The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the traditional ruler was shot on Friday night on his way to a neighbouring community, Ayetoro Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state.
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The popular monarch, who is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of All States Mass Transit, was kidnapped alongside five cabinet chiefs and two palace guards.
The command also arrested two members of the syndicate and detained a 60,000-litre truck laden with the commodity after overpowering the syndicate which attacked the NSCD officials.
The Chairman of the forum, Simon Lalong, made the call in a congratulatory message to the acting IG by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Macham, on Saturday in Jos.
The governor, in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Macham, on Saturday in Jos described the incident as an attempt to destabilise the state.
PRNigeria gathered that some of the terrorists were suspected to be on a looting spree as they stormed warehouses of international humanitarian agency in their gun trucks.
The state police command’s Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that Odumosu gave the directive on Friday while addressing Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in the command.
OPC in a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, reacted to the statement credited to the former minister that the OPC was the same as the dreaded Boko Haram.
Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Bauchi that the incident occurred as a result of trafficking of items to inmates by a prison official
He takes over from the erstwhile spokesman for the command, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi
In addition to the illegal possession of the pistol, he was apprehended with five rounds of live ammunition while making his way through the main entrance of the school on Friday
Al-Bashir Hamisu, the Comptroller of the Unit, gave the figure while briefing newsmen on the seizure on Friday in Kaduna.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, FemI Babafemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that such a place would help to wean users off drugs.
Baba disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the opening of a meeting with police strategic commanders in the zones.
The Controller of Correction, O. F. Enobore, said as at 3:50pm of April 7, 2021, the Centre had recovered a total of 48 inmates who escaped in the wake of the invasion, thus increasing the number of inmates presently in custody to 84, including those that resisted the temptation to escape during the attack.
Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, said in a statement on Friday in Abuja that Henry, a Spain-bound trafficker, was nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The development resulted in skirmishes between the inmates who were to benefit from the illegal deal and other staff members who busted the plan.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alabi, made this known on Friday at a news briefing shortly after parading the suspects before newsmen in Bauchi.
One hundred and forty seven of the graduates were of SF Course 8/2021, while the 39 others were of the ICO Course 1/202 – all trained at the Regiment Training Centre Annex in Bauchi.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, announced this in a news conference on Friday in Kaduna.