Sunday, 31 March 2013
Sunday, 10 March 2013
20 BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS KILLED!!!
Nigeria’s army said Saturday it had launched an operation in the northern city of Maiduguri, the bastion of Islamist group Boko Haram, that led to the deaths of 20 suspected militants and two soldiers.
The soldiers Friday stormed a location where some Boko Haram men were found and “we exchanged fire with them and about 20 of them died in the crossfire. We also lost two of our soldiers while three were injured,” said army spokesman Lt Colonel Sagir Musa.
“We have also arrested 25 Boko Haram terrorists,” he added.
The operation took place several hours after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan left Maiduguri, on his first visit to the restive city since his election in 2011.
Maiduguri has been the epicentre of an Islamist insurgency that has left hundreds of people dead and Jonathan on Friday defended the deployment of soldiers to the region.
Human Rights Watch said in a report released last year Nigeria’s security forces may have committed crimes against humanity during operations aimed at crushing the insurgency.
The military has been accused of firing on unarmed civilians and razing neighbourhoods following suspected Islamist attacks, while Maiduguri residents also face roadblocks and rolling curfews in several areas.
“We always tell the soldiers to conduct themselves” professionally, Jonathan said.
Violence linked to Boko Haram’s insurgency in northern and central Nigeria has left some 3,000 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces.
Boko Haram has said it is fighting to create an Islamic state in the predominately Muslim north of Africa’s most populous country.
SULTAN UNDER FIRE!!
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, may have made the call in good faith. But he is literally under attack for making it.
Some Christian leaders rose up in arms against the leader of the Muslim community in Nigeria, at the weekend, for his call for amnesty for members of the Islamist group, Boko Haram, terrorising some northern states.
Catholic Church said it was amazing that a man in an exalted office as the Sultan’s could make such a call.
Niger Delta Christian Leaders Forum (NDCLF) said it was improper to call for amnesty for “terrorists”.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states took sides with President Goodluck Jonathan who rejected Abubakar’s call.
The Sultan made the call for amnesty for the Boko Haram members at a meeting of Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI) in Kaduna on Thursday.
It was his solution to the insurgency in the North. But President Goodluck Jonathan, in a riposte, said the proposal was impossible as there were no clear leaders of the group to discuss amnesty with.
Spokesman for CAN in the 19 northern states, Elder Sunday Oibe, told Sunday Vanguard, yesterday, that the position of Christians on the Sultan’s call for amnesty was clear, adding that the body would rather address the call for the removal of JTF from the North East.
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III
According to him, the Borno elders are failed politicians “seeking relevance through an amnesty agenda which is why they are clamouring for funds to rehabilitate themselves”.
Oibe continued: “They are not realistic. We know that the Shehu of Borno is not associated with such calls. He is a gentlemen who will do anything to ensure peace in his domain, but those politicians who have been parading themselves as elders of Borno will stop at nothing to make themselves relevant”.
PFN Chairman for Borno State, Pastor Haruna Maidoki, who also spoke to Sunday Vanguard, yesterday, lamented that because of the security situation in the North East, most residents were denied the opportunity of welcoming Jonathan when he visited the region last week.
He backed the president on his opposition to the call by the Sultan for amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents.
”We are very happy that the president demonstrated the needed political will and spoke to them the way he did,” Maidoki said, adding that the Christian community in that axis was now reassured that it is part of the nation called Nigeria.
He said the people calling for amnesty for Boko Haram members or the removal of JTF could not be said to be realistic because none of them made mention of the plight of the Christians who had been the victims of the violent clashes in the region.
”They have not spoken one word about the plight of the Christians killed and their churches that were burnt or vandalised”, he stated, adding that they were not realistic and should ignored totally.
NDCLF listed several points why Jonathan must ignore the Boko Haram amnesty call.
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BOMBS, AK47 RIFLESFOUND IN POLITICIAN'S HOME
The Nigerian Army said, yesterday, it has uncovered an armoury with a large cache of arms in a Kaduna home allegedly belonging to an Abuja-based politician, Hon. Hussaini Dei Dei.
This came as the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh, said yesterday in Ilorin that nobody was safe in the country and called for proactive measures among states of the federation to curb the situation.
The arms were discovered following an operation carried out by 1 Division, Nigerian Army in the house located at Sabon Birni Road, Kawo in Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State, following a tip off.
The building is located few metres from the 1 Division Army Headquarters.
Brigadier-General Tagbo Chuks Ude, Commander, One Division, Internal Security Force, who briefed newsmen on the development said: “Our discovery followed a cordon and search operation carried out in the area by troops at about 5.30 pm, Tuesday. The building, housing the bomb making factory, will be demolished in line with Army’s resolve to deter terrorists from their activities.
Items recovered:
During the operation, the following items were recovered: Six AK 47 rifles; one light machine gun; one tear gas launcher; 27 loaded and17 empty AK 47 magzines; one FN rifle magazine; five sub-machine gun magazines; four pistols magazines; one loaded light machine gun magazine; 275 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO ammunition; 765 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition; 58 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
“Other weapons recovered during the operation include, 125 pieces of detonator-33; two reels of detonating cords; nine small cans of prepared impoverished explosive devices, IED; one paint can of prepared IED; nine pieces of nine-volt batteries; three bags of white chemical substances; five pieces of remote control switches; one reel of firing cable and six pieces of assorted car number plates.
“The recovered dangerous weapons were buried inside soak away pits, and underground within the building. I want to commend the efforts of the well-meaning citizens that reported the matter and also to reiterate our resolve to fight terrorism in the country.
“I still want to appeal to the public to report any suspicious movement, establishment or persons in their environment as such information would be treated with absolute confidentiality.
“We arrested two men, two children and two women in the house. As a matter of fact, the explosive contents of this paint can bring down the whole of this headquarters,1Division Headquarters.
Ude said the house would be demolished as soon as it was cleared of all explosives.
He said: “Our normal process of demolishing the house is in progress. We are taking our time because we want to make sure that the general area is safe before we demolish it.”
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Badeh, who said nobody is safe in Nigeria, spoke during a courtesy visit on Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of KwaraState in Government House, Ilorin as part of his maiden familiarisation tour of Air Force formations in the state.
According to him,”from what we are witnessing in Nigeria today, nobody is safe in the country, and this is very sad. Everybody is worried. I think what we need to do is to take proactive measures. This is the only option we have to stop this trend.
2BABA AND WIFE GET SPECIAL WEDDING GIFT FROM GOVERNOR
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State shocked guests at the traditional wedding of the Nigerian hip pop sensation on Friday when he announced a gift of two brand new Toyota Prado SUVs to the musician and his wife, Annie Macaulay.
At the event in Eket, Mr. Akpabio also announced that the state would bankroll an all-expense paid trip for 29 delegates from the state to attend the white wedding of the couple fixed for Dubai, the United Arab Emirate on March 23.
“On behalf of the government and good people of Akwa Ibom State, I have decided to donate two brand new Toyota SUVs to the couple,” the governor announced with glee. “Also 29 Akwa Ibom delegates will join the wedding which is billed to come up in Dubai.”
He also promised to rehabilitate the Eket-Ibeno Road ahead of the child dedication of Tuface and Annie.
Moments after the donations were made, some concerned indigenes of the state telephoned PREMIUM TIMES, saying the governor had taken his wasteful spending of the state’s meager resources too far.
“How do you explain this kind of situation where a governor donates cars to people who can afford it when majority of the people in his state can’t afford a meal a day?,” said one angry resident who requested anonymity for fear he might be attacked by the governor’s loyalists.
“This man treats the resources of the state like his personal estate, moving about with huge cash and dashing money to everyone as if the funds belong to him.”
The criticism of Governor Akpabio however did not however take the shine off the wedding which held at Apostolic High School, Esit Urua Community, along Eket-Ibeno Road.
The event was scheduled for noon but did not begin until 4p.m. A notorious late comer to events, Governor Akpabio, as usual, arrived the venue around 5:20 p.m. in the company of Senators Helen Esuene and Aloysius Etok.
When the two love birds got engaged on Valentine’s Day last year, many thought a star-studded wedding was in the offing. But they instead settled for a private civil marriage in Lagos, shortly after.
Tuface defended the decision back then, saying it was largely due to the deep respect he had for the feelings and emotions of the two major characters/lovers in his life – Sunmbo Ajaba and Pero Adeniyi.
The couple have now fixed a star-studded wedding and honeymoon for faraway, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on March 23.
Saturday, 9 March 2013
17YRS OLD RAPED TO DEATH IN PRISON
Each week "Just Detention International" or JDI receives some 30 letters from prisoners who say they have been sexually assaulted in prisons across the United States. Over a quarter of those letters come from one state: Texas.
JDI has three core objectives for its work: To ensure government accountability for prisoner rape, to transform ill-informed public attitudes about sexual violence in detention and to promote access to resources for those who have survived this form of abuse.
Five of the 10 prisons with the highest rates of sexual abuse in the country are in Texas. That includes the first two, Estelle Unit and Clements Unit where Rodney Hulin, 17, was raped until he hanged himself.
In 1978 T.J. Parsell 17, was sentenced to four years imprisonment in an adult prison. Less than 24 hours after being jailed a group of inmates forced to drink Thorazine and raped him. Traumatized and terrorized TJ took years before he was able to testify about the brutal rape that stole his manhood, his identity, and killed his soul.
T.J. a graduate of the University of New York wrote: "A memoir of a boy in a man's prison" and created a movie based on his book.
A survey by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 4.5 percent of prisoners, nearly 1 in 20 had experienced some form of sexual abuse.
Torture is taking place inside the U.S. prison system which was discovered during a four-month investigation by Deborah Davies in a video showing how American prison inmates are receiving the same treatment as victims of Abu Ghuraib in Iraq.
More than 7.1 million Americans are in prison, on parole or under correctional supervision. Private prisons are one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States, as seen in the phenomenal growth of public enterprises, such as the GEO Group, G4S, and CCA all of which have established sexual harassment, torture and rape cases in privatized prisons.
In fact, privatized prisons are becoming one of the best investments of the 21st century, as more and more people are locked up in prison
POLICE NAB MUSHIN ROBBERY GANG LEADER
According to the police, Sanni, who has been arraigned in court and remanded in prison custody, has been on the run since 2009 after he allegedly led others now in prison custody to rob and kill four persons.
The suspect was arraigned before an Igbosere magistrate’s court on a 6-count charge of felony to wit, armed robbery, murder, terrorising victims and unlawful possession of firearms.
Investigation by the police revealed that the accused, who had been on the wanted list of the police for the past three years, was arrested for allegedly killing four persons and robbing others.
Some of the gang’s victims, the police said, included a 9-year girl identified as Lateef Aminat who was killed on 7 December, 2010; Shina Ajah, shot dead on 22 September, 2010, and Adedeji Adenuga who was killed on 22 February, 2009.
The police further stated that Sanni was mentioned as the leader of the Mushin robbery gang by Lukmon Lawal a.k.a. Oko and Monsuru Ibrahim a.k.a. Danglish, now in prison custody for the same offences.
They revealed this during their interrogation by the police after they were arrested last year with one AK-47 rifle, one pump action shot gun and one AK-47 live bullet.
The police prosecutor, Supol Jayeoba Oloruntoba said the offences committed by the accused contravened sections 6 (b) of the robbery and firearms (special provisions) act laws of the federation of Nigeria 2004, and sections 231, 221, 401 (2) of the criminal laws of Lagos State 2011.
The plea of the accused was not taken because the court lacks the jurisdiction to try the matter. The magistrate, Mrs. O.O.A. Fowowe ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody pending the advice from the office of the directorate of public prosecution, DPP, on the matter.
She adjourned the case for mention.
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