₦airaland Forum

idnoble135: The fear of being kidnapped
by the fundamentalist Boko
Haram sect has gripped
governors in some of the
states across the federation
forcing them to beef up security in government
houses and their
homes, SUNDAY
PUNCH reports. One of the governors, Mr.
Rauf Aregbesola of Osun
State, had on April 26, raised
the alarm that state
executives were not immune
from kidnapping. While reacting to the
invitation to attend the
Nigerian Guild of Editors’
conference coming up in
Asaba, Delta State, Aregbesola
said he was wary of being kidnapped. “They kidnapped the
chairman of a local council area
authority, which is not even
up to a council and they
demanded $1m. How much
would they demand if they kidnap a governor, $1bn? You
might just stroll to stretch
your legs and off you go –
you get kidnapped. Where
will Osun get that kind of
money?”Aregbesola asked. While some of the governors
have set up anti-kidnap
squads, others have ensured
that all their vehicles and
those used by members of
their families now have tracking devices. Some of the state executives,
our correspondents learnt, had
also reduced the number of
visitors they attend to. In
some states, only one of
several gates in government houses is used. Apart from governors, top
politicians have also relocated
their relatives from the
villages to the city where
they could be easily protected
from kidnappers. Parents and guardians of very
important personals had been
the target of kidnappers in
the past few weeks and they
were only released after
millions of naira were paid to their abductors. The Joint Task Force in Borno
State, Operation Restore
Order, had on April 28 raised
the alarm that Boko Haram
had a new kidnapping squad
whose objective was to kidnap and demand ransom to
finance its terror operations. JTF in a statement by its
spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa,
said the sect resorted to
kidnapping when it realised it
was losing its members to the
superior fire power of security agencies. Musa said, “Intelligence
available to the task force has
indicated that Boko Haram
terrorists have resolved to
concentrate more on
kidnapping than robbery since kidnapping is more lucrative,
less dangerous and requires
short time to plan and
execute. “Similarly, a special
kidnapping squad has been
earmarked and tasked by
Boko Haram sect to kidnap
persons who could have
wealthy relatives, politicians, businessmen/women,
traditional rulers, senior civil
servants and foreigners alike.” The sect reportedly received
the sum of N500m from
France and Cameroon as
ransom for seven French
hostages. The Chief Press Secretary to
the Ondo State Governor, Mr.
Eni Akinsola, said on Friday
apart the governor, other
citizens of the state had to be
protected from kidnappers. According to him, a new
strategy involving relevant
security agencies in the state
and residents of the various
local communities led to the
arrest of some kidnappers recently. Akinsola, who said the
security arrangements put in
place to check activities of
criminals in the state was
yielding results. He said, “We have our plans
but we won’t disclose that on
the pages of newspapers but I
can assure you that we have
ensured that there is no hiding
place for kidnappers and other criminals in the state.” The Senior Special Adviser to
Kwara State Governor on
Media and Communication, Dr.
Muyideen Akorede, also
confirmed that Governor
Abdulfatah Ahmed had set up a Joint Task Force which
conducts “stop and search” in
the state’s entry and exit
points. Akorede said, “The governor
has set up a Joint Task Force
comprising the army, the
police and civil defence who
now conduct ‘stop and search’
at exit and entry points of the state capital, entry and exit
points to all major towns in
the state and entry and exit
points from the state. “All the borders are patrolled
to stop people of questionable
characters from entering the
state and perpetuating
crimes.” Although security at the Ekiti
State Government House was
tight as usual on Friday, our
correspondent in Ado-Ekiti
observed that one lane of the
dual carriage ways leading to the Governor’s Office was
closed to motorists while the
other one was manned by
security agents. Most vehicles with the pass
issued by the government to
allow them into the
Governor’s Office were
restricted to the car park
before the office. CROSS RIVER It was learnt the state
government has set up a
special anti-kidnapping squad
made up of the police, State
Security Service, army, navy,
air force and local operatives as a proactive measure to
forestall kidnapping. The State Security Adviser,
Mr. Rekpene Bassey, was
however, silent on extra
measures adopted to protect
the governor, his deputy or
high ranking officials, but stressed that the state was
already “planning to procure a
tracking device that would
make it easy to track down
kidnappers whenever they
struck.” ANAMBRA The Chief Press Secretary to
the Governor, Mr. Mike Udah,
told SUNDAY PUNCHthat the
state governor was not
taking “his personal security
for granted” He added, “We are aware of
what has been happening in
other parts of the country,
including the kidnap of a local
council area authority in Lagos
State, and even the kidnap and killing of a former deputy
governor of Anambra State.
But that incident happened in
Delta State, not here. We are
concerned but the situation in
Anambra State is not out of control.” OYO Armoured Personnel Carriers
were stationed at the Oyo
State Secretariat and other
strategic locations in Ibadan
while a detachment of heavily
armed mobile police was stationed at the Government
House, Agodi, Ibadan. It was learnt that security of
the state was reviewed
recently and the state police
command repaired some APCs
and put them in strategic
places in Ibadan. The Special Adviser to
Governor Abiola Ajimobi on
Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo,
said, “We are happy to say
that there is peace in Oyo
State since the advent of Governor Abiola Ajimobi
administration. Government is
not joking with the issue of
security as it has continued to
consolidate on the peace it
bequeathed to the state.” AKWA IBOM At the Akwa Ibom State
Government House, a single
gate is now being used as
entrance into the house. APCs
are stationed at both the
Government House as well as the state secretariat, Idongesit
Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo,
while the number of heavily
armed security personnel has
been increased. Although none of the
government official was
willing to speak on the new
security measures in place, a
civil servant, Francis Ekong,
said, “With the huge security details built around political
office holders and their
families in the state, I don’t
think any kidnapper or armed
robber can go near them.” OSUN Osun State Commissioner for
Information and Strategy, Mr.
Sunday Akere, said the
government had procured 130
patrol vehicles and a
helicopter for security purposes. “Osun is secure. The Federal
Government should take a
leaf from the employment of
20,000 youths by the
Aregbesola administration to
stem the tide of unemployment. The devil
finds jobs for idle hands,”
Akere said. BAYELSA Politicians in Bayelsa State
have taken measures to
protect themselves and their
family members from
kidnapping. Our correspondent gathered
that political office holders
had relocated their key family
members especially their
parents to Yenagoa, the state
capital. In a desperate measure to
stop abduction in the state,
the Governor, Mr. Seriake
Dickson, had approved death
sentence for kidnappers in the
state. PLATEAU The alarm raised by a member
of the House of
Representatives, Mr. Bitrus
Kaze, might have necessitated
a reappraisal of the security
arrangements in the state. Kaze had said there was a plot
to either assassinate or kidnap
him and some prominent
citizens of the state. Although the Police
Commissioner, Mr. Chris
Olakpe, had said the command
had yet to receive any report
on the alarm raised by the
lawmaker, it was learnt that the police command had
placed its anti-terrorism squad
on the alert to protect the
governor and other political
office holders.

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Tonto Dike, I love you die, choi

naija nawaa indeed

Oga Jonathan for 2015

What kind of cock and bull story is this?

Derailers on target

Crying over spilt milk, rubbish

I guess what I'm thinking is not true cos if it is then this country is doomed.
What actually led to the resignation of Engr. Barth Nnaji?
Is it the powerful force that's behind the failure of this country, hence using it as a platform to make ends meet.
Nna eh, this country needs to start afresh with strict and powerful constitution.

She's beautiful but you have to prevent her from engaging in all those drinks over there.
I have an issue with your babe's complexion

There's nothing wrong in the pics
@op its known as FUN

yorke: Funny people. Trying to recruit people that will go and face Boko Haram

my thought exactly, Dude

There's no doubt about that, they rocks the 1st position in terms of beauty in Nigeria.
Even in my family, they are drop dead gorgeous.

OMG. Jonathan should be decisive and just in this administration cos the international community is keenly watching him.

Foolish man

please I want to find out if truly tomorrow has being declared public holiday? [/quote] You're on point.

slimyem: You must be veeeery stup1d or prolly an eediot!!

Do I have to reply you on this? I guess the answer is NO cos I don't need one that would spoil my day, you Sadist.

K

I just updated my iphone software with iTunes to ios 6.1.3 don't really know if that's the correct one, but I guess its the latest ios.But the problem here is that my iphone has refused to activate after the update.
please, someone should just help me with useful info on how to activate it. Thanks

Mario Balotelli might have condemned himself to the doghouse with girlfriend Fanny Neguesha after he reportedly made a bizarre comment about the Belgian model ahead of Real Madrid’s Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund.

The former Manchester City striker is apparently so confident that Dortmund will qualify for the Champions League final, he is claimed to have said that he would allow the Spanish side’s squad to sleep with his girlfriend if they managed to upset the odds and pip the Germans to Wembley.
In Spanish newspapers AS and Marca, the Italy international was quoted as saying: ‘If Real Madrid come back in Champions League, I’ll let my girlfriend sleep with them!’

Dortmund ran Real off the park a week ago at the Westfalenstadion, with Robert Lewandowski, Mario Gotze and Marco Reus tearing a flimsy-looking defence apart.


Manchester United and Bayern Munich target Lewandowski netted all four goals in the 4-1 victory for Jurgen Klopp’s men.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored Real’s only goal of the night, missed the Madrid derby clash against Atletico at the weekend and remains a fitness doubt for Tuesday’s encounter at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Meanwhile, Balotelli, apart from making controversial comments about his girlfriend, is lighting up the Serie A since leaving Manchester for AC Milan.

The 22-year-old has scored 10 times since leaving the Premier League, including a contentious penalty in last night’s victory over Catania.

Balotelli has previously spoken about his blossoming relationship with Neguesha.

In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, the striker said his girlfriend was the ‘first woman I feel comfortable with’.

http://www.informationng.com/2013/04/if-madrid-beat-dortmund-and-qualify-i-will-let-my-girlfriend-sleep-with-them-balotelli.html

Now, I know why is always you.

nadia_SA: Naddy
Happy pic satuRday

That's exactly wat I'm talking about.
Curves, I love curves.

Copied

I-B.:
Nigerians have really lost hope in this government, see posts
Instead of all these negative posts, let's use 2015 election to elect people with reputation who have been tested and trusted.
God bless Nigeria.

And who are the tested and trusted people with reputation?

egoldman: Our shame as igbo people

what's this trash you just typed there?
some guys can reason awkwardly.
I guess you don't really know what that implies.

Like we don't know all these before.
Breaking into the industry is kinda platform to showcase their stuffs for the top guns, hence making it available to them at a very cool fu'king rate.

see belle.

This your singlet.
The quality no bad at all.

Odinaka00: *runs out of Nairaland*

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U be winsh?
how u com get 4 toes nah?

Ok nah, let's go there