Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits attacked one of the villages in Shanga Local Government area of Kebbi state.
Salemgists gathered that the deadly attack took place at the early hours of Saturday 19 February, 2022.
The terrorists reportedly killed five persons and wounded many others after blocking the Yauri-Koko road in the State.
They killed three persons during the road blockade and two more while on their way to Bakin Turu village.
A source in the community stated that the gunmen first attacked Tungar Zarumai of Sakace ward, Shanga LGA.
The terrorists proceeded to Bakinturu where they spent hours disrupting peace and force residents to leave the environs to Yauri main town.
The source further narrated that houses, foodstuffs and other valuable items were burnt down by the bandits.
The attack made residents of the village took to their heels for survival, he added while calling on government intervene.
Confirming the incident, the member of the House of Representatives for Ngaski/Shanga/Yauri, Yusuf Sununu, said the bandits also abducted many residents of Bakin Turu during the attack.
He said:
“The Yauri-Koko road that they blocked, they were there for several hours this morning (Saturday). They killed three motorists and wounded several others. As I am speaking to you now, we are preparing to bury one of those killed by the bandits.
“While in Bakin Turu village, they (bandits) abducted men and women and domestic animals. We are yet to ascertain the number of residents abducted by the bandits. And we also learnt that on their way to the village, they saw two Fulani people and killed them too.”
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash.
The operatives had in the early hours of Friday 18th February 2022 intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory. A controlled delivery of the parcelled counterfeit US dollars totalling $4, 760, 000.00 led to the arrest of a principal suspect, 52-year-old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa.
The seizure followed intelligence received by the FCT Command of the Agency detailing the movement of the cash and the vehicle conveying it. Meanwhile, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has directed that both the cash and the suspect in custody be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation.
In Kwara state, barely three weeks after a nursing mother, Mrs. Rashidat Adebayo, 38, was granted administrative bail following her arrest for dealing in illicit drugs, operatives have again arrested her in Offa with assorted drugs such as Tramadol, Swinol, Diazepam and Pentazocine injection ampules.
Before her latest arrest on Thursday 17th February, the nursing mother had been arrested and granted bail on 24th January 2022 for dealing in similar drugs.
In the same vein, NDLEA officers have arrested two drug dealers: Sani Isa (aka Bilaz) and Bala Yerima in Hong, Adamawa state with 239 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 209kg, just as operatives of the Bauchi state Command have intercepted a truck marked FFF 422 XB coming from Lagos to Maiduguri, at Azare, Bauchi. A total of 164.8kg of cannabis sativa concealed in peak milk cartons was recovered from the truck.
The NDLEA Chief Executive has commended the officers and men of the FCT Command for their vigilance and preventing counterfeit $4.7 million from going into the streets. He charged them and their counterparts in Adamawa, Kwara, Bauchi and others across the country not to rest on their oars.
Femi Babafemi Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja Sunday 20th February 2022
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, rescued no fewer than eight kidnapped victims from kidnappers in Benue state.
Salemgists gathered that the victims who hail from Agasha town in Guma local government area were kidnapped on their farms by herdsmen on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022.
The victims were rescued on Saturday, February 19th, 2022, a statement released by Nathaniel Ikyur, the Chief Press Secretary to governor Samuel Ortom says.
He added:
“As the fight against criminality intensifies in Benue State, troops from Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, Saturday, February 19th, 2022 made a huge breakthrough when they rescued 8 persons from kidnappers den.
The rescued locals who hail from Agasha town in Guma local government area were kidnapped on their farms by herdsmen on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022.
They had spent over three days with their abductors before their rescue.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Lt. Col Paul Hemba (rtd) who briefed the Governor on the successful rescue operation explained that the gallantry of troops from Operation Whirl Stroke who made contact with the kidnappers at Gbekyor led to an exchange of gunfire with the perpetrators and over powered them.
He maintained that the superior fire power of the soldiers overwhelmed the kidnappers who fled in disarray, leaving behind the kidnapped victims.
Those rescued by the soldiers include Philip Akpage, 56yr-old, Aondokula Ijah, 30; Mrs Kwadoo Takada, 60; Mrs Kwakuma Asongu, 55; Mrs Agnes Ornguze, 54; Mrs Yanguchan Tiv, 45; Mrs Kwadoo Mtomga, 45 and Mrs Mnembe Terlumum, 30.
The victims have been reunited with their families.”
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen strike again in Benue state community today, February 19th.
It was gathered that the militias killed two men and a woman while they were returning from a burial along Iordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state.
The ugly incident was disclosed in a statement released by Nathaniel Ikyur, the Chief Press Secretary to governor Samuel Ortom.
He stated:
“At about 5pm Saturday, February19th, 2022 suspected Fulani gunmen killed two males and a female while returning from a burial along Iordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state.
The victims were riding on a motorcycle when they were ambushed and shot dead by the killer herdsmen.
The two died on the spot from gunshot wounds while the other was brutally macheted to death.
Soldiers attached to Operation Whirl Stroke recovered the bodies and deposited the corpses at Gbajimba general hospital.
Sadly, this has been the plight of Benue indigenes in the hands of Fulani herdsmen who have invaded the state in a bid to take over our ancestral lands.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from Belgium after attending the sixth Africa Union-European Union summit in Brussels.
The president’s return was disclosed in a by his Personal Assistant on Photography, Sunday Aghaeze today, February 19.
Salemgists learnt that the president departed Abelag/Luxaviation Airport in Brussels for Abuja earlier today
The heads of state or government of the member states of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) met for the sixth European Union – African Union summit in Brussels on 17 and 18 February 2022.
The meeting was co-chaired by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel and the President of Senegal and the Chairperson of the AU, Macky Sall.
Ahead of the summit, EU leaders took part in an informal meeting of the members of the European Council on the latest developments related to Russia and Ukraine.
A young man of about 18 years identified as Abdullahi Tasi’u took his own life after his father refused to marry for him.
A source told salemgists that the deceased who was an SS3 student of Kafur secondary school committed suicide because his father refused to marry a girl he was in love with for him.
The source further stated that the teenager’s father told him to be patient and wait till he graduate from secondary school before he will get a wife for him.
The young man became angry and decided to take his life. He called his father and threatened to commit suicide if he fails to get the wife for him.
It was gathered that the young man was discovered in his room after he reportedly drank a poisonous substance, he was rushed to the hospital but was already dead.
Salemgists also learnt that his 16-year-old girlfriend, Hafsat attempted suicide but was unsuccessful following the intervention of family members.
A young man identified as Tijjani Abubakar attempted to take his own life after he was betrayed by his lover.
It was gathered that the young man who is from Gama PRP district in Nasarawa Local Government Area in Kano state was a young businessman who sells mobile phone at Farm Centre.
Salemgists learnt that the young man attempted to take his life after the lady he was planning to marry rejected him.
According to an eyewitness account, the young man groomed the lady for himself but was left heartbroken after she told him it was ‘over between them’
Friends and neighbors of the victim ralied round to rescue him from drinking a poisonous substance.
Angry mob reportedly burnt a suspected ritualist to Ashes in Agyaragu, Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Salemgists learnt that the ritualist was attempting to kidnapped a little girl who was selling locally made drink (Kunu drink).
A source at the scene of the incident told salemgists that the suspected ritualist met the little girl selling Kunu in the street and bought the Drink from her. He then asked the girl to follow him to collect money, pretending he don’t have cash at hand.
The source narrated that the little girl was following the man to an unknown location, some set of women who knew the little girl saw her, and ask her why is she following the man, she told them what happened.
On hearing this, the Women raise Alarm and the man was arrested immediately by some youth within the area, he confessed that he was intending to go with the little girl.
He further confessed that he is into kidnapping kid and selling them for ritual purposes for a long time. The angry youths caught and handed him over to Vigilante.
The source said the vigilante handed him back to the youths where he was set ablaze in the Main market before the arrival of the police.
Workers at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital protests after their colleague identified as Otote Osaikhuomwan was shot dead by gunmen today, February 15.
It was gathered that the 38-year-old doctor was shot dead by suspected assassins in the early hours of Monday.
Salemgists gathered that the deceased who works at the Department of Ophthalmology was killed in the presence of his pregnant wife after the gunmen gained access into his house located at GRA, Benin, the Edo state capital.
The sad development was confirmed in a statement by the Edo State Command Police Public Relations, Bello Kongtons.
Kongtons said;
“Yes, the doctor was shot dead. The police is working to unravel the circumstance behind the killing and arrest the perpetrators.”
Meanwhile, his colleagues who were seen carrying placards with different inscriptions embarked on a one day protest this morning.
According to the protesting doctors the deceased was shot in his chest in the early hours of Monday morning at his residence in GRA Benin City in presence of his pregnant wife.
The Doctors appealed to the Nigerian Government to provide adequate security in the Country, adding that the killing of doctors in the country will lead to an increase in the brain drain and Elevated exit of Doctors from the country.
A beggar identified as Hadiza Ibrahim who surprised everyone after she was caught in Abuja with over N500k and $100 has been detained by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
This was disclosed in a statement in a statement by the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Social and Development Secretariat, Shaka Sunday.
According to him, the woman was in the agency’s custody at the Bwari area council, adding that the suspect had yet to explain how she came about the money found on her.
He stated:
“We caught the woman with $100 and N500,000. The lady is still in our centre in Bwari. She is undergoing profiling because she has not been able to give us all the relevant information and how she came about the money.”
An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto state.
The suspect had loaded the consignment into trucks in Cotonou, Benin Republic and drove through the land borders via Niger Republic before entering Sokoto state at the Illela border. Settled in a hotel in Sokoto state, credible intelligence reveals that Nutal began to look for buyers for the controlled drug. While operatives were on his trail, officers of the Department of State Security were able to apprehend him and swiftly handed him over to NDLEA on Wednesday 10th February 2022.
In a related development, attempts by drug traffickers to export large quantities of Heroin, Methamphetamine, Khat, Tramadol and Cannabis through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA as well as three courier companies in Lagos have been frustrated by narcotic officers who intercepted the illicit consignments.
At the Lagos airport, operatives on Tuesday 8th Feb arrested one Felix Rotimi Eshemokhai with 1.75kg heroin while trying to board Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca, Morocco while another trafficker, Okafor Emmanuel Onuzuruike was also nabbed same day during his bid to travel on RwandAir to Dubai with 2.2kg of Cannabis concealed in food stuff.
Not less than 25 kilograms of Methamphetamine, Tramadol, Cannabis and Khat concealed in motor parts, MP3 player, speaker and fabrics heading to USA, UK, Australia, Dubai and Madagascar were seized at three major courier companies in Lagos.
In Gombe state, 31,000 capsules of Tramadol were recovered from a truck that left Onitsha, Anambra state for Mubi, Adamawa state and the owner, Ibrahim Tukur Bage, arrested on Friday 11th Feb, while attempting to escape. This followed the arrest of Aliu Salami, 43, with 143.9kg cannabis at Oke-Ata, Abeokuta South LGA, Ogun state on Wednesday 9th Feb.
In the same vein, not even a bunch of talisman (charms) used by a trans-border drug dealer, Shu'aibu Salisu could save him and his gang as their consignment of 578kg of Cannabis meant for Niger Republic was intercepted in Kwara state on 8th Feb when two persons: Gambo Lawal and Ibrahim Mohammed were arrested while conveying the drug to someone in Charanchi, Katsina State. A follow up operation led to the arrest of Salisu and two others; Sani Musa and Auwal Amina the day after at different locations within Kaita LGA, Katsina.
In Benue state, a fake security agent, Mr. Dennis Emadiong was on Saturday 12th Feb arrested at NDLEA check point, Alaide, Benue with 239grams of cannabis and 10 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition while on his way from Akwa Ibom to Maiduguri, Borno state. Another suspect, Stephen Folorunsho was also nabbed during a routine Stop and Search operation, along Apir-Makurdi road with 147 compressed blocks of cannabis weighing 130kg stuffed inside bales of used clothes popularly called Okrika on his way to Gombe State.
In Adamawa state, no fewer than 22,700 tablets of Tramadol and Exol-5 were seized in Numan area of the state from two drug dealers: Mmaduabuchibeya Kingsley and Onyeke Kenneth in separate raids on Thursday 10th February.
While commending the officers and men of Sokoto, Gombe, Ogun, Kwara, Adamawa, Benue, MMIA Commands as well as those of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation, DOGI, for their resilience in the various drug supply reduction efforts, he charged them and their compatriots across other commands to remain on the offensive against the cartels while he hailed the synergy and support from other security agencies.
Femi Babafemi Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja Sunday 13th February 2022
A beggar identified as Hadiza Ibrahim surprised everyone after she was arrested in Abuja with over N500k and $100.
The incident have thrown many into confusion as some people at the scene were linking the woman to kidnappers. Others were on the view that she might be into child trafficking or rituals.
As of the time of this report, salemgists could not authoritatively confirm where the woman is from or how she is in possession of such huge amount of money.
Although sources later confirmed that she has been handed over to the police for further investigation.
A 43-year-old man identified as Kehinde Oladimeji has been arrested by Men of Ogun State Police Command in the early hours of today, February 12.
Oladimeji is arrested alongside his wife Adejumoke Raji, for been in possession of fresh human parts.
The couple’s arrest is disclosed in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
He revealed in the statement that the couple are residents of No.72 MKO Abiola Way, Leme, Abeokuta.
Oyeyemi said:
“the couple were arrested following a report lodged at Kemta Divisional Headquarters by Chief Moshood Ogunwolu, the Baale of Leme Community, that one Pastor Adisa Olarewaju who is a co-tenant with the suspects informed him of offensive odours coming out from the room of the suspects”.
“Upon the complaint, the DPO Kemta Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle led his detectives to the scene where search was conducted.
“On searching the room, a plastic bowl containing fresh different parts of human being was discovered in the room, and the couple were promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspects confessed they were herbalists and that the human parts comprises of hands, breasts and other parts were given to them by one Michael who they claimed resides in Adatan area of Abeokuta.
“All efforts to locate the said Michael proved abortive as the suspects could not locate his house.
“It will be recalled that a dismembered body of an unknown person was found in a swamp area at Leme area of Abeokuta about a week ago, it is not yet clear whether the parts is that of the found body or not."
Deposited corpses were burnt beyond recognition as fire guts a mortuary in Benue state today, February 11.
It was gathered that the mortuary situated in Agagbe settlement, Gwer West LG of the State reportedly caught fire, burning deposited corpses beyond recognition.
An eyewitness said the people of the area who arrived the scene shortly after the incident quickly assisted in putting the fire off.
Salemgists learnt that the mortuary is own by a Catholic church, St Francis Xavier Parish Agagbe.
As of the time of this report, the cause of the fire outbreak has not been known.
A man who is believed to be in his late 30s collapsed and died in Gboko in Benue state on Thursday, February 10.
According to reports, his body was discovered lifeless on the street of Gboko and was confirmed dead on spot.
Sources at the scene said there is nothing to indicate violence on the deceased, adding that he may have suffered one ailment or the other, leading to his collapse and death.
BREAKING: Troops of 149 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with Civilian JTF while on fighting patrol today 10 February 2022 neutralized scores of BHT/ISWAP terrorists in Dunga Lawanti village near Gubio in Borno State. Troops recovered four AK-47 rifles, two motorcycles amongst other items. Aggressive patrol is still ongoing within the general area.
A young Benue man, Lubem Terkula has been dragged to court by a lady identified as Kor Saanmoyol Henrietta for calling her out publicly on Facebook after he transfered the sum of N1,500 to her for transportation fare from Gboko to Makurdi but failed to show up.
Salemgists gathered that Terkula transferred N1,500 to Henrietta through POS to enable her visit him in Makurdi. Terkula said she waited for the lady for a while but she failed to show up, he called her countless times but she failed to pickup.
Terkula latter contacted the lady, the conversation didn't go well but the lady ask for his account number to refund the said money. Terkula who felt cheated took to Facebook to call out the lady. He exposed the conversation between him and the lady, he also displayed the POS receipt confirming his transfer to the lady.
The incident occupied social space in Benue with hundreds of people sharing the post. Although many condemned act while many others supported Terkula.
Few days later, the said lady took Terkula to court to seek redress for deformation.
A middle-aged man identified simply as Michael has been found hanging from a tree in the early hours of Wednesday on 1st Avenue, Festac, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos state.
The remains of the deceased was found opposite a popular hotel, where commercial sex workers hang out.
A middle-aged man identified simply as Michael has been found hanging from a tree in the early hours of Wednesday on 1st Avenue, Festac, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos state.
The remains of the deceased was found opposite a popular hotel, where commercial sex workers hang out. pic.twitter.com/N0SHOThkG4
A young lady was caught and disgraced for stealing some valuables in Makurdi, the Benue state Capital yesterday, February 8.
According to an eyewitness, the young lady who is from Gboko Local Government of the state has been terrorizing people by stealing their valuables each time they went to work.
The source further narrated that the slay queen identified as Mnena Iornumbe was caught after she used a ladder to climb into a compound in her neighborhood to steal wrappers.
Mnena run out of luck after she was caught by the owner of the house. Angry mob descended on her and beat her thoroughly. They also shaved her hair using razor blade.
A man identified as Chukwudi Ejikeme, popularly known as Expo was allegedly beaten to death by security wing of Nawfia Progressive Union (NPU).
It was gathered that the incident has caused serious tension in Nawfia, Njikoka local government area of Anambra state today, Monday, 7th February, 2022.
An eyewitness account reveal that the deceased, alongside other village youths had gone to a village land situated at Uruorji, along the Nawfia express road to ascertain the status of the land.
A man identified as Chukwudi Ejikeme, popularly known as Expo was allegedly beaten to death by security wing of Nawfia Progressive Union (NPU).
It was gathered that the incident has caused serious tension in Nawfia, Njikoka local government area of Anambra state today, Monday, 7th February, 2022.
An eyewitness account reveal that the deceased, alongside other village youths had gone to a village land situated at Uruorji, along the Nawfia express road to ascertain the status of the land.
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