7Ebisco:
Palpable fear reign supreme among residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital following recent upsurge in robbery, pick-pockets, breaking and entry that have taken over the city.

Some of the residents and victims told LEADERSHIP that the rampant rate people are been robbed especially commuters is worrisome.

They noted that the State Government and the Security agencies, seems helpless on how to tackle the challenges.

The respondents stressed that a situation where the people could no longer sleep with their two eyes closed or go out without fear of been attacked or robbed, pose a great danger to the state.

They particularly noted that the state of insecurity in the State, would have a negative effect on the efforts of the Government to woo investors to the State.

One of the respondents, Mr Elogie Clement, who was on Friday night robbed of N120,000, three mobile phones and other valuables, described the situation as pathetic.

Elogie said he was robbed at gun-point, along Plymouth road, onboard a taxi he took to Ekenwan road, at about 7pm

According to him, "I have heard tales of stories on robbery, especially in public transport lately but never took it serious until it happened to me.

"The sad thing was that whether you are alone in the vehicles or with others, these boys still do whatever they want to without any fear or being caught.

"I took a cap, all alone in the vehicle when the driver stopped at the busy Plymouth road, when all of a sudden, a guy appeared at the back and placed on gun at the back of my head. That was how they zoomed off and robbed me of everything I had".

It was in a similar manner that one Tina Osagie, in broad daylight, was robbed at gun-point in a commercial bus, between Ring Road and Mission Road.

Aside robbery in commercial vehicles, residents have been robbed of their monies at Automated Teller Machines (ATM), while many shops and homes have been burgled.

This challenges have taken it tool on night life in the city, as commercial businesses now close shops as early as 7pm, because of the fear being attacked.

The robbing of business premises is common in places such as, Airport Road and environs, Ekenwan Road, Sakponba road, Siloko road and environs, as well as Ugbowo axis of Benin.

It would be recalled that the issue of cult related killings have not also helped in the security challenges in the state.

No fewer than six lives, related to cultism, have been lost in the city, within the last few weeks.

These killings took placed around Upper Sakponba, Ogida, Siloko road and Ekenwan road areas of Benin.

The State Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokomo, while parading some arrested suspects at the command recently, attributed the killings to reprisal attack, and noted that police was working hard to arrest the menace.

While noting that several persons have been arrested in relation to cultism and armed robbery, he said the police have declared zero tolerance against crime.

Similarly, the Managing Director, Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA), Mr Denis Oloriegbe, pointed out that the reason for initiating number code for commercial buses and cabs, was to check against using it to commit crimes.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/09/nigeria-fear-grips-benin-residents-over.html

jeremy85:
Bauchi APC and the Internal Saboteurs

By: Jibrin Usmanu

The elections are here. And as usual, politics will manifest in their different shapes, sizes, and forms. The Bauchi APC like in other parts of the country must brace up against those whose stock in trade is to sabotage the political capital of the party.

In Bauchi, the success of the forthcoming 2019 general elections will be determine by the success of the September 29 gubernatorial primary election.

In fact, the need for a proper understanding of the times is quite germane so as to adequately brace up for the inevitable challenge. Failure to do this will critically undermine the fantastic job the His Excellency Barrister Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has done in the past 3 years.

As an individual with a particular interest in Bauchi state APC, I find it deeply worrisome the extent to which some are willing to have President Buhari’s and Governor Abubakar’s legacies scuttled in the state. It’s therefore necessary that, the Bauchi state All Progressives Congress and the good people of the state must rise up to address the fact that some elements within its ranks may be accessory to the reckless politics being played by some aspirants.

Of course, it is within the rights of every eligible member of the party to contest for positions of their choice, what may not be the best is a desperate attempt to rewrite history in a way that does injury to those among us who have dedicated themselves to the service of the people and liberation of the Bauchi State from the gory days misgovernance.

Those who are challenging the adoption of the PMB and the incumbent governor, Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar as the sole candidates of the Bauchi APC in the party’s primaries election should do so within what is true to equity fairness and good conscience not with prejudice and egocentric massaging. 

It gets really disturbing that those scheming against the second term bid of Governor Abubakar are political moles working for the opposition PDP to scuttle the chances of the APC in the 2019 general elections and the recent decamping to PDP by the Speaker Yakubu Dogara whose pollical odds and ends that decided to remain in the APC and causes chaos and rat’s nest are now acting their designed scripts. 

The assumption that these people do not pose a problem to the chances of APC'S success in the final analysis is to say the least very simplistic. Of course, a counter argument will be that the party is trying to uphold the principles of internal democracy. This is of course great. However, it must not be lost on us that the party needs to be on its guard as the popular opinions hold that many of these people are merely masquerading as true members of the APC but they are working for the opposition party especially the PDP.
The Bauchi APC has done well in endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor M.A Abubakar as its sole candidates in the 2019 general elections but must not just end here...

Why the three other contenders in the person of Mohammed Ali Pate, Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, and Capt. Bala Jibrin Rtd still prefer to stick to their guns in opposing the sole candidacy of Gov Abubakar's re-election bid despite conclusive evidence is something that must be x-rayed by the party and good people of Bauchi State. 

It is still in our memories that, when Governor M.A Abubakar assumed the mantle of the leadership of Bauchi state, every single sector of the state's economy was comatose begging for an immediate rescue, while the added burden of huge debt was something observers believed would cripple development if not by the urgent intervention of the M.A Abubakar’s led government that had succeeded in reversing all the inherited misfortunes to an advantages. However, for the emergence of Governor Abubakar, everything is now effectively working.

It is a shame that corrupt elements who appear to be advancing the interest of known political profiteers and those who were denied access to empty our treasury as usual, are not shy of rubbishing the hard-earned reputation of Governor Abubakar and the efforts of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi.

The fact must therefore come out in no equivocal way that syphoning our collective patrimony is not a culture that can be allowed to hold sway in the party simply because one has supported in the party’s emergence in the 2015 election, the idea of bringing this government wasn’t to further ruin the state in favour of individuals but bring out the state out of the woods and I believe the trio and their cohorts might be happy with things are prudently going.

The Bauchi State APC as led by Uba Ahmed Nana's decision to adopt indirect primaries is a welcome development. The party is more on the right track by endorsing the candidacy of Governor Abubakar for governorship position in the 2019 general elections because allowing the agents of PDP to dictate our party’s direction could be detrimental to our success in the forthcoming elections.

It’s clear that, whether the detractors find this development palatable or not, the overriding consideration is the fact that, this is a popular decision and is hinged on the need to sustain good governance and consolidation of the remarkable feats achieved the Governor Abubakar led administration in Bauchi State.

Usmanu write from Bauchi

zinnyzee:
Are you for real? The person might be my cousin.


But if we're Royal, shouldn't one of my uncles be the current King of Inisa instead of Fasikun?