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From Blueetooth

if you think crime in edo state is still high,then i would say you are not abreast with the happenings in nigeria until the proliferation of the internet.go and ask folks from edo state and ask them what benin was like during the igbinedion days.precisely before he introduced SARS.Bluetooth,

Benin Monarch, Traditionalists To Curse Criminals
« on: June 06, 2010, 08:56 AM » 

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The Benin monarch, Omo’noba Erediauwa summoned all his chiefs, traditional worshippers to assemble on Thursday to place a curse on the brains behind the deteriorating level of security in the city.

The Oba who gave this directive through the Iyase of Benin, Chief Sam Igbe, during a meeting with the Enigies, Igie-Ohen in Benin, said the pronouncement of the curse would take place at the traditional Urhokpota hall.

The Information Officer, Benin Traditional Council, Robinson Osayanmwen, in a statement said, all those involved in kidnapping, assassination, robbery and other violent crimes in the state would be cursed.

“The monarch also requested that the Enigie, Igie-Ohen, Edionwere, market women and other traditional worshippers should come with whatever they have to ensure that these evil doers in our state are wiped away for peace to reign in the state,” it stated.

FROM THE VANGUARD

ChinenyeN:
Ok. Thanks for the response. I think I am in agreement with that decision to formalize the gun-making culture of Abala.

Deep Soul:
Nchara,

Armed robbery is different. It involves little or no interaction/collaboration with "settlers".
Kidnapping on the other hand involves setting up camps in collaboration with the villagers.
How can a Hausa group pull this off?

If kidnapping was imported from Rivers and Bayelsa, where were ritual killings and 419 imported from?

ChinenyeN:
I do not doubt that there would be Ngwa involvement (more especially some youth). That one seems rather obvious to me. I just am not convinced that the Ngwa are actually the ones responsible for every thing.

I have though wondered about two things. . .
1. How easy (or difficult) is it for the average Aba resident to get access to weapons such as those that the militants carry around?
2. How easy (or difficult) is it for the average Ngwa living in ala Ngwa (both in Aba and those living in rural areas) to get access to weapons such as those that the militants carry around?

The militants tend to wear military uniforms in the camp and police uniforms with police bullet proof vest outside the camp for their normal operations. They carry AK47 assault riffles and perform drills each morning in the bush around the cell building- the so-called camp. All the boys spoke the local dialect- asa/ngwa version of igbo language. The chairman/leader of the group who authorized each release has facial tribal marks, speaks same dialect. It may not surprise me if he is a northerner and security personnel. It is impossible that the security agents do not know their position.

yemmight:
silly old men.

~Bluetooth:
i have always reacted equally even when yoruba is involved.

Such bizzare only happen in igboland

Kobojunkie:
Is it that you can actually PROVE that the National Bureau of Statistics in Nigeria does not have Abia State listed as one of the states with the highest poverty rates in Nigeria or that you are yet again letting your emotions get the best of you?

I see that your concern is less for the actual people affected by all this and more for your ego and your inability to accept that crime is bad in Abia state. Goodluck with that.

Kobojunkie:
Please get a life and a brain while you are at it. What is the benefit of that to the situation in Abia today? How does that help this particular issue?

Use google and find the Bureau's website for yourself.

Could you please stop indulging the numb knots long enough to see these are lives that are being put in confusion here? We are speaking of a state with one of the highest poverty rates in the country( According to the reports from the National Bureau of Statistics) already. People are being deprived and worse, caused to live their lives in fear by these hoodlums. It should not be an ' IBO' issue but a Nigeria issue cause these people deserve better too.

CBN Reform Damaging Economy, Says Gusau
•‘Anti-graft war ineffective and selective’
From Kunle Akogun in Abuja, 04.19.2010

The National Security Adviser (NSA), General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (rtd), has faulted the on-going banking sector reform, saying the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention "seemed to have damaged economic activities in the banking sector to the detriment of the larger society".

Gusau also reviewed the on-going anti-corruption campaign in the country, writing it off as "ineffective and selective" but promised that the current administration would fight corruption employing equal standards across board.
The NSA gave these verdicts at a security awareness seminar organised for the newly appointed ministers by his office in Abuja at the weekend, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Adebisi Adekunle.

According to Gusau, the travails of the banking sector and the way they were addressed reflect the double standards, which critics perceive in the administration of justice, lamenting that "only a few banks were penalized for what every bank seems to be doing".
Gusau said "the fragility of the economy further dictates that offenders be interdicted without damaging the sector.

CBN under Mallam sanusi Lamido Sanusi had fired the executive management of eight of the 24 banks in the country last August and October-having found the institutions to be in grave situation after a special audit jointly conducted by the apex bank and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).

Consequently, the banking watchdog provided N620 billion ($3.9 billion) in liquidity and loan support to the eight institutions, stressing that lax management had left the banks dangerously undercapitalised.
These institutions had since been taken over by CBN appointed managements, which had since been running the banks as going concerns until new investors are found to recapitalise them.

CBN had put the non-performing loans (NPLs) of the eight banks at N1.524 trillion. The amount, it pointed out, represented 60.75 per cent of the industry’s total NPLs.

Given the provisions for bad loans, which the rescued banks and other banks were compelled to make by the apex bank, banks have since shut their doors to borrowers.

CBN had also taken other measures which include the proposed categorisation of banks and proposed scrapping of universal banking within the next 18 months, which has been condemned in some quarters. 

On anti-corruption, Gusau said: "The anti-corruption campaign has been largely considered to be ineffective and selective ,  because it penalizes a few unfortunate individuals while society see many they consider guilty enjoying their loot in freedom".

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan had earlier lamented that the anti-corruption war lacks vigour and that the crusade would be reinvigorated.

Gusau said some of the anti-corruption agencies in the country have credibility problems, as "their leaders are being accused of wrong-doings".
Stating that corruption is an economic crime that threatens the survival of the country, the NSA said it is difficult to prosecute offenders because of the lengthy delays in court processes "while criminals go in and out of prisons at will, becoming serial offenders".

He told the ministers that security of lives, properties and livelihood is threatened by crime, adding that "the crime situation in the country is so high that the law enforcement agencies appear overwhelmed by the sad situation".

Gusau said "very little attention is paid to the prevention of crime," insisting that pro-active security measures could assist to prevent crimes while good laws and efficient penal system will deter criminals and reduce crimes.

The NSA, however, lamented that "the country's current legal system seems to promote crimes".

Gusau, whose address at the seminar was titled "An overview of the nation's security", cautioned the new ministers on the security implications of any lapse in their actions.

He said ministers of the federation must be at the vanguard of efforts to restore sanity and stability as well as to increase public confidence in the ability of governance to function as expected.

Stressing that the enhancement of human development is a key security objective, the NSA added that “Nigeria is rated low in human development index issued periodically by international institutions.”

Public officials, he said, have to be conscious of the impressions they convey by the way they value or depreciate the worth of the average Nigerian.

He said "the carnage in Jos and the summary killing of Boko Haram suspects by the police showed the world that Nigerians do not value themselves.”

Gusau also said with incidence of polio, guinea worm, malaria and other disease, which have been eradicated in other parts of the world, the commitment of the government to human development has since been under question.

The same development, according to him, prevails in the country’s educational facilities as well as given indices of the high unemployment level, poverty, low food security arising from the country’s inability to feed its people and decaying infrastructure.

Charging the ministers to be conscious of the impact of public policy on the nation’s security, the NSA said, “I want you to always remember that national security interests are paramount and must be respected. Public policy can have significant impact.”

He said it was important for certain public policies to have security inputs just as the introduction of policies, which may be considered controversial, are implemented with adequate preparation by security agencies.

He tasked the ministers on the need to carry the people along in policy plan and implementation, saying that to do otherwise have serious consequences both in the short run and long after.

The one-day seminar took the new ministers through other relevant areas like Foreign Intelligence Activities and the Threats to Security, Security of Information, Documents and the Operations of Government and The VIP: Enhancing Personal Protection Security and Safety.

Other papers presented were on The Anti-corruption Campaign and Crime and Society: Policing and the Current Challenges of Law Enforcement.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Yayale Ahmed and Head of Service of the Federation Steve Oronsaye moderated the discussions.