The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bartholomew Onyeka, paraded the suspects before journalists on Wednesday in Jos.
Browsing: Banditry
The country is currently grappling with security hitches cutting across the six geopolitical regions, particularly in the North East, North Central, North West and South East.
A statement by the command said 242 of those arrested are being prosecuted by various courts within the state.
He said investment in education and job creation would help address mass poverty in the land, which according to him, is generating various discontents in insurgency, criminality, banditry and various extremisms.
Reacting to the incident from South Africa through his media aide, Garba Shehu, President Buhari warned that:
Muhammad Dada, the NSCDC Commandant, Sokoto command, gave the figures while addressing newsmen in Sokoto.
According to the critic(s) of the move by the Navy, which they likened Kano to a wilderness without anybody of freshwater and as such, it was ludicrous for the Navy to have a base in Kano, when the basic element (water) required by the Naval forces the world over is lacking.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Monday Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Saturday that then crimes were committed in 25 local government areas of the state.
ASP. Mohammed Jalige, the Command Public Relations Officer disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kaduna.
Monguno stated this on Friday in Abuja while speaking at the public presentation of a research report.
He also chided those ‘leaders’ and clerics who criticize the federal government’s approach at fighting insurgency and banditry, and seem to furtively support criminality.
The news headlines, the slant of the stories, the analyses and discussions, all tended to paint a narrative of the humiliation of our military, the failure of government, and the fact that anarchy had been unleashed on the land. Watching, listening to and reading all the deliberate obfuscation of the matter reinforces the conviction once again that our country is filled with haters of government, of humanity, of good, and even of God. They deliberately muddy the waters, rejoice at evil and all forms of iniquity.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone 10 Sokoto, Mr Ali Janga, made this known on Wednesday when he visited Zamfara over the recent security situation in the state.
The laudable effort by the state government is aimed at providing appropriate transport to security services for combat operations.
The NMA Southeast Caucus comprising Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states branches gave the commendation in a communiqué issued at the end of its general meeting held in Abakaliki.
Namdas spoke against the backdrop of the downing of an Alpha Jet of the Nigerian Air Force on Sunday.
In this third part, we hope to close this ‘observatory tower’ with few pointers that show actions and practices that invariably add to the emulsifying agents producing and promoting banditry and other criminal activities in Nigeria. Then, in the next and final part, set forth a slew of suggestions – as if the appropriate authorities do not know the proper things to do – that may galvanise our redemption, and possibly save the beleaguered citizens of this country from needless terror amidst the deadly antics of coronavirus, the natural painful consequences of a primitive political culture, and dire economic conditions.
Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Alhaji Umar Musa-Bala, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday that the fleeing suspect was apprehended on July 6.
Its President, Rev. (Dr) Israel A kanji, made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement in Ibadan, Oyo State, on the kidnapped of students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna.
It was learnt that on Wednesday 9th at about 1600hrs, based on credible intelligence, the Command succeeded in arresting one Ibrahim Lawal alias Kabo, 45, of Kabobi village and Mamman Lawal Shu’aibu, 39, of Garin Runji Fulani settlement of Batsari LGA.