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Suspected Herdsmen Kidnap 3 Secondary School Teachers In Edo by philpwresh(m): 6:29am On Mar 01, 2017 |
Three secondary school teachers in
Ebomisi Secondary School,
Ugbogiobo village, Ovia North East
Local Council of Edo State have
been kidnapped by suspected
herdsmen.
The three male teachers were
reportedly abducted on Monday
while returning from school. Three
other female teachers who were
said to be in the company of the
abducted teachers were allowed to
go by the kidnappers.
Students of the school yesterday
abandoned classes and took to the
Benin-Akure expressway to protest
their teachers’ abduction. The
students set up bonfires and left
passengers and motorists stranded
on the road for many hours.
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Some of the teachers, who spoke
on anonymity, said the kidnappers
have demanded N10 million as
ransom on each of the
teachers.When contacted, the Edo
State Police spokesman, Moses
Nkombe, said he travelled to Abuja
for a conference. The state Police
Commissioner, Haliru Gwandu,
could not be reached for
comments on the matter.
Meanwhile, police in Niger State
have arrested 104 suspects for
various offences including cattle
rustling, kidnapping, armed
robbery, homicide, rape, and
unlawful possession of firearms.
The command’s Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala
Elkana, who disclosed this to
journalists in Minna, said exhibits
recovered during the arrests
included three AK 47 rifles with 334
rounds of live ammunition, one
SMG rifle with six live ammunition,
12 single barrel guns, four locally-
made pistols, one revolver pistol
and 672 cattle.
He said the arrests were made
possible with the collaboration of
the Inspector General of Police
(IGP) Tactical Unit and operatives of
the Federal Special Anti-Robbery
Squad (FSARS), who have helped in
sustaining the tempo in the fight
against armed bandits in the state.
Elkana, however, adjudged the
month of February as the most
peaceful in recent times. The Sole
Administrator of Agatu Local
Government Area of Benue State,
Mr. Mike Inalegwu, has explained
the influx of over 50,000 herdsmen
in the area.
Inalegwu said the herdsmen were
in the area for grazing and not to
attack the communities. He urged
the residents not to panic.He told
journalists that their arrival was part
of the agreement reached by
Benue State Governor, Samuel
Ortom and his counterpart in
Nasarawa, Tanko Al-Makura.
As part of the agreement, he said,
“Fulani herdsmen would only be
permitted to graze their cattle at
the end of February, 2017 after the
harvest season.”
He stressed that the decision was
part of the measures to find a
lasting solution to the perennial
Agatu, Fulani crises.According to
him, the Agatu communities are
peace-loving people hence they
allowed them to graze their cattle.
He, however, urged the herdsmen
not to allow their cattle to stray to
the farms of the host communities
to avoid the destruction of their
crops.
Inalegwu denied the involvement of
Agatu youths in the alleged
slaughtering of 52 cows at Adoka,
in Otukpo Local Council of the
state.
He said: “From the investigation we
carried out, no Agatu youth was
connected with the butchering in
Adoka.”On the ultimatum given to
Agatu elders to bring out the killer
of a soldier in the area, he stressed
that the community has not been
able to apprehend him.
“It is unfortunate that a soldier who
was on a peace- keeping mission
was gruesomely murdered. We
apologise to the chief of army staff
and assure him that the council
would do everything to arrest the
culprit,” pledged.
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