umaru Adamu in an interview with NEWSng in Potiskum.
He said the establishment of the rehabilitation center in the NDLEA office will assist in vocational skills training of our teenagers and young adults who are involved in taking and businesses of illicit drugs.
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“If such rehabilitation center was establish the youth who involved in use of heaps of illicit drugs arrested by the NDLEA will be train in different skills acquisition like tailoring, carpentry among others and at the end they will be self-reliance.” Alhaji Umaru said.
“After the graduation from the center they would look for other legitimate businesses and it will make them to be good people in the societies, infact in the whole Yobe state there was no rehabilitation center.” He added.
According to him, the current Area Commander of the NDLEA, Alhaji Mai Anguwa Nuradeen and his men are not relenting in the pursuit of the agency mandate to make the people of Potiskum local government and its environs safe from the drug scourge.
He revealed that, before the coming of the new Area Commander, Nuradeen Potiskum town has become the place where the illicit drugs were sold everywhere, but now the Area Commander and his men have drastically reduced the drug menace in the area.
Alhaji Umaru Adamu further revealed that the people of the area have commended the Area Commander and his men for their commitment that has made possible achievements of the agency in reducing the activities of heaps of illicit drugs in the area.
“The agency is willing to carry out its duty effectively but the most challenging which the agency is facing is lack of operation vehicle because the agency doesn’t have operational vehicle at its disposal.” The community leader observed.
He used this medium to call on Potiskum local government and the Yobe state government to get an operation vehicle for NDLEA personnel to continue with the good work as they are doing and also urged the people of the area to continue supporting and giving the agency the useful information they need.
Yobe: Community Leader Advocates for Establishment of Rehab Centre At NDLEA Office In Potiskum
Gunmen abduct village head in Bauchi community
By: Zagazola Makama
A 56-year-old village head, Abdullah Ibrahim, has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Kanaka hamlet, Ganjuwa Local Government Area in Bauchi, sources confirmed to Zagazola Makama.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday at about 1:15 a.m. when the assailants stormed the remote hamlet and abducted the community leader, taking him to an unknown destination.
Security forces and local hunters were deployed to the area on a rescue mission.
Efforts are being intensified to rescue the victim unharmed and to apprehend those behind the abduction. The case is currently under police investigation.
Gunmen abduct village head in Bauchi community
Troops repel ISWAP attack in Chibok, two killed, two injured by stray bullets
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai on Monday repelled a daring assault by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Shikarkir Village in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State.
Zagazola Makama gathered that the insurgents, who stormed the village at about 5:20 p.m., were met with swift resistance from troops, assisted by local vigilantes and hunters. Security forces engaged the attackers in a gun duel, forcing them to retreat after sustaining unspecified casualties.
However, during the exchange of fire, four civilians were struck by stray bullets. Two of the victims, identified as Ishaku Markson, 30, and Buba Zakariya, 28, sustained fatal injuries and were later confirmed dead at the General Hospital in Chibok.
Two others Yama Wadai, 41, and Maina Fali were wounded and are currently receiving treatment at the same facility. Medical personnel confirmed both are responding well to treatment.
Troops repel ISWAP attack in Chibok, two killed, two injured by stray bullets
Sokoto police arrest notorious bandit, recover AK-47 rifle
By: Zagazola Makama
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Sokoto have arrested a suspected notorious bandit, leading to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle.
Police sources told Zagazola Makama that the arrest was made on June 23 at about 6:30 a.m. following actionable intelligence.
The suspect, identified as Rabi’u Antoro, was taken into custody and during interrogation confessed to being in possession of a firearm.
Following the confession, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, on June 24, recovered one AK-47 rifle.
Sokoto police arrest notorious bandit, recover AK-47 rifle
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